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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Capital Project Overview Committee (09/29/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And then third-party liability is another component of this capital project, and that is for ensuring
- And then third-party liability is another component of this capital project, and that is for ensuring
- That's what the third-party liability system is for.
- /c> third-party liability is another third-party liability is another component<00:13:01.760>
of <00:13:25.120>efforts <00:13:25.519>are liability system is for. efforts are liability
Summary:
The committee approved the minutes from its June 30 meeting and then considered Capital Project 2515, a request from the Pease Development Authority Division of Ports and Harbors to spend up to $125,000 from the Harbor Dredging and Pier Maintenance Fund to replace a deteriorated 99-foot floating dock at Rye Harbor. Acting Director Richard Hartley said the dock is used for passenger loading and unloading for charters and whale-watching tours and is in poor condition. Representative Edgar moved approval, Representative Wiler seconded, and the motion carried.
The committee then received several informational items, including quarterly and maintenance reports from the Department of Administrative Services, the Community College System of New Hampshire, and the Pease Development Authority. It also heard a presentation from the Department of Health and Human Services on Capital Project 2516, the Beneficiary Service Improvement project supporting closed-loop referrals and related systems. DHHS described the project as a mix of Medicaid enterprise functions and New Hampshire Care Connections tools, including provider modules, third-party liability, event notifications, and closed-loop referrals to connect health and human service providers. Officials said the project is largely federally funded, with capital funds representing only part of the overall effort.
Members asked about the accounting breakdown, prior committee review, provider participation, patient experience, and public response. Representative Burr questioned whether the project had been fully presented previously and raised concerns about the scope and necessity of the $8 million effort; DHHS responded that earlier work was discussed in other committees and that the current presentation covered only capital funds. Senator Waters asked about user response and patient experience, and DHHS said feedback has been generally positive but the system is still in design and implementation. In response to questions about participation, DHHS said 84 providers are currently on the network and clarified that a “provider” generally means an individual organization or health system, not each individual clinician. The committee also set its next meeting for December 9 at 9:00 a.m. at Granite Place, Room 228, and then adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 4th, 2026 at 08:32 am
House Taxation & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- All these people in New Mexico, but won't make any money and have a tax liability to apply the credits
- Well, I hope a lot of people have tax liabilities, Mr. Chair. Otherwise, we have a weak tax system.
- Chair and Representative Chandler, if it's a PIT credit, it could be someone who has a PIT liability.
- If a data center had revenue and added tax liability, they could certainly acquire that credit.
- You can have a taxpayer now who doesn't Have tax liabilities, so they have a credit sitting on their
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 16th, 2026 at 09:09 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- If we have a liability, it's going to be more than 2 million.
- And I think the liabilities aspect is where we're concerned. Thank you. And I think Ms.
- So these are GSD rates that are being charged at a higher rate for liability.
- Does that change potentially the liabilities, Mr. Chair, members of the committee?
- I think liability is an issue. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, presenters.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Liability if I’m hurt or damaged while I’m on your side. You did include that this year.
- Okay, so I asked him a question about liability, and he said that it's in the bill.
- But I think we're talking about two different types of liability here.
- The bill talks about liability for damages caused, you know, to crops and that sort of thing.
- That's the kind of liability I'm talking about that I would like to see covered in here.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, the current statute has requirements relating to liability insurance for the association.
- requirements relating to liability requirements relating to liability insurance<00:49:03.839>
- don't cause the association to have an adverse liability history on their insurance.
- Um, I would just like to clarify on the primary liability insurance.
- insurer not the be the primary liability insurer not the association.
Keywords:
firearm restrictions, domestic violence, public safety, court orders, criminal convictions, identity theft, subpoena authority, fraud, statute of limitations, financial crime, victim notification, expungement, criminal justice, plea agreements, minor victims, identification protection, stalking, crime data, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, law enforcement grants
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, we will turn to tab 15 and take up Senate Bill 1284 on civil liability for the wrongful death
- We don’t know if that child is going to... and on top of it, this potential for civil liability.
- Three, adoption and liability notice.
- That's Senate Bill 724 related to property owner liability.
- The bill imposes strict liability even for healthy trees. We're talking about healthy trees here.
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee heard Senate Bill 1272 on guardianship, which would limit a guardian’s ability to isolate an adult ward from family and require notice of major events such as a ward’s death or relocation to a more restrictive setting. Senator Jones and supportive speakers said the bill was intended to protect wards from abuse and isolation by bad actors, while still preserving good-faith guardianship. With no opposition testimony or debate, the committee voted 8-0 to report the bill favorably.
The committee then considered CS for Senate Bill 1284, which would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow civil claims for the death of an unborn child. An amendment was adopted to define “unborn child” as a member of the species Homo sapiens carried in the womb and to state that the act does not authorize claims against the mother or against health care providers acting within the lawful standard of care. The bill drew extensive debate and testimony. Supporters argued it would give parents parity and fuller damages, including economic losses and mental anguish, when negligence causes the death of an unborn child. Opponents, including the ACLU, medical professionals, and reproductive rights advocates, warned it could be used to target abortion care, increase malpractice exposure, worsen physician shortages, and create speculative damages. The committee approved the bill 6-4.
Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 1288 on parental rights, with a strike-all amendment that would strengthen parental control over minors’ medical decisions, surveys, and biofeedback devices, while adding exceptions for emergencies, court orders, certain legal statuses, and situations involving abuse or out-of-home placement. Supporters said the measure restores parents as primary decision-makers and protects children from inappropriate questioning or treatment without consent. Opponents argued it could block minors from confidential care for STIs, mental health, or abuse-related issues, and could chill school and medical screenings. The transcript ends during testimony and debate on this bill, before any final vote is shown.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Finance (Part II) Jan 29th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- That's due to one-time funding last session, which was provided to eliminate the unfunded liability of
- It's designed to reduce the risk of the unfunded liability creeping up again.
- Really what I should have put there is the unfunded actuarially accrued liability.
- So what's really what I should have put there is the unfunded actuarially accrued liability.
- The agency is requesting $7.2 million over the biennium to help with your unfunded liability.
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard budget presentations for the Texas Historical Commission, the Pension Review Board, the Employees Retirement System (ERS), Social Security and benefit replacement pay, the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System (TESSRS), and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The Legislative Budget Board outlined recommendations and major changes for each agency, including reductions tied to one-time projects at the Historical Commission, continued funding for courthouse grants, heritage trails, and Holocaust/genocide education, as well as new or modified riders and capital items. For the pension-related items, LBB described funding changes for PRB, ERS, Social Security, and TESSRS, including ERS health plan cost growth driven largely by pharmacy costs, the status of pension funding reforms, and TESSRS’s request for additional state support to address its unfunded liability and staffing needs.
Members asked extensive questions about the Historical Commission’s one-time funding, unexpended balance authority, courthouse preservation, the Presidio La Bahia and National Museum of the Pacific War projects, and coordination of Texas history messaging across sites such as the Alamo, San Jacinto, Washington on the Brazos, and other heritage locations. The Historical Commission chair emphasized heritage tourism, economic development, and the need for continued investment in historic sites, staffing, IT modernization, and vehicles. On the pension items, senators discussed PRB oversight of local systems, including the Dallas police and fire pension situation, and ERS investment returns, benchmark comparisons, and rising health costs. ERS officials said the plan remains well funded overall, noted a 2021 cash balance reform and a planned supplemental legacy payment, and explained that GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro are a major driver of pharmacy spending; they also said the agency is working with the Texas Pharmacy Initiative and that rebates are contractually returned to ERS.
For TESSRS, LBB and agency staff said the system serves volunteer and part-paid emergency personnel, is facing an infinite amortization period, and is requesting additional appropriations, staffing, and IT funding, along with a statutory change to allow an actuarially determined state contribution. The agency said it may otherwise need to cut benefits for volunteer firefighters. For CPRIT, LBB reported about $600 million in recommended funding for the biennium and a 10-FTE increase, while the agency described its $6 billion voter-approved program, $3.75 billion in grants awarded to date, and $10.4 million in revenue sharing since 2011. CPRIT’s only exceptional item was a request for a 10% salary increase for two exempt positions. No committee votes or formal actions were taken in the transcript.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- amount, but it has the cost to both the state of the possibility of creating an unfunded accrued liability
- And it got rid of a big chunk of our unfunded accrued liability out there when he did it.
- So the long-term impact that is more likely to create a large unfunded accrued liability is a change.
- So the long-term impact that is more likely to create a large unfunded accrued liability is a change.
- That is more likely to create a large unfunded accrued liability is a change in participant behavior.
Keywords:
HB 17, District Attorneys' Retirement System, retirement system, reemployed retiree, reemployment, supplemental retirement benefit, service credit, benefit suspension, public retirement, district attorney, assistant district attorney, Louisiana District Attorneys' Association, employer reporting, annual report, retirement benefits, state employees, local funds, state funds, Municipal Employees' Retirement System, part-time retirees
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy Jul 15th, 2025
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- COLA was largely based on trying to figure out a way of stepping in the closure of the unfunded liability
- , and of course the bill that will be passed basically froze contributions on the unfunded... ...liability
- It seems like when we raised the contribution rates on the unfunded liability too, we basically weren't
- making any contributions on the unfunded liabilities.
- And the fact is the bill basically stopped funding that unfunded liability. Correct.
Summary:
The Select Committee on Pension Policy Executive Committee approved the June minutes and received a brief update from Assistant Attorney General Jesse Yoder, who had no litigation updates but offered to answer questions. Actuary Michael Harbour then previewed the September full committee meeting, which will include a report on the financial condition of the DRS-administered pension plans and the state actuary’s recommended economic assumptions. He also cautioned that any actuarial pricing done over the summer could change if assumptions are updated, and suggested taking votes on potential legislation later in the interim, possibly in November or December.
A discussion followed about the Left 1 benefit improvement and where the funding came from. Harbour said the benefit tied to SSB 5791 (2022) was paid from the Left 1 trust fund, while a separate Left 2 benefit improvement was in SHB 1701, and he agreed to double-check the issue with DRS after members raised conflicting information. Members then discussed the broader Left 1 study, including whether IRS approval is a key barrier and whether options are limited to merger or closure. Several members asked to hear from Ice Miller, which has been advising on the tax issues, and staff said the committee should receive a written response in the next couple of weeks and could have Ice Miller appear in October.
The committee reviewed and adjusted its interim work plan. September will include the actuarial presentations, a more detailed Left 1 study update, and a presentation on PERS and TERS Plan 1 COLAs, including a recap of the bill recommended this year and initial considerations for an ad hoc COLA. October is expected to include DRS administrative and performance updates, with November reserved for the State Investment Board update and a final Left 1 study update, and December may include an educational presentation on excess compensation. Members also requested a future briefing on the month-of-death benefit discussion. The September agenda was adopted, correspondence materials were noted, and the meeting adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- much are we actually using the rainy day fund to invest in infrastructure, to pay for long-term liabilities
- one of those that they look at, but they do want to see the state making progress on long-term liabilities
- Ongoing liabilities versus one-time expenditures to where I say, oh my gosh, you know, we're falling
- At the same time, we have these long-term liabilities that.
- So I view these things as long-term liabilities.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 16th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, faith-based providers accept responsibility and liability and should conduct background checks.
- One is: Who is going to bear liability? And... ...that: Who is going to bear liability?
- Who is going to bear liability for the kid that drives himself to an offsite program?
- So, all I'm saying is that it has to be framed in such a way that you deal with the liability aspect
- You know, the sponsor and entities assume all liabilities in this case, but hey, if you want to tighten
Keywords:
SB278, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama Released Time Credit Act, church-state separation, First Amendment, school choice, parental consent, elective course, off-campus instruction, private religious entity, State Board of Education, local board of education, attendance credit, core curriculum, religious education, Bible class
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- That's the majority of our tax liability is based on that.
- I believe that data is available because, you know, the 5.5% corporate tax rate applies to liability
- sir, I believe that data is available because, you know, the 5.5% corporate tax rate applies to liability
- And so it's only for those people that have liability beyond that, that you apply.
- And so it's only for those people that have liability beyond that, that you apply the rate to.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Finance and Tax convened with a quorum present, heard an introductory presentation of committee staff, and then received a staff briefing from Azar Khan on Florida’s state tax structure and revenue outlook. The presentation covered fiscal year 2023-2024 revenues, noting more than $127 billion in total state revenue, with general revenue exceeding $48 billion and sales and use tax making up the largest share. It also compared Florida’s tax burden to other states, highlighted Florida’s low per-capita revenue ranking and strong business formation numbers, and reviewed major and minor revenue sources, tax rates, and the revenue estimating conference process.
Members asked about what drives revenue growth, including population, tourism, construction, and auto sales, and about Florida’s regressivity, corporate income tax participation, and investment earnings on state balances. Khan said the state’s revenue picture remains positive and stable, but that future growth is slower than during the COVID-era spike; he also explained that some negative forecast changes were tied to legislative actions such as the insurance premium tax credit, while others reflected lower tobacco consumption and severance activity. He noted that revenue and spending forecasts are separate and that budget-side growth is driving concerns raised in other state economic projections.
The committee also discussed possible tax package ideas for the upcoming session, including tax holidays and homeowner relief, but no specific proposals were acted on. The chair announced the committee would not meet the following week and that the next meeting would be in week three of February. The meeting concluded with no objections to a motion to adjourn.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And so there's all kinds of liability issues around that.
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are that are concerned about liability are that are concerned about liability - It would also significant liability.
- I made a comment about liability and opening that up.
- Could you liability and opening that up.
Keywords:
invasive species, agriculture, biosecurity, lease provisions, environment, natural resources, flood management, vegetation removal, Kainahola stream, Hawaii legislation, trees, exceptional trees, significant trees, urban forestry, arborist advisory committee, DLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, University of Hawaii, county planning, tree preservation
Summary:
The committee heard several measures related to agriculture, invasive species control, trees, reef protection, and land use. SP 2489 would require Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity leases to include access, invasive-species control, and termination provisions; DAB and DLNR supported it, as did several outside groups, while the Hawaii Farm Bureau and Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council raised concerns about notice, cooperation with lessees, and placing penalties on leaseholders for preexisting infestations. The chair noted six testifiers in support, one opposed, and three with comments.
SP 2310 would appropriate funds to remove overgrown vegetation from the Kohola stream. DAB supported the bill but explained that the work already completed by its contractor stopped at a DOT boundary, and that the affected parcel appears to be a DOT highway segment on ceded lands; the committee discussed whether the appropriation should instead go to DOT. SP 2372, on exceptional and significant trees, received support from DNR and Outdoor Circle, with testimony describing trees as critical infrastructure and suggesting technical amendments to committee membership and the process for recommending trees to county councils. SP 2426, which would authorize DNR to contract with private parties to maintain sunscreen dispensers at state beaches and promote mineral-based sunscreen as reef-protective, drew support from DNR and reef advocates, while another witness questioned the science behind claims about mineral versus chemical sunscreens and urged broader environmental solutions.
SP 2334 would impose a land conversion fee on agricultural land converted to other uses, create a fee fund for programs including healthy soils, and require state agricultural lands to use a conservation metric. DAB offered comments, and testimony from climate and farm groups generally supported the conservation goals but questioned references to programs not yet in place and objected to language excluding solar and wind uses, with one witness urging that agri-voltaics remain allowed. SP 2925, concerning coconut trees, would recognize them as food, water, and cultural resources, require signage for landscape palms, set labeling standards, and create a tax credit for naturally managed consumable coconut trees. DAB shifted from opposition to comments, DNR supported, and testimony from cultural and subsistence advocates strongly backed the bill as a response to coconut rhinoceros beetle impacts; committee questions focused on enforcement of signage, inspection resources, and the proposed tax credit.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, if you have no tax liability, maybe a small business owner, I think, well, I don't have to
- Because obviously some business owners have tremendous income swings in liability and non-liability,
- And liability and non-liability, and I think it's fortunate that all of the year those returns are filed
- Certainly, folks can request a waiver of penalty, and most... and liability and non-liability and I think
- I mean, I don't think there's that many businesses that have zero tax liability that also pay a fine
Keywords:
tax penalties, filing, tax returns, administration, Arizona Revised Statutes, agricultural property, classification, county assessor, property inspection, appeal process, property tax, agricultural classification, Department of Revenue, property valuation, inspection notice, inspection report, on-site inspection, full cash value, rural land, farm land
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 02/18/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- It also requires that a third-party liquor delivery license obtain liability insurance. Mr.
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- They have to have the same kind of liability insurance that the owner of a bar has, and what it—uh—drram
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insurance degree of uh liquor liability insurance degree of uh liquor liability
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 10/30/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Children in WIC families are more likely to receive immunizations and preventative care.
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and more likely to receive immunizations and more likely to receive immunizations - are more likely to experience poor nutrition and growth delays, increased risk of anemia, lower immunization
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's what powers kids to grow taller, get stronger, develop their brains, and have a stronger immune
- It's what powers kids to grow taller, get stronger, develop their brains, and have a stronger immune
- and have stronger, develop their brains, and have a<00:46:25.119>
stronger <00:46:25.440>immune - <00:46:26.720>
And <00:46:26.960>if <00:46:27.200>kids a stronger immune system - And if kids a stronger immune system.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This provision applies to vendors that have a sales tax liability between 20,000 and 250,000.
- This provision applies to vendors that have a sales tax liability between 20,000 and 250,000.
- This provision applies to vendors that have a sales tax liability between 20,000 and 250,000.
- vendors that have a sales tax liability vendors that have a sales tax liability between<00:32:34.519
- to offset their property tax liability to offset their property tax liability to<01:04:30.960>
Keywords:
local government debt, municipal bonds, county bonds, capital improvements, public financing, bond issuance, public hearing, notice period, bond guarantee, Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, volume cap, private activity bonds, housing finance, residential rental bonds, LIHTC, low-income housing tax credits, redevelopment, courthouse financing, jail financing, law enforcement center
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And it provides that with regard to a corporation or limited liability company, a New Mexico business
- Between limited liability and corporation, you may be making again, I would have to consult, but you
- That's a limited liability partnership versus a limited liability company or a corporation.
- Limited partners invest money in exchange for shares and have limited liability. Yes, Mr.
- Mechanism of liability for our PED, again, since Yazi Martinez has not been dealt with.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- It confirms that liability for infractions attaches to the vehicle owner, clarifying that liability for
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Summary:
The conference committees met several times on April 25, 2025, to resolve a number of bills, often delaying items until later in the day because of missing FIN/WAM releases or lack of quorum. Early in the day, SB 382 was discussed briefly but not advanced because finance would not release it. HB 1064, relating to the state fire marshal, was taken up and approved after conferees confirmed a $2,212,000 appropriation for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to fund eight positions in the Department of Law Enforcement. Members thanked the many agencies, staff, and advocates involved, and the bill passed by unanimous votes of those present.
Several other measures were rolled over to later conference-room meetings, including HB 423 on workers’ compensation, HB 214 on government, HB 1036, HB 1037, and HB 1039 on public employment cost items, SB 828 on workers’ compensation medical benefits, SB 717 on collective bargaining, and HB 286 on the individual housing account program, all pending FIN/WAM release or further agreement. A larger housing agenda was also postponed to 4:30 p.m. in Room 225, including bills on housing, transportation, transient accommodations development, rental housing revolving funds, dwelling unit revolving funds, and low-income housing credit.
At the later transportation and housing sessions, HB 1231 was adopted as a conference draft establishing a $5 county motor vehicle registration surcharge for the Safe Routes to School special fund and clarifying rules for automated enforcement citations and liability. HB 4209 on transit-oriented development also passed; it defined transit-oriented development, created a mixed-income subaccount in the rental housing revolving fund, and authorized HCDA to use the definition in planning. HB 1298 on housing passed with amendments to support a government employee housing program tied to a transit-oriented development site, including funding for planning and an HHFC position. HB 830 on historic preservation reviews also passed with amendments limiting third-party review to residential or mixed-use development and setting staggered effective dates. Later, SB 662 on transportation passed with amendments authorizing county police officers to enforce the statewide traffic code on public streets, roadways, and highways. Several other bills remained pending and were recessed for later consideration.