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• Some of their taxes went up by 80% because of a lawsuit. ...taxes in that school district, some of their
• taxes went up by 80% because of a lawsuit.
• It reduces your tax? Thank you for that question.
• It is on sales tax, but excise tax, they're still charging you the higher amount. Fugate.
• or excise tax.

Summary: The committee met for a very long session and considered a large number of bills, with the chair noting the meeting would run late and providing pizza and a recess. Early measures included HB 1752, authorizing the AG’s office and district attorneys’ counsel to buy vehicles with available funds, and HB 2961, a tuition waiver for Gold Star recipients; both advanced with strong support, though HB 2961 drew a question about its estimated annual cost of roughly $312,000 to $520,000. Members also approved HB 2967, exempting certain family vehicle transfers from motor vehicle excise tax, and HB 2973, requiring school districts to use a specific accounting code to show how state-appropriated dollars are spent. Several education and transparency bills also moved forward, including HB 3031 on common course numbering, HB 3057 centralizing statutorily required reports with LOFT, and HB 3052 codifying child welfare procedures related to fentanyl exposure cases. The committee then took up a series of public safety, health, and infrastructure measures. HB 3242, which would create a framework for student prayer during non-instructional time, generated extensive debate over whether it was a mandate, whether it could create fiscal and supervision burdens, and whether it raised local control and constitutional concerns; it passed 17-10. Other bills approved included HB 3066 creating a revolving fund tied to rural behavioral health workforce dollars, HB 3086 requiring the DOC director to brief the board annually on budget and inmate deaths, HB 3175 creating an Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, HB 3177 letting the Oklahoma Corporation Commission set salaries for its court reporters, HB 3178 establishing standard depreciation tables for farm equipment, HB 3429 creating an alternative funding mechanism for career tech capital projects, HB 3548 encouraging youth-run small businesses, HB 3638 directing Oklahoma to participate in the federal Summer EBT program, and HB 3704 expressing intent to opt into a federal tax credit for scholarship-granting organizations. Later, the committee approved HB 1590 creating an education infrastructure linked deposit program for charter and nonprofit schools, HB 3759 requiring temporary school allocations to be set before June 30, HB 3831 recognizing and funding Oklahoma Task Force One after federal support declines, HB 3904 unbundling Medicaid maternal health payments, and HB 4092 creating a protected 988 mental health trust fund and related oversight. After a brief recess, the committee continued with HB 1979 creating a task force to study a centralized early childhood office, HB 1983 requiring a middle school course on online scams and digital safety, HB 1242 expanding agricultural sales tax exemptions to deer and elk, HB 1250 creating a law enforcement public safety technology revolving fund, HB 2952 changing motor vehicle excise tax treatment for trade-ins, HB 3404 setting up a prescribed burn association fund, HB 3671 allowing experienced teachers to carry career teacher status to a new district with approval, HB 3920 extending a tax exemption to organ transplant nonprofits, HB 4118 creating a nonrefundable caregiver tax credit, HB 3944 cleaning up the State Finance Act, HB 3969 renaming a correctional facility after a former sheriff, HB 3973 creating a revolving fund tied to reopening Swojack, HB 3975 and HB 3976 creating mechanisms for oversight and potential funding of rural health initiatives, HB 3978 updating the Oklahoma World Jobs Act, HB 3983 serving as a placeholder for tobacco tax negotiations, and HB 3984 creating a mechanism to recruit productive new residents. Most bills passed on strong votes, while HB 1983 failed in committee 13-14 and was not reported out.

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• funds and fewer property taxes funding public education.
• some of those property taxes to the comptroller.
• caused the extra four billion dollars of tax relief.
• Total tax increases So house bill 3 has this automatic method of compressing tax rates.
• So as values go up, tax rates go down.

Committee: House Appropriations

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• And I do worry, too, about the tax shift.
• business tax receipts.
• The elimination of property taxes.
• The business tax is what it's already been said.
• get removed from property taxes and also business taxes, funding has to come from somewhere.

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• the middle of a property tax crisis.
• tax request for any year shall not exceed the property tax request authorized as determined under the
• The city or the county where the event happens, using property taxes? Using property taxes.
• Another top priority is to keep taxes, especially property taxes, as low as possible.
• and lowering property taxes.

Bills: LR509 , LR510 , LR511

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• So, my question tax bill.
• </c> tax bill. tax bill. Thank<00:46:10.319><c> you.
• </c> bills could it come with the tax bill. bills could it come with the tax bill.
• </c> your tax bill? your tax bill?
• </c> uh when the tax bills are coming out. uh when the tax bills are coming out.

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

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• </c> the tax you get to benefit from the tax the tax you get to benefit from the tax credit<00:48:45.760
• self-employment tax and Medicare taxes if you're self-employed.
• > if</c> self-employment tax in Medicare taxes if self-employment tax in Medicare taxes if you're<01:
• tax.
• tax.

Committee: House Children and Family Law

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• state sales and use tax.
• The bill changes tax administration that require taxing authorities that have not levied any millage
• This is not a new tax exemption.
• tax exempt, that we don't hand tax exemption certificates to contractors and have them go around town
• There's a tax on that. Then there's a tax when... There's a tax on that.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee considered a large agenda of bills and reported several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and a trust for Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, and CS/CS/SB 1266, which creates a cybersecurity experiential learning and clearance-readiness program through the Department of Commerce and Cyber Florida. The committee also approved SB 532 on clerks of court funding, allowing clerks to retain all excess Article V revenue rather than returning half to the state and clarifying foreclosure sale procedures. In addition, the committee passed CS/CS/SB 1602 and CS/CS/SB 1604 to create and fund a pilot housing program for veterans through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, and CS/SB 1110 to expand Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including testimony from affected families and advocates. The committee also adopted an amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/SB 1012 on inmate services, removing the bill’s medical-services compensation provisions while retaining changes to the inmate welfare trust fund and related facility uses. It also adopted a delete-all amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/CS/SB 1614, which was narrowed to remove a provision allowing local governments to use excess fees to construct new buildings. The committee spent substantial time on CS/SB 17, a Medicaid oversight and transparency bill. The sponsor said the measure would create a joint legislative Medicaid oversight committee, authorize the Legislature to retain its own actuary, modernize Medicaid statutes, strengthen managed-care performance standards, and increase accountability for pharmacy benefit managers and related entities. After amendment, the committee adopted changes removing several PBM-related provisions while retaining the broader oversight framework. Testimony from supporters emphasized transparency, fraud prevention, and cost control, while a PBM trade association asked to continue working on affiliate-manufacturer, network, and payment issues. The bill was reported favorably. The most extensive discussion centered on CS/SB 1758, which proposes major changes to Medicaid and SNAP. The sponsor described five reforms: stronger fraud and overpayment recovery authority, a Medicaid work requirement for certain able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral-health services through Medicaid waivers, pharmacy-program changes to obtain rebates and reduce institutional costs, and SNAP/EBT reforms including photo IDs and work requirements. The committee adopted two amendments: one adding a transitional “glide path” for people who gain employment but risk losing Medicaid, and another exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would reduce fraud, improve accountability, and encourage work, while opponents warned it would increase administrative burdens, push eligible people off coverage, and conflict with federal law or guidance. The bill remained under debate with extensive public testimony from advocates, providers, and affected families, and the transcript ends before final disposition on the measure.

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• there be an increase in tax or reduction in<01:09:34.239><c> tax</c> in tax in tax whereas<01:09:36.319
• book it's a tax So tax increase blue book it's a tax increase.
• taxes?
• it's a tax front without raising taxes?
• </c> change in tax code or it is a tax change in tax code or it is a tax increase. increase. increase

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• </c> one of the tax incentives or the tax one of the tax incentives or the tax credits<01:13:59.040><
• ><c> a</c> uh taxing capital gains tax results in a uh taxing capital gains tax results in a double<01
• Licensing tax, yeah, licensing tax.
• Licensing tax, yeah, licensing tax.
• tax and the tax share your wisdom about tax and the tax code<03:55:51.840><c> and</c><03:55:52.000><

Committee: House Finance

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• House Bill 613 does not mandate tax increases.
• </c> tax rate above the current 10-cent cap? tax rate above the current 10-cent cap?
• And it's actually very few situations under current law where you can actually recall a tax.
• And there's actually very few situations under current law where you can actually recall a tax.
• And it's actually very few situations under current law where you can actually recall a tax.

Committee: House Local Government

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• , corporate income taxes, and other taxes to be determined.
• So not just one, not just income tax.
• The ultimate goal is to get rid of that evil T-word: taxes, all taxes.
• between our philosophies and taxes.
• And property tax, I'm going to bring it up again, is probably one of the worst taxes we have.

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• for the 4% tax credit.
• And so our... ...resources through the tax credit program.
• And so the federal tax credits, those 9% tax credits, generally provide more than double the equity for
• Us the 4% tax credit program.
• So the trailer bill did not mention 9% tax credits.

Summary: The subcommittee heard an extensive presentation on the administration’s housing reorganization proposal, which would centralize multifamily affordable housing finance under the new Housing Development and Finance Committee (HDFC) and align it with the Governor’s trailer bill language. Administration officials said the plan is intended to create a one-stop application and award process, reduce duplicative timelines and costs, and pair state subsidy with private activity bonds and federal tax credits more efficiently. They also described proposed changes to the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, including shifting a larger share of funding toward housing-related awards while preserving a portion for sustainable communities investments. The Legislative Analyst’s Office generally supported the streamlining concept but recommended changes to the proposed bond set-aside timing and urged flexibility for integrated applications and future reporting on demand. Senators, especially Senator Cabaldon, raised concerns that the proposal could weaken the original climate-and-transportation purpose of the sustainable communities program and that the reorganization would be undercut by the lack of new housing production funding in the budget. The item was held open without a vote. The committee then received a report from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee on federal and state housing tax credits. Staff explained that the federal H.R. 1 change lowering the bond-financing threshold from 50% to 25% greatly expanded the number of projects able to use the 4% federal tax credit, allowing California to fund many more projects and units. They also described the state low-income housing tax credit as an important gap-filling tool for projects that still need additional subsidy, and noted existing set-asides for rural, homeless, at-risk, and extremely low-income projects. Members discussed rehabilitation as well as new construction, and the item was informational only. Finally, the Civil Rights Department reported on the effects of federal civil rights policy changes and on three programs facing expiration: California vs. Hate, the Community Conflict Resolution Unit, and Investigations and Conciliation Enhancement. Director Kevin Kish said federal cuts and policy shifts have reduced support for fair housing and other civil rights functions, while CRD’s caseload has grown from about 8,700 open matters a year ago to more than 12,000, with a six-month wait for interviews despite overtime triage efforts. Senators expressed strong support for continuing the programs and concern about the broader federal rollback of civil rights enforcement. The department said it is using overtime, intake triage, and outreach partnerships to manage the workload and direct Californians to appropriate state, local, and nonprofit resources.

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• for the 4% tax credit.
• Nor does the administration address the state tax credits.
• And so the federal tax credits, those 9% tax credits, generally provide more than double the equity for
• with 4% tax credits plus the state enhanced LIHTC.
• So the trailer bill did not mention 9% tax credits.

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• And some of these taxing jurisdictions are very, very small, especially with special taxing districts
• But with tax not, well, that one should never be with tax not.
• But with tax not, well, that one should never be with tax not.
• I do think Well, that one should never be with tax.
• , and somebody else across town, their taxes got cut in half.

Committee: House Special Committee on Property Tax Reform

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• the form of tax rebates or in tax rate reductions or even expansion of credits over that period.
• We talked, you know, about last year's tax bills, but over that same period, you've seen several tax
• bills, cutting taxes significantly, beginning in 2018, when the legislature confirmed with the Tax Cuts
• Tax Cuts and Jobs Act going forward.
• And then we've added tax rebates over that time and rate reductions significantly, plus property tax

Committee: Senate Commerce and Human Resources

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• for tax preferences.
• and so come off the tax rolls...
• If it’s transferred to a nonprofit that is tax exempt, then it basically would come off the tax rolls
• and there’d be no tax assessed.
• I’m just—would there be a property tax?

Summary: The Senate Housing Committee held public hearings on three bills. SB 6237 would require landlords to disclose flooding history and flood risk to new tenants, along with notices that renters’ insurance and flood insurance may be needed and that county or local government sources have hazard information. The sponsor said the bill was a simple disclosure modeled on other states’ laws after recent flooding in Washington. Testimony was generally supportive, with an environmental nonprofit urging a broader jurisdiction-based disclosure instead of only county government, and housing industry groups saying they were neutral or concerned about added lease disclosures and asking for clearer language about what flooding information must be disclosed. No vote was taken on the bill. The committee then heard SB 6214, which would authorize public corporations, housing authorities, and certain nonprofits to operate as land bank authorities for affordable housing, with requirements for affordability covenants, annual reports, priority access to tax-foreclosed properties, and tax exemptions for qualifying land bank property and transfers. Supporters from Spokane, counties, housing authorities, affordable housing groups, and developers said land banking would help lower land costs, speed development, and expand affordable housing production. One member of the public opposed the bill, arguing it could remove land from the market and affect rural land supply. Department of Revenue staff flagged a technical issue, saying the bill needs a clearer definition of a qualifying land bank authority so the exemption can be administered, and confirmed the proposal would shift property off the tax rolls. The committee also asked whether the bill would allow non-housing uses such as parks or green space; staff said the bill requires affordable housing use, though the other half of land bank activity is not specified. The committee also heard SB 6139, which would require landlords to keep accepting previously used payment methods and continue to accept partial rent payments during an unlawful detainer process, while making clear that partial payments do not reinstate a lease or stop an eviction unless the parties agree in writing. The sponsor said the bill was intended to address cases where tenants can make partial payments but landlords shut off payment portals and refuse them, forcing judges to issue case-by-case standstill orders. Tenant advocates opposed the bill, arguing it would encourage evictions, remove judicial discretion, and could trap tenants by inviting partial payments that do not protect their housing. Landlord and property management groups were concerned about requiring continued access to payment portals and about ambiguity over whether accepting partial payments would waive eviction rights, though they said the bill was a good starting point and suggested clearer receipts and statutory protections. The public hearing was closed without action on SB 6139. In executive session, the committee adopted a proposed substitute for SB 6091, which limits broker marketing restrictions without requiring open access to homes and removes a Washington Law Against Discrimination provision, then voted the bill do pass to Rules. The committee also voted to recommend confirmation of gubernatorial appointments 9278, Pedro Espinoza, and 9279, Diana H. Perez, to the Housing Finance Commission.

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• </c> income taxes income taxes from<01:24:12.600><c> people</c><01:24:12.880><c> who</c><01:24:13.040
• </c> That seven counties generate more tax That seven counties generate more tax and<01:29:05.000><c>
• </c><01:39:58.240><c> budget</c><01:39:58.560><c> and</c> our tax tax base and our budget and our tax
• Empty storefronts don't pay property<01:40:09.960><c> taxes.</c> property taxes. property taxes.
• </c> state loses tax revenue. state loses tax revenue.

Bills: HF4477

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: Minnesota business recovery loan program, small business loan, zero-interest loan, forgivable loan, business recovery, economic development, small business emergency loan account, Minnesota Initiative Foundations, nonprofit lenders, greater Minnesota, Twin Cities metro, seven-county metropolitan area, immigration enforcement, business interruption, revenue loss, job preservation, business stabilization, state appropriation, forward fund, loan forgiveness

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• The fund consists of three primary sources: the gas tax, the motor vehicle registration tax, the tabs
• things like rental taxes on vehicles, a portion of the lease tax on vehicles, and a small portion of
• the sales tax on auto parts.
• </c><00:10:46.839><c> and</c><00:10:46.959><c> then</c> tax local option sales taxes and then tax local
• You had said that the state tax was 20th in the nation, gas tax.

Bills: HF1167 , HF1242

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: Northern Lights Express, NLX, Minneapolis-Duluth rail, passenger rail, intercity passenger rail, high-speed rail, Duluth, Minneapolis, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Council, transportation funding, rail appropriation, general fund, trunk highway fund, rail project cancellation, infrastructure spending, commercial driver training, CDL, financial assistance

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• credit, the optional veterans tax credit, the all veterans tax credit, the surviving spouse tax credit
• <c> tax</c><01:17:49.280><c> credit,</c><01:17:49.520><c> the</c> spouse tax credit, tax credit, the
• tax credits and tax terms dealing with tax credits and tax exemptions<01:18:11.679><c> that</c><01:18
• all veterans tax credit.
• </c> your tax rate is your total veterans tax your tax rate is your total veterans tax credits<01:19:

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

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• Consider property taxes. They're defined in tax statute as a broad-based tax.
• We in tax statute as a broad-based tax.
• </c> passed an income tax or sales tax? passed an income tax or sales tax?
• . tax. tax.
• proposed</c> taxes, no broadbased taxes proposed taxes, no broadbased taxes proposed anywhere.<04:49