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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the most efficient. It's the most effective way to heat.
  • <00:21:30.240> on<00:21:30.640> larger well as the efficiencies on larger well as the
  • efficiencies on larger buildings<00:21:31.440> are<00:21:31.679> much<00:21:31.919>
  • It's the most efficient. It's to heat. It's the most efficient.
  • New manufactured homes not only are cost-effective, energy efficient, and durable, while costing
Bills: HF4234, HF484, HF483, HF2614
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • process where it will be chaos and there will be an inability for associations to operate in an efficient
  • process where it will be chaos and there will be an inability for associations to operate in an efficient
  • <00:15:14.079> and<00:15:14.560> my operate in an efficient manner. and my operate
  • in an efficient manner. and my uh<00:15:15.120> timer<00:15:15.440> my<00:15:15.600>
  • Um, this is a bill about fairness and efficiency in Minnesota's real estate market.
Bills: SF1750, HF704, HF3479
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So as you would expand, get a little bit bigger, it just becomes more efficient.
  • that would be the goal of anybody getting involved in business would be to expand and make it more efficient
  • So as you would expand, get a little bit bigger, it just becomes more efficient.
  • So as you would expand, get a little bit bigger, it just becomes more efficient.
  • more efficient. more efficient. >> Representative<00:51:28.000> Yander.
Bills: HF3508, HF3548, HF3549
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HSH Public Hearing - Thu Feb 5, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it also has an impact on the amount of funding that's available and the efficiency and use of that
  • So it has an impact at the state level in terms of how we're allocating our resources and how efficient
  • And it also has an impact on the amount of funding that's available and the efficiency and use of that
  • And it also has an impact on the amount of funding that's available and the efficiency and use of that
  • <01:55:30.800> that's<01:55:31.040> being and how efficient that's being and how efficient
Bills: HB2488, HB2456
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HP 1972, which would create a nonrefundable family caregiver tax credit, and on a related tax measure to increase the existing dependent care tax credit. Supporters of HP 1972, including AARP, the Executive Office on Aging, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, and others, said unpaid caregivers are essential to keeping kūpuna and other loved ones at home and described significant out-of-pocket costs. The Department of Taxation and the Tax Foundation raised technical concerns, including the need to avoid overlap with existing credits and to prevent double-dipping. The department said taxpayers can claim credits to the extent allowed, but recommended explicit language barring the same costs from being claimed under more than one credit. No vote was taken in the excerpt, and the chair moved the bill along after questions. The committee then heard HP 1975, which would repeal the sunset on the state rent supplement program for kūpuna. AARP, Catholic Charities Hawaii, the Executive Office on Aging, and others supported making the program permanent, saying it helps low-income older adults avoid eviction and homelessness and allows them to remain in affordable housing. Catholic Charities described clients who were paying unsustainable shares of income for rent before receiving the supplement. Members also shared a constituent example of an elderly retiree who needed the subsidy to stay housed. Written support was noted from additional organizations and individuals. Next, the committee took up HB 1706, which would expand Medicaid prospective payment reimbursement to include mental health services furnished in federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics by mental health professionals under supervision. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported the bill, and DHS said it appreciated the intent to address workforce shortages and expand training, but cautioned that unlicensed professionals cannot currently bill Medicaid and that a state plan amendment would be needed, with limited precedent for approval. Members asked about the likelihood and timing of federal approval and whether the bill could help rural areas; DHS said approval is uncertain and the process can take time, though it saw possible alignment with the state’s rural health transformation efforts. The committee also discussed HB 546, a three-year health coverage continuity pilot program for people losing Medicaid coverage. DHS, the Attorney General’s office, DCCA, Catholic Charities, the University of Hawaii, and others testified, with DHS warning that federal changes could increase uninsured rates and that the state may need to act quickly. Catholic Charities and others emphasized the risk to Medicaid recipients, including homeless and near-elderly residents, while DHS explained the state’s existing premium assistance program for certain immigrants and compared it to the proposed pilot. The excerpt ends during discussion of that comparison, with no vote shown.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • us provide services quicker<00:55:04.880> and<00:55:05.119> more<00:55:05.280> efficiently
  • <00:55:06.400> Uh<00:55:06.640> we<00:55:06.880> do quicker and more efficiently
  • Uh we do quicker and more efficiently.
  • He said, as John mentioned in his testimony earlier, they want to provide safe, efficient, environmentally
  • , to provide safe, efficient, environmentally<01:10:47.520> sound,<01:10:47.679> and<01
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee met for its sixth and final interim meeting after a brief technical delay, approved the October 14 minutes, and heard a presentation on a proposed Kentucky hands-free driving bill. The main discussion centered on distracted driving and a draft measure modeled on South Carolina law that would prohibit holding or supporting a mobile electronic device while driving on public roads, while allowing limited exceptions for parked/stopped vehicles, navigation, emergency reporting, dispatch systems, first responders, and certain hands-free call functions. The bill would make a violation a $100 fine plus court costs, with the draft allocating fine revenue to the traumatic brain injury trust fund, Kentucky trauma care system, and veteran program trust fund. The sponsor also said the bill would address prior concerns about enforcement and clarify that officers need a clear, unobstructed visual observation before stopping a driver, and that they may not search or seize devices or make custodial arrests solely for the violation. Alyssa Burns gave emotional testimony in support of the bill, describing the death of her young daughter Kimberly in a crash she attributed to a distracted driver and urging lawmakers to pass the measure to improve roadway safety. The sponsor cited Kentucky traffic fatality statistics, including 814 deaths in 2023 and an estimated 20% involving distracted driving, and argued that the bill could reduce preventable deaths. Several members voiced support and sympathy, including remarks comparing the effort to past seat belt legislation and suggesting possible future additions such as community service. One member raised concerns about enforcement and whether officers could reliably observe phone use inside vehicles, while another asked about the bill’s interaction with existing texting-while-driving penalties and whether points would still apply. The sponsor said the draft was still being refined, acknowledged gray areas, and invited further changes as the bill moves forward.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Special Session - Senate Floor Session - Part 3 - 06/09/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members may remember Senator Rarick's work on eco efficiency.
  • That money is paid into the Department of Commerce, weatherization, and low-income efficiency.
  • That means we're going to help Minnesotans who have less with their energy use, efficiency, and bills
  • That money is every year for efficiency.
  • ,<00:14:51.839> and with their energy use, efficiency, and with their energy use, efficiency
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It saves on energy efficiency. It helps toward any sustainability and climate goals.
  • It saves on energy efficiency. It helps toward any sustainability and climate goals.
  • <01:13:54.159> I<01:13:54.320> mean, it saves on energy efficiency.
  • I mean, it saves on energy efficiency.
  • ,<01:16:52.880> and<01:16:53.120> upgrades<01:16:53.600> utility efficiency, and
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/18/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Urdahl, thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, members, for being so efficient.
  • Representative Yim, thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, members, for being so efficient.
  • thank you for and thank you members thank you for being<00:02:08.679> so<00:02:08.879> efficient
  • sorry I was a bit being so efficient sorry I was a bit late<00:02:10.520> on<00:02:10.720>
  • These proposed changes enhance educator efficiency and ensure we focus on what truly impacts student
Bills: HF1124, HF1457, HF1803
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Taxes - 03/12/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for adopting the A1 amendment in such an efficient manner.
  • Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for adopting the A1 amendment in such an efficient manner.
  • Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for adopting the A1 amendment in such an efficient manner.
  • <01:20:36.520> unlike<01:20:36.920> commercial<01:20:37.440> elevators efficiently
  • unlike commercial elevators efficiently unlike commercial elevators with<01:20:38.199> limited
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It just makes us more efficient in terms of meeting some of those basic needs that our food entrepreneurial
  • It just makes us more efficient in terms of meeting some of those basic needs that our food entrepreneurial
  • It just makes us more efficient in terms of meeting some of those basic needs that our food entrepreneurial
  • It roughly tripled our floor space that we had available, so we've become much more efficient.
  • So just a lot of efficiencies gained, and it now allows us to bring in equipment from our entrepreneurs
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • to show up in a partnering fashion in a way that...' ...in a partnering fashion in a way that is efficient
  • doing that work and that there may from doing that work and that there may be<00:47:45.319> efficiencies
  • in another way to be efficiencies in another way to actually<00:47:47.000> collect<00:47:47.359
  • I did just want to say when we talk about specifically cloud storage, that there's significant efficiencies
  • efficiencies to be gained<01:41:35.960> by<01:41:36.119> going<01:41:36.520> with
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee met for a Health and Finance Policy hearing, began with member and staff introductions, and noted that Representative Keeler was participating as a non-voting member. The chair outlined committee rules on decorum and then introduced the day’s first agency presentation from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), with Commissioner Cunningham appearing to present the department’s budget priorities. Commissioner Cunningham described MDH’s broad public health role and emphasized that public health is underfunded relative to health care, with significant reliance on federal dollars. The department’s main budget request was for infectious disease prevention and response to offset anticipated federal funding losses. MDH also outlined several fee increases tied to public water systems, wells, licensing and certification, assisted living and health care facilities, HMO regulation, food/pools/lodging inspections, radioactive materials, X-ray equipment, and asbestos abatement. The commissioner said these changes were needed because costs, workload, and regulatory complexity have increased, while many fees have not been updated in years. MDH also presented budget-neutral proposals, including continuing the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Advisory Committee, converting the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force into a standing advisory committee, restoring some local and tribal public health cannabis and substance misuse prevention grants, creating direct American Indian Health Special Emphasis Grants, reauthorizing the State Trauma Advisory Council, and extending firefighter PFAS biomonitoring work. The department also requested an operations adjustment for rising employee, insurance, fuel, utility, and legal costs, and referenced additional Clean Water Legacy Fund proposals. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided. Representative Bierman then offered supportive comments, praising MDH’s work and backing the funding and fee proposals, especially the restoration of local public health prevention grants.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 1/22/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are all working on innovation, collaboration, partnership, efficiency, constantly trying to do more
  • We are all working on innovation, collaboration, partnership, efficiency, constantly trying to do more
  • We are all working on innovation, collaboration, partnership, efficiency, constantly trying to do more
  • We are all working on innovation, collaboration, partnership, efficiency, constantly trying to do more
  • partnership efficiency constantly trying to<01:03:25.240> do<01:03:25.400> more<01:03:
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The Health Finance and Policy Committee heard testimony from the Minnesota Hospital Association and several hospital leaders about the financial strain facing hospitals across Minnesota. The association’s CEO said hospitals are essential 24/7 safety-net providers, but rising labor, supply, technology, and drug costs are outpacing reimbursement from Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial payers. He warned that many not-for-profit hospitals are struggling, that workforce shortages remain significant, and that the committee should consider help on Medicaid rates, discharge/boarding problems, mental health services, workforce development, protecting the 340B drug discount program, and avoiding new mandates that add costs. Relle Schultz of Winona Health described a community hospital with a 49-bed facility and long-term care services that has faced years of losses, including a $17 million loss in 2023 and $12 million in losses the following year. She said government payers now make up about 65% of the hospital’s mix, and each 1% increase in that mix costs about $1 million. She highlighted the difficulty of sustaining services such as dialysis, which was nearly closed until a local donor provided $3 million to keep it open for three years, and she emphasized the importance of 340B savings and the need for higher Medicaid payments. Carrie Mulski of Riverview Health in Crookston said critical access hospitals are also under pressure despite their federal designation. She explained that federal support has eroded, that Medicaid and other public programs do not cover full costs, and that her hospital’s 340B savings help keep the doors open. She said Riverview opened a new hospital in 2020 but was hit by the pandemic and inflation, leading to annual losses of $5 million to $6 million and a negative operating margin of 9% to 10%. She also described bond covenant problems, low cash on hand, the prior closure of the nursing home, and the need for rapid state action to stabilize rural hospitals and preserve access to care.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 1/21/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:27:17.159> beginning<00:27:17.559> on<00:27:17.720> Minnesota's efficiencies
  • beginning on Minnesota's efficiencies beginning on Minnesota's Iron<00:27:18.600> Range<00:27
  • They have both the strength and the efficiency on the cost front, so they should be not any more expensive
  • They have both the strength and the efficiency on the cost front, so they should be not any more expensive
  • <00:40:26.319> on both the strength and the efficiency on both the strength and the efficiency
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee met and approved the minutes from the previous meeting. The chair noted that agency overviews from the Office of Higher Education and other state agencies were not available, so the committee proceeded with University of Minnesota presentations instead. The committee also reviewed posted committee rules. University of Minnesota representatives gave an overview of the university’s research enterprise, describing it as a system of five campuses with a possible expansion to St. Cloud, and highlighting research strengths across campuses in agriculture, energy, natural resources, health, and the Twin Cities flagship campus. They said the university has more than $1.3 billion in annual research expenditures, receives most of its research funding from federal sources, and is ranked highly for both overall research and interdisciplinary research. Examples discussed included the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the Forever Green initiative, and research tied to sustainable crops, health, and commercialization. Members asked questions about specific research areas, including biodegradable or renewable plastics, wheat research, food dyes, health and environmental toxins, and the market for winter camelina and winter pennycress. University staff said they could follow up with more detailed information and explained that the winter crop work is intended to become market-driven over time, while also improving soil health and creating new revenue streams for farmers. They also clarified that the university’s federal research funding includes money from NIH, NSF, DOE, DOD, and other agencies, and that the “other” funding category includes foundations, subawards, and internal university seed funding. The committee then heard a second University of Minnesota presentation focused on partnerships, commercialization, and workforce development. Testimony highlighted collaborations with industry and government partners such as U.S. Steel, 3M, Medtronic, Cisco, and defense-related industry leaders, as well as programs supporting microelectronics, AI, cybersecurity, and sustainable aviation fuels. No formal votes were taken beyond approving the minutes, and the committee ended the segment by moving on to the next testifier.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (01/20/2026)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In conclusion, the goal of these modifications is simple: to increase efficiency, reduce project downtime
  • These comments reflect our belief that the Dig Safe laws should be efficient and protective of public
  • and protective of public be efficient and protective of public safety<01:16:00.159> and<01:16
  • and often improving safety as efficiency and often improving safety as well.<04:24:24.880> It's
  • We need to reduce, we need to promote the generation of clean energy and promote energy efficiency so
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • during the design and work and drawings phase of the project to ensure safety, code, and energy efficiency
  • during the design and working drawings phase of the project to ensure safety, code, and energy efficiency
  • or years of software development to days or weeks, using low-code technology and fostering more efficient
  • Can you speak to the need, potentially, to streamline those programs for efficiency? Certainly.
  • administration noted, that early-action funding... potentially to streamline those programs for efficiency
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health held a May Revision hearing covering several health-related budget proposals and broader concerns about the state’s budget structure. The Chair opened by praising some May Revision changes, such as added health IT funding, county administration support tied to Medi-Cal changes, a delay in Medi-Cal cuts for some lawfully present immigrants, and additional support for Covered California subsidies, while criticizing proposed increases in Medi-Cal premiums, changes to senior eligibility, the lack of a Medi-Cal dental solution, and other reductions affecting counties, mobile crisis units, workforce incentives, and physician shortages. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the state’s budget condition remains weak despite progress on the structural deficit, and the Department of Finance said the May Revision uses a mix of reductions, reforms, revenue proposals, and fund shifts to cut out-year deficits. The committee first heard Department of State Hospitals proposals, including adjustments to county bed billing authority, contract exemption language for online clinical/pharmacy subscriptions, reversion of unspent funds, a revised Metro Central Utility Plant replacement project, electronic health record implementation, and workforce development funded partly through Behavioral Health Services Act resources. DSH also described savings and realignments in incompetent-to-stand-trial and conditional release programs, including extending the independent placement panel program and shifting funds to support additional bed capacity and a mental health rehab center. Members asked about the use of BHSA funds for workforce programs, and the department said the proposal would replace General Fund support with BHSA reimbursements. The Emergency Medical Services Authority proposed funding for statewide behavioral health crisis response guidance and for enterprise system development, and the Department of Managed Health Care proposed modernization of its complaint system and claims-settlement data system to improve oversight and comply with AB 3275. The largest discussion centered on the administration’s BHSA spending plan under Proposition 1, including state-directed prevention, workforce, and other uses, plus General Fund offsets for existing programs. The LAO questioned whether some proposed offsets fit Proposition 1’s non-supplant and eligible-use requirements, while the administration argued the uses were consistent with the measure and that the state-directed share can be adjusted annually. The Commission for Behavioral Health’s proposals drew the most public and member concern. The administration proposed cutting the commission’s Innovation Partnership Fund from $20 million to $10 million and reducing the Community Advocacy Program by $6.7 million, while redirecting BHSA dollars to other state purposes and direct services. Commissioners, advocates, and several members argued the cuts would weaken community voice, reduce support for underserved populations, and disrupt grants already in process; they also objected to using BHSA funds to backfill General Fund commitments. Public commenters, including youth, disability, behavioral health, LGBTQ, tribal, veteran, immigrant, and community-based organization representatives, overwhelmingly opposed the cuts and urged preservation of prevention, advocacy, mobile crisis, and innovation funding. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-14 - 10:00AM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This language was about appliance efficiency standards, as the national standards may be changing.
  • This is keeping the status quo of the appliance efficiency standards that producers have to meet.
  • And then, we did also include, along with the appliance efficiency standard, there was language that
  • Oh, and we ask for the Senate's support. along with the appliance efficiency along with the appliance
  • efficiency standard standard standard um<01:42:42.560> there<01:42:43.040> was um there
Keywords: 927, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Public Safety Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • remind everyone that the Assembly has rules to ensure that we maintain order and run a fair and efficient
  • If they think that that makes economic sense and that they can operate the jail as efficiently or more
  • efficiently, they would have that option.
  • prison rather than being tied solely to the location of the treatment facility, helping improve efficiency
  • prison rather than being tied solely to the location of the treatment facility, helping improve efficiency
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • The key arguments for repeal focused on efficiency costs and capital flight, with the OECD finding that
  • Good morning, Chair and members of the committee. efficient, effective government, efficient, effective
  • 23.520> on The key arguments for repeal focused on The key arguments for repeal focused on efficiency
  • c> costs<00:42:24.600> and<00:42:24.720> capital<00:42:25.120> flight, efficiency
  • costs and capital flight, efficiency costs and capital flight, with<00:42:25.680> the<00:42:25.800
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee heard presentations on two tax bills: House File 4123, by Representative Agbaje, would expand Minnesota’s net investment income tax to include certain business income, especially income from S corporations and LLCs not subject to federal self-employment taxes, while keeping the current rate and million-dollar threshold; she said it would raise an estimated $88.7 million next year. House File 4616, by Chair Gomez, would impose a 1% annual tax on fortunes above $10 million. Gomez framed the bill as a response to growing wealth inequality and argued that wealthy households and large fortunes should contribute more to public services, while Agbaje said her bill would broaden the tax base and help meet state needs. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project, Erica Mominee of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, Lauren Richards, and teacher Kristen Sinicariello, said the bills would help address wealth and income inequality and provide needed revenue for public health, education, and other public services. They pointed to federal tax cuts for high-income households, cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, and strains on state agencies and schools. Richards said small businesses already pay more than large corporations like Amazon, and Sinicariello argued that higher revenue would support classrooms and help equalize opportunity. Opponents, including Brian Cook of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, Dalton Danielson of the Minnesota Business Partnership, and John Beschi of NFIB Minnesota, warned that both bills would hurt business competitiveness and investment. They argued that HF 4123 would effectively create a new higher tax tier for pass-through businesses and that HF 4616 would be difficult to administer, could force sales of illiquid assets, and could discourage entrepreneurship and capital investment. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee moved through bill presentations and public testimony before member discussion.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

No tax on tips or overtime 3/3/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are a research and education organization in support of sound tax policy, efficient spending, and
  • It harms tax system integrity in the eyes of many taxpayers. support of sound tax policy, efficient support
  • of sound tax policy, efficient spending,<00:23:52.720> and<00:23:52.880> accountable<00
  • Neutrality or economic efficiency—introducing economic distortions into the market violates that one.
  • My preference is to cut taxes for everybody, and that is the most efficient, effective thing we can do
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee took up House File 3524 and House File 3525 and laid both over for possible inclusion in the omnibus tax bill, with no amendments adopted and no vote taken at this stage. HF 3524 would conform Minnesota law to the federal overtime tax deduction, and HF 3525 would conform to the federal tip-income deduction. The author argued both bills would help workers keep more of their earnings, simplify tax filing, support labor-force participation, and provide relief to workers in hospitality, trades, health care, and other industries. The committee heard testimony in support from a restaurant owner, Sandra Weiss of the Finnish Beastro in St. Paul, who said the bills would help tipped workers keep more of their income and would support hospitality businesses. She described her staff as roughly half men and half women, including students and long-term employees, and said front-of-house tipped workers and back-of-house workers face different pay levels. She also said Minnesota’s tip rules and lack of a tip credit create challenges for the industry. During questioning, members discussed wage disparities, the makeup of her workforce, and the practical effects of the proposals. Opposition testimony came from Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project and Eric Bernstein of We Make Minnesota, both of whom argued the bills are regressive, poorly targeted, and costly. They said the deductions would mainly benefit higher earners, violate horizontal equity by treating similar incomes differently, and could encourage compensation restructuring. They also warned the combined cost would exceed $500 million over the 2028-29 biennium and could pressure funding for health care, education, and other public services. Mark Havenman of the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence similarly criticized the bills on tax fairness and administrative grounds, noting the federal tip deduction framework is still under development and could create enforcement issues. Nonpartisan staff provided revenue estimates showing HF 3524 would reduce general fund revenue by about $365.9 million in fiscal 2027 and HF 3525 by about $126 million in fiscal 2027, with smaller ongoing impacts in later years. Members also raised questions about how the bills would be paid for and what income would qualify under the overtime deduction.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, February 17, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:24:52.720> it<00:24:52.800> allows HB 145 is efficient because it allows HB 145
  • is efficient because it allows residents<00:24:53.760> to<00:24:53.880> pay<00:24:54.600
  • And we did the full analysis and looked at efficiency differences across those vehicle types, across
  • And we did the full analysis and looked at efficiency differences across those vehicle types, across
  • And we did the full analysis and looked at efficiency differences across those vehicle types, across
Bills: SF0095, SF0107, SF0112