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• I asked that question of the Senate Appropriations Chair.
• And one important way that we do that is through appropriation.
• And it isn't just about appropriating. It's about funding.
• But like a serious appropriation, if you will. Okay.
• And so it would be my hope, maybe next year, maybe next fiscal year, that we could appropriate the appropriate

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the prior day’s journal by a 107-1 roll call vote. Members then spent a substantial portion of the morning introducing guests, including family members, students, interns, nonprofit representatives, a park ranger recognized for life-saving work, and legislative staff being honored for service or graduation. Committee reports and Senate messages followed, including Senate refusals to concur on several amendments to Senate Bill 1421 and the appointment of a conference committee on House Bill 2818. The main floor debate centered on the conference committee report for House Bill 2002, the K-12 education budget. The budget chair explained that the report maintained record-level overall funding for the foundation formula but changed the mix of funding sources, including a reduction in capital commission dollars and use of blind pension funds, with possible later ARPA dollars to offset shortfalls. Several members argued the bill still underfunded schools by about $190 million and raised concerns about relying on projected or one-time funds; others defended the budget as meeting or exceeding constitutional requirements and noted record spending per pupil and recent increases in education funding. A substitute motion to send the bill back to conference failed 62-89, and the conference report was then adopted 83-68; the bill was subsequently third read and passed 83-68. The House then adopted and passed House Bill 2003, the higher education budget, by 119-28 on adoption and 109-32 on third reading. Debate there focused on restoring the governor’s recommended funding while directing higher education institutions to develop a new performance-based funding formula by the end of the year. Members generally described the compromise as a step toward a more sustainable model while preserving current funding levels. Next, House Bill 2004, covering the Departments of Revenue and Transportation, was adopted 128-21 and passed 127-27; discussion highlighted transportation funding, rural roads, and a small local safety appropriation that had already been addressed by MoDOT. The House then began debate on House Bill 2005, the Office of Administration budget, with members emphasizing IT accountability, state employee functions, and ongoing technology consolidation/deconsolidation issues.

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• We will take a vote at the appropriate time when we have quorum.
• And we will take a vote at the appropriate time when we have quorum.
• We will take a vote at the appropriate time when we have quorum.
• And with that, I ask for an aye vote at the appropriate time.
• Motion do pass as amended to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. Appropriations. Haney? Aye.

Summary: The committee heard a long housing agenda with several bills presented before quorum was established. AB 1725, as amended, would require disclosure of nearby oil wells and methane monitoring issues in a specific district; the author and community witnesses described serious health and safety risks in Vista Hermosa Heights, while the California Apartment Association, California Building Industry Association, and California Chamber of Commerce opposed, arguing the bill targeted the wrong industry and that the state should instead fix abandoned wells directly. AB 2110, a local finance tool to create tax increment districts for workforce housing for education, health care, manufacturing, and public safety workers, drew no witnesses in support or opposition and was presented as a way to help workers live closer to jobs. AB 1732 would expand CEQA streamlining for public university and college housing projects; UC and several housing and labor groups supported it, while housing advocates raised concerns about amendments affecting existing 100% affordable housing exemptions. AB 1771, amended into a study bill, would direct HCD to report on the long-standing resident manager requirement for apartment buildings with 16 or more units; the rental housing industry supported studying the issue, while the chair emphasized the need to consider tenant protections and the impact on current resident managers before changing the law. The committee also heard AB 2185, which would direct state affordable housing programs to update guidelines to better support factory-built housing; it drew broad support from housing, labor, technology, and local government groups, with no opposition. AB 2748 would delay new EV-readiness requirements for 100% affordable housing developments, keeping the prior 40% standard through 2035; supporters said the higher standard would add significant costs and threaten project feasibility, while clean air and transportation advocates argued the code changes are modest, important for equity, and should not be rolled back. Members split along those lines, with some emphasizing housing production and others urging more public subsidy for EV infrastructure rather than delaying the code. SB 417, a proposed $10 billion affordable housing bond for the November ballot, received extensive support from housing organizations, local governments, labor, and business groups, but Habitat for Humanity and the Los Angeles mayor’s office asked for specific allocations for CalHome and interim housing; the bill was ultimately moved to Appropriations on an 8-0 vote, with members noting ongoing negotiations over funding priorities. Finally, AB 1740 would create an urban multimodal community designation for Santa Monica, allowing local approval of certain low-impact coastal-zone activities—such as some housing, bike and bus lanes, outdoor dining, and building changes—without Coastal Commission review. The author and Santa Monica officials said the bill would reduce delays and uncertainty for infill housing and local economic recovery while preserving protections for sensitive coastal resources; supporters included housing, business, and city groups. The Coastal Commission and environmental organizations opposed, saying the bill would carve out broad exemptions, weaken public access and appeal rights, and bypass the local coastal program process that Santa Monica has not completed. Committee members debated the Commission’s role, with some criticizing it for opposing legislation and others arguing the bill was a common-sense way to modernize coastal permitting. A motion and second were made on AB 1740, and the bill was left pending with the committee’s action to be taken when appropriate.

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• We have Senate Bill S. 173 being on the calendar for notice and affecting an appropriation under Rule
• 31 is referred to the Committee on Appropriations. we<00:06:30.400> have<00:06:31.759> Senate
• under rule 31 is referred appropriation under rule 31 is referred to<00:07:01.280> the<00:07:
• 01.440> committee<00:07:01.840> on<00:07:02.240> appropriations.
• I just wanted to extend my gratitude to the chair of appropriations for fixing the section about the,

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• We’ll start with appropriations. So, what’s that? Oh, yeah, all number for me. Better, thank you.
• As amended by the House Appropriations Committee, effective December 31st, 2027, House Bill 2148 provides
• the legislature with the authority to appropriate non-custodial federal monies.
• But it’ll go through our appropriations so that we know that we’re not double-funding anything.
• This does appropriate $100,000 for expanding locations for good recharge projects.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting covered a long list of House bills, mostly on third-read consent calendars, spanning appropriations, elections, education, public safety, water, taxation, and criminal law. Early discussion focused on HB 2148, which would give the legislature authority to appropriate non-custodial federal funds, described by the sponsor as a transparency measure. Other measures discussed included HB 2091 on insurance-related assessment limits, HB 2122 on reciprocity for BTR-related professions, HB 2138 clarifying firefighter workers’ compensation coverage, and HB 2008 barring public school libraries from using public money to pay library professional associations. HB 2110, removed from consent, would allow school governing body members to pray at meetings, with members noting Supreme Court precedent supporting such prayer. Several bills addressed school safety and parental rights. HB 2142 would create a School Safety Center at the Arizona Department of Education and allow up to 10% of school safety program funds for administration, with supporters citing an audit and lack of oversight. HB 2249 would expand the Parents’ Bill of Rights to require notice if a school employee facilitates social transitioning of a minor and to provide broader access to educational records, with penalties discussed for violations. HB 2074 would add mandatory reporting for anyone in a medical facility who knows a partial-birth abortion is occurring, and HB 2144 would allow child support calculations to begin during pregnancy based on a confirmed pregnancy test and related DNA testing provisions. The committee also took up election-related measures. HB 2022 would make permanent changes tied to the federal Electoral Count Act, including moving Arizona’s primary earlier to preserve military and overseas voting access, while keeping petition dates valid and preserving existing deadlines for candidates. HCM 2001 urged federal designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, and HCM 2002 supported a separate congressional effort involving CARE and related federal review and designation processes; members debated the distinction between direct designation and a request for federal investigation. HCR 2001 proposed a constitutional amendment to limit voting to U.S. citizens, require government ID to register, prohibit foreign contributions, and end early voting by the Friday before an election. Water, land use, and tax bills were also reviewed. Measures included HB 2024 on snowpack augmentation as a water supply development project, HB 2029 and HB 2030 tightening how Water Conservation Grant Fund money is used, HB 2053 appropriating $100,000 for updated stormwater recharge mapping, HB 2096 expanding revolving fund uses to address cesspools, HB 2097 capping groundwater withdrawal in irrigation non-expansion areas, and HB 2116 funding potential Colorado River litigation. On the tax side, HB 2016 would remove late-filing penalties when no tax is due, HB 2104 and HB 2105 would protect agricultural property owners from repeated reclassification and require notice of inspections, and HB 2289 would update truth-in-taxation examples to reflect higher home values. The committee also heard bills on criminal penalties and other matters, including HB 2043 on felony murder involving an unborn child, HB 2045 on discharging a weapon near a vehicle, HB 2131 and HB 2132 on weapons trafficking and fentanyl penalties, and HB 2062 authorizing a Buffalo Soldiers memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza.

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• in the appropriations articles included in<00:10:40.080> the<00:10:40.160> bill.
• these changes modify the appropriations these changes modify the appropriations articles<00:10:49.120
• appropriations appropriations um um um in<00:15:39.560> this<00:15:39.839> bill<00:15:
• <00:34:29.040> for<00:34:29.240> health amounts appropriated for health amounts appropriated
• <01:01:09.440> bill<01:01:09.680> than appropriate for the commerce bill than appropriate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• tirelessly to find the most appropriate placement for those kids.
• Appropriated that remains for funding that project. Mr.
• Fund appropriations by 13.8 million, or about 7%.
• See is the special appropriation request.
• And this is what that $2.9 million appropriation primarily goes for.

Bills: SB48, SB64, SB100

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP

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• The circuit court, the lower court, first finds that certification is appropriate and then they certify
• is appropriate and then they<00:18:48.640> certify<00:18:49.120> it<00:18:49.360> to
• for a particular child and whether a particular institution is appropriate for a particular child.
• for a particular child and whether a particular institution is appropriate for a particular child.
• for a particular child and whether a particular institution is appropriate for a particular child.

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• $2 million appropriation.
• There is still room to improve, and as you can see for the last five appropriations, these are all appropriations
• It is a growing appropriation, so it'll be divided by three.
• Which may not be correct is that they are all special appropriations.
• bit more than $300,000 of that appropriation, and so that money was reverted back.

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• <00:40:06.640> to yet the funds are being appropriated to yet the funds are being appropriated
• Pretty appropriate, except for ours, and I'll cover that.
• It is a summary of our existing capital appropriation.
• Capital appropriations of funding they Capital appropriations of funding they they<01:51:35.280> don't
• laps extension for the appropriation laps extension for the appropriation made<04:03:55.600>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented its capital budget process and priorities, explaining that it maintains and operates 96 state buildings and uses annual facility walkthroughs, condition assessments, and rough cost estimates to rank projects for the governor’s capital budget. Officials described how requests are triaged, how the governor’s office and Public Works refine estimates, and how the resulting capital budget book serves as legislative intent for approved projects. They also noted that this year the governor’s office asked for estimates on all selected projects, which increased workload but reduced detail. The department highlighted several requested projects, including $1.5 million for the ERP system sustainability fund, which officials said is critical because the state is upgrading its core financial, HR, and budget system to the cloud. Other priorities included courthouse HVAC and boiler work, brick repointing at the State House annex/main building, window replacement at the Spalding building, and elevator replacement on the hospital campus. Officials also said the governor’s proposed capital budget included fewer DAS projects than in past years and asked the committee to consider funding closer to historic levels. The committee then reviewed lapse and reallocation items. DAS said most older projects are still in design, bid, or construction because projects now take four to six years rather than two to three, in part due to ARPA-related workload and post-COVID construction backlogs. Members discussed lapsing $81,000 from the completed Spalding roof project and redirecting small remaining balances from several 2019 projects toward the Hillsboro County South cell block project through the Capital Project Overview Committee. Officials also confirmed ARPA-funded projects are expected to be completed before the December 2026 deadline and explained that the ERP system is the main state IT exception outside DOIT’s usual centralized control, though it still requires DOIT consultation and approval.

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• Senate Bill 51, introduced by Senator Brantley, making an appropriation to the local government division
• Section 1 and 2 of House Bill 1 appropriates expenses for the 2025 regular session for the Senate and
• Require an annual reporting and a final report, making an appropriation. Senate Bill 60.
• Senate Bill 86, introduced by **Senator Campos** (unknown ID), an act making an appropriation...
• There is not an appropriation that's part of it.

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• Item 2, SB 918 by Sayarto, with a motion of do pass as amended to Appropriations.
• The motion is due pass to Appropriations Committee.
• The motion is due pass to Appropriations. Bonta aye, Banta aye.
• The motion is due pass to Appropriations. Bonta aye, Bonta aye.
• The motion is due pass to the Appropriations Committee. Do pass to the Appropriations Committee.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It's for $6,000 in appropriation.
• These are pay plan appropriation requests.
• These are pay plan appropriation requests.
• I think if it's about appropriation versus funding, all the requests for this month are strictly appropriation
• So strictly just an appropriation.

Summary: The PEER Review Subcommittee met to consider a large agenda of budget, appropriation, transfer, and contract items. Members approved temporary appropriation requests for several agencies, including the Auditor of State, Department of Education, and Labor and Licensing; ARPA return requests from Workforce Services; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requests for State Police and Agriculture; restricted reserve transfers for teacher scholarships, school facilities, and economic stimulus; a Commerce reallocation of positions and spending authority; cash fund, budget classification, overtime, and pay plan requests; and 17 methods of finance items for universities and other agencies. Most items were approved without objection after brief explanations from staff and agencies. Several items drew questions and were held or discussed further. A Department of Human Services discretionary grant package for the RSVP program was held over after Senator Irvin raised concerns about whether the grants were an effective use of state general revenue and asked for more information on administration costs and program operations. In the contracts section, Representative Richardson questioned a DHS sole-source contract with EMS Link for document management software and a DHS contract with Presidio; the EMS Link item was held for additional answers, while the Presidio item was clarified as not sole-source and was allowed to proceed. Members also asked for more information on a Department of Education mental health referral contract with Care Solace, which officials said is a statewide concierge/referral service connecting students to Arkansas providers and telehealth options. The committee also reviewed monthly reports, including the Medicaid Trust Fund. DHS and DFA officials said the fund was currently sufficient to finish the fiscal year, though it was being drawn down and would likely require a $100 million transfer from restricted reserves in FY27, with another $100 million set aside in the governor’s budget as a backstop. Members discussed the need to define a minimum reserve level and to better account for ongoing Medicaid costs in the budget. The meeting ended with no further business and adjournment.

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• It did take a little bit more of my personal budget outside of what's been set aside and appropriated
• Appropriation history revolving fund, we only have one. This is last year's allocation.
• So that's why you see the green bar above what our typical budget appropriated budget is.
• Our schools receive zero money, no ad valorem, no appropriations.
• FY2024 and FY2025 appropriations increased modestly to 1.9 million. and 2.1 million.

Keywords: 914, all

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• These are various temporary appropriation requests.
• These are various temporary appropriation requests.
• This is for $32 million in appropriation.
• Chair, those are the three various and very appropriate appropriation requests on the agenda.
• This is for $2.4 million in appropriation.

Summary: The committee met to consider a series of temporary appropriation requests, reserve fund transfers, federal grant appropriations, and review items. Early items included a $32 million appropriation and matching reserve transfer for the Department of Education’s educational freedom account program, a $476,000 request for the State Crime Lab, and a $90,000 assessment coordination request from DFA. Members asked questions about the assessment contract costs, and the item was approved. The committee also approved a $1 ARPA return to the CDC and a Department of Human Services reallocation package that moved general revenue and positions among divisions to meet client needs. The most extensive discussion centered on a $32 million restricted reserve transfer for the educational freedom account program. Members questioned the growing number of participating students, the program’s long-term funding needs, and safeguards against improper purchases. Agency representatives said about 44,000 students were being funded, that reimbursements and marketplace purchases are reviewed, and that reporting and audit controls are in place, though not every instance of fraud can be prevented. The committee approved the transfer after discussion. Members also approved smaller cash and federal grant items, including funding for a teacher shortage data dashboard, All Kids Bike grants, crime lab outsourcing, veterans cemetery operations, and a podiatric medicine licensing investigation fund. The most contentious item was a $7 million federal Forest Legacy grant request for Central Arkansas Water and the Department of Agriculture to acquire land in the Maumelle watershed, including acreage in Perry County and Pulaski County. Members debated water quality, development pressure, property tax impacts, local support, and whether Perry County had been adequately consulted. Agency and company representatives argued the acquisition would protect drinking water, preserve forested watershed land, and support recreation, while some legislators emphasized the county’s tax and development concerns. Senator Davis moved to defer the item to the full Legislative Council and to request removal of the Perry County portion; that motion passed. The committee then reviewed the remaining items, including a Veterans Affairs pay plan request, and adjourned.

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• We think this is an instance where this is a new program, so it's one where you could appropriate the
• The question about what department should the financing be appropriated to and should funding be appropriated
• Position financing be appropriated to? And should funding be appropriated this year?
• The program itself has appropriation for multiple sources of funding: the appropriation of the general
• budget fund swap, and then a GGRF appropriation in 2024, and then a proposed... $25 million appropriation

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• from a prior appropriate a prior appropriation<00:21:16.400> for<00:21:16.720> drought
• So we um propose to appropriation.
• > available<00:26:40.480> to This appropriation was um available to This appropriation
• Um we had an appropriation for it.
• our perspective not the appropriate our perspective not the appropriate thing<00:37:43.200> to

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Senator Westerm was the appropriated.
• of this request for appropriation, Mr. of this request for appropriation, Mr.
• <01:03:46.559> just the fiscal year 25 appropriations just the fiscal year 25 appropriations
• facilities authority can appropriate facilities authority can appropriate from<01:09:31.679>
• the day, uh, Senator Lang, appropriation the day, uh, Senator Lang, appropriation amendment<01:49

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• other activities and projects, House No. 5264, total appropriation 1.8...
• and projects, House No. 5264, total appropriation 1.8...
• Total appropriation, 1.8 billion, 4,046,06.
• certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects, House No. 5264.
• So based on that, I've ensured this amendment is constitutional and appropriate, as we've heard.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and received a resignation letter from Rep. Fana Howard of Lowell, effective March 17, 2026, as she transitioned to the Senate. The chamber then took up several procedural orders, including multiple unanimous or voice-vote suspensions of rules and concurrence with Senate petitions, such as referrals on housing and student transportation matters, and a suspension of Joint Rule 12 for a petition involving children served by DCF. The main substantive item was House No. 5264, a fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill totaling about $1.8 billion. Members discussed its use of Fair Share surtax surplus funds for transportation and education, including major support for the MBTA, special education circuit breaker costs, early education and child care, snow and ice costs, regional transit authorities, and other deficiencies such as GIC and sheriff costs. Members also explained the bill’s tax conformity provisions responding to recent federal tax changes, with debate over whether to delay conformity to limit state revenue exposure. The House adopted a consolidated amendment to the bill and then passed it to be engrossed by roll call vote, 150-3. The House also adopted a resolution commending the Admetek Foundation on Prostate Cancer Awareness Day. Several local bills were advanced, including a sick leave bank for a Department of Corrections employee, a bill waiving the minimum age requirement for a Boston police officer, a Nantucket charter bill, a Stoneham public safety bill, and a Malden special police officers bill, the last of which was amended before being engrossed. The chamber also considered Amendment 43 to redistribute $100 million of Fair Share revenue more evenly to municipalities for roads and education; supporters argued the current distribution favored statewide priorities over local aid, while opponents said the formula would not adequately address rural road needs. That amendment was rejected 128-25. The House then recessed several times, observed moments of silence for local public servants, welcomed visiting youth sports teams, and finally ordered adjournment to meet the next day at 11 a.m. in informal session.

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• Are there any persons here at the appropriate time? We'll wait for a motion to move that.
• So at the appropriate time, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
• I respectfully ask for your aye vote when appropriate. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Mayor.
• Motion is due pass to Appropriations. Brian? Aye. Brian, aye. Ellis? No. Ellis, no. Alanis?
• And SB 1229, Allen, motion is due pass to Appropriations. Alanis? No.

Summary: The committee considered several coastal, climate, and air quality measures. Senator Laird presented SCR 136 marking the 50th anniversary of the Coastal Act and Coastal Conservancy Act, and SJR 12 opposing the federal offshore oil and gas leasing program; both drew broad support from environmental groups, local governments, and other advocates, with no opposition heard. Senator Padilla presented SB 10, requiring state climate plans to include gender impact assessments, with supporters arguing climate harms fall disproportionately on women and LGBTQ+ people; the bill also drew no opposition in the hearing. Senator Padilla also presented SB 675 to restructure the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District board and expand public transparency, while supporters cited severe air quality problems and opponents raised concerns about unfunded mandates, consultation, and impacts on local permitting and economic development. Senator Allen presented SB 1229 to limit disaster-rebuild coastal permit exemptions when replacement structures would newly impede coastal access or sensitive protections, with supporters saying it would prevent investor abuse of post-disaster rebuilding rules. After testimony, the committee took up the measures and recorded votes. SCR 136, SJR 12, SB 10, SB 675, and SB 1229 all advanced on party-line or near-party-line votes, with some members voting no on the more regulatory measures. The consent calendar was also approved, including ACR 157, SB 899, SB 949, SB 963, SB 1008, SB 1207, SB 1428, and SJR 5. All of the listed measures were sent onward, generally to Appropriations, and the committee concluded its hearing after the roll calls.

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• And also pointing out that the special session, we can appropriate further if we need to, is that right
• **Madam Chair**, the specific appropriation that was approved yesterday.
• I get the grant part and the distribution, the appropriations, but... what type of gifts and donations
• You would need to determine whether an appropriation was made.
• They would present that to the legislature, to the appropriations committees.