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• is that you give it the authority to do revenue bonds.
• I think they do revenue bonds based... The Solid Waste Authority.
• bonds, what revenue are you going to build that on?
• Can we go back to the issue revenue bonds? Yes, Your Honor. Hi.
• Issue revenue bonds. I'm not even in the state legislature. I question that. Issue revenue bonds.

Keywords: 1064, all

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• Average revenue—thank you. By both landings and revenue.
• Gloucester's revenue is approximately $15 million.
• Increase in revenue for the fishery.
• More than 80% of the revenue came through the port of New Bedford.
• More than 80% of the revenue they came through the port of new vetridge.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The joint hearing focused on the Massachusetts sea scallop fishery, especially the economic importance of the industry, federal scallop management, and two policy questions: reopening the Northern Edge area on Georges Bank and allowing permit stacking/permit consolidation. Chairing senators emphasized their interest in hearing both sides, their frustration with federal bureaucracy, and their view that the issue should be guided by science while protecting the long-term resource and local communities. Dr. Kate O’Keefe of the New England Fishery Management Council and Kevin Stokesbury of UMass Dartmouth described the Magnuson-Stevens framework, annual catch limits, rotational area management, and the role of industry-funded surveys and the research set-aside program. They said scallops remain the most lucrative council-managed commercial fishery on the East Coast, but recent changes include more small scallops, lower biomass in some areas, higher natural mortality, and shifting abundance toward Georges Bank. On the Northern Edge, they explained that the council previously considered opening the area through a framework/joint action with habitat management, but discontinued the action in 2024 because of conflicting objectives involving scallop yield, habitat protection, and other species. They said the issue could be revisited through future council priority-setting. Representatives of the Sustainable Scalloping Fund argued that the fishery needs modernization to remain economically viable. They supported reopening the Northern Edge and strongly backed permit stacking, saying it would allow two permits on one vessel while keeping ownership caps in place, reducing costs, improving safety, and helping family-owned fleets avoid financial distress and outside investment. Port of New Bedford representative John Regan stressed the port’s central role in the state economy, the need to protect working waterfront infrastructure, and the importance of any permit changes preserving local ownership and participation. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational, and members asked that the witnesses keep the committee informed as the council and federal agencies consider next steps.

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• This supplemental appropriates $2 million from the unappropriated surplus balance of general revenue
• This supplemental appropriates 132,000 from the unappropriated surplus balance of general revenue to
• This supplemental appropriates $1 million from the unappropriated surplus balance of general revenue
• This supplemental appropriates $4,960,630 from the unappropriated surplus balance of general revenue
• This supplemental appropriates $5 million from the unappropriated surplus amounts of general revenue

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and spent much of the day recognizing pages, guests, school groups, and civic organizations visiting the chamber. Several communications from the House and committee reports were received, and a petition on support for new electric transmission lines was referred to the Committee on Energy, Industry, and Mining. Senate Resolution 61, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell, was referred to the Committee on Rules, while other resolutions and bills were held over or referred as required. The chamber then acted on a large number of measures, including concurrence in House amendments to Senate Bill 137 on parole eligibility for second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter, and a conference committee was appointed on House Bill 4026 regarding integrated resource plans. Numerous House bills were advanced or passed after committee reports, covering topics such as industrial access roads, local airport hangar financing, college campus safety, youth and handicapped hunting, missing persons records, driver’s licenses, adjudicatory alternative dispositions, chronic absenteeism, party-switching deadlines for candidates, teacher/school personnel/state police pay raises, election official trainees, political committee filing notices, security personnel for the State Treasurer, post-secondary financial aid, legal practice rules, overseas voting, public officials’ residential information, homestead exemption, military juvenile jurisdiction, military interpersonal violence, kinship care subsidies, statewide prevention planning, contraband smuggling into federal prisons, forestry equipment taxation, microgrid and data center certification, transcript acceptance for students, emeritus medical licenses, higher education rule authorizations, board and commission reforms, managed care organization taxes, and deputy sheriff vacation carryover. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, and several received title amendments. The Senate also passed a series of supplemental appropriations, many with immediate-effect motions adopted by the required two-thirds vote. These included funding for the Department of Commerce, Workforce West Virginia, Homeland Security divisions, Health Facilities, Administration, Human Services, the Governor’s Civil Contingent Fund, the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Senior Services. Votes were overwhelmingly in favor, with only a few measures drawing one or more dissenting votes. One bill on tourism appropriations was referred to the Committee on Rules, and several second-reading bills were advanced, including measures on the West Virginia Collaboratory, business-ready sites, volunteer fire companies, religious organization eminent domain restrictions, electric load forecasting, and funeral service licensure.

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• That second committee should be the House Taxation and Revenue Committee. So that's 55.
• Commerce and Economic Development Committee, and then the House Taxation and Revenue Committee.
• referred to the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee and then the House Taxation and Revenue
• referred to the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee and then the House Taxation and Revenue
• you. ...in the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee and then the House Taxation and Revenue

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• Revenue is up. And the only thing that has changed is that the athletes finally have rights.
• And he was supposed to give them a substantial, 25% of whatever revenue he would earn.
• And people like to conflate name, image, and likeness with revenue sharing.
• Revenue sharing is the institution's entering into agreement.
• So I sit at the intersection of revenue share, NIL, and life skills.

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on name, image, and likeness (NIL) and financial literacy for student athletes, with members framing California as a national leader on NIL but emphasizing the need for stronger protections and more consistent education. The chair and witnesses discussed how NIL opportunities now include both third-party endorsement deals and school revenue-sharing arrangements, and how the current landscape varies widely by institution, leaving athletes with a patchwork of rules and support. Several witnesses argued that student athletes, especially younger ones and those from low-income or first-generation backgrounds, are vulnerable to predatory contracts, tax problems, and pressure from family, agents, or lenders. The first panel featured Tyree Dillingham and Brandon Copeland, who called for standardized financial literacy, better guardrails against predatory NIL advances, and a player-led association or similar collective voice for athletes. They described examples of athletes not understanding paychecks, taxes, or contract terms, and warned that some schools and collectives blur the line between education and marketing. Copeland also argued that college athletics now functions like a professional business and that athletes need representation and a standard contract structure to protect them. The second panel focused on lived experience, including testimony from attorney Anthony Coronae and student athlete Mikey Williams. Coronae described reviewing a contract that he said functioned like a predatory loan disguised as marketing support, with the company taking exclusive rights to Williams’ NIL and requiring repayment far beyond the advance. Williams testified that he signed without a lawyer, later lost endorsements, scholarship, and housing stability, and only later learned the contract’s consequences. He said a required financial literacy course at Sacramento State helped him begin to understand budgeting, taxes, and contracts, and he urged the legislature to require legal review or stronger safeguards for athletes. The third panel, from San Diego State University, highlighted a more structured institutional model. Athletic director Brendan Hill described a mandatory four-year life-skills program that includes financial literacy, resume workshops, internships, and branding education, while student athlete Sloan Benchoff said the program helped her manage money and prepare for post-college life. Witnesses agreed that support is uneven across schools, that some agents and lenders are exploiting athletes, and that California should consider standardized financial education and agent regulation while also being careful not to create rules that unintentionally restrict athlete rights. No formal vote or bill action was taken at the hearing.

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• And how does that compare to the certified revenues that we were given for this year?
• revenue stabilization.
• So, revenue stabilization is a statutory fund. It's not a constitutional reserve fund.
• Yes, that's general revenue.
• It will churn, and we will see revenue growth here in the state of Oklahoma.

Bills: HB3418, HB3985, HB3463, HB3002, HB4303, HB3919, HB3416, HB3417, HB3415, HB2206, HB3414, HB3265, HB3310, HB3413, HB4486, HB1219, SR39, SB1177, HB3298, HB2696, HB3941, HB3970, HB3264, HB3321, HB2650, HB3497, HB3980, HB3981, HB4421, HB3177, HB3322, HB3499, HB3500, HB3845, HB3742, HB3622, HB1250, HB2710, HB3831, HB4408, HB1002, HB3008, HB3086, HB3595, HB3678, HB4107, HB3695, HB3315, HB3590, HB3006, HB3151, HB2959, HB2398, HB3026, HB3467, HB4268, HB3372, HB2210, HB4359, HB4427

Keywords: public works, bidding procedures, construction contracts, transparency, public trust, electronic bidding, school districts, property rights, public nuisance, compensation claims, government enforcement, Oklahoma Safe Neighborhoods Act, municipal audit, state auditor, local government, financial transparency, gasoline tax allocations, counties, county officers, education

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• Pre-numbered receipts were not issued for all revenues received, and some receipts were not deposited
• Pre-numbered receipts were not issued for all revenues received and some receipts were not deposited
• and deposits made exceeded total revenues reflected on their records.
• and deposits made exceeded total revenues reflected on their records.
• and deposits made exceeded total revenues reflected on their records.

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• the state has provided increased general fund support and tuition increases are bringing in more revenue
• In addition, CSU estimates its tuition and fee revenue will increase by about $188 million in 2025-26
• Those are our two major revenue sources.
• A set of revenue options to fund the law library's operations.
• The special fund revenue that has supported this is roughly $300,000 a year now.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The state teen court has lost its other revenue source, so the only revenue source they have right now
• If all this is current revenue to pay current expenditures, I know some of it hadn't gone out.
• Same period, so we can get those revenue estimates completed. Morning, Mark. Morning, Chair.
• Consensus revenue forecast in August, I think, put it at $2.8 billion. It was $2.8 billion.
• It is very much beginning to impact our future revenue forecasts.

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• So, if we left it at corrections, there wouldn't be revenue. No, there would still be revenue.
• And that's the revenue you see presented.
• So, if we left it at corrections, there wouldn't be revenue. No, there would still be revenue.
• So, if we left it at corrections, there wouldn't be revenue. No, there would still be revenue.
• And that's the revenue you see presented.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So it doesn't commit us to anything, but it does ask the Revenue Department to come before us to give
• From my conversations with the Revenue Cabinet so far, they said that they could do this now and that
• From my conversations with the Revenue Cabinet so far, they said that they could do this now and that
• I'll be Harry Cary of Appropriations and Revenue here and give some color.
• I'll be Harry Cary of Appropriations and Revenue here and give some color.

Keywords: Due to a technical issue in the room, the quality of the stream will be diminished. We apologize for the inconvenience. Meeting start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:02:00 SB 61 Discussion Only 00:03:25 SB 13 Discussion Only 00:07:19 SJR 25 Discussion 00:25:33 SJR 25 Vote 00:28:40 SB 61 Discussion Only 00:29:44, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 61, relating to swimming pools, but initially had no representative from the governor’s office or cabinet available to explain the fiscal estimate. Senators questioned why the executive branch’s estimate was $4.25 million to $8.5 million while the committee’s internal fiscal note showed little or no impact. When Department for Public Health staff later joined, they explained their estimate was based on a roughly $85,000 cost for a large outbreak investigation, using a 2014 outbreak as a benchmark, and said the bill could increase workload and outside laboratory costs if private swimming pools became more common as rental properties. They reported 822 waterborne cases in 2024, with 8 tied to private swimming pools, and later corrected an earlier figure to 14 private-pool-related investigations over five years. Senators pressed on the discrepancy between those numbers and the projected 50 to 100 incidents, and staff said the higher figure was a ballpark estimate. The discussion also clarified that private pools are generally excluded by definition, while pools held out for rent may be treated as public pools under current definitions. No vote on SB 61 was taken in the portion provided. The committee then heard Senate Bill 13, concerning the reprocurement of managed care organizations for Medicaid. Department for Medicaid Services officials said the bill would require work on a new RFP, system changes, and oversight improvements, and estimated the cost at $2.8 million based on prior procurement spending of about $2.5 million in 2018-2019, with a 10% growth adjustment. They explained that the work is administrative and therefore matched at 50/50 federal-state funding, not the 80/20 rate used for benefits, and said the expense would be incurred whether the bill passed or not if the state proceeded with an RFP. Senators discussed possible savings from reducing the number of MCOs from five to three, but agency staff said those savings were hard to quantify and that provider and member disruption could create offsetting costs. The committee later moved on to Senate Joint Resolution 25, which would ask the Revenue Department to report on the cost of issuing farmers a wallet-sized tax-exempt card instead of a paper certificate. The resolution was adopted by roll call, with all members present voting aye, and it was reported favorably to the floor.

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• The budget does not include the assumed additional $5 billion in higher revenues that was included in
• The budget does not include the assumed additional $5 billion in higher revenues that was included in
• And these are anticipated revenues that will be set aside for allocation in next year's budget.
• So the current... ...revenues come in higher than projections. Certainly.
• A lot of our dollars get redirected, and our revenue source has been slowed.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Is that similarly that you would have revenue off of what flows through?
• So you talked about some of the revenue that may come in and can use that revenue to offset it.
• Revenue cannot be realized I think at Revenue cannot be realized I think at this<00:34:21.000> point
• <00:34:27.200> right don't think there's enough Revenue right don't think there's enough Revenue
• They see declining revenues from hunting and fishing licenses.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Um, I would direct members' attention to the revenue estimate that will show that it has no impact on
• estimate because the department doesn't do revenue estimates on granting of refunds or applications
• for a refund and there's no revenue for a refund and there's no revenue estimate<00:44:03.839>
• <00:44:10.079> estimates department doesn't do revenue estimates department doesn't do revenue
• <00:48:39.599> prepared the Department of Revenue prepared the Department of Revenue prepared

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• , this is property tax butted up against the other state tax revenues.
• to use of the state revenue value.
• So they're just going to lose that revenue.
• would be based on a no new revenue or voter approval rate because that.
• Taxi units could easily begin to better estimate their revenue now.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• <00:20:38.799> that<00:20:39.000> the<00:20:39.120> Commonwealth tax revenues
• that the Commonwealth tax revenues that the Commonwealth desperately<00:20:40.159> needs<00:20
• pay for itself, driving revenues to Kentucky.
• Sundance Film Festival is a kind of a once-in-a-year thing that sees $100 million in economic revenue
• It's really kind of an industrial revenue bond twist to residential development.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Roll Call 00:29 SB 162 Discussion 01:03 SB 162 Vote 13:48 SB 1 Discussion 14:49 SB 1 Vote 34:43 SB 25 Discussion 38:45 SB 25 Vote 40:31 SB 50 Discussion 41:09 SB 50 Vote 42:55, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 162, a measure on unemployment insurance fraud. The sponsor said the bill would create a clearer process for state unemployment staff to refer suspected fraud cases, especially smaller-dollar cases that may not draw federal attention, and would help protect employers and the integrity of the unemployment system. Testimony from Brian Sikma supported the bill as a common-sense anti-fraud proposal, but several senators raised concerns that suspending benefits during an investigation could unfairly burden claimants, especially if the claim later proves legitimate. The sponsor and witness said the bill was intended to allow quick adjudication and that benefits could be reinstated after review, and the sponsor noted the referral process would include identifying information and details about the suspected fraud. The committee then voted on the bill; it passed with favorable expression, 8-1, and was sent to the floor. The committee then returned to Senate Bill 1, which would create a Kentucky Film Office and Film Commission and fund the office with a portion of the state transit tax and production-related fees. Senator Wheeler and invited guests described the bill as an economic development and tourism measure meant to expand Kentucky’s film industry, attract productions statewide, and build on existing tax credits. Witnesses, including Mary K. Po... and Misty Wrigley Miller, said a state film office would help market locations, provide a searchable database for producers, and make it easier for rural communities to compete for productions. They cited an economic impact study showing about $200 million in film-related economic activity in 2022, with additional ripple effects and tax revenue, and argued the office would help create jobs and workforce opportunities for Kentuckians. Members generally praised the concept of Senate Bill 1 and compared Kentucky’s potential to Georgia’s film industry growth. Witnesses said Kentucky already has strong incentives but needs a dedicated office and commission to better promote the state and coordinate production activity. The discussion emphasized that the commission would help ensure a return on investment and that local crews and businesses would benefit from more productions. The transcript ends during continued discussion of the bill and questions from senators, with no final vote on Senate Bill 1 shown in the excerpt.

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• Has there been a revenue submission to ascertain the cost of this bill?
• Has there been a revenue submission to ascertain the cost of this bill?
• revenue uh submission to to ascertain revenue uh submission to to ascertain the<00:15:57.360> cost
• Is it going to impact any local revenue? Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Representative.
• Relying on revenues, yeah, so initially this is going to be something that won't decline state revenue

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We're really excited, although sort of braced for an important revenue forecast.
• De La Garza, yeah, we appreciate the teams that make the Consensus Revenue Estimate possible as well.
• Before we start, I think I just want to take a moment to recognize the members of the Consensus Revenue
• States, and globally, how those factors influence what we expect to happen with some of our major revenue
• and corporate income tax revenue.

Keywords: 996, all

Bills: HB1937, HB2153, HB3674, HB2978, HB3885, HB3671, HB3261, HB3021, HB3029, HB4274, HB3701, HB3076, HB2299, HB3852, HB3244, HB3345, HB3114, HB3764, HB4144, HB3304, HB2939, HB4227, HB3262, HB2941, HB3498, HB4343, HB4425, HB3386, HB3087, HB3062, HB3431, HB4141, HB3581, HB4237, HB2960, HB3645, HB3648, HB3974, HB3045, SCR18, HCR1024, SJR39, SJR49, HB4486, SB1130, SB1131, SB1132, SB1133, SB1134, SB1142, HB1823, HB4476, HB3378, HB3880, HB3031, HB3369, HB3429, HB3657, HB4215, HB3624, HB1170

Keywords: HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board

Bills: SR185, HB2452, HB2329, HB2272, HB2273, HB2335, HB1656, HB2207, HB2289, HB1854, HB2581, HB20, HB2296, HB1707, HB2297, HB1890, HB2241, HB2474, HB1688, HB2546, HB1574, HB1546, HB2218, HB1163, HB1514, HB1749, HB2385, HB1576, HB1974, HB2022, HB1973, HB2005, HB1894, HB1515, HB1718, HB1591, HB2475, HB1721, HB1864, HB1946, HB1920

Keywords: Department of Education, capital improvement program, performance audit, infrastructure, transparency, state bonds, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, bond authorization, state debt limit, constitutional debt limit, Article VII Section 13, Hawaii bonds, state borrowing, public finance, capital improvement projects, supplemental appropriations, judiciary appropriations, refunding bonds, reimbursable bonds