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• House budget initially was put together.
• There was money in that budget for contracting. exclusive use, as well as buying aircraft. Now.
• Ideal would be what you asked for in the original budget.
• Item we had from the legislative session was a fire department equipment database.
• The state also has the flexibility to either expand or contract based. based upon budget woes or budget

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• One challenge at DHS is that the administrative budget, which at DHS includes both staff and technology
• One challenge at DHS is that the administrative budget, which at DHS includes both staff and technology
• , which at DHS that administrative budget, which at DHS that includes<00:21:44.160> both<00:21
• and metadata, emails, home the database and metadata, emails, home drives,<00:36:23.600> all<
• to three percent of of the budget is for<00:38:08.800> administrative<00:38:10.200> costs.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• >> State Administration Budget subcommittee will come to order.
• I want to welcome everyone to the State Administration Budget subcommittee.
• That is this is where we see the similarities between our state budget and certainly with the budgets
• We will roll the House budget out. I would like the resources We will roll the House budget out.
• So what you'll notice when you look at our legislative budget requests is that we include a lot of budget

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• It remains essential for our economy and family budgets.
• State, local, and family budgets.
• Now, we have the Governor's budget.
• budget.
• > on of the Governor's budget starting on of the Governor's budget starting on the<01:24:19.480

Bills: HF3373, HF4449, HF3486, HF4180, HF4227, HF2505

Keywords: transportation, interchange, funding, bonds, St. Paul Park, transit, Metropolitan Council, Twin Cities, metro area, high-frequency transit, bus rapid transit, busway, guideway, transportation policy plan, transit performance measures, regional transit benchmarks, transit-oriented development, TOD, zoning, land use

Summary: The committee approved the April 8, 2026 minutes and then heard House File 3373, which was laid over. The bill sought trunk highway bond funding for preliminary and final design work at the 70th Street interchange in St. Paul Park. Representative Hansen, Mayor Keith Frankie, and Washington County Commissioner Karla Bigham described the interchange as undersized and increasingly unsafe because of refinery truck traffic, aggregate hauling, nearby growth, and changing traffic patterns. Members asked about prior study, cost, and greenhouse gas requirements, and the bill author said the request was about $500,000. Chair Cosgrove noted the bill would be laid over and suggested the issue could involve future statutory exemptions. The committee then took up House File 4449, also laid over, after adopting the A4 author’s amendment. Representative Jones presented the bill as a transit planning and accountability measure for the Twin Cities metro. It would set numeric transit goals, require better coordination between road projects and future transit projects, and give the Met Council more tools to support transit-oriented development, including property acquisition and development around transit corridors. Jones argued the bill would help avoid rebuilding roads twice and improve transit ridership, frequency, speed, and reliability. Representative Olson offered an amendment to exempt highway projects primarily addressing documented safety issues, arguing that safety projects should not be burdened by added transit requirements or costs. Jones said she supported the safety concern but opposed the amendment as written because the bill was aimed at major construction projects. After a roll call, the amendment failed on an 8-8 tie. The bill itself remained laid over for further work, with the chair noting there was still time to refine the proposal.

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• safety actions and the thousands, if not millions, of dollars that you all have invested in your budget
• So I want to thank the Legislature for continuing to approve our budget expenditure... ...authority for
• And just as we do in our state budget, right?
• And just as we do in our state budget, right?
• I know it's difficult, having come in in 2010 under a massive budget cut season.

Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee held its fifth oversight hearing on the California Department of Insurance’s Sustainable Insurance Strategy (SIS), with Commissioner Ricardo Lara providing an update on implementation. Lara said the department has finalized major reforms, including new catastrophe modeling tools, faster rate review procedures, use of forward-looking data tied to mitigation, and modernization of the FAIR Plan. He argued the strategy is intended to improve insurance availability in wildfire-prone areas, increase transparency, and stabilize the market, while also criticizing consumer intervenor groups and saying the department will tighten rules on intervener compensation and relevance. Members questioned Lara about when the SIS would begin producing visible market changes, how long rate filings would take to approve, and what the FAIR Plan modernization would mean for consumers’ costs. Lara said catastrophe model approvals should be completed by the end of the month, insurers are expected to begin submitting SIS filings in the coming weeks, and rate reviews have already been reduced from 281 days to 71 days. He also discussed a new market conduct investigation into State Farm’s handling of wildfire claims, ongoing complaints about smoke-damage claims, and a newly created smoke claims and remediation task force to develop standards. Lara said the department has helped more than 12,000 wildfire survivors, with over 38,000 claims filed and more than $17 billion paid, and that it is also working with other western states on underinsurance issues. Public commenters from the insurance industry, homebuilding, and insurance brokerage sectors largely supported the SIS and the department’s efforts, saying the reforms are needed to restore availability and stability. They emphasized the importance of timely rate approvals, FAIR Plan solvency, and greater transparency, and several noted that member companies are preparing to use the new filing process. The hearing ended without a vote or formal action, though members and the commissioner discussed ongoing legislative needs, including AB 226 and possible future FAIR Plan transparency measures.

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• Considering the state's current budget concerns, I do not believe that the assembly bill 249 should be
• has that basic protection in there Concerns have also been raised about pressure on jurisdictions budgets
• low price tags and the charter cities that we've seen typically it's between 0.02% and 0.06% of the budget
• deficits all the way up until 2028, they've answered questions that we couldn't even vote on the same budget
• So I think this Postal Service Database... ...update because voluntarily people, when they move out or

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• You take the information, you plug it into E-Verify, and it contrasts it with the database...
• After receiving a written request from the covered individual that specifies the website, database, or
• record, these entities must ...that specifies the website, database, or record, these entities must
• So it would say ‘record means a publicly and remotely accessible website or database.’
• the record on line 25, it would read: ‘record means a publicly and remotely accessible website or database

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• should wholeheartedly trust the federal government with all of our data in a separate government database
• Are you aware that the Department of Labor doesn't really even have an enforcement division, a database
• They do not have a database of all private businesses, nor do they have the program software that is

Bills: HB3725, HB3260, HB3660, HB3369, HB3370

Keywords: labor, e-verification, immigration, employers, employment eligibility, Department of Labor, penalties, funeral licensing, continuing education, Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association, professional development, licensing requirements, HB3660, natural organic reduction, human composting, soil reduction, green burial, funeral services, cremation, burial permit

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• What this particular bill does is require... a searchable database for local bond obligations, including
• I come here in full favor of House Bill 3526, as this database brings much-needed transparency to local
• Part of the challenge there is that there is no comprehensive database for your voters, and so a lot

Bills: HB148, HB334, HB554, HB762, HB1520, HB1593, HB3526, HB3810, HB5092, SB2215, HB2607, HB148

Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales

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• It's 10% of the Medicaid program's budget, one-third of disability waiver spending alone per year.
• It's 10% of the Medicaid<00:15:24.880> program's<00:15:25.360> budget,<00:15:26.160>
• onethird<00:15:26.560> of Medicaid program's budget, onethird of Medicaid program's budget
• So, I'd like to know if we have a provider database that shows who the providers are in the sections
• decrease of 43% because of the a budget decrease of 43% because of the flat<01:35:55.360> rate.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The database is corrupt. People are wrongfully denied routinely next using a criminal database.
• The National Instant Criminal Database to track mental health is wrong.
• routinely next using a criminal database routinely next using a criminal database the<06:21:15.000
• the national instant criminal database the national instant criminal database to<06:21:17.160>
• Fourth, the federal authorities cannot be made to delist anyone from a prohibited persons database.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• If you look at the budget, 10% of the law enforcement budget over five years, you're talking about millions
• I'm grateful that we've included funding in our budget to move a step forward.
• I'm grateful that we've included funding in our budget to move a step forward with this bill.
• Is that as a result of the $31.5 million that the state put in the budget for?
• hearings, the annual budget hearings that occur, to discuss these things.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This was suggested by the clerks of the courts to better align with their budgeting procedures.
• This was suggested by the clerks of the courts to better align with their budgeting procedures.
• It also ensures align with their budgeting procedures.
• thank you for meeting on Zoom right before session with one of my nonprofits to hear about their budget
• This bill gives our children a real chance to succeed while having no fiscal impact on the state budget

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, several introductions, and an announcement that there would be no weekend conference. The chamber then took up a long special-order calendar of bills, generally moving each measure through third reading and final passage, often by substituting House companion bills. Early measures included trust law modernization (SB 786/HB 895), military affairs changes and Guard retirement corrections (SB 474), rounding rules for cash transactions as pennies phase out (SB 1074), podiatric medicine regulation and informed-consent requirements (SB 1092), veterans court expansion (SB 50/HB 199), RV park special assessment clarification (SB 118), concurrent jurisdiction for juvenile offenses on military installations (SB 502/HB 351), alcoholic beverage loss deductions (SB 678/HB 1137), and bail bond/pretrial release revisions (SB 600). Most passed unanimously or near-unanimously; SB 600 passed 36-1 after questions about charitable bail bonds and an amendment aligning with the House version and prosecutors’ concerns. The Senate also considered bills on portable electronics and eyewear insurance (SB 772), the linking industry to nursing education fund and health science workforce programs (SB 1246), recovery residences and behavioral health licensing (SB 1030, with a technical amendment on background checks and probationary licenses), felony battery enhancements for repeat offenders and offenses against law enforcement (SB 436), and child welfare changes including foster-home visitor screening, a permanent statewide Step Into Success program, and a best-practices repository (SB 1718). These measures were explained by sponsors as efforts to streamline regulation, improve workforce and health-care training, strengthen public safety, and reduce administrative burdens while preserving safeguards. Votes on these bills were overwhelmingly favorable, with final tallies typically 36-0 or 37-0. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to a farewell tribute to Senator Lori Berman. Members from both parties praised her leadership, collegiality, policy work, and advocacy on issues including voting rights, women’s rights, Israel and antisemitism, school safety, breast cancer, and family law. Berman delivered a lengthy farewell reflecting on her 16 years in the Legislature, her caucus leadership, and the importance of dignity, respect, and public service. The Senate adopted a motion to spread her remarks upon the journal and then recessed before returning to continue the calendar.

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• This will be our first look at the budget.
• They said access databases, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and paper.
• I have a question about the current budgeted but unfilled FTEs in 2026.
• AI, or do you still have 2 positions that you have budgeted for that you need?
• We still have our budgeted headcount is 628.

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• The State Administration Budget Subcommittee will come to order.
• This current year, our budget is almost 61. You see the $60.9 million there.
• Our current salary and benefits budget is a little bit less than that.
• as budget recommendations, would be very welcomed.
• It will be meaningful to the development of our budgets under our purview.

Summary: The State Administration Budget Subcommittee heard presentations from the Department of Financial Services on the My Safe Florida Home program, the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot, and the Florida PALM financial system replacement project. For My Safe Florida Home, Stephen Fielder explained the wind-mitigation grant program, including its inspection-first process, two-to-one matching grants for most homeowners, low-income exemptions from the match, and eligible improvements such as roofs, clips/straps, water barriers, and opening protection. He reported roughly 109,000 initial inspections, nearly 59,000 grants approved, 31,000 final inspections, 25,000 reimbursements, and about $240 million paid out through the end of 2024. Members asked about premium savings, contractor pricing, fraud, owner-builder eligibility, reimbursement timing, and whether the program should have a dedicated funding source; Fielder said the program is currently closed, more than 40,000 people have signed up for updates, and the office has seen some price-gouging and impersonation issues but no major fraud trend. The committee also discussed the new prioritization rules that took effect July 1, 2024, which direct grant awards by age and income. Fielder said the program used a survey of existing applicants to implement the new priority groups and that the first group was over age 60 and low-income. Members raised questions about how premium reductions are measured, whether insurance company changes or rising insured values affect the data, and whether the program can track long-term outcomes after reimbursement. Fielder said the office reports raw premium changes based on declarations pages, knows the insurer for participants, and has validated results with multiple insurers, but does not track homeowners after they leave the program or enforce continued insurance coverage. For the My Safe Florida Condo Pilot, Fielder said the program is modeled on the home program but uses association-level applications, a maximum grant of $175,000 per association, and a similar two-to-one match. He said the application window opened briefly in November and was closed quickly because available funding could be exhausted and the department is prohibited from creating a waiting list. He identified several needed statutory changes, including better distinguishing condos from single-family homes, adjusting roof requirements for flat concrete roofs, and revisiting the unanimous unit-owner vote requirement, which he said has been a major obstacle. Chair Lopez noted the pilot is intended to be a learning process and thanked DFS staff for identifying implementation issues. The final presentation covered Florida PALM, the state’s effort to replace the 40-year-old FLAIR accounting system with a PeopleSoft-based financial management system. Fielder and PALM Director Jimmy Cox said the project began in 2014, the state contracted with Accenture in 2018, cash management went live in 2021, and the project was paused in 2022 for legislative review and remediation. They said the system is expected to go live in 2026, possibly in July rather than January, and that the project has spent about $225 million to date, with a current-year budget of about $60.9 million and a projected next-year request of about $64 million. Members asked about cybersecurity, cloud hosting, project scope, and whether the system is unique to Florida; staff said the system is not Florida-specific, access is credentialed through agency identity management, and the cloud host location is confidential. After the presentations, Chair Lopez assigned members to work with specific agencies on budget review meetings, asked them to discuss agency structure, priorities, staffing, waste reduction, and other budget issues, and set a deadline to report findings in the first week of regular session. The meeting then adjourned without objection.

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• The project gets smaller or you increase the budget.
• , but maybe next session a deficit budget...
• “How did you create your communications database?
• So we used existing PUC databases.
• I think when, as someone who cares a lot about the budget, when we put a rider in the budget, it is because

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• This budget does one.
• This budget has 20. This budget has 20.
• The maintenance budget is $4.7 million less than the 2026 budget.
• The maintenance budget is $4.7 million less than the 2026 budget.
• state's annual transportation budget. state's annual transportation budget.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• last session to the Mental Health program and the increased funding for this program, including the budget
• We know that while there were some funds left over because y'all infused money in the budget last session
• amounts weren't matching in order to get enough money out the door to meet the amount y'all put in the budget
• It will maintain a public database of accreditation findings and submit annual reports to state leaders

Bills: SB1998, SB646, SB2786, SB2076, SB2615, SB1961, SB1418, SB2647, SB1322, SB2788

Keywords: pediatrics, medical education, subsidiary, preceptorship, medical training, student programs, mental health, loan repayment, education funding, mental health professionals, healthcare access, Texas Success Initiative, exemption, public officers, employees, higher education, Capitol view, Austin, urban planning, construction

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• , and that's the National Crime Information Center database.
• , and that's the National Crime Information Center database.
• Center<01:12:15.120> database.
• So in this Information Center database.
• validating a match found in the database validating a match found in the database to<01:13:04.800

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• And what this is for is our new licensing database.
• And what this is for is our new licensing database.
• a contract amendment to add $75,000 to the statewide voter registration and election management database
• <00:34:15.679> It<00:34:15.800> was election management database.
• It was election management database.

Keywords: 924, joint, all