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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/03/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Appropriations, Transportation and Technology is called to order.
  • The money's appropriated in instances—for instance, block grants to counties.
  • So you didn't consult about this particular appropriation? We consulted about the...
  • We did talk about the need for the money and for the need for the appropriation, the emergency appropriation
  • So what would be a situation where you cannot use the Attorney General?
Bills: HB2148, HB2993
Summary: The Committee on Appropriations, Transportation and Technology heard a presentation on advanced air mobility, featuring video and remarks about new aircraft technologies, including drones and electric vertical takeoff and landing craft. The presentation emphasized potential uses such as medical delivery, rescue operations, passenger and cargo transport, quieter flight profiles, and the need for coordination among industry, government, NASA, the FAA, and other partners. Members also noted an upcoming display of a Pivotal aircraft on the Senate lawn. The committee then considered House Bill 2148, which would grant the legislature authority to appropriate non-constitutional federal monies and require the legislature to specify the purposes for which those funds are spent, with a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. Supporters described it as a transparency and separation-of-powers measure, while opponents argued it would interfere with existing federal funding structures and state programs. The bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 6-4 vote. House Bill 2993 was also heard. It would appropriate $6.4 million from the Consumer Protection/Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund to the Department of Public Safety for FY 2026 and exempt DPS from the statutory restriction on employing legal counsel without approval. Testimony from the Arizona State Troopers Association supported the funding as an emergency need to avoid cuts to recruit classes, overtime, and patrol car purchases, but several members objected to combining the appropriation with the outside-counsel policy change. The committee approved the bill on a 6-4 do-pass vote. The meeting concluded with announcements about upcoming committee events and adjournment.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair and members, House Bill 2116 appropriates $1 million from the State General Fund in fiscal year
  • House Bill 2053 appropriates $100,000 from the state general fund in fiscal year 2027 to the Arizona
  • fund policies, and then there are non-general fund policies.
  • fund budget off the general fund.
  • Maybe we funded it one time with general fund. We backed it out.
Bills: HB2053, HB2116, HB2148
Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 2116, which would appropriate $1 million in fiscal year 2027 from the State General Fund to the Colorado River Litigation Fund. The sponsor said it was a repeat of last year’s request and was intended as a backup if the seven Colorado River basin states cannot reach a new agreement. Arizona Department of Water Resources staff testified in support, explaining the state’s role in ongoing Colorado River negotiations and distinguishing the litigation fund from the executive’s separate Colorado River Protection Fund. The bill received a due pass recommendation on a 17-1 vote. The committee then took up House Bill 2053, which appropriates $100,000 to ADWR for updated stormwater recharge mapping and expands the mapping effort beyond state trust lands to private lands. The committee adopted Chairman Livingston’s amendment, which extended the coordination timeline to one year, broadened the agencies involved, and revised language on site eligibility and the definition of stormwater. The sponsor said the bill would help identify more places to capture stormwater for recharge, while ADWR testified neutral, supporting the mapping work but raising a concern about language tied to appropriable surface water because that is a legal determination for the courts. The amended bill passed 11-7. House Bill 2148 was then heard, proposing to give the legislature authority to appropriate non-custodial federal monies, with requirements for specifying purposes and allowing agencies to spend such funds if the legislature does not act. An amendment excluded university and Board of Regents research grants from the bill’s scope, which the chair said was intended to avoid implementation problems. The sponsor framed the bill as a transparency measure, and members discussed the large amount of federal pass-through funding Arizona receives. The amended bill passed 11-7. After the bills, the committee received a lengthy JLBC presentation comparing the executive budget with the JLBC baseline. Discussion focused on revenue forecasts, the impact of federal tax conformity, state employee health insurance costs, SNAP administrative and error-rate costs under H.R. 1, developmental disabilities and AHCCCS growth, and K-12/ESA funding trends. Members repeatedly criticized the executive budget for funding some ongoing costs on a one-year basis and expressed concern about rising caseloads and supplemental needs. No formal action was taken on the presentation.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 263 appropriates $1,500,000 from the State General Fund in FY 2027 to the Corrections Oversight
  • This year, I'm asking for a $20 million appropriation from the State General Fund in fiscal year 26 and
  • , and then you will be back asking us for a general fund appropriation.
  • I think it should be an appropriation. It should come from the general fund.
  • I think it should be an appropriation. It should come from the general fund.
Summary: The committee heard several appropriations and policy bills, with testimony often focused on public safety, education, and procurement. HB 263 would appropriate $1.5 million in FY2027 to the Independent Correctional Oversight Office; the sponsor and supportive testimony argued the office is needed to address serious problems in the corrections system, and the bill received a due pass recommendation, 17-1. HB 2993, as amended, would allow DPS to spend on legal services independent of the Attorney General and redirect $5 million from the Consumer Protection/Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund to the Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission Fund; the Speaker framed it as supporting law enforcement and public safety, and it passed 17-0. HB 2271 dealt with firefighter cancer coverage and insurance rates. The bill would allow an insurer covering firefighters and fire investigators to file a uniform rate deviation only if it is not reimbursed by the municipal firefighter cancer reimbursement fund. Testimony described the measure as a temporary shell pending a broader consensus agreement to bring fire districts into the reimbursement system; members stressed that firefighters should not see changes in claim handling, but several said the bill still needed work. It received a due pass recommendation on a 16-1-1 vote. HB 2416 would appropriate $20 million to DPS for local border support, including law enforcement positions, prosecution and detention costs, and equipment; sheriffs and the Arizona Sheriffs Association supported it as a continuation of existing funding for drug interdiction and border-related crime, and it passed 11-6-1. The committee also advanced HB 2692, which revises public construction procurement rules and authorizes progressive design-build and one-step competition for certain federally funded projects. Construction and procurement stakeholders said the bill was the product of a long consensus process, while some members worried about taxpayer impacts and the move away from standard procurement; it passed 10-7-1. HB 2478, as amended, creates the Arizona Commission on Student Outcomes to study K-12 accountability, standards, graduation requirements, early childhood education, and a trade pathways diploma, funded by Classroom Site Fund dollars; members debated whether the work should instead be done by ADE or the State Board, and the bill passed 11-7. The committee also heard HB 4044, which would create a Public Safety Parity Fund to support DPS and corrections salaries using investment earnings from the Budget Stabilization Fund and proceeds from forfeited digital assets; the sponsor and a troopers association witness argued it would provide a stable long-term funding source to address chronic vacancies and pay gaps.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:45 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And as we know, Senate Bill 5 addresses this by appropriating $3 million from the general fund to the
  • And I understand that these are all general funds or any other funding mechanisms considered for this
  • We combine general bonds, GOB bonds. We combined other state funds. We combined capital funds.
  • And I said, well, I mean, you're hitting us when you take that away from our general fund, so why not
  • When you take that away from our general fund, so why not figure out a way that you have skin in the
Bills: SB5, SB6, SB8
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 6th, 2026 at 04:27 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fund, once that fund is exhausted, it can now reach the appropriation contingency fund.
  • , and we should be appropriating the money for these funds.
  • So what House Bill 271 does is appropriate $100 million from the general fund to the Office of Natural
  • So what House Bill 271 does is appropriate $100 million from the general fund to the Office of Natural
  • It builds on efforts like the Outdoor Equity Fund and ensures future generations can continue to experience
Bills: HB2, SB193, SB132, SB35, SB145
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/10/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, Members, House Bill 2063 appropriates $1.5 million from the State General Fund, FY 27, to the
  • Chair, members, House Bill 2116 appropriates $1 million in the State Journal Fund for FY 27 to the Colorado
  • River litigation fund.
  • in these issues, but I'm wondering if the money could come from the WIFA fund rather than the general
  • fund since we're so short on general fund dollars at this moment.
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2003, which would lower the instruction-permit age for Class D, G, and M licenses from 15 and a half to 15, while increasing supervised practice requirements for minors: 50 hours for Class G with 20 at night, 50 hours for Class M, and a nine-month permit holding period before licensure. The sponsor argued the bill builds on Arizona’s graduated driver licensing system and is intended to improve teen safety, citing other states with longer permit periods and lower teen fatality rates. Questions focused on who certifies the supervised hours, with staff explaining that a parent, legal guardian, or custodial parent signs off, though driver education remains an alternative. The bill received a do-pass recommendation by a 9-1 vote. House Bill 2063, which appropriates $1.5 million from the General Fund in FY 2027 to the Corrections Oversight Fund, drew emotional testimony in support from a mother whose son died after a prison suicide, and from advocates who said the oversight office is needed given prison health care problems and federal receivership. The sponsor said the funding would support prison oversight and transparency. The committee then approved the bill unanimously, 10-0. The committee also passed House Bill 2116, appropriating $1 million to the Colorado River litigation fund, after the sponsor said the money would help Arizona prepare for possible litigation over Colorado River cuts and that the issue affects nearly every district in the state. Members discussed whether the funding should come from the WIFA fund instead of the General Fund, but the bill received an 8-0 do-pass recommendation with two not voting. The committee also considered House Bill 2210, which would prohibit the state, local governments, and private entities from using ADS-B aircraft surveillance data to calculate, generate, or collect aircraft fees. Supporters, including pilots and the Arizona Pilots Association, argued the technology was intended for safety and should not be used for billing, warning that fee collection could discourage pilots from keeping the system on. Opponents, including the Arizona Airports Association and the City of Phoenix, said airports should retain local control over fee collection methods and that the bill was a solution in search of a problem. After extensive debate about federal requirements, safety, and billing practices, the bill received a tied 4-4 do-pass recommendation. Finally, HCM 2007, a memorial urging renaming sections of State Route 69 to honor veterans of several wars, passed 5-4. The committee also briefly noted that some bills were being held at members’ request.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/20/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:34:43.919> generated<00:34:44.320> by at least 80% of the funds generated by at
  • Absent funding from the state, the cost would have to come out of a school district's general fund, where
  • /c><01:24:39.360> compete<01:24:39.679> with general fund where it would compete with general
  • from the district's general fund.
  • FR funds from the district's general FR funds from the district's general fund.<01:29:11.600>
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Minnesota Housing Finance budget is 0.3% of our state general fund budget.
  • The Minnesota Housing Finance budget is 0.3% of our state general fund budget.
  • The Minnesota Housing Finance budget is 0.3% of our state general fund budget.
  • The Minnesota Housing Finance budget is 0.3% of our state general fund budget.
  • The Minnesota Housing Finance budget is 0.3% of our state general fund budget.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • 25.920> funding<00:03:26.200> for biggest source of funding for biggest source of funding
  • package after the 35W bridge collapse in 2007, some general fund transfers starting in 2018 that were
  • package after the 35W bridge collapse in 2007, some general fund transfers starting in 2018 that were
  • fund.
  • dollars would go back to the general dollars would go back to the general fund<00:57:54.640>
Bills: HF1167, HF1242
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right. providing 500,000 in state funding. Um providing 500,000 in state funding.
  • DCYF is asked to work with partners to determine the most appropriate and efficient state-funded mechanism
  • partners funding bill and this funding partners funding bill and this funding bill.<01:11:15.280
  • <01:48:29.520> So, appropriation. That's all that does. So, appropriation.
  • As current funding recipients, we are able to provide medically and culturally appropriate meals for
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/13/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many of you know this fund as the rural fund.
  • House Bill 2053 creates $100,000 from the state general fund in fiscal year 2027 for the Arizona Department
  • And so this fund is meant to help fund the projects that don't have funding from anywhere else.
  • And so this fund is meant to help fund the projects that don't have funding from anywhere else.
  • Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2116 appropriates $1 million from the State General Fund in fiscal
Summary: The committee began with member and staff introductions, then heard House Bill 2024, which would expand the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority’s water supply development definition to include snowpack augmentation and related planning and facility work. Supporters argued cloud seeding and drone-based silver iodide deployment could increase snowpack and water supply at relatively low cost, while opponents raised concerns about weather modification, uncertainty in the science, and possible environmental or health effects. After debate, the committee approved HB 2024 on a 6-4 vote, with some members expressing reservations and requesting more information before floor consideration. The committee next considered House Bill 2053, which would direct the Arizona Department of Water Resources to update stormwater recharge mapping statewide and provide $100,000 for the work. The sponsor and ADWR said the bill would expand on prior state-land mapping and help identify recharge opportunities on private land; ADWR was neutral and said it could do the technical mapping but could not make legal determinations about appropriable surface water rights. Salt River Project opposed the bill’s language on surface-water rights, arguing that determinations about unappropriated water belong to the courts and that site-specific recharge projects could affect downstream rights. The committee adopted the Griffin amendment and then passed HB 2053 as amended on a 6-4 vote. Chelsea McGuire of WIFA then gave a broad presentation on the agency’s revolving funds, conservation grants, and long-term augmentation efforts, describing past investments, current grant awards, and seven potential augmentation projects under development. She said WIFA’s current budget ask was essentially for no additional cuts, while members asked about costs, project qualifications, and public-private structure. The committee then took up House Bill 2097, which would impose a six acre-feet-per-acre groundwater pumping cap in irrigation non-expansion areas, add reporting and well-measurement requirements, and set a $150 penalty for violations. ADWR said the bill could require additional staffing and that the cap and substitution provisions had technical concerns; environmental groups argued the cap was too high and could still encourage overpumping, while supporters said it would finally place a limit on INA pumping. HB 2097 passed 6-4. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2116, which would appropriate $1 million to the Colorado River Litigation Fund; the sponsor described it as a contingency for ongoing Colorado River negotiations, and the committee moved the bill forward after brief discussion.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/17/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I wanted to specifically talk about the one-time appropriation funds.
  • <00:09:24.839> half appropriation funds as I mentioned half appropriation funds as I mentioned
  • is<00:10:40.800> the<00:10:40.959> 2.25 funds our largest funding is the 2.25 funds
  • But again, Madam Chair, this appropriation, this bill, provides funding for the grants programs of M.E.Y
  • this bill provides uh this appropriation this bill provides uh<00:18:53.440> funding<00:18:53.799
Bills: HF711, HF653
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/26/2026 - House Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, members, House Bill 2602 appropriates $24,000 from the State General Fund to the Department
  • Chairman and members, House Bill 2225 appropriates $10 million from the state general fund to the state
  • fund for the capital cost for the So anyhow, I'm asking for $10 million from the State General Fund
  • end of the fiscal year, anything that's left over goes back to the general fund.
  • Chairman and members, House Bill 2207 appropriates $300,000 from the State General Fund to the Arizona
Summary: The committee first heard HB 2641, which would ban firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals. The sponsor said the bill was intended to protect firefighters and the public from carcinogenic and persistent chemicals that can contaminate groundwater, and noted Arizona had already banned the foam for training. A University of Arizona public health researcher testified that firefighters have higher PFAS levels than the general public and that AFFF use is associated with elevated exposure, while a firefighters’ association representative said alternatives exist and that the bill would remove uncertainty for departments. The committee passed HB 2641 unanimously, 15-0. The committee then heard HB 2602, a $24,000 appropriation for a 10% pay increase for Department of Public Safety employees in fiscal year 2027. The sponsor and supporters from the Arizona Troopers Association argued the raise was needed for recruitment and retention, citing vacancies, departures, and the cost of training new troopers. Several members supported the idea but raised concerns about the budget impact and the broader issue of pay disparities across agencies and state employees. The bill received a do pass recommendation on a 10-0-3 vote, with two members voting no and three voting present. Finally, the committee considered HB 2225, which would appropriate $10 million for capital costs at the Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy in Yavapai County and keep the funds from lapsing until 2029. The sponsor and Yavapai County law enforcement witnesses said the academy is overcrowded, serves multiple agencies across northern Arizona, reduces travel and lodging costs, and provides both basic and in-service training. Some members questioned whether the state should fund a county-based facility and raised concerns about the size and structure of the appropriation, while others supported the training mission but wanted the issue handled in the budget process. The committee voted to give HB 2225 a do pass recommendation, with several members voting no or present.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • House File 1439 is seeking $750,000 per year appropriation out of the Workforce Development Fund to the
  • House File 1439 is seeking $750,000 per year appropriation out of the Workforce Development Fund to the
  • appropriation for the eight centers for independent living and add this permanently to the base funding
  • appropriation for the eight centers for independent living and add this permanently to the base funding
  • appropriation for the eight centers for independent living and add this permanently to the base funding
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:35:06.320> is that available Federal funding is that available Federal funding is deployed
  • I think that's very appropriate.
  • I think that's very appropriate.
  • I think that's very appropriate.
  • <01:36:36.000> from without um the additional funding from without um the additional funding
Bills: HF47, HF335
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 4/15/26

Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then additionally, this committee and the legislature has funded the department funding for the CORE
  • funding to LSS.
  • And then for appropriations, where are you thinking of getting appropriations from, given that this is
  • And then for appropriations, force.
  • funding for this? funding for this? >> Representative<00:25:22.320> Myers.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • to create some additional sources of funding beyond general fund.
  • funding beyond general fund. funding beyond general fund.
  • out of the general fund, again, a dedicated source of funding for that.
  • c><00:06:08.440> fund,<00:06:08.880> again funding out of the general fund, again funding
  • The bill appropriates $12 million in fiscal year 27 from the general fund to the Commissioner of Public
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 21st, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, HB 1 is the general appropriation bill that outlines how the state will allocate funds for the
  • State general fund savings in the Medicaid program.
  • The ancillary bill appropriates funding to 11 budget units.
  • This is $206.1 million funded in the State General Fund, $9.4 million from interagency transfers, and
  • This bill appropriates $94.5 million in State General Fund for the expenses of the legislative branch
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Local small producers aren't able to access the funds.
  • , especially when we're losing some federal funding.
  • Wouldn't this be better funded by the DNR?
  • Agriculture has a lot of relatively small direct appropriations. Appropriations.
  • All right, we'll go forward to general comments.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • look into supporting the next generation look into supporting the next generation of<00:01:12.320
  • fund.
  • <00:52:41.079> fund.
  • <00:52:42.079> And<00:52:42.240> the million out of the general fund.
  • And the million out of the general fund.