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• I could write a policy for a family and HSA, $5,000 deductible, pays 100% after the $5,000, which is
• These increased costs ultimately translate into higher premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket expenses
• Sections 4.2 of the bill have to do with adjusting a payroll cap that had been in place since 1995 and
• Sections 4.2 of the bill have to do with adjusting a payroll cap that had been in place since 1995 and

Bills: AB52, AB76, AB163, AB388, AB483

Keywords: health insurance, claims process, insurance regulation, admin penalties, healthcare access, cannabis, cannabis establishment, medical cannabis, adult-use cannabis, advertising regulations, packaging requirements, unlicensed cannabis activities, state prosecution, confidentiality, Cannabis Compliance Board, disciplinary proceedings, mental health, counseling, interstate practice, telehealth

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• But the ERP system is a computer system that runs the state: it runs payroll, it runs HR, it runs finances
• that runs the state it it runs payroll that runs the state it it runs payroll it<00:22:09.880>
• And our deductible on insurance policies is a million on every building.
• and so if we were $1 million deductible and so if we were to<00:54:19.319> have<00:54:19.440>
• They allowed us to how they operate the ERP system that does payroll and finance for the state.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented its capital budget process and priorities, explaining that it maintains and operates 96 state buildings and uses annual facility walkthroughs, condition assessments, and rough cost estimates to rank projects for the governor’s capital budget. Officials described how requests are triaged, how the governor’s office and Public Works refine estimates, and how the resulting capital budget book serves as legislative intent for approved projects. They also noted that this year the governor’s office asked for estimates on all selected projects, which increased workload but reduced detail. The department highlighted several requested projects, including $1.5 million for the ERP system sustainability fund, which officials said is critical because the state is upgrading its core financial, HR, and budget system to the cloud. Other priorities included courthouse HVAC and boiler work, brick repointing at the State House annex/main building, window replacement at the Spalding building, and elevator replacement on the hospital campus. Officials also said the governor’s proposed capital budget included fewer DAS projects than in past years and asked the committee to consider funding closer to historic levels. The committee then reviewed lapse and reallocation items. DAS said most older projects are still in design, bid, or construction because projects now take four to six years rather than two to three, in part due to ARPA-related workload and post-COVID construction backlogs. Members discussed lapsing $81,000 from the completed Spalding roof project and redirecting small remaining balances from several 2019 projects toward the Hillsboro County South cell block project through the Capital Project Overview Committee. Officials also confirmed ARPA-funded projects are expected to be completed before the December 2026 deadline and explained that the ERP system is the main state IT exception outside DOIT’s usual centralized control, though it still requires DOIT consultation and approval.

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• Then we’re able to deduct our administrative expenses for the unclaimed property program, and we also
• our administrative expenses to U deduct our administrative expenses for<00:35:34.760> the<00:
• how much we need for example for payroll how much we need for example for payroll um<00:41:58.920
• You know, our expenses are the employees we have on the payroll and the cost for them and their cars
• You know, our expenses are the employees we have on the payroll and the cost for them and their cars

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting featured presentations from the Department of Administrative Services and the Treasury Department on state revenue reporting and unclaimed property. State Comptroller Dana Call explained DAS’s role in compiling statewide revenue reports, including the annual revenue plan set through the budget process and the monthly revenue focus reports that track cash receipts. She noted that unrestricted general fund revenue is about $2 billion annually, while miscellaneous other revenue is a much smaller and less predictable category, averaging roughly $30 million to $32 million a year. She also described two more material internal revenue lines: statewide indirect cost recoveries and post-retirement benefit recoveries, which are billed to agencies and often tied to federal reimbursement rules. Members asked about the interest line in the revenue charts and about how the figures were presented, and Call clarified that the totals were in millions and that the interest item would be explained by the Treasurer. She also explained that the indirect cost and post-retirement recoveries are internal cost allocations that flow back into the unrestricted revenue pool and are reflected in agency budgets as interagency costs. Treasurer Monica Meissner then outlined Treasury Department functions, including bank deposits, statewide disbursements, banking relationships, investments, debt management, compliance, the FONA College Savings Program, the ABLE Plan, scholarship programs, and the abandoned property program. In discussing unclaimed property, she said holders report property after a five-year dormancy period, the state uses automated systems and outreach to locate owners, and claim activity has increased. In fiscal year 2024, the state returned about $12.2 million to citizens through roughly 12,000 claims; over the last 10 years, about $72.6 million has been returned. She also said the state escheated $19.9 million to the general fund and $1.8 million to counties last year, and explained that securities-related proceeds are harder to estimate because they depend on market conditions. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• Your bill reverses that to say it shall be applied and deducted.
• The state, you know, the sponsor payroll plan is not going to be reimbursed for work injuries that should

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• The fees come out of the account, and then they are tax deductible, so you don't have to pay taxes when
• The fees come out of the account, and then they are tax deductible, so you don't have to pay taxes when
• The fees come out of the account, and then they are tax deductible, so you don't have to pay taxes when
• listed and included for the accounting language: audit, bookkeeping, financial statement preparation, payroll
• listed and included for the accounting language: audit, bookkeeping, financial statement preparation, payroll

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 2437, the governor’s proposed tax bill, and first adopted the A25-Z42 amendment to put the bill in the desired shape. Commissioner Paul Marquardt of the Department of Revenue then presented the bill as part of Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan’s budget, describing it as a response to budget pressures that would make the tax system more fair and stable while supporting economic development and jobs. Marquardt walked through the bill’s major provisions. These included sustainable aviation fuel policy, repeal of K-12 education credit assignment, elimination of the political contribution refund, expansion of the research and development credit, short-line railroad infrastructure modernization, changes to the state airport fund levy, replacement of attachments and appearances with distribution systems, a narrow personal property tax exception for low-income housing tenants, reduced aquatic invasive species aid, and a 34% reduction in PILT payments. He then focused on the sales tax article, saying it would lower the statewide rate by 0.75% while expanding the base to selected professional services such as accounting, banking, brokerage, and legal services, with business-to-business transactions exempt. He said the proposal would be effective for sales and purchases after September 30, 2025, and estimated a first-year rate-cut impact of about $99 million versus $215 million from the service expansion, while arguing that most households would see a net tax cut. He also noted other changes such as landlord penalty adjustments, a 30% reduction in sustainable aviation fuel incentive payments, repeal of local government cannabis aid, and repeal of the tax filing modernization account. Public testimony began with Kyle Playford of the Financial Planning Association of Minnesota, who strongly opposed the proposed sales tax on professional services, especially financial planning. He argued that financial planning is an essential service for retirement, investment, and long-term financial security, and said the tax would raise costs for consumers, reduce access for middle-class families, small business owners, and retirees, and put Minnesota firms at a competitive disadvantage. The chair then indicated that additional public testimony would continue before member questions.

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• Senator Klein to the A5 Rasmussen amendment. deductible health plan more than what deductible health
• So, the deductible health plan.
• of Minnesotans who have high deductible of Minnesotans who have high deductible health<00:34:59.320
• So, they're losing money deductible.
• deductible people. deductible people.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• , if we increase the standard deduction, if we increase the standard deduction, because<01:05:53.760
• So, increasing the standard deduction.
• that increasing the standard deduction that increasing the standard deduction would<01:10:26.080
• <01:11:10.600> is would agree that a standard deduction is would agree that a standard deduction
• <01:11:23.320> and also look at the standard deduction and also look at the standard deduction

Bills: HB2459, HB1616, HB1799, HB1604, HB1732, HB1736, HB1931, HB772, HB2153, HB2122, HB2009, HB2012, HB1779, HB2296, HB2397, HB2398, HB1596, HB2233, HB1976, HB1563, HB815, HB1655, HB1851, HB1941, HB2037, HB1635, HB2201, HB1943, HB1163, HB2452, HB2429, HB2148, HB2306, HB2007, HB2049, HB2616

Keywords: food innovation, agribusiness, food safety, market access, branding, economic diversification, performance indicators, agriculture, aquaculture, commercial activity, swine production, Korean natural farming, housing development, commercial projects, county authority, public works, construction standards, exemption, zoning, housing

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• of $184.8 million for the ERS retirement system over the biennium, and that's mostly just due to payroll
• Since the state picks up the 8%, are we doing anything on the deductibles?
• A substantial part of this increase is due to payroll growth in higher education, and you can see our
• list of assumptions sitting there. 0.93% payroll growth for state employees and 5.5%, 5.6% growth for
• just tell you that researchers look at things very differently than someone that has had to make payroll

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• As Representative Frazier noted, all of this matters because wage theft and payroll fraud put downward
• We should expect the same when employers commit wage theft and payroll fraud. This bill...

Bills: HF2233, HF1999, HF1995, HF1614, HF2781, HF1775, HF1316, HF2127, HF2521, HF689, HF2380, HF1273

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• As Representative Frasier noted, all of this matters because wage theft and payroll fraud put downward
• We should expect the same when employers commit wage theft and payroll fraud.
• <01:37:15.600> fraud<01:37:16.080> put<01:37:16.400> downward theft and payroll
• fraud put downward theft and payroll fraud put downward pressure<01:37:17.360> on<01:37:17.600
• commit wage theft and payroll fraud. commit wage theft and payroll fraud.

Bills: HF2233, HF1999, HF1995, HF1614, HF2781, HF1775, HF1316, HF2127, HF2521, HF689, HF2380, HF1273

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• you're working in multiple different places, in Minnesota ours is tied basically to the standard deduction
• you have a filing requirement in Minnesota if your Minnesota-source income is above the standard deduction
• season and say how am I going<01:24:13.159> to<01:24:13.239> make<01:24:13.480> payroll
• <01:24:13.920> in<01:24:14.080> two<01:24:14.280> weeks going to make payroll
• in two weeks going to make payroll in two weeks because<01:24:15.360> the<01:24:15.480> money

Bills: HF2274, HF1932

Keywords: taxation, income tax, property tax, corporate tax, homestead credit, local government aid, tax credits, economic development, taxpayer assistance, tax credit outreach, tax preparation, free tax help, IRS, Department of Revenue, general fund appropriation, earned income tax credit, child tax credit, volunteer income tax assistance, VITA, low-income taxpayers

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• There's no deductibles, there's no directly paying health care providers, all that is covered by the
• kind of reduce those costs for employers, and it now costs about... 47 cents per hundred dollars of payroll

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• mentioned there are some other statistics, and there are 30 seconds left about how sixty percent of our payroll
• It's an automatic deduction, and I think it runs around $280. Imagine that.

Bills: SB4, SJR2, SB 4, SJR 2

Keywords: property tax, homestead exemption, school funding, state aid, constitutional amendment, SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval

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• proposal is to move in the $70 million of what they are already doing for cost of care, for dues deductions
• , as well as CCPU and related..." "...cost of care for dues deductions as well as CCPU and related structure
• So that included due deductions, inquiry information, and as... ...contractors so that included deductions
• In the difference between coming to work with dignity or coming with fear that payroll and support won't
• In the difference between coming to war with dignity or coming with fair that payroll and support won't

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The subcommittee first heard May Revision items for child support, child care, and related human services. The Department of Child Support Services described two technical adjustments, which the LAO said raised no concerns. The Department of Social Services then walked through child care proposals, including a shift in how federal and Proposition 64 funding reductions would be absorbed, a 2.01% COLA, disaster-related child care infrastructure grants, an increase in in-contract administrative support costs for alternative payment agencies, reversion of prospective-pay implementation funding after a federal rule change, a one-time allocation to cover the first quarter of Cost of Care Plus payments in the next fiscal year, reappropriation for existing infrastructure grant closeout work, and estimates of unspent child care funds. The department also outlined trailer bill language on a single rate structure, site safety and emergency procedures, CalWORKs child care data sharing, and child care oversight. The LAO recommended that the Legislature seek more justification for shifting reductions from General Child Care to the Alternative Payment Program, noting that CAP reductions affect more slots and that General Child Care has had significant unspent funds. It supported removing prospective-pay funding, but recommended rejecting the administrative cost shift to a percentage-based rate because it could create future General Fund pressure. It also suggested the Legislature review alignment between the disaster grants and the child care infrastructure program. Senators and members pressed the administration on why the budget would reduce child care slots and COLA percentages while the state still has waitlists and unspent funds, and questioned the need for early funding of Cost of Care Plus payments and the move from a flat administrative amount to a percentage. Public commenters, including providers, advocates, county offices, and infrastructure partners, urged full COLA funding, preservation of child care slots, support for prospective pay, and continued investment in child care access and facilities. After a short recess, the committee moved to Part B on health and heard the Department of State Hospitals. DSH presented a May Revision budget of $3.2 billion and described proposals for a central utility plant replacement at Metropolitan State Hospital, an electronic health record implementation, reduced county bed billing authority due to phased-in LPS bed capacity, limited contract exemption authority for online clinical subscriptions, reversion of prior-year unspent operating funds, and a workforce development proposal shifting some costs to Behavioral Health Services Act funds, including support for an additional psychiatric training cohort at Napa. The department also outlined IST-related savings and a trailer bill to remove the sunset on the independent placement panel program.

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• people would still be in that department and they would still be getting paychecks that wouldn't deduct
• people would still be in that department and they would still be getting paychecks that wouldn't deduct
• people would still be in that department and they would still be getting paychecks that wouldn't deduct
• people would still be in that department and they would still be getting paychecks that wouldn't deduct
• that wouldn't deduct the ones that<01:20:50.320> were<01:20:50.480> ontemporary<01:20:

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Finance Committee met for an organizational opening session in which the chair, Ken Weyler, called the committee to order and members introduced themselves. The introductions established the committee’s leadership and membership, including Vice Chair Dan McGuire, ranking member Mary Jane Wallner, deputy ranking member Karen Eil, clerk Jerry Griffin, and other members from both parties. Many members briefly described prior legislative service and professional backgrounds, with several noting prior experience on Finance or related budget committees. Chair Weyler then outlined committee procedures and expectations. He emphasized that Finance handles spending bills and fiscal notes, that bills will generally be heard by the full committee and then referred to the appropriate division, and that executive sessions may be used to save time when positions are clear. He reviewed rules on attendance, dress, phones, paperwork handling, committee replacements, conflict of interest and recusal, and the process for testimony, including that members should listen without debating witnesses and that sponsors of bills must recuse themselves from questioning witnesses on their own bills. He also described the committee’s structure and workload, noting three divisions and the role of legislative budget staff. Weyler said the committee would likely see bills from many policy committees that have fiscal impacts, and he encouraged policy committees to find offsets within their own areas rather than assume new spending will be added. No bills were heard and no votes were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• Whereas you all know that for our teachers that have littles in the school that they teach in, it was deducted
• Members, the conference report also added what we call the three buckets: the payroll, actually the hourly
• wages, then payroll taxes and benefits, PTB.
• Those are important because, of course, if your wages are growing up, payroll taxes and benefits also

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation and then took up several conference committee matters and resolutions. It granted the House request for a conference committee on House Bill 46 and adopted a conference report on Senate Bill 37, which was described as higher education governance reform, including stronger board authority, changes to faculty senates, general education requirements, and a new ombudsman office. Senators also adopted a large package of resolutions and HCRs by voice vote. A major focus was Senate Bill 12, the “Parental Bill of Rights,” whose conference report was adopted after extended questioning. The bill was described as giving parents more access to school materials and grievance procedures, requiring parental consent for student clubs, and restricting school district employees from assisting with social transitioning or related gender-identity instruction. Senators raised concerns about effects on students already socially transitioned and on parental rights in medical or psychological decisions; the author said the House language was retained in key areas and that districts would need policies and parent notification. The report passed 20-11. The Senate then adopted a resolution allowing the conference committee on Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-2027, to go outside the bounds, and later adopted the budget conference report. Senators highlighted major funding for public education, property tax relief, public safety, health and human services, child care, water and transportation infrastructure, and the Texas Energy Fund. The budget discussion also covered higher education, mental health facilities, community attendant wages, rural hospitals, DFPS case management, child care assistance, and a study rider on TRS. The report passed unanimously, 30-0. Finally, the Senate suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 8 and adopted its conference report. The bill requires counties with jails or jail contracts to participate in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program, with sheriffs choosing among available models and counties receiving tiered grants to help cover costs. Supporters framed it as a public safety measure targeting criminal illegal aliens, while opponents questioned whether it would divert local resources and increase fear in immigrant communities. The report was adopted after debate.

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• Program, otherwise known as SPAP, which is a Medicare Part D-eligible program that assists. with deductibles
• community attendant services to $12 per hour as well as an associated increase in the PTB or the payroll
• complicated thing that I have a hard time getting my head around, but the administrative costs, the payroll
• there is sufficient money in the budget right now to where when you... add the base wage and the payroll

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Alabama Educ Education Association the Alabama Educ Education Association over the years and the payroll
• over the years and the payroll over the years and the payroll deduction and all that they have deduction
• and all that they have deduction and all that they have endured and of course supporting this endured

Bills: HB 10, HB 12, HB 147, HB 1522, HB 422, HB 675, HB 204, HB 748, HB 912

Keywords: regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel

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• coverage, creating new pathways to home ownership, raising the minimum wage, and expanding tax deductions
• deductions for working-class people. deductions for working-class people.
• Up to 22,000 people in and deductibles.
• You pay it on your FICA tax, your payroll tax. Except we have a little problem.
• Except we have a your payroll tax. Except we have a little<08:38:30.318> problem.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Mexico, and the way that we make sure that they are paying the prevailing wage is through a certified payroll
• Speaker, gentlemen, could you tell us what the tax expenditure is on the medical tax deduction piece,
• gentlemen, do you have the number for what the um local governments will lose um through that um tax deduction
• This deduction would cover the copay deductible and now co-insurance for the patient pay portion of that