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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/4/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Dual enrollment programs that exist. Mr.
  • /c> that's the first of three programs that's the first of three programs that's<00:55:08.880> called
  • I believe these are folks that you're familiar with. these programs under the concurrent these programs
  • <00:58:25.240> participation funding and then program participation funding and then program
  • concurrent enrollment uh grant program concurrent enrollment uh grant program that<01:18:32.960>
Bills: HF984, HF921, HF922
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 03-20-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • ,<00:30:58.320> I of fiscally responsible programs, I of fiscally responsible programs, I
  • /c><00:32:42.080> learners education programs enable adult learners education programs enable
  • <00:35:16.160> to teacher housing assistance program to teacher housing assistance program
  • department to run this program. department to run this program.
  • So for the um sixyear um program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Apr 3rd, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Then we have ESL programs and bilingual programs, and those are...
  • We also have Vietnamese dual language programs. So that's what a bilingual program is.
  • It depends; you have early exit bilingual programs and late exit bilingual programs.
  • , bilingual programming, not bilingual. ...programming.
  • programs.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • to admit people safely to our programs to admit people safely to our programs and<00:24:46.760><
  • Peter at the forensic mental health program; it is years, not months or days. particular program that
  • <00:25:36.880> like to you as well um is our programs like to you as well um is our programs
  • is at the forensic mental health program is at the forensic mental health program um<00:25:47.720
  • and first episode bipolar programs and first episode bipolar programs<00:38:07.520> we<00:38:
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 9th, 2026 at 06:36 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund, as many of you know, is a really successful program that you all
  • passed in 2020. ...as many of you know, is a really successful program that you all passed in 2023 and
  • On a personal note, I grew up here in Santa Fe and was fortunate enough to attend some of the programs
  • This bill is an incentive program for the construction of new starter homes, and I have today with me
  • They only—it’s only sort of making an appropriation of a certain dollar amount to a certain program.
Bills: HB63, HB64, HB184, HB200, HB47, HB48, HB2, HB9
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, House Bill 124 actually just changes a loan repayment for teachers program that was aimed at math
  • It just opens up this loan assistance program for teachers.
  • changes a a loan repayment for teachers<00:09:34.720> program<00:09:35.040> that<00:09
  • opens up this loan assistance program<00:10:12.080> for<00:10:12.399> teachers.
  • "It's a loan reimbursement program." "Do they have to pay this loan back?" "No. No.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) Apr 24th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Second, the fund itself would be utilized to disperse zero-interest loans to program participants who
  • The rationale for the changes is that we want to make certain, first of all, this program is going to
  • I'm here today in strong support of Senate Bill 208, which would establish a revolving loan fund to help
  • because it creates for Texas one of the most powerful tools in our industry, which is a revolving loan
  • Revolving loan funds maximize every public dollar by recycling repayments...
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum and limited public testimony to two minutes per person. The committee heard Senate Bill 628 by Senator Zaffirini, which would clarify that counties may enter interlocal agreements with emergency service districts to administer and enforce county fire codes, including for multi-county ESDs in the committee substitute. Witnesses from Travis County ESD-11, the Travis County Fire Marshal’s Office, and a member of the public supported the bill as a way to reduce duplication, costs, and jurisdictional confusion. Public testimony was closed and the committee substitute was left pending. The committee then heard several housing-related bills. Senate Bill 208 by Senator West would create a Workforce Housing Capital Investment Fund to provide zero-interest loans to nonprofit builders for workforce housing; Habitat for Humanity representatives, a Brownsville nonprofit developer, and housing advocates supported it as a way to finance infrastructure and land development for affordable homes. Senate Bill 2835 by Senator Johnson would allow cities to opt into single-stair apartment buildings for small-scale, multi-story housing; supporters said the design is safe and could expand housing supply, while the Texas APA expressed qualified opposition over code-process concerns and fire-safety questions. Both bills were left pending after testimony. Additional bills heard included SB 1042 updating the Kimble County Hospital District’s enabling law; SB 1708, a committee substitute protecting familial property divisions from platting requirements; SB 2778 raising the ESD expenditure threshold requiring board approval from $2,000 to up to $50,000; SB 2608 expanding LIHTC eligibility for certain public housing projects; SB 3044 adding board representation for Marfa and Presidio on the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District and adjusting an exemption; SB 2367 extending park board authority to Waller County; SB 2523 clarifying ETJ reduction procedures and owner opt-out rights; SB 2521 requiring death-certificate reporting to appraisal districts to help address squatting and homestead exemption issues; and SB 2477 easing office-to-residential conversions in larger cities. In each case, the bills were laid out, testimony was taken, and the measures were left pending subject to call of the chair. The committee then recessed until 15 to 30 minutes after adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) Apr 24th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • It has proven wildly successful, and that program continues today.
  • It has proven wildly successful, and that program continues today.
  • Many communities, including the City of Corpus Christi, participate in the National Flood Insurance Program
  • If you allow us to piggyback and to mirror some of those programs and have the agencies, have the counties
  • If you allow us to piggyback and to mirror some of those programs and have the agencies, have the counties
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government considered and voted on several bills, adopting committee substitutes on Senate Bills 1237, 1708, 1844, 1454, 2520, and 2541. In each case, the committee substitute was explained as narrowing or clarifying the filed bill, and the committee voted to report the substitute version to the full Senate, usually with a recommendation that the filed bill not pass. The committee also recommended each of those measures for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1237 concerned property tax exemption eligibility for charitable organizations; SB 1844 addressed annexation and disannexation limits tied to city services; SB 1454 clarified housing authority tax exemptions and agreements with districts; SB 2520 dealt with a school district tax ceiling comparison; and SB 2541 reduced the unused increment period from three years to two years. The committee then heard extensive testimony on SB 2354, which would allow developers to hire qualified third-party professionals for plat review, permit review, and inspections if local governments are delayed. Supporters included affordable housing providers, builders, Pew Charitable Trusts, housing advocates, and legal groups, who said the bill would reduce permitting delays, lower costs, and help housing production. A Corpus Christi representative testified as neutral, asking for amendments to preserve city final inspection authority, document sharing, and floodplain enforcement. Urban counties opposed the bill as written, arguing it removed too much local oversight, though they acknowledged work on a committee substitute. SB 2354 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 2703, which would clarify that condominiums are not subdivisions for local platting purposes. Builders and a land use attorney supported the bill, saying it would reduce confusion and duplicative regulation; the bill was left pending. SB 777, dealing with firefighter collective bargaining and impasse procedures, drew support from Austin and Texarkana firefighter representatives and the City of Austin, who said the committee substitute reflected stakeholder agreement and preserved voter-approved local procedures; it was left pending. SB 2965, concerning annexation and emergency service district response obligations, drew support from ESD and fire association witnesses who said it would prevent service gaps after annexation, and opposition from local officials who argued it gave unelected ESD boards too much power and lacked neutral review; it was also left pending. The committee then recessed subject to call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Local Government (Part I) Apr 24th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Second, the fund itself will be utilized to disperse zero-interest loans to program participants, who
  • The rationale for the changes is that we want to make certain, first of all, this program is going to
  • I'm here today in strong support of Senate Bill 208, which would establish a revolving loan fund to help
  • because it creates for Texas one of the most powerful tools in our industry, which is a revolving loan
  • Revolving loan funds maximize every public dollar by recycling repayments into new projects, multiplying
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum at the start, adopted a two-minute limit for public testimony, and heard a series of housing, local government, fire code, and district-governance bills. Several measures were laid out with committee substitutes, including SB 628 on county fire code administration through interlocal agreements with emergency service districts; SB 208 creating a Workforce Housing Capital Investment Fund for zero-interest loans to nonprofit builders; SB 2835 allowing cities to opt into single-stair apartment buildings; and SB 2477 easing office-to-residential conversions in certain cities. Other bills addressed ESD spending thresholds (SB 2778), hospital district updates (SB 1042), subdivision/platting issues (SB 1708), public housing tax credit eligibility (SB 2608), groundwater district representation for Marfa and Presidio (SB 3044), park board authority in Waller County (SB 2367), ETJ removal procedures (SB 2523), and reporting death certificates to appraisal districts to help address squatting and homestead issues (SB 2521). Testimony was largely supportive on the housing bills. Supporters of SB 208, including Habitat for Humanity affiliates, a Brownsville nonprofit developer, Texans for Housing, and an educator, said the revolving fund would help nonprofit builders finance land, infrastructure, and development costs for affordable homes, especially for families earning 30% to 80% of area median income. SB 2835 drew support from architects, planners, and housing advocates who argued that single-stair buildings can be safe, more efficient, and better suited to missing-middle housing, though the Texas APA registered qualified opposition, saying the proposal bypasses the usual code-development process and may not be sufficiently studied. SB 2477 also received broad support from housing groups and policy organizations, who said office conversions could help address vacancy and housing shortages, though Corpus Christi raised a concern about fee recovery and local cost reimbursement. The committee also heard support for SB 628 from a county fire marshal and an ESD representative, who said the bill would reduce duplicate fire-code enforcement and costs. SB 2778 was backed by a Bexar County ESD fire chief, who said the current $2,000 expenditure approval threshold is outdated and slows emergency purchases and repairs. SB 2608 was supported by the El Paso housing authority, which said adding certain Section 8 projects to the at-risk LIHTC set-aside would help renovate aging subsidized housing. SB 3044 was presented as a way to give Marfa and Presidio representation on the groundwater district board while preserving permitting authority. Each bill heard public testimony was left pending subject to the call of the chair, and the committee recessed to reconvene after the Senate adjourns.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It modifies a competitive selection process for certain development programs to include community land
  • <00:01:47.040> to competitive development programs to competitive development programs to
  • Um, I personally love this program. I had the opportunity over the summer.
  • Um I was personally love this program.
  • But it is a program that can be used by all—young, old, everyone, teachers.
Bills: HF3600, HF3809, HF3608
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Feb 7th, 2026 at 09:04 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Conservation Partnership Program.
  • I understand the spay-neuter part of the program.
  • Madam Chair, I love these programs.
  • Madam Chair, I love these programs.
  • On a fiscal management program, I think there's an issue of, A fiscal management program, I think there's
Bills: SB47, SB195, SB196, SB197, SB198, SB78
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 27th, 2026 at 11:17 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I, too, rise in support of our FFA programs.
  • You know, we know that an investment in these types of programs is an investment in our future.
  • Everybody that knows me knows that I'm a big supporter of that program.
  • Everybody that knows me knows that I'm a big supporter of that program.
  • So, and I don't know how many national awards we've had with our FFA program, but it's many.
Bills: HM19
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Also, these programs didn't exist, so every program that the department is approving right now had to
  • Also, these programs didn't exist, so every program that the department is approving right now had to
  • Also, these programs didn't exist, so every program that the department is approving right now had to
  • Also, these programs didn't exist, so every program that the department is approving right now had to
  • Also, these programs didn't exist, so every program that the department is approving right now had to
Bills: HF47, HF434, HF1503, HF1702
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The JET grant program provides funding for equipment used in career and technical education programs.
  • developing new courses or new programs leading to a license, certificate, or post-secondary degree.
  • For programs that exist in the state of Texas.
  • In terms of the different financial literacy programs and things, I assume that...
  • How much knowledge do you have about them, about these programs?