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• they are engaged solely in administrative billing services, billing administrators facilitate calculations
• Billing administrators facilitate calculations, allocations, and transmissions of utility charges as
• Our role is strictly limited to calculating utility charges, preparing invoices and statements, and providing
• Our role is strictly limited to calculating utility charges, preparing invoices and statements, and providing

Committee: House Banking and Finance

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• different from earned income and have taken steps to exclude disability benefits from household income calculations
• Legislature and Congress acted to remove disability income from government housing eligibility calculations
• Legislature and Congress acted to remove disability income from government housing eligibility calculations
• SB 888 simply excludes VA service-connected disability compensation from the calculation of household

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard two main bills before taking up a consent calendar. SB 1053 by Senator Nilo would allow county boards of supervisors in counties affected by a governor-declared disaster on or after January 1, 2026, through January 1, 2031, to extend by up to three years the five-year period for transferring a property tax base-year value to replacement property. The author said the measure responds to recent wildfires and other disasters that make rebuilding within five years difficult, and committee members broadly supported local control and disaster recovery flexibility. No opposition was heard, and the bill was approved 5-0 and sent to Appropriations. The committee then heard SB 888 by Senator Seardo, as amended, which would exclude VA service-connected disability compensation from household income calculations for the low-income disabled veterans’ property tax exemption. The author argued that counting disability benefits as income creates a catch-22 for disabled veterans and can disqualify them from tax relief despite fixed incomes and high medical costs. Members described the bill as a common-sense, bipartisan fairness measure that would help veterans remain housed in California. No opposition was presented, and the bill passed 5-0 to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs. The committee also adopted the consent calendar, which included SB 999, SB 1073, and SB 881. After the consent items, SB 1053 was again called up and confirmed out of committee on a 5-0 vote.

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• You'd have to move from out of state, and so because that would bring new tax revenue to our state, new

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• It's just, is it calculated that way? Are we seeing some of those examples?
• To 100% on ways of how it's being calculated, and I think it's being used on your highest quarter of
• Chair, and I think, you know, the rationale originally for the high quarter calculation is, you know,
• </c><00:40:06.800><c> a</c><00:40:07.040><c> weekly</c> know how to correctly calculate a weekly know
• As far as the annual revenue anticipated, you said it was about 1.3 billion, which is fine.

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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• Each institution shall put together a quarterly financial report, which includes quarterly revenues and
• It could be AI, it could be a calculator, it could be beans that you're using to count and make groups

Committee: House Education

Summary: The committee met on May 19, 2026, with a quorum present and first heard a presentation from Superintendent Cade Brumley on Louisiana’s recent education scorecard, which showed the state ranked first nationally in reading growth, second in math growth, and first overall in academic growth from 2022 to 2026. Members praised teachers and the department for the results. The committee then deferred SB 507 at the author’s request. The committee reported several bills favorably. SB 484 by Sen. Abraham, as amended, transfers selected duties from the Board of Regents to university management boards and Louisiana Works, adjusts authority over certain higher-education initiatives, creates a study of LUMCON’s placement, and adds financial reporting and early-warning requirements for universities. SB 157 by Sen. Jenkins, as amended, creates six weeks of paid parental leave for eligible public K-12 employees for birth, adoption, or fostering, with a reimbursement fund subject to appropriation; testimony emphasized family support, recruitment and retention, and health benefits. SB 83 by Sen. Edmonds, as amended, requires human trafficking prevention and victim-identification training in schools and updates coordination and service language; the amendment made implementation subject to appropriation and clarified the governor’s office role. The committee also reported SB 450 by Sen. Edmonds, as amended, requiring mandatory reporting of school threats and physical security assessments, with student witnesses and members stressing school safety and the need for funding and practical security measures. SB 132 by Sen. Klein-Peter, as amended, requires exterior master key boxes and updated school mapping data for emergency response, with an amendment exempting districts already using such boxes. Finally, Rep. Carver presented HR 251 on recess for K-3 students, citing Oklahoma’s expanded recess law and research on physical activity and learning, but said he would keep the resolution parked for further discussion rather than seek a vote.

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• transform rural healthcare delivery per CMs these funds are designated for innovation not for replacing revenue
• But those numbers are calculated in arrears, so it's gonna be two or three years before we're going to

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• The study should not be ignored if you're considering Excel's calculation of community solar value.
• to subscriber savings, our community solar assets created jobs for local workers and generate tax revenue

Bills: HF2103 , HF2793

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

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• For example, I just give you a couple clarifies that the Florida virtual school, they receive revenue
• dropout retrieval programs from traditional alternative education programs and school performance calculations

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• S. 1363 is aimed to close the loophole in the prevailing wage calculation.
• Requiring the prevailing wage calculation to include the full verifiable cost of providing comprehensive
• By adjusting the health care and welfare calculation to reflect the real cost and quality coverage, we
• to include wonderful. ...guarantee a quality standard of life, requiring the prevailing wage calculation
• By adjusting the health and welfare calculations to reflect the real cost of quality coverage, we protect

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a hybrid hearing on legislation concerning unemployment insurance, non-compete agreements, prevailing wage, and minimum wage issues. Committee leaders outlined the hearing process, asked witnesses to keep oral testimony to three minutes, and invited written testimony through November 20. No votes were taken during the hearing; it ended with a motion to adjourn and notice of the next hearing on November 20. Much of the testimony focused on bills to expand unemployment insurance for striking workers, including H. 2168 and S. 1319. Labor leaders, union members, and legal advocates argued that workers who are out on strike for more than 30 days should be able to receive UI benefits, saying the policy would help workers and families meet basic expenses, reduce employers’ ability to “wait out” strikes, and encourage good-faith bargaining. Speakers cited recent strikes, including the Republic Services strike, and said the proposal would not meaningfully increase strike activity or strain the UI trust fund. Another major topic was minimum wage legislation, especially H. 2107/S. 1349 to raise the minimum wage to $20 by 2029 and index it to inflation, and H. 2191 to create a $25 enhanced care worker minimum wage. Supporters said current wages are not keeping pace with housing, food, and childcare costs, and that care workers, direct support staff, and human service employees face chronic vacancies, burnout, and turnover. Testimony also supported H. 2126 on prevailing wage by adding apprenticeship and training contributions to the wage calculation, and H. 2159 and S. 1363 on prevailing wage-related issues. One witness, Russell Beck, testified against S. 1336, which would ban non-competes, and against H. 2118, arguing Massachusetts’ current non-compete law is a balanced compromise that should not be disrupted.

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• Yeah, so I think there was just a discrepancy in how we calculated it originally.
• In fact, if we are calculating the cost of the people we tax or assess, If we are calculating the cost
• Going forward, one, do you think it would be appropriate and ethical to calculate how much it costs the
• Would you agree that going forward that would be a great calculation for not only your state agency but
• all state agencies to calculate the impact on those that we regulate, tax, and assess fees?

Bills: SJR50 , SJR51 , SJR52 , SJR53 , SJR54

Committee: Senate Administrative Rules

Summary: The Senate Committee on Administrative Rules met with a quorum and considered five Oklahoma Health Care Authority and OMMA rules resolutions. Senate Joint Resolution 50 was presented as a federal-law conformity change allowing licensed professional counselors, LBHPs, and licensed alcohol and drug counselors to work as eligible providers in federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics; despite questions about the fiscal estimate, it passed 9-0. SJR 51 was amended to correct rule citations related to human genome sequencing, then failed on a 4-5 vote after members noted an estimated $860,000 fiscal impact tied to legislation. SJR 52, removing physician visit limits in Medicaid, was described as an access-to-care and rural health measure that could reduce ER use; it passed 8-1. The committee then took up SJR 53 from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, which would align rules with statutes requiring prepackaging of medical marijuana products and other provisions. Members questioned OMMA extensively about the economic impact, the discrepancy between the agency’s estimate and Loft’s much larger estimate, and whether the rules were already being implemented under emergency authority. OMMA said the rules mirrored existing statutes and that the cost would fall on the industry and ultimately consumers, not the agency. After debate about regulatory fairness and the effect on the industry, the resolution passed 5-4. Finally, SJR 54, a non-major OMMA rule change renaming the adjudicator from administrative law judge to hearing examiner to match the Administrative Procedures Act, drew concerns about independence and whether OMMA should be required to contract for outside adjudicators. The director said the change was only a terminology alignment and would not alter current practice, and Senator Bergstrom said he would pursue legislation next year to require outside contracting. An amendment changed the committee’s position from disapprove to approve, but the underlying resolution still failed 4-5. The committee then adjourned.

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• for the high-cost claims of the sickest individuals in the market, taking these costs out of the calculation
• for the high-cost claims of the sickest individuals in the market, taking these costs out of the calculation
• for the high-cost claims of the sickest individuals in the market, taking these costs out of the calculation
• for the high-cost claims of the sickest individuals in the market, taking these costs out of the calculation
• for the high-cost claims of the sickest individuals in the market, taking these costs out of the calculation

Bills: HF837 , HF1903 , HF499 , HF794

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

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• Senate File 447 is a new initiative that will allow a special revenue account to be created from the
• :30.000><c> special</c> initiative that will allow a special initiative that will allow a special revenue
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• account to be created from the revenue account to be created from the um<00:01:35.880><c> fines</c><
• </c> debt um it would um uh the revenue debt um it would um uh the revenue estimate<00:31:39.600><c>

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

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• for funding the program that isn't entirely dependent on general fund revenues.
• </c><00:07:38.360><c> I</c><00:07:38.560><c> I</c><00:07:38.639><c> don't</c> general fund revenues I
• I don't general fund revenues I I don't personally<00:07:39.319><c> see</c><00:07:39.800><c> a</c><00
• expensive and make growth go less, which means that both cost for state government will go up and revenues
• expensive and make growth go less, which means that both cost for state government will go up and revenues

Bills: HF837

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

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• So we have mysterious revenue paying for a mysterious product, a thing that is not defined, all for the
• This revenue has to come from somewhere. If it's cut, it will have to come from somewhere.
• If those revenue streams don't exist here, who will make up the difference?
• As I look at the tax rate further, that 4.225 is not all going to general revenue, right?
• That's right. 3% of that goes to general revenue. 1% goes to the school trust fund.

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• We just calculated quickly, just yesterday, that in the last four years, the legislature has provided
• This showed that the pro forma of the School of Medicine moves the balance sheet or the revenue from
• Almost all of that increase is covered. by the additional clinical revenue and research that will be
• that gap that we would have at 10 years out, 85% of it or. 80% of it is covered by that clinical revenue
• very large number, but I want to just point out that it lives in a School of Medicine whose annual revenues

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• This bill addresses an important issue regarding the use of Interest and Sinking (I&S) tax revenues in
• Interest and Sinking tax revenues in Texas school districts are specifically allocated for servicing
• These funds are distinct from Maintenance and Operations tax revenues, which cover day-to-day operational
• SB 1636 aims to ensure that I&S tax revenues are used exclusively.
• So the money that would be appropriated that TEA would have and their official calculations for what

Bills: SB604 , SB843 , SB1636 , SB2395 , SB571 , SB1224 , SB1832 , SB2392 , SB747 , SB2623 , SB2624 , SB2185

Committees: Senate Education , Senate Education K-16

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• This amendment prohibits earned release time credits from being used in a calculation of confinement
• They have to employ literally dozens of people to hand calculate based on all the different parts of
• And one of the reasons for this bill was to make sure that sentences were calculated correctly because
• or something, I think about 2,000 or 3,000 people were released early just because of sentencing calculation
• And one of the reasons for this bill was to make sure that sentences were calculated correctly because

Bills: HB1239 , HB2310 , HB2490 , HB2508 , HB2510 , HB2532 , HB2539

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: reentry, reentry readiness, recidivism, earned release time, good time credits, graduated reentry, community custody, partial confinement, home detention, work release, electronic monitoring, substance use disorder treatment, mental health treatment, corrections, Department of Corrections, DOC, prison reform, sentencing, release date recalculation, transition services

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• So we would want to generate enough revenue for the program through permit fees to support not just the
• It is very well calculated the water we use and how much we use and when we use it.
• It is very well calculated the water we use and how much we use and when we use it.
• While you're waiting, or while Representative Pettigrew is doing his calculations, where else—so Texas

Committee: House House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Summary: The committee met to hear House Bill 207, as amended, which would direct the Water Quality Control Commission to adopt rules for permits allowing certain beneficial uses of treated produced water, including industrial, commercial, energy-related, infrastructure, pilot project, and other approved uses. Representative Brown presented the bill as a science-driven response to New Mexico’s water scarcity, citing the state’s 50-year water plan and research from the New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium. The committee adopted an amendment requiring the rules to be informed by credible scientific data and other evidence, including consortium research, before moving to public comment. Supporters argued the bill would create a regulated framework for reuse of treated produced water, preserve scarce freshwater, and support economic development, construction, and energy-related uses. Testimony in favor came from the bill sponsor, the consortium’s Dr. Zach Stoll, the chair of the Water Quality Control Commission, business and industry representatives, local economic development officials, and some residents. They emphasized recent peer-reviewed studies, pilot projects, and the need for the commission to act on updated science. State agencies, including the Environment Department, said the amended bill addressed some of their concerns and kept the focus on science-based rulemaking. Opponents said the bill would override the Water Quality Control Commission’s prior findings and force approval of uses that remain scientifically unproven and potentially harmful. Many speakers from environmental groups, acequia and agricultural organizations, faith groups, and local residents warned about unknown contaminants, risks to groundwater, crops, roads, and human health, and the possibility of spills or long-term environmental damage. Several argued the bill would politicize a technical process and create liability or cleanup burdens for the public. No vote on final passage was taken in the portion provided; the committee recessed briefly after public comment and then returned to sponsor remarks and questions.

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• specifically, but I wanted to share with you that we do have what I think is a very robust process to calculate
• specifically, but I wanted to share with you that we do have what I think is a very robust process to calculate
• spoke to municipal staff and leaders, one thing that they raised is that this reduction to impact fee revenue
• Payments into the fund are calculated per hour of uncontrolled emissions, and the rate is determined

Committee: Joint Joint Transportation Committee

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation from WSDOT on balancing uncertainty in capital program estimates and cash flow management. WSDOT explained the differences between design-bid-build and design-build delivery, its tiered risk-assessment process by project size, and how it uses base estimates, inflation, and risk modeling to set budgets. Staff said design-bid-build estimates are generally accurate within about 1% across the program, while design-build projects carry much wider uncertainty and are better communicated as ranges; they cited a P85 budget approach and noted that large, complex projects can be affected by market competition and long procurement timelines. Members asked about the Columbia River Bridge cost growth and about value engineering, and WSDOT said it uses value engineering but has limited scope to cut costs because of project requirements and policy mandates. Troy Swing also discussed cash flow, noting that a few large projects can significantly affect biennial funding needs, and said a risk pool would not reduce overall program risk but could help manage timing if paired with appropriation and cash-flow controls. The committee then received the final presentation in the WSDOT Project Delivery and Innovative Practices study from HKA Global. The consultant said WSDOT’s estimating practices are generally robust and recommended improving transparency by presenting budget authorizations as ranges or estimate classes, better tracking estimate growth over time, and adjusting advertisement timing to avoid competing lettings. The report also discussed surety bonding, suggesting the legislature consider restoring authority for reduced bonding on select large design-build projects or using phased bonding and alternative securities. On indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracting, the consultant said current job order contract rules are restrictive and recommended legislative changes to make such tools more usable, especially for smaller tasks and to help use unspent funds more flexibly. The committee also heard a follow-up presentation on transit-oriented development policy recommendations tied to HB 1491. The Urban Institute’s Yona Freemark said Washington has been a national leader on TOD but that housing construction, especially in the Puget Sound, has slowed sharply since 2022. He said rising construction costs, high financing costs, and local tax and rent conditions are making many TOD projects infeasible, and recommended that the state fill infrastructure funding gaps around stations, revisit MFTE affordability requirements, consider minimum rather than average density requirements near transit, and create a statewide system to track TOD outcomes such as affordability, gentrification, and transit access. Members questioned the study’s developer interviews, the role of rent control and crime, property tax assumptions, and parking needs; the presenter said the study included five private developers, that rent control was not part of the study scope, and that parking was included in the model assumptions. Finally, the committee began a presentation on regulating emissions from ocean-going vessels at berth. Staff and consultants described California-style at-berth rules, which require shore power or equivalent emissions controls so ships can shut off diesel auxiliary engines while docked. The study is examining vessel traffic, emissions reductions, implementation costs, labor and operational needs, and possible effects on port competitiveness and cargo diversion. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

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• reason why is... ...or it's uncured and they're saying, well, the reason why is because I have this calculator
• It also helps the state recoup lost revenue. It's smart, fair, and long overdue.
• “So that fund will be exhausted by the Housing Division’s calculations by the end of the 2025 calendar
• It changed the way the way that sentences were calculated to offer different options.

Bills: AB49 , AB169 , AB188 , AB284 , AB296 , AB306 , AB356 , AB366 , AB467 , AB499 , AB515 , AB540 , AB542 , AB595

Committee: Senate Finance