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IA
Committee:
Joint Education
Keywords:
National Guard, scholarship, education, military service, professional qualification, year-round calendar, school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, Department of Education, student loans, financial aid, college affordability, Direct PLUS loan, federal student loans, state supplemental loans, college family loan, partnership loan, Iowa College Aid, Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation, APR
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/21/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Line 29 is the loan repayment bianium.
- </c> 32, which is the student student loan 32, which is the student student loan counseling<00:07:41.039
- Line 41 is the direct admissions amount.
- </c><01:14:31.080><c> serer</c> We just had a transition of loan serer We just had a transition of loan
- </c> going in the wrong direction on that. going in the wrong direction on that.
Bills:
HF2312
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
Keywords:
higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/10/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Bills:
HF2431
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
Keywords:
higher education, college affordability, student aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, financial aid, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, tuition relief, work-study, child care grants, hunger-free campus, food insecurity, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct, Title IX
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Jan 28th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- It also creates the autism educator loan forgiveness program.
- This bill would also create the Autism Educator Loan Forgiveness Program, which would help...
- Equally important is the Autism Educator Loan Forgiveness Program.
- The loan forgiveness program also matters.
- Loan forgiveness must be reliable and easy for students to access.
Keywords:
Florida Virtual School, FLVS, virtual school, online education, distance learning, K-12 education, public school choice, charter-like franchise, student enrollment priorities, home education, homeschool, military families, active duty military, rural schools, inner-city schools, accelerated graduation, education technology, supplemental funding, direct-support organization, foundation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- While this allows for wine production, distribution, and direct consumer sales, it doesn't require the
- So that, quite honestly, we need a pathway to help continue to encourage—not direct, not mandate—but
- So we are already moving in a very positive direction.
- Managing compliance requires a dedicated staff member, costing us $65,000 annually plus benefits.
- Then, if they have a death in Big Bend, it’s another hundred miles in the other direction.
Bills:
HB223
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
municipal budget, county budget, local government finance, spending cap, expenditure limit, inflation plus population growth, taxpayer impact statement, budget transparency, property tax, fees, Legislative Budget Board, voter approval, disaster spending, fiscal restraint, Texas Local Government Code, city budget, county expenditures
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- , this includes others, because typically what we found in places like Fort Worth, for example, 90-plus
- And then the second to last piece of this, it requires the Texas Workforce Commission to direct 5% of
- So I think HB 346 is a wonderful step in that direction.
- What we like about the direction of this bill, and I believe the representative mentioned that, that
- HB1804 also directs the Texas Ethics Commission to monitor whether political subdivisions are making
Bills:
HB346 , HB1360 , HB1510 , HB1606 , HB1804 , HB1805 , HB2156 , HB2391 , HB2767 , HB3022 , HB3044 , HB3272 , HB3293 , HB3493 , HB3809 , HB3824 , HJR110 , HB2463
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
expedited service, business records, veteran-owned businesses, franchise tax, fee schedule, Texas Ethics Commission, election reporting, campaign finance, violation categorization, penalties, public disclosure, Texas Utilities Code, electric utility, retail electric provider, municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, vegetation management, tree trimming, line clearance, transmission line
TX
Bills:
HB346 , HB1360 , HB1510 , HB1606 , HB1804 , HB1805 , HB2156 , HB2391 , HB2767 , HB3022 , HB3044 , HB3272 , HB3293 , HB3493 , HB3809 , HB3824 , HJR110 , HB2463
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
expedited service, business records, veteran-owned businesses, franchise tax, fee schedule, Texas Ethics Commission, election reporting, campaign finance, violation categorization, penalties, public disclosure, Texas Utilities Code, electric utility, retail electric provider, municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, vegetation management, tree trimming, line clearance, transmission line
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- There has to be a direct exchange of objective fair market value.
- When you look at the give, it's what the private party is promising in direct objective value.
- We look at projects to make sure that what they're asking for warrants the direction, and when we don't
- Well, they're going to pay direct, under the table or otherwise.
- one anecdote, and actually this really isn't a question, so I'll let you sit up there since it is directed
Committees:
Senate Finance , Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference
Keywords:
savings and loan, technical correction, Arizona Revised Statutes, financial institutions, prohibitions, GPLET, abatement, tax incentives, local government, property improvement, central business district, insurance, settlement demands, time limits, third-party claims, regulatory compliance, initiative, referendum, ballot measures, petition circulators
IA
Committee:
Joint Education
Keywords:
education funding, shared services, social work, mental health, school resource officer, open enrollment, extracurricular activities, co-curricular activities, internet education, school districts, human growth and development, fetal development, education, health curriculum, Iowa schools, school district reorganization, school district consolidation, boundary change, district enlargement, district dissolution
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We had over 80 small business emergency loans and close to a dozen loan guarantees.
- We had over 80 small business emergency loans and close to a dozen loan guarantees.
- We had over 80 small business emergency loans and close to a dozen loan guarantees.
- We had over 80 small business emergency loans and close to a dozen loan guarantees.
- </c> loans would only deepen this crisis. loans would only deepen this crisis.
Bills:
HF4477
Keywords:
Minnesota business recovery loan program, small business loan, zero-interest loan, forgivable loan, business recovery, economic development, small business emergency loan account, Minnesota Initiative Foundations, nonprofit lenders, greater Minnesota, Twin Cities metro, seven-county metropolitan area, immigration enforcement, business interruption, revenue loss, job preservation, business stabilization, state appropriation, forward fund, loan forgiveness
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, I think we've got a— maybe got somebody move in this direction.
- >> maybe got some somebody move in this >> maybe got some somebody move in this direction
- 14.560><c> One</c><00:10:14.720><c> of</c><00:10:14.800><c> our</c><00:10:14.959><c> members,</c> direction
- One of our members, direction.
- county site, making copies available from the probate judge's office, and placing ads in the paper directing
Committee:
House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Keywords:
HB272, LASEA, AMSTEP, Alabama Commission on Higher Education, State Department of Education, teacher loan repayment, student loan forgiveness, educator shortage, teacher shortage, acute educator shortage, acute shortage location, public K-12 schools, school systems, math teachers, science teachers, computer science teachers, charter schools, failing schools, underperforming schools, teacher recruitment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- A conventional loan is a loan under the federal conforming loan limit that is not insured by VA or FHA
- loan amount.
- /c><00:06:33.440><c> the</c> conventional loan is a loan under the conventional loan is a loan under
- </c><00:07:56.599><c> or</c> loan products such as personal loans or loan products such as personal loans
- Bal loan balance to Affordable Loan Bal loan balance subordinate<00:08:21.039><c> lean</c><00:08:21.520
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
mortgage, qualified mortgage, QM, points and fees, conventional loan, consumer lending, home loan, residential real estate, lender fees, service charge, finance charge, closing costs, Minnesota Statutes 47.20, housing finance, borrower protections, cooperative apartment loan, contract for deed, real estate lending, foreclosure, notice requirements
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine managing risk for the long-term in the 7(a) loan program, focusing on hearing from lenders. Feb 26th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- A more recent example continues today with the Federal Parent PLUS Student Loan Program.
- I urge committee members to study the current condition of the Federal Direct Student Loan Program before
- History has shown that direct government lending can lead to expensive loan money.
- All sorts of loans. Not just SBA loans. Loans that have helped create or retain 2,200 jobs.
- When we provide loans, we're not just providing loans to paper. We're providing loans to people.
Keywords:
SBA, 7A loan program, underwriting standards, loan defaults, Community Advantage Program, small business funding, testimony
Summary:
The committee meeting focused on discussions regarding the SBA's 7A loan program and its implementation challenges. Members raised significant concerns about recent changes to the underwriting standards, which have been criticized for leading to an increase in loan defaults. Ranking members expressed a desire for a return to stronger guidelines to protect taxpayers and ensure the program remains a viable source for small businesses struggling to secure funding. Testimonies from community lenders highlighted their efforts to support underserved communities and stressed the importance of the Community Advantage Program.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><03:58:23.840><c> The</c> loans associated with loan agents.
- The loans associated with loan agents.
- made by a loan agent, as well as the overall default rate on loans issued by those agents.
- The SBA inspector general reported that nearly one out of every seven loans involved a loan agent.
- </c><04:01:10.080><c> This</c> loan program responsibly. This loan program responsibly.
Keywords:
7(a) loan program, Small Business Administration, SBA, small business lending, loan brokers, loan consultants, referral agents, loan intermediaries, fraud oversight, transparency, reporting requirements, loan fees, referral fees, interest rates, business financing, small business loans, lender oversight, application assistance, Congressional reporting, small business
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Since 2017, there have been over 400 plus deals altogether between HFCs and PFCs that have done little
- And when you get that, HUD does the loans today at 5.5%.
- Fortunately, that's not the direction that some local governments are heading.
- how their law enforcement resources are spent and direct them towards things like violent crime?
- We are for direct democracy.
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
Keywords:
housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And when you get that, HUD does the loans today at 5.5%.
- Unfortunately, that's not the direction local governments are heading.
- Unfortunately, that's not the direction local governments are heading.
- Unfortunately, that's not the direction local governments are heading.
- Where even my school loans were charged off due to my health.
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
Keywords:
housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It also extends direct care and treatment county correctional facility support pilot program appropriation
- In 2024, the legislature appropriated a little over $2 million to direct care and treatment to develop
- </c><00:08:29.840><c> We</c><00:08:30.000><c> believe</c><00:08:30.360><c> these</c> in that direction
- We believe these in that direction.
- Two things were requested or directed to be part of that corrective action plan.
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
home care, licensing, fines, advisory council, grant program, client safety, healthcare regulation, HF3375, Minnesota disability waiver, waiver rate system, human services, individualized home supports, individualized home supports with training, individualized home supports with family training, positive support services, employment support services, employment development services, employment exploration services, billing limits, service authorization year
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Agriculture and Wildlife
Committee:
Senate Agriculture and Wildlife
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- So despite some very macro variables being different, they are in opposite directions from each other
- substitute is $15,684, roughly the equivalent of a four-and-a-half-hour-per-day paraeducator who provides direct
- Executive Secretary of the South Sound Building and Construction Trades Council, representing 10,000-plus
- Executive Secretary of the South Sound Building and Construction Trades Council, representing 10,000-plus
- As Jed mentioned, first, it directs fees collected by our landfill methane program into the existing
Committee:
Senate Ways & Means
Keywords:
Washington retirement systems, retirement trust funds, interest earnings, public employee retirement system, teachers retirement system, state patrol retirement system, judicial retirement system, judges retirement system, school employees retirement system, public safety employees retirement system, law enforcement officers and firefighters retirement system, PERS, TRS, LERS, legal expenses, medical expenses, administrative expenses, fraud prevention, overpayment recovery, trust fund protection
IA
Committee:
Joint Commerce
Keywords:
auto insurance, motor vehicle insurance, financial responsibility, liability coverage, minimum coverage limits, bodily injury, property damage, uninsured driving, proof of insurance, insurance reform, car insurance, vehicle registration, transportation network company, rideshare, TNC, Iowa Code chapter 321A, insurance penalties, mandatory insurance, mortgage, mortgage banker