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• <00:28:04.640> so the G with essentially is our tax so the G with essentially is our tax so
• , the tax credits don't become as attractive.
• , the tax credits don't become as attractive.
• There's the tax reduction law that is going to be expiring.
• Before the 15-year tax compliance period expires, you get nothing, you lose out.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The global tax credit review that I had in here moved to House Bill 1406, and currently if a... ...had
• As I said, it'll expire actually in 2027 so it doesn't stay in code.
• We don't have USC codes in Indiana.
• That means that this information is going to be evaluated based on whether or not it meets a federal code
• Because that's exactly what that USC code is put, was voted on and put in place for.

Keywords: 964, all

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• And with me, I have tax experts. This is requested by the Tax and Revenue Department.
• Now, this bill will ensure Tax and Revenue will not be required to release the sensitive personal data
• unless one of the Limited exceptions in the Motor Vehicle Code apply.
• I'm Stephanie Chardon Clark, Secretary of Tax and Revenue, and I have about 10 of my voice right now,
• and implementing that, we realized that there was a disconnect between this definition in the MVD code

Keywords: 996, all

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• Tobacco sales last year alone brought in over $82 million in tax revenue and contributed significantly
• Tobacco sales last year alone brought in over $82 million in tax revenue and contributed significantly
• Next up, we have Americans for Tax Reform in opposition. Okay, not present.
• Code 1324. Additionally, according to Pam Bondi, U.S.
• against title 8 us code against title 8 us code 1324<00:51:59.520> additionally<00:52:00.240

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs committees heard HB 756 HD1, a measure on flavored tobacco products. Supporters included the Attorney General, Department of Health, Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, youth advocates, public health groups, and Kaiser Permanente. They argued flavored tobacco and menthol are used to attract and addict young people, cited rising youth and young adult vaping rates, and pointed to public health harms and evidence from other states that flavor restrictions reduced e-cigarette sales. The Attorney General requested oral amendments to correct a statutory reference, repeal a county preemption provision so counties could enact stricter flavor bans, and restore appropriations, positions, and the original effective date. Opponents, including retail and wholesale businesses, argued the bill would hurt small businesses and state tax revenue, push sales to the black market, and remove a harm-reduction option for adult smokers; they urged stronger enforcement instead of a ban. After testimony, the committees took up amendments and recommendations. The chair proposed correcting the statutory citation to HRS 26-38, adopting a Department of Health amendment on disposal of electronic smoking devices and e-liquids as hazardous waste, and noting the appropriations, FTE, and effective date in the committee report. Members then voted to pass HB 756 HD1 with amendments in both committees, with the Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs committee recording one member as supporting with reservations. The transcript then moved to HB 806, relating to fireworks, which would appropriate funds for the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct sting operations on Oʻahu to enforce fireworks laws. The Department of Law Enforcement and Honolulu Police Department supported the bill, saying undercover enforcement is costly and additional funding is needed. A community testifier also supported stronger enforcement, citing illegal aerial fireworks, noise, and impacts on pets and kupuna. No final vote on HB 806 was shown in the excerpt. The Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs committee also heard HB 438, which would create a Due Process in Immigration Proceedings Program to provide legal representation in immigration court for income-qualified individuals. Support came from civil rights, legal aid, ACLU, and law school clinic representatives, who said counsel is needed to ensure due process and fair access to justice, especially because immigration proceedings can lead to deportation and family separation. Opposition testifiers argued taxpayer-funded counsel for people in immigration proceedings is inappropriate, unlawful, or unfair to citizens and legal residents. One law school representative suggested a technical amendment to broaden language about training and education. The excerpt ends before a final vote on HB 438 is shown.

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• Thank you. then they can possibly earn and possibly be charged in their taxes.
• They don't want to raise taxes, but in this budget, where we have record revenue, they have spent us
• And with record revenue, we are raising taxes in this budget, including health care premiums, are going
• It requires standardized itemization of all lien-based medical bills so that you have the same codes
• for the same treatment, i.e., like a chiropractor will be X code or Y code.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Oh, yeah, tax question. All right, good morning.
• , deal with the appropriate health issues that we use that tax for.
• We left the auditing tax audit provisions in DRA, so they're the taxing authority for our state.
• Are absconding from paying the tax and were avoiding paying the tax, and yet their products were showing
• We left the auditing tax audit provisions in DRA, so they're the taxing authority for our state.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Hennepin County has proposed a 1% county sales tax in part because a sales tax is a reliable revenue
• > would<00:14:14.240> allow Sufficient sales tax revenue would allow Sufficient sales tax
• Representative Do has dictate a new tax.
• Usually CMS provides guidance in code.
• enhanced affordable care act premium tax enhanced affordable care act premium tax credits credits

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• But there may not be a The code section.
• So, we are very much interested in trying to save tax dollars. interested in trying to save tax dollars
• That's not this section of the code.
• That's a different section of the code. The other thing is a pendulum. is a pendulum.
• It's not about this code or anything like that.

Bills: HB202, HB42, HB146, HB492, HB285, HB7, HB454, HB42, HB7

Keywords: law enforcement, immunity, civil liability, use of force, recruitment, bail reform, cash deposit, judicial discretion, criminal justice, Alabama law, youthful offender, capital murder, public safety, victims' rights, juvenile offenders, delinquent acts, juvenile court, nonfelony offenses, water safety offenses, illegal immigration

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• So First Amendment is bar code 1, 8, 7, 5, 8, 6, by Senator Deciglie.
• We'll take up late filed Amendment bar code 3, 7, 7, 9, 5, 2, by Senator Calatayud Senator Calatayud.
• There is one Amendment bar code 377-5345. We fall Amendment by Senator Deciglie.
• There is one amendment will take up Amendment bar code 3, 4, 8, 5, 0, 4, by Senator McClain.
• There is one amendment timely filed bar code 2, 4, 2, 3, 5, 8, by Senator McClain.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• increasing any fees or taxes. increasing any fees or taxes.
• I understand how a gas tax is charged, but how are taxes charged on electric vehicles?
• <01:36:13.960> on >> Are the tax How are taxes charged on >> Are the tax How are
• taxes charged on this?
• Thank you, Madam motor fuel tax.

Keywords: House streaming session for Monday, March 23, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House took up the Appropriations Committee’s report on the fiscal 2027 budget, including Senate Bill 282, the budget bill, and Senate Bill 284, the Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act. The floor leader described a balanced budget with a $282 million cash surplus, $2 billion in rainy day reserves, and no new fees or taxes, while highlighting funding for child care scholarships and credentials, behavioral health services in schools, Medicaid and SNAP-related outreach, DDA services, domestic violence and rape crisis services, energy assistance, local government disparity grants, and private-sector investment. Both budget measures were special ordered until Wednesday, March 25, and the House adopted the committee’s motion in each case without objection. The chamber also considered several committee reports from Economic Matters, Government, Labor, and Elections, and Health. Among the measures advanced were House Bill 1529 on a Baltimore County local commission on common ownership communities; House Bills 571, 892, 893, 994, 1120, 1166, 1351, 1362, and 883; and health-related bills including House Bills 446, 658, 698, 1015, and 1048. Most bills were amended and then given favorable reports, with the House adopting the amendments and ordering the bills printed for third reading. Several bills drew brief floor questions. House Bill 994 would create a $300 annual registration fee for travel services providers, but the sponsor said it would not add new penalties beyond existing consumer protection laws. House Bill 1166 on front license plate display clarified that a signed statement can shift responsibility to the driver when a front plate cannot be installed, while the existing $500 fine for noncompliance remained current law. House Bill 1351, dealing with disaster mitigation services and MHIC licensing, was explained as bringing those providers under home improvement licensing rules after a transition period, and was special ordered until the end of the session at a delegate’s request. House Bill 1048 on sodium and added sugar warning icons was amended to include a QR code and remove some reporting and education provisions; members also clarified that the bill still uses a 25-gram threshold and that restaurant groups did not support the bill, though it had been worked through with them.

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• Our tax assessor-collector, John Ames, and last but certainly not least, our district clerk.
• And delinquency date for a payment of an ad valerum tax is imposed by a taxing unit if the office of
• the controller or the taxing unit is closed. on the delinquency date, refer to the committee on ways
• purposes, referred to the subcommittee on tax appraisals.
• I'm opposing taxes referred to the committee on ways and means.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Fatman, excise tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans. Senator Tarr. Mr....
• Excise tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans. Senator Tarr. Mr.
• Fattman: excise tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans.
• Fattman: motor vehicle sales tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans.
• Fattman: property tax relief for 100% disabled veterans.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate began with routine formalities, then took up several final-passage and engrossment matters. It adopted emergency preambles for House Bill 1590, establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Iwanek, and House Bill 1024, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer service to a parcel in Sharon. The Senate also passed to be enacted Senate Bill 2528, allowing Marblehead to establish fines related to parking violations, and adopted a pair of congratulatory resolutions. Later, it ordered several House bills to third reading, including measures for an additional off-premises alcohol license in Somerset and sick leave banks for David A. Russell and Jean McCarran, and concurred in a gubernatorial amendment to a vital statistics bill. The chamber then considered major committee reports and amendments on military and veterans issues. It advanced a Ways and Means substitute for a bill on free expression and a substitute for a bill on assault and battery upon a transit worker, placing both on the Orders of the Day. The Senate also debated and amended Senate Bill 2503, the EASE Act for military-connected families, with remarks emphasizing school stability for military children, special education continuity, juvenile justice transfers, and use of military protective orders in domestic violence cases. Several proposed amendments were withdrawn or rejected, including tax relief proposals for 100% disabled veterans, while an amendment requiring tracking of veteran suicides was adopted. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed by roll call, 39-0. Another major item was Senate Bill 2501, clarifying the duties of the adjutant general. The Senate adopted a Ways and Means substitute and considered multiple amendments, including one withdrawn proposal on entry by non-federalized armed forces from other jurisdictions and another adopted amendment requiring recruit training on lawful orders; other amendments were withdrawn. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed. The Senate also passed House Bill 3388, designating September 22 as Military Service Members and Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day. Throughout the session, members also offered and adopted several adjournment motions honoring the lives and service of Judge Leslie E. Harris, former Newton Mayor Seyi Warren, and Anthony P. Dwingnan, and the Senate adjourned to meet again the following Monday at 11:00 a.m.

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• example, when we do a forensic assessment for competency to stand trial, that is a single billing code
• They don't necessarily categorize that as a separate billing code; they just do it as an annual physical
• On the provider tax side, we're at about 6% of a provider tax.
• That money is currently locked up either in the operating reserve or the tax stabilization reserve.
• There's a QR code on the first page of the brief that you can scan with your phone.

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• This amendment will repeal the tax incentives for data centers.
• This bill amended our tax laws, and our tax laws need much further amending, and that's why I tried to
• tax exemption for data centers.
• school tax credits.
• HB 2016, tax returns late filing penalties; Finance.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• It was just in the department rec coded the wrong area.
• And so in our gov rec, we coded it the correct area.
• This is just cost of collections for the park sales tax as the sales tax goes up.
• sales, tobacco taxes?
• Tobacco taxes? I'd have to...

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Florida is the most aggressive of the of the sales taxes.
• I thought I heard you say if you paid $500, you pay sales tax. $501. You pay no sales tax you.
• that the highest tax rate capital gains tax rate.
• is invoking tax jurisdiction.
• adverse tax take a loan against recalled without any tax adverse tax consequences.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And so I'm sorry. an business enterprise tax return. an business enterprise tax return.
• <00:18:11.919> codes.
• <00:18:12.799> I uh tax any changes to the tax codes.
• I uh tax any changes to the tax codes.
• combined business enterprise tax and business profits tax surplus equals $100 million or more.

Keywords: 9:00am HB 155 9:30am HB 1102 10:30am HB 1109 11:00am HB 1356 11:30am HB 1469 1:00pm HB 1323 2:00pm HB 1376, 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with unanimous committee approval of amendment 2026-2021S to HB 2. Senator Lang explained the amendment corrected a drafting error so that $2.5 million in state funds, matched with federal money for a total of $5 million, could be spent during the biennium rather than lapse at the end of the fiscal year. The money is intended to stabilize Medicaid per diem rates for county nursing homes, and members agreed without objection to adopt the amendment and continue working from the bill as amended by the Senate. The committee then discussed HB 155 and a proposed amendment, 2026-201H, dealing with the business enterprise tax. The House side described the proposal as a compromise that would raise the filing threshold from $250,000 to $375,000 and create a trigger that would reduce the BET rate by 0.05% for each $100 million in combined business tax surplus, down to a floor of 0.25%. Senate members opposed lowering the rate at this time, arguing that tax relief should focus on the filing threshold, which they said would remove filing burdens for about 3,500 small businesses, and that rate cuts should be considered in a budget cycle rather than an off-year. Concerns were raised that one-time revenues, such as tax amnesty receipts or federal repatriation-related surpluses, could unintentionally trigger reductions. Representative Sweeney later offered a revised approach by moving the effective date of the trigger mechanism to January 1, 2028, and said he was also willing to carve out tax amnesty revenues or adjust the effective date to avoid using one-time funds. The Senate remained unwilling to agree to a rate reduction, though it expressed openness to raising the filing threshold further. The committee ultimately did not resolve the business tax issue and recessed to continue discussions at a later time. The final item discussed was HB 1102, concerning an increase in the research and development tax credit paired with changes to state park fees. House members supported the R&D credit increase but opposed tying it to higher park fees, citing concerns about tourism, especially at border parks, and noting that the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources had said it did not need the increase. Senate members defended the park fee changes as a fairness issue, arguing that New Hampshire residents should pay less than out-of-state visitors and that the department had not raised rates in many years. No vote was taken on this item during the discussion captured here.

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• Chair: Representative, you're recognized to present your Amendment bar code 185837.
• And just to be clear, it's bar code 399125. Chair Robinson: Any questions on the amendment?
• Representative Abbott, you're recognized to explain that Amendment, bar code 453787.
• Clerk: Andrew Khalil, Florida Association of Code Enforcement waives in support.
• Sam Wagner, Florida League of Cities waives in support and Andrew Khalil, Florida Association of Code

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• Texas Insurance Code Title 5, Chapter 542A, Section 542.003.
• But the code does not make it clear if the payment is accepted by the claimant after the pre-suit notice
• When reviewing Texas Insurance Code cases, if an insured hires an attorney, the attorney may handle the
• Does not include pharmacists or pharmacies under Texas Insurance Code 1458.
• The Texas Insurance Code provides coverage for telemedicine services.

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• It is written in what's called COBOL code, which is an obsolete code.
• , which is an what's called Cobalt code, which is an obsolete<00:46:30.720> code.
• offset, or federal tax offset, where we take taxes.
• <00:50:05.040> offset<00:50:05.440> where tax offset or federal tax offset where tax
• offset or federal tax offset where we<00:50:05.839> take<00:50:06.079> taxes.

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Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met in person, approved the October 15 minutes, and began with a moment of silence following a Louisville UPS plane explosion that was described as a local tragedy affecting many families and first responders. The main presentation was an overview of Kentucky’s Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation (NMT) program from the Department for Medicaid Services and the Transportation Cabinet. Witnesses explained that NMT is a federally required Medicaid benefit, administered by the Transportation Cabinet under a risk-based capitated model, with eligibility limited to Medicaid members traveling to medically necessary, Medicaid-covered services and who lack access to other transportation. They also described exclusions, including certain KCHIP, QMB, and PACE members, and outlined the brokered regional structure, call center operations, scheduling rules, vehicle and driver oversight, complaint handling, and rider surveys. The presenters reported that NMT handled more than 3.1 million trips in state fiscal year 2024, with over 1.38 million trips already recorded in October, and said customer satisfaction surveys were high. They said the FY 2025-26 contract total is about $360.6 million, with monthly per-member capitation rates set by region through an actuarial process and approved by CMS. They emphasized that payments are tied to monthly Medicaid enrollment and that the state draws down federal funds for the exact amount paid, with no leftover balance. They also said most NMT use comes from adult day centers and rehabilitative care such as dialysis. Members questioned the witnesses about how quality metrics and contract standards are set, whether the state had explored alternatives such as Uber Health or other integrated models, and how utilization was calculated. The witnesses said contract requirements are developed collaboratively by Medicaid Services, the Transportation Cabinet, and other agencies, and that studies of other models generally found higher costs and lower approval ratings, with additional research on a hybrid model expected by the end of the year. They clarified that one figure reflected the share of Medicaid members with registered vehicles, while another reflected actual NMT users, and they defended the capitated structure as shifting financial risk to brokers rather than the state. Representative Fleming also raised concerns about oversight, reporting, and the apparent gap between budgeted and contracted amounts, asking whether any unused funds would return to general funds; the discussion ended before a final answer was given.