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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Revenue Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- Monthly payments reduce food insecurity and housing instability by providing more timely relief.
- It boosts the child and family tax credit to $600 per dependent while allowing advance payments.
- Finally, it would allow for advanced periodic child and family tax credit payments.
- I saw firsthand the importance of monthly cash payments.
- of the CFTC for families who prefer this payment model as opposed to one lump sum payment, and lastly
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Revenue
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Revenue held a public hearing focused largely on tax-credit proposals tied to children, families, caregivers, child care, health care workforce development, and public health. A major portion of the hearing concerned bills to expand the state earned income tax credit and child and family tax credit, including H. 3073/S. 1957 and S. 1975. Testimony from advocacy groups, legal services, tax assistance organizations, and health providers supported increasing the EITC match from 40% to 50% of the federal credit, expanding eligibility to immigrant and mixed-status ITIN filers, larger families, younger and older workers, and SSI recipients, and raising the child and family tax credit to $600 per child with inflation adjustments and possible advance payments. Witnesses said these changes would reduce poverty, improve health and educational outcomes, and help families meet basic expenses; committee members asked questions about ITIN filers and expressed support for the policy goals.
The committee also heard extensive testimony on S. 1938/H. 3159, An Act Supporting Family Caregivers. Speakers described the scale of unpaid caregiving in Massachusetts and supported a package that would create a refundable tax credit, respite vouchers, workplace and housing protections, unemployment insurance access for those who leave work to care for relatives, a permanent advisory council, and a provision allowing spouses to be paid caregivers under MassHealth. Several witnesses shared personal caregiving experiences, and committee members responded favorably, noting the emotional and financial strain on caregivers and the importance of supporting them as Medicaid and long-term care systems face pressure.
Additional bills discussed included H. 3174 on a child and dependent care tax credit, which was presented as a way to offset the high cost of child care; H. 3197/S. 2019 to improve the financial security of family child care providers through a tax credit; H. 3218/S. 1960 to create tax credits for health care preceptors to address workforce shortages; S. 2064 to establish a living organ donor tax credit; S. 2034 to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks through a tiered tax; H. 3015 to create a tax-return checkoff for the YMCA Youth and Government Program; and several public testimony ideas including vaccination, literacy, and grade-improvement tax credits. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the hearing, which ended after all testimony was heard.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Apr 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And she hasn't received any payments since the 2019 determination that she is owed wages.
- While payment in that case is positive, the employer did pay for some of the wage theft.
- Despite this, our aggressive use of these tools has increased the rate of payments in the first year
- of a judgment, which was... ...the rate of payments in the first year of a judgment, which was initially
- plan and put a down payment of $10,000.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment held a review hearing on SB 588, focused on wage theft enforcement and whether the law’s tools are working as intended. Committee members emphasized that wage theft is a major and under-enforced form of theft in California, citing large backlogs in wage claims and long delays that can leave workers waiting years for payment. The hearing was framed as oversight of the Labor Commissioner’s enforcement authority and a discussion of whether additional tools or funding are needed to improve collections and deter bad actors.
Witnesses from UCLA, worker advocacy organizations, and legal aid described SB 588’s main enforcement mechanisms, including liens, levies, stop-work orders, successor and individual liability, and the ability to pursue upstream entities in fissured industries. They argued these tools have improved settlement leverage and recovery rates, especially in janitorial and property services cases, and gave examples involving Tesla, Cheesecake Factory, Optum, and grocery and care-home employers. At the same time, they said the law is less effective in industries like residential care, where employers often transfer assets or change ownership before judgments are collected, and they urged changes such as broader prejudgment lien authority, more license-revocation power, and additional staffing for the Judgment Enforcement Unit.
Worker testimony highlighted the human impact of delayed or unpaid wages. A care worker described being underpaid, denied pay for breaks and off-the-clock work, and facing intimidation when filing claims. Marta Lepe Martinez said she was owed more than $300,000, waited more than three years for a hearing, and still had not recovered any money despite a judgment and a lien on property. Another worker advocate explained that SB 588 helped identify responsible individuals and businesses earlier, increasing the chance of recovery, but said more resources and faster enforcement are still needed.
Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower said SB 588 has significantly improved collections, reporting that the Judgment Enforcement Unit has recovered $125 million since enactment and that first-year recovery rates have risen from 17% to 46%. She said the agency is using liens, levies, stop orders, and individual liability more aggressively, but acknowledged that the tools are limited when employers are undercapitalized, hide assets, or transfer property before judgment. She supported the need for more staff and continued legislative investment. Public comment from SEIU California also backed SB 588’s framework and encouraged focusing enforcement on bad actors and expanding the law’s reach.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty One - Wednesday, March 25 - Morning Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill also gives the county time to mail the tax payment. It then must mail it by January 5th.
- It lets township assessors or entitlement payment on tax... ...to mail the tax payment.
- It lets township assessors or entitlement payment on tax... it just like other counties can.
- or any other problem they may have. to mail then TAT payment.
- It let Township attempt Pottley or entoment payment on TATD it, just like other county can.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for the 40th day by roll call vote, 122-1. Members used points of personal privilege to recognize the departure of Scott Bell and to honor the life of Ernie Dempsey of St. Charles, and the chamber welcomed numerous special guests, including Child Advocacy Day participants, school groups, local civic leaders, and visitors from across the state.
The main floor business centered on House Bill 3239, which would make the Missouri Workforce Diploma Program permanent and move it into the MOCAP framework with a $4 million annual cap and pay-for-performance funding. Supporters said the program has helped about 1,200 adults earn diplomas, especially women and parents needing flexible online access, while opponents argued it would divert foundation formula money from K-12 students and duplicate existing adult education options. An amendment adding a college admissions and financial aid task force was offered but failed, 55-82; the previous question was then ordered, and HB 3239 was perfected and printed.
The House also perfected and printed House Bill 1786, which would prevent county assessors from reclassifying single-family homes used as short-term rentals from residential to commercial for tax purposes. Supporters framed it as a property-rights and tax-relief measure for homeowners and small LLCs, while opponents raised concerns about local control and the line between mom-and-pop rentals and larger business operations. House Bill 2944, dealing with the senior property tax freeze, was amended to clarify that the freeze applies across taxing districts and to simplify annual filing and notification requirements; a later amendment was ruled out of order, and the bill was perfected and printed as amended. The House then moved to announcements and recessed until 2 p.m.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Jan 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- for ETPs payments for our vendors for some of the state MMIs payments that we make to them that we require
- As I understand it, that is to pay the enhanced tier payments. What is that for?
- or not on the enhanced tier payments for the portion?
- So for the FY25 portion, yes, there's Two quarters of ETPs payments included in that ask.
- You and I do want to revisit the pended payment thing.
Committee:
House Appropriations and Budget
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- The MOU and parity package include one-time stabilization payments for represented and non-represented
- child care providers, as well as a one-time cost-of-living adjustment catch-up payment for represented
- Finally, the bill appropriates $372 million in Prop 2 general fund for a supplemental pension payment
- The bill appropriates $372 million in Prop 2 general fund for a supplemental pension payment towards
- We also want to pledge our partnership in bringing down the CalFresh payment...
Committee:
House Budget
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee (5-13-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Board application and updates requirements and provisions of the board. 802302 amends to establish payment
- in order to receive<00:13:36.880><c> enhanced</c><00:13:37.440><c> quarterly</c><00:13:37.920><c> payments
- </c><00:13:38.800><c> for</c> receive enhanced quarterly payments for receive enhanced quarterly payments
- 47.680><c> receive</c><00:13:47.920><c> the</c><00:13:48.079><c> supplemental</c><00:13:48.639><c> payment
- </c> meet to receive the supplemental payment meet to receive the supplemental payment are<00:13:49.519
Summary:
The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met to reorganize its leadership for the new term, renewing Representative Derek Lewis as House co-chair and Senator Steven West as Senate co-chair. The committee then approved the minutes and moved through a series of agency regulations, generally adopting staff-suggested amendments without objection.
Among the regulations reviewed were an Attorney General rule changing how a commission reviews and distributes funds and how grant reporting is handled; Personnel Board changes abolishing and renaming certain job classifications and adjusting probationary periods; an Education and Labor Cabinet rule removing references to local board of education members; several Public Protection Cabinet rules covering Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation procedures; an Alcoholic Beverage Control rule on direct-to-consumer shipping forms; and a Medicaid Services emergency regulation establishing the Kentucky Trauma Hospital Rate Improvement Program for rural hospitals serving many Medicaid patients. The committee also heard that the Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation regulations included both staff and, in one case, an agency amendment, which were approved.
The most extended discussion came on the Department for Community Based Services’ regulation increasing per diem rates for private child-placing therapeutic foster care levels 2 and 3. Committee members questioned the estimated $10 million biennial cost, the source of the funding, and why the cabinet had not yet filed regulations implementing Senate Bill 151 on kinship care. DCBS staff said the rate increase was discretionary and intended to address placement crises for children with high needs, while acknowledging they could not personally explain the budget decisions. A kinship caregiver testified in support of the rate increase but urged the cabinet to also implement SB 151 and expand support for kinship families. The committee expressed frustration over the lack of SB 151 implementation but stated the rate increase itself was appropriate and allowed the regulation to proceed.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- There were a couple who decided that when it comes to late tax payments, well, let me back up.
- When it comes to late tax payments, a fee is assessed...
- until the payment is made.
- When it comes to late tax payments, a fee is assessed, a Well, let me back up.
- until the payment is made.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- So this payment back will be less than what we are currently paying for ADFA.
- Its monthly payment is $100 a month, just making it up. And so... ...going to be paid off.
- Its monthly payment is $100 a month, just making it up.
- And so now they're about to take out another, you know, $4.7 million, five-year loan whose payment is
- Some of them have very specific uses that are used for quarterly payments to providers.
Committee:
All ALC-PEER
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- , those collection months, the period that we looked at, are when companies are making estimated payments
- And if estimated payments are indicative of...
- And if estimated payments are indicative of their final payments, which happen in the second half of
- So the final payment is due for calendar year filers in May. So May is a big collection month.
- And the first and second estimated payments for the fiscal year Years are due in June.
Committee:
Senate Finance and Tax
Summary:
The committee heard and passed three bills before moving to a staff presentation on the state revenue forecast and the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act. SB 856, by Senator DeSantis? [sic], would require online real estate listing platforms to display estimated property taxes for residential properties using prescribed methods and DOR-developed formulas rather than the current owner’s tax bill. Supporters from county, city, and property appraiser groups said the bill would improve transparency and help homebuyers avoid surprise tax and escrow increases. The bill was reported favorably after debate about making sure the estimate appears on realtor and platform sites for first-time buyers.
SB 110, by Senator Arrington, was amended and then reported favorably. The bill clarifies that people holding 98-year-or-longer residential leases remain eligible for the homestead tax exemption even if the lease ends upon the tenant’s death, aligning those leaseholds with life estates for estate-planning purposes. The amendment, supported by the Florida Bar’s real property, probate and trust law section, clarified that lease provisions terminating at death are valid under current law. SB 434, by Senator Leak, was also reported favorably; it would prevent property tax assessments from reflecting increased just value attributable to wind-hardening improvements such as stronger roof attachments, shutters, and roof-to-wall reinforcements.
The committee then received an update from staff director Azar Khan on the new general revenue forecast. He said collections had been running slightly above estimate overall, but the Revenue Estimating Conference reduced corporate income tax projections because of weaker recent collections and uncertainty around tariffs, while increasing some other revenue sources. Members then discussed the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which staff said would significantly reduce Florida corporate income tax revenue, with a large first-year impact driven by retroactive provisions such as bonus depreciation, research expensing, and business interest deductions. Senators and the appropriations chair said the forecast and federal changes would affect budget planning, and the committee adjourned after noting the bills had been favorably reported and the meeting was complete.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So when Service Credit Union approached me, the practical effect being you can drop a down payment if
- increase the amount of housing being built in short order because it reduces the equity and down payment
- ><00:10:45.279><c> equity</c><00:10:45.600><c> and</c><00:10:45.800><c> down</c><00:10:46.120><c> payment
- </c><00:10:46.440><c> you</c> reduces the equity and down payment you reduces the equity and down payment
- </c><00:11:30.880><c> and</c> will reduce those down payments and will reduce those down payments and
Committee:
Senate Commerce
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 10/15/25
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:08:37.520><c> to</c> estimating a loss of payments to estimating a loss of payments to hospitals
- So, combined that would be payments.
- </c><01:15:41.040><c> program</c> the Medicaid directed payment program the Medicaid directed payment
- </c><01:15:59.199><c> levels</c> phased down to Medicare payment levels phased down to Medicare payment
- Out of pocket premium payments coverage.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- That's when they receive grant payment.
- </c><00:36:26.880><c> And</c> and vendor payments are due. And and vendor payments are due.
- They will receive the last payment of the adequacy payment in April.
- </c> only have two two adequacy payments only have two two adequacy payments left.<01:43:54.400><c> Are
- So they would payment back to the state.
Committee:
Senate Education
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And finally, we've begun to examine why many homeowners' claims are closed without payment.
- It creates a comprehensive federal regulatory scheme for payment stablecoin issuers.
- Third, Texas should consider establishing a payment stablecoin focused on select government payments,
- a state payment stablecoin would allow the state to responsibly use next-generation payment infrastructure
- and regulatory oversight through the creation of the state's own payment stablecoin.
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (04/20/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> this that they receive payment of it. this that they receive payment of it.
- </c><01:11:37.560><c> error</c> federal fiscal year 25 payment error federal fiscal year 25 payment error
- </c><01:11:48.720><c> And</c> with a different payment error rate.
- And with a different payment error rate.
- They follow their payment have been set.
Summary:
Division Three of the Finance Committee met in work session on April 20, 2026, to consider Senate Bills 481, 603, and 663, with the discussion focused primarily on SB 481, relative to the sale of the Sununu Youth Services Center property. The chair explained that the bill was advisory only and that the committee’s recommendations would go to full Finance on April 27. For SB 481, members reviewed conflicting provisions in the prior budget law about whether sale proceeds should go to the general fund or the Youth Development Center Claims and Administration Settlement Fund, and the bill was described as a compromise that would direct proceeds to the general fund before June 30, 2027, and to the settlement fund after that date. It was noted that the settlement fund had originally received about $20 million and had roughly $10 million remaining.
The committee also received an extensive update from DCYF Director Marie Noonan on the new Youth Development Center in Hampstead. She reported that construction remained on schedule, with major structural and interior work complete, substantial completion expected in late summer or early fall 2026, and occupancy anticipated in early 2027. The presentation highlighted the facility’s design features, including single-occupancy bedrooms, sensory rooms, an education wing, medical and clinical suites, visitation space, a gym, and multiple outdoor courtyards, all intended to support a trauma-informed setting. Members asked about the facility’s funding, square footage, fencing, and scanner; staff said the building is about 34,000 square feet, funded entirely with federal ARPA state recovery funds to date, and that the scanner is on site but not yet operational pending policy and staff training.
Committee members also raised concerns about the facility’s design and security. In response, DCYF said some concrete walls are required for structural and safety reasons, but they are being painted to maintain a brighter environment, and that the fencing will be about 15 feet high with privacy netting because the campus is shared with Hampstead. Officials said the new facility is legislatively limited to a maximum of 12 youth, while the current center can house 12 to 18, and emphasized that courts ultimately determine placements. No votes or final actions were taken during the work session.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The abstract 34% cut across PILT payments to counties will do serious harm.
- </c><00:10:47.920><c> for</c> calculation of incentive payments for calculation of incentive payments
- But reducing these payments risks the participation of landowners who are dependent on these payments
- And then we get to PILT payments. broadening the base on the pain.
- Um, majority of the public payments.
Committee:
Senate Taxes
Keywords:
property tax, exemption, leased land, public use, commercial property, HF632, Minnesota property tax, conservation easement, conservation restriction, assessed value, property valuation, tax assessment, real property, land conservation, farmland preservation, natural areas, riparian buffer, water quality, water quantity, county assessor
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (05/29/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- We believe that the NFQA tax for nursing homes that helps raise money for the M quit payment won't be
- DSH is that the directed payment received the federal match, which matches up with the person.
- payments payments as<00:14:13.120><c> compared</c><00:14:13.520><c> to</c><00:14:13.600><c> regular<
- </c><00:14:53.960><c> have</c> directed payments have directed payments have exploded,<00:14:55.720><
- the directed payments after our limit the directed payments after our grandfathering<00:15:19.200><c
Summary:
The committee met on May 29 and approved the draft minutes. DHHS Commissioner Weaver then opened the department update by asking Medicaid Director Henry Litman to brief members on federal and state Medicaid changes, and later turned to DHHS Chief Operating Officer David Weathers for an update on data governance. Members also asked that acronyms be spelled out in future materials and requested a follow-up on the federal Medicaid rule once it is published.
Litman reviewed several federal Medicaid provisions tied to HR 1/"OBBA" and related state implementation issues. He said the first major change would be restrictions on certain non-citizens’ Medicaid coverage, affecting about 400 people in New Hampshire, with notices likely 30 to 60 days before the effective date. He also discussed new work requirements/community engagement rules, saying New Hampshire is on track to implement them and will likely need a state plan amendment rather than an 1115 waiver. Other changes included shorter retroactive coverage periods, a new state option for certain community-based services with an estimated $740,000 in implementation support, a freeze and phased-down reduction in the Medicaid enhancement tax beginning in state fiscal year 2029, and limits on directed payments to hospitals after a grandfathering period. He also noted that Medicaid enrollment has fallen from pandemic-era levels, with about 167,000 people covered as of May 1, and that the department is working with CMS on child premiums and other cost-sharing changes approved in HB 2.
Committee members asked how the department could plan for the 2029 changes given the number of elections before then, and Litman said federal rules may be adjusted over time as states and stakeholders raise concerns. He emphasized planning for the worst while hoping for the best, and said rural health care transformation funding would help the state prepare. In the second presentation, Weathers explained that data governance is now embedded in DHHS operations to control access, manage reporting, and respond to risk. He defined it as managing what data is collected, how it is used, who can access it, and what laws apply, and said DHHS has moved from governance as a committee to governance as an operational process. He described privacy impact assessments for new systems going into production, monthly privacy and security training, and ongoing review of access controls and data-sharing rules.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- > the</c><00:44:19.000><c> K12</c><00:44:19.680><c> Aid</c> These tend to be paid on the K-12 aid payment
- Aid payment shift and those<01:02:34.079><c> Appropriations</c><01:02:34.799><c> are</c><01:02:34.960
- </c><01:02:47.160><c> so</c><01:02:47.480><c> after</c> continue to make the payments so after continue
- any other questions or comments payments any other questions or comments Senator<01:03:07.000><c> um
- even though there's multiple payment even though there's multiple calculations<01:09:03.520><c> that
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- That doesn't, does this also prevent people from setting up that automatic payment on their own from
- So they could still set up automatic payment on their own.
- That doesn't, does this also prevent people from setting up that automatic payment on their own from
- from setting up that automatic payment on their own from their paycheck.
- So they could still set up automatic payment on their own.
Committee:
House Legislative Review
Summary:
The Committee on Legislative Review met with five members present and took up two public hearings: House Bill 369 and House Bill 3465. On HB 369, Representative Simmons said the bill would let school employees join or leave teachers’ unions at any time and would prohibit school districts from automatically deducting union dues from paychecks, citing the Janus decision and arguing members should pay directly rather than through payroll deduction. Committee members questioned why the bill was needed, whether unions and school districts had been consulted, whether current law already allows opt-in/opt-out at any time, and whether the bill would affect other payroll deductions. Opposition testimony from Missouri NEA, Missouri State Teachers Association, and the Missouri AFL-CIO said the bill was unnecessary, targeted unions, could create administrative burdens, and might raise constitutional concerns; they emphasized that payroll deduction is already voluntary and that members can cancel membership at any time. No vote was taken on HB 369 during the hearing.
The committee then heard HB 3465, a severability bill sponsored by Representative Keithley. He explained that it would create a broader severability standard so that if part of a legislative act is found unconstitutional, the rest could remain in effect unless there is clear and convincing evidence the legislature would not have passed the act without the invalid provision. He said the bill is intended to give courts clearer guidance and preserve the remainder of legislation when possible. Questions from members focused on how this differs from existing severability law and whether it would improperly direct the courts; Keithley responded that it clarifies legislative intent and applies to procedural as well as substantive constitutional issues. Supporters, including Campaign Life Missouri, said the bill would apply to bills, joint resolutions, and concurrent resolutions and would give courts a clearer standard. There was no opposition testimony on HB 3465, and the hearing concluded with no further business and adjournment.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- things up while we can and while we have this opportunity, as we prepare for those reduced federal payments
- The phased down or the reduced payments to the hospitals don't start to phase down until FY 28.
- Chair, Senator Brandt, I'm typically talking about the hospital payment reductions that will go down
- We are going to have to reduce those provider payments down to 100% of Medicare, and it gives us a period
- of time by which we can phase those payments down.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/19/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill sets up a pool payment system for rural EMS systems.
- This bill sets up a pool payment system for rural EMS systems.
- </c> In 2024, Medicare payments were at about 25%.
- Medicaid payments were at about 21% of our gross charges.
- , we're at about 25% in Medicaid payments, we're at about 25% in Medicaid payments,<00:47:58.800><c>
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services