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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Mar 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Those companies are no longer paying taxes. None.
- taxes. and businesses who pay taxes to the state of California.
- To me, like every dollar we spend, not only does this tax incentive pay back the state and pay for itself
- But if you bring work back to California then you pay taxes, you pay to businesses and you make California
- for food, their ability to pay into the local economy.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- We have members who are paying over $1,000 a month for their premiums. Over $1,000.
- 20% and the district to pay 80% for their insurance benefits.
- Allowing our school teachers to pay 20% and the district to pay 80% for their insurance benefits.
- So, if I've got an MRI or an X-ray, I still have to pay about $300 more.
- So I'm still paying over $1,000 a month, and that's just for my insurance.
Keywords:
SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 056 Mar 11th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- for the property, instead of just paying straight up or paying for the housing to be made, then we're
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or instead of just paying straight up or instead of just paying straight up or paying<01:05: - year they have to pay property taxes. year they have to pay property taxes.
- I'm paying I'm paying the<01:19:55.000>
8,000 <01:19:55.760>homes <01:19:56.080> - And that's pay the property taxes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/18/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We understand that our covenant is to be able to pay those pension benefits.
- We understand that our covenant is to be able to pay those pension benefits.
- We understand that our covenant is to be able to pay those pension benefits.
- The cost to increase the multiplier for active members prospectively is about 0.95% of pay.
- The cost to increase the multiplier for active members prospectively is about 0.95% of pay.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ALC-CLAIMS REVIEW/LITIGATION REPORTS OVERSIGHT Mar 16th, 2026
ALC-CLAIMS REVIEW/LITIGATION REPORTS OVERSIGHT
Transcript Highlights:
- I didn't pay. I mean, there are an awful lot of cases that never get “Pay.
- In that case, I had an agreement with the defendant to pay the wages.
- There's a statute that says we don't have to pay filing fees.”
- Why doesn't Blue Oak pay these people or this company, Tetronics?
- And ATRS is the one that's going to be paying the $65,000? Yes, Senator.
Summary:
The committee first reviewed litigation reports from the Department of Labor and Licensing involving wage claims brought under the Arkansas Minimum Wage Act. Members questioned the department’s authority, jurisdiction, use of attorney fees and costs, and whether defendants had to be licensed. The department explained it has long enforced wage and overtime laws, that the claims were small-dollar cases handled by investigators and counsel, and that one case had been paid and dismissed while others were unresolved or had service issues. The committee voted to review or batch-file the labor cases after discussion.
The University of Arkansas System then reported three pending lawsuits: an age- and race-discrimination claim by a tenured professor that was resolved early; an ADA/FMLA retaliation claim by a former employee that survived in part on a motion to dismiss and was moving into discovery; and a Section 1983 claim against a UAMS sergeant arising from a parking-ticket dispute, with the university explaining that only punitive damages could create personal exposure for the officer. The committee reviewed each report and voted to accept them.
The Department of Finance and Administration presented a proposed tax settlement reducing a sales-and-use tax assessment from about $48,000 to $20,000 and waiving interest and penalties, which the committee approved for review. The Claims Commission then presented several claims: an unpaid salary differential for a Department of Health employee, reissued warrants, unpaid DHS bills, and multiple negotiated settlements involving ATRS, UAMS, Arkansas State Police, and ARDOT. Members approved or affirmed most of these items, including a $65,000 settlement in the Tetronics/ATRS matter, a $150,000 medical-negligence settlement, and several vehicle-accident settlements.
The most extended debate involved a tax-delinquent property sale claim by Sharon Greer and relatives. The claimant argued they were not properly notified and sought the $4,200 excess from the 2009 sale. Land Commissioner counsel explained the excess had escheated to the county after the statutory claim period expired, while members debated sovereign immunity, standing, heirs, and whether the committee could or should award money anyway. The committee ultimately chose to hold the matter over for further review in a future joint session rather than decide it immediately. The committee also heard appeals from dismissed claims, including a UAMS medical-negligence claim, a land-sale notice claim, a pothole claim against ARDOT, and a judicial-immunity claim against the Court of Appeals; most dismissals were affirmed, and the Simpson matter was held over for additional review after the claimant testified.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It pays severance taxes. Severance taxes goes into the treasury.
- They pay, uh, sales taxes, they pay, uh, ad lorem taxes, they pay.
- The industry pays, uh, to, to plug wells.
- And, uh, as Chairman Darby just said, our industry pays for it in the front, they pay for it in the back
- , they pay for it all the way around in the middle.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, February 11, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Subramanyam. pay attention to the words you speak and pay attention to the words you speak and to<02:
- high-end house pay job all why high-end house pay job all why Republicans<03:00:20.359>
cry <03 - How about no tax on overtime pay?
- And how do we pay for it in a way?
- And how do we pay for it in a way?
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Pay the fees. We don't pay the fees to buyboard; the vendors pay the fees to be part of buyboard.
- paying.
- have a reserve, or hopefully would have a reserve to pay claims.
- It's an asset of the fund that then goes to pay claims.
- because they're paying their fair share.
Bills:
SB 13, SB 27, SB 57, HB1325, HB1655, HB3312, HB5526, SB13, SB57, SB207, HB441, HB591, HB5019, SB27, SB843
Keywords:
lobbying, public funds, political subdivision, local government, county association, municipal lobbying, registered lobbyist, Texas Legislature, taxpayer lawsuit, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, government finance, county dues, state association of counties, sheriffs association, law enforcement officers, legislative advocacy, bill tracking, legislative alerts, Government Code Chapter 556
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- slot as you pay as you go, you know.
- slot as you pay as you go, you know.
- We have to pay for it. This committee's got to find the money to pay for it.
- Pay attention to the second page. Pay attention to the second page.
- So we have to pay for it twice. So we have to pay for it twice.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh so that is uh the the basic pay.
- Minnesota saw the fifth paying off.
- should pay should pay taxes.<00:33:14.799>
Everybody <00:33:15.279>should <00:33:15.519 - doesn't tell students they have to pay doesn't tell students they have to pay more<00:49:16.640>
- Chair, members, that's the plan. would pay a percentage of the increase would pay a percentage of the
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And again, we pay for that.
- <00:48:52.760>
for hour you worked is uh you're paying for hour you worked is uh you're paying - same thing when we're actually paying same thing when we're actually paying some<00:52:34.680>
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these some gang members or paying these some gang members or paying these individuals<00:52:- and have savings and can afford to pay and have savings and can afford to pay for<01:03:11.039><
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MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS House Floor - 4 March, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I pay that tax.
- And I pay in my town, am I a tourist? And I pay that<03:20:15.360>
tax. - people are paying taxes anyway?
- The hospitals in Mississippi pay<03:45:54.720>
a pay a pay a for<03:45:55.840>lack <03: - requires that all hospitals pay into it. requires that all hospitals pay into it.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then heard several guest introductions, including a minister for the day, visiting school groups, forestry and farm organizations, and members of the Divine Nine. Members also recognized the East Webster Wolverines football team, the East Webster non-tumbling cheer champions, and the Simpson Academy Lady Cougars softball team for state championships. The chamber then moved to the calendar after dispensing with the journal reading.
On the concurrence calendar, the House concurred in House Bill 1758 by a vote of 120-0 after members noted the Senate had made only grammatical changes. On the general calendar, the House passed Senate Bill 2126, with a strike-all amendment clarifying that sex-offender registry restrictions on name changes still allow changes for marriage or divorce with notice; the bill passed 118-0. The House also passed Senate Bill 2230, expanding authority for electronic hearings, notices, and certain electronic orders and warrants for justice, circuit, and county court judges on misdemeanors, by 116-0. Senate Bill 2631, creating a Mississippi Grain Indemnity Act to help grain producers recover losses if a buyer goes bankrupt, passed 121-0. Senate Bill 2637, giving the Northeast District livestock shows flexibility to move locations if facilities are inadequate, passed 121-0 after questions about the Verona site and possible improvements. Senate Bill 2648, allowing MSU Extension Service assistance with poultry litter plans and amended to include Alcorn State University in developing comprehensive nutrient management plans, passed 121-0. Senate Bill 2809, concerning ag theft officers’ firearm rights in the event of death or retirement, passed 116-2. Senate Bill 2638, removing a reverse repealer from a meat-labeling bill, passed 119-0.
The House also began consideration of Senate Bill 2399, which would authorize DPS security personnel at certain Mississippi Department of Agriculture facilities to respond to security alarms because those facilities were omitted from the Capitol complex security arrangement. The transcript ends during the explanation of that bill, before final action is shown.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (01/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Another reason to reopen and... pay for example like the meals and rooms pay for example like the meals
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on tax uh the taxes that we pay on tax uh the taxes that we pay on cigarettes - concerned uh but Maine also does pay concerned uh but Maine also does pay sales<00:28:46.799>
- I know how much I'm paying in tax.
- And have to pay and have to pay for so on.
Summary:
The public hearing focused on HB 290, which would raise cigarette and e-cigarette/vaping taxes and create a committee to study tobacco and nicotine tax policy. Representative Jerry Stringham introduced the bill as both a public health and revenue measure, arguing that nicotine use causes health harms and public costs, and that New Hampshire’s cigarette tax has been unchanged at $1.78 per pack since 2013. He said the bill would raise the cigarette tax by $1 per pack to $2.78, still below most New England states, and would also adjust vaping taxes, which he described as having been set as placeholder rates in 2019. He said the bill would also establish a study committee to review broader tobacco and nicotine taxation, including products such as premium cigars.
In response to questions, Stringham said the proposed cigarette tax would be roughly equal in real dollars to the 2008 rate after inflation, and he suggested that a smaller annual increase could be considered, though he believed a larger increase would have a stronger public health effect. He explained that the vaping tax structure differs between closed and open systems because one taxes a fixed hardware product while the other taxes reusable liquid, and he said the proposal would move the rates toward a more uniform approach. He also said New Hampshire would remain below neighboring states even after the increase, though members raised concerns about cross-border shopping, business impacts, and preserving the state’s competitive advantage.
Several members questioned whether the bill’s main purpose was revenue or reducing smoking and vaping. Stringham said he viewed it primarily as a public health bill, but also as a revenue measure, and said he would consider it successful even if consumption fell enough to reduce revenue. Other members emphasized personal freedom and argued the committee should focus on taxation rather than cessation, while some supported the bill as a way to capture revenue from out-of-state buyers and keep New Hampshire’s rates below surrounding states. The hearing consisted of testimony and questions only; no vote or final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/24/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
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without that cannot afford to pay without that cannot afford to pay without - pay for other people's houses.
- people pay for someone else's home. people pay for someone else's home.
- to pay for the house. to pay for the house.
- pay pay for<01:37:04.160>
this <01:37:04.360>special <01:37:04.840>category?
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- historically has been um used to pay historically has been um used to pay other<00:50:46.880>
- <01:27:28.560>
for co-pay for co-pay for services,<01:27:31.120>making <01:27:31.520>- Does the deputy or pay the state back?
- <01:49:46.480>
I home go in as a self-pay or insured?- I home go in as a self-pay or insured?
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- So it shows that we have a higher percentage of people in Oklahoma, workers, or child support paying
- seen to avoid that conflict between families trying to reduce overnight so that they don't have to pay
- There's been a couple that introduced that involved Also not paying any child support, so they would
- And that they are the only parent paying it.
- and not paying.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- The question we have is whether raising what carriers have to pay would cause premiums to increase for
- Like I said, I believe most of those others are paying similar levels, so I don't think it's going to
- a premium because the insurance company is essentially going to pay all of my bills.
- Just automatic refusals to pay and down codes that just happen sort of on you know, unilaterally.
- It's a sort of a reflex of refusal to pay for care already delivered and not even really being subject
Keywords:
licensure, criminal history, public safety, occupational certification, rehabilitation, state regulations, insurance, regulations, certification, long-term care, mergers, consumer protection, property safety, vision insurance, optometry, reimbursement, healthcare policy, ophthalmic materials, provider agreements, captive insurance
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Jun 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- WE HAVE A LIMIT OF 7 PERCENT BUT WE HAVE BEEN PAYING IT DOWN SO WELL WHEN WE HAVE SOME EXTRA REVENUES
- THIS SHOWS EVIDENCE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE HAVE BEEN PAYING DOWN THE AVAILABLE DEBT LEVEL.
- NOW AS PART OF THE BUDGETING PROCESS WE MAKE A CHOICE WILL WE PAY DOWN OR RETIRE SOME DEBT EARLY.
- WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING RIGHT NOW, LET'S SAY YOU COULD NOT PAY THE RENT.
- A COUPLE MONTHS GO BY AND YOU CAN'T PAY THE RENT AND YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 50 (3-19-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- One, pay rent for the space. Two, pay 6% sales tax. Three, pay the restaurant hospitality tax.
- One, pay rent for the space. Two, pay 6% sales tax. Three, pay the restaurant hospitality tax.
- Pay a waste collection fee.
- Three, pay the restaurant tax. Three, pay the restaurant hospitality<01:10:06.440>
tax. - Pay a field Pay an occupational license.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-06-16 (7:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Are you required by Medicaid to pay a premium to get Medicaid right now?
- patients where they have to pay a co-pay for certain services.
- My understanding was that those vendors—why are we paying them extra to pay for their staff, because
- receiving pay raises.
- They don't have to pay rent.
Summary:
The House convened on the final day of session, observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and for Representative Rosenwald’s father, then swore in and seated new members Boyles and Hodgers. The Speaker also outlined the chamber’s end-of-session priorities, including action on the budget and related conforming bills. The House then took up H.J.R. 5019, a constitutional amendment to expand Florida’s budget stabilization fund by raising the cap, requiring annual transfers, and allowing withdrawals for critical state needs. After sponsor explanations and questions about what would qualify as a critical need and how the fund might respond to possible federal funding cuts, the House adopted an amendment that added more flexibility for suspending transfers and withdrawals. The joint resolution then passed on final passage.
Members next considered HB 7031, the tax package conference report. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or extends several sales tax exemptions and holidays, and makes changes affecting property taxes, local taxes, pari-mutuel taxes, and revenue distributions. Debate focused heavily on the new permanent exemption for ammunition and hunting-related items, the elimination of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related distributions, and the shift of some funding from recurring to nonrecurring status. Supporters argued the package provides tax relief and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents criticized the ammunition exemption and the reductions in recurring housing and transit support. The conference report was adopted and the bill passed.
The House then passed HB 5017, which creates a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer from general revenue to retire state bonds early, and HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment. Finally, the chamber began explanation and questions on the General Appropriations Act conference report for fiscal year 2025-26, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major budget areas, including K-12 education, health care, transportation and economic development, agriculture and natural resources, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology, highlighting funding for school choice, Medicaid, housing, transportation infrastructure, Everglades restoration, workforce programs, cybersecurity, and technology modernization.