Video & Transcript Research : 'general appropriation'
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ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 3rd, 2025 at 02:30 pm
Appropriations - Education and Environment Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, so if I understand this right, House Bill 1417 provides a general fund appropriation of $310,000
- . ...provides a general fund appropriation of $310,000 to replace the lost revenue that we weren't probably
- general funds, or comes from general...
- Is in general funds, or comes from general funds, but it's already paid to DOCR.
- It also generates minimal revenue. The fee also generates minimal revenue.
Summary:
The committee met to review fiscal aspects of House Bills 1417 and 1425, both part of a broader criminal justice reentry package. HB 1417 would eliminate the $35 public defender application fee and end court-ordered reimbursement of indigent defense costs, while also removing the $55 monthly community supervision fee. Testimony from the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents and the Department of Corrections said the bill would replace lost revenue with general fund appropriations of about $310,000 for indigent defense and $1.5 million for supervision fees, and that the fees are rarely collected and can hinder reentry. Representative Clemene said the bill is intended to reduce barriers to successful community reintegration and improve data and supervision practices.
HB 1425 would create and fund front-end diversion, deflection, and pretrial services programs. Supporters described it as allowing prosecutors and local jurisdictions to divert appropriate low-level offenders from prosecution, establish deflection programs for people with behavioral health needs, and expand pretrial services. The bill includes a pilot program in three counties, a $1 million appropriation to DOCR for one FTE and contracts with local providers, $750,000 to DHS for treatment services, and $55,000 for a study of pretrial services cost savings. Committee members asked several questions about how the pilot counties would be chosen, how the consultant study would be procured, and what services the DHS funds would cover.
The committee also heard House Bill 1603, which would provide a $500,000 matching grant for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act compliance, with $100,000 available to each of North Dakota’s five tribes if matched. Sponsor testimony said the funds would support a Historical Society NAGPRA compliance committee and help catalog and repatriate human remains and cultural items in coordination with tribes. After questions about the federal mandate and the difficulty of identifying artifacts, the committee voted 4-0 to give HB 1603 a do-pass recommendation, with Senator Meyer assigned to carry it forward.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/10/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #25
Transcript Highlights:
- Staff, 4154, Madam Whitman, members, House Bill 4154 and Senate Bill 1847 are the general appropriation
- The bill makes various fiscal year 2027 General Fund and other fund appropriations for the operations
- The bill appropriates $324,700,000 from the General Fund for the state health insurance plan and programs
- In terms of natural resource relief and readiness, the bill appropriates $10 million from the General
- In total, the budget package appropriates approximately $18,286 million from the General Fund in fiscal
Summary:
The meeting covered a series of fiscal year 2027 budget and budget-related bills, beginning with the general appropriations and tax package. Staff and the chair highlighted a budget built around about $1.4 billion in tax cuts, a one-time 2.5% agency reduction, major funding for state employee health insurance, corrections, flood and wildfire relief, and other supplemental appropriations. The chair repeatedly urged support for the package, emphasizing the size of the tax cut and noting that the committee’s joint vote had only three no votes out of 28 members.
Members then reviewed several smaller budget implementation bills affecting racing and gambling, capital outlay, commerce and defense innovation, corrections, environment and water policy, higher education, human services, K-12 education, county finance, tax administration, state data governance, and state office rent rates. Key provisions included extending or modifying funds and fee structures, transferring surplus or unneeded monies, creating or revising oversight boards and pilot programs, increasing K-12 funding by 2% for inflation, adjusting university retention limits, expanding SNAP and housing-related requirements, and changing tax conformity and credits. Several members asked clarifying questions about specific items such as electric vehicle charging funds, mobile home relocation payments, university funding, and the new health insurance oversight board.
The chair also explained the tax bill’s major changes, including conformity to federal tax law, a larger dependent tax credit, changes to deductions, repeal of certain tax credits, veteran property tax relief, limits on data center tax incentives, and provisions affecting manufacturing infrastructure and unemployment insurance administration. The committee discussed the Budget Stabilization Fund, debt repayment, and education rollover balances, with the chair arguing for using surpluses to pay down debt. The final item discussed was a behavioral health bill creating a home and community-based services program for adults determined to be seriously mentally ill, with a stated FY 2027 total fund appropriation of $7.8 million contingent on federal approval and matching funds. The meeting ended with a reminder that floor action would begin the next day at 10 a.m.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/10/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #25
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Whitman, members, House Bill 4154 and Senate Bill 1847 are the general appropriation tax bill.
- The bill makes various fiscal year 2027 general fund and other fund appropriations for the operations
- The bill appropriates $324,700,000 from the general fund for the state health insurance plan and programs
- The bill appropriates $324,700,000 from the general fund for the state health insurance plan and programs
- In terms of natural resource relief and readiness, the bill appropriates $10 million from the General
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 14 makes an appropriation through the general education aid formula of $3.422 million.
general appropriation through the general appropriation through the general education<00:55:10.240- And subdivision 4 annually appropriates $1.555 million from the general fund for the aid program. had
- Subdivision 5 makes an appropriation of the amount necessary from the general fund in fiscal year 2025
- <01:22:08.719>
for appropriation from the general fund for appropriation from the general
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- > on of that appropriation is replaced on of that appropriation is replaced on line<00:18:40.480>
- appropriations or general fund impact appropriations or general fund impact for<00:21:47.360>
- appropriations<00:49:32.480>
are appropriations are appropriations are $261.9<00:49:34.880>- The first is Programs and Services, which has a total general fund appropriation of $60.3 million.
- The first is Programs and Services, which has a total general fund appropriation of $60.3 million.
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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Aug 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, the pot of money that we generally look at for non-recurring appropriations and expenses. appropriations
- non-recurring appropriations.
- with no cuts to those appropriations.
- That's generally a good sign.
- It’s about switching from generational poverty to generational wealth.
WI
Wisconsin 2026 1st Special Session
Joint Committee on Finance May 12th, 2026
Joint Committee on Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill would also provide an additional $302.5 million in the general school aid appropriation and
- : payments from the general aid appropriation are under revenue limits.
- The general school aid amount would be in the general school aid appropriation; that's property tax relief
- , and one GPR position in the appropriation for general program operations.
- to the fisheries management subprogram of the department's general operations appropriation and the
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations & Revenue. (7-1-26)
Appropriations & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- So, as Jenny said, the General Assembly authorizes spending at the appropriation unit level.
- >
the <00:13:52.680>general million appropriation from the general million appropriation - You appropriate general fund, fund.
- You appropriate general fund, restricted<00:15:58.200>
funds, <00:15:58.520>federal <00: - The General Assembly then appropriates money to go towards that unmet need.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Budget Process 00:02:28
Allotment Process 00:10:30
School Facilities Construction Commission 00:29:10
Role of KDE in School Facilities Funding 00:47:00
Kentucky School Boards Association 01:13:25
Elementary and Secondary School Construction 01:20:40
Perkins V Funding 01:35:32, 958, all
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Budget Section Commerce and Legal Service Division Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- A couple of graphs show what the general fund and other fund appropriations were for the last four bienniums
- A couple of graphs show what the general fund and other fund appropriations were for the last four bienniums
- The rest of page 4 starts some historical information on ongoing general fund appropriations for the
- The rest of page 4 starts some historical information on ongoing general fund appropriations for the
- Assistant Attorney General Clare Ness. Assistant Attorney General Clare Ness.
Summary:
The committee met as the Commerce and Legal Services Division and first approved the minutes, then received a Legislative Council overview of the Attorney General’s current budget status and a blue-sheet summary of the AG’s base budget for the next biennium. Staff highlighted compliance with legislative intent items, including FTE changes, one-time funding updates, litigation pool spending, opioid settlement receipts, and continuing appropriations. Members asked about specific funds such as the Missing Indigenous People Grant Fund and the Internet Crimes Investigation Fund, and staff explained the statutory basis and status of those items.
The Attorney General’s office then presented an extensive overview of its divisions and budget pressures. Chief Deputy Attorney General Clare Ness described the office’s 14 divisions, the role of the office in defending the state and recouping funds, and concerns about attorney pay, recruitment, and retention. Members discussed whether attorney salaries should be benchmarked across state government and whether more legal work could be centralized in the AG’s office. The office also described challenges with the new-and-vacant FTE pool, operating expense cuts, leased office space, and the criminal justice information systems used to connect law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts.
The Crime Laboratory director gave a detailed update on space and infrastructure problems, saying the current lab is overcrowded and outdated, with safety, workflow, air-handling, glycol leak, alarm, and maintenance issues that can delay casework and risk evidence integrity. She said a 2024 study projected a need for a much larger facility and that the preferred option would be a new building on the current health department site, at an estimated cost of roughly $40 million to $45 million. She also reported that backlogs have improved significantly in DNA, firearms, fingerprint, and drug cases, though toxicology had recently developed a small backlog after an air compressor failure.
The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, gaming division, and BCI also provided updates. MFCU’s new director said the unit is federally funded 75/25, focuses on fraud, abuse, and neglect, and is seeking two attorney hires while continuing to work with federal partners on cases and recertification. Gaming staff reported continued growth in charitable gaming and electronic pull-tab activity, with concerns about site competition, large trust balances, possible ineligible expenditures, and the need for more scrutiny as revenues have grown. BCI outlined its staffing, drug task forces, ICAC work, and the Missing Indigenous Person Task Force, which is using its $250,000 appropriation to help tribal nations develop emergency response plans and purchase alerting tools such as IPAWS. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Energy Finance Bill Working Group 6/8/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the savings come versus the general the savings come versus the general fund.<00:07:10.400>
Um - extending the fisc year 24 appropriation extending the fisc year 24 appropriation to<00:09:41.839
- And that extends that um appropriation And that extends that um appropriation also<00:10:04.640>
- >
it <00:14:28.320>and It's instead of appropriating it and It's instead of appropriating - So, just account from the general fund.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appr/Sub-General Government and Transportation 2ND REVISED Jan 12th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Hi, welcome to the General Government Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee.
- Here is our five-year appropriation history. Appropriations have been very stable.
- To increase appropriations by $500,000, which would give us a total of $5.9 million in appropriations
- Adjutant General. Well, thank you very much, Adjutant General Mancino.
- Thank you, General, for being here.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 2156, lifestyle compensation fund appropriation.
- HB 2027, appropriation, Braille transcription program.
- Is it appropriate to name a highway after him?
- That's the duty of this body: to make sure that they're expending the general fund appropriation in a
- general manner that is responsible as possible.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- There are a number of formula items in the FSP that may be a... or amended in the General Appropriations
- This kind of information is published as a result of a rider in the General Appropriations Act, so it's
- Turning to slide 6, TRS CARE also receives general revenue appropriations based on a formula.
- appropriation committee purview.
- generation and my friend's generations as well.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Capital Improvement Committee Meeting Jun 23rd, 2026
Capital Improvement
Transcript Highlights:
- Comptroller General, please call the roll. Comptroller General, please call the roll.
- So SSPMF would be fully from the TTF, and CTF would be from the general fund.
- SSPMF would be fully from the TTF and CTF would be from the general fund.
- Governor, Comptroller General, please begin. Thank you, Madam Chair.
- an appropriation made for lab space in the governor's budget.
Summary:
The committee met for a fiscal year 2027 capital budget writing session with all 12 members present. It first reviewed and approved the DNREC Resource Conservation and Development drainage project list, which would add projects across New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties and bring the total eligible projects to 1,561. Members offered personal remarks thanking retiring conservation district staff, especially Kevin Donnelly, for years of work on drainage and water issues. The committee then reviewed DelDOT Rule 12 changes, including annual date updates and a reduction in the inflation markup applied to older estimates, and approved the rule as amended.
The committee next adopted DelDOT Appendix A and the FY27 paving and rehabilitation list, including the subdivision street management fund and various road resurfacing projects. DelDOT explained that paving projects are for state-of-good-repair work and that major changes from corridor studies would be handled separately. The committee also approved DelDOT epilogue changes, including updates to authorization amounts, a $25 million increase for toll infrastructure work, changes to subdivision street paving language, and an increase in the subdivision street paving management fund to $30 million. Several sections were placed on hold for later updates.
The committee then moved through boilerplate epilogue sections in the bond bill, approving a wide range of provisions affecting conservation districts, housing, economic development, corrections, DNREC, public safety, transportation, agriculture, fire prevention, education, and other agencies. Many sections were adopted in groups, while some were held for later revisions or deleted as no longer needed. The session included updates to school capital rules, transportation restrictions and reporting requirements, DNREC conservation and land-use provisions, and funding and administrative authorities across multiple agencies. The committee broke for lunch after approving the education-related sections through 147, with additional sections still pending.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Capital Investment Cmte hears St. Paul bonding requests for sports facility upgrades 3/20/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Andrew Lee come up real quick to explain the difference between general obligation bonds and general
- appropriation bonds.
- obligation bonds and between General obligation bonds and general<00:33:54.799>
appropriation - appropriation bonds uh Mr Lee if general appropriation bonds uh Mr Lee if you<00:33:57.799>
you <00:35:10.560>bonds system um uh and uh appropriation bonds system um uh and uh appropriation
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 092 Apr 15th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . appropriation. appropriation.
- by the General Assembly and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
- We appropriately appropriated the appropriation.
- an appropriation. an appropriation.
- With this, we're going to actually put the money in the General Fund and make sure and increase the appropriations
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and received several committee reports. The Finance Committee reported Senate Bills 155, 49, and 116 with amendments and favorable referral to Appropriations, and House Bill 1188 favorably to Appropriations. The Business, Labor, and Technology Committee reported House Bill 1110 with amendments and a favorable recommendation to the Committee of the Whole, placed on the Consent Calendar, and also recommended confirmation of several appointments, including members of the State Plumbing Board, State Electrical Board, and Workers’ Compensation Cost Containment Board.
The chamber then proceeded out of order for personal privileges and a resolution honoring Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., including recognition of visiting members and students participating in its Capitol Day. The Senate next took up House Joint Resolution 1027 concerning remembrance of the Holocaust. The resolution emphasized the history of the Holocaust, rising anti-Semitic incidents, the importance of Holocaust and genocide education, and the need to confront hate and otherization. Senators Weissman and Ball spoke in support, stressing the dangers of hateful rhetoric, the need for vigilance and compassion, and the importance of learning from history. HJR 1027 passed unanimously by roll call, 35-0, and the roll call was listed as co-sponsors.
Announcements followed recognizing the Sikh community’s Vaisakhi observance and a langar lunch at the Capitol, along with a proclamation for Sikh Awareness Appreciation Month. There were also notices about a Republican caucus, a Legal Services Committee meeting on Senate Bill 2683 and a litigation update, and a brief personal privilege remark about tax day and agriculture. The Senate then recessed until 10:30 a.m., later raised the call, and moved into special orders for second reading of a large group of House bills on the Consent Calendar.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee Jun 17th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- you the general fund portion of this.
- So the most recent biennium at June 30, 2025, they had $490,000 of general fund appropriation for clarification
- on the general fund for the two bienniums in 2023, they had zero left in 2025 for general fund.
- So it appears that they spend all their general fund appropriation.
- It's pretty generic.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- This letter is from the Consul General This letter is from the Consul General of<00:19:38.760>
- an appropriation, Then carrying an appropriation, the<00:30:19.320>
bill <00:30:19.600>was - On a very recent straw poll, the House General and Housing Committee found the House Appropriations Committee's
- on Appropriations? on Appropriations?
- General Assembly by December 1st, 2028. General Assembly by December 1st, 2028.
- an appropriation, Then carrying an appropriation, the<00:30:19.320>
Summary:
The House opened with a devotional and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through first readings and referrals of several bills. House Bill 950, the pay act for certain state employees, was read and referred to Appropriations, and House Bill 951, the government appropriations bill, was read and referred to Ways and Means. Senate bills referred included S. 138 on commercial property assessed clean energy projects, S. 181 on eliminating a pre-sentence investigation requirement for deferred sentences, S. 206 on licensure of early childhood educators, S. 219 on an energy navigator program report, S. 239 on the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Working Group, and S. 291 on travel disclosures for legislators and certain executive officers, each sent to the appropriate committee.
The chamber also read several House concurrent resolutions adopted on the consent calendar. These included resolutions congratulating Rice Memorial High School’s Division Two girls soccer team and Division One field hockey team, designating March 2026 as Athletic Trainers Month in Vermont, and remembering the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters in Japan. The Japan remembrance resolution included a message from the Japanese consul general expressing gratitude for Vermont’s solidarity and friendship after the disaster.
Later, members offered announcements recognizing guests in the gallery, including Rice Memorial athletes and coaches, representatives of the Vermont Association of Athletic Trainers, and students and teachers from Pondbrook and Sterling College. The House also heard a detailed floor speech in support of House Bill 861, which would establish a statewide Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator. The sponsor described accessibility barriers faced by disabled Vermonters, argued that ADA responsibilities are currently uneven across state government, and said a coordinator would improve coordination, compliance, and access across agencies. The House then announced the order of upcoming bills, starting with H. 861 and H. 931, but no final vote on H. 861 was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Legislating Legacy - Senator Foung Hawj Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I like possible for the next generation.
- <00:03:12.560>
fund <00:03:12.879>appropriation and trails general fund appropriation - and trails general fund appropriation has<00:03:13.680>
increased <00:03:14.319>every < - The House has more direct appropriation. The Senate has more appropriation.
- build a better appropriation next time. build a better appropriation next time.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- . appropriately. appropriately.
- are generally eligible for general<00:03:46.799>
obligation <00:03:47.360>bonds. - and asset preservation appropriations. and asset preservation appropriations.
- appropriations are When these appropriations are insufficient<00:08:01.360>
to <00:08:02.000>< - <00:30:18.240>
appropriations <00:30:18.960>for appropriate appropriations for appropriate