Transcript Highlights:

• WHY DID YOU CHANGE IT TO ACCEPTED FOR TRANSFER TO TRANSFER.
• TRANSFERRED THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO TRANSFER ACCEPTED FOR TRANSFER TO ME LOOKS AS IF THEY CAN JUST HANG
• IF SOMEONE IS NOT TRANSFERRED THE ACCEPTED FOR TRANSFER DOES NOT KICK IN.
• WE WANT TO SEE AND WE ARE PUTTING FUNDING IN IT. THEY MAY USE LINED FUNDING TO DO THIS.
• LINE FUNDING. LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR LINE FUNDING.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It gets the fund started.
• To undertake this, we need the same funding tool as Aspen, the same funding tool as the Hamptons, the
• same funding tool as other resort towns like us across the U.S., and that is a local option transfer
• Please allow the transfer fee to fund. Inventory we can start to tackle this issue.
• Please allow the transfer fee to fund a year-round future for the seasonal communities. Thank you.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Summary: The committee held a hearing on Governor Healey’s economic development proposal, H.5386, the Mass Winds Act, with the governor and administration officials describing it as a follow-on to the 2024 Mass Leads Act. They said the bill is intended to help Massachusetts compete globally for capital, talent, and companies by creating a Global Mass initiative, including a proposed $50 million innovation access fund and $20 million for site development to help international firms locate or expand here. The administration also highlighted about $305 million in new bond authorizations, plus operating proposals such as lowering the LLC filing fee, expanding the small business energy tax exemption, funding internship incentives, and supporting downtown revitalization and the creative economy. Committee members and witnesses focused on several policy areas within the bill. On talent, Northeastern University supported the internship tax credit, and the Latino Empowerment Advisory Council backed a provision waiving redundant English testing for internationally trained nurses who have already demonstrated proficiency in practice. On labor mobility, the governor defended changes to the non-compete law as closing a loophole, while attorney Russell Beck opposed the revisions, arguing they would upset the 2018 compromise and could reduce employer-provided compensation. Municipal and housing witnesses supported codifying site plan review and broader zoning reforms, while others urged attention to affordable housing, tiny homes, and commercial-to-residential conversions. Local officials and municipal groups generally supported the bill’s downtown, arts, and planning provisions but asked for more detail on implementation and infrastructure, especially around energy, water, and data centers. The Massachusetts Municipal Association said the bill’s standardized site plan review and downtown investments could help communities, but stressed the need for close state-municipal partnership. The AFL-CIO asked for trigger language to preserve labor rights if federal protections weaken. The Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office opposed the LLC fee reduction, warning of significant revenue loss and possible fraud concerns. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational, with the committee accepting written testimony afterward.

Transcript Highlights:

• fund for land grants.
• Each transfer of water right would piecemeal dismantle the Asequia, and If enough transfers happened,
• Fund and making appropriations.
• For full and 75% distributions from the fund, and it's also making the Land Grant Merced Assistance Fund
• Fund, which is now at $2.5 million.

Committee: House House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• Yes, and that includes the previous funds that were already transferred out of GR.
• the MESAP fund is excluded from the biennial transfer.
• What was the funding source that this transfer was coming from? It was from general revenue.
• It would have transferred funds in the... ...items related to that. This one is the first one.
• It would have transferred funds into the Career Tech Certificate Fund.

Summary: The committee first heard the Office of State Treasurer’s FY27 budget presentation from Treasurer Vivek Malik. He highlighted record investment earnings, growth in MOBUCK$ linked deposits, record unclaimed property returns, expansion of the MOST 529 plan, and changes to the MoABLE disability savings program. Members then focused heavily on two budget requests: $750,000 for the Show Me My Retirement Savings program and additional spending authority for the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (MOST Scholars) program, along with a staffing request for compliance and communications positions. Much of the discussion centered on MOST Scholars’ rapid growth, how applications are prioritized, whether income is reverified, how funds flow through educational assistance organizations, and concerns about marketing, geographic distribution, and the use of public dollars for private schools. The treasurer also answered questions about the 529 plan, the pending lawsuit over the ESA general-revenue transfer, and whether funds should be swept back to general revenue when unused. Several members raised policy objections to MOST Scholars, including concerns about discrimination by participating private schools, the lack of annual income requalification, and whether the program shifts money away from public education. Other members defended the program as a parent-driven choice option and asked about expanding access, improving outreach, and ensuring the program is fully funded. The treasurer said the office was following the statute as written, that the program’s demand could exceed available resources, and that the office would continue to seek more funding and better outreach. The committee then concluded the treasurer’s budget hearing. The committee next began the FY27 budget hearing for the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development. Commissioner Bennett Boggs introduced the department’s leadership team and gave a brief overview of the department’s role in aligning postsecondary education with workforce needs through its coordinating board and strategic planning. The hearing had just started when the transcript ended, and no votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• With regard to a parent or guardian who is transferring to or pending transfer to a military installation
• transferring outside of Washington... ...families in Washington transferring outside of Washington.
• result in unnecessary mid-year transfers.
• We simply ask for funding in line with any fiscal note to avoid an unfunded mandate.
• We simply ask for funding in line with any fiscal note to avoid an unfunded mandate.

Summary: The committee first took executive action on House Bill 1662, which would require the State Board of Education, the Professional Educator Standards Board, the Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, and the Washington State Charter School Commission to make separate administrative arrangements and operate independently. Staff explained a proposed third substitute that delays implementation to July 1, 2027, clarifies independent agency status, and directs OFM and OSPI to support the transition. The prime sponsor and another member spoke in favor, emphasizing agency independence and better use of funds. The committee approved the bill 19-0 and reported the proposed third substitute out with a due pass recommendation. The committee then acted on House Bill 1683, which sets minimum numbers of school directors elected by director district for certain school districts. The substitute changed the enrollment thresholds, clarified the effective date, and removed intent language. Supporters argued it would improve parent and student representation; opponents said it would create an unfunded mandate and micromanage local districts. The committee passed the substitute 11-8 and reported it out with a due pass recommendation. In public hearing, House Bill 2534 was heard first. The bill would expand enrollment flexibility and record-transfer protections for military-connected students, including allowing enrollment before arrival, extending proof-of-residence timelines, and adding protections for students with IEPs or 504 plans. District, military, and advocacy witnesses generally supported the bill as promoting stability, though some asked for changes to a proposed 30-day reevaluation timeline and noted possible compact-related issues. The hearing then moved to House Bill 2557, which would require school districts to provide special education evaluation reports to parents at least five school days before eligibility meetings. Supporters said this would help families prepare and participate meaningfully; district and special education staff warned it could shorten already tight evaluation timelines and create implementation challenges. The committee suspended and later closed the hearing on that bill after time ran out, with the chair noting it could be eligible for executive action the following week. The final public hearing was on House Bill 2594, which would codify McKinney-Vento homeless student protections into state law, assign related duties to OSPI and school districts, and require periodic state reporting. The sponsor and numerous advocates, school district staff, PTA representatives, and individuals with lived experience testified in support, saying it would improve stability, accountability, and access to education for homeless students. One witness asked that grant funding explicitly include community-based organizations. The hearing closed after a large number of pro and some con sign-ins, and the chair also closed the hearing on House Bill 2557, noting amendment deadlines and that the bills could be eligible for executive action the next week.

Transcript Highlights:

• funds.
• However, the funding source the House used primarily what is referred to as other funds or a transfer
• </c><00:13:11.279><c> the</c><00:13:11.600><c> senate</c> other funds or a transfer and the senate other
• funds or a transfer and the senate um<00:13:12.399><c> used</c><00:13:12.880><c> straight</c><00:13:
• > um</c><00:21:06.559><c> and</c> general fund and federal funds um and general fund and federal funds

Bills: SF0032 , SF0010 , SF0001 , HB0001

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Keywords: 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development

Transcript Highlights:

• Line 93 is the Come Teach in Minnesota hiring bonuses transferred to the special revenue fund.
• Line 96 is the Grow Your Own program, also which is transferred to the special revenue fund in the first
• also which is transferred to the special<00:26:28.960><c> revenue</c><00:26:29.360><c> fund</c><00:26
• </c><00:36:55.680><c> to</c><00:36:55.920><c> the</c> funded uh with direct funding to the funded uh
• Section 14 provides for the transfer of contracts, obligations, unexpended funds, and staff from PELSB

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• No, though there has not been a direct transfer of academic or academic institutional funds to the athletic
• Section 2 is the fund transfer. It just deletes that section and re-numbers the section.
• Right now, there's no guaranteed funding. The GAD fund transfer went away with the amendment.
• And it was in, so in the one reason I wanted the fund transfer language is to guarantee that if the money
• The matching funds are raised. We have a transfer restricted reserve.

Committee: All JBC-SPECIAL LANGUAGE

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Development Fund. allowed to transfer up to 30% of our allowed to transfer up to 30% of our TANF<01:04
• </c><01:05:16.880><c> funding</c><01:05:17.920><c> uh</c> particular tan of transferred funding uh particular
• </c> once funds once funds are transferred<01:14:45.520><c> to</c><01:14:45.760><c> the</c><01:14:46.080
• /c> allowed to transfer TAN of funds is allowed to transfer TAN of funds is $21.5<02:13:06.960><c> million
• into that fund beyond the 20, 30%—I think it was 30% of the TANF funds were allowed to be transferred

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There was a $12 million transfer from the general fund to the Hepatitis C fund back in 2022.
• Fund.
• Fund.
• opioid settlement fund, which are dedicated funds.
• fund, an additional $7,724,900 from dedicated funds, and a reduction of $7,195,900 from federal funds

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The Student Housing Grant Program bond funding has provided funds for seven projects at the University
• The state has currently funded San Diego. and developing blended online, transfer in place, nursing,
• General Fund.
• Core funds support our campus operations, and when we discuss available funds, we subtract those funds
• We need to fully fund the compact.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There's a section on enterprise funds, proprietary funds, you know, water, sewer, those type of things
• There's a section on enterprise funds, proprietary funds, you know, water, sewer, those type of things
• ><c> um</c> Enterprise funds proprietary funds so um Enterprise funds proprietary funds so um you<00:
• </c><00:53:56.839><c> the</c> the bill trans transfers the the bill trans transfers the responsibility
• </c> security and protection as we transfer security and protection as we transfer that<01:05:02.440>

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:23:58.640><c> because</c> transfer from the rainy day fund because transfer from the rainy day
• So the balance after the transfers is really the education trust fund balances.
• The $49.9 million transferred into the rainy day fund under the Senate proposal, bringing the rainy day
• Those are then transferred on Row 23 into the rainy day fund to get you to the 228.7 and $249 million
• the then transferred on Row 23 into the rainy<00:35:03.599><c> day</c><00:35:03.760><c> fund</c><00:

Keywords: LBA Briefing on Budget, 928, house, all

Summary: The presentation was an LBA overview of Senate changes to the House-passed state budget, with Michael Kane explaining how Senate Finance updated revenue and spending estimates after April revenue figures and agency discussions. He said the Senate’s revenue outlook was higher than the House’s in some areas, but lower in others, especially video lottery terminal revenue, and that the biggest differences also came from changes to revenue splits between the general fund and education trust fund, lapse estimates, and several policy changes in House Bill 1 and House Bill 2. Kane highlighted several major revenue and policy differences: the Senate changed the business tax, tobacco tax, and real estate transfer tax splits; adjusted liquor revenue dedication; removed the House’s meals-and-rooms distribution cap; delayed the Lakes Region facility proceeds plan; altered the PECARD fund treatment; added a granite patron of the arts tax credit; and changed the treatment of unique funds and video lottery terminal revenue. On spending, he noted Senate changes to judicial, corrections, HHS, human rights commission, and other budgets, including additional settlement costs, higher lapse assumptions, and a different approach to Medicaid premium revenue and retirement savings. He also described Senate additions such as a nursing home bed fee, Hampstead Hospital transition funding, and changes to the YDC claims settlement fund. The presentation focused on comparing House and Senate surplus statements across fiscal years 2025 through 2027, including projected ending balances and rainy day fund transfers. Kane repeatedly emphasized that the numbers were still dependent on final revenues and lapse amounts, and that some balances would be carried forward and trued up later in the biennium. No committee vote or final action was described in the excerpt; it was an informational budget briefing and comparison of the two chambers’ proposals.

Transcript Highlights:

• . transfer. transfer.
• It's not a fund. So program designation. It's not a fund.
• funding.
• That's pretty of lump fund funding.
• </c><01:25:40.639><c> into</c> funds and how do we get those funds into funds and how do we get those

Bills: SB2613 , SB2147

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139, Board of Land and Natural Resources, BLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, Kauai, Maui, Honolulu, Kaimuki Middle School, Wilcox Elementary School, school property

Summary: The committee heard SB 2613, a cleanup bill relating to public school land transfers under Act 307 (2022), which revises tax map key references and the conveyance process for properties transferred to the Department of Education. The Hawaii State Public Library System supported the measure, saying it would complete the long-unfinished separation of the library system from DOE property control and make future building projects more efficient and cost-effective. DOE also supported the bill and requested an amendment to remove TMK 43-62 parcel 10, the Wilcox Elementary School parcel, so that it could instead be transferred to the county for use with the adjacent park and tennis courts. Members focused heavily on why land transfers and construction approvals have been slow, especially the need for right-of-entry documents and an MOA for a library construction project. Library and DOE witnesses said the delays stemmed from site-control issues and confusion over property status, and that the bill would clarify which parcels are transferred by operation of law and remove the need for additional transactional documents in many cases. Several members questioned whether the bill actually changes authority or simply clarifies existing practice, and DOE said it wanted legislative clarity so the transfers are unmistakably effective on a date certain. The committee also discussed a separate section of the bill dealing with public use of school facilities after hours, including parking fees on property under DOE jurisdiction. DOE explained that any parking charges would apply only to property it controls, not county roads, and that fees are set through existing facility-use procedures. Members raised concerns about the pace of land transfers generally and urged DOE to move more expeditiously on pending parcels. The hearing then moved on to SB 2147, which would designate the first Friday in February as Love My Library Day; the library system testified in support as the committee began that measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:19:52.960><c> So,</c> transfer among school districts. So, transfer among school districts.
• </c> have to approve a student transferring have to approve a student transferring to<00:20:12.720><c
• Um it is transfer.
• . transfer. transfer.
• </c> district and then uh notify the transfer district and then uh notify the transfer district<00:24

Committee: Joint Education

Keywords: Education - Room 216, January 6, 2026; 12:45 PM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• A 2021 NCAA-funded study and a 2019 NCAA study A 2021 NCAA-funded study and a 2019 NCAA study both found
• , we know you can't transfer, so you only got $50K.
• The hardest thing is the transfers.
• Unfortunately, every time they transfer, they lose credits, and every time they transfer, if they're
• They transfer, they lose credits.

Committee: House Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We believe that transfer, even with that transfer, we can continue to fund the staff and continue to
• We believe that transfer, even with that transfer, we can continue to fund the staff and continue to
• We believe that transfer, even with that transfer, we can continue to fund the staff and continue to
• It was $16.1 million that was transferred from this fund to the general fund, and a million or so was
• It was $16.1 million that was transferred from this fund to the general fund, and a million or so was

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard the Banking Department’s fiscal year 2026-2027 budget presentation from Commissioner Amelia Galeri. She described the department as a self-funded consumer protection regulator overseeing two main areas: the Banking Trust Division, which supervises state-chartered banks, credit unions, and trust companies, and the Consumer Credit Division, which oversees more than 7,000 licensees including mortgage and money transmitter businesses. She said the department’s budget is about 86% salaries and benefits, with 53 positions all filled, and explained that the agency funds itself through fees, fines, and end-of-year assessments on regulated entities. Galeri said the department is facing workload growth from several directions: continued growth in the trust industry, increased fintech supervision, and a new requirement to regularly examine auto dealers that take finance applications, which adds about 300 exams over two fiscal years. She said the department was directed to flat-fund its budget based on 2025 levels but was allowed to increase travel and training. To stay within that limit, she said the department reduced office space, went paperless, converted administrative and licensing positions into examiner positions, and expects to defund an embedded DOJ database administrator position once a new SharePoint system is fully implemented. Members asked about how the department’s revenue and assessments work, including whether fees were increasing and how much existing banks would pay. Galeri said fees are not being raised, most banks pay little or no fines, and assessments are based largely on asset size, with trust companies paying the bulk. She also explained that fines are set by statute, generally capped at $2,500 per violation for consumer credit entities, and said she would not recommend increasing that cap. The committee then voted to accept the Banking Department’s budget proposal as presented in HQ1, with a motion and second and no discussion. The transcript then moved to the Department of Energy budget. Commissioner Jared Chakin and Chief of Operations Lenny Radio discussed federal program funding, including LIHEAP fuel assistance and weatherization. They said the apparent drop in fuel assistance funding from FY 2024 actuals to the budgeted amount is due to the loss of ARPA and CARES Act supplemental funds, while weatherization remains a federally constrained program with a waiting list and limited flexibility. Members also asked about a proposed transfer from the renewable energy fund; staff said the transfer would still allow the department to carry out its statutory duties for the year, though the committee deferred deeper discussion until House Bill 2.

Transcript Highlights:

• Fund adjustment.
• I guess my only concern is exempt from the transfer limit, and it says fund source all.
• Does that mean you can transfer money from any source into this fund where you need it?
• funds... ...reflects that, yes, we could pull it if needed from general funds, federal funds, authority
• So it's not 100% on the general fund. ...on the general fund.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have two general fund transfers in the bill.
• Senator Ratz. transfer into the fund would be 8,36 transfer into the fund would be 8,36 66,000.<00:44
• </c><01:51:58.000><c> transfer</c><01:51:58.400><c> to</c> 400,000 is a general fund transfer to 400,000
• from the general fund. transfer of 400,000 from the general transfer of 400,000 from the general fund
• That's a transfer from the general fund of $400,000.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They take a long time and they may not be the best use of funds, seeing as how these lands are transferring
• High-risk lands would require a survey before transfer.
• Secondly, the conditional uh transfer.
• </c><00:32:05.200><c> with</c> new uh conditional land transfers with new uh conditional land transfers
• </c> within 5 years of the land transfer within 5 years of the land transfer unless<00:32:25.039><c>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Water and Land heard HB 511, House Draft 1, relating to public lands. The bill would remove the requirement that a land survey be completed before public lands are set aside to a state department or agency. Testimony from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Land and Natural Resources was generally supportive of the bill’s intent, with requests for clarification. The Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council and Hawaii Farm Bureau supported the measure, arguing that surveys are costly and time-consuming and can delay transfers needed for agricultural use and land stewardship. One member of the public testified in strong opposition, arguing that eliminating surveys would weaken due process, transparency, and the state’s fiduciary duties over public lands. The chair then proposed amendments to narrow the bill’s effect. The amendments would create tiered survey requirements based on land risk: high-risk lands would still require a survey before transfer, while low-risk state agricultural lands with clear historical records could defer surveys if sufficient mapping or GIS data exists. If a survey is deferred, the recipient agency would have to complete one within five years unless exempted by the Board of Land and Natural Resources. The amendments would also allow GIS and related mapping tools for approximate administrative boundaries, require a centralized digital registry of public land transfers, and establish a mediation process for boundary disputes before litigation. Senator McKelvey said he had concerns about the original bill but would support it with the amendments. The committee chair recommended passage with amendments, noting the bill would also go to the Judiciary Committee. The committee adopted the recommendation by vote, with the chair and vice chair voting aye and Senator Dort voting no.