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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 4th, 2026 at 09:06 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it's our more rural schools, our smaller schools that are very successful right now.
  • School Boards Association, for instance, which has a predominantly small district event, would have one
  • I feel that because of Just the size of some of the largest school districts.
  • You live in a district that is one of the major school districts that they will Overpower these smaller
  • districts.
Bills: SB194 , SB200 , SB203 , SB204 , SJR3
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Apr 8th, 2025 at 08:30 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Can Levi or maybe someone from there? Senator Sorvaag might know. Mr.
  • Levi. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, what they actually agreed to is... Mr.
  • Levi: Mr.
  • You know... ...critical, especially to our schools.
  • Becky is here today, and now Grant and Levi are here. Very helpful to the...
Bills: HB1603
Summary: The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and announced it would begin meeting at 8 a.m. for the rest of the week to work through a growing bill list. The committee first approved House Bill 1603, a companion to the Historical Society budget dealing with NAGPRA, including a $500,000 matching grant to be divided among North Dakota’s five tribes and a committee to address repatriation of human remains and cultural items. The vote was unanimous, 15-0. The committee then considered House Bill 1225, which would increase penalties for reckless endangerment involving a firearm and create a mandatory prison term. After debate over public safety concerns versus the bill’s fiscal note and prison costs, the committee adopted a do not pass recommendation by a 9-6-1 vote. Members also discussed House Bill 1018, the State Historical Society budget, and approved an amendment that adjusted one-time funding items, including NAGPRA compliance, museum exhibits, military gallery funding, local historic grants, and line-of-credit repayment. The amended bill then received a due pass recommendation by a 14-2 vote. The committee next approved House Bill 1468, a behavioral health facility grant for St. Hayes, which supporters said would expand in-state access to acute and adolescent behavioral health care and reduce the need to send patients out of state. The bill passed 14-1. It then amended and passed House Bill 1485, increasing the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients by $15 and indexing it to inflation; the amendment and the bill as amended both passed 14-2. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 1016, the Adjutant General/National Guard budget, after adopting an amendment that funded disaster relief, response equipment, IT and website costs, and staffing changes for the watch center; the amended bill passed 14-2. The committee adjourned after completing six bills and planned to resume the next morning at 8 a.m.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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  • ><c> applied</c><00:24:26.760><c> against</c><00:24:27.080><c> those</c><00:24:27.280><c> kind</c> levy
  • </c> and or township, county, school and or township, county, school district,<00:24:38.000><c> maybe
  • watershed, you know, district, maybe watershed, you know, some<00:24:40.480><c> a</c><00:24:40.560><
  • </c> on our schools. on our schools.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Feb 26th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have Leader Berman's district staff. Leader Berman's district staff.
  • school campuses.
  • Schools have to be available. Seats would have to be available in the school.
  • So if a school district is at capacity right now, based on a comp plan that restricts new residential
  • in my Senate district.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including guests from the press, Florida State women’s soccer, and former Senator Janet Cruz. Members also announced there would be no conference that weekend. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and began taking up a series of bills, often substituting House companions and proceeding quickly to third reading and final passage. Among the measures approved were bills modernizing trust settlement and trustee discharge procedures; revising military affairs laws, including leave protections, retirement eligibility, and assistance programs; creating uniform cash-rounding rules as Florida prepares for the end of the penny; refining podiatric medicine rules on cellular/tissue-based products and informed consent; expanding veterans’ court access statewide; clarifying RV park special assessments; establishing concurrent state-federal jurisdiction for juveniles on military installations; reauthorizing alcoholic beverage loss deductions; and revising bail bond and pretrial release laws, including training, electronic notices, forfeiture timing, and related procedures. Members also passed bills on eyewear insurance licensing, expanding the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund into health science education, streamlining recovery residence regulation, enhancing felony battery penalties, and updating child welfare rules to reduce repeated background checks, make the Step Into Success program permanent, and create a best-practices program. Several bills drew brief supportive remarks, especially those affecting veterans, the National Guard, foster youth, and military families. One bail bond bill prompted questions about charitable bail bonds, with the sponsor stating the current statute would remain unchanged. Most bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously; the bail bond measure passed 36-1, while the others noted here passed with no or minimal opposition. The Senate also adopted an amendment to the military affairs bill and a delete-all amendment to the military-installation jurisdiction bill before final passage. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to honoring Senate Democratic Leader Lori Berman on her farewell. Members from both parties offered extended remarks praising her leadership, preparation, collegiality, advocacy on issues such as voting rights, women’s rights, Israel, anti-Semitism, breast cancer, school safety, and family law, and her effectiveness in committee and on the floor. Berman delivered an extended farewell speech reflecting on her 16 years in the Legislature, her family, her district, and her legislative priorities, and the Senate ordered her remarks spread upon the journal before recessing and later returning to continue the calendar.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 1/23/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • of Metropolitan School Districts.
  • Michael-Albertville School District.
  • c> a</c> school districts knowing what a school districts knowing what a substitute<00:25:52.000><c>
  • <c> are</c> ESS school districts like ours are ESS school districts like ours are already<00:41:23.240
  • but</c><00:58:30.359><c> I</c> off in our school district or not but I off in our school district or
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee opened by approving the January 16 and January 21 minutes. Members then heard testimony focused on the impact of Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) and the proposed paid family and medical leave program on Minnesota school districts, with the chair framing the hearing as an opportunity to hear from major employers and school leaders about costs and operational effects. Kimberly Lewis, speaking for the Minnesota School Boards Association and related school administrator groups, said districts generally already provide generous, locally negotiated sick leave and had initially adapted to ESST by separating vacation, sick time, and ESST into different buckets. She argued that a 2024 law effectively converted previously bargained sick leave into ESST, which she said undermines contracts, creates large unfunded costs, and may raise constitutional contract-clause concerns. Lewis cited large accumulated leave banks in some districts, increased sick leave use, and estimated significant costs from paid leave, including a reported $2.5 million impact for one large district. She urged flexibility such as prorating ESST for midyear hires and part-time staff and exempting coaches, short-term substitutes, and similar employees from ESST. Superintendent Anarie Fuco of St. Michael-Albertville said her district expects about $400,000 in added fiscal 2026 costs from ESST and paid leave, plus indirect costs from substitute coverage and increased absenteeism. She said schools already have generous bargaining agreements, but the new laws reduce verification and require districts to track leave for temporary staff, creating what she described as a need for “substitutes for our substitutes.” Fuco said the district would face more than $211,000 in direct payroll costs from paid leave alone and asked for flexibility or exceptions for districts already offering comparable benefits. Members asked follow-up questions about how substitute teachers accrue leave and how many districts may be cutting budgets; Lewis and Fuco said many districts are making cuts and that substitute and staffing burdens are growing. A third testifier began by Zoom, but the transcript cuts off before her full testimony.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Apr 16th, 2025 at 12:30 pm

North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • district levies. $25 million raising that to $100 million.
  • district levies.
  • But the problem was that the state mandates that a school levy 60 mills as their local contribution.
  • A county, city, public school district, or park district, by a vote of 60%, can issue bonds up to their
  • A city, public school district, or park district shall then enter an agreement with the governing body
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge, a quorum call, and approval of journal corrections. It then handled several House messages, appointing conference committees on Senate Bills 2004 and 2006 and House Bills 1018, 1019, and 1363, and re-referring House Bill 1216 to Appropriations. The chamber also adopted amendments to House Bill 1601, which would have expanded special assistant attorney general authority for certain offices, but the bill failed on final passage after strong opposition centered on preserving the Attorney General’s control and avoiding a solution in search of a problem. A major portion of the day focused on education funding. House Bill 1369 was amended to raise per-pupil aid from 2% and 2% to 3% and 3% and to increase the school construction loan transfer from $75 million to $100 million; supporters said this would help local schools and military base projects, while opponents raised questions about special education placement language and state coordination. The bill passed 44-3. House Bill 1013, the DPI budget, was also amended extensively to adjust staffing, funding sources, grants, meal assistance, teacher training, and other education programs; it passed 45-2. House Bill 2234, dealing with Choice Ready grants, was amended to shift funding away from general funds and toward federal or other sources, but then failed on final passage after the sponsor urged a red vote. The Senate also approved House Bill 1482, restricting bond and indebtedness elections for counties, cities, school districts, and park districts to primary or general election days, and House Bill 1332, creating a value-added agriculture facility incentive program with an emergency clause. House Bill 1010, the Insurance Department budget, passed unanimously after amendments reflecting the merger of the Securities Department into Insurance and adding staff and fee changes, while House Bill 1011, the separate Securities Department budget, failed because its funding was already included in HB 1010. House Bill 1584, a major pharmacy benefit manager reform bill, passed with an enforcement fund and new licensing/enforcement structure despite debate over ERISA and market transparency. In other action, the Senate concurred in House amendments and passed Senate Bills 2226, 2230, 2069, 2082, 2387, 2385, and 2186, with SB 2186 on parenting time interference and a child custody task force passing 27-20 after debate over whether the issue should be left to the courts. Senate Bill 2234, on Choice Ready grants, and Senate Bill 2243, on driver’s license points and traffic penalties, both failed after concurrence motions were adopted but final passage votes were overwhelmingly negative. The chamber also advanced Senate Bill 2291 to conference committee consideration near the end of the transcript.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Feb 19th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill requires a district to refund 20% of the fee, The bill requires a district to refund 20% of
  • approve a property tax levy lid lift, the impacted taxing district and the local government must review
  • If the taxing district subsequently passes a voter-approved levy lid lift, then the tax allocation base
  • Special purpose districts.
  • Are we talking special purpose districts? Special purpose districts.
Summary: The Senate Local Government Committee waived the five-day notice rule and then took up two House bills. HB 2418 would tighten and expand permit-review timelines for residential projects, including requiring “procedural completeness” determinations, adding excluded time periods, extending timeline and refund requirements to certain fee-charging state and local entities, creating review deadlines for special purpose districts and public utility districts, and requiring local governments to designate a permit responsible official and a single point of contact. The sponsor said the bill was intended to improve predictability and reduce delays in permitting; builders and housing advocates strongly supported it, while sewer and water districts and county representatives raised concerns about incomplete referrals, staffing shortages, business-day versus calendar-day deadlines, and the cost of implementing the new contact requirements. The committee heard testimony but took no final vote on the bill in the transcript. HB 2451 would revise Washington’s local tax increment financing program. Staff explained that the bill adds guardrails and transparency, changes notice and hearing requirements, adjusts the assessed-value cap for increment areas, adds public safety facilities to eligible improvements, requires more detailed project analyses and annual reporting, and creates a negotiation/mediation/arbitration process for impacts to taxing districts. The sponsor said the measure was a carefully negotiated compromise intended to address junior taxing district concerns without creating an opt-out. Supporters from the Port of Tacoma, fire chiefs, cities, and counties said the bill improves the earlier TIF framework by strengthening the but-for test, notice, and participation rules, while counties still expressed concern about cumulative impacts and asked for future opt-out discussions. No final committee action was taken in the transcript.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • School districts in Minnesota maintain separate budgets for facilities and capital expenses, similar
  • that school districts across the state use to update and maintain this critical public infrastructure
  • When a school district determines that a building is no longer needed, there is an importance for the
  • But more can be done, particularly at the juncture when school districts access surplus property.
  • But more can be done, particularly at the juncture when school districts access surplus property.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee heard House File 1340, authored by Chair Lee, which would expand the use of housing infrastructure bonds to support the adaptive reuse or conversion of buildings into affordable housing. The author described the bill as a way to help nonprofit and other affordable housing developers compete for surplus buildings, especially when school districts are selling unused properties on the open market. Tom Parent of Minneapolis Public Schools testified in support, explaining that school districts manage facilities through separate capital budgets and that selling surplus property at fair market value helps offset future property tax burdens. He said districts often face tension between maximizing sale proceeds and meeting community needs, and pointed to Minneapolis examples where former school buildings are being converted to housing, including projects serving youth experiencing homelessness. He argued the bill could better align reuse of school properties with community housing needs while protecting local taxpayers. In response to a question from Representative Scraba, the author confirmed the bill does not allocate new dollars but instead expands eligible uses under the statute for housing infrastructure bonds. No vote or formal action was taken during the exchange, and the bill was presented as part of a broader bipartisan discussion about reuse of vacant buildings for housing and other community purposes.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Elections - 01/30/25

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • of Metropolitan School Districts.
  • School districts already have a clear and established process to determine their school board election
  • of Metropolitan School Districts.
  • </c><00:15:03.440><c> districts</c><00:15:03.920><c> out</c> 20 years all but 27 school districts out
  • districts in the including two school districts in the cities<00:15:10.360><c> of</c><00:15:10.480><
Committee: Senate Elections
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, members, SB 1436 prescribes ballot language that must be included for certain school district
  • On every regular primary and general election day, schools operated by a school district must be closed
  • School districts used to all make themselves available for use as polling places.
  • Because school districts are their neighborhood schools, right?
  • So I talked to Queen Creek, and I asked them because the school district said no, right?
Summary: The committee approved the minutes and then heard a long series of bills, mostly from Senators Hoffman, Fernandez, and Bolick. Early action included SB 1436 on school bond/override ballot language, which passed 4-3 after brief debate over ballot length and transparency. SB 1568, requiring election systems to keep clocks within 60 seconds of official time and making violations a misdemeanor, was amended and passed 4-3 despite concerns about machine failures and the breadth of the penalty. SB 1569, limiting special election board members from collecting voter registrations while assisting confined voters, also passed 4-3 after testimony from county officials and a deputy registrar describing alleged misuse of SEBs. SB 1746, requiring schools to serve as polling places and closing schools on regular primary/general election days for staff training, passed 4-3 over objections about school autonomy and safety. SB 1295, allowing certain incarcerated people needing long-term care or treatment to be transferred to contracted medical institutions, passed unanimously after an amendment narrowing the medical eligibility language. The committee then took up SB 1067, a county blight/abatement bill allowing property tax bills to include assessments for removing rubbish, debris, and dilapidated structures; county officials from Gila and Pima Counties strongly supported it, and it passed 7-0. SB 1285, which would have repealed kratom protections and added kratom and its alkaloids to the narcotic-drug list, drew strong opposition from industry and a pharmacist and failed 3-4 after debate over safety, regulation, and criminal penalties. SB 1413, removing the $100,000 restitution cap for serious injury or death caused by a moving violation, passed after a short explanation that it was intended to conform statutes to a prior Arizona Supreme Court ruling. SB 1476, making prenatal exposure to dangerous or narcotic drugs and fetal alcohol syndrome a class six felony child neglect offense with an affirmative defense for mothers who completed treatment, drew emotional testimony from a foster/adoptive parent and opposition from reproductive justice and criminal defense advocates; it passed 4-2. Later, SB 1585, creating standards and funding mechanisms for sex offender-specific evaluations, treatment, and polygraphs, passed 4-2 after supporters argued it would improve oversight and opponents questioned the added surcharge and appropriation. SB 1662, requiring probation conditions to be the least restrictive necessary and tailored to risk and needs, passed 5-0 with support from justice reform advocates and defense attorneys. SB 1664, adjusting constable nomination signature requirements in Maricopa and Pima Counties, passed unanimously after county association support. The committee then began SB 1666 on in-state custodial interference, with the sponsor and a supporter describing repeated violations of custody orders and arguing for a tiered civil-penalty-to-felony structure; the transcript ends during questioning on that bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/21/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thinking particularly of counties and school districts.
  • Of course, there are school districts.
  • </c><00:25:33.040><c> district</c> get approval from the school district get approval from the school
  • </c><00:34:30.840><c> district</c><00:34:31.359><c> and</c> consulted with our school district and consulted
  • with our school district and county. county. county.
Committee: House Taxes
Keywords: 1183, house
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Apr 8th, 2025 at 01:00 pm

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The savings will vary on the size of the school district that the student enrolls from. Mr.
  • school under this framework and keep a school open for the district that they serve.
  • It was something that I thought of because, in a rural district, we just did have a school dissolve.
  • Our public schools use their building fund, which is a levied tax that I do... ...fund, which is a levied
  • money that was levied in taxes would go back to the public school, though they lost the students.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. The chamber received notice that the governor had signed several bills, and the Speaker appointed conference committees after the Senate failed to concur with House amendments on Senate Bills 2180 and 2330. The House also approved several sixth-order amendments without objection before moving into reconsideration and final action on House Bill 1300, which concerns legislative term limits. After procedural motions to reconsider and undo concurrence, the House voted to do not concur on HB 1300, sending it back to the chair’s lap for further negotiation. A major portion of the meeting focused on Senate Bill 2232, which changes mandatory reporting rules for prenatal exposure to controlled substances and alcohol. Supporters said the bill is intended to keep pregnant women in prenatal care by removing an automatic CPS report if a woman tests positive but enters and stays on a treatment plan; opponents argued it weakens protections for unborn children and creates vague standards for mandated reporters. The House passed the bill 57-36. The chamber also passed Senate Bill 2280 unanimously, establishing timelines and standards for prior authorization in health insurance, and passed Senate Bill 2186, which creates a civil remedy for interference with court-ordered parenting time, a child custody review task force, and related reporting requirements. The House then took up Senate Bill 2239, an apprenticeship grant program with a $1.1 million appropriation, but rejected it 14-79 after the committee said the program lacked a clear administrative home. Senate Bill 2241, creating a framework for public charter schools, generated extensive debate over school choice, local control, funding, staffing, and rural impacts; supporters emphasized flexibility and community-driven options, while opponents warned about diversion of funds and weak guardrails. The bill passed 64-29. The House also passed Senate Bill 2024, the Department of Environmental Quality budget, after discussion about federal funding uncertainty; Senate Bill 2374, updating property insurance laws and market rules; Senate Bill 2216, creating a waterfowl habitat restoration stamp; Senate Bill 2245, allowing certain duck and goose hunting from anchored floating craft; and Senate Bill 233, establishing a distressed ambulance services process, which drew questions about how affected districts and neighboring services would be involved.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Public Safety Committee Jun 30th, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • With me today in support is Jennifer Levy and Devin Campbell, Senior Deputy District Attorney of Orange
  • Levy, right? Levy. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm terrible with names. Everyone doesn't. Ms.
  • Levy, I have just one question for you.
  • Levy and every other advocate who is here.
  • Joining me today is Chief Deputy District Attorney Brad Morrow with the Colusa County District Attorney's
Committee: House Public Safety
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 2/25/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • district budgets?
  • One of the things, and if you talk to teachers and we’ve heard from school districts, it’s not the uncertainty
  • One of the things, and if you talk to teachers and we’ve heard from school districts, it’s not the uncertainty
  • One of the things, and if you talk to teachers and we’ve heard from school districts, it’s not the uncertainty
  • One of the things, and if you talk to teachers and we’ve heard from school districts, it’s not the uncertainty
Bills: HF4 , HF173
Committee: House Taxes
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Finance Feb 5th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • by the amount that the district is levying.
  • A district can levy three different property taxes of up to 50 cents apiece, so its total levy could
  • If the combined levies of these districts exceed this rate, then the levies of certain districts have
  • If the combined levies of these districts exceed this rate, then the levies of certain districts have
  • levied by the district.
Summary: House Finance heard testimony on several tax and local government bills. HB 2278 would remove the July 1, 2027 expiration on the additional $3-per-room-night tourism promotion area lodging charge; supporters from destination marketing organizations said the revenue has produced strong returns for tourism and events, while questions were raised about how the local ordinances would continue. HB 2583 would lower the population threshold for cities to impose a higher lodging tax and expand authority for public facilities districts; the sponsor and Vancouver supporters said it would help fund a proposed performing arts center and other tourism investments, while hospitality, short-term rental, and some local advocates raised concerns about stakeholder input, equity, and whether the bill was too broad. HB 2224 would change how a city forming a single-city fire protection district handles levy reductions and would exempt part of one levy from the local tax limit; city and firefighter groups supported it as a needed tool for fire and EMS funding, while hospital districts and tax opponents warned about prorationing, governance, and higher taxes. HB 2325 would create a statewide tourism self-supported assessment program funded by participating tourism businesses; supporters from tourism, hospitality, wine, and brewing groups said it would provide a competitive, industry-driven statewide marketing program, while members questioned impacts on specific communities and the need for broader local benefits. HB 2431 would expand from 15 to 50 days the amount of fundraising activity allowed in nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places, and the Grange supported it as a practical way to keep community halls open. After public testimony, the committee moved into executive session and advanced three bills. HB 2584, a sales and use tax exemption for qualifying farm equipment sold to eligible farmers, passed 14-0 with one excused. HB 2610, which modifies the property tax exemption for nonprofit homeownership development, also passed 14-0 with one excused. HB 2615, which codifies the voluntary disclosure tax program and authorizes temporary tax amnesty, likewise passed 14-0 with one excused. The chair also announced a deadline for amendments on items to be acted on the following day.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 53 Mar 5th, 2026

Idaho House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The third thing it did was allow fire districts to opt out of existing urban renewal districts if there
  • districts that don't have supplemental levies.
  • districts that don't have supplemental levies. thermal taxes that punishes school districts that don't
  • have supplemental levies.
  • I asked my two mayors in my district; they don’t care.
Keywords: 989, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Local Government Apr 8th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I may have two HOAs in my district, maybe.
  • Because I know Northwoods fall between the 24 municipalities within that school district. So...
  • And Representative Smith's district office, not having your district office in your district is a choice
  • I don't, you know, I don't think your district.
  • levy.
Keywords: 959, house, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Local Government Apr 8th, 2026

Local Government, Elections and Pensions

Transcript Highlights:
  • “I have two HOAs in my district, maybe.
  • Because I know Northwoods falls between the 24 municipalities within that school district. So...
  • And Representative Smith's district office, not having your district office in your district is a choice
  • I don't, you know, I don't think your district.
  • levy.
Summary: The Committee on Local Government heard testimony on House Bill 3176, which would create a statutory framework for homeowners associations. Sponsor Rep. Koslow said the bill addresses quorum problems, allows defunct associations to revive, sets deadlines for election and covenant challenges, requires fidelity insurance, and expands recordkeeping and disclosure to members. Supporters said Missouri HOAs currently operate under a patchwork of outdated documents and laws, while opponents from the home builders and bankers groups warned the bill could interfere with development interests, create burdens, and increase risk or fees. Committee members raised concerns about fairness, homeowner rights, and whether the bill would override stricter local subdivision standards; no action was taken on the bill during the hearing. The committee also heard House Bill 3277, a local public safety tax measure for Northwoods. Rep. Fountain Henderson said the city needs the tax to upgrade police equipment and support public safety, and members noted the city’s retail center and voter approval requirement. The hearing then moved to House Bill 3143, which would allow counties to place a quarter-cent sales tax on the ballot for senior services. Rep. Parker and supporters from senior services organizations said the measure would help fund Meals on Wheels, transportation, nutrition centers, in-home care, and other aging services, especially in rural areas with limited funding and transportation. Some members questioned the breadth of spending authority, oversight, and whether a sales tax would shift costs onto seniors, but the bill drew supportive testimony overall. In executive session, the committee voted House Bill 2732 do pass by 13-1 and House Bill 3028 do pass unanimously. It then took up House Bill 2431, a package of local tax authorization measures, adopted a substitute and amendment adding several city and county proposals, and voted the House Committee Substitute do pass by 13-1. The committee then adjourned.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 19th, 2026

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • It allows fire districts and EMS that overlap those districts or are those districts to go up to the
  • Taxing districts can go to voters and say, we want to raise the mill levy rate, and they can ask for
  • Taxing districts can go to voters and say, we want to raise the mill levy rate, and they can ask for
  • Overall, it will help every taxing district in the state by using the previous year's mill levy rate.
  • We have tried to run levy increases within our district four times in a row, and we can't get anywhere
Keywords: 989, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate and House Tax Policies Discussion Group - 05/12/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> reinvested in communities and schools reinvested in communities and schools rather<00:06:38.480>
  • </c><00:08:39.200><c> tax</c> Minneapolis tourism district sales tax Minneapolis tourism district sales
  • The<00:09:00.200><c> tourism</c><00:09:00.720><c> district</c> The tourism district The tourism district
  • That's what tourism<00:10:04.600><c> district</c> tourism district tourism district Thank<00:10:06.400
  • </c> provision, and that dealt with the levy provision, and that dealt with the levy authority<00:28:
Keywords: 1187, senate, all