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MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Four - Wednesday, May 6
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We've added some...
- We've added some funds here for the CERT teams.
- and the state sales taxes, et cetera.
- So if the source is coming from income tax or property tax, that's all state taxpayers paying into the
- Not only that, then they take our tax dollars. Then they take our tax dollars.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, approved the House Journal by a 107-1 vote, and then spent much of the day on introductions of guests, family members, interns, and public servants. Members recognized visitors including family of legislators, a park ranger honored for life-saving work, substance-use treatment advocates, nonprofit and apprenticeship program representatives, students, and staff. The chamber also received committee reports and Senate messages, including a conference committee appointment on House Bill 2818 and fiscal review reports recommending passage of Senate Bill 1020 and Senate Bill 1062.
The main floor action centered on the state budget, especially House Bill 2 on public education. The budget chair explained the conference report as providing $8.4 billion for K-12 and the Office of Childhood, with disputes over funding sources and the foundation formula. Several members argued the bill underfunded schools by about $190 million and objected to using blind pension and projected ARPA/lottery-related funds; others defended the budget as record-level funding and emphasized that the total education dollars were unchanged, only the funding mix differed. A substitute motion to reject the conference report and send the bill back to conference failed 62-89, and the conference report on House Bill 2 was then adopted 83-68; the bill was third read and passed 83-68.
The House then adopted and passed House Bill 3 on higher education, after debate over a proposed performance-based funding model and language directing the department to develop a new formula by the end of the year. Members generally supported keeping funding flat this year while studying a longer-term model. House Bill 4, covering Revenue and Transportation, was adopted 128-21 and passed 127-27, with discussion of rural roads funding and transportation investments. The House also took up House Bill 5 on the Office of Administration and IT consolidation/accountability, with the sponsor describing it as the central state-government operations bill; debate on that measure began before the transcript ended.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legislative Management Aug 17th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Legislative Management
Transcript Highlights:
- residence tax credit, and your tax bill would be zero if you were right at $1,600.
- The tax statement would not add up.
- Supposedly he paid his property tax, but he didn't like his federal tax because the federal government
- Supposedly he paid his property tax, but he didn't like his federal tax because the federal government
- Supposedly he paid his property tax, but he didn't like his federal tax because the federal government
Committee:
Joint Legislative Management
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
04/29/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #21
Transcript Highlights:
- And when we talk about the tax provisions, we have an increase in the child tax credit.
- And when we talk about the tax provisions, we have an increase in the child tax credit.
- Of an increase in the taxes.
- And additionally, beginning with tax year 2026, there are three other provisions added that are after
- conformity, full tax relief, because... ...providing full tax conformity, full tax relief provided by
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Apr 13th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- credits in the low-income housing tax credit program.
- knows tax law better than I do.
- This bill isn't just about a tax exemption.
- At its core, AB 2205 is not just about tax policy.
- A tax liability on a reparations payment is not a technicality.
Committee:
House Revenue and Taxation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> can charge for health care taxes. can charge for health care taxes. All<00:05:27.039><c> right.
- The test non-uniform provider taxes.
- This legislation added payers.
- Um and tax qualify for the waiver.
- </c><01:07:23.520><c> your</c> You have paid into your taxes your You have paid into your taxes your
Bills:
HR1
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 1/16/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Future of Payments and Sales Transactions by Credit Card and the Impacts for Small Businesses Jun 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- of her employment taxes and her enterprise taxes.
- Yeah, it’s any state tax, which includes all of the excise taxes... ...sales tax.
- the local sales taxes in Illinois and the regional sales taxes.
- We've got the state sales tax and we've got a local option sales tax on meals.
- We've got the state sales tax and we've got a local option sales tax on meals.
Summary:
The Special Commission on the future of credit card payments and their impacts on small businesses heard testimony from credit union, retail, banking, and payments industry representatives. Much of the discussion focused on proposals to exclude sales tax and tips from interchange fees, the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act and related litigation, and whether similar state action in Massachusetts would help small businesses or instead create a patchwork that burdens state-chartered institutions. Witnesses from defense and community credit unions argued interchange helps fund fraud prevention, cybersecurity, member services, and low-fee products, while retail and NRF representatives said merchants are paying significant swipe fees and that state laws like Illinois’s are aimed at reducing costs that are not being passed on to consumers.
Several witnesses emphasized that the current payment system provides security, fraud protection, rewards, and access to credit, and that many of the costs merchants complain about are actually bundled processor or acquirer fees rather than interchange itself. Others countered that small businesses are struggling with rising overall costs and that Massachusetts should consider reforms such as allowing surcharging, improving transparency in merchant contracts, and studying collection costs. There was also discussion of the recent Visa/Mastercard antitrust settlement, with industry witnesses describing it as meaningful relief for merchants and opponents saying it is temporary and incomplete.
No formal votes were taken on legislation. The commission accepted oral testimony, noted that written testimony would be accepted through July 31, and concluded the meeting by unanimously voting to adjourn. The chair and members said they would continue gathering testimony and work toward recommendations, with the chair stressing the need to find a fair middle ground that supports both small businesses and the broader payments ecosystem.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- , ways and means; HB 4030, rat rate taxes; HB 4031, special place infrastructure; HB 4032, alternative
- credit, tribal taxes; HB 2907, income tax credit, historic fix division; HB 28, municipal tax increment
- HB 4007, municipal tax increment financing; HCR 2013, Goldback Trust Bonds, urging authorization.
- I really think that adding a fitness program... We had less behavioral problems.
- Article 7, Constitution of Arizona, by adding Section 19 relating to election requirements.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- And that translates into severance taxes, gross receipts taxes, and personal income taxes in New Mexico
- And the personal income tax is actually a very stable form of tax for us.
- don't tax it, or where we give a preferential tax rate—things like that.
- tax aid from the rest of the general personal income tax; it would remain one.
- tax credit.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 1/22/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- property tax form.
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- </c> local sales tax uh and the sales tax local sales tax uh and the sales tax exemption<00:59:38.799
- He added that Beth Johnston is their tax policy expert now and attends all of the tax committee meetings
- </c> efficiency wise saving property tax efficiency wise saving property tax dollars<01:28:02.239><c>
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Republican Leaders Media Availability Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:15 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- They will never give you tax relief, only more taxes.
- That's sales tax deduction, B&O tax deduction, property tax relief.
- The carbon tax is the... ...carbon tax is the state's most regressive tax.
- They're actively adding new regressive taxes like doubling Discover Pass fees and raising climate commitment
- taxes.
Summary:
House and Senate Republican leaders held a session-opening media availability on the second day of Washington’s 60-day legislative session, criticizing Governor Bob Ferguson’s State of the State address and previewing their priorities. They said the central issue this session is affordability, and argued the state should respond with less spending, fewer taxes, and less regulation rather than new taxes or expanded government. They also said they expect a major fight over the operating budget, warned against using the rainy day fund or weakening the balanced-budget requirement, and said the state should look for savings in areas where caseloads are down but spending continues to rise, including reducing middle management in state agencies.
A major focus was the governor’s proposal for a tax on high earners, which Republicans repeatedly described as an income tax and said they would oppose. They argued it would eventually expand beyond millionaires, said voters have rejected income taxes repeatedly, and said a constitutional amendment would not pass. They also criticized past tax increases such as the capital gains tax, death tax, document recording fees, and climate-related charges, saying Democrats have not provided meaningful tax relief for working families. Republican leaders said the Working Families Tax Credit is one area where they can support using existing Climate Commitment Act revenue, and they suggested other uses for those funds, including transportation and wildfire prevention.
The leaders also discussed public safety and immigration, saying the governor and Democrats have been inconsistent on federal law enforcement and that coordination between agencies is essential. They said concerns about masked federal agents and immigration enforcement should be left to investigations rather than political conclusions. On child care and DCYF, they said allegations of fraud and waste should be investigated through audits or other oversight, and they rejected the idea that looking into possible fraud is offensive to honest providers. They also said they see potential bipartisan overlap on transportation and housing, but argued the governor’s housing plan relies too much on public spending and not enough on permitting reform, Growth Management Act changes, and energy code changes to increase supply.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- I think casinos operate by vastly different taxing systems than we do. Income taxes either.
- Okay, we added in on page two... ...we added in on page two, let me see, it would be in section B, the
- That's because, as Revenue Tax Chair, we all love tax cuts. We all want to do those.
- That's because, as Revenue Tax Chair, we all love tax cuts. We all want to do those.
- We added two items. We suspended the rules and added two items to the agenda.
Committee:
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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Oct 7th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- No property tax revenue, no TRT revenue, nothing.
- And we're doing it responsibly, using existing ASECIA funds with no new taxes.
- Tax assessment map.
- Rather than paying taxes, they're not going to make some money on these líneas.
- A recent state park was added in 2019 in San Miguel County.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Feb 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We're adding an immigration federal assistance component.
- We're adding an immigration federal assistance component.
- , their parents have paid taxes, for them to pay the same...
- Educated workers contribute more in taxes, boosting the state's revenue.
- We give them added responsibility.
Summary:
The Senate Appropriations Committee met to hear SB 2-C, a major immigration enforcement bill sponsored by Senator Gruters and co-introduced by Senator Fine. The sponsor described the bill as a response to federal immigration priorities and said it replaces a single immigration officer with a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, expands local-federal cooperation, increases penalties for crimes committed by unauthorized immigrants, requires detention in certain cases, broadens information sharing, funds detention-bed expansion and law-enforcement training, and ends in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. The bill also includes provisions related to sanctuary policies, voter fraud, transport of unauthorized aliens, and driver’s license-related offenses. The sponsor said the bill appropriates roughly $300 million overall, including $250 million for grants and $48 million for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for interdiction and border-related enforcement work.
Committee members questioned the bill’s scope, costs, and implementation. Senators focused heavily on the tuition-waiver repeal, asking how many students would be affected and whether the bill would harm students who have long lived in Florida. They also pressed on whether the bill should include stronger E-Verify provisions, how sanctuary-policy enforcement would work, whether local officials could be penalized for policy choices, and how immigration status would be verified in court and jail settings. The sponsor and Senator Fine said the tuition waiver would be removed for undocumented students, that the bill does not address E-Verify, and that the measure is intended to make immigration status a factor in detention and sentencing. Questions also addressed detention-bed capacity, reimbursement rates, and whether corrections staff would receive bonuses or salary increases; sponsors said bonuses are included for participating law enforcement, while broader salary issues would be handled in the regular budget process.
Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters and information-only witnesses, including Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and former officials, said the bill would help Florida coordinate with federal authorities, expand bed space, and close loopholes in existing immigration enforcement. Opponents from the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU of Florida, Florida Policy Institute, labor groups, and immigrant advocates argued the bill is unconstitutional, likely to trigger litigation, and harmful to families, schools, and the economy. They warned that the pretrial detention provisions could lead to wrongful detentions and that the tuition changes would reduce access to higher education and cost the state tuition revenue. No final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt, but the committee continued through public comment and extended the meeting to complete the agenda.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We support adding vaping and marijuana to the provisions of the Florida Indoor Clean Air Act.
- In Loudoun County, Virginia, more than half of the local tax revenue comes from data centers.
- In Grant County, Washington, property tax revenues have climbed 1,277% to $54 million.
- How is he to be assessed, tax-wise?
- Data centers can generate $26 in tax revenue for every dollar of public services they require.
Committee:
Senate Regulated Industries
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 4th, 2026
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there a tax credit for barbershops? Put that in the tax bill. All right, let's go next.
- tax debt, and requiring specific effective dates for an ordinance challenging the imposition of tax
- Speaker and body, while we have the weakness in the corporate income tax and personal income tax, we
- I serve on the Tax and Rev Committee. Is there any money left over to possibly have a tax package?
- Speaker, gentleman, added to that.
Bills:
HB95 , HB111 , HJR1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM3 , HM11 , HM14 , HM15 , HM21 , HM34 , HB2 , HB32 , HB33 , HB61 , HJM2 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26
Summary:
The House convened with quorum, offered an invocation and pledges, and then moved through a series of memorials, recognitions, and announcements. House Memorial 49, declaring February 4, 2026 UNM Day, was taken from the Speaker’s table, explained, and debated at length. Members from both parties and several guests praised the University of New Mexico for its role in education, health care, research, public service, and workforce development, with special recognition of President Garnett Stokes, interim provost Barbara Rodriguez, and Health Sciences leaders and students. The memorial highlighted UNM’s enrollment, degrees awarded, scholarship support, patent activity, and the UNM Hospital and Health Sciences Center. It passed 70-0.
House Memorial 48, declaring February 4, 2026 Valencia County Day, was also brought forward and passed unanimously. Supporters described Valencia County’s history, culture, economic growth, and traditions, including the annual matanza, Route 66 heritage, and major employers and development projects. Members from the county and local officials were recognized, and the memorial emphasized both historic communities and current business and infrastructure expansion. House Memorial 50, declaring Lincoln County Day, was introduced by title and placed on the Speaker’s table, but not taken up for final passage during this segment.
The chamber also recognized the Artesia Bulldogs football team for winning another state championship, Del Norte High School’s class of 1966 on its 60th anniversary, and a number of guests tied to nursing, education, and local community service. Several members used announcements to highlight nurses, school programs, and local events, including a Legislative Sportsman’s Caucus invitation and a reminder that the day was the final day to file bills with the clerk. The session closed with continued announcements and guest introductions, reflecting a day focused heavily on community recognition and celebratory memorials rather than substantive legislation beyond the memorial votes.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Commerce and Economic Development Mar 3rd, 2025
House Commerce & Economic Development Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Consider grocers at Gross Receipts Tax exemptions.
- Any changes in tax policy...
- As we clean up our tax code, where are we finding loopholes where people are not having a tax liability
- You create these tax breaks.
- Possibly one of the largest tax increases in the state of New Mexico.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
Transcript Highlights:
- Small bridges is pre-existing; that's the one we're adding culverts to. You have Complete Streets.
- Is that from gas and diesel tax? Is that in these figures, or where does that go?
- host of transportation, but it's still staying in the transportation realm, and this is adding to it
- Is that from gas and diesel tax? Is that in these figures, or where does that go?
- host of transportation, but it's still staying in the transportation realm, and this is adding to it
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Bonding, State Assets, and Capital Expenditures held its first public hearing on House Bill 4257, a transportation bonding bill. The administration testified in support, describing the bill as a $1.185 billion authorization: $300 million for Chapter 90 municipal road funding and $885 million for statewide transportation capital programs. Officials said the bill would increase municipal aid by 50%, with $200 million distributed under the traditional Chapter 90 formula and $100 million based solely on road mileage to better help rural communities. They also highlighted $500 million for bridge and pavement lifecycle asset management, $200 million for culverts and small bridges, and $185 million for congestion, safety, ADA, sidewalk, and multimodal improvements. Committee members asked about how municipalities would apply, how the road-mile formula would affect rural towns, and how the bill would interact with federal funding uncertainty and debt financing. Administration witnesses explained that projects would be administered through MassDOT district offices and Grant Central, that the bill would not backfill rescinded federal funds, and that the proposal would likely use special obligation bonds backed by Fair Share revenues to reduce pressure on the Commonwealth’s general obligation debt limit.
Members also pressed the administration on the shift from general obligation to special obligation financing and on whether the Chapter 90 increase keeps pace with inflation. Administration officials said the special obligation structure would be credit-rated separately and was intended to expand available capital without affecting the GO bond cap, while acknowledging that the Commonwealth’s debt portfolio would grow. They said the Chapter 90 increase would roughly restore purchasing power lost since 2012, though construction inflation has outpaced general inflation. Several members and witnesses emphasized the importance of the road-mile formula for rural communities and the need for technical assistance for small towns.
The Massachusetts Municipal Association testified in strong support of the bill, calling Chapter 90 and the new infrastructure authorizations critical for cities and towns facing federal uncertainty and rising costs. The Massachusetts Aggregate and Asphalt Pavement Association also supported the bill, citing the importance of the funding for road and bridge work, the construction season, and the industry’s economic impact. A committee member asked about asphalt price inflation, and the witness said liquid asphalt costs rose sharply after COVID, including increases of around 20% in some years. At the end of the hearing, the chair said members would receive a poll by email to move the bill out quickly, and the committee then voted to adjourn.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-12 (10:30AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Here we get to what the Senate has added.
- We have added Charles Daskell Way in Miami-Dade County. We have added Lowman Road.
- We have added George Mirable Road in Volusia County. We have added Estina K.
- We've added that back in.
- We've added that back in.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Tax Reform and Relief Advisory Property Tax Div. Jun 24th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- tax statement.
- , my taxes.
- Our tax data is... Our tax data is extracted to a tax web, including tax statements.
- This is our tax web tax inquiry. And this is kind of a snapshot of the tax statement in a way.
- Corporate income tax, individual income tax.
Summary:
The subcommittee of the Tax Reform and Relief Committee met with a quorum to begin its study of whether the content of North Dakota real estate tax statements should be revised to improve transparency. Legislative Council staff reviewed the background for the study, including House Bill 1176, current statutory requirements for tax statements, and recent changes such as separate line items for bonded debt, primary residence credit, and legacy fund-related amounts. The Tax Department then explained the current statement format and noted that the form is prescribed and approved by the tax commissioner, with changes typically driven by statute and implemented collaboratively with counties and vendors.
County officials from the North Dakota Association of Counties described the full annual process for preparing budgets, setting levies, calculating taxable values, and issuing notices and tax statements. They said counties spend significant time coordinating with taxing districts, neighboring counties, and software vendors, and that the new budget hearing notices and valuation notices have not generated much public response. Members raised concerns about the usefulness and clarity of certain line items, especially the legislative tax relief calculation and the primary residence credit, and discussed whether the current statement creates confusion rather than transparency. Testimony also addressed the 3% cap, mill levy worksheets, assessment cycles, and the role of county auditors and tax directors in maintaining accurate values.
The committee also heard from software vendors CPT and Tyler Technologies about how legislative changes are programmed into tax systems and how online taxpayer portals can provide more detailed breakdowns of tax bills. Vendors said changes required by law are generally absorbed in contracts rather than billed directly to counties, and they demonstrated web tools and pie-chart style breakdowns that show where tax dollars go. NDACO presented a survey of eight counties estimating tax statement preparation and mailing costs, concluding that outsourced printing tends to be cheaper on average and that total statewide tax statement costs may be roughly $600,000, though the estimate was based on limited data. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational and focused on gathering testimony and identifying issues for possible future recommendations or bill drafts.