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• So, as many of you know, our main role is fiscal oversight.
• Chair and members, Helen Roberts from the House fiscal staff.
• I have not requested a fiscal note on this bill.
• I can only speak from my experience, but I think for fiscal analysts, we will request a fiscal note for
• So we request fiscal notes in advance.

Bills: HF627, HF474, HF361, HF1837

Keywords: HF627, fiscal note, fiscal notes, Minnesota Legislature, state government, committee procedure, ranking minority member, minority party, standing committee, Ways and Means, Finance Committee, legislative process, budget analysis, fiscal impact, Minnesota Statutes 3.98, committee chair, legislative transparency, HF474, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry Mower Rice

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• Uh, so as many of you know, our main role is fiscal oversight.
• that a committee chair can request a fiscal note.
• this<00:53:56.760> bill requested a fiscal note on on this bill requested a fiscal note
• > for that we will request a fiscal note for that we will request a fiscal note for any<00:54:
• <00:54:15.319> note any member that requests a fiscal note any member that requests a fiscal

Bills: HF627, HF474, HF361, HF1837

Keywords: HF627, fiscal note, fiscal notes, Minnesota Legislature, state government, committee procedure, ranking minority member, minority party, standing committee, Ways and Means, Finance Committee, legislative process, budget analysis, fiscal impact, Minnesota Statutes 3.98, committee chair, legislative transparency, HF474, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry Mower Rice

Bills: HB 35, HB 138, HB 754, HB 1314, HB 1612, HB 2254, HB 2510, HB 2789, HB 3560, HB 3597, HB 4224, HB 4273, HB 4643, HB 4783

Keywords: peer support, first responders, mental health, confidentiality, emergency services, health impact analysis, cost analysis, coverage mandates, health insurance, legislative analysis, health care data, healthcare, price estimates, billing requirements, consumer protection, nonemergency services, assisted living, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance

Bills: HB3620, HB3942, HB3279, HB3378, HB3383, HB3413, HB3414, HB3415, HB3420, HB3130

Keywords: 2030 census, complete count committee, census outreach, decennial census, enumeration, population count, hard-to-count populations, hard-to-enumerate areas, State Data Center, Oklahoma Census, multilingual campaign, public outreach, school-based outreach, community organizations, minority groups, ethnic minorities, language minorities, self-response rate, census awareness, federal census

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• So what the bill as amended does is to commission a fiscal analysis of our child welfare system.
• Um, in terms of just directing DCYF to contract with a consultant to conduct the fiscal analysis that
• just the fiscal analysis that I just the fiscal analysis that I just described.<00:02:49.840>
• But when you're doing a fiscal analysis, I think that's more of a dollars-and-cents issue rather than
• 20:46.240> analysis,<00:20:46.799> I<00:20:47.039> think you're doing a fiscal analysis

Bills: HF2135, HF776, HF1581, HF1158, HF2226

Keywords: child welfare, fiscal analysis, third-party consultant, program evaluation, Minnesota, HF776, Minnesota Family Assets for Independence Initiative, family assets for independence, FAI, asset-building, matched savings, financial literacy, family savings, economic mobility, children youth and families, general fund appropriation, family support, low-income families, financial stability, budget bill

Bills: HF2440

Keywords: labor market, employment, economic development, funding, data analysis, 1183, house

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• staff, pardon me, so Ashley Yang from House Fiscal, our terrific fiscal analyst for our committee is
• Ashley Yang from the House Fiscal Analysis Department.
• <00:02:16.959> analyst um fiscal uh our terrific fiscal analyst um fiscal uh our terrific
• <00:02:26.319> Analysis Ang from the House Fiscal Analysis Ang from the House Fiscal Analysis
• So the fiscal tracking of the fund.

Bills: HF2440

Keywords: labor market, employment, economic development, funding, data analysis, 1183, house

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• We do have a resource witness and I think we're looking at, Madam Chair, I know this does have a fiscal
• I was a little surprised about the size of the fiscal note.
• And my question being, you know, it's a fiscal note of a biennial fiscal note of over $5 million.
• Since fiscal year 2021, the Senator West: department has noted that over 40 acts of theft and more than
• The bill addresses the fiscal impact by requiring DSHS implementation of the testing requirement only

Bills: HB50

Keywords: constitutional amendment, ballot language, fiscal note, fiscal impact, cost estimate, savings estimate, Legislative Budget Board, LBB, secretary of state, Election Code, Government Code, voter information, ballot proposition, state budget, election administration, Texas

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• There is a fiscal note associated with it.
• I was a little surprised about the size of the fiscal note.
• My question is regarding the fiscal note, which indicates a biennial fiscal note of over five million
• Since fiscal year 2021, the department has noted that over 40 instances of theft and more than 120 acts
• The bill addresses the fiscal impact by requiring implementation of the testing requirement only if funding

Bills: HB50

Keywords: constitutional amendment, ballot language, fiscal note, fiscal impact, cost estimate, savings estimate, Legislative Budget Board, LBB, secretary of state, Election Code, Government Code, voter information, ballot proposition, state budget, election administration, Texas, 1185, senate, all

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• House of the Legislature may submit a request to the Analysis Program to prepare and develop an analysis
• I mean, because it sounded to me like it's more... more of a cost analysis, not a benefit analysis.
• performing our own fiscal notes as in a check.
• To strengthen this bill we respectfully suggest the fiscal analysis show what the cost savings might
• Compared to other fiscal note processes in the state of Texas, you are required to have a fiscal note

Bills: HB138, HB335, HB388, HB138

Keywords: health impact analysis, cost analysis, coverage mandates, health insurance, legislative analysis, health care data, education, funding, classroom resources, teacher support, student outcomes, health benefits, provider dentists, payment reimbursement, insurance code, noncontracting, dental care, reimbursement, health benefit plans, noncontracting providers

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• Because of a lack of data on what those reform efforts would mean and while the fiscal note process is
• there to allow those reform efforts to go forward, fiscal note deadlines mean that a bill must be filed
• and set for a hearing until that fiscal note can get here and something as large and complicated and
• rushed time frame as little as in one day I think we heard earlier is what they have to turn these fiscal
• rate, bundling, those sorts of things. would be, um, but it, it, it, it, and, and that might be a fiscal

Bills: HB138, HB335, HB388, HB138

Keywords: health impact analysis, cost analysis, coverage mandates, health insurance, legislative analysis, health care data, education, funding, classroom resources, teacher support, student outcomes, health benefits, provider dentists, payment reimbursement, insurance code, noncontracting, dental care, reimbursement, health benefit plans, noncontracting providers

Bills: HCR 10

Keywords: balanced budget amendment, federal budget, deficit reduction, deficit spending, fiscal restraint, constitutional amendment, U.S. Constitution, Congress, PAYGO, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, national debt, budget deficit, taxpayer dollars, balanced budget resolution, memorial resolution, Texas Legislature, federal spending, budget reform, fiscal conservatism

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• As of fiscal year 25, TDLR has an authorized FTE count of 590.7.
• The next step in the flowchart is the internal review and analysis.
• The better ones will do a very, very exhaustive analysis of that.
• This division will assist state agencies in reviewing rules and conducting cost-benefit analysis. analysis
• and impact analysis associated with

Bills: HB10, HB 12, HB675, HB10, HB12

Keywords: regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel

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• And then in the tails for fiscal years 28 and 29, it was another $50 million reduction from the base.
• Um, I will say the chairs found that to be a challenging set of fiscal constraints.
• I think it also would look different if we hadn't had those fiscal constraints.
• that to be uh a challenging set<00:02:38.000> of<00:02:38.480> uh<00:02:38.560> fiscal

Bills: SF1832, HF2440

Keywords: economic development, small business, workforce training, grants, entrepreneurship, equity, community support, labor market, employment, funding, data analysis, 1183, house

Bills: HB178

Keywords: efficiency audit, political subdivision, tax rate, fiscal management, government accountability

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• Taking the path to fiscal responsibility is often a lonely journey, but thanks to Elon Musk and Doge,
• indirectly connected to legitimate goals as to be based more on an article of kind of faith than sound analysis
• strength and how we defend and deter against enemies, and really I think applying good economic analysis
• to aid programs and other government programs because they need to pass a cost-benefit analysis.
• There has not been the type of cost-benefit analysis that is needed here.

Keywords: fiscal responsibility, government waste, foreign aid, funding resolution, legislative oversight

Summary: The committee meeting addressed government spending and foreign aid, with a particular emphasis on perceived wasteful expenditures. A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to discussing a funding resolution for the committee, which received unanimous support from the members present. The chair noted a quorum at the beginning of the meeting, signaling that the committee was ready to conduct its business. Discussions highlighted ongoing debates concerning fiscal responsibility and the necessity of legislative oversight, notably regarding foreign aid allocations and their implications for domestic fiscal health.

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• <00:54:09.119> and and how they did their analysis and and how they did their analysis and
• <01:05:03.760> fiscal<01:05:04.160> note maybe lessening the fiscal fiscal note maybe
• lessening the fiscal fiscal note as<01:05:04.960> well<01:05:05.200> as<01:05:05.520><
• to be, but it is a fiscal note.
• of the fiscal note has not said that. of the fiscal note has not said that.

Bills: HF3874, HF962

Keywords: judicial funding, Chief Justice security, fiscal year 2028, court system, judicial branch

Bills: SB2055, SB2152

Keywords: civil rights, helpline, investigator, data analysis, Aloha United Way, reporting, confidentiality, community support, mandatory retirement, Hawaii Constitution, judiciary, justices, judges, 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard SB 2055, which would create a Civil Rights Commission helpline for reports of harms from federal deployments in Hawaii and require annual reporting and a public hearing. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission supported the concept but said the bill should be broadened to cover civil rights and human rights violations more generally, and recommended using existing 211/Aloha United Way infrastructure. Testimony was largely in support, with a few opponents. Members focused on whether the proposed line was really a 24-hour legal hotline or a reporting/referral mechanism, what jurisdiction the commission would have over federal employees, and the estimated costs. The committee chair indicated the bill would move forward with amendments, including adopting HCRC recommendations and adding appropriations for Aloha United Way, database/website development, and staffing. The committee then heard SB 2152, a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the mandatory retirement age for state judges and justices from 70 to 75. Judge Robert D.S. Kim, the Office of the Public Defender, Earthjustice, Community Alliance on Prisons, the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers, United Public Workers, the League of Women Voters, ILWU Local 142, CARES, and others testified in support, arguing that experienced judges improve stability, reduce vacancies, and preserve institutional knowledge. Opponents or skeptical comments were limited, but one member questioned whether the measure was just a temporary fix rather than a broader solution to judicial succession and mentoring. Members also asked about existing retention and fitness safeguards, including Judicial Selection Commission retention hearings and the Commission on Judicial Conduct’s ability to investigate complaints about a judge’s physical or mental ability to serve. The discussion noted that the measure would still leave those processes in place. No final vote on SB 2152 was taken in the portion provided, but the committee appeared to be moving toward decision-making after questions concluded.

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• You know, those of you who read our fiscal notes and know what we do, we tend to stick pretty closely
• You know, those of you who read our fiscal notes and know what we do, we tend to stick pretty closely

Bills: HB558, HB558

Keywords: education funding, public schools, student achievement, RAISE Act, K-12 education, state budget, accountability, rural impact, legislation, report, government analysis, community assessment, 1136, house, all

Bills: HB1245, HB2588, HB3024, HB3172, HB3279, HB3919, HB3306, HB3383, HB3431, HB3435, HB4352, HB3883, HB3942, HB4193, HB4203, HB4303, HB4311, HB4484

Keywords: retirement, pension, public employees, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, benefits, survivorship, contribution rates, disability retirement, owners associations, membership requirements, property ownership, board governance, residency requirements, salary increase, state employees, public finance, bonus limits, job performance, Fair Banking Act, financial institutions