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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> House Bill 34 by Representative Robbins, Department of Work First talent recruitment grant program
  • Representative Robbins replied that the program would be a grant program under the Department of Commerce
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 18th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Grant us wisdom to discern what is just, courage to stand for what is right, and compassion to seek the
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and handled several floor introductions, including recognition of an intern, visiting FFA members, and later a Sand Springs state championship football team and Murray County visitors. The chamber also laid over Senate Bill 2067 and adopted a unanimous-consent request to bring HCR 1006 directly to calendar. HCR 1006, which calls on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment giving states more control over campaign and ballot-initiative money, passed by voice vote. Senate Bill 1226, expanding hit-and-run scene-retention requirements to include property damage, passed 47-0. Senate Bill 1239, dealing with transportation-related statutory cleanup and extending a sunset date for structurally deficient bridge funding from 2026 to 2031, was amended twice, advanced, and passed 44-2, then was approved as an emergency measure. Senate Bill 1309, adjusting the amount that may be reserved from the Roads Fund for debt service, advanced and passed 46-0 as an emergency measure. Later, Senate Bill 2132, increasing a justice surcharge on credit-card point-of-sale transactions from 2% to 3%, passed 28-17; Senator Hall recorded a personal-interest abstention. The Senate then confirmed Daniel LaFortune to the Oklahoma Tax Commission by a 44-1 roll call vote. The body concluded by moving to adjourn until Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. when the clerk’s desk is clear.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:51:54.240><c> line</c> This federally funded sewer grant line This federally funded sewer grant
  • Project was approved by KEDFA for a $750,000 KPDI EDF grant.
  • </c> fund grant requiring action. fund grant requiring action.
  • </c> KPDI EDF grant. KPDI EDF grant.
  • </c> SR grant. SR grant.
Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including a quorum call, approval of minutes, and informational items on school district financing and KCTCS equipment purchases. It then considered two KCTCS capital projects after initially rolling them together and later unrolling them: a Fire Commission Fire Academy maintenance building project that had grown from an original $2 million authorization to $4.7 million because of design changes, soil issues, and higher mechanical costs, and a $1.5 million renovation of the Blake Lee building at Somerset Community College for a health science simulation lab. Members questioned the large cost increase on the fire academy project and the adequacy of front-end due diligence, while KCTCS said the project was bid and ready to proceed and that a 15% contingency had been included. Both projects were approved by roll call vote, with the Blake Lee project ultimately approved after the committee unrolled the items and took them separately. The committee next heard and approved a University of Kentucky public-private partnership for the Hamburg East Medical Office Building, a five-story, 220,000-square-foot facility with a not-to-exceed budget of $275 million. UK said the project is intended to expand outpatient access, consolidate some services, and support projected growth in patient volume; the building will house multiple specialties, urgent care, therapy, imaging, and a retail pharmacy. Members asked about possible community uses, consolidation of services, and whether the project would free up other space, and UK said it hopes to consolidate some services and free campus space. The project was approved by roll call vote. The committee then approved three UK lease renegotiations: a specialty pharmacy and infusion services lease at Wellington Way in Lexington, a Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences lease at Conte Terrace, and a College of Social Work lease at McGrath Park Way. Members asked about rising lease rates, occupancy, and whether space needs should be reduced; UK and the lessor’s representative said the pharmacy space remains busy, the ophthalmology lease was lower than before, and the social work lease had been negotiated down from a higher request. The committee also approved a Department of Military Affairs project amendment for a Mutual Field Maintenance Shop Restoration project, increasing federal funding by $1 million to $4.5 million because of higher construction costs, and approved a Kentucky State University Shanty Hall renovation project funded by bond and HBCU Title III funds. Finally, it approved a new lease for the Office of Mines and Minerals in Pike County, a new lease for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Pulaski County, and a lease renewal for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Kenton County after questions about rent increases and office utilization; the cabinet said the Kenton County space still has limited vacancy and remains in use by field staff. The meeting ended as the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority began presenting six sewer and water loans and six cleaner water program grant reallocations, with members agreeing to roll those items for later consideration.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • House File 2786 would put tighter controls on grants and payments to nonprofit organizations.
  • Here are the components of the bill: First, MDE would be prohibited from issuing a grant or would be
  • required to terminate a grant if a nonprofit entity fails to make...
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 10th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill HB 273 creates a limited exception allowing municipalities and first responders to grant funding
  • </c> don't part participate in the grant don't part participate in the grant processing<00:22:23.760>
  • </c><00:22:35.280><c> I</c><00:22:35.440><c> know</c> things like that and grants.
  • I know things like that and grants.
  • </c> the grants that the city offers. the grants that the city offers.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> the department of egg, we take our grant the department of egg, we take our grant uh<00:38:32.079
  • </c><00:46:16.000><c> dollars</c> authority on where the grants dollars authority on where the grants
  • </c><01:05:09.760><c> for</c> also if somebody's awarded a grant for also if somebody's awarded a grant
  • And I think and and permission granted.
  • </c><01:35:00.400><c> program</c> than the infrastructure grant program than the infrastructure grant
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism REVISED Feb 17th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • They allowed people to apply for grants to use the rubber to build playgrounds, but they denied it to
  • These changes would have to do with any sorts of grants or programs.
  • Again, If an organization that has a religious character applies for a grant and they don't meet the
  • parameters of the grant, then, of course, they wouldn't get the grant.
  • This is going to establish a program within the Department of Commerce to provide competitive grants
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/14/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • I just want to kind of mention what you were talking about and is why I think the way that this grant
  • The way that this grant was written is so amazing for greater Minnesota because we know, you know, it's
  • If they're triggering affordability grants, they would get affordability grants for those projects.
  • ,</c> they're triggering affordability grants, they're triggering affordability grants, they<00:59:21.760
  • </c> grant for those projects. grant for those projects.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Transportation Mar 3rd, 2026

Joint Committee on Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'd like to share a few examples of recent grant wins. In December, U.S.
  • This reauthorization would allow for nearly 100 new grants to be made.
  • by Grant Central, that we fully called a fully integrated application.
  • a one-stop grant application for communities.
  • It's not an existing grant or expansion of a grant.
Bills: H4987, S2905
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Passport to Careers program automatically if they are income-eligible for the Washington College Grant
  • ensure eligibility for foster and homeless youth to automatically qualify for the Washington College Grant
Bills: SB6258, SB5963
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 6258, which would authorize the Washington Medical Commission to create a non-disciplinary process for physicians and other licensees to voluntarily relinquish their licenses. Staff, the bill sponsor, and supporters from the Medical Commission and the Washington Physicians Health Program said the bill would give providers a dignified way to permanently give up a license when they are retiring or otherwise leaving practice, without triggering disciplinary reporting, while preserving patient safety by excluding anyone under investigation or discipline. Members asked about the practical purpose of the bill, including how it would help retired or inactive doctors avoid ongoing continuing education and administrative oversight. The committee then held a work session on part-time and contingent faculty in the community and technical college system. The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges described the system’s enrollment, staffing, and bargaining structure, noting that faculty conditions and pay vary by college and that adjunct pay has historically lagged behind full-time faculty. A panel from AFT Washington argued that contingent faculty are underpaid and often lack guaranteed work, benefits, or compensation for duties such as office hours, advising, and committee work. They cited a 2024 SBCTC report finding contingent faculty pay averaged 61.5% of full-time faculty pay and said the state’s 85% pay-equity goal should be funded over time; members asked about bargaining, health benefits, workload, and comparisons to other teaching jobs. In executive session, the committee considered two bills. Substitute Senate Bill 5931, making administrative changes to the Workforce Education, Investment, Accountability, and Oversight Board, was reported out of committee with a do pass recommendation on a 14-1 vote. Senate Bill 5963, which would automatically make students eligible for the Passport to Careers program if they qualify for the Washington College Grant and align the financial-need formula with the federal formula, was also reported out with a do pass recommendation on a 15-0 vote. The committee then adjourned.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:40:27.440><c> Um</c> cleaner water project grants. Um cleaner water project grants.
  • So do I I grants requiring no action.
  • So the grants that require no action.
  • Both the sewer grant and the water grant are reallocations from the county allocation pool.
  • grant and the water grant are the sewer grant and the water grant are reallocations<00:49:05.599><c>
Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including a roll call, approval of the prior meeting minutes, and a set of informational reports. Those reports covered University of Louisville research equipment purchases, a Kent County school district debt issue for elementary school renovations, the University of Kentucky’s planned use of construction management risk for a new engineering building, APA certification reports for underwriter and bond counsel selection committees, and a KCNA status report on infrastructure upgrades and purchases. The main presentation was an informational update from the Louisville Arena Authority. Board representatives said the arena was created to drive economic development and reported about $1.4 billion in economic impact from 2010 to 2013. They explained the authority’s financial structure, including arena operating revenues, TIF revenues, debt service, and a long-term capital plan for major repairs and replacements. Members questioned the low net revenue figures, the long timeline before TIF revenues are projected to exceed debt service, the size of capital expenditure spikes, and the University of Louisville revenue-sharing arrangement. The authority said the $2.42 million annual UL payment is fixed under a 2017 refinancing agreement, while other amounts vary with ticket sales and related revenues. They also said the COVID-era state and Metro funds, combined with authority cash, were used to prepay debt and reduce interest, lowering the debt service schedule. The committee then considered and approved a new capital project for a new HVAC system for the student wellness center pool area. The project, presented by university staff, was approved by the board and required committee action. The committee took a roll call vote, and the project passed unanimously. Finally, Janice Thomas of the state budget office presented two tourism, arts, and heritage cabinet grid resilience projects at Kincaid Lake State Resort Park and Kentucky Down Village State Resort Park. Each project costs $7,834,600 and is funded mostly by a federal grid resilience grant, with the remainder from state utility infrastructure replacement funds and energy policy funds. Staff explained that the projects will move park electrical service ownership and maintenance to regional utilities, allowing the state to exit the infrastructure-management role while continuing to pay utility bills through normal metering. The committee approved the action item by voice vote.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 3rd, 2026 at 09:03 am

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have a land grant institution, Madam Chair and Madam Vice Chair, with a Department of Etymology in
  • shelters are 501c3 non-profit organizations funded primarily by charitable donations and private grants
  • moves the Rescue Fund from the Livestock Board to the Department of Agriculture and strengthens the grant
  • and we have a really talented group of individuals at our department that are very adept at running grant
  • severance tax permanent fund, the tobacco settlement permanent fund, the water trust fund, the land grant
Bills: HM26, HB243, HB109
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 4/1/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Then thank you, Superintendent Pell. I should not have picked out a school district.
  • Then thank you, Superintendent Pell. I should not have picked out a school district.
  • House File 2786 would put tighter controls on grants and payments to nonprofit organizations.
  • House File 2786 would put tighter controls on grants and payments to nonprofit organizations.
  • required to terminate a grant if a required to terminate a grant if a nonprofit<01:17:52.120><c> entity