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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 26th, 2026 at 11:01 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 40, germane, thence referred to the Tax, Business, and Transportation Committee.
- Senate Bill 113, germane, thence referred to the Tax, Business and Transportation Committee.
- Senate Bill 116, germane, thence referred to the Tax, Business and Transportation Committee.
- credit and local news printer corporate income tax credit.
- credit and local news printer corporate income tax credit.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And taxes by about 24 million in that.
- It would lower taxes in my district.
- Loved having you here today. rising property taxes of your city and rising property taxes of your city
- </c><01:02:49.040><c> is</c> to lower those property taxes is to lower those property taxes is appreciative
- , more tax breaks.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- revenue, whether that's production taxes, whether that's sales taxes, or whether that's other taxes
- Did an operator have to pay severance tax or production tax on that, even though they didn't achieve
- He still owes severance taxes.
- We could see some decreases in the diesel tax, and as you all know, those taxes support the valuable
- Our sales tax data provides specifics of sales tax receipts by industry.
Committee:
House Energy Resources
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Mar 26th, 2025
Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- But tax-free debt and a tax-free entity does have consequences.
- But tax-free debt and a tax-free entity does have consequences.
- And then the one other question is the taxes that are being saved. Is it just property tax? Or?
- The taxes in our economic analysis are federal and state taxes, not local. Okay.
- You had mentioned property tax. So is property tax also then? Oh, yes. Yeah.
Committee:
House Utilities and Energy
Summary:
The committee first heard AB 13, which would restructure the Public Utilities Commission by adding legislative liaisons, requiring more frequent and detailed reporting on rate decisions, and changing commissioner representation to increase geographic diversity and accountability. The author and supporters argued the CPUC is too insulated from public pressure and that Californians need more transparency and oversight on utility rate hikes. Support came from former CPUC Commissioner Loretta Lynch, Jeff Shields, wildfire survivor Will Abrams, TURN, and San Diego Gas & Electric in a support-if-amended position; there was no opposition testimony. Members generally praised the transparency goals, and the bill passed 10-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open for absent members.
The committee then adopted the 2025-2026 committee rules and approved three consent items: AB 61, AB 365, and AB 406. Those measures were moved on consent without substantive debate and passed unanimously. The committee also held AB 99, which would limit investor-owned utility rate increases above inflation except for specified costs such as safety, modernization, and fuel or commodity expenses. The author and supporters, including the California Senior Legislature, said the bill was needed to protect seniors and other ratepayers from repeated utility hikes, while opponents argued it was overly simplistic, could harm labor and reliability, and failed to account for major cost drivers like wildfire mitigation and mandated programs. Despite broad concerns from utilities, labor, business, and environmental groups, the bill advanced 11-0 to Appropriations, with several members noting they supported continued work on the measure.
After the bill votes, the committee opened an informational hearing on strategies to reduce California transmission costs, the second part of its energy affordability series. Public Advocates Office staff presented data showing a large and growing backlog of approved-but-unbuilt transmission projects, rising transmission access charges, and long project timelines driven mostly by utility pre-application and construction phases. Panelists from D.H. Infrastructure, Net Zero California, IBank, and PG&E discussed alternative financing models, including public-private partnerships, public ownership, tax-exempt debt, loan guarantees, and grants, arguing these tools could lower capital costs and speed development. Members focused on whether the CPUC is the right venue, how to shorten permitting and pre-application delays, and how public financing could be structured to reduce costs without shifting burdens elsewhere.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- Taxes that manufactured homes.
- property transfer tax.
- </c> that owners pay property taxes as well. that owners pay property taxes as well.
- and exempt from the sales and use tax and exempt from the sales and use tax. tax. tax.
- </c> subject to the sales and use tax. subject to the sales and use tax.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- The first one was a vote to provide for 1% sales tax, 1 cent tax on everybody for infrastructure, which
- </c> County on top of the 1 cent sales tax County on top of the 1 cent sales tax extra<00:37:33.119><
- and deal with taxes.
- um which impose taxes and and deal<00:47:59.440><c> with</c><00:47:59.599><c> taxes.
- </c> in addition to what taxes they do pay. in addition to what taxes they do pay.
Committee:
Senate Revenue
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> income tax. income tax.
- </c> property tax exemption at Valor. property tax exemption at Valor.
- So that property tax, if you know, Alabama property tax is very low.
- All right. tax. Okay. It was already calculated. So tax. Okay. It was already calculated.
- </c> >> exactly taxes. >> exactly taxes.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 5th, 2026 at 11:33 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a tax. We call it a fee, but a federal judge deemed it a tax.
- It is a tax. Mr.
- This tax, I believe, has now been considered by the courts to be a tax rather than a fee.
- tax, Mr.
- paying property tax, but not today.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Working Group 1/15/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Who gets taxed by the provider tax? Health care providers.
- this is is uh a tax gross premium tax this is is uh a tax imposed<00:07:31.160><c> on</c><00:07:31.280
- </c> uh in 2024 the the the provider tax uh in 2024 the the the provider tax yielded<00:07:49.280><c>
- </c> under the forecast is that the taxes under the forecast is that the taxes will<00:07:55.800><c>
- </c><00:08:05.280><c> will</c> upcoming bayum is that the tax will upcoming bayum is that the tax will
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- And they're taxed somewhere between 13% and 20%.
- I don't think this is normal income taxes either.
- I think casinos operate by vastly different taxing systems than we do. Okay.
- That's because, as Revenue Tax Chair, we all love tax cuts. We all want to do those.
- The last few years we've leaned toward the income tax cuts.
Committee:
All JBC-SPECIAL LANGUAGE
Summary:
The committee reconvened and took up several amendments and bills. Senate Bill 15 was amended to transfer Keep Arkansas Beautiful functions to ARDOT and replace the current commissioners with an advisory council; the amendment was adopted without objection. An amendment to Senate Bill 7 lowering the claims-data threshold for group health insurance from 50 employees to 25, to help smaller employers and municipalities shop for coverage, was also adopted. An amendment to Senate Bill 41 that would have restricted University of Arkansas at Fayetteville athletic funding from academic funds was rejected after members questioned its scope and fiscal basis.
The committee then considered an amendment to House Bill 1051 that would cap online sports-betting free play at 5% of gross receipts. Senator Hester argued the current unlimited promotions were predatory and effectively subsidized casinos, while other members questioned the tax and accounting assumptions and whether the proposal belonged in a fiscal committee. The amendment failed, and a separate agriculture-related amendment from Representatives Vaught and Painter to exempt certain tractor parts tied to diesel exhaust fluid systems was also not adopted, with members citing drafting and enforcement problems and suggesting it should go through the revenue committees.
After suspending the rules to add items, the committee adopted a technical correction to Senate Bill 4 clarifying physician licensure language so the rural workforce pathway would apply to underserved and primary care shortage areas, rather than the narrower federal term originally used. The committee also adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 77 deleting a fund-transfer section and instead increasing appropriation authority and creating a matching-fund mechanism to help Arkansas TV pay PBS dues, with supporters saying it would leverage private donations and preserve PBS access while allowing the commission to decide programming. The bill passed as amended, and the meeting adjourned.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 108 May 1st, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- them in that tax year.
- as they have tax liability.
- </c> what their tax liability is going to be. what their tax liability is going to be.
- Think of a tax credit, EV tax credit for a car. You know, you've seen the commercials.
- Think of a tax credit, EV tax credit for a car. You know, you've seen the commercials.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/04/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:36:11.359><c> who</c> there are some people who pay taxes who there are some people who pay taxes
- In my current role as a principal for Ryan, we are a global business tax and tax technology firm with
- </c> real property law and property tax law. real property law and property tax law.
- ,</c> re-referred to the Committee on Taxes, re-referred to the Committee on Taxes, or<02:15:10.480><
- </c> after it passed the tax committee? after it passed the tax committee?
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: End of Special Session DFL Media Availability - 06/10/25
Transcript Highlights:
- bill, but we had that social media tax.
- ><c> media</c><00:19:10.880><c> tax.
- Um, things like that social media tax.
- We also closed a tax there will be more.
- Um, that would be a tax um, Google etc.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill does not change how cabins are taxed.
- Again, this bill does not change how our cabins are taxed in Greater Minnesota.
- It helps our Greater Minnesota school districts that don't have the same tax benefits. ...tax base of
- We can use taxes to fund those collective services.
- We can do that through taxes.
Committee:
House Education Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Republican Leaders Present Bills to Curb Government Waste - 03/17/25
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:08:28.319><c> dollars</c><00:08:28.720><c> for</c> their tax dollars for their tax dollars for
- Are those tax credits mostly child tax credits, or a variety of them?
- These are tax credits, tax expenditures, that the Democrats, with their change in the 2023 tax bill,
- Are those tax credits mostly child tax credits, or a variety of them?
- These are tax credits, tax expenditures, that the Democrats, with their change in the 2023 tax bill,
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on State Government (3-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:21:24.279><c> tax</c> opportunity to purchase that tax tax opportunity to purchase that tax tax
- What is what qualifies as a tax diverted tax delinquency purchaser?
- Chair. ...What is what qualifies as a tax diverted tax delinquency purchaser?
- </c> purchaser goes to the it's the tax purchaser goes to the it's the tax delinquency<00:26:55.520><
- Is it going to require them to do continued tax sales other than their annual tax sale?
Summary:
The House State Government Committee met with a quorum and took up several Senate bills, adopting committee substitutes where offered. Senate Bill 176, relating to statutory committees within the Legislative Research Commission, was presented by Senator Matt Nunn as a cleanup and process-streamlining measure for appointments, vacancies, and appointing authorities. It passed the committee 15-0 with a title amendment.
Senate Bill 104, presented by Senator Scott Maiden and the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority, would update deferred compensation law by adding a fiduciary standard, allowing less expensive liability insurance, making federal-law compliance self-correcting, and authorizing a self-directed brokerage account option. It passed 15-0 with favorable expression. Senate Bill 9, presented by Senator Jimmy Higdon, would change teacher retirement-related leave provisions, including up to 30 days of maternity leave, a 13-day annual rollover toward retirement, limits on using annual leave to increase retirement benefits, reporting requirements, and related cleanup provisions. After questions about maternity leave, district flexibility, and the actuarial cost of additional days, it passed 15-0 with favorable expression.
Senate Bill 129, presented by Senator Rocky Adams and House sponsor Representative John Hudson, was described as a housing and redevelopment measure aimed at vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties in Louisville. Testimony focused on allowing qualified nonprofits to purchase certain tax-delinquent properties after a waiting period, along with provisions on density development, accessory dwelling units, urban development incentives, fire and code enforcement recovery, a Central Business District tax fix, and changes to binding elements. Members raised concerns about nonprofit qualifications, land bank overlap, and county clerk burden; the bill passed 13-1 with one pass and received a title amendment. Senate Bill 178, presented by Senator Mike Nemes, was a short reorganization bill to codify the transfer of the Department of Disability Determination Services Program from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Labor Cabinet. It passed 12-0. The committee then recorded additional votes and adjourned, with the chair thanking members and staff, noting it was likely the final meeting of the year.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- classification, expanding the tax base, or imposing or collecting a fee, tax, or utility rate that is
- We're pegged to the state sales tax base. We tax, but you tell us to tax.
- We're pegged to the state sales tax base. We tax, but you tell us to tax.
- Other Advilorum taxes are impacted.
- on tax increases.
Bills:
HB2015 , HB2060 , HB2062 , HB2100 , HB2118 , HB2165 , HB2258 , HB2327 , HB2397 , HB2445 , HB2460 , HB2641 , HB2745 , HB2876 , HB2917 , HB4011 , HB4049 , HB4056 , HB4087 , HCR2013 , HCR2016 , HCR2040 , HCR2044 , HCR2048 , HCR2056
Keywords:
budget procedures, late filing penalty, accounting standards, financial reporting, state appropriations, abortion, educational institutions, health education, state aid, public schools, Buffalo Soldiers, monument, commemoration, Arizona, public funding, Wesley Bolin Plaza, military history, historical memorial, small land subdivision, land use
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Funds in an Ideal account grow state and federal tax free as long as funds are used for a qualifying
- Contributions go in post-tax, and Idaho taxpayers can take up to a $12,000 tax deduction for joint filers
- Anyone who is an Idaho resident and contributes to an Ideal account can take the tax deduction.
- credit or $7,500, could they actually put it in there, a 529, and receive a state tax deduction also
- But I don’t think you could double dip and put your tax credit into your Ideal account.
Committee:
Senate Education
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think it's important to also recognize this is not current sales tax that we're collecting.
- And I think it's important to also recognize this is not current sales tax that we're collecting.
- We would have been receiving, you know, 100% of those new sales tax.
- So just to confirm that what I'm hearing is that existing tax revenues are not affected.
- advantage or whatever, tax preference.
Committee:
House Revenue and Taxation
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means May 31st, 2025 at 09:00 am
Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- These are last-in tax credits that can make or break a deal.
- It's literally like you don't have respect for our taxes, yet you want to jack up our taxes again.
- of the LET tax will be on the delta, meaning the 10K that was not actually taxed.
- of the LET tax will be on the delta, meaning the 10K that was not actually taxed.
- This doesn't change the tax structure at all.
Bills:
AB568 , SB90 , SB133 , SB147 , SB229 , SB233 , SB240 , SB245 , SB280 , SB378 , SB393 , SB417 , SB434 , SB494 , SB495 , AB62 , SB104 , SB119 , SB132 , SB193 , SB262 , SB422 , SB431 , SB435 , SB468 , SB503
Committee:
Assembly Ways and Means