Video & Transcript Research : 'pay'
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AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- We need to pay them more. So they need this training.
- We need to pay them their their due.
- So, their combat pay is already exempt. Am I correct about that?
- So, their combat pay is already exempt. Am I correct about that?
- So, their combat pay is already exempt. Am I correct about that?
Keywords:
fire chaplains, distinctive license plate, firefighter, volunteer service, criminal penalties, sales tax exemption, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, menstrual hygiene products, pregnancy, pregnant defendant, incarceration, jail intake, pregnancy test, bail, pre-incarceration probation, supervised probation, electronic monitoring, electronic supervision
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- second or third installment on paying. second or third installment on paying.
- buying trucks in New Hampshire, paying buying trucks in New Hampshire, paying tolls,<00:20:27.520
- > fair should pay their fair should pay their fair share. share. share.
- citizens of New Hampshire are paying citizens of New Hampshire are paying half<00:23:40.480>
- they've been paying for as they should. they've been paying for as they should.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/10/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- We're paying attention to what the people of Minnesota paying taxes right now, Mr.
- We're paying attention to what the people of Minnesota paying taxes right now, Mr.
- We're paying attention to what the people of Minnesota paying taxes right now, Mr.
- We're paying attention to what the people of Minnesota paying taxes right now, Mr.
- We're paying attention to what the people of Minnesota paying taxes right now, Mr.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 18th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- the cash price or their co-pay.
- You know, so when they pay us that claim, they're not paying us that.
- What would they pay me?
- Quick question on if I was gonna, if in that example she was gonna pay cash.
- If it was cash, you would pay me the $23.
Keywords:
immunization, written informed consent, civil liability, health care provider, vaccine compensation, administrative penalty, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, pharmacy benefit manager, PBM, gag clause, prescription drug pricing, out-of-pocket cost, cash price, pharmacist, pharmacy, prescription drug benefit
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HWN-EIG, HWN, HWN-HOU, HOU DEFER Public Hearings 02-04-2025
Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- A typical homesteader pays about 240 bucks a month for sewer and water, so we have about 4,443.
- <00:06:47.720>
their solely funded by people paying their solely funded by people paying their - <00:06:55.400>
for property taxes um our customers pay for property taxes um our customers - pay for the<00:06:55.800>
operation <00:06:56.319>maintenance <00:06:56.879>and - It's significant, but it's also a significant benefit to our beneficiaries if they don't have to pay.
Summary:
The joint hearing focused primarily on Senate Bill 1409, which would cap county user fees charged to Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries. Department of Hawaiian Home Lands supported the measure, arguing it would reduce monthly housing-related costs for lower-income beneficiaries and help make homesteading more affordable. Several testifiers, including the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and some individuals, also submitted comments or support. County and city water and sewer agencies, including the County of Kauai Department of Water, the City and County of Honolulu Department of Facility Maintenance, the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, and the City and County Department of Environmental Services, strongly opposed the bill, saying it would shift substantial costs to other ratepayers, create lost revenue, and could force fee increases for everyone else. They also raised concerns about the bill’s cap structure and potential misuse, while noting their systems are funded by user fees rather than taxes.
During committee discussion, Honolulu Board of Water Supply officials estimated about 4,500 DHHL customers on Oʻahu and projected lost revenue of roughly $30 million to $36 million over five years, with larger cumulative impacts over time; they said any waiver would be absorbed by other customers. The County of Hawaiʻi representative estimated nearly 2,000 DHHL customers on the Big Island and about $2.4 million in annual lost revenue. DHHL responded that it is pursuing revenue-generating projects on unused lands, but members questioned whether the department should do more to generate its own revenue and suggested looking at other affordability mechanisms, including market rent on commercial properties or a similar cap on other beneficiary fees. After hearing the testimony and discussion, the committee chair announced the recommendation to defer SB 1409 indefinitely, and the Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs agreed with that decision.
The hearing then moved to Senate Bill 1408, a housekeeping measure. DHHL testified in support, saying the bill was part of an effort to lower housing costs through a modular manufacturing approach. DHHL described plans to use an unused hangar at Kalaeloa for a potential modular housing manufacturing plant, including discussions with the University of Hawaiʻi and a Denver-based company, and said it was also exploring a pilot project with Habitat for Humanity on Maui. No vote or final action on SB 1408 was taken in the portion of the transcript provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- who pay this tax. who pay this tax.
- Minnesota small businesses pay this tax. Minnesota small businesses pay this tax.
- might have to pay $35. might have to pay $35.
- Thank you, Chair. are the ones that ultimately pay are the ones that ultimately pay everything. everything
- and those who cannot pay for it. and those who cannot pay for it. remember<00:32:28.880>
tax<
Keywords:
workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician, correctional officer, security counselor, public safety dispatcher, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee Mar 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Who's paying you? How are they paying you? And who's doing your job at NDSU?
- It's a lot easier to pay a bigger institution, pay them some money, and not have to hire someone with
- addition to their co-pay.
- Now they are paying full price for their meals.
- Now they are paying full price for their meals.
Summary:
The committee met to receive a series of audit presentations, beginning with the statewide Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for fiscal year 2025. The State Auditor’s Office and OMB reported a clean, unmodified opinion for the state, with strong financial results including a $40.6 billion net position, $30.99 billion in assets, $1.81 billion in liabilities, and continued Legacy Fund growth. OMB also explained the new GASB 101 compensated-absences reporting change and discussed pension-liability fluctuations tied to discount-rate assumptions and investment performance. Members asked about how the state compares to others and about the effect of short-term commodity price swings, and OMB said the report reflects actual fiscal-year results rather than forecasts.
The committee then heard the University System audit, which also received a clean opinion but included four findings: misreporting of Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund revenue, insufficient monitoring of service organizations at CTS, NDSU, and UND, improper bank reconciliations at Dakota College of Bottineau, Dickinson State, and Williston State, and investment/cash reconciliation problems at Bismarck State College related to bond proceeds. University officials agreed with the findings and said corrective actions were underway, including internal review of bank reconciliations. Members raised questions about NDSU’s use of certificates of deposit, and university staff explained that CDs are used to earn interest on funds being accumulated for future projects.
Several other audits were presented, most with clean opinions and no findings, including the State Auditor’s Office, Workforce Safety and Insurance, Housing Finance Agency, Housing Incentive Fund, Job Service North Dakota, the Retirement and Investment Office, PERS, the Center for Distance Education, the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents, the Ethics Commission, and the Office of Administrative Hearings. Notable exceptions included a State Fair Association audit with an adverse opinion on the foundation component unit because its financial statements were not available for audit, and a Securities Department performance audit finding that performance-based pay increases and bonuses were issued without required evaluations. The committee also discussed the State Auditor’s future needs, including more staff capacity, data analytics, cybersecurity reviews, possible subpoena authority, independent legal counsel, and whether some audits—such as the Ethics Commission and State Fair—should be handled by independent third parties or under different statutory arrangements.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board (12-10-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- We pay for encounters, and we get them plenty of them.
- We pay for the lowest plenty of them.
- Let's address what we're currently paying for. First, pills and their masking effects.
- We are paying to accelerate the patient's clinical decline.
- The indirect cost of paying measurable.
Summary:
The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board met with a quorum, approved the November 12 minutes by voice vote, and then heard a presentation from former Governor Ernie Fletcher and Dave Johnson on Medicaid reimbursement for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Fletcher argued that addiction should be treated as a chronic disease requiring a longer continuum of care, not just short residential stays, and said recovery should combine clinical treatment with social supports such as housing, transportation, employment, peer coaching, and recovery housing. He cited data on overdose trends, low treatment rates, and high costs for people with SUD, and said current reimbursement models create poor incentives and do not adequately support long-term recovery or measure outcomes well.
Fletcher proposed a “carve through” model administered at the MCO level with standardized metrics, data sharing, and an independent recovery coordinator that would assess patients, coordinate care, and connect them to clinical and social recovery services. He suggested using bundled payments, shared savings, and partial risk arrangements, with recovery housing reimbursed on a PMPM or weekly basis and funded in part through existing Medicaid spending and other sources such as opioid abatement funds. He also emphasized peer support, telemedicine, criminal justice coordination, workforce and education supports, and the use of technology, including text messaging and possibly AI, to maintain long-term follow-up and identify relapse risk.
Members questioned how the model would work in practice, especially the education and staffing requirements for recovery coordinators, reimbursement levels, and how many patients each coordinator or peer would serve. Fletcher said peers could be certified and would need additional training in assessments such as ASAM and recovery residence standards, but he did not give a precise salary figure, saying the market and bundled rates would determine that. He also said follow-up should continue for years, noting relapse risk over the first 18 to 24 months and that meaningful employment and ongoing peer contact help sustain recovery. No formal vote or action was taken on the substance use presentation.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- All the taxes paid on what a consumer pays, all the local lodging taxes paid on what a consumer pays
- We would pay more tax to the city of Bloomington than we pay to the state for sales tax on our service
- to the city of Bloomington than we pay to the city of Bloomington than we pay to<00:46:42.559>
- Paying $2 to $500 to file their taxes is an undue burden.
- those who are already struggling paying those who are already struggling paying $2<01:19:05.239>
Keywords:
taxation, income tax, property tax, corporate tax, homestead credit, local government aid, tax credits, economic development, taxpayer assistance, tax credit outreach, tax preparation, free tax help, IRS, Department of Revenue, general fund appropriation, earned income tax credit, child tax credit, volunteer income tax assistance, VITA, low-income taxpayers
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 3/5/25
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Because it's not about taxpayers paying.
- Because it's not about taxpayers paying.
- I know what the rankings look like, but in other states you pay more in tolls, you pay more in tuition
- Every government employee pays taxes too.
- Every government employee pays taxes too.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They're literally taking money from their pockets, from their families, from their ability to pay their
- We don't want to put anybody who has accidentally going to be put on this, but it notifies them to pay
- This addition helps motivate employers to pay the owed wages.
- It leaves families unable to pay for basic needs like groceries, utilities, rent, and childcare.
- Paying that after six years, you can look to your respective one-pagers.
Keywords:
healthcare, Medicare, insurance, financial assistance, families, wage theft, employers, penalties, Texas Workforce Commission, employee rights, employer database, worker rights, death investigation, emergency services, medical benefits, exposure claims, public safety, workforce development, TWC, youth workforce
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- <01:01:07.839>
gets company pays or a supplier pays gets company pays or a supplier pays gets - >> it's cheaper to pay the ACP, right? >> it's cheaper to pay the ACP, right?
- The question of who pays.
- The question of who pays.
- million paying down expenses of empower. million paying down expenses of empower.
Summary:
The Senate reconvened with a quorum and first honored Nancy Crawford with a resolution recognizing her 46 years of state service, including 20 years as Senator Pam Beidle’s chief of staff. Senator Beidle then spoke at length about her own retirement plans and public service, reflecting on her career in the House and Senate, her work on the Finance Committee, and thanking her staff and colleagues. The chamber unanimously journalized the remarks.
The Senate then moved into business on House and Senate messages, including House Bill 139 and Senate Bill 311, and adopted a conference committee report on House Bill 1532, the Utility Relief/Reducing Energy Load for Inflation measure. The report was described as a broad energy and utility package that had already passed the Senate 38-4 and was said to address short-, medium-, and long-term issues, including rate relief, in-state generation, data center policy, consumer transparency, and low-income utility assistance.
During debate on the conference report, the majority leader explained several changes from prior versions: no legislative ban on forecast test years, instead deferring to the Public Service Commission; removal of gas programs from Empower to avoid inequities across service territories; modest opening of the retail supply market with guardrails; and rejection of some floor amendments, including a gas line extension provision and a study amendment. The minority leader argued the bill offered only limited relief, focused too much on talking points and short-term savings, and said many bipartisan amendments were not retained. The majority leader responded that the bill would save ratepayers real dollars through provisions on utility adders, executive bonuses, FERC-related returns, and new generation, and urged adoption of the conference report.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 04/13/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- The federal government pays the rest.
- The federal government pays the rest.
- In other types of stay-or-pay contracts, employers have demanded departing employees pay them for the
- <01:02:08.680>
them departing employer employees pay them departing employer employees pay - simply don't have the resources to pay simply don't have the resources to pay those<01:05:28.160
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services, February 11, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- just ruled that the state has to pay just ruled that the state has to pay $5.4<01:03:50.160>
- Uh so we're not paying um that. lensure. Uh so we're not paying um that.
- the financial difference between paying the financial difference between paying for<01:29:56.159
- <01:30:32.080>
a Any client for which Medicaid pays a Any client for which Medicaid pays a - We're just not paying a having bursts. We're just not paying a facility<01:37:50.719>
fee.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- And you're ratio that you're not paying. And you're ratio that you're not paying.
- The most our veterans pay for a private room at our veterans pay for a private room at our veterans pay
- And it is also a job that you could not pay me. could not pay me. could not pay me. not one not one not
- They don't pay income tax and it left out the don't pay income tax and it left out the don't pay income
- So they take out they pay income tax. So they take out they pay income tax.
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
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- are paying. are paying.
- For example, if I go to pay my taxes with a credit card, I have to pay an additional 2.15% if I use a
- For example, if I go to pay my taxes with a credit card, I have to pay an additional 2.15% if I use a
- For example, if I go to pay my taxes with a credit card, I have to pay an additional 2.15% if I use a
- For example, if I go to pay my taxes with a credit card, I have to pay an additional 2.15% if I use a
Keywords:
local government aid, Baldwin, taxation, base year formula, municipal funding, population aid, aid penalty forgiveness, Minnesota, city funding, appropriations, HF156, lawful gambling, veterans organizations, licensed veterans organization, Minnesota gambling law, gross profits, lawful purpose, real property repair, facility maintenance, capital assets
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/28/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure
Transportation & Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- They are incredibly great, high-paying jobs.
- Average pay across New Core? Yeah, average pay across New Core.
- Pay attention to what you're doing. $400. $400 fine.
- that fine, although they end up paying for the school anyway.
- The nonprofit itself has to pay the $32,000 to pay for the design fee, for the creation of the template
Bills:
HB2003, HB2057, HB2109, HB2111, HB2112, HB2114, HB2256, HB2259, HB2317, HB2323, HB2398, HB2443, HB2446, HB2574
Keywords:
driver education, instruction permit, underage drivers, motorcycle licenses, traffic regulations, special plates, centennial, Arizona Department of Transportation, vehicle registration, commercial discounts, Arizona Centennial, distracted driving, portable wireless communication devices, motorcycles, traffic safety, civil penalties, driver license, examinations, motorcycle awareness, public safety
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/27/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- They pay a little bit less, and when the water goes out, they pay a little bit more.
- Taxpayers within the City of Tucson pay all this.
- within the City of Tucson pay.
- more and one-third would pay less.
- more and one-third would pay less.
Keywords:
solar radiation management, environment, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, public health, complaint process, Attorney General, groundwater management, water conservation, irrigation, water supply, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, brackish water, groundwater, water resources
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative F said the program pays the $150 tuition cost that students would pay, but if students
- pay as college students.
- He said this program with the funding pays the $150 tuition cost that the students would pay, but if
- that students would otherwise pay.
- <05:06:08.878>
for <05:06:09.040>teachers pay scale pay schedule uh for teachers pay
Summary:
The Education Funding Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 193, which limits the maximum credits per course eligible for the Dual and Concurrent Enrollment Program. Representative Ladd said the bill clarifies that eligible courses may not exceed four credits and was requested by the community college system. Representative Earth offered an amendment to make the bill effective on passage, which the committee adopted 18-0. The committee then approved HB 193 as amended by an 18-0 OTPA vote and placed it on the consent calendar.
The committee next retained HB 295, concerning School Building Aid program funds, after Representative Spillsbury said the building aid bills were complex and needed more work. The motion to retain passed 18-0, with the chair explaining that retained bills can be revisited later and that related language could be moved among building aid bills. HB 354 was not acted on because the chair said the Department of Education and others had suggested possible changes that should be worked out first.
HB 366, another school building aid bill, was also retained 18-0 for the same reasons as HB 295. The committee then considered HB 494, which funds the math learning communities program. Representative Earth offered an amendment to flat-fund the program, reducing the proposed increase by a net $50,000 and keeping funding at current levels for the biennium. After discussion about budget pressures and the program’s role in supporting math instruction and professional development, the amendment passed 18-0, and the bill as amended was approved 18-0 and placed on consent.
Finally, the committee took up HB 515, which would repeal charter public school eligibility for state school building aid. Representative Popovici-Muller moved inexpedient to legislate, arguing charter schools should not be treated differently from other public schools, while Representatives Luno and Damon opposed the motion, saying charter schools differ in governance and financial risk and should not receive limited state building aid. The motion failed 10-8, so HB 515 was sent to the regular calendar. The committee assigned Representative Damon to the minority report and Representative Popovici-Muller to the majority report, with a noon deadline the next day. The committee then began HB 716, an appropriation for the dual and concurrent enrollment program. Representative Ladd described the program as a successful affordability measure that saves families money and supports college access. Representative Earth offered an amendment to flat-fund the program at current levels, reducing the proposed increase by $500,000 in each year of the biennium. Shannon Reed of the Community College System said the change could limit enrollment or the number of funded courses, though students could still take additional courses at their own expense. Representative Ladd explained the program’s tuition structure and said the funding would help meet demand; the transcript cuts off before the final vote on HB 716.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (04/30/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, let me, as I understand it, if somebody doesn't pay the tow company the correct amount of pay their
- They have to pay the DMV a title fee to be able to process it. They have to pay to get information.
- They have to pay the DMV a title fee to be able to process it. They have to pay to get information.
- <02:24:56.640>
Um, don't pay the bill. Um, don't pay the bill. - hard enough for them to pay their fees. hard enough for them to pay their fees.