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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • A similar poll was run in Texas; 66% approved, but that support jumped to 91% when they understood that
  • You have before you House Bill 3369, dealing with food trucks relevant to the fire code.
  • But 3369 addresses two issues in the fire code. One of them, it allows portable fire extinguishers.
  • But this bill is really a sunset, pushing out the requirement date for this fire code to 2028.
  • a place of agreement on what the fire code should look like this session.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Corrections Apr 9th, 2025

Corrections

Transcript Highlights:
  • The language of the Health and Safety Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure will clarify the TBCJ's
  • Charlie, we show you registered as Charlie Maloff, Texas Cure.
  • I'm representing myself and I'm the vice president of Texas Cure.
  • Charlie, a win-win for Texas because they can come out now and be gainfully employed and help pay taxes
  • And this simply amends the government code.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice May 6th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • The statutory amendment would touch the Code of Criminal Procedure article that deals with waiver of
  • So that is the nature of the change we would be making in the Code of Criminal Procedure and the reason
  • provide that the holding period provided for in the bill runs concurrently with the time period in Code
  • amendment clarifies that the holding period in the bill runs concurrently with the time period in Code
  • Which is why I think we have Code of Criminal Procedure Article 313.
Summary: The Criminal Justice Committee met on May 6, 2026, and first considered SB 396, which would allow children in Office of Juvenile Justice custody to attend review hearings by secure video conference. After adopting an amendment to clarify the in-person six-month review requirement and require OJJ staff to participate virtually as well, the committee reported the bill favorably as amended. The committee then took up SB 181, which creates a limited raffle license for nonprofit health care organizations and allows related entities within a health system to operate under one charitable gaming license; after adopting the amendment, the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee next debated SB 81 and SB 97, companion measures dealing with waiver of jury trials in non-capital felony cases. Supporters, including the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, argued that requiring prosecutorial consent would align Louisiana with federal practice and many other states and would reduce abuse of jury-trial waivers. Opponents, including criminal defense lawyers, the ACLU, and Vote, argued the bills would shift power to the state, reduce defendants’ control over their mode of trial, and could worsen delays and pressure on jailed defendants. SB 81 and SB 97 both passed on divided roll-call votes, 7-3. The committee also reported SB 207 favorably, extending the prescriptive period for certain public corruption offenses to 10 years after an elected official or public employee leaves office; SB 92, requiring district attorneys to submit sexual assault kits to the statewide tracking system; SB 156, increasing the maximum penalty for negligent homicide, with a technical amendment; SB 58, imposing a mandatory minimum for aggravated flight from an officer and dedicating fine proceeds to pursuit training/technology; SB 141, moving the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System Policy Board to the Louisiana Supreme Court; and SB 410, creating enhanced penalties for accessories after the fact to sex offenses. Later, HB 769, dealing with a holding period for certain domestic violence-related offenders, was reported favorably as amended after debate over its relationship to existing “Gwen’s Law” procedures, and HB 251, requiring notice to victims or families in resentencing matters, was also reported favorably as amended after concerns about post-conviction procedure and possible duplication of existing notice requirements. The committee additionally voluntarily deferred HB 404 and heard HCR 50, which calls for reporting on opioid abatement and treatment programs in correctional facilities and clarification of funding guidance.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Tue Feb 17, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'd have to ask do tax. have the number. I'd have to ask do tax.
  • Do tax.
  • Tax financing to claim the tax credit.
  • If you are looking at lower incomes, tax credits as far as offsetting tax liability might be less tax
  • If you are looking at lower incomes, tax credits as far as offsetting tax liability might be less tax
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a bill to expand the solar energy tax credit for single-family residential properties by removing certain cap amounts and raising the adjusted gross income limits for taxpayers to elect a refund of excess credits. The Hawaii State Energy Office and Department of Taxation both said they were standing on written testimony, while industry and advocacy groups largely supported the measure. Members questioned whether the income thresholds were set appropriately, how many taxpayers would be affected at different income levels, and how many would qualify for refundable treatment; Taxation said it did not yet have the requested numbers but was preparing a fiscal estimate. A major issue raised was drafting and administration: witnesses said the bill appears to apply differently to owner-purchased systems versus third-party leased systems, and Taxation said it likely could not easily verify household income for leased systems or cross-reference different taxpayers. Discussion also covered whether the credit should remain refundable, whether credits should be limited to amounts actually expended, and whether the bill should instead be structured to keep the credit with the system owner or lessor, with concerns about equity, market effects, and possible incentives to lease rather than buy. The committee then moved to HB 2316, which would align state restrictions on lead materials in drinking water infrastructure with federal Safe Drinking Water Act requirements. The Department of Health and other supporters testified in favor, and there were no questions from the chair. Next, HB 1566 on energy efficiency would require state agencies to use energy-efficient lighting, with the Hawaii State Energy Office providing technical assistance and a compliance survey prioritized for first responder facilities; testimony from state agencies and advocates was in support, and again there were no questions. For HB 1926 on Red Hill, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Board of Water Supply, and multiple organizations and individuals supported funding for remediation studies, environmental monitoring, groundwater research, independent testing, and a public dashboard, with DLNR emphasizing that decades of work remain necessary even after defueling and that the bill supports ongoing university and community partnerships. The committee then heard HB 1673 on landfill units. The Department of Health initially said it was in support but later corrected the record and stated it strongly opposes the measure, saying the bill would undo protections enacted last session that keep landfills out of areas over aquifers; the Board of Water Supply also opposed repeal of those protections, while the City and County of Honolulu supported the HD1 version that leaves siting decisions to the counties. Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi and the Energy Justice Network opposed the bill, arguing the original protections should remain and that the amended version had confused commenters; supporters of the original version urged restoring it and considering additional language on ash.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 26th, 2026 at 12:10 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not just property taxes.
  • The amount of taxes being paid by our consumers are still increasing. Taxes.
  • That tax rate is going on their tax bill just like everybody else.
  • That tax rate is going on their tax bill just like everybody else.
  • That tax rate is going on their tax bill just like everybody else.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 26th, 2026 at 08:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Current agreements made between donors and nonprofit 501c3 organizations for which the donor got a tax
  • They would never be able to get the money back because they've already had a tax deduction.
  • They get a charitable deduction on their taxes for giving that money, and that's the reason they get
  • Follow up: how much avalom taxes does the CLO pay the schools in Imron County?
  • As we already stated, they do not pay out-of-county tax in the county, which costs the schools.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 05-08-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Additionally, the tax rates for the two lower income tax brackets will further decrease in 2027, further
  • "Additionally, the tax rates for the two lower income tax brackets will further decrease in 2027, further
  • tax credit, renewable fuels tax credit, tax credit for research activities, and the technology infrastructure
  • renovation tax credit in 2029, and the renewable energy technologies tax credit in 2031."
  • In line In line with a prioritization for preserving income tax breaks for those households, this tax
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, from our Alabama State Code.
  • It's basically we won't tax the 3%.
  • It's basically we won't tax the 3%.
  • It's basically we won't tax the stands.
  • Call the next bill. >> They could be in Texas training.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • replacement windows will be double-paned, high-efficiency type with tempered glazing where required by code
  • Senate Bill 431, as amended, imposes the live entertainment tax on...
  • And we have nays from Assembly Member Coding, Assembly Member Dickman, Assembly Member O'Neill, From
  • Assembly Member Coding, Assembly Member Dickman, Assembly Member O'Neill, Assembly Member Hibbitts, and
  • Additionally, the bill requires the trailer to be assessed for the governmental services taxes for the
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 18th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requires any remaining severance tax funds collected from sand and stone mining, after constitutional
  • It requires any remaining severance tax funds collected from sand and stone mining, after constitutional
  • If it makes you feel any better, there's only one thing in the Napoleonic Code that fits the definition
Bills: SB143, SB367, SB388, SB398
Summary: The House Committee on Appropriations met on May 18, 2026, and considered four Senate bills. SB 143 would create a special protective equipment fund for bulletproof vests for peace officers, with the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement to regulate distribution; an amendment was adopted to standardize fund language, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. SB 367 would create the Watershed Restoration and Conservation Fund and direct remaining severance tax revenue from sand and stone mining into it; an amendment was adopted to align it with HB 802, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. Members discussed the bill as a way to support watershed and flood-related restoration efforts, including the Amite River Basin. SB 388 would authorize review of state contracts involving foreign adversary nations or terrorist organizations and remove a trigger clause from a prior law; members noted it carried no fiscal note and that the Division of Administration said the review could be done at no cost. The bill was reported favorably. SB 398 would reorganize manufactured housing regulation by moving oversight from the fire marshal’s office to the Contractors Board, consolidating residential housing oversight, moving licensees to Title 37, and increasing inspection rates statewide; an amendment was adopted to conform fund language, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this is another tax that's being layered on top of another tax on top of another tax.
  • Uh, we just again, I guess I'll go to the energy tax or the energy code that we just passed or we're
  • Uh, we just again, I guess I'll go to the energy tax or the energy code that we just passed or we're
  • Representative Myers: Uh, we just again, I guess I'll go to the energy tax or the energy code that we
  • Families have to keep buying clothes, and then you tax them, tax them, tax them.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG Public Hearing 02-05-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a market-driven solution requiring no tax credits or public funds.
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  • market-driven solution requiring no tax market-driven solution requiring no tax credits<00:03:48.319
Bills: SB2671, SB2902
Summary: The Senate Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs heard two measures. SB 2671, relating to essential permitting positions, drew no oral testimony beyond written comments from the Department of the Attorney General and the Office of Planning. The chair said the bill was intended to make government more efficient and reduce red tape in the permitting process. SB 2902, relating to renewable energy, received testimony from the Division of Consumer Advocacy, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, the Public Utilities Commission, Kauai Island Cooperative, Bright Saver, and 350 Hawaii. Supporters described the bill as a way to expand access to plug-in or balcony solar, lower electricity bills, improve resilience, and broaden access for renters and apartment residents. Several testifiers urged amendments to avoid limiting the measure to condominiums, to remove condominium board approval language, and to eliminate utility or PUC registration requirements. The PUC said registration could help with safety, linemen protection, and circuit hosting-capacity concerns, and noted that improper installation or oversizing could create problems. After a brief recess, the committee voted to recommend both bills for passage with amendments and deferred each to April 19, 2042. The recommendations were adopted without objection.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Tourism Jan 28th, 2026

Commerce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1672 creates the home buyer workforce tax credit, authorizes certain employers to claim 100%
  • of a tax credit for specified monetary contributions paid to eligible employees to help with the first-time
  • It allows an eligible taxpayer to receive at least $1,000, limits the employee tax credit and the employer
  • tax credit to $5,000, allows the credit to be applied against corporate income taxes, caps the total
Summary: The Committee on Commerce and Tourism considered several bills. SB 1338 by Senator Burton would strengthen enforcement of written endowment agreements for charitable gifts and require legislative approval for new filing or reporting requirements on charities. The sponsor and Philanthropy Roundtable testified in support, emphasizing donor intent and protections for nonprofits; the bill was reported favorably. SB 1324, which was expected to address principal offices of LLCs, was temporarily postponed. The committee also passed CS/SB 1080 by Senator DeSigley, which directs FDOT to adopt rules allowing direct payments to first-tier subcontractors in specified circumstances. A transportation industry representative supported the measure, saying the situations are rare but need a statutory remedy. CS/SB 1582 by Senator Yarbrough, as amended, requires secondhand dealers, secondary metal recyclers, and pawnbrokers to submit transaction data to FDLE for statewide sharing through systems such as LInX; the amendment and bill were both reported favorably, with one witness from the Florida Recycler’s Association opposing the amendment. Senator McLean’s SB 1672, creating a home buyer workforce tax credit for employer contributions to help employees with first-time Florida home purchases, was reported favorably with support from the Florida Chamber of Commerce. SB 1112 by Senator Garcia, relating to the Florida Labor Pool Act, drew extensive testimony from workers, reentry advocates, and supporters who argued it would prohibit placement fees when workers are hired permanently, require annual registration of labor pools, improve accountability, and support stable employment and reentry; the bill was reported favorably. The committee then adjourned after recording votes and other closing business.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Don't waste our time and tax money. Block this bill. Thank you, Missan.
  • We want to pay our taxes, mow our grass, be with our families, and raise our children without government
  • The only people I've heard from are the ones actually paying the bills, paying the taxes, sending their
  • The taxes sending their students have exposed a lot of stuff that was happening in the classroom that
Bills: SB211, HB96, SB215, SB257, SB13, SB13
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In health care taxes, surcharge charges, and fees. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • ensure their success using their tax ensure their success using their tax exempt<00:47:17.960>
  • The Chair moves House File 2466 be referred to the Committee on Taxes.
  • Okay, the Chair renews his motion that House File 2466 be referred to the Committee on Taxes.
  • House File 2466 is referred to the Committee on Taxes.