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MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Thirty Five - Tuesday, March 10 - Morning Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The gentleman from the McGirl district championed passing SALT, which was a humongous income...
- SALT, which was a humongous income tax savings, primarily at the federal level, to entrepreneurs and
- I grew up two blocks from Kansas.
- I grew up two blocks from Kansas.
Summary:
The Missouri House met with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior House journal, and numerous guest introductions, including a tribute to Harris-Stowe State University President Dr. Latanya Collins-Smith during Women’s History Month. The chamber then took up House Committee Substitute for House Joint Resolutions 173 and 174, which would place on the ballot a constitutional change to gradually eliminate Missouri’s individual income tax and allow the legislature to broaden the sales tax base to services if needed. The sponsor and supporters framed the proposal as a long-term tax reform that would let Missourians keep more of their earnings, spur economic growth, and ultimately let voters decide the state’s tax structure.
Supporters argued that no-income-tax states have stronger growth, more business relocation, and better population trends, and said the resolution includes triggers and revenue-neutral safeguards, including protections for school funding and local governments. Several members said the measure is only a referral to the voters, not an immediate tax change, and emphasized that the plan is designed to phase out the income tax only as state growth allows. Opponents countered that the measure would ultimately require a large sales tax increase on goods and services, shifting the burden onto working families, seniors, renters, and low-income Missourians, while threatening public schools, services, and tax-credit-supported nonprofits. They also criticized the ballot language as misleading and warned that the fiscal impact could be as high as an $8.5 billion revenue loss.
Members debated comparisons to Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Washington, Oregon, and Kansas, with supporters citing those states as evidence that lower or no income taxes can attract growth, while opponents said Missouri’s economy, tourism, and budget structure are not comparable and that the Kansas example shows the risks of tax-cut experiments. The sponsor and several allies repeatedly stressed that the proposal is a constitutional amendment for voters to decide, not a final legislative tax hike, and said the plan is different from Kansas because it uses triggers and a defined path to zero. The transcript does not show a final vote on the resolution in the excerpt provided.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 18th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- background in ecology and studies at UNM have really helped me look at what was going on with the salt
- the interim measure, to review the concerns that NMED had, and to help us attempt, To get past the block
- I recently visited Salt Lake City, Utah.
- So, for instance, take a product from Southwest Cheese and Clovis, which is a 640-pound block of cheese
Committee:
House Water & Natural Resources Committee
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance May 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, a block layer was $124 an hour. Most schools are made out of block, right?
- Ortega and I traveled out to Salt Lake City and met with the regional director for the Bureau of Reclamation
- Ortega and I went to Salt Lake to meet with the regional director of USBR.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- get there with a fire truck, you’re going to have to have DPW come in with a plow truck first and salt
- get there with a fire truck, you’re going to have to have DPW come in with a plow truck first and salt
- DPW comeing with a plow truck<00:20:26.360><c> first</c><00:20:26.600><c> and</c><00:20:26.799><c> salt
- it and then get truck first and salt it and then get your<00:20:28.679><c> fire</c><00:20:28.960><c>
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Committee:
House Housing
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- They've all said to us, "This is the salt of the earth. We've been in those positions."
- They've all said to us, "This is the salt of the earth. We've been in those positions."
- They've all said to us, "This is the salt of the earth. We've been in those positions."
- They've all said to us, "This is the salt of the earth. We've been in those positions."
- They've all said to us, "This is the salt of the earth. We've been in those positions."
Bills:
HF1049
Committee:
House Taxes
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee May 28th, 2025
Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- But the types of federal funding coming into New Mexico generally are blocks, block grants that provide
- Um, and in terms of the characteristics of certain block grants and competitive formula grants, there's
- I'll come back to that issue in, in a second, uh, because there's other block grants out there.
- Into the HHS blocks of agencies, it is clear that the Healthcare Authority contains most of the federal
- And if we were to get some of these block grants, we already, we're doing that now with state money,
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment Mar 18th, 2026
Natural Resources & Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- From a regulatory standpoint, so we have a huge network of salt domes here in the state.
- And I don't mean to interrupt you, but some of those are salt domes. Is that correct?
- They're all salt domes. Okay. So a commercial operation...
- And the way I understand those salt domes are almost like an enclosed tank.
- So like salt in Kansas, I believe, goes out, but Louisiana it goes in.
Committee:
House Natural Resources & Environment
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, an Idaho man had to travel four hours to Salt Lake City just to receive a surgery he needed
- I would also like to say that the regional Red Cross director does not block any of these donations in
- I've heard that testimony a couple of times, that we have kind of a block to doing this in Idaho.
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Justice Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And lastly, it helps with block the wire transfers in Section 5.
- Make it easier for victims to gain access to block ministry wire transfers. That is the bill.
- Salt video evidence.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Paul Lawrence, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Feb 19th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Senate Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- sites, I believe the strategy of exclusion limits the potential of these institutions because it blocks
- a lot of new people to help with veteran care I can only assume that they are now on the chopping block
- Anybody worth their salt can figure out what's wrong with a project within 90 days but I understand why
Committee:
Senate Senate Veterans' Affairs
Keywords:
veterans affairs, VA modernization, employee layoffs, mental health, suicide prevention, transparency, senate committee, bipartisan support, oversight
Summary:
The meeting involved detailed discussions on various veterans' issues, particularly focusing on the challenges faced by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amidst a backdrop of significant staffing changes. Members expressed deep concerns over the recent layoffs of over 1,000 VA employees, emphasizing the crucial nature of these positions in the context of mental health support for veterans, particularly amid rising suicide rates. Senators articulated the need for transparency and effective communication between the VA and Congress to avoid further breakdowns in services. The session also spotlighted the ongoing modernization of VA systems and the urgent need to streamline processes to benefit veterans effectively.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- salt salt cap<01:22:10.639><c> this</c><01:22:10.800><c> limitation</c><01:22:11.280><c> resulted</c
- The TCJA created a $10,000 SALT cap for individuals.
- The Minnesota PTE tax is directly tied to the TCJA's SALT cap limitation that expires after the 2025
- </c><01:37:04.119><c> cap</c> limitation also known as the salt cap limitation also known as the salt
- </c><01:37:49.840><c> cap</c> if Congress extends the salt cap if Congress extends the salt cap limitation
Committee:
Senate Taxes
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1199, amending section 3149.01, A.R.S., relating to the Salt River horse herd.
- Our visitors come from all over, actually all over the United States, to see the Salt River horses.
- The Salt River horses, and I am so happy to see this on the board, and I enthusiastically vote yes.
- These are something new to the Salt River area. It is not these mustangs that roamed.
- And also a guardian of the horses is the Salt River Puma, Maricopa, Indian community.
Summary:
The House convened, approved the prior journal, received gubernatorial communications, and then moved into an additional Committee of the Whole to consider Senate bills on two calendars. In that committee, members adopted floor and committee amendments and reported SB 1100, SB 1160, and SB 1178 out as amended. On the second calendar, the committee considered SB 1200, SB 1560, SB 1627, and SB 1723, adopting amendments on SB 1200, SB 1627, and SB 1723 and reporting all four measures out, while SB 1725 was retained on the calendar. The House then adopted the committee reports and sent the amended bills to engrossing or third reading as appropriate.
The chamber then took up a long series of third-reading votes. Several bills passed with recorded votes and some member explanations focused on public safety, parental rights, school safety, health care, local control, property rights, and wildlife management. Among the measures that passed were SB 1013, SB 1015, SB 1046, SB 1094, SB 1095, SB 1124, SB 1186, SB 1214, SB 1275, SB 1280, SB 1315, SB 1318, SB 1205 on reconsideration, SB 1327, SB 1416, SB 1418, SB 1582, SB 1613, SB 1662, SB 1664, SB 1670, SB 1711, SB 1741, SB 1821, and several concurrent memorials. A number of bills failed, including SB 1052, SB 1170, SB 1457, SB 1074, SB 1540, SB 1649, and SB 1663.
Debate on several bills drew pointed partisan and policy disagreements. Members opposing health-related bills argued they targeted LGBTQ people or medical decision-making, while supporters framed them as protecting children or bodily autonomy. On SB 1170, members said the bill contained a drafting error that would create extreme penalties and strain prison capacity. On SB 1280, supporters and opponents split over Mexican gray wolf management and federal conservation efforts. On SB 1199, the Salt River horse herd bill, members discussed herd management, heritage, property impacts, and a required emergency clause; it passed with the needed two-thirds majority. The House also adopted a group concurrence motion on numerous House bills and passed several House bills on final reading, including HB 2013, HB 2016, HB 2028, HB 2086, HB 2118, HB 2140, HB 2170, HB 2226, HB 2244, HB 2248, HB 2249, HB 2327, HB 2379, HB 2380, and others, forwarding them to the Governor.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So, Christopher, I'm looking at your resume, and not only from Idaho, it looks like you worked at Salt
- Um, having worked in big cities like Salt Lake City, Boise Center, and... nomination forward so he can
- </c><00:09:50.800><c> Lake</c> it looks like you worked at Salt Lake it looks like you worked at Salt
- Lake City, you went all I mean from Salt Lake City, you went all the<00:10:08.080><c> way</c><00:10:
- Um, having worked in big cities like Salt Lake City, Boise Center, and...
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
Summary:
The Committee on Health and Human Services heard testimony on a series of gubernatorial nominations to health, disability, aging, and advisory boards. Early nominees included Pria Tay for the Kauaʻi Service Area Board on Mental Health and Substance Abuse, who emphasized her 25 years in the mental health field and commitment to community access to training and resources, and Ashley Mishihara for the Fuel Tank Advisory Committee, who described her involvement in the Red Hill response and ongoing concern about protecting the sole-source aquifer and ensuring remediation. Christopher Luthie, nominated to the State LGBTQ+ Commission, said he wanted to advocate for LGBTQ+ residents statewide and help improve programs so people are not overlooked, and he received support from commission member Michael Galuyo Jr., who said the commission had lacked a Hawaii County representative since December.
The committee also heard from nominees to the Radiologic Technology Board, including David Wodsworth and Reena Shimata. Wodsworth said the board should modernize rules and regulations, while the Department of Health supported him and clarified that the board focuses on policy and procedures rather than direct licensing decisions. Shimata said she wanted to help protect patients, technologists, and the public from radiation exposure, and the Department of Health and several medical professionals supported her, with one witness noting that modern technology reduces dose but competent technologists remain essential to avoid unnecessary exposure. The committee deferred GM712, a nomination not present at the hearing, until Monday, March 9.
Additional nominations included Judy Pike for the disability communications/access board, who cited her prior DECAP staff experience and long involvement in disability access work, with strong support from a current board member; Rick Taber for the Policy Advisory Board for Elderly Affairs, who sought a second term and highlighted his committee leadership and long mental health career; Amy Healey Austin for the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, who said she wanted to represent rural health needs and described her leadership roles in West Hawaiʻi health care; and Ed Chevy for DECAB, who stressed the importance of interpreter access and communication access, with support from Christine Pagano. The committee took no final votes in the portion of the hearing provided, and several nominees were told their decisions would be taken up later in the meeting or at the end of the calendar.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Feb 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- proposing to extend the pass-through entity elective tax for tax years 2026 through 2030. if the federal SALT
- The PTET is currently scheduled to sunset after 2025, along with the federal SALT cap.
- While the PTET is scheduled to end after tax year 2025, along with the federal SALT cap, negotiations
- are currently ongoing at the federal level, and that's expected to result in the SALT cap being retained
- Generally speaking, if the P-TET, or if the SALT cap is extended and P-TET is also extended under this
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- This conformity includes an increased SALT deduction that will cost the state nearly $80 million in tax
- “I'm using your SALT, so the misinformation about billionaires and millionaires—let's just be polite
- I think it was raised earlier where the SALT was capped at, remained capped at $10,000 as opposed to
- Um, I think it was raised earlier where the SALT was capped at, remained capped at $10,000 as opposed
- to jumping ...the SALT was capped at, remained capped at $10,000 as opposed to jumping to the $40,000
Keywords:
individual income tax, subtraction, Arizona Revised Statutes, retirement benefits, adoption costs, charitable contributions, health insurance, premium payment, Arizona State Retirement System, contingent annuitant, long-term disability, benefits limitations, disability compensation, social security, retirement system, elected officials, ASRS, eligibility waiver, age 65, taxation
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 18th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- When the Salt Fork and earlier Bright wildfires burned around Ruidoso and the Mescalero, thousands of
- Chair, that I had worked in ecological studies at UNM in salt cedar.
- There were many efforts at the time, and there was investment in really eradicating salt cedar.
- You mentioned the salt cedar.
- If there's a fire that burns the salt cedar, will the salt cedar return after a year or two?
Committee:
House Water & Natural Resources Committee
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- evidence we provided to the Department of Energy that China is deploying the same technology that blocks
- So we noticed here where we live that our pipes would rust because of corrosion, salt water.
- So we noticed here where we live that our pipes would rust because of corrosion, salt water.
Bills:
HB241 , HB267 , HB467 , HB673 , HB744 , HB798 , HB1026 , HB1027 , HB1091 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1212 , HB1230
Keywords:
financial records, consumer protection, banking law, disclosure, service of process, home inspectors, board membership, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board, residential roof, coastal zone, fortified roof, building standards, construction code, insurance, hurricane resilience, safety, security cameras, abandoned property
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community also has limestone mines, cement manufacturing, and aggregates
- Salt River Pima, Maricopa, Indian Community.
- Water just seems to be a hammer, a political hammer, to block development, especially home building.
Bills:
HB2026 , HB2027 , HB2028 , HB2031 , HB2078 , HB2094 , HB2095 , HB2101 , HB2102 , HB2103 , HB2260 , HB2278 , HB2827 , HB2932 , HB2933 , HB2934 , HB2986 , HCM2009 , HCR2038
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply, written commitment of water service, groundwater savings credits, gray water reuse, replenishment district, Central Arizona Project
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The 2025 comprehensive plan, for Gem County, stated that exclusions within an aerial treatment block
- And West Nile virus is not something to be taken with a grain of salt.
- It needs to be seriously not something to be taken with a grain of salt.
Committee:
House Local Government
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee Sep 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, Megan Tokanaga Block, Department of Finance.
- We just want to thank you for the gold and salt provisions in SB 149 and a special shout-out to Assembly
- We just want to thank you for the gold and salt provisions in SB 149 and a special shout-out to Assembly
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Committee held an informational hearing on the September budget package, which included SB 105 and a series of trailer bills covering health, human services, education, resources, child care, transportation, labor, public safety, housing, revenue, background checks, collective bargaining, and a special election. The Department of Finance described the package as largely technical and clarifying, but also responsive to state and federal changes, especially H.R. 1. Key items included roughly $3.3 billion in Proposition 4 climate and environmental spending, $540 million in discretionary greenhouse gas reduction funds, and major responses to H.R. 1 such as CalFresh error-rate mitigation, food bank support, and Medicaid-related changes. Other notable provisions included vaccine policy flexibility, an Abortion Access Fund, a gender-affirming care program, community college basic-needs and aid changes, CEQA and coastal permit exemptions tied to the 2028 Olympics, invasive mussel prevention funding, a civic media program, labor and pension-related provisions, and special election administration changes.
Members raised questions and concerns about several parts of the package. There was support for climate, water, transit, offshore wind, food security, and health investments, but also significant criticism of the lack of cleanup language for SB 131 and its advanced manufacturing exemptions, with multiple members saying promised fixes had not materialized and expressing concerns about tribal consultation, labor standards, and environmental protections. Members also questioned the scale and timing of some Proposition 4 allocations, including fairground upgrades, regional conveyance, and a UC Davis alternative protein research center. The Department of Finance said some programs would roll out over time and that certain funding levels reflected current implementation capacity.
The hearing also featured discussion of Bay Area transit financing, with Finance saying SB 105 directs the department and CalSTA to examine loan or other financing options rather than immediately providing loans. Members and public commenters also discussed the state’s response to H.R. 1, with advocates supporting food bank, health care, and immunization provisions while warning of ongoing harm to immigrants, foster youth, and other vulnerable groups. Public testimony broadly supported the health, food, water, offshore wind, and golden mussel provisions, while many speakers echoed legislative concerns about SB 131 and urged cleanup action in the next session. No votes were taken because the hearing was informational only, though the chair noted votes on the bills were expected later that night or the next morning.