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KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on State & Local Government (2-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- We remove the fines and suspensions without pay for punishment.
- pay on the higher assessment.
- pay on the higher assessment.
- pay on the higher assessment.
- pay on the higher assessment.
Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:00
Attendance Roll Call: 00:08
Senate Bill 79 (Sen. McDaniel): 00:48
Senate Bill 67 (Sen. Nemes): 08:09
Adjournment: 12:43, 958, all
Summary:
The Senate State and Local Government Committee met and first took up Senate Bill 79, sponsored by Senator McDaniel, with testimony from McDaniel and Deputy Secretary Robert Long of the Personnel Cabinet. They described the bill as a cleanup measure for personnel law that would, among other things, add interns to the definition of employee while excluding them from full-time employee status, remove the Personnel Cabinet secretary as an ex officio member of the KERS Board, clarify personnel board membership and grievance rights, limit appeals of satisfactory-or-above evaluations, address layoffs and reemployment rights, allow leave donation in certain resignations or retirements, restrict remote work from outside Kentucky without approval, permit deductions for unreturned state equipment, and make DJJ facility supervisors non-merit positions. The committee voted on SB 79 and passed it with favorable expression.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 67, presented by Chair Nemes, an elder property tax bill. The bill would freeze the assessed value of a primary residence for homeowners age 65 or older until the property is no longer their primary residence, while still taxing at the current rate. Nemes said the measure was intended to help seniors on fixed incomes and noted a fiscal analysis showing little to no direct revenue loss, though it could reduce projected budgeted growth in property tax revenue. Committee discussion noted a local impact and a statewide budget impact estimate of about $4 million for the first two fiscal years. SB 67 also passed with favorable expression, and the committee adjourned.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/18/2026 - House Ways & Means
House Ways & Means Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- He knew what was happening to them as they were paying in here.
- They didn't pay in Maricopa. They didn't pay in Pima.
- They are committed to paying privately.
- Chairman, I live in Peoria, pay Peoria Unified School District tax.
- way to pay it off, I believe.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 2290, which would clarify transaction privilege tax sourcing rules for tangible personal property by specifying that servers are not used to determine where an order is received and by defining business location. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill simply codifies existing origin-based treatment for Arizona businesses and provides certainty, while the League of Arizona Cities and Towns and ATRA warned it would shift revenue, create compliance problems, and potentially subject businesses to multiple tax rates depending on distribution or pickup locations. The Department of Revenue said it was neutral, noted a 2023 draft ruling had reflected a legal analysis of the issue but was never finalized, and said the bill would address a real need for clarity. After extensive debate over examples involving feed stores, Target, pizza delivery, and online orders, the committee voted 5-3 with one absent to return HB 2290 with a do pass recommendation.
The committee then heard House Bill 2373, which would add a space on the individual income tax return for taxpayers to voluntarily contribute part of a refund to the Veterans Donations Fund or Veterans Service Organization Fund. The sponsor and a veterans policy advocate said the measure would give taxpayers a simple way to support veterans organizations, with examples from Colorado and local veterans projects. The bill passed unanimously, 8-0 with one absent, and was returned with a do pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee considered House Bill 2143, a technical PSPRS measure that would limit the 5% ownership cap to publicly traded corporations. PSPRS representatives said the change would align the statute with its intended purpose, reduce unnecessary workarounds and legal costs, and preserve broader investment flexibility while maintaining other risk controls. Members discussed how the cap compares with ASRS and other retirement systems, and the bill was still under discussion at the end of the transcript.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/09/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Transcript Highlights:
- Is that 20% also on back pay if the veterans receive back pay? Mr.
- And back pay is real.
- And back pay is real.
- Salaries to pay, you have bills to pay, so forth, so on.
- That's an expensive bill to pay.
Summary:
The committee first took up SB 1803, which would regulate non-accredited veterans benefits claims assistance by prohibiting unrecognized agents or attorneys from preparing or prosecuting claims, limiting compensation practices, requiring written disclosures and cancellation rights, and making violations subject to Attorney General enforcement. Supporters, including the sponsor and several veterans, said the bill would create needed guardrails against predatory actors while preserving veterans’ choice to use free or paid help. Opponents and some neutral testimony, including a VA-accredited attorney and representatives of the VFW and American Legion, argued the bill still lacked sufficient protections, raised federal preemption concerns, and should require VA accreditation instead. After debate over fees, back pay, and the availability of free services, the committee adopted an amendment and gave SB 1803 a do pass recommendation by a 5-2 vote.
The committee then heard SB 1232, a strike-everything amendment dealing with outdoor advertising signs in military airport and ancillary military facility overlay zoning districts. The bill would allow signs on property with a military compatibility permit in areas otherwise treated as residential under a zoning designation, which the sponsor and property representatives said was needed to resolve an ADOT permitting loophole for a specific parcel near Luke Air Force Base and the Northern Parkway. Members questioned whether the change was narrowly tailored, whether other properties could be affected, and whether ADOT and federal highway beautification rules would be satisfied. After the amendment was adopted, the committee approved SB 1232 on a 4-3 vote, with several members saying they would reserve the right to change their votes on the floor.
Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1511, which would prohibit operation of a commercial motor vehicle in Arizona unless the operator can prove lawful presence in the United States and would allow impoundment if proof is not provided. The sponsor introduced the bill with a lengthy explanation of commercial driver licensing history and concerns about non-domiciled and limited-term CDLs, contrasting them with Canadian and Mexican commercial licensing arrangements. The transcript cuts off before testimony, questions, or any action on SB 1511.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/09/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Military Affairs and Border Security
Transcript Highlights:
- Is that 20 percent also on back pay if the veterans receive back pay? Mr.
- And back pay is real.
- Salaries to pay, you have bills to pay, so forth, so on.
- That's an expensive bill to pay.
- This will help me get my back pay that, frankly, if you don't get the back pay, zero of zero, zero.
Keywords:
outdoor advertising, military compatibility, zoning, electronic signage, permitting, undocumented immigrants, financial services, identification requirements, loans, foreign remittances, transitional housing, military, veterans, grant program, supportive services, SB1511, commercial driver license, CDL, nondomiciled CDL, nondomiciled commercial driver license
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Aug 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Hey there, you know, I'm just paying for insurance. Well, nobody likes having to pay that thing.
- He can either go online and pay a fee, not a fine. There's no taxes.
- being able to continue to pay.
- Because buying, you know, paying an extra five cents a gallon sucks.
- And so Everyone pays when they come through New Mexico.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- So during the pay plan, did we not give you all a million dollars to meet that?
- No, sir, you wasn't increased during the pay plan.
- Within the pay plan, we can research that and see if they received money, but the pay plan itself, the
- But I know the pay plan itself, the class and comp act, would not have provided them anything.
- Unless you're paying 30 employees, 10,000 each. Yeah, all the appropriations.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 19th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Two of them gave the feedback that if you use the funds to pay back the bond, which is a worthy deal,
- You have to pay it back and go with your other suggestion.
- pay if you sign and agree to take out this loan.
- and how much they're going to pay in total for that loan over the course of the mortgage?
- We're going to pay back? That's a very subjective question.
Keywords:
bond election, ballot proposition, debt obligation, municipal bonds, local government finance, property tax, ad valorem tax, school district bonds, county bonds, special taxing district, voter information document, public debt, municipal finance, tax-supported debt, election ballot language, bond transparency, homestead tax impact, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, public bank
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26 - Part 2
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- . saying, "Let's pay what I'm saying. saying, "Let's pay their<00:36:47.839><c> fair</c><00:36:48.160
- And by the way, if you think about the gas tax, you pay less if you drive less and you pay less if you
- </c> would pay $865. would pay $865. a<00:41:45.680><c> 7%</c><00:41:46.319><c> weight</c><00:41:46.640
- They're already paying an EV fee in lieu of the gas tax, and then they have to pay again when they go
- </c> Minnesota uh supports having EVs pay Minnesota uh supports having EVs pay their<00:46:49.040><c>
Keywords:
veterans benefits, Secret War, Laos veterans, eligibility process, burial fees, veteran designation, security, protective services, state officials, Capitol complex, state patrol, public safety, legislative protection, threat assessment, transportation, electronic attestation, traffic signals, accident reporting, legislative routes, agricultural aircraft
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 17th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- You're paying it in your hometown and then you're potentially paying it in the project city.
- Pay it once, not twice.
- You willing to pay that when they go.
- Pay it once, not twice. it. Pay it once, not twice. >> Thank<00:16:11.199><c> you.
- </c><00:17:05.439><c> that</c> roughly ALDOT's roughly paying that roughly ALDOT's roughly paying that
Keywords:
lottery winnings, lottery prize, state lottery, income tax exemption, tax exemption, gambling, games of chance, prize proceeds, Alabama Department of Revenue, state income tax, tax relief, winnings, jackpot, lotto, Alabama State House, Montgomery, Legislative Council, demolition, state capitol, state capitol building
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance (03/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- If you pay a shop owner $100 for a good in their shop, that shop owner takes that $100 and maybe pays
- If you pay a shop owner $100 for a good in their shop, that shop owner takes that $100 and maybe pays
- If you pay a shop owner $100 for a good in their shop, that shop owner takes that $100 and maybe pays
- He pays taxes.
- He pays taxes.
Summary:
The House Finance Committee opened a public hearing on House Bills 1 and 2, which concern the governor’s proposed FY 2026-2027 budget. The chair explained that the committee must fit the budget to House Ways and Means revenue, which is about $800 million below the governor’s estimate in an almost $16 billion budget. He also noted a projected current-budget overspend, the impact of recently passed legislation, possible fee updates, no new tax proposals at that time, and the importance of federal funding and Medicaid stability. Testimony was limited to three minutes, with the chair asking speakers to avoid duplication.
Much of the testimony focused on Medicaid, disability services, and home- and community-based care. Speakers urged the committee to restore or protect funding for transportation, Medicaid, day programs, in-home supports, and behavioral health services. Several individuals and providers described how cuts would affect people with disabilities, medically fragile children, and families who rely on services to remain employed and avoid institutional care. A home care provider argued that a proposed 3% Medicaid cut would increase hospitalizations and costs, while a behavioral health representative asked for sustainable Medicaid rates, uncompensated care support, housing resources, and continued funding for community behavioral health clinics.
Another major topic was the Group II retirement provisions in HB 2 for public safety workers. Representatives from police, fire, corrections, probation/parole, and related associations testified in support, saying prior pension changes hurt recruitment and retention, pushed experienced workers to neighboring states, and should be reversed to restore promised benefits. They argued the provisions would help keep public safety careers viable and honor commitments made to first responders. An executive counselor also warned that when the state shifts costs away from itself, local property taxpayers bear the burden, and she opposed cost shifts such as Medicaid premiums and universal vouchers. A separate speaker urged funding public schools rather than universal vouchers, arguing vouchers can leave other students behind as resources are diverted.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- > and</c><00:23:30.400><c> getting</c> application, paying fees, and getting application, paying fees
- have to pay the credit have do you have to pay the credit agency<01:02:40.079><c> or</c><01:02:40.240
- </c> system punish uh renters who don't pay system punish uh renters who don't pay on<01:15:20.320><c
- If I don't pay my bad behavior.
- </c> folks that are renters that are paying folks that are renters that are paying their<01:17:34.480
Keywords:
housing aid, local housing trust, funding projects, income provisions, technical changes, landlord regulations, tenant rights, minor children, lease agreements, eviction, privacy protection, housing, lease termination, medical care, death, infirmity, landlord obligations, St. Paul, public housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- You pay for or how do you do that? yeah. You pay for or how do you do that?
- I mentioned earlier increase pay.
- Higher pay.
- </c> pays off later. pays off later.
- </c> the pay we'd like to honor the same pay the pay we'd like to honor the same pay as<01:09:44.080>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Through this mechanism, the state pays a monthly capitation payment to the MCOs, and then the MCOs pay
- It would provide they are paying.
- incur, but also to pay for value.
- for. absence factor pays for.
- </c> medical records without paying a fee. medical records without paying a fee.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 216, 13 January, 2026; 1:45 PM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- You know that we got pay raises for the attorneys and pay raises for the investigators because we're
- I do $1,500, $2,000 pay raise.
- </c> because you pay them a lot more money. because you pay them a lot more money.
- </c> and what we're actually able to pay. and what we're actually able to pay.
- </c> >> Say diligence doesn't pay off. >> Say diligence doesn't pay off.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on HB 155, HB 1102, HB 1109, HB 1356, HB 1469, HB 1323, HB 1376 (05/26/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, whether it's only 1,500 bucks for the time you pay for your accountant and pay the small filing
- So rather than pay a have to file.
- </c> would have proposed, they don't pay would have proposed, they don't pay anything<00:16:38.320><c
- </c> only 1,500 bucks for the time you pay only 1,500 bucks for the time you pay for<00:16:47.199><c>
- filing fee and and what you pay amount filing fee and and what you pay in<00:16:50.560><c> the</c><00
Keywords:
9:00am HB 155
9:30am HB 1102
10:30am HB 1109
11:00am HB 1356
11:30am HB 1469
1:00pm HB 1323
2:00pm HB 1376, 928, house, all
Summary:
The meeting began with unanimous committee approval of amendment 2026-2021S to HB 2. Senator Lang explained the amendment corrected a drafting error so that $2.5 million in state funds, matched with federal money for a total of $5 million, could be spent during the biennium rather than lapse at the end of the fiscal year. The money is intended to stabilize Medicaid per diem rates for county nursing homes, and members agreed without objection to adopt the amendment and continue working from the bill as amended by the Senate.
The committee then discussed HB 155 and a proposed amendment, 2026-201H, dealing with the business enterprise tax. The House side described the proposal as a compromise that would raise the filing threshold from $250,000 to $375,000 and create a trigger that would reduce the BET rate by 0.05% for each $100 million in combined business tax surplus, down to a floor of 0.25%. Senate members opposed lowering the rate at this time, arguing that tax relief should focus on the filing threshold, which they said would remove filing burdens for about 3,500 small businesses, and that rate cuts should be considered in a budget cycle rather than an off-year. Concerns were raised that one-time revenues, such as tax amnesty receipts or federal repatriation-related surpluses, could unintentionally trigger reductions.
Representative Sweeney later offered a revised approach by moving the effective date of the trigger mechanism to January 1, 2028, and said he was also willing to carve out tax amnesty revenues or adjust the effective date to avoid using one-time funds. The Senate remained unwilling to agree to a rate reduction, though it expressed openness to raising the filing threshold further. The committee ultimately did not resolve the business tax issue and recessed to continue discussions at a later time.
The final item discussed was HB 1102, concerning an increase in the research and development tax credit paired with changes to state park fees. House members supported the R&D credit increase but opposed tying it to higher park fees, citing concerns about tourism, especially at border parks, and noting that the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources had said it did not need the increase. Senate members defended the park fee changes as a fairness issue, arguing that New Hampshire residents should pay less than out-of-state visitors and that the department had not raised rates in many years. No vote was taken on this item during the discussion captured here.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: Texas State Employees Pay Raise Jan 27th, 2025 at 11:01 am
Transcript Highlights:
- the budget process every year by first taking care of our county employees, making sure that their pay
- If you don't pay your workers enough.
- Joan Barish: ...find their real job, then they need to pay us like they believe that. Thank you.
- Texas is losing experienced, talented workers because we're not paying them what they're worth.
- Texas workers shouldn't have to choose between paying their bills or putting food on the table.
Keywords:
Texas state employees, retirees, compensation, House Bill 343, House Bill 247, Senator Sarah Eckhardt, Representative John Busey, cost of living, workforce, legislative session
Summary:
The committee meeting focused on critical issues facing Texas state employees and retirees, highlighting the need for increased compensation and improved benefits. Senator Sarah Eckhardt and Representative John Busey presented new legislation aimed at addressing these longstanding problems, including proposed House Bills 343 and 247, which seek a $10,000 across-the-board pay increase for state employees. Senator Eckhardt emphasized the growing wage gap between public sector jobs and private sector offerings, which has led to high turnover rates and the loss of institutional knowledge. Public testimonies underscored the urgency of the issue as retirees shared their struggles with stagnant pensions amidst rising living costs.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:52:12.480><c> cut</c> actually took quite a large uh pay cut actually took quite a large uh pay
- , it literally is a pay reduction.
- It isn't like a hypothetical pay reduction for short-call subs; it's like a literal pay reduction for
- is a pay reduction isn't like literally is a pay reduction isn't like a<01:55:00.360><c> hypothetical
- > short</c> a hypothetical pay reduction for short a hypothetical pay reduction for short call<01:55:
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> of that is going to pay off the bonds. of that is going to pay off the bonds.
- They are paying our turnpike fees. They are paying our taxes in this state.
- They are paying our turnpike fees. They are paying our taxes in this state.
- </c> If CJ had to pay more money, we'd pay If CJ had to pay more money, we'd pay it.<01:04:14.079><c>
- How do we pay for that co that cost? it? How do we pay for that co that cost?
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS House Floor - 4 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:46:42.800><c> They</c> “They pay it. We’re going to pay it.”
- Every time we do a pay increase, other states do a pay increase, too. we're paying teachers.
- get a pay raise as well. get a pay raise as well.
- ,</c> teacher pay, I mean the assistant pay, teacher pay, I mean the assistant pay, this<04:42:28.240
- and pay pay that extra go to that casino and pay pay that extra fees<05:32:49.840><c> and</c><05:32:50.000
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Someone has to pay for it: either the state pays for it or the county pays for it.
- Someone has to pay for it: either the state pays for it or the county pays for it.
- Someone has to pay for it: either the state pays for it or the county pays for it.
- </c> about the people who just are paying about the people who just are paying nothing<01:19:20.360><
- </c><01:19:22.239><c> nothing</c> about the people who are paying nothing about the people who are paying