Video & Transcript Research : 'state spending'
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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:58 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
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- Of the state general fund for ECCD.
- It's by program what we've been Spending since 2012.
- I just think it's important that we reflect our state.
- How much that would have cost the state? Mr.
- We see it as an economic advantage for the state.
Bills:
SB2
Keywords:
SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways
LA
Keywords:
literacy, adolescent, teacher education, high-dosage tutoring, reading intervention, workforce development, training programs, Bayou Growth Opportunity, funding, employment, skills gap, qualified employer, credential recognition, government growth limit, recurring revenue, state finance, Louisiana Income Tax Elimination Fund, fiscal responsibility, legislative sessions, regular sessions
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Retirement and Government Resources Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Retirement and Government Resources
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- I believe that in the interest of transparency in state government, we should not prevent our state employees
- Members, this is a program to incentivize state employees and state agencies to proactively look for
- But in state government, they tend to focus on what their tasks are.
- We do not want to become a sole source state for bidding. Because we want.
- We need to make sure we're looking at what those actuarials state.
Keywords:
nondisclosure agreements, state employment, employee rights, transparency, government accountability, employee suggestions, cost savings, state agencies, incentives, performance awards, efficiency, Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, state procurement, state purchasing, State Purchasing Director, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, OMES, exempt entities, purchasing exemptions, state contracts
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
General Government REVISED: HB4434 - Added Feb 17th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
General Government
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- Members of the committee, as we know, workforce housing is a serious issue in the state.
- that they would like to and that they feel would be successful for the economic development of the state
- This legislation will allow the OCC workers to use state-owned or state-leased vehicles between their
- They all have duties all over the state, but yet OCC has to come back to Oklahoma City to get the car
- to go all over the state.
Keywords:
housing, legislative committee, affordable housing, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, policy improvement, HB4414, Oklahoma Homebuilder Program, OHFA, single-family housing, homebuilder loans, 0% interest loan, housing finance, workforce housing, Legislative Workforce Housing Committee, housing needs assessment, community housing assessment, disaster recovery housing, federally declared natural disaster, rural housing, urban housing
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Retirement and Government Resources Apr 14th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Retirement and Government Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- If you look on page two, that is clarified as a state officer employee.
- There was a working group from the House that was called the State Pending and Accountability Group.
- It says 'subcommittees thereof, judges, justices, and state legislators.' Why strike that?
- Basically, the group worked closely with the state auditor, her office officers, and legal staff.
- Her office provided insight into years of scandals or incidents where state dollars were reported to
Keywords:
government reporting, information technology, child welfare, environmental policy, state agency compliance, employment restrictions, state officers, prohibited acts, government contracts, public service, public finance, pension, pension fund, retirement system, board of trustees, proxy voting, proxy proposal, shareholder vote, shareholder activism, fiduciary duty
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Retirement and Government Resources 2ND REVISED Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Retirement and Government Resources
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- We are on the Secretary of State at this time.
- This is a bill to Make sure that state governments and agencies don't use state funds and resources to
- So, given that a portion of our population in the state is LGBTQ, why would our state not be able to
- is this what we're spending our time on and spending our money and resources on?
- It's saying state resources and state dollars shall not be attributed to it.
Keywords:
state government, vendor contracts, subcontracting, public database, contract assessment, transparency, retirement, law enforcement, Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, school resource officers, public safety, public finance, contract management, service-driven contracts, state accounting, intangible assets, Oklahoma Police Pension, disability benefits, mental health, retirement system
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget REVISED Feb 18th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2787 is a FY26 supplemental appropriation to the State Department of Health to pay for legacy
- Perhaps rather than spend an additional 2 million dollars, perhaps we should reduce the amount that the
- looking at the state's obligations and those things we contracted with outside entities to fulfill state
- goals and state strategies.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Feb 17th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Is the Oklahoma Pregnancy Care Network a state agency? No, it is a pass-through.
- These programs are going to be administered under the Oklahoma State Department of Health based on the
- The reason I raise those questions is because I'm curious why they need to come to the state legislature
- We have so many obligations with state agencies and various services that we need to give to.
- Maybe have some more information on that, but there are a lot of public-private partnerships in this state
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Postsecondary Education REVISION 3: HB2210 - Added Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Postsecondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Is this from your county, or is this from multiple counties across the state?
- as long as it's approved by the state treasurer.
- Something in our state statute that is allowable as long as it's approved by the state treasurer?
- So 4-H in the state of Oklahoma and OSU are almost operating in...
- Please state your question. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Keywords:
credential of value, education, workforce development, labor market, government reporting, higher education, Oklahoma State University, Board of Trustees, presidential selection, college governance, Oklahoma Agricultural Extension, local funding, financial institutions, county extension services, state funds, academic programs, low-producing programs, Oklahoma State Board of Regents, program review, curriculum quality
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- This is my first legislative session here at the Arizona State Senate.
- It's not just at one archival library in the state; they're all over the state.
- Instead, this proposed law would create state-sanctioned bullying.
- of Washington, state of California, state of Oregon—things that have never occurred in Arizona.
- I think better of our state, better of our legislature.
Bills:
HB2015, HB2060, HB2129, HB2170, HB2210, HB2228, HB2352, HB2460, HB2533, SB1019, SB1045, SB1050, SB1078, SB1083, SB1167, SB1184, SCR1006
Keywords:
budget procedures, late filing penalty, accounting standards, financial reporting, state appropriations, abortion, educational institutions, health education, state aid, public schools, municipal libraries, annual reporting, state legislation, transparency, government accountability, procurement, foreign adversary, China, state contracts, information technology
Summary:
The committee first handled Senate Bill 1045, which would bar cities, towns, and counties from taxing or charging fees on the use of blockchain technology in residences, with limited exceptions. The sponsor said the bill was a repeat of a measure vetoed the prior year and framed it as a tax-preemption issue. There was no testimony, and the bill was moved and passed out of committee on a 4-3 vote.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 1019, which would prohibit the addition of fluoride to public water systems. Senator Shamp argued the bill was about health freedom, informed consent, and emerging research she said raised concerns about fluoride’s benefits and possible neurodevelopmental risks. Opponents, including representatives of Arizona dental and public health groups, testified that community water fluoridation is safe, effective, and especially important for low-income and rural communities with limited dental access. After extended debate, the bill received a do pass recommendation on a 4-3 vote.
Senate Bill 1050 would provide free lifetime state park passes to Arizona veterans. State Parks testified neutrally but warned the measure could reduce revenue used to support park operations and rural economies; the sponsor said the bill was prompted by a park visit where veterans were charged admission. The committee also approved SB 1050 on a 4-3 vote. Later, SB 1078, dealing with de novo review in public records denial cases, passed unanimously after support from the Goldwater Institute, and SB 1083, which would prevent HOAs and condo associations from banning certain lighted home address devices for emergency response, also passed after testimony from the sponsor and a homeowners coalition.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- The total state budget at engrossed is $46.6 billion for fiscal year 27.
- other state revenue sources as recognized by REC and a reduction of $47.1 million in state general fund
- State general fund savings in the Medicaid program.
- Office of State Procurement, $13.4 million with 99 T.O. positions.
- Environmental State Revolving Loan Funds, $126.5 million.
Keywords:
state budget, appropriations, education funding, public health, social services, government operations, state institutions, capital outlay, budget, infrastructure, appropriation, general obligation bonds, bond authorization, capital improvement, financial management, state treasury, funding, state general fund, local government, fiscal year
MN
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- The Minnesota State Academies gets $17,000 per year.
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Universities <00:10:57.760>receives State Colleges and Universities receives State Colleges - It's important to people in the state of Minnesota, so thank you all.
Keywords:
pension, retirement, omnibus pension, MSRS, PERA, TRA, public employees retirement, state employees retirement, correctional employees, police and fire retirement, State Patrol retirement, teachers retirement, firefighter relief association, volunteer firefighter, state aid, postretirement adjustment, COLA, annuity, disability benefit, duty disability
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Commerce and Small Business
Transcript Highlights:
- agreed-upon bill, and we feel comfortable that it will help and assist many of our school systems across the state
- agreed-upon bill, and we feel comfortable that it will help and assist many of our school systems across the state
- Because this is a bill that was passed in another state and this bill is copied and pasted off another
Keywords:
Alabama State House, Montgomery, Legislative Council, demolition, state capitol, state capitol building, historic preservation, state property, inventory removal, fixtures, furnishings, reuse, recycling, upcycling, surplus property, public assets, legislative chambers, desk sale, chair sale, state auditor
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Fraud Committee Meeting - 2025-05-05
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
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- General of the State of Minnesota.
- The state pays the remaining 25%.
- They take her debit card to dog shows in other states, spending thousands of dollars at places like Hot
- Public is essentially state-run services, government employees, whether they're at the state level or
- sized states.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- A comparison of our incentives to those elsewhere in our state and out of state.
- type of state money.
- This child has gone to their parent, who is a state employee of the state of Oklahoma and has shared
- So at what point does this law then get in the way of a state employee who may be using their state employee
- Can you point to where currently we are spending state dollars on these procedures?
Keywords:
2030 census, complete count committee, census outreach, decennial census, enumeration, population count, hard-to-count populations, hard-to-enumerate areas, State Data Center, Oklahoma Census, multilingual campaign, public outreach, school-based outreach, community organizations, minority groups, ethnic minorities, language minorities, self-response rate, census awareness, federal census
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, Texas is a pretty amazing state.
- It's almost all of our state revenue, plus most of the...
- So should our state revenue dry up, we haven't really set aside 10% of it.
- I don't know what the average is across the states.
- So most states don't. have a nice reserve set aside.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 5/5/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota in terms of the state budget. Minnesota in terms of the state budget.
- They take her debit card to dog shows in other states, spend thousands of dollars at places like Hot
- have contracts with other state have contracts with other state agencies?
- Are they billing other state agencies? Are they billing other state agencies?
- of state resources uh reporting to OA. of state resources uh reporting to OA.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- You're late filing the campaign report, and currently, the Secretary of State is required to send you
- It saves state money for filing a report by Rep. L. State money for filing a report by Rep.
- to prohibit foreign nationals from contributing and having any expenditures in elections within the state
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Postsecondary Education Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Postsecondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a priority bill for the state chamber.
- shall not be eligible on. the basis of residence within this state.
- The Department of Justice sued the state of Oklahoma.
- So This currently is in the hands of our state regents.
- information back to the state department of Career Tech.
Keywords:
education, concurrent enrollment, students, age restrictions, academic access, apprenticeship, career education, youth programs, employment, technology centers, SB1593, OSU Tulsa, Oklahoma State University/Tulsa, Board of Trustees, higher education, university governance, A&M Board, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, presidential search, board rules
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- state spending.
- state revenues and spending. state revenues and spending.
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which - forecast that as ongoing state spending. forecast that as ongoing state spending.
Keywords:
Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID
Summary:
The committee first approved minutes from February 19 and February 26, while skipping the February 24 minutes because of a drafting error that would be corrected later. It then took up House File 3676, a Safe at Home program bill described by Rep. Nash as arising from a constituent’s dangerous identity exposure and intended to tighten protections for participants, including allowing emancipated minors to enroll. Testimony from the Secretary of State’s office explained that the bill would clarify who may apply for a minor, require proof of guardianship, strengthen court findings before a participant’s physical address can be disclosed, increase penalties for harmful disclosure, prohibit discrimination based on participation, require state agencies to designate a Safe at Home contact person, allow use of the Safe at Home card as proof of residence for certain ID purposes, and require judge training. Members raised concerns about federal compatibility, constitutionality of court-related provisions, and the need for a fiscal note on the felony penalty. Several sections were noted as being removed or modified in a later engrossment, and the committee voted to re-refer HF 3676 to the Transportation Finance and Policy Committee.
The committee then heard House File 3683, which would direct the state budget forecast to include the estimated cost of fraud. Rep. Nash argued that fraud is a significant but unquantified drain on state resources and said the bill would adapt existing forecast language used for inflation to track fraud costs. Minnesota Management and Budget Deputy Commissioner Anna Mingi testified that fraud is unacceptable and that the agency works to prevent and detect it, but said the twice-yearly forecast is not the right tool for this kind of retrospective analysis. She explained that if fraud is identified, the forecast would reflect reduced spending through program integrity actions rather than a separate fraud-cost line item. The bill was moved and referred to the general register after a roll call was requested.