Transcript Highlights:

• Service may include auto-carrying capacity and may be funded from the general fund or general county
• jurisdiction transfers process.
• from local sources by this summer in order to receive these funds. ...funds by the summer in order to
• receive these funds.
• Oh, it says changes in CCA fund distribution for capital, It says changes in CCA fund distribution for

Bills: HB2604 , HB2436 , SB6354 , SB6352

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: vehicle ownership, insurance, title transfer, consumer protection, motor vehicle, oil tanker, tank vessel, restricted waters, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Rosario Strait, Admiralty Inlet, Discovery Island, New Dungeness, tug escort, pilotage, marine safety, spill prevention, oil transport, petroleum shipment

Transcript Highlights:

• Service may include auto-carrying capacity and may be funded from the general fund and general county
• There's also this larger route jurisdiction transfer process.
• Transfer these routes to local jurisdictions.
• jurisdiction transfers process.
• by the State Department of Transportation and the road fund.

Summary: The committee first held an executive session on several transportation measures heard earlier in the session, including bills on rounding cash transactions to eliminate pennies, vehicle title transfers to insurers, a memorial bridge naming, BAT lane access for private employer transportation services, oil tanker escort requirements, Traffic Safety Commission authority, fifth-wheel trailer length, electric vehicle sales and funding, and vehicle loads on public highways. Most of the measures were advanced with due pass recommendations to the Rules Committee, and the committee adopted amendments on the penny-rounding bill, the EV funding bill, and the vehicle-loads bill. Members noted some opposition or reservations on a few items, including the penny-rounding proposal and the vehicle-loads amendment, but the motions carried. The committee then returned to public hearing on several bills. Substitute House Bill 2323 would create a blue envelope program for neurodiverse drivers to help communicate with law enforcement during traffic stops; the Department of Licensing and State Patrol fiscal notes were described, and the bill drew strong support in signed-in testimony. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2588 would expand county ferry district authority to include vehicle ferries and require voter approval for new taxes after the effective date; testimony was mixed, with Whatcom County officials and ferry users supporting the bill as a funding tool, while one opponent criticized the tax and timing provisions. The committee also heard public testimony on Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2172, which would change the route jurisdiction transfer and abandonment process for state highways by requiring agreements or legislative review for longer abandonments or bridge transfers; cities, counties, the Transportation Commission, and the TIB supported the bill as a more transparent process. Additional public hearings covered Substitute House Bill 2203, creating reckless interference with emergency operations for drivers who bypass emergency road closures; a defense-lawyer witness opposed the mandatory license suspension, while the sponsor described the bill as a response to flood and fire rescues. Substitute House Bill 2410 would create a Commercial Truck Safety and Education Council and raise the commercial vehicle safety enforcement fee from $16 to $32 per vehicle; the trucking industry and business groups supported it as a safety and training investment. The committee also heard a staff briefing and sponsor testimony on Second Substitute House Bill 1923, the Mosquito Fleet Act, which would expand passenger-only ferry district options and was presented as a local tool to improve ferry access and relieve Washington State Ferries congestion.

Transcript Highlights:

• On line 333, we have the general fund transfers.
• On line 333, we have the general fund transfers.
• The Senate puts a one-time transfer into this fund of $8,366,000 in fiscal year 2026.
• On line 333, we have the general fund transfers.
• On line 333, we have the general fund transfers.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The Strategic Initiative funds are general fund transfers. First.
• It's just that the general fund cash transfer that happened from last legislative session.
• Since then, the Legislature has made annual general fund transfers.
• be transferred to the general fund.
• They're recommending that that interest be transferred back to the general fund.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• On page 45, it's the court cost transfer fund, which is, It's the court cost transfer fund, which is
• Page 71 is the GR transfer into what we call the 988 fund.
• Page 71 is the GR transfer into what we call the 988 fund.
• This is transferring from the gaming fund to the old... ...transfers.
• One is the transfer of the fund.

Committee: House Budget

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• First, I would point out that I think this fund transfer shift, if rural health transformation program
• And this money, we found a little bucket of money that we can transfer to the general fund that has $8.7
• It's a school district building fund, and it can be transferred to the general fund.
• What Senator Ward-Engelking is referring to is a separate action, which would be the transfer of funds
• What Senator Ward Engel King is referring to is a separate action, which would be the transfer of funds

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee took up a series of JFAC budget items, beginning with health education programs. Members approved an FY 2027 increase of $900,000 and 2.5 FTP for psychiatry, family medicine, OB fellowship, child psychiatry, and veterinary education slots. They then adopted language to shift funding for the family medicine OB fellowship to the rural health transformation program if those funds become available before July 1, 2026, with the general fund then redirected to undergraduate medical education seats under H 368. The language drew debate about whether rural health money should be reserved for rural facilities and whether the provision would preempt a future committee’s role, but it ultimately passed. The committee next approved the Office of the State Board of Education budget, including Canvas LMS renewal, transfer of risk managers to institutions, and a federal post-secondary improvement grant, with a net increase of $4,487,900 and a reduction of four FTP. For colleges and universities, a substitute motion to add general fund support for an additional rescission restoration and other items failed, and the original motion passed instead, providing a smaller increase. Community colleges received a one-time general fund increase of $1,123,200 after the committee rejected a substitute that would have only reduced Canvas costs. Career Technical Education was addressed twice: first, the committee approved $957,600 one-time from the Career Ready Students Fund to restore a prior rescission in secondary programs; later, it approved $1,877,300 one-time from the same fund for secondary CTE programs after rejecting a substitute that would have used ongoing general fund support. The Department of Administration budget included utilities, Medicaid procurement staffing, training, document services, IT hardware, and a rescission correction. The committee rejected the main motion after concerns were raised about staffing for a large Medicaid managed care contract, but then approved the Permanent Building Fund budget, including $890,100 for design of a National Guard Readiness Center in Bonneville County and $71.6 million for replacement items and maintenance projects. Standard language and reporting language for that fund were adopted by unanimous consent. Finally, the State Lottery received approval for $25,800 in dedicated funds for replacement computers used in scratch-game design. The committee adjourned after announcing future work group meetings and upcoming budget agenda items.

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• This is a restricted reserve fund transfer request. The first one...
• This is a restricted reserve fund transfer request. The first one is D1.
• Those positions will also be requested transfer on this table. The next table shows fund transfers.
• The department is requesting total general revenue fund transfers...
• The next table shows fund transfers.

Committee: All ALC-PEER

Summary: The committee met to consider a series of appropriation, reserve transfer, and grant requests. Early items included temporary appropriations for the Department of Education’s Educational Freedom Account program ($32 million), the State Crime Lab ($476,000), and DFA Assessment Coordination ($90,000), along with a $1 ARPA return from the Department of Health. The committee approved these items after brief questions, including a discussion about contract cost increases at Assessment Coordination and a clarification that the $1 ARPA item was simply an unused-funds return. The most extensive discussion centered on the Department of Education’s EFA funding. Members questioned the growth in participation, the use of one-time funds and restricted reserves, and safeguards against fraud or improper purchases. Agency officials said about 44,000 students were being funded, that purchases are reviewed and flagged for unusual activity, and that homeschool students are not required to buy a curriculum so long as purchases are eligible and approved. The committee approved the EFA appropriation and related reserve transfer, and officials said the governor’s proposed budget would include the program in the RSA going forward. The committee also approved a DHS reallocation request and reviewed a building authority loan for a data center power supply replacement. In the federal grant section, members discussed a Department of Agriculture request for Central Arkansas Water to acquire land in the Maumelle watershed. Debate focused on the environmental benefits versus local property-tax and development concerns in Perry County, with testimony from the agency, Central Arkansas Water, and Potlatch about watershed protection, public access, and potential development impacts. After extended discussion, the committee adopted a motion to defer the item to the full Legislative Council and asked the department to remove the Perry County portion from the request, limiting the grant-funded purchase to Pulaski County property. The committee then reviewed remaining items, including a Veterans Affairs pay-plan appropriation, and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• , as well as some other federal F&A funds and a few smaller funding sources.
• funding for new enrollment.
• of its total funding.
• , transfer enrollment, and transfer student success.
• Transfer students are... Transfer students are admitted at UC at extremely high rates.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, chaired by Assemblymember Alvarez, held a hearing focused on University of California budget issues. The committee reviewed UC core operations funding, enrollment trends, federal funding threats, Title IX implementation, and basic needs support. Major themes included the end of the Governor’s multi-year UC compact, the state’s fiscal outlook, UC’s enrollment growth, and the potential impacts of federal policy changes on research, health care, and student aid. On core funding, the Department of Finance described the Governor’s proposal to continue compact-related support, defer some payments, and authorize a cash-flow loan. The LAO recommended a smaller or no base increase, earmarking some funds for capital renewal, retiring deferrals when possible, avoiding new compact commitments, and funding UC annually rather than through compacts. UC argued that the compact has supported enrollment growth, student services, and operating costs, but said campuses face rising expenses, structural deficits, and limited reserves. Members questioned the effects of deferrals on students and discussed the need to prioritize less harmful reductions if cuts become necessary. The enrollment panel focused on UC’s growth in California resident enrollment and the nonresident replacement plan at Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego. The LAO recommended maintaining the current enrollment target, funding enrollment separately from base increases, pausing the nonresident replacement plan, and holding enrollment flat in 2027-28. UC said it has already met compact enrollment goals, grown California undergraduate enrollment by about 18,800 students, and that further growth depends on ongoing state support. The committee also discussed the cost of enrollment growth, possible differential nonresident tuition, and a reporting request for UC to analyze the nonresident replacement approach; the motion to adopt supplemental reporting language passed. The hearing also covered federal funding risks, with the LAO and UC warning that federal changes could affect research grants, medical center reimbursement, and student financial aid. UC said research cancellations and suspensions are disrupting labs and graduate student support, while federal health policy changes could increase uncompensated care at UC hospitals. In the Title IX update, UC described its systemwide civil rights structure, annual student training, and campus support offices, and members praised the work while asking about ongoing concerns and intersegmental collaboration. The final basic-needs item began with Finance stating the Governor’s budget does not change ongoing support, but the transcript cuts off before further discussion or action.

Transcript Highlights:

• Of the $69.3 million in interagency transfers, the majority of funding is designated for various OTS
• In the $6.5 million in interagency transfers, the majority of funding pays for OTS expenses for various
• So they're just transferring funding from GOSEP to State Police.
• This agency receives no State General Fund, and all adjustments can be found in interagency transfers
• Of the $19.1 million in interagency transfers, this funding comes from DCFS for Title IV funding, along

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Next, any funding programs that are not eliminated or otherwise transferred that the Business Council
• I guess my bigger question is we're transferring the economic development loan fund that is in our Constitution
• were</c><02:11:14.400><c> donated</c> funds, private funds that were donated funds, private funds that
• So there may be a constitutional dimension or consideration with the transfer of those funds to, you
• </c> of these funds. of these funds.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill amends the Education Law to allow the State Education Department to transfer funds from the
• Funds come from a variety of sources.
• substantial funds, surplus funds.
• SED had requested that we do transfer funds because it's excess money that's just sitting there.
• Is that transfer every year or what? Pardon? Is it transfer every year or every six months or what?

Committee: Senate Higher Education

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The New York State Senate Committee on Higher Education met on April 21, 2026, with a quorum present and considered nine bills. The committee advanced bills addressing licensing discrepancies for junior and assistant landscape architects (S.1834A), SUNY/CUNY research foundation financial reporting (S.6745), credits for volunteer firefighters and EMTs enrolled in SUNY or CUNY (S.7367), campus pool and health membership for disabled veterans (S.7784A), early licensure eligibility for dental residents in multi-year specialty programs (S.8401A), a 90-day grace period for certain social workers awaiting limited permits (S.9303), interior designer certification standards (S.9673), and a transfer of excess tuition reimbursement account funds to support proprietary vocational school oversight (S.9682). One bill, S.948 concerning occupational therapists, was held pending resolution with the State Education Department. Members asked questions on several measures, including whether firefighter/EMT credits were tied to service rather than coursework, how the dental residency bill would work in practice, and the funding source and purpose of the proprietary school supervision account transfer. Support was noted for the interior designer bill from ASID, CIDQ, and IIDA, while most other bills had no listed support or opposition memos. The committee explained that the fund transfer bill would move up to $500,000 from a tuition reimbursement account balance above $2.5 million to help the Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision address oversight needs. All of the bills taken up and moved were reported out of committee, with some sent to the floor and others to the Finance Committee as indicated by the chair. Several were reported without recommendation from individual members. The meeting adjourned at 10:45 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• It increases the amount transferred from the Strategic Investment Fund by $865 million.
• well fund.
• We decided to fund them out of the abandoned well fund.
• Okay, and then section eight is the transfer to the general fund from the bank of $140 million.
• to the rail, uh, rail fund, rail, rail, um, start getting into the transfer to the rail, rail fund,

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2014, the budget for the Industrial Commission, with Representative Kempenich walking through the agency’s major components: the administrative office, Bank of North Dakota, housing finance, Department of Mineral Resources, and the State Mill and Elevator. He described mostly special-fund operations, including bond payments, economic development programs, the rail loan program, the Rebuilder’s Loan Program, housing incentive funding, abandoned well reclamation work, lignite research, litigation reserves, and a capacity purchase arrangement for a future natural gas pipeline. He also explained several one-time funding items, such as grid resiliency grants, housing-related transfers from the Strategic Investment Fund, and enhanced oil recovery funding repurposed from a prior salt cavern study. Members asked about the reduction in housing incentive funding from the Senate version, the use of one-time Strategic Investment Fund dollars for ongoing housing programs, and whether a trigger should be added to increase housing funding later. Kempenich said no trigger was discussed and emphasized that housing needs vary widely across the state. Another exchange focused on the enhanced oil recovery grant program, which he said would be driven largely by the Energy and Environmental Research Center and would use repurposed funds. A longer discussion covered the natural gas pipeline capacity purchase, including its purpose, possible routes, and the idea that the state would be buying capacity rather than immediately building a pipeline. The committee adopted Amendment 25.0181.0207 on a 21-1 vote, with one member absent and not voting. The committee then passed HB 2014 as amended on a 21-1 vote, with one member absent and not voting. Representative Kempenich was designated to carry the bill. The chair then noted this was the final budget hearing for the committee, with one bill remaining to be heard later.

Transcript Highlights:

• that we needed, some of the funds, last year.
• And I'm just asking if she has funds left, Mr.
• and what will not be funded.
• So yes, these monies could go back to the general fund.
• and what will not be funded.

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative Budget Committee

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Fund to the General Fund; transferring monies from the School District Building Account to the General
• Fund for fiscal year 2026; appropriating and transferring funds from the 27th Payroll Fund to the General
• and transferring interest earnings from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the General Fund for fiscal
• This is just moving stuff from dedicated fund to dedicated fund. It's a net-zero transfer.
• It's a net-zero transfer: $212,000, but it's coming from dedicated funds to dedicated funds.

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We appreciate the legislature's efforts to fund growth and are hopeful that as funding, final funding
• , additional funding and, uh, old funding.
• funding.
• with federal funding.
• matched by federal funding.

Committee: House Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:

• Funding.
• of those funds released.
• We ended up, you know, in New Mexico doing very well with ESSER funding. and other funds.
• So I appreciate your sentiment about funding adequately, fully funding our schools.
• We've consistently either not received funding for math at all, The funding is over 3 years.

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• The first year that the program was implemented was in 2022, and it was funded through funds that the
• The first year that the program was implemented was in 2022, and it was funded through funds that the
• And by the way, that includes our transfer students.
• The SCNS is a key component of student transfer and articulation.
• But transfer students come and we say, oh, you know, you know how to drive, right?

Summary: The subcommittee began with an informal “college day” exercise in which members described what careers and colleges they would choose if starting over, often citing factors such as program reputation, location, cost, graduation rates, employment outcomes, and family or personal interests. Members mentioned a range of possible paths including law, aviation, education, construction management, psychology, social work, criminal justice, nursing, intelligence studies, and the arts. Several also highlighted the value of historically Black colleges and universities, dual enrollment, and career/technical education. The chair used the exercise to frame the meeting’s broader focus on Florida’s higher education pathways and student outcomes. Dr. Kathleen Plinsky of Valencia College then gave an overview of the Florida College System and Valencia’s role in it, emphasizing Florida’s statewide articulation and transfer framework, open-access mission, affordability, and workforce alignment. She described Valencia’s record enrollment, high retention, large share of first-generation and working students, and partnerships such as Direct Connect to UCF, Osceola Prosper, and Open Door grants for short-term training. Members asked about guaranteed transfer, apprenticeships, enrollment trends, student demographics, out-of-state residency, county scholarship costs, dual enrollment outcomes, and barriers to expanding career dual enrollment. Dr. Plinsky said the system supports transfer and acceleration well, but funding constraints limit growth in some areas; she also noted that dual enrollment participation is high and that Valencia’s affordability and student support efforts have driven recent enrollment gains. Dr. Jim Clark of Florida State University followed with an overview of the State University System, describing its governance, performance-based funding, low tuition, and strong graduation and research outcomes. He highlighted FSU’s enrollment, research profile, transfer student success, FSU Health, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, partnerships with K-12 schools and Tallahassee State College, and efforts to expand nursing and medical education to address workforce shortages. After the presentations, the committee heard from a panel on student acceleration and mobility: Shannon Mercer of the Department of Education explained the Office of Articulation, the statewide course numbering system, FASTER records, the 2+2 transfer model, specialized AA transfer degrees, and credit for industry certifications, military, medical, and law-enforcement training. Panelists from Kaiser University, Florida State University, and Pinellas County Schools described their institutions’ roles in transfer, advising, career pathways, apprenticeships, and dual enrollment. No formal votes or bills were taken up in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• , and the Idaho Career Ready Students Program Fund; directs the use of funds for standards, review, and
• Ready Students Program Fund, directing the use of funds for standards, review, and adoption programs
• We need better funding and better reliable funding for our state police.
• but they have to happen and they haven't happened yet we need better funding and better reliable funding
• back into the general fund.

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Fund, appropriating and transferring monies from the hazardous waste emergency account to the Solid
• monies from the General Fund to the Pest Control Deficiency Fund for fiscal year 2026, appropriating
• Fund, appropriating and transferring monies from the hazardous waste emergency to the Solid Waste Regulatory
• When you look at these funds as dedicated funds, they're funds that Idahoans have already paid.
• You're paying the Pittman-Robertson funds, or you're paying the Dingell-Johnson funds.

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So the dedicated fund, again, it's a dedicated fund. There's $18.6 million.
• The general fund, there's $278,400. The general fund, there's $278,400.
• But the general fund is 0.2%. Your dedicated fund, those are dedicated funds.
• That's just, again, it's moving funds from dedicated to a dedicated fund.
• Appropriating and transferring monies from the revolving development fund to the aquifer planning.

Keywords: 989, all