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KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget review Sub. on Postsecondary Education. (1-29-26)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear from Morehead State University President Jay Morgan, who outlined the university’s budget and capital priorities. He described Morehead as a Kentucky-serving, largely low-income student institution with an aging campus, and said the university’s long-term plan is to renovate existing facilities, decommission older buildings, and replace outdated space with more efficient construction. He thanked the General Assembly for prior support, especially asset preservation funding, fire and tornado insurance premium support, and a prior university inflationary adjustment.
On the operating side, Morgan asked that insurance premium support continue, that the earlier inflationary adjustment roll forward, and that the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education’s request for a minimum distribution in the performance funding formula be supported. He noted Morehead has received little or no performance funding in recent years and said that if no additional formula funds are added, the university would prefer a line-item appropriation. On the capital side, he requested continued asset preservation funding and outlined several construction priorities: a new applied science building, a new agriculture science building, a new space science technology building, and a cost-share replacement for the aging Maze Hall residence hall, with the state covering $10 million of a $20 million project and Morehead matching the rest.
Morgan also discussed the Craft Academy, saying the current appropriation supports 200 students and that the university would like to increase the line item to expand enrollment by about 20 students. In response to questions from Chairman Tipton, he said Morehead had previously explored but ultimately rejected a public-private partnership model for housing, preferring to own and control its residence halls to keep housing costs manageable for students. He also explained that the land surveying courses in the applied science proposal are a popular part of related programs and that Morehead’s space science program is a major research-and-contracts-driven operation with about 250 students, federal and private research ties, and graduates working both in Kentucky and elsewhere. The committee then approved the prior meeting minutes and discussed that upcoming postsecondary budget meetings would continue over the next several weeks to gather input on the new budget process.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 25th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This enables more irresponsible borrowing for any new budgetary debts.
- It's like we're, again, we don't have a solid number, $34 billion in budgetary borrowing, $223 billion
- borrowing, so we have a $34 billion budgetary borrowing.
- So we have a $34 billion budgetary borrowing.
- I rise in support of SCR 113 as the chair of the Military and Veterans Committee on a personal level.
Summary:
The Senate opened with roll call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then spent much of the session honoring Sister Michelle Gorman, the Senate chaplain, on her final day after 11 years of service. Members from both parties praised her prayers, compassion, humor, and steady presence, and several noted her long career in education and religious service. The chamber also welcomed delegations from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California and the Japanese Business Association of Southern California, as well as a delegation from Morelia, Mexico, in connection with Sacramento’s sister-city relationship.
The Senate then handled several procedural items, including Assembly messages and motions to remove or withdraw certain bills from consent or committee. The chamber adopted a motion to move Budget and Fiscal Review Committee measures to third reading, and later approved author’s and floor amendments. The main floor action was on ACA 20, the Save for California Futures Act, which would expand the state Rainy Day Fund target from 10% to 20% of general fund taxes, change how reserve deposits count under the Gann limit, and extend and broaden debt repayment provisions, including federal unemployment insurance debt. Supporters argued it would strengthen fiscal stability and reduce volatility; opponents said it was too complicated, still allowed too much borrowing, and did not sufficiently prioritize paying down existing debt. The measure passed 29-2.
The Senate also took up SB 623, a compromise measure addressing transportation network company accident cases and medical lien practices. The bill would cap certain lien-based medical charges, restrict attorney referrals and kickbacks tied to lien providers, require more standardized billing, and add rideshare safety requirements such as background checks and additional disqualifying offenses; it passed 36-0. The chamber then considered SB 417, the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, an $11.25 billion housing bond with $10 billion in general obligation bonds and $1.25 billion for veterans home loan assistance. Supporters said it would fund shovel-ready affordable housing, preservation, homeownership, youth housing, infrastructure, and veterans’ housing; opponents criticized it as a “bait-and-switch” that used veterans to justify broader housing debt and argued the state should focus on existing programs and private financing. Despite the opposition, the measure passed 29-2.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- But if you do have budgetary questions, please ask me.
- Again, we look at it more from a budgetary standpoint, making sure our budget is balanced.
- Certainly it will look good if you can cut budgets on a state level, but if that just cost shifts down
- But since you offered it earlier on, what would be your opinions from a strict budgetary standpoint on
- summary and then moving down to this ...to the governor's recommendation, a very high-level summary.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Obviously, we’re at a little different budgetary situation as it is right now.
- less—I have a little less comfort that we’re going to see that come to fruition at the end of the budgetary
- So it doesn’t go into a different formula or different project as it would on the state level.
Committee:
House Budget
Summary:
The committee took up a series of capital and reappropriation bills, with the chair explaining proposed reductions or removals of funding that had not been spent or were no longer expected to be needed. Discussion focused on projects such as railroad grade crossing work, Mississippi levee stabilization, strategic mining, the Missouri Housing Trust Fund, tornado-related reappropriations, the Kansas City Behavioral Health Hospital, Camp Avery, and a Columbia-area highway/interchange project. Members asked for clarification on several items, including the strategic mining line item, the Columbia/Highway 63 project, and the treatment of older projects that had been appropriated in 2023 but had little or no expenditure. The chair said his general approach was to pull back funds that had not been used unless there was a clear, imminent need, and noted that some projects had grown significantly beyond original estimates.
House Bill 2017 was amended and advanced after discussion of moving storm-related funding into reappropriations and concerns about taking large amounts out of the operating budget. The committee then adopted substitutes and voted House Bill 2017 do pass by a 28-1 vote, House Bill 2018 do pass by a 28-0 vote, House Bill 2019 do pass by a 29-0 vote, and House Bill 2020 do pass by a 28-0 vote. House Bill 2019 included a $10.7 million increase for a DSS youth services facility in the St. Louis area, described as a new treatment-oriented youth center in Bellefontaine, with members noting the project had risen from an earlier estimate of about $7 million to roughly $18 million total. House Bill 2020 involved final ARPA-related adjustments, including a small reduction and moving FTE language back to another bill, with the chair explaining that remaining unspent ARPA dollars would ultimately be directed to the foundation formula if not otherwise obligated and spent before the deadline.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
February 2026 State Budget and Economic Forecast Presentation - 2/27/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:07:14.240><c> If</c> state services at the current level.
- If state services at the current level.
- I think you could continue to do that and still get the level of services.
- I think you could continue to do that and still get the level of services.
- I think you could continue to do that and still get the level of services.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Minority Leader Mark Johnson addresses global budget agreement details - 05/15/25
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> Uh, does some things on the budgetary Uh, does some things on the budgetary balance<00:03:30.799
- We don't know what the<00:05:01.680><c> budgetary</c><00:05:02.240><c> constraints</c><00:05:02.720><
- </c> the budgetary constraints are on that. the budgetary constraints are on that.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Higher starting pay levels for certain AS classes depending on the job title.
- for kind of starter to mid-level state positions.
- So the FAA on the federal level prohibits drones being flown in any number of instances.
- , but on a local agency level, that is happening.
- And when they told us, Some of the local level people in it, but it's really cannot be used.
Committee:
House Appropriations
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 8, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> forecasting getting near the 2019 levels forecasting getting near the 2019 levels and<00:32:15.279
- My question is on the federal level.
- And on top of that, we feel like it's extraordinarily important to have some level of budgetary agility
- given</c><02:18:11.439><c> the</c> level of budgetary agility given the level of budgetary agility given
- </c> uh is earned based on an income level. uh is earned based on an income level.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- That depends on their income level and the tuition charged by the school.
- The lowest income level can get a maximum of $7,500 per child.
- I don't believe that we have, to the question of working, this is based on income levels.
- And if we encounter any shortfalls or budgetary complications, these dollars are locked away.
- to a new level.
Committee:
Senate Rules
Summary:
The Rules Committee met to consider a long slate of executive nominations and several bills. All of the nominations received broad support and were advanced to the floor, including Lori Burns to the Redlands Community College Board of Regents, Lisa Daly to the Oklahoma State Credit Union, Juana Ellison to the Forensic Review Board, Haley Frick to the Regional University System of Oklahoma, Michael Hillary to the Wildlife Conservation Commission, Dustin Hillary to the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, John Holt to the Used Motor Vehicle Dismantler and Manufactured Housing Commission, Brian Sweeney to the Capital Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission, and Cale Walker to the USAO Board of Regents. Most nominations passed unanimously; Brian Sweeney’s nomination passed 15-2.
The committee then heard and passed several policy bills. HB 1675 created a severe-weather preparedness framework for youth camps and passed 16-1. HB 3242, the Women’s Safety and Protection Act covering shelters, schools, and higher education, passed 15-2 after questions about enforcement and legal remedies. HB 1739 increased state police pension benefits and employer contributions to help retain officers, passing 16-1. HB 3320 overhauled the sunset review process for boards and commissions and passed 15-2. HB 3047 designated LOFT as the central recipient for legislative reports and passed unanimously, and HB 4434 required the governor or acting governor to notify the next successor before leaving the state, also passing unanimously.
The committee also advanced HB 4432, which would restore the ability to deduct gambling losses against gambling winnings for state income tax purposes; supporters said it would help ordinary taxpayers, while opponents raised fiscal concerns, and it passed 16-1. HB 3705 raised the parental choice tax credit cap from $250 million to $275 million and passed 13-3 after extended debate over school choice, public funding, and reporting. HB 3718 set timelines for school districts to process evaluations tied to the Lindsay Nicole Henry Scholarship program and passed 12-2, with critics arguing it could create a separate track and strain school psychology resources. HJR 1089, which would have sent voters a constitutional convention referendum, was laid over and not voted on. The meeting ended with adjournment after the final vote.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- And obviously, you know, we’re at a little different budgetary situation as it is right now.
- less—I have a little less comfort that we’re going to see that come to fruition at the end of the budgetary
- So it doesn't go into a different formula or different project as it would on the state level?
Committee:
House Budget
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 30th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm assuming you're talking more about budgetary items that may be related to that.
- To follow up on that, I would say no, it's some of it's budgetary, but some of it may be things that
- our committee in an alert position to be responsive to any changes that might happen at the federal level
- What stands out most to me about OJA are the people at every level of this agency.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- By tying the relief to income level, we more narrowly tailor our tax reforms to best serve the people
- So we've certainly been hearing it at the ground level.
- , they figure out a way to not make that tough decision, or to mitigate the level, the level, to not
- make that tough decision or to mitigate the level or the degree of what that decision is.
- A lot of budgetary uncertainty. A lot of financial uncertainty. A lot of budgetary uncertainty.
Summary:
The Senate took up Committee Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution 2F, a proposed constitutional amendment on property tax reform. The measure would increase the homestead exemption in stages, lower the assessment cap on non-homestead property from 10% to 5%, and limit county and municipal ad valorem tax revenues to specified uses such as public safety, education, infrastructure, natural resources, debt service, employee benefits, and certain administrative costs. Supporters, led by Senator Avila, argued the proposal would provide meaningful property tax relief and push local governments to rein in spending, while opponents warned it would shift costs to fees, reduce local flexibility, and threaten funding for core services.
Several amendments were offered and rejected. Senator Sharief proposed an income-based circuit breaker for property tax relief; Senator Smith offered a sunset clause; and Senator Berman proposed revising the ballot statement to better match the amended proposal and remove outdated references. Each amendment failed on recorded votes. During questioning and debate, senators pressed Avila on the ballot language, the effect on local services, whether the legislature could later restrict local spending by statute, and whether renters would benefit. Avila said the ballot language was not his and repeatedly stated he was presenting the governor’s proposal, while also saying local governments would need to prioritize budgets and that future legislatures could address implementation details.
After the amendment votes, the joint resolution was read a third time and moved into final debate. Supporters said the proposal would give homeowners relief and force fiscal discipline at the local level. Opponents, including Senators Nathan, Bracey Davis, Smith, Polsky, and Errington, argued the measure was rushed, lacked a completed fiscal analysis or replacement revenue, and could harm police, fire, libraries, parks, housing, and other local services. They also criticized the ballot summary as misleading, especially regarding the staged homestead exemption increase. The transcript ends during debate, before any final vote on the joint resolution itself.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-06-02 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So we've certainly been hearing it at the ground level.
- We've certainly been hearing it at the ground level.
- , they figure out a way to not make that tough decision, or to mitigate the level, the level, to not
- make that tough decision or to mitigate the level or the degree of what that decision is.
- A lot of budgetary uncertainty. A lot of financial uncertainty. A lot of budgetary uncertainty.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judicial branch supplemental funding 3/5/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, we know it was a difficult session last session and there were a lot of uh budgetary constraints,
- our lease costs at the judicial center, and increase in employee compensation, although only at the level
- c><00:01:58.079><c> uh</c> session and there were a lot of uh session and there were a lot of uh budgetary
- constraints but you were budgetary constraints but you were willing<00:02:00.799><c> to</c><00:02:01.680
- </c> compensation although only at the level compensation although only at the level of<00:02:20.959>
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- will have the ability, starting in 2030, to allow new homesteaders to jump to the super exemption level
- By tying the relief to income level, we more narrowly tailor our tax reforms to best serve the people
- So we’ve certainly been hearing it at the ground level.
- .to not make that tough decision or to mitigate the level or the degree of what that decision is.
- A lot of budgetary uncertainty. A lot of financial uncertainty. A lot of budgetary uncertainty.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/22/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> >> I I assume happened at the clerk level.
- >> I I assume happened at the clerk level.
- </c><01:12:58.560><c> always</c> is yeah, the the final budgetary always is yeah, the the final budgetary
- But if in fact the on budgetary matters.
- </c> already has to answer to their budgetary already has to answer to their budgetary authority.<04:
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 5, 2025 - 10:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- You've heard me explain that these budgetary issues...
- You've heard me explain that these budgetary issues do not align with what happens with these governments
- take on more financial burdens, the burden will fall on citizens through higher taxes or reduced levels
- financial burdens, it's going to place the burden on our citizens either through higher taxes or reduce levels
- available insurance to cover all 14 school districts with seven insurance companies insuring at various levels
Summary:
The Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee considered HB 145, by Rep. McFarland, which would raise Florida’s sovereign immunity caps from $200,000 per person and $300,000 per incident to $500,000 and $1 million, with a future inflation-based increase, extend the time to bring claims, and allow local governments to settle claims above the cap without a claims bill. McFarland argued the bill modernizes an outdated system and helps injured people obtain compensation more fairly and efficiently, while preserving sovereign immunity. Several members spoke in support during debate, saying the bill better balances government accountability and victims’ rights and that current caps have not kept pace with inflation and damages.
Public testimony was largely in opposition. Local governments, counties, cities, insurance groups, and school-related organizations warned the bill would significantly increase liability exposure, insurance premiums, and taxpayer costs, especially for small and rural governments and school districts. Opponents also objected to the provision allowing settlements above the cap without legislative action, saying it would weaken the cap and increase litigation and costs. Supporters countered that injured people often wait years for claims bills and that governments should be able to resolve meritorious claims directly.
After debate, the committee voted 16-1 to report HB 145 favorably, with Rep. Lopez voting no. The meeting then adjourned.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> successful at the level that it's at. successful at the level that it's at.
- You know, the University of Hawaii is the only university on this level in our state.
- My question is, were you involved in any sort of collegiate-level sports? No. No. Okay.
- My question is, were you involved in any sort of collegiate-level sports? No. No. Okay.
- We weren't looking at this back when you were playing sports at the college level, right?
Committee:
House Education
Summary:
The committee heard SB 3263 SD2, which would create a University of Hawaii NIL (name, image, and likeness) endowment trust fund, require UH to establish an NIL program and distribution criteria, allow student athletes to be compensated through registered athlete agents, permit parents or guardians to assist in some areas by agreement, require annual reporting to the legislature, and appropriate funds. UH Athletics Director Matt Helliot testified in strong support, saying NIL funding is critical to recruit and retain athletes and keep UH competitive, especially as the program moves into the Mountain West Conference. He cited the men’s basketball team’s success and said UH had already raised private NIL money for that team.
The Iron Workers Stabilization Fund also supported the bill, calling it a modest but important investment in UH athletics and a way to help keep local talent in Hawaii. One supporter said the bill would help UH compete with larger schools and retain athletes amid rising costs and large NIL deals elsewhere. Another supporter, Cliff LaBoy, said the current NIL environment makes funding essential and argued UH needs more money than the bill’s structure provides. A testifier noted the Senate version’s corpus may be insufficient and said they preferred the House version.
During questioning, Helliot said UH’s private fundraising target for the current year was $3 million and that the department was already more than two-thirds of the way there. In decision-making, the chair said the committee would move the bill forward as an HD1 replacing the contents with the House version, remove the blank appropriation section because $5 million had already been inserted into the UH budget through HB 1800, and focus the bill on the framework rather than the funding amount. The committee then voted to pass SB 3263 SD2 with amendments, with all voting members present voting in favor and one member excused.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications - 04/28/2026
Energy And Telecommunications
Transcript Highlights:
- So sometimes in our budgetary process... Chairman, NYSERDA collects funds from the ratepayers.
- So sometimes in our budgetary process, we get the taxpayer money.
- have equipment, right, and who need access to energy in order to maintain their life, right, or their level
Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Summary:
The Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee met under Chair Kevin Parker and considered a series of energy, utility, and clean transportation bills. The committee first advanced a bill by Senator Connery on make-ready electric infrastructure for public-serving EV charging, after members raised concerns that the costs of preparing school bus charging infrastructure could be shifted to ratepayers. The committee then advanced Senator Parker’s pilot program for resilient EV charging microgrids, with discussion focused on using existing NYSERDA resources, the role of batteries, and the bill’s purpose in supporting emergency charging during outages. Another bill on heavy distribution centers and EV charging was also advanced after debate over its application to large warehouse and e-commerce facilities.
The committee also considered a bill on carport-mounted solar systems that would limit local zoning restrictions. A motion to substitute in a different bill was ruled improper for lack of notice, and the chair’s ruling was upheld on appeal. Members then advanced a PSC guidebook bill on gas and electric rate-making, and a utility shutoff protection bill for medical emergencies, life support equipment, and elderly, blind, or disabled customers, with questions about age definitions and the scope of medical documentation. The committee also advanced the Home Utility Weatherization Jobs Act, which would create a pilot program for electrification and weatherization in disadvantaged communities, with members discussing whether the program would be available at no cost to building owners and how utilities would access capital.
Throughout the meeting, members repeatedly raised concerns about who would pay for the programs, whether ratepayers or taxpayers would bear the costs, and how much local control would remain under the solar siting bill. At the end of the meeting, members briefly discussed a recent NYISO report warning about possible summer reliability issues and urged the committee and the PSC to review it closely. The chair noted the report should be considered alongside other state planning documents, and the meeting then adjourned.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And you can see that while we have had skyrocketing fund growth, our staffing levels have only increased
- Pay levels came up somewhat this last year.
- So, very high level, I'll note that during the budget formulation process, there was some uncertainty
- Thank you, Carly, for the introduction and high-level breakdown.
- We had budgetary authority of $87.5 million. That's what this body gave us.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance