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ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Government Operations Division Apr 10th, 2025 at 11:00 am

Appropriations - Government Operations Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, and um...
  • Then the seventh one is the deficiency appropriation for the 2023–25 biennium for new and vacant FTE
  • For the 2023–25 biennium, the new and vacant FTE funding pool, the way it was done, it resulted in a
  • Space reconfiguration pool for rent funding for the rent and moving of space and doing the reconfiguration
  • And so, Mr.
Bills: HB1015
Summary: The Government Operations Division met to review proposed amendments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) budget, with the chair noting the bill would not be voted out that day and would likely be held until the following week for any technical corrections. Members discussed a series of amendments, generally without objection: a $1.5 million appropriation for a pro-life education committee; a $40,000–$45,000 deficiency appropriation for Uniform Laws travel costs; creation of a state deferred maintenance fund with $40 million for deferred maintenance projects; adding the state hospital project to the OMB budget with $200 million from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund (SIF) and $85 million from a line of credit, plus construction management oversight; $110,114 for custodial equity increases; $1 million for a retirement incentive pool; $3 million to cover a shortfall in the new and vacant FTE funding pool; and $4 million for space reconfiguration and rent/moving costs. Prairie Public Broadcasting was also discussed, with a suggestion to change the purpose from local programming to infrastructure and set the amount at $850,000, likely as one-time SIF funding. The committee also heard a heads-up about a possible $180,000 federal reimbursement issue tied to an education grant, but no action was taken on that item. The committee further discussed a broader amendment to reduce the transfer from the social services fund to the human services fund from $250 million to $232 million, based on DHS needs and available carryover funding. Members also agreed to add emergency clauses to the capital assets, deferred maintenance, and moving/space reconfiguration items. The chair indicated Brady could begin incorporating the discussed changes into a consolidated amendment, while noting there could still be additional items next week. Staff also reported the SIF balance was about $280 million positive, though some removed agency items, including airport grants, would need to be considered. The committee then reconsidered its earlier action on House Bill 1581 and restored it to its original form at $100,000 after hearing that the funding would support tribal tourism-related events tied to upcoming 2026 celebrations and the Theodore Roosevelt Library opening. A motion for do pass on the bill as originally introduced passed unanimously by roll call. Finally, the committee postponed action on another bill until later that day, directing that revised materials be distributed and that the item be taken up in the afternoon session.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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  • It needs new motor controls at the pump house and pump house repairs.
  • Does this bill new motor controls at the pump house and new motor controls at the pump house and pump
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  • SB 2706, establishing a new five-year ag SB 2706, establishing a new five-year ag and<01:21:22.440><c
Bills: SB2706, SB2320
Summary: The committees first heard SB 2371, which would prioritize lease offers on agrivoltaics parcels for beginning farmers, require annual compliance reports to DAB, authorize penalties for noncompliance, and allow solar facilities on certain agricultural lands. DAB, the State Energy Office, PUC, and Hawaii Farm Bureau generally supported the intent, while OPPSD recommended amendments to preserve agricultural lease affordability and strengthen food-production language. Members questioned whether the bill would meaningfully encourage solar on ag lands, whether beginning farmers would have enough information to use such parcels, and how the bill would interact with Land Use Commission review. The Farm Bureau said agrivoltaics remains challenging and largely in pilot form, and noted the Mililani project as a promising example of dual use. The committees voted to pass SB 2371 with amendments, with one member expressing a preference that it be opened to all farmers rather than only beginning farmers. The next measure, SB 2800, appropriates funds to DAB, DLNR, and ADC for acquisition, repair, and maintenance of irrigation systems. All testifying agencies and the Farm Bureau supported the bill, and members pressed them for estimates of needed funding and the condition of existing systems. DAB cited major repair needs, including Waimea, Molokai, Kahuku, and Kawailoa, and said its backlog could total roughly $65 million; ADC estimated about $35 million for several systems; and DLNR said its current needs for three systems were about $35 million, with the largest cost tied to piping in Kekaha. The committees amended the bill to defer its effective date to July 1, 2050 and to blank out the appropriation amounts in the bill text, with the agencies’ requested amounts to be included in the committee report for consideration. SB 2800 then passed in AEN, Water and Land, and EIG. The final measure discussed was SB 2718, a food hub pilot program beginning in 2028 that would require state departments and UH to source 30% of certain food purchases from local agricultural products, create a nutrition- and ʻāina-based school program, and have DAT partner with a regional aggregator for Native Hawaiian staple crops. DAT, DOH, the Farm Bureau, Food Plus Policy Group, HAPA, and others supported the bill’s intent, while the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation opposed it, saying it is already struggling to meet the current local procurement percentage and faces procurement and quantity barriers, especially for staple items used daily. The testimony focused on whether agencies could realistically meet the higher local purchasing target and whether smaller farms could supply the needed volumes.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/27/2026 - House Regulatory Oversight

Regulatory Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Isabelle Gutwin, our new attorney—or, I'm sorry, intern, majority research staff—and Diana Clay, who's
  • And despite my bald head, the port jutting out of my chest, and my steroid-bloated face and body, I got
  • new people came in, so it's just impossible to go out in the world and have any idea what kind of exposures
  • submits a report with the number of FTE positions and their salaries to JLBC and OSPB by October 1st
  • vacant for at least 150 days and directs each budget unit to eliminate these positions each fiscal year
Bills: HB2086, HB2248, HB2688
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • And that unified pool has unified pool.
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  • And that money may well not be pool.
Bills: HF3217, HF2252
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • The EGIP pool districts small and large.
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Bills: HF3422, HF3461, HF2904
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 1 (1-6-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, and what an honor to be the first person to stand up and ask a question in this new building
  • </c> and ask a question in this new building. and ask a question in this new building.
  • Seeing none, next order of business is introduction of new bills and resolutions.
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  • However, we're going to return to the order of business of introduction of new bills and resolutions.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 2nd, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • and faith-based, not-for-profit organizations to pool.
  • They approve and disapprove rate increases and so on and so forth. Currently, the TWA and the...
  • So, I thought that it might be nice to expand the pool and get some more candidates.
  • I'm a seventh-generation Texan from New Mexico. ...DFW but living in Austin, and I'm here to testify
  • cover services at UT Southwestern and Texas Health until they've negotiated a new agreement for the
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 2nd, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Right, and you and I are on the same page. Thank you.
  • We're down there, and we're writing wind and hail in addition to auto. and other coverages.
  • Insurance is about the pooling and spreading of risk. We are one state.
  • We've worked with them in other states: Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.
  • Representative, so we're looking at this from the standpoint of if you need a new roof and you want to