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• The amendment talks about property taxes. >> Yeah. >> So it's all the...
• and our fire codes.
• This bill addresses the fire code.
• So, we'd be addresses the fire code.
• If ani individual can't afford tax rate.

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• The tax code, which I'll be able to pull for you, does say these are the criteria to maintain your agricultural
• Okay, so it's Tax and Revenue.
• So if we're saying the TRD responsibility is to administer tax code with uniformity across the state,
• How it affects from a tax standpoint?
• , a tax standpoint.

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• Uh, members, 1289 is a tax bill that tends to our tax code in a holistic way, as we all have to In short
• intent in enacting the tax expenditures, and conform Colorado's tax code with provisions commonly used
• , and nicotine product tax serves the purpose of: one, better aligning Colorado's tax code with most
• other tax codes, which don't have similar allowances to reimburse the cost of tax collection; and two
• tax code favoring certain types of business activity over others. ...tax code favoring certain types

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• Scaling the estate tax loan fees.
• and $15 million tax-free.
• and $15 million tax-free.
• and $15 million tax-free.
• Code parental rights.

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• Oklahoma Missouri Tennessee Iowa Texas Oklahoma Missouri Tennessee Iowa and<00:09:36.839> North
• This demonstrates that Eagan's zoning code is not restricting residential development.
• This demonstrates that Eagan's zoning code is not restricting residential development.
• You know, we've seen a rise in property taxes and other things.
• You know, we've seen a rise in property taxes and other things.

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• <00:39:40.480> And of the pain from his Trump tax. And of the pain from his Trump tax.
• <01:14:29.360> giving are going to see a big tax break. giving are going to see a big tax
• > tax<05:04:57.200> that to $30,000 of additional tax, a tax that to $30,000 of additional
• tax, a tax that was<05:04:57.440> put<05:04:57.600> in<05:04:57.760> place<05:04
• roads with gas taxes and the gas taxes roads with gas taxes and the gas taxes that<05:11:57.920>

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• taxes, to be able to help fund growth.
• So as we look at what tax differential looks like statewide, All right, so as we look at what tax differential
• That particular section of code is just being pulled in.
• They were seeking opportunities in Florida, Texas, or Michigan.
• Do you know the section of code they were talking about? I'm not sure on the code specifically.

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• The key there is the tax revenue.
• relating to tax abatements.
• Property taxes was the big one.
• tax relief issue.
• However, enforcement mechanisms exist within the property tax code more generally, which seek to prevent

Summary: The committee was called to order, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer were offered, and the minutes from the previous meeting were approved. Members then received a memo summarizing major audit items and began hearing audit presentations from the State Auditor’s Office and private auditors on a range of state agencies and organizations. Several audits were reported as clean, including the Bank of North Dakota, the North Dakota Guaranteed Student Loan Program, the Office of the Governor, the Office of the State Treasurer, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Transportation’s flexible transportation fund, Lake Region State College, and the Department of Environmental Quality. The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association also received an unmodified opinion, though repeat findings were noted for limited segregation of duties and financial statement preparation due to its small staff. The Council on the Arts audit found two findings: payroll charged to federal awards without adequate timekeeping records, and unallowable expenditures from a restricted cultural endowment fund. The Department of Public Instruction audit identified unsupported scholarship applications in the paraprofessional-to-teacher program, though additional testing showed the funds were used for their intended purpose. The most extensive discussion centered on the North Dakota Racing Commission audit, which identified four findings: overspending the promotion fund’s 25% operating limit, grant conditions not being met, improper Breeders Fund awards, and improper procurement for advertising services. Racing Commission director Bruce Johnson acknowledged complacency and weak controls, said the agency would tighten procedures, and explained that the commission had since worked with procurement and would follow the rules more closely. Auditors also explained that the commission would now be audited every two years because of the findings. Another major discussion involved the University of North Dakota School of Law, where auditors found a lack of documentation supporting admissions decisions for post-baccalaureate programs. UND officials said they remain in good standing with the American Bar Association but agreed better documentation and tools are needed; the committee pressed for more transparency and follow-up on admissions criteria. The committee also received an update on Dakota College at Bottineau, where Minot State University reported that bank reconciliations had been brought current after a significant backlog and would now be maintained through shared services. Members requested a written follow-up report on the issues and corrective actions. Finally, the North Dakota Fair Association explained that its foundation has been dissolved and remaining funds were transferred to another nonprofit for continued support of the state fair, and the Department of Public Instruction provided an update on school meal debt, saying the reported amount was about $1.1 million from a partial district survey and that debt remains a local issue, though it could be revisited if school meal funding changes.

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• , and taxed ourselves at 6.5?
• This innovative hospital tax approach. Mr.
• We have to reduce our tax, what we're taxing ourselves to get the federal rate every To a lower rate.
• The difference that that enhanced premium tax credit, the health care tax credit that we are talking
• But if you file taxes together, it counts as your tax household size.

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• I'm the higher education policy analyst at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
• The bill amends the Texas Education Code by establishing the Texas Higher Education Accrediting Commission
• labor market demands, as identified by the Texas Workforce Commission.
• Byerley, you work for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, correct? That is correct.
• It simply replaces the outdated term ACT plan with pre-ACT across the education code.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard several bills and took no final votes, leaving each measure pending. The first major item, SB 1322 by Senator Hagenbuch, would create a Texas Higher Education Accrediting Commission to evaluate and approve accrediting agencies for public colleges and universities using outcome-based metrics such as retention, graduation, employment, debt, and repayment. Supporters, including Kate Byerley of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, argued the bill would add competition and align accreditation with Texas workforce needs; Senator Menendez questioned the need for a new bureaucracy and noted the $3.6 million fiscal note, suggesting existing reporting and oversight structures could serve the same purpose. The committee then heard SB 1998, which would establish a pediatric subspecialty preceptorship program to encourage medical students to enter pediatric subspecialties. Dr. Lauren Gamble testified in strong support, saying the program would help address shortages and improve access for children, especially in rural and underserved areas. SB 2788, authored by Senator Menendez, would add the PSAT as an accepted assessment for dual credit and Texas Success Initiative purposes; Priscilla Camacho of Alamo Colleges supported the bill, citing strong student outcomes and widespread use of the PSAT as a readiness indicator. Senator Creighton laid out SB 2076, which would remove or modify certain Capitol view corridor restrictions affecting the UT Austin Academic Medical Center project, including the planned specialty hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center expansion. He said the existing corridors are outdated and limit development. The committee also heard SB 1418, a cleanup bill replacing outdated references to ACT Plan with Pre-ACT and removing obsolete SAT subject test language. After brief testimony and no opposition on the later bills, the committee closed public testimony and left SB 1322, SB 1998, SB 2788, SB 2076, and SB 1418 pending before recessing for the floor session.

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• The tax code is actually the most inefficient way to measure results.
• The tax code is actually the most inefficient way to measure results.
• absolutely right: the tax code is a system of levers that you push and pull.
• absolutely right: the tax code is a system of levers that you push and pull.
• The tax code is a system of levers that you push and pull.

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• Building codes are frozen. This is not the time to roll back building codes. Thank you. Thank you.
• So instead of requiring chargers that look like this, the code or this, the code requires simply outlets
• Building codes are frozen. This is not the time to roll back building codes. Thank you. Thank you.
• State code change right before we did the building code moratorium freeze, by the way, which we had negotiated
• And fire departments today, we are taxed.

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• We have seen this in Texas.
• We have seen this in Texas.
• We have seen it happen in Texas.
• This bill has been passed in Texas, Arizona, and Alabama. In Texas, we saw frivolous lawsuits.
• In Texas, which I've represented families who've lost loved ones in Texas as well, every single survivor

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum established, then adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for the day. The chamber first took up HB 167 on former phosphate mining lands. Sponsor Rep. McClure said the bill would remove strict liability for previously mined phosphate lands if a Department of Health study is done at the owner’s request and the former mining status is recorded publicly. Opponents, including Reps. Cross, Nixon, and Eskamani, argued the bill did not provide enough notice to future buyers and renters and could create health and disclosure concerns. The bill passed 87-24. The House then passed HB 145 on suits against the government, which Rep. McFarland said updates Florida’s sovereign immunity caps for the first time since 2010, raising them to $500,000 per person and $1 million per incident with future automatic increases, aligning the statute of limitations with private claims, and allowing governments to settle above the caps if they choose. He said the bill would make redress more accessible without eliminating the liability shield. The bill passed 104-7. The chamber then considered CS/HB 289 on civil liability for the wrongful death of an unborn child, a bill by Rep. Greco that would amend the Wrongful Death Act to allow parents and other survivors to bring claims for the death of an unborn child, while exempting the mother and lawful medical care provided within the standard of care. Debate centered on whether the bill could affect abortion access, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, surrogacy, and liability for doctors, friends, family members, and others. Multiple amendments were offered to narrow the bill or add carve-outs for abortion, fertility care, surrogates, perinatal professionals, rape/incest/human trafficking situations, and to require the mother’s consent before suit; sponsors and opponents argued over whether these changes would prevent frivolous lawsuits or instead create loopholes and weaken the bill. None of the amendments were adopted during the portion of the transcript provided.

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• Administrative Code regarding what was required last year.
• year, and this is the code as it was last year.
• Your testimony leads me to, you should put up a slide with the Texas Administrative Code 265, if I'm
• You know, I live in Houston, Texas.
• Administrative Code that applied at the time.

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• My question about the applicability to tax, so to tax, so, um, are there, of vulnerability... ...to tax
• and tax credits.
• business taxes.
• tax?
• business enterprise tax is used as a credit against the business profits tax.

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Summary: The meeting was a Ways and Means briefing opened by the vice chair, who introduced Jason Wong of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston to discuss the national and regional economy. Wong focused on inflation, asking why it had fallen from about 9% in 2022 to the 2%–3% range, and what that meant for monetary policy and the risk of an economic downturn. He said the Fed’s target is 2%, noted that recent PCE inflation was about 2.4% and core PCE about 2.7%, and described the ongoing debate over whether interest rates should stay tight or be lowered further to protect the labor market. Wong explained that the improvement in inflation has been driven largely by goods prices, especially durable goods such as cars, appliances, and furniture, as well as non-durable goods like food. He said supply-chain disruptions during the pandemic caused major price spikes in 2022, but those pressures have eased and many goods prices are now at or below the Fed’s target. He also referenced the New York Fed’s Global Supply Chain Pressure Index, saying it showed extreme pandemic-era disruptions that have since receded. The main remaining inflation problem, he said, is in services, especially housing. Wong broke services into rent of shelter and all other services, explaining that shelter is a large share of household budgets and that housing inflation has a lag because rent measures often reflect older lease terms rather than current market rents. He said monthly Zillow data suggest market rents have cooled and may eventually feed through to official inflation measures. Members asked several questions about the chart’s time scale, the treatment of real estate, property taxes, and utilities, and Wong clarified that housing costs are counted in services and that the slides would be shared digitally. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• You don't get taxed at all, Madam Chair.
• Yeah, Madam Chair, Representative, you don't get taxed at all.
• Okay, and Madam Chair and Representative, so Lodgers Tax is something that is taxed by the hotel.
• It says largest tax exemption.
• Range expansion from the Texas panhandle.

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• We're from Beaumont, Texas.
• I'm the father of Lucy Dillon from Houston, Texas.
• Yes, sir, for youth camps specifically, we have the Texas Administrative Code, our rule.
• Codes save complacency, and this bill does that.
• There are modern codes.

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• rather than the current California Building Code.
• by our Attorney General to clarify the elections code.
• 25% excise tax increase.
• It does not decrease or cut the existing tax.
• , gas tax, mortgage, and also sales tax, just to name a few.

Summary: The Assembly met on May 23, 2025, established a quorum after a roll call, and proceeded through a long House of Origin floor session with prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine parliamentary actions. Early in the day, a motion by Assembly Member Gallagher to suspend the rules and take up AB 12 immediately failed on a 18-39 vote. The chamber then moved through the daily file, with many measures passing by wide margins, often with bipartisan support and little or no opposition. Among the notable bills discussed were measures on law enforcement oversight and records access (AB 847), CalFresh data-sharing exemptions (AB 593), campus-area housing for students and staff (AB 893), insurance and wildfire hardening updates (AB 1), missing middle housing code changes (AB 6), tribal peace officer status in a pilot program (AB 31), utility bill analysis before new mandates (AB 61), fairgrounds funding (AB 258), Diwali as a state holiday (AB 268), labor and worker organizing rights (AB 288), algorithmic price-fixing and antitrust enforcement (AB 325), elections and jail voter information (AB 331), protections for judges and court personnel (AB 343 and AB 352), school construction procurement (AB 361), school-zone speed limits (AB 382), transit worker protections (AB 394), blue carbon coastal mitigation (AB 399), K-9 standards for law enforcement (AB 400), livestock carcass composting (AB 411), translation of housing materials (AB 413), immigrant educational rights notices (AB 419), gun violence restraining order implementation (AB 451), special education and child care measures (AB 560 and AB 563), cannabis tax relief (AB 564), and disability access protections for businesses (AB 649). Several bills addressed housing, energy, public health, and public safety, and many authors emphasized affordability, transparency, and administrative efficiency. The session also included several ceremonial or recognition items, including ACR 73 declaring Italian American Heritage Month, which was adopted by voice vote after 65 coauthors were added. Most measures were approved overwhelmingly, though a few drew some dissent, including AB 421? no—AB 399 passed 42-30, AB 450 passed 49-6, AB 461 passed 49-8, and AB 621 passed 58-0. The transcript ends partway through AB 772, which was introduced as an educational equity bill addressing cyberbullying after school hours, but the remainder of that item is not included in the provided text.

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• The key there is the tax revenue.
• relating to tax abatements.
• Property taxes was the big one.
• tax relief issue.
• However, enforcement mechanisms exist within the property tax code more generally, which seek to prevent

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• of the applies the rubric<02:13:07.599> to<02:13:07.920> basically<02:13:09.199> code
• or or um assign rubric to basically code or or um assign a<02:13:12.400> number<02:13:12.560>
• So that's the way it works coding is.
• property taxes. property taxes.
• and the low- and moderate-income homeowners property tax relief program.

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Summary: The work session began with HB 656, as amended, which would treat federal funds received by school districts as unanticipated money unless already listed in the annual report, and would require notices and school board minutes to identify the grant and summarize any obligations attached to accepting it. Supporters said the bill was aimed at transparency so voters would understand the “strings attached” to grants, while opponents raised concerns that the amendment was new, potentially vague, and could require districts to publish lengthy or redundant information, increasing costs and administrative burden. Several members suggested alternative approaches, such as a state-level list of common grant obligations or posting grant documents online. No vote was taken, and some members argued the bill was not ready for action. The committee then moved to HB 665, which would expand eligibility for free school meals to households at up to 300% of federal poverty guidelines and use education trust fund money to cover the added cost. Representative Damon strongly supported the bill, citing food insecurity and arguing the fiscal note likely overstated costs because the bill requires at least one free meal, not necessarily both breakfast and lunch. The discussion was just beginning when the transcript ended, and no vote or final action on HB 665 was recorded in the excerpt.