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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- President, the House Tax and Transportation Committee substitute for House Bill 450 appropriates $1.2
- Senators, we're debating House Tax and Revenue Committee substitute for House Bill 450. Mr.
- Hearing no objection, Senators. we're debating House Tax Revenue Committee substitute for House Bill
- President, I move that House Tax and Revenue Committee for House Bill 450 do now pass.
- House Tax and Revenue Committee substitute for House Bill 450 has passed the Senate.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 118 May 12th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- For the tax year 2027 and each tax year thereafter, a credit against the tax imposed by sections 10-3
- quarterly or annual tax payments.
- The tax credit may be claimed on one or more subsequent quarterly or annual tax payments beginning on
- For each tax year through the tax year 2026, a credit against the tax imposed by sections 10-3-209 and
- Fees function like a hidden tax. I know the good taxpayers know this. We go from taxes to fees.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We trace informed consent back to the Nuremberg Code of 1947.
- We trace informed consent back to the Nuremberg Code of 1947, which really focused on having sufficient
- 607, Government Code.
- The other thing that we were finding was that because the staffing laws in Chapter 257 and Chapter 258
- Look to the enforcement in Chapter 241 for Chapter 241 hospitals, Chapter 577 for behavioral health hospitals
Bills:
HB 107, HB742, HB1639, HB1700, HB2071, HB2187, HB2402, HB2516, HB3211, HB4529, HB5342, HB694, HB923, HB4655
Keywords:
sickle cell disease, registry, health data, confidentiality, healthcare access, human trafficking, first responders, health care, training, reporting, protection, cancer, female firefighters, health study, state health services, fire protection, telemedicine, teledentistry, telehealth, health records
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on a series of health and human services bills and left each one pending after public testimony. HB 4655 would expand financial literacy instruction for youth aging out of foster care to include credit scores, predatory lending, scams, banking, budgeting, and related consumer topics; the sponsor and Buckner International described the need to protect foster youth from financial pitfalls. HB 923 would add three public members and one physician to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel; supporters said it would improve informed consent and patient voice, while a witness raised concerns about a House amendment requiring a physician majority for decisions and senators questioned scope-of-practice limits. HHSC said the panel is an independent body and the bill expressly bars it from changing scope of practice.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Jun 23rd, 2026
Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact
Transcript Highlights:
- Barrow said, when workers are dispatched to our job sites, we cannot send them back based on the zip code
- Melanie Perrin, on behalf of the Associated General Contractors California chapters, in opposition.
- Melanie Perrin on behalf the Associated General Contractors California chapters in opposition.
- can have a middle-class career by building and investing in their own communities through our public tax
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We already have a tax exemption for sales taxes for data center development that goes to help people
- We already have a tax exemption for sales taxes for data center development that goes to help people
- We already have a tax exemption for sales taxes for data center development that goes to help people
- We already have a tax exemption for sales taxes for data center development that goes to help people
- We already have a tax exemption for sales taxes for data center development that goes to help people
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Transcript Highlights:
- or her taxes.
- I am here to testify this morning on legislation I filed that would amend Chapter 146 of the General
- One is that current standards and building codes, including here in Massachusetts, protect consumers.
- Just last October, Massachusetts building code CMR 780 was updated and requires kitchen ventilation.
- House Bill 460 suggests improvements to Massachusetts regulations and associated building codes that
Summary:
The hearing of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure opened with logistical remarks about testimony procedures, time limits, accessibility supports, and the large number of witnesses. The first bill discussed was H. 451, which would allow professional license applicants who do not have a Social Security number to use an ITIN instead. Supporters said the bill would help qualified workers, especially immigrants, enter licensed trades and professions without lowering training or testing standards, while addressing workforce shortages. Committee members asked a few questions, and the bill was framed as a uniform statewide licensing reform.
The bulk of the hearing focused on S. 210 and H. 1278, two bills aimed at improving wheelchair repair and warranty protections. Supporters included the Attorney General’s Office, disability advocates, wheelchair users, clinicians, and legislators, who described long repair delays, missed work and medical appointments, loss of independence, hospitalizations, pressure injuries, and other harms caused by broken wheelchairs and slow service. They argued for stronger timelines, two-year warranties, required parts availability, loaner chairs, and enforcement mechanisms, with H. 1278 modeled on a Connecticut-style repair deadline and S. 210 focused on warranty protections. Several witnesses emphasized that wheelchairs are essential medical equipment, not ordinary consumer goods.
Opposition came from NCart, which said it supports solutions but raised concerns that the bills, as written, could be difficult to implement for complex rehab technology. NCart said some warranty provisions may not fit wear-and-tear components and noted that MassHealth has already taken steps such as preventive maintenance, reduced prior authorization, and transportation support. Other witnesses and advocates countered that the current market is dominated by a few profitable companies and that the legislature needs to impose clear standards because voluntary fixes have not worked. The committee also heard testimony on S. 195, a toxic-free kids bill from Senator Comerford and Representative Hawkins, which would restrict PFAS and other toxic chemicals in children’s products and create disclosure and phase-out requirements. No votes were taken during the hearing.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 15, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- The Florida chapter covers the entire state.
- He's been asked to go out to meet with the various chapters. We have 6 chapters in the state.
- You have a code to strong statewide to you, bill, to a code in to inspect to it, too.
- If we change it every 3 years and have a new code, you see to the code.
- In that regard, the building code changes.
TX
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- I tried to bring balance by starting a chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, a group focused on free
- And of course, the general curriculum code that's in... in the statute lays out a general code for what
- I am also president-elect of our campus AAUP chapter.
- add to the existing problem of administrative bloat that has driven up tuition rates and property taxes
- could be taken to fit the core curriculum as defined in the Texas Core Curriculum and the Education Code
Bills:
SB 37
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (01/14/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- My question about the applicability to tax, so to tax, so, um, are there, of vulnerability... ...to tax
- and tax credits.
- business taxes.
- tax?
- business enterprise tax is used as a credit against the business profits tax.
Summary:
The meeting was a Ways and Means briefing opened by the vice chair, who introduced Jason Wong of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston to discuss the national and regional economy. Wong focused on inflation, asking why it had fallen from about 9% in 2022 to the 2%–3% range, and what that meant for monetary policy and the risk of an economic downturn. He said the Fed’s target is 2%, noted that recent PCE inflation was about 2.4% and core PCE about 2.7%, and described the ongoing debate over whether interest rates should stay tight or be lowered further to protect the labor market.
Wong explained that the improvement in inflation has been driven largely by goods prices, especially durable goods such as cars, appliances, and furniture, as well as non-durable goods like food. He said supply-chain disruptions during the pandemic caused major price spikes in 2022, but those pressures have eased and many goods prices are now at or below the Fed’s target. He also referenced the New York Fed’s Global Supply Chain Pressure Index, saying it showed extreme pandemic-era disruptions that have since receded.
The main remaining inflation problem, he said, is in services, especially housing. Wong broke services into rent of shelter and all other services, explaining that shelter is a large share of household budgets and that housing inflation has a lag because rent measures often reflect older lease terms rather than current market rents. He said monthly Zillow data suggest market rents have cooled and may eventually feed through to official inflation measures. Members asked several questions about the chart’s time scale, the treatment of real estate, property taxes, and utilities, and Wong clarified that housing costs are counted in services and that the slides would be shared digitally. No votes or formal actions were taken.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Education Committee Sep 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- County Chapter of APALA opposes this bill.
- County chapter and the Alameda County chapter of Apollo opposes this bill thank you good morning my name
- Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies, Code Pink Central Coast, Code Pink East Bay, Collective for Inclusive
- It comes directly from the Education Code.
- Discriminatory bias is already prohibited under existing law in the Education Code.
Summary:
The Assembly Education Committee held an informational hearing on AB 715, followed by discussion of SB 48. AB 715 was presented by Assembly Members Zbur and Addis as a response to rising anti-Semitism in California schools. They described incidents involving harassment, swastikas, biased classroom materials, and students feeling unsafe, and said the bill would create an Office of Civil Rights with coordinators to address anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination, provide prevention resources, and support school districts. Witnesses in support, including a rabbi and a student who described personal experiences with anti-Semitic harassment, urged immediate action to protect Jewish students.
Opposition testimony came from the California Teachers Association, county superintendents, school board groups, labor organizations, civil liberties advocates, ethnic studies educators, and many community members. Their main concerns were that the bill was rushed, had not been fully vetted in the Assembly Education Committee, and could chill classroom speech or create constitutional problems, especially around language requiring instruction and materials to be “factually accurate” and not based on advocacy, bias, or partisanship. Several opponents argued that anti-Semitism should be addressed through education, training, and restorative practices rather than new statutory restrictions. Some witnesses also raised concerns about the bill’s impact on ethnic studies and free speech.
Committee members then debated the bill’s process and substance at length. The authors said the bill had been narrowed through negotiations with education stakeholders and the Senate, that some disputed provisions would be revisited in cleanup language, and that the urgency of anti-Semitic incidents required action now. Several members expressed support for the bill’s goal but criticized the late release of the final language and the lack of consultation with the Assembly committee. Others emphasized the need to protect Jewish students immediately and argued the bill was a necessary response to a real crisis. The transcript does not show a final vote on AB 715 in the portion provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- New Hampshire way of not raising taxes New Hampshire way of not raising taxes but<00:20:51.520><
- Paid for by the members, not through your property taxes or state funding.
- They live in our towns, pay their taxes, and frequent our local businesses.
- and room and meals tax, would I then press the green button to vote out to pass?
- <01:27:18.440>
would of gas tax and room and meals tax would of gas tax and room and meals
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- tax chapters to provide for conformity to the four provisions from H.R. 1 that Mr.
- So, uh, goes a long way in really upgrading our tax code to our new economy.
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code <00:30:52.920>to in trying to modernize our tax code to in trying - <00:31:08.120>
code <00:31:08.480>to really, uh, upgrading our tax code to really, - In general, conforming to the federal tax code provides small businesses with greater tax certainty,
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- In the last session, which culminated with the successful enactment of Chapter 312 of the Acts of 2024
- Insurers also contribute nearly $1 billion in annual tax revenues to the state budget.
- They subscribe to a strong code of ethics and represent a full spectrum of practice specialties to promote
- Insufficient retirement savings will increase pressure on public assistance programs, reduce tax revenue
- Co-ops were created in Chapter 288 of the Acts of 2010, the small business health care cost containment
Summary:
The committee held an informational opening hearing for the Financial Services Committee, with Chair Murphy and Senator Feeney introducing new and returning members and explaining that no bills were being heard that day beyond brief introductory testimony. Commissioner of Banks Mary Gallagher thanked the committee for last session’s money transmission modernization law, and several members echoed appreciation for her office’s work. The hearing then featured a long series of stakeholder introductions and overviews of their priorities for the session.
Testimony covered a wide range of financial, insurance, housing, health care, and consumer issues. Banking and mortgage groups discussed housing affordability, foreclosure delinquencies, flood insurance, regulatory changes, and the impact of federal policy shifts. Insurance representatives raised concerns about auto and homeowners market pressures, labor rates, tariffs, rebates, e-titling, third-party litigation funding, and public adjuster restrictions. Consumer and advocacy groups highlighted debt collection reform, earned wage access, retirement savings access, public banking, and consumer protections in financial services. Several speakers also emphasized the need for committee expertise and offered themselves as resources for future bills.
Health-related organizations focused on insurance mandates, prior authorization, behavioral health access, pharmacy benefit manager reform, community health center funding, maternal health and midwifery reimbursement, and anesthesia reimbursement parity. Other groups, including credit unions, retailers, auto dealers, dental and medical associations, and behavioral health providers, described their roles in the Commonwealth and previewed legislation or policy areas they expect to follow this session. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational and ended after testimony from the sign-up list and a few late additions.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations - Human Resources Division Apr 10th, 2025 at 02:00 pm
Appropriations - Human Resources Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 8, which is also new, creates this chapter of into the Century Code, which replicates what we
- as we talked about building this in a residential area, but, you know, who ensures it and is there a tax
- could be built on so we wouldn't have to purchase property and pay state—don't want to pay property tax
Bills:
SB2015
Keywords:
corrections, rehabilitation, prison budget, department of corrections, adult services, youth services, correctional facilities, Heart River correctional center, Missouri River correctional center, James River correctional center, minimum security facility, county jails, regional jails, deferred maintenance, capital construction, strategic investment and improvements fund, Bank of North Dakota, line of credit, tasers, body cameras
Summary:
The committee first discussed a wastewater infrastructure bill, centered on whether state support should be provided as a grant or through the existing Clean Water State Revolving Fund as a low-interest loan program. Department of Environmental Quality official David Brushwine explained that the SRF already finances wastewater projects, can leverage federal funds with state bond proceeds, and could accommodate the Washburn, Lincoln, and Peasant projects if they are ready to proceed. Members noted that losing federal grant support would make projects harder for local residents to afford because costs would be recovered through utility rates or special assessments, but the projects would still be eligible for loans. Senator Magrum indicated he would likely concur with the budget after this discussion, and the bill was set aside for later consideration.
The committee then turned to a proposed amendment for a four-plex housing project for people with disabilities or other special needs. Senator Mathern described Sections 7 and 8 as creating a design consultation appropriation and a revolving loan fund modeled on existing hospital and nursing home loan programs, while Section 9 would transfer $3.3 million from the state infrastructure fund. Members debated ownership, rent subsidies, repayment terms, and whether the state should finance the project directly or leave it to a private developer with Department of Human Services oversight. Concerns were raised that the state should not own the housing and that the proposal needed more work to be workable, but the committee ultimately reached consensus to adopt Sections 7 and 8 and leave out Section 9 for further conference committee discussion.
The committee also reviewed provider inflation and long-term care rate issues, with members discussing whether to support a 2% and 1.5% inflation adjustment and how to handle the $5-per-day basic care rate. Staff explained that the $5 payment was already in the base budget, but members debated whether it should remain ongoing or be treated as one-time funding and paired with a study of rate rebasing. The committee agreed to have draft language prepared to remove the $5 from the base budget and add study language, then moved the bill forward for drafting.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and raise taxes.
- and raise taxes.
- created really a tax by another means. created really a tax by another means.
- at what some of the highest-income individuals in our tax situation are taxed at.
- more efficient federal programs to a tax more efficient federal programs to a tax code<08:50:34.718
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 5th, 2026 at 11:33 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a tax. We call it a fee, but a federal judge deemed it a tax.
- So we either need to put it in the tax code and accept that ruling, but to put a fee on a particular
- It is a tax. Mr.
- This tax, I believe, has now been considered by the courts to be a tax rather than a fee.
- tax, Mr.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Dec 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- and what not to tax.
- Because that's a tax issue, it'd be part of a tax package.
- taxes.
- taxes.
- 313 school property tax abatement program. ...over the Chapter 313 school property tax abatement program
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from its fourth meeting, held October 27-28 in Santa Fe, with Representative Duncan moving approval and no opposition. The chair then introduced a panel on the cost of providing medical care in New Mexico, focusing on physician shortages, rising practice costs, and access problems, especially in southern New Mexico and Las Cruces. Panelists included family physicians, a pediatrician, a cardiologist/electrophysiologist, and a community health center medical director, who described their backgrounds and practices before turning to the policy discussion.
The doctors argued that New Mexico is losing physicians because of three main pressures: medical malpractice exposure, gross receipts tax on medical services, and low Medicaid reimbursement. They said malpractice premiums are much higher than in neighboring states, punitive damages and venue shopping increase risk, and the patient compensation fund and attorney fee structure create additional costs. They also described administrative burdens from insurance billing and referrals, the high debt and long training period for physicians, and the effect of corporate medicine and private equity on practice decisions. One panelist emphasized the economic impact of each physician on jobs and local spending, while another noted that shortages force patients into emergency rooms and delay specialty care.
The panel presented a list of proposed solutions: reform punitive damages, limit venue shopping and stacking, restore lifetime medical payments from the patient compensation fund, enact apology protections, cap attorney fees, continue Medicaid funding improvements, and eliminate gross receipts tax on medical and dental services. Committee members generally agreed the presentation was thorough and useful, but several noted that some proposals fall outside this committee’s jurisdiction and would likely need to move through other committees, especially judiciary and tax. Some members supported drafting legislation or working on separate bills, while others urged caution, requested more input from hospitals and economists, and raised concerns about local government revenue impacts from GRT changes. The chair concluded by encouraging members to continue discussions offline and noted that the tax-related issue would be taken up further in the next day’s work.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 9, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We're all going to miss him and wish him the best of luck as he begins this new chapter in life.
- We're all going to miss him and wish him the best of luck as he begins this new chapter in life.
- The Clerk: Union Calendar No. 116, H.R. 235, a bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to direct
- This rips today from the table of those in need to pay for tax breaks for the most wealthy.
- THIS RIPS TODAY FROM THE TABLE OF THOSE IN NEED TO PAY FOR TAX BREAKS FOR THE MOST WEALTHY.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- From chapter 419 of the Texas government code, it also falls under the rules of Title 37, Part 13 of
- the Texas Administrative code.
- So, uh, for tax credit properties, oh, that was tax credit property, yeah. So, uh, light tech.
- LITEC are tax credits against federal corporate income tax liability.
- , their county tax rate.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Mar 31st, 2025
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill makes it clear that the Texas Family Code, that the Texas Family Code that another person or
- One of these is um chapter, Texas Family Code chapter 32.003.
- Uh, chapter 32.004, the Family Code allows a child to consent to counseling for suicide prevention, chemical
- just throughout the code, um.
- In the family code.