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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Rules and Administration - 06/01/26
Rules and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- would be compared to know what that rate would be compared to uh<00:04:59.520>
the <00:04:59.680 - has been updated to match the current IRS mileage rate of 72.5 cents per mile.
- has been updated to match the current IRS mileage rate of 72.5 cents per mile.
- has been updated to match the current IRS mileage rate of 72.5 cents per mile.
- has been updated to match the current IRS mileage rate of 72.5 cents per mile.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill is only about transparency of your electricity rates.
- This bill is only about transparency of your electricity rates.
- This bill is only about transparency of your electricity rates.
- This bill is only about transparency of your electricity rates.
- This bill is only about transparency of your electricity rates.
Keywords:
coconut trees, tax credit, natural management, Hawaii, agriculture, biosecurity, environment, coconut rhinoceros beetle, student-athletes, name image likeness, NIL, compensation, transparency, University of Hawaii, Title IX, funding, protections, pharmacy benefit managers, maximum allowable cost, drug pricing
Summary:
The joint committee on Ways and Means and Consumer Protection met for decision-making only on two agendas and took action on a large number of Senate bills, with no oral testimony heard. On the 1016 agenda, the committee recommended passage of measures including SB 2088, SB 2925, SB 2781, and several others, and passed a number of bills with amendments. Notable amendments included SB 3263, which adopted AG amendments related to the name, image, and likeness endowment trust fund; SB 2047 on pharmacy benefit managers, which incorporated Hawaii Pharmacist Association changes; SB 2087 on health insurance, which added Insurance Division clarifications; SB 2100 on pesticides, which added a blank appropriation; SB 2353 on outdoor signage, which removed provisions related to the Wiki special district; and SB 2902 on renewable energy, which clarified certification standards for portable solar devices and exempted them from certain disclosure requirements. Most recommendations were adopted without objection, though a few members noted reservations on selected bills. The committee also deferred one bill on the agenda, SB 3327.
The committee then moved to the 1015 agenda and acted on additional measures. SB 2003 was passed with amendments tied to Act 255, including a repeal trigger if deadlines are missed; SB 2497 on utility-related transparency drew the most discussion, with one member warning about litigation and costs while another argued it was simply about electricity-rate transparency, and it ultimately passed with PUC-related amendments and an exemption for utility cooperatives. Other measures were passed unamended or with technical or fiscal amendments, including bills affecting land planning, tax credits, conveyance tax language, shoreline maintenance, and community improvement projects. Several bills had appropriations blanked or effective dates deferred to 2050, and many were adopted with members noting reservations rather than opposition.
On the 1017 agenda, the committee continued approving measures, including SB 709 on crisis intervention officers and assisted community treatment, SB 2153 on defining bona fide farmer/agriculture activity, SB 2694 on water rate adjustments, SB 3025 on income eligibility limits, and SB 3085 on the Hawaii film studio, which included a five-year repeal provision if the studio has not relocated. The committee also passed numerous other bills unamended or with technical amendments, often deferring effective dates or blanking appropriations. Across both agendas, the committee’s actions were largely consistent: bills were advanced with amendments tailored to agency requests, technical corrections, or fiscal adjustments, and votes were generally unanimous or near-unanimous with occasional reservations recorded.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 2, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Our last bill is proposed committee bill WMC-25-01, sales tax rate reductions.
- Next we have PCB WMC-2501, sales tax rate reductions.
- in Florida, state sales tax rates, by 0.75%.
- There are also a handful of other sales tax rates that are implicated.
- I know a lot of it is affordable housing, and lowering that rate is important.
Summary:
The Ways and Means Committee met on April 2, 2025, with a quorum present and took up four bills. The committee first heard HB 4041, which would create the Corkscrew Grove Stewardship District in Collier County to finance and maintain infrastructure such as transportation, utilities, and stormwater systems without changing county regulatory authority. The bill drew no opposition, was reported favorably, and passed 14-0.
The committee then considered HB 1485, which repeals Florida’s aviation fuel tax provisions. The sponsor argued the change would simplify the tax code, attract airline investment, and support lower fares and more routes. Members raised concerns about the estimated recurring $22.8 million impact on the State Transportation Trust Fund and $2 million on general revenue, and airport representatives warned of reduced grant and development funding, especially for general aviation and municipal airports. Supporters said the change would increase competition and fuel sales in Florida. The bill was reported favorably on a 12-5 vote.
Next, the committee heard HB 999, which would recognize gold and silver as legal tender, allow electronic debit access to bullion accounts, and remove tax burdens on transactions involving precious metals. The sponsor and supporters described the bill as a way to protect purchasing power and provide an alternative parallel to the dollar, while opponents and some members raised concerns about consumer protections, predatory practices, privacy, and the role of the Office of Financial Regulation in rulemaking. After extensive testimony, the bill was reported favorably 19-0.
Finally, the committee considered PCB WMC 25-01, which would reduce the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25% and also lower several related taxes, including the business rent tax, nonresidential electricity tax, mobile home sales tax, and coin-operated amusement machine tax. The proposal was estimated to reduce revenue by about $5.5 billion annually. Members discussed impacts on the budget, education funding, and whether savings would reach consumers, while supporters emphasized relief for Floridians and business competitiveness. The bill passed unanimously 19-0 and was reported favorably. The chair then noted a prior procedural apology on the record, and the meeting adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Lawmakers hear proposed creation of $10 million loan program for affordable housing, HF2148 3/25/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The higher rents and the market rate rents help subsidize and pay for the entirely locally owned program
- Uh, it expands a model of affordable housing that sustains itself by using market rate rents to subsidize
- self-sustaining in terms of operating costs using a mix of deeply affordable, affordable, and market rate
- Uh, it expands a model of affordable housing that sustains itself by using market rate rents to subsidize
- self-sustaining in terms of operating costs using a mix of deeply affordable, affordable, and market rate
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- On slide 10, you can see that the forecast is for the U.S. and New Mexico unemployment rates to trend
- Rate of about 4%, which is close to where they both are now.
- Slide 11 provides some data on inflation and interest rates.
- The Fed is expected to continue to cut the federal funds rate to a target rate of just below 2%.
- Big priorities in here are continuing rating. A couple of key areas: primary care physicians.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Insurance Committee Mar 17th, 2026
Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- asked to mandate a statewide rate asked to mandate a statewide rate structure<00:24:27.600>
without - Is this going to bring a competitive rate in place?
- >
actually <00:29:52.399>be reimbursement rate will actually be reimbursement rate will - How long has have a competitive rate.
- <00:31:01.279>
in would this bring a competitive rate in would this bring a competitive rate
Keywords:
HB424, Montgomery County, sheriff, county sheriff, salary increase, expense allowance, local act, county general fund, retirement contributions, public official compensation, law enforcement pay, elected official salary, Montgomery County legislation, sheriff compensation, term-based salary, immigration, law enforcement, fingerprints, DNA collection, illegal aliens
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, previously that was a forecasted rate that was calculated annually.
- Uh, previously that was a forecasted rate that was calculated annually.
- Uh, previously that was a forecasted rate that was calculated annually.
- >
was <00:15:55.199>calculated forecasted rate that was calculated forecasted rate that - The first is a rate increase from 10% to 15%.
Bills:
HF9
Keywords:
energy policy, renewable energy standard, carbon-free standard, solar standard, hydroelectric, hydropower, electric utility, Public Utilities Commission, PUC, renewable portfolio standard, carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, greenhouse gas emissions, climate policy, nuclear power plant, certificate of need, fossil fuel plant demolition, utility compliance delay, beneficial electrification, sales tax exemption
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- policy to charge resident tuition rates policy to charge resident tuition rates for<00:42:37.040
- There are situations where the program is paying for higher non-resident rates.
- There are situations where the program is paying for higher non-resident rates.
- rate or the<00:48:58.319>
negotiated <00:48:58.880>rate <00:48:59.280>depending - But um they negotiated rates there.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Fine here is: is the 2.3% interest rate...
- I get that, but if someone gets a rate of, like... ...5% at the market at that time, the rates were that
- high, and so the rate was set at 5%.
- Is the interest rate design?
- rate.
Summary:
The Assembly Education Committee heard AB 84, a charter school accountability measure focused on non-classroom-based charter schools and fraud prevention. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to respond to the A3 charter fraud case and related scandals by strengthening audits, transparency, authorizer oversight, and funding determination rules, while ensuring public education dollars are used for public education. Supporters included FCMAT, CSEA, CTA, and CSBA, who argued the bill would improve oversight and protect taxpayers. Opponents, including the California Charter Schools Association, Green Dot, many charter parents, educators, and charter operators, said the bill was too broad, would impose major new costs and bureaucracy on all charter schools, and could reduce options for families, especially those using flexible, homeschool, or special-needs charter programs. After extensive testimony and committee discussion, the bill passed on a 5-1 vote and was sent to Appropriations, with the item left open for additional votes.
The committee then approved a consent calendar of 11 education bills, including AB 542, AB 563, AB 731, AB 753, AB 784, AB 964, AB 988, AB 1034, AB 1233, AB 1255, and AB 1381, all moving to Appropriations. The consent calendar passed unanimously.
Later, the committee heard AB 1454, a literacy and reading instruction bill authored by Assembly Members Rubio and Revis. The bill would require the state to create professional development resources for evidence-based literacy instruction, update English language arts and English language development instructional materials, and revise administrator preparation standards to include literacy training. The authors and a broad coalition of supporters, including CTA, EdVoice, Families in Schools, Decoding Dyslexia, school administrators, and parent advocates, described the measure as a compromise aimed at improving reading outcomes and addressing California’s literacy crisis. There was no opposition testimony at the hearing, and members voiced strong support for the bill and its collaborative approach.
MS
Transcript Highlights:
- This is also about 52% of the current Medicare rate.
- These rates have virtually been the same since 2020. a 90% response rate and one in five a 90% response
- <00:27:39.279>
23,221 reimbursement rates for VNS? 23,221 reimbursement rates for VNS? - uh 52% of the current Medicare rate. uh 52% of the current Medicare rate.
- I think Jennifer made the point of rate.
Summary:
The committee heard presentations on several Medicaid-related topics. First, a pharmacy representative discussed nonopioid pain medications as a way to reduce opioid dependence and overdose risk, emphasizing that options such as acetaminophen, NSAIDs, and topical diclofenac can be useful for pain management. She cautioned that nonopioids can still have risks and said any policy should avoid requiring patients to step through opioids before accessing safer alternatives, while still allowing reasonable step therapy among nonopioid options. The presenter said the goal is to keep patients from being pushed toward opioids by cost or insurance design.
The committee also heard emotional testimony from parents of a child with Prader-Willi syndrome, who described the condition as a rare genetic disorder that causes severe, lifelong hyperphagia and requires rigid supervision and ongoing treatment. They argued that alternative funding programs can disrupt access to medically necessary drugs such as human growth hormone, forcing families into costly and uncertain coverage gaps. They asked lawmakers to ensure insurance coverage remains stable for rare disease patients and thanked Senator Blackwell for prior support of rare disease legislation.
Next, a Livanova representative urged the committee to support higher Medicaid reimbursement for vagus nerve stimulator surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy. He said inadequate hospital reimbursement has reduced access in Mississippi, causing patients to travel long distances or go without treatment, and argued that better reimbursement would improve outcomes and save money over time. He cited studies showing seizure reductions, lower ER use, and a projected $2.8 million in five-year savings for Medicaid based on 40 patients, and asked that hospitals be reimbursed at 100% of Medicare rates for the procedure codes.
Finally, a Medicaid official gave a broad overview of hospital payment structure, including fee-for-service, managed care, MHAP, DSH, UPL, provider taxes, and related funding mechanisms. She explained that hospital payments are interrelated and have shifted over time, with major changes tied to managed care, MHAP/UPL increases, and provider taxes. At the end of the discussion, the committee was running short on time and asked her to skip ahead to the provider tax component; no votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Is that your four-year rate or your six-year rate? Six-year. Okay, that's your six-year, right?
- What's your four-year rate? Our four-year rate is 26%. Okay, thank you. Twenty-six percent.
- Your six-year rate is slightly above that for HBCUs.
- graduation rate. ...which is 41% today, to 65% by 2035.
- Now, our six-year graduation rate... Now our four-year graduation... rate has surpassed that.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
for units of government's credit rating for units of government's credit rating for um<00:49:- Bond houses and rating agencies came up with these first two guidelines.
- exceed it would the credit rating exceed it would the credit rating agencies<00:59:39.440>
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downgrading they got a credit rating downgrading they got a credit rating downgrading - > agencies<00:59:57.680>
but from the major rating agencies but from the major rating agencies
Summary:
The Capital Investment Committee met on January 16 for an informational overview on state bonding and capital investment. House Research analyst Chelsea Griffin and House Fiscal analyst Andrew Lee explained the nonpartisan roles of their offices and then walked members through the basics of Minnesota bonding: how bonds are issued and repaid, how they are categorized, and the main legal authorities governing state general obligation bonds, including the state constitution, Minnesota statutes, and federal tax law. Griffin emphasized that state GO bond proceeds must be used for a public purpose, for a purpose authorized in the constitution, as specifically described in law, and must mature within 20 years. She also noted that state GO bonding is typically originated in the House and that capital projects financed with state GO bonds generally require a three-fifths vote in each chamber.
The presentation also covered practical limits and requirements on bonding projects, including the distinction between state and local GO bonding, the role of bond counsel, restrictions on bond-financed property, the prohibition on reimbursing already-paid costs, and the full funding and non-state match requirements. In response to member questions, Griffin clarified that the full funding requirement in section 16A.502 means a project must be fully funded before the appropriation is available, while section 16A.86 reflects an expectation that local governments provide about half the financing for local projects, though the legislature can choose to fund more than half or waive a local match. She also said she did not believe a bill to make the 50 percent match requirement statutory passed last session.
Lee then began a spreadsheet-based overview of the 2023 capital budget laws, explaining how capital investment spreadsheets are organized and how different fund types appear in the documents. He highlighted examples such as University of Minnesota projects funded with GO bonds and Minnesota State projects using user financing, where the system contributes a share of project costs from non-state sources such as tuition or system revenues. The committee did not take any votes or formal actions during this informational meeting.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- down for us, bring your interest rate down to 2%, which is really, really low.
- down for us, bring your interest rate down to 2%, which is really, really low.
- down for us, bring your interest rate down to 2%, which is really, really low.
- projects with this High interest rate projects with this High interest rate environment<00:22:56.559
- <00:31:38.159>
come we hope that as um interest rates come we hope that as um interest rates
Summary:
The House Committee on Housing held a public hearing on a series of housing bills. HB 1432 and HB 1428 drew support from HHFDC, and HB 1428 also received testimony from Hawaiian Community Assets, which said housing counseling funding is needed to meet demand for financial education tied to affordable housing, and that such counseling can help reduce evictions, prevent foreclosure, and stabilize households. HB 833 on community land trusts received broad support from HHFDC, county housing officials, community land trust representatives, and a local developer; testimony emphasized keeping housing affordable in perpetuity, but also asked for clearer access to financing, longer repayment terms, and inclusion of additional land trusts in the bill. Peter Savio argued that community land trusts are the best way to control demand and keep housing tied to local incomes.
The committee also heard HB 19 on the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund, which HHFDC said should be made permanent because the pilot has been successful, with 81 units in the program and $7.4 million of the $10 million allocation already committed. HHFDC said the fund helps stalled for-sale projects by providing state equity that revolved back when homes are sold. HB 529 and HB 432 were also heard; HB 432 would create a subaccount in the rental housing revolving fund for projects above 60% AMI, and HHFDC said this would help finance housing for households at 65% and 80% AMI. The bill drew support from several housing, business, and industry groups.
Several other housing measures were discussed with mixed testimony. HB 419 had HHFDC support, Limby Hawaiʻi opposition, and support from the Grassroot Institute and others; members asked about whether councils approve these projects in one or multiple readings. HB 527 and HB 416 also drew a mix of support and opposition, with questions focused on county approval timelines and whether state-financed projects would still go through normal local review. HB 417 on the rental housing revolving fund prompted questions about how it differs from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund and whether it should be more flexible for mixed rental and for-sale projects. HB 418’s proposed working group was noted as potentially unnecessary because HHFDC said a public working group was already being formed. HB 1411 on housing preference raised questions about what happens if a recipient changes jobs, and HB 374 drew an Attorney General’s Office recommendation to remove a duration requirement to avoid possible constitutional travel issues. HB 373 and HB 1492 were also heard, with strong testimony from Peter Savio in favor of a broader trust-based model for affordable housing. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Mobile County Legislation Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Mobile County Legislation
Transcript Highlights:
- rate.
- rate, which is 63%.
- We would like to see that be above, just like our unemployment rate is. Now, why is that happening?
- I've been using 2021 for a while, and so now we have new rates which show that more are enrolling in
- “What’s the labor participation rate go up, which is not what we want.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/18/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And during the growth rate since 1990.
- During COVID-19, Minnesota experienced... a decline in that rate uh and then it a decline in that rate
- it in the future because birth rates it in the future because birth rates continue<00:43:58.960>
- So our growing but at a lesser rate.
- Now we're back to 2016 rates.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- <04:09:15.560>
was contact rate was contact rate was minuscule<04:09:17.640>which < - The national refusal rate is 24%.
- The national refusal rate is 24%.
- The national refusal rate is 24%.
- madam um our uniquely High refusal rate madam um our uniquely High refusal rate is<04:15:41.399>
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Audit Committee Jun 29th, 2026
Joint Legislative Audit
Transcript Highlights:
- saw that in certain regions like the Central Valley and the Inland Empire exhibited lower transfer rates
- of student transfer, Member Alvarez requested an audit examining how the state can increase the rate
- Transfer students are admitted to UC at extremely high rates.
- Their four-year graduation rate is slightly higher than the six-year graduation rate for students who
- The data, including the transfer rate findings in the audit, also showed this troubling reality.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- We are done surviving on an outdated subsidy rate system.
- Everything has gone up except for our rates.
- Everything has gone up except for our rates.
- Our child poverty rate is now the fourth highest in the nation. That is not a coincidence.
- They have reduced high school graduation rates and decreased college attendance rates compared to their
Summary:
The Senate Human Services Committee heard a long agenda of child welfare, food assistance, child care, and social services bills. Early actions included AB 308 on regional center safety training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, AB 1049 to remove sponsor deeming from the California Food Assistance Program, AB 1201 to narrow a violent-felony bypass for family reunification services, AB 2379 to require know-your-rights training for family child care providers, AB 2429 to ease requirements in early childhood mental health consultation, AB 1755 to repeal CalWORKs’ 100-hour work penalty, AB 2478 to create a kinship family approval pathway, and AB 1969 and AB 1996 to expand coordinated cradle-to-career and child-poverty reduction efforts. The committee also began discussion of AB 1932, which would continue and strengthen community-based crisis response services.
Testimony was largely in support across the hearing. Advocates, county representatives, child care providers, legal aid groups, food banks, disability organizations, and anti-poverty coalitions argued that the bills would reduce administrative barriers, improve access to benefits and services, and better protect children and families. Several authors and witnesses emphasized real-world harms from current rules, including fear of immigration enforcement, wrongful benefit denials, delayed kinship placements, and the burden of outdated eligibility requirements. On AB 1201, county welfare officials and child welfare advocates said the bill would preserve judicial discretion while allowing more parents a fair chance at reunification; on AB 2478, they said a kin-specific approval path would help place children with relatives more quickly; and on the child care bills, providers said current reimbursement and compliance systems are unsustainable.
There was some committee concern about accountability and safety, especially on AB 1049 and AB 1201. One senator questioned whether removing sponsor deeming could weaken program integrity, and another raised concerns about whether narrowing the reunification bypass could expose children to unsafe environments or criminal activity. Authors and supporters responded that the bills still leave eligibility screening, judicial review, supervision, and service plans in place, and that the changes mainly remove automatic barriers or overly broad rules. Votes taken during the hearing were generally favorable: AB 308 passed 3-0 and was held on call; AB 1049 passed 2-1 and was held on call; AB 1201 passed and was held on call; AB 2379 passed 3-0 and was held on call; AB 2429 passed and was held on call; AB 1755 passed and was held on call; AB 2478 passed and was held on call; and AB 1969 and AB 1996 both passed and were held on call. The committee also noted that some bills were on the consent calendar and approved those items 3-0 while holding them open.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The error rate will be on the next, starting in 28 or 29. >> Department will fix that.
- is higher than is that our error rate is higher than the<00:42:05.320>
baseline the baseline - >> Actually, Senator, the error rate >> Actually, Senator, the error rate doesn't<00
- The error rate will be on part.
- We're seeing incredibly high electricity rates here in the state as it is.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So we have made improvements and we continue to improve our retention rate and our hiring rate every
- And the next two slides deal with the revocation rates and recidivism rates.
- And just briefly talking about the recidivism rates since 2005, the recidivism rates have come down substantially
- So we're, we're pleased with the recidivism rate and revocation rate, the trend of that, and I'll turn
- Is it tied to success rates?