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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Finance and Tax Feb 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- THE MAJORITY OF OUR TAX LIABILITY IS BASED ON THAT.
- I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE REMAINING SOURCES THAT FEED INTO GENERAL REVENUE.
- THESE OF THE TOP FIVE SOURCES.
- THE NEXT CHART SHOWS SOME OF THE MINOR SOURCES AND THEIR HISTORY.
- MY TAKEAWAY IS ALL THE MAJOR SOURCES AND MINOR SOURCES ARE GROWING AND GROWING ACCORDING GROWING IN A
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/29/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- And there's a as as major storms.
- </c> and I admit that I was not a math major. and I admit that I was not a math major.
- </c> gas, oil, and other proven sources. gas, oil, and other proven sources.
- Instead, the Nuclear sourcing.
- </c> all sources of energy truly have. all sources of energy truly have.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Feb 4th, 2025
House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Evans, what are other major sources of respiratory symptoms?
- Of PFAS and the source of the vast majority of PFAS pollution in New Mexico, maybe around the country
- cations, major anions.
- it's a wastewater treatment plant, or whether it's another source.
- Would you agree that that's one of the sources of vehicular pollution? Mr.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Jan 13th, 2026
Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
Transcript Highlights:
- But also taking care of them like major roads.
- We face both droughts and major floods in the last few years.
- This matters because pollution doesn’t come from just one source. It adds up.
- What would you say, if you had to put it in the top one, two, or three sources?
- sources?
Bills:
S2542
Keywords:
climate resilience, resilience bond bill, environmental bond, infrastructure spending, flood control, coastal resilience, PFAS, clean water, wetlands, nature-based solutions, housing permitting, flood disclosure, land conservation, biodiversity, forest reserves, municipal vulnerability preparedness, MVP grant program, food security, agricultural resilience, solid waste
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, I'm afraid to say that this is a major hub for energy.
- You know, we're using every source that we have to match.
- source of water for millions of Texas, including some of our major cities.
- But since then, we've only built two new major reservoirs.
- The majority of our members are nonprofit water supply.
Committee:
House Natural Resources
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- non-point source pollution, these are point sources of pollution that we can do something about.
- For multiple sources from the site on a given day.
- As we know from previous testimony, PFAS were found in some of our most major agricultural sources of
- Let's do some point source control.
- You know there is a major market for it. That's why.
Committee:
House Environmental Regulation
Keywords:
hydrogen sulfide, public health, environmental regulation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, ground level concentrations, emissions limit, emissions limits, ground-level concentrations, air quality, PFAS, agriculture, environmental protection, health risks, criminal offense, chemical regulation, preproduction plastic, water quality, pollution control, industrial waste, emissions
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas's source of income preemption impedes the success of this program.
- When source of income is not protected, veterans and...
- Funding sources that they are requesting to input into the bill.
- They can create themselves by a simple majority, but it takes a two-thirds majority to dissolve.
- The vast majority of these contracts must be acted upon by our board.
Bills:
HB164 , HB164 , HB411 , HB627 , HB 1226 , HB1677 , HB1865 , HB1997 , HB2985 , HB3462 , HB4188 , HB4685 , HB4840 , HB5370 , HB5424 , HB5466 , HB5509 , HB5660 , HB5673
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
Keywords:
HB 164, HB164, Texas Flood Recovery, Reimbursement, and Reconstruction Program, Texas Division of Emergency Management, TDEM, Hill Country floods, July 2025 floods, flood recovery, disaster relief, flood reimbursement, reconstruction grants, resiliency standards, floodplain, base flood elevation, FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency, insurance denial, property damage, tenant assistance, rental property
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Mar 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker and gentlelady, if that—if the sources, all the sources of income, social security for instance
- as much as that the source of the person's...
- We are discussing source of income, and I would appreciate the responses focused on source of income.
- , major solar projects.
- Solar and wind and all those are great sources. Sources. They're expensive sources.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- In addition, there are select trust and federal sources.
- tied to that revenue source.
- tied to that revenue source.
- This fund has not historically been a major source of funds, but it has supported individual projects
- As a revenue source, how many revenue sources did we go around? You did sporting.
Summary:
The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on Initiative Petition No. 25-15, H.5505, “An Act to Protect Water and Nature.” Committee co-chairs outlined the Article 48 initiative process and explained that the hearing was divided into expert, proponent, opponent, and public-comment sections. The first witness, Undersecretary Stephanie Cooper of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, described current state and federal funding sources for land conservation and outdoor recreation, said existing programs are oversubscribed, and noted that the proposal aligns with the Commonwealth’s 30% land conservation goal by 2030 and 40% by 2050. She also flagged possible governance clarifications in the petition, including board structure and administrative authority, while saying the administration has the expertise to manage such a fund.
Proponents from Mass Audubon, the Trustees of Reservations, Mount Grace Land Trust, the Massachusetts Rivers Alliance, the Authentic Caribbean Foundation, and Bemis Associates argued that Massachusetts needs a dedicated, sustained revenue stream for conservation, clean water, climate resilience, and public access to nature. They said current funding is inconsistent and insufficient, cited estimates that the state may need roughly $300 million or more annually to meet conservation targets, and emphasized benefits to public health, mental health, biodiversity, flood protection, and the outdoor recreation economy. Several speakers said the measure would dedicate a portion of existing sales tax revenue tied to sporting goods, recreational vehicles, and golf courses, and that it would support both urban and rural communities, including underserved communities.
Committee members pressed witnesses on the bill’s fiscal and constitutional implications, including how much sales tax revenue would be redirected, whether the measure is constitutional, how funds would be allocated among communities, and why the proposal includes certain revenue sources but not others such as ticket sales. Proponents said the measure would likely direct up to about $100 million annually when fully phased in, that it was designed as a “subject to appropriation” mechanism, and that legal review had found it constitutional. They also acknowledged that the proposal would reduce general fund flexibility but argued it would create a long-term investment in natural resources. The hearing concluded after public testimony, and the committee announced it would accept written testimony until March 27 at 5 p.m.; no vote was taken on the petition at the hearing.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- One of these affects certain major sources of hazardous air pollutants that may reclassify to an area
- source or a minor source.
- Previously, those sources were required to keep meeting the major source standard, known as the maximum
- As a result, Idaho facilities that reduce their hazardous air pollutant emissions below major source
- Their hazardous air pollutant emissions below major source thresholds can now have their permits revised
Committee:
Senate Resources and Environment
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Conservation Feb 10th, 2026 at 09:05 am
Senate Conservation
Transcript Highlights:
- Geothermal is a nice, long-term, sustainable energy source.
- Geothermal is a nice, long-term, sustainable energy source.
- All the rest are intermittent sources.
- Could you describe those sources and the potential for those sources to develop here in the state without
- Could you describe those sources and the potential for those sources to develop here in the state without
Committee:
Senate Senate Conservation
Keywords:
nuclear energy, renewable energy, sustainability, carbon emissions, energy regulation, microgrid, zero carbon resources, Public Regulation Commission, energy generation, electric utilities, motor vehicle manufacturers, licensing, dealers, franchise agreements, consumer protection, water supply, sewage improvements, environment, funding, Mora County
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- WE ARE ORGANIZED AROUND SIX MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS.
- WE ALSO USE VISIT FOR MAJOR JOB FAIRS, MAJOR EVENTS IN OUR ANNUAL EXPO.
- MAJOR EVENTS CAN BE CATEGORIZED TYPICALLY ARE SHOWS.
- THE REST, THE BEST MAJORITY ARE FROM OUT-OF-STATE.
- I AM PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CAREER SOURCE FLORIDA.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Housing Finance and Affordability Aug 27th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And that gap needs to be filled by other sources. And we call these soft sources.
- The vast majority...
- Where we had additional sources coming in from CalHFA, additional sources that they were able to bring
- Perm source. Once the bonds are passed, I hope that we can turn our Perm source.
- I believe one of our own majority assistant majority leader on research policy and research highlighted
Summary:
The Assembly Select Committee on Housing Finance and Affordability held its first hearing of 2025 to examine California’s housing finance system, with opening remarks emphasizing the state’s severe housing shortage, high costs, and the need for practical recommendations to the Legislature and Governor. Co-chairs described the committee as an educational and problem-solving forum focused on financing housing production, first-time homeownership, mixed-income developments, and affordability across the income spectrum. Witnesses from state agencies and the development sector were invited to explain how housing is financed and where the system is breaking down.
Panelists from the California Housing Partnership, the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, the Tax Credit Allocation Committee/State Treasurer’s Office, CalHFA, and Related outlined the “capital stack” used to finance affordable housing, stressing that projects typically rely on multiple public and private sources, including federal and state low-income housing tax credits, tax-exempt bonds, state subsidies, local funds, and rental income. Speakers noted that affordable housing rents generally cannot support full project costs without public subsidy, and that recent federal changes—especially the expansion of the 4% and 9% tax credit programs and the reduction of the bond financing threshold for 4% credits—should allow California to finance substantially more units. CalHFA also described its homeownership programs, including My Home, Dream For All, and disaster-related mortgage assistance, as well as its multifamily lending and bond issuance programs.
Several witnesses and committee members emphasized that the system remains too complex, too slow, and underfunded. They pointed to the need for more state funding, a housing bond, a permanent funding source, and better coordination among agencies, while also citing recent streamlining efforts such as AB 434’s SuperNOFA, AB 519’s one-stop-shop working group, and the planned California Housing and Homeless Agency reorganization. Members raised concerns about equity, access, missing-middle housing, gender and racial disparities, and whether current programs adequately serve extremely low-income households and those at risk of homelessness. No formal votes or actions were taken during the hearing; the discussion ended with committee members and witnesses agreeing that both funding and administrative reform are needed to increase production and improve affordability.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Housing Finance and Affordability Aug 27th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And that gap needs to be filled by other sources. And we call these soft sources.
- The vast majority For the last five years, the vast majority of what we've been using our tax and bond
- Permanent source.
- Just having that stable source of funds.
- I believe one of our own majority assistant majority leader on research policy and research highlighted
Summary:
The Assembly Select Committee on Housing Finance and Affordability held its first hearing of 2025 to examine how California finances affordable housing and homeownership. Co-chairs opened by describing the state’s severe housing shortage, high costs, and the need for the committee to identify practical recommendations. Panelists from the California Housing Partnership, the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, the Treasurer’s housing finance committees, CalHFA, and Related discussed the layered financing structure used for affordable housing, including federal low-income housing tax credits, tax-exempt bonds, state subsidies, local funds, and rental assistance.
Witnesses emphasized that affordable housing projects typically require multiple funding sources and that the system is often slowed by complex applications, overlapping rules, and too many layers of financing. Several speakers noted recent federal changes that expanded the 9% and 4% tax credit programs, including a lower bond-financing threshold for 4% credits, which should allow more projects to move forward. State officials also highlighted ongoing efforts to streamline the system, including the SuperNOFA, AB 519’s one-stop-shop working group, and the planned California Housing and Homeless Agency, which is intended to align housing, homelessness, and civil rights functions.
CalHFA described its homeownership and multifamily programs, including My Home, Dream For All, Cal Assist Mortgage Fund, and the Mixed Income Program, and said its financing tools help first-time buyers and developers. Related and other housing providers said the state has made real progress through land-use reform, accountability enforcement, and faster tax credit allocation, but argued that funding remains far below need. They called for more state and permanent funding sources, more efficient administration, more support for ADU and modular financing, and better attention to deeper affordability, the “missing middle,” and equity impacts on renters, women, and communities of color. The hearing was informational only; no votes or formal actions were taken.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 7th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- This is from a different data source: the Medical Liability Monitor.
- That's the only source of data we have. I don't have a better source.
- The Texas data was a wonderful source of data.
- It's a national data source.
- And there are various sources that come into play, including...
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Repeal of sales tax exemption on preferred seating at sports event proposed to fund shelter, housing Apr 15th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, let's get a different funding source.
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- it's not source funding source because it's not going<00:03:55.280><c> to</c><00:03:55.360><c> happen
- I'm not taking money out of source.
Summary:
House File 4738 was laid over for possible inclusion in the 2026 tax bill. Representative Keeler presented the bill as a funding source for Minnesota’s Safe Harbor program, arguing that trafficking and sexual exploitation are statewide problems and that current shelter and housing resources are insufficient. She and several supporters emphasized that the program serves youth across greater Minnesota, not just the metro, and that state and federal funding pressures make additional support necessary.
Testifiers from Place Called Home/Life House, The Link, the City of Minneapolis, and a survivor all described the impact of Safe Harbor and related shelter programs. They cited data on youth served, bed nights, mental health services, and high unmet need, including waitlists and youth turned away because programs are full. Testimony stressed that stable housing and trauma-informed services help survivors recover and move toward education, employment, and family stability. One committee member, Representative Davis, objected to the proposed funding source, saying he would not support taking money from women’s sports scholarships and urging a different source.
The bill’s tax mechanism was described as ending the sales tax exemption for preferred seating, suite licenses, and related amenities at athletic and entertainment events. Alec Williams of We Make Minnesota supported the proposal as a fair way to raise revenue from high-end discretionary purchases for a public purpose. Committee discussion also focused on the size of the revenue estimate and the breakdown of the impact, with nonpartisan staff saying roughly 85% would come from suite licenses, 10% from collegiate seating, and 5% from amenities. Representative Smith and others framed the issue as both a tax and moral question, and the chair moved the bill to be laid over.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Mar 1st, 2025
House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- So I think this would have a major chilling effect on our larger companies. I think the major.
- So I see this having a major chilling effect on future production.
- Cement plants and other sources are somewhere in the middle.
- Cement industrial sources are over 20% of our greenhouse gas emissions, and those are sources of greenhouse
- To create new sources of carbon rather than being applied to existing sources of carbon.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (7-30-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- There's 45 major lakes in the state.
- There's 45 major lakes in the state.
- There's 45 major lakes in the state.
- </c> system or a surface water or source system or a surface water or source water,<00:13:29.920><c>
- source of revenue, and sometimes there's concern about giving that source of revenue up.
Summary:
The meeting began with roll call, adoption of the minutes, and brief remarks, including birthday recognition for Representative Maseroni and a moment of reflection for a soldier who died during training at Fort Knox. The committee then heard a presentation from Tony Hatton, commissioner of the Department for Environmental Protection and acting director of the Kentucky Division of Water, with Amanda Lefer, deputy commissioner, on the state’s water and wastewater programs and planning.
Hatton described Kentucky’s water resources and the Division of Water’s responsibilities, including watershed and nonpoint source work, KPDES discharge permitting, PFAS response, engineering review of water infrastructure, inspections, public outreach, and sampling. He said Kentucky has 428 public water systems, 263 water treatment plants, about 1.9 million service connections, and nearly 97% of the population has access to municipally treated water. He also noted that the state has 43 systems receiving awards for EPA areawide optimization and emphasized operator training, regionalization, and use of GIS mapping and Kentucky Infrastructure Authority data to support planning and funding decisions.
Members raised concerns about aging infrastructure, water loss, staffing shortages, and wastewater problems in local systems. Representative Blandon described severe failures in a city system, including major water loss and sewer backups, and asked whether the state could intervene; Hatton said the division inspects treatment facilities and provides compliance assistance but is not authorized to manage delivery systems, though third-party help and emergency funding can be used in some cases. Senator Smith and others shared similar experiences with line loss and system failures, while Hatton pointed to regionalization and funding support as the main tools available. The discussion also highlighted PFAS as an emerging issue, with Hatton saying the department is working with systems to meet anticipated federal requirements by 2029.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This system is known as destination sourcing.
- Currently, Texas has a split system of local sales tax sourcing. of the seller, known as origin sourcing
- sourcing.
- It could be placed source to where the order was taken it could be sourced to where the order is delivered
- Sourcing has been the rule, and as this committee knows, it's been a source of contention. now over the
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
sales tax, use tax, local tax, municipal tax, county tax, tax sourcing, place of business, principal business location, small business, retailer, marketplace seller, economic development agreement, Chapter 321, Chapter 323, Tax Code, Texas Comptroller, local sales and use tax, tax jurisdiction, order consummation, ship-to location
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:
- We face both droughts and major floods in the last few years.
- We also have a major housing shortage and affordability issue.
- This matters because pollution doesn’t come from just one source. It adds up.
- or the largest source of the outdoor air quality, the negative outdoor air quality?
- sources of air pollution he mentioned: airport traffic and traffic.
Summary:
The committee held a hearing on S.2542, the Mass Ready Act, a $3 billion environmental bond bill aimed at climate resilience, water infrastructure, conservation, and related permitting reforms. Secretary Rebecca Tepper and administration officials described the bill’s major investments in flood control, coastal resilience, DCR roads/bridges/dams and parks, drinking water and wastewater upgrades, PFAS remediation, land conservation, food security infrastructure, and expanded Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness funding. They also explained proposed streamlining measures for environmental permitting, flood risk disclosures, a Connecticut River Resilient Commission, and a new Resilience Revolving Fund to provide low-cost financing for municipal resilience projects. Committee members asked about affordability, useful life of projects, how the revolving fund would be capitalized, and how the bill would help communities such as Lawrence, Methuen, and coastal towns; officials said the fund would initially use existing trust resources, not new fees, and could later support special obligation bonds once it has a track record.
Several witnesses supported the bill but urged larger authorizations or additional provisions. Boston Harbor Now asked for more funding for MVP and the state’s resilient coast plan, and supported permitting reforms for nature-based and hybrid solutions. The Massachusetts Rivers Alliance urged inclusion of drought-management language from separate bills, plus a statewide flood buyout program and a water reuse commission. Green Roots called for dedicated funding for outdoor and indoor air quality monitoring and indoor air quality improvements, especially in environmental justice communities affected by traffic and airport pollution. Conservation and forestry advocates requested more funding for urban tree canopy, local nurseries, and workforce training, while also raising concerns about PFAS impacts and the need for clearer municipal reforestation language.
Agriculture and water infrastructure groups focused on food security and drinking water needs. The Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership and the Mass Food System Collaborative backed the food security infrastructure grant program and farmland protection funding, warning that the program needs continued support in fiscal 2027 and that farmland loss is accelerating. The Massachusetts Waterworks Association said the bill does not go far enough on drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure, citing large statewide capital needs and PFAS compliance costs, and asked for recurring funding and broader eligibility for climate resilience grants. A Product Stewardship Council representative also urged funding for a waste reduction needs assessment, citing growing landfill constraints and rising disposal costs. No votes were taken during the hearing."}{