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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this bill caps the total cost of the voters list at $40,000.
  • </c><00:15:18.240><c> list</c><00:15:18.480><c> at</c> total cost of the voters list at total cost of
  • the voters list at $40,000. $40,000. $40,000.
  • You know, for us, we are one of the few states in the country that still publish the voters list.
  • for the voters and the taxpayers.
Bills: HB272, HB272
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Jan 21st, 2026

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, currently the voter roll in Alabama costs one cent per name on the voter roll.
  • Uh, currently the voter roll in Alabama costs one cent per name on the voter roll.
  • Uh, currently the voter roll in Alabama costs one cent per name on the voter roll.
  • Otherwise, the voter list produced.
  • Right now, it's one penny per voter voter voter &gt;&gt; and<00:15:08.240><c> it's</c><00:15:08.480><
Bills: HB67, HB89, HB67, HB89
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This deals with homestead exemption, specifically the 100% disabled exemption.
  • If your spouse was disabled and died, that's the... was disabled and died, that's the exemption that
  • So if you weren't disabled, then there is no exemption.
  • But you're taking advantage of one person's disability to get the exemption.
  • My exemption or my disability passes to you, and that homestead exemption continues.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Finance and Tax Feb 12th, 2026

Finance and Tax

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill updates Florida's property tax exemption rules for permanently and totally disabled veterans
Summary: The Committee on Finance and Tax met with a quorum present and heard several bills, most of them focused on tax policy and property-related exemptions. CS/SB 118 clarified how non-ad valorem special assessments apply to recreational vehicle parks, and an amendment removed a requirement that local governments consider RV park occupancy rates when apportioning assessments. The bill was supported by a Florida Retail Federation representative and was reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SB 1520, which modifies Live Local Act property tax exemption provisions by extending the vesting period for the missing middle exemption and expanding the data used for local government opt-outs; SB 678, which reestablishes the framework allowing distributors to deduct unsellable alcohol from monthly excise tax; and CS/SB 680, which creates a sales tax exemption to address double taxation on electricity used at EV charging stations. Each of these bills had support from industry or trade groups, and CS/SB 680 drew comments from Senator Gaetz praising the bill as a solution to prior tax collection confusion. The committee then approved CS/SB 450, which updates property tax exemption rules for surviving spouses of permanently and totally disabled veterans by allowing transfer of a larger portion of the exemption to a new homestead; an amendment raised the transferable amount to up to 120% of the prior exemption. The final bill, CS/SB 1074, was amended to establish uniform rules for rounding cash transactions to the nearest nickel in light of the Federal Reserve’s suspension of penny distribution, while preserving tax calculations and providing liability protections; it also included safeguards for pawn and recycling transactions. All bills considered were reported favorably, Senator Gaetz asked to be recorded as voting yes on all bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/20/26

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • that's why I got an electric bike, and I'm kind of thinking of all our seniors and folks that have disabilities
  • that's why I got an electric bike, and I'm kind of thinking of all our seniors and folks that have disabilities
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

Summary: The Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs, and Elections Committee met on February 3, 2026, first in executive session on 13 bills and then for a public hearing on Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1541. The executive session covered election rules, holiday designations, public disclosure exemptions, agency reporting changes, a Civil Air Patrol division, a law enforcement aviation grant program, JLARC review of audit and risk practices, demographic data collection, and a capital stewardship account. Several members noted concerns or support on specific bills, including objections to the cost of the aviation grant program and comments that the holiday bill should be more inclusive. Amendments were adopted on several measures, including changes to the law enforcement aviation bill, the JLARC audit review bill, the agency reports bill, the public disclosure bill, and the demographic data bill; one proposed amendment to the holiday bill was withdrawn. The committee then voted all 13 executive-session bills out with due-pass recommendations, sending most to the Rules Committee and the fiscal bills to Ways and Means. The chair announced each bill passed subject to signatures. Senate Bill 5950, expanding recognized non-legal holidays, passed despite a member stating he would be without recommendation because of a missing Buddhist observance. Senate Bill 5763, the aviation support grant program, and Senate Bills 6215 and 5784 were advanced with substitutes. Senate Bill 6160, on agency reports, was praised as a government-efficiency measure, and Senate Bill 5489, designating the Wilkinson sandstone as the state sandstone, also passed. In the public hearing, the committee heard testimony on Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1541, which revises the membership of the Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee by increasing at-large seats, reducing the number of VSO-designated seats, and allowing appointments to reflect broader military experience and personal attributes. The prime sponsor and a co-sponsor described the bill as a compromise reached after prior concerns, including representation for formerly justice-involved veterans, tribal veterans, and National Guard members. The director of the Department of Veterans Affairs testified in support, saying the changes would provide more flexibility in appointments and better reflect veteran communities. The hearing record noted 57 pro and one con sign-ins, and the committee adjourned after closing the hearing.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Legislation relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that
  • designed to help local emergency planners and responders collect information about our Texans with disabilities
  • So members, we all represent families with disabilities, and this amendment just helps us coordinate
  • the county may not reallocate funds that have already been allocated to a department without seeking voter
  • reading and referral: HB number 29 by Shaheen relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter
Bills: HB25, HB48, HB149, HB254, HB26, HB192
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill seeks to increase voter confidence while ensuring that counties have the flexibility to run
  • nearly all unanimous against this bill and came largely from Gillespie County and the Hill Country voters
  • Voters with visual impairments have reported difficulty reading the instructions that accompany early
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/26/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's in conflict with Proposition 139, which passed overwhelmingly by Arizona voters.
  • The voters of Arizona have spoken. I vote no. Senator Kavanaugh? Aye. Senator Rogers?
  • If the voters do approve the measure, the local authority must seek re-approval from the voters every
  • If they don't already have it, if the voters do pass the ballot measure. Questions?
  • And as you said earlier, Madam Chairwoman, let's let the voters decide at the end of the day.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Jan 22nd, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Appropriations

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met in possible executive session and first announced that HB 1710 would be removed from consideration. Members were briefed on an amendment related to HB 2179, which would have made the bill prospective for employees hired after June 30, 2026, but that amendment was later withdrawn. The chair also reviewed committee voting procedures and amendment deadlines, then the committee recessed briefly for caucus before returning to executive session. The committee then took up HB 2124, a retirement-related bill described as giving seniors more flexibility to use lump-sum payments and easing administrative burden for the Department of Retirement Systems. After supportive comments from Representatives Couture and Fitzgibbon, the bill was reported out with a due pass recommendation by a vote of 30 aye and one excused. HB 2125 followed, another Department of Retirement Systems bill aimed at protecting long-term retiree benefits by using interest-earned funds to pay some retirement expenses; it also passed out of committee with a due pass recommendation by a vote of 30 aye and one excused. Finally, the committee considered HB 2179, concerning port district employees’ participation in PERS, a federal railroad plan, or a union-sponsored retirement plan. After the amendment was withdrawn, members discussed the bill as a clarification and pension-security measure for port workers and port districts. The committee voted 30 aye and one excused to report HB 2179 out with a due pass recommendation, and then adjourned.