Video & Transcript Research : 'financing'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm going to call this Tuesday, April 8th, committee hearing for the State Government Finance and Policy
- This is the State Government Finance omnibus bill that Chair Cleborn and I worked on together.
- Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the omnibus state government finance bill in front of you
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Thank the management of its finances. - Thank the management of its finances.
Bills:
HF2783
Keywords:
state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House/Senate Press Conference 3/25/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Cloud and Minden Township communities, and I also serve as the co-chair of the House Higher Education Finance
- I know that the finance chairs are negotiating that right now, but we do know that this is a crisis.
- I know that the finance chairs are negotiating that right now, but we do know that this is a crisis.
- Ric is we are not really passing Finance Ric is we are not really passing Finance bills<00:23:51.159
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bills choosing to advance our finance bills choosing to advance our finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- 1703 by Lozano relating to the average use of the enrollment for the purposes of the public school finance
- 1868 by Leo Wilson relating to the performance tier funding under the Public junior College state finance
- to be paid by a school district for the purpose of the attendance credit under the public school finance
- HB 43 by Kitzman relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority in a study to report on the plant
- HB 700 by McQueeney will link to disclosures of certain commercial sales, financing transactions, and
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Feb 10th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- These responsibilities cover three main buckets: science, planning, and finance.
- Just to note, tomorrow we will be presenting again at Senate Finance.
- We are at Senate Finance tomorrow.
- So, finance tomorrow. Yeah, finance tomorrow. But I just want to make...
- That you will have that tomorrow at Senate Finance.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Housing Committee Meeting - 2026-04-07
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- agencies don't get any finance agencies don't get any appropriations<00:25:45.600>
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It to have complete financing to close. - It to have complete financing to close.
- housing finance. housing finance.
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team, that's a question that my finance team, that's a question that my finance
Bills:
SF2434
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/24/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- from the Minnesota Housing Finance from the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.<00:40:41.760>
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to being able to close on financing to being able to close on financing to - >> Uh, every state has a housing finance >> Uh, every state has a housing finance agency
- I um and so I've um finance agencies.
- It could go to finance. finance. finance. No.<01:24:43.120>
Okay. No. Okay. No. Okay.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- June of 2024 but has not yet been heard in either the House Education Policy Committee or the House Finance
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committee committee or the house finance committee committee or the house finance - <00:18:38.559>
and our future managed its finances and our future managed its finances and - Knowing this is a policy committee, I will delve a little bit into kind of agency finance space.
- Knowing this is a policy committee, I will delve a little bit into kind of agency finance space.
Summary:
The Education Policy Committee met to hear a delayed presentation from the Office of the Legislative Auditor on MDE’s oversight of Feeding Our Future, a report released in June 2024. The chair framed the hearing as an oversight review of how the Minnesota Department of Education handled the nonprofit’s participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Summer Food Service Program, emphasizing that the hearing was not about criminal charges against agency staff. Legislative Auditor Judy Randall and Director of Special Reviews Katherine Tyson explained that their review focused on state oversight, not the underlying federal fraud case, which involved an alleged $250 million scheme and ongoing criminal proceedings.
The auditors concluded that MDE’s oversight was inadequate and created opportunities for fraud. They said MDE failed to act on warning signs before the pandemic, did not effectively use its authority to hold Feeding Our Future accountable, and was ill prepared to respond to problems. Examples included approving applications despite concerns about internal controls and staffing, failing to follow up on earlier review findings, not adequately investigating at least 30 complaints, and in one case referring a complaint back to Feeding Our Future for resolution rather than conducting an independent investigation. They also said MDE deferred serious deficiencies without enough evidence that problems had been fully corrected and approved meal claims despite records showing major inconsistencies.
Tyson said MDE had made progress on all eight recommendations in the report, though one recommendation to the legislature had not yet been addressed because the session had not convened since the report’s release. The auditors recommended that the legislature establish clearer statutory criteria or give MDE rulemaking authority for sponsor applications, and that MDE strengthen verification of sponsor information, focus more on high-risk sponsors, improve complaint procedures, and emphasize program integrity if waivers reduce oversight in the future. In response to member questions, the auditors said MDE’s reported progress was partial in some areas and that further review would be needed to fully confirm implementation. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety Apr 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Finance, Kyle Gaiman: Nothing to add, just here to listen. Thank you.
- Chairman Joseph James, Europe Tribe, Mark Jimenez, Department of Finance, Thanks.
- Department of Finance. Victoria Chin, Department of Finance.
- Mark Campana, Department of Finance, and I can maybe speak to that question.
- Department of Finance. No, just kidding. This meeting is adjourned.
Summary:
The hearing focused on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) grant program under the Board of State and Community Corrections and related Department of Justice efforts. BSCC reported that it now administers 36 MMIP grants across three cohorts, with awards ranging from $436,000 to $1 million, plus five collaborative grants at $2 million each, totaling $35.4 million awarded to federally recognized tribes. Testimony from tribal leaders and grantees described how the funding supports prevention, family advocacy, domestic violence services, law enforcement coordination, youth programming, culturally grounded healing, and new tribal public safety positions such as investigators, social workers, and drone operators. Speakers repeatedly emphasized that the crisis is longstanding, tied to generational trauma, and that the grant has helped build trust and infrastructure in tribal communities.
Several witnesses and committee members urged continued and preferably ongoing funding, noting that demand now exceeds available one-time money. BSCC and tribal representatives described outreach efforts that increased participation from four applicants in cohort one to 20 in cohort two and more applicants than funding in cohort three. Tribes also raised implementation concerns, especially the burden of quarterly narrative reporting, limited staff capacity, and the need for flexible administration. BSCC said it uses steering committees, separate small- and large-project categories, orientations, monitoring visits, and technical assistance to support grantees. Tribal leaders and advocates stressed that the program should remain accessible without requiring a waiver of tribal sovereignty.
The second major topic was DOJ’s update on AB 3099, the Tribal Assistance Program, and the tribal police pilot under AB 134. DOJ officials said the Office of Native American Affairs and the Division of Law Enforcement have been conducting outreach, trainings, listening sessions, and coordination with tribal, local, state, and federal partners to address Public Law 280 jurisdictional issues, improve reporting and data, and support Feather Alert and MMIP-related resources. DOJ said the AB 3099 report is in internal review and that the tribal police pilot is moving forward with the Yurok Tribe as a participant, with a July 1, 2026 start date. DOJ and tribal witnesses said the pilot’s main barriers are cost and, for some tribes, the waiver of sovereign immunity. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended with broad support for expanding and sustaining MMIP-related funding and infrastructure.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- . $50 million for the Rural Finance Authority loans will help Minnesota farmers obtain affordable financing
- We're helping financing unique, right?
- of a unique program, unique financing of a unique program, unique financing structure.<00:37:49.119
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finance auditor and the campaign finance finance auditor and the campaign finance - And part of this campaign finance board.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- [Music] The meeting of the Senate Finance Committee will come to order.
- Um, but I I guess my being the finance Um, but I I guess my being the finance committee,<00:48:49.760
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not <00:52:40.960>supposed I finance committee, we're not supposed I finance committee - <00:57:52.240>
uh within the housing finance agency. uh within the housing finance agency. - <01:11:14.480>
Committee make this the Senate Finance Committee make this the Senate Finance
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Apparently, it's on its way. of finance. In the audience are two of finance.
- And so in this Senate, put it back, I mean the finance and the House Finance put it back in.
- And so in this Senate, put it back, I mean the finance and the House Finance put it back in. Mhm.
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And house finance put it back in. Mhm. And house finance put it back in. - and finance is the one sent to finance and finance is the one who<02:18:13.200>
retained <02:18
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- support thank you Hawaii Housing Finance support thank you Hawaii Housing Finance and<01:36:06.560
- We'll move on to the next bill: Senate Bill 299, SD2. yeah Finance okay well I mean I I think yeah Finance
- HD1 we have the Hawaii Housing Finance HD1 we have the Hawaii Housing Finance and<02:00:38.119><
- from Department of budget and finance from Department of budget and finance support<02:23:53.880
- fine you know this is the finance fine you know this is the finance committee<02:59:15.920>
but
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- It being 10:00, I'll call the Finance Committee meeting to order.
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as <00:05:56.800>I The business finance authority as I The business finance - Chairman, and members of the House Finance Committee.
- It's good to be back in Finance. I sat on this committee a couple terms ago.
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committee county state finance committee county state finance committee which
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (03/03/2025)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- This is being used as a financing approach because such proposals currently qualify under RSA 33:7-e,
- It also prevents items or equipment that become fixed items or fixtures to be financed through lease
- Under House Bill 372, these projects, in fact, can still be proposed and financed by a bond or lease
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terms advantageous timing and financing terms advantageous timing and financing - <02:16:51.080>
critical they need uh to finance critical they need uh to finance critical
Summary:
The Municipal and County Government Committee held public hearings on House Bill 471 and House Bill 373. HB 471 would create a temporary commission to study growth, traffic, planning, and land use issues in a group of southern New Hampshire towns, with possible recommendations on regional planning commission boundaries or coordination. Representative Perez said the bill was requested by Londonderry residents and local officials, and Eric Power of Brookline testified in support, saying the towns share corridor and development issues that cross regional planning commission lines. Several members questioned whether existing law already allows towns to form regional planning commissions under RSA 364:6, whether the bill should be broader, and whether the town list should include additional communities. The hearing closed with testimony counts reported as two in support and three opposed on remote sign-in, plus one opposed and one in support on the blue sheet.
HB 373, sponsored by Representative Diane Powers, would revise RSA 41:11-a on town property leases. Powers said current law is too restrictive because leases over five years require repeated town votes, which she argued is impractical for long-term arrangements. She cited examples from Hampton and Brookline, including long-term road and property leases, and said she had found multiple similar cases. The bill would keep select board authority for leases under one year, allow a legislative body to authorize a specific longer lease by a three-fifths ballot vote, and preserve the existing five-year blanket leasing authority with a three-fifths vote, while keeping existing leases valid if authority is later rescinded. Eric Power testified in support, describing recurring lease renewals in Brookline and saying longer terms are needed for projects such as housing, cell towers, and solar arrays. Members asked about the change from a simple town vote to a three-fifths threshold and whether the bill duplicates existing mechanisms; Powers said the higher threshold was intended because the leases involve long-term commitments. No votes were taken during the hearing portion described.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- It also uses tax abatement and use of tax increment financing districts.
- I'm here to tell you that tax increment finance districts don't work in Missouri.
- It also uses tax abatement and use of tax increment financing districts.
- I'm here to tell you that tax increment finance districts don't work in Missouri.
- In my opinion, this bill is financing on the taxpayer dime.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 7th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- reducing redundancy in reporting, and aligning oversight under the most appropriate parts of the finance
- So, we regulate money services businesses under Chapter 152 of the Texas Finance Code, as it relates
- In terms of Texas finance code, the definition of a digital asset provider is an electronic platform
- However, Chapter 154... of the Finance Code, which states that the Department of Banking shall regulate
- This mirrors the Commissioner's authority that exists elsewhere in the Texas Finance Code.
Keywords:
HB 3803, Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 712, perpetual care cemetery, perpetual care trust fund, cemetery regulation, financial confidentiality, confidential records, regulatory examination, Texas Department of Banking, commissioner disclosure, interagency information sharing, state agency enforcement, federal agency disclosure, trust fund oversight, burial services, cemetery trust, consumer protection, state banks, Texas Finance Code
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (02/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- understand uh the structure of financing understand uh the structure of financing for<01:52:53.960
- LBA a which you and the finance LBA a which you and the finance committee<03:22:19.040>
benefit - committee and the large finance committee, trying to solve this problem of school finance.
- committees the school finance committee committees the school finance committee and<04:07:47.680>
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committee and and the large finance committee and and the large finance committee trying<04:
Summary:
The committee opened a public hearing on HB 402, a bill dealing with whether Education Freedom Account (EFA) payments should be described in state law as not constituting taxable income. The bill sponsor argued that the current statute is misleading because New Hampshire should not imply a federal tax result, and said the bill would remove that language and could also be amended to clarify that families should consult tax advisors. He emphasized that the measure was not intended to impose a state tax on EFAs, but to avoid giving inaccurate advice about possible federal tax liability.
Testimony was divided. A retired representative and a tax preparer both opposed the bill, saying EFA payments are already treated consistently with IRS rules and that the bill would create confusion, administrative burden, and possible tax consequences for low- and moderate-income families. They argued the bill is a solution in search of a problem and warned that requiring 1099s could add costs for the scholarship organization and recipients. A tax attorney supported the bill’s repeal of the state language, saying New Hampshire should not put tax advice into statute and that the current wording is inaccurate because federal law, not state law, controls taxability. He cited IRS Section 117 and Publication 970, explaining that only some scholarship-like payments are tax-free and that many EFA-eligible expenses may not qualify for federal exemption.
Members asked questions about what would be misleading, whether the bill was trying to tax EFAs, and the cost of issuing 1099s. The sponsor and witnesses repeatedly said the bill was not a state tax on voucher payments, but a clarification about federal tax treatment. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 05:02 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- do pass, but under the original double committee reference first be referred to the Committee on Finance
- Under the original double committee reference, the bill will be referred to the Committee on Finance.
- it do pass but under the original double committee reference first be referred to the committee on finance
- received under the original double committee reference bill will be referred to the Committee on Finance
- Your Committee on Finance has had under consideration engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 4784
Summary:
The Senate first took up Senate Bill 155 on adjunct teaching permits. After adopting a Senate amendment to the House amendment, the chamber concurred in the House amendment as amended and passed the bill 33-0, with one member absent and not voting. The amendment was described as creating an exception so a criminal history check would not be required every year, and the bill was presented as a tool to help county boards fill vacancies, especially in shortage areas.
The chamber then received a large number of committee reports and advanced several House bills on first reading. These included measures on creating the Team West Virginia Corporation, establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory, the Foster Youth Post-Secondary Transition Awareness Act, business-ready site programs, volunteer fire company allowances, extending qualified opportunity zones, natural resource police retirement, PEIA treatment flexibility, PANS/PANDAS, ALS care services, abuse prevention, the respiratory care interstate compact, peer support services, tax lien sales, the Neighborhood Investment Program, bonds for the Science and Culture Center, and a comprehensive energy development policy and plan. Several bills were reported as amended by committees, and one energy bill was referred to the Rules Committee.
Additional committee action included reports on a bill to repeal the school-transfer eligibility protection, a load forecast accountability bill, oil and gas well plugging provisions, a TANF drug-screening extension, and a bill authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners. Most of these were advanced on first reading after unanimous consent. The Senate then moved to adjourn until the next day, with announcements of upcoming committee meetings before the chamber adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Feb 13th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Shultz moves House File 47 be recalled from the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy and be re-referred
- Hewitt moved that House File 122 be recalled from the Committee on Public Safety, Finance, and Policy
- and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary, Finance, and Civil Law.
- recalled from the Committee on Capital Investment and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation, Finance
- recalled from the Committee on Capital Investment and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation, Finance
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- believe we do have agreement and have distributed a CD1 that we are waiting for Ways and Means and Finance
- uh, Ways and that we are waiting for uh, Ways and Means<00:05:13.200>
and <00:05:13.360>Finance - Means and Finance Committee release on. Means and Finance Committee release on.
- We do need Ways and Means and Finance Committee release.
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Favela I think we've got agreement on this, but we are still waiting for Finance