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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Committee Jun 17th, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- It creates, within the health code, language that's already there within temporary events.
- AB2110 doesn't require state grants, it doesn't raise a single cent of new taxes on our residents.
- It simply lets us be responsible reinvesting our own local future property tax growth while strictly
- AB 2568 is a common-sense modernization of the water code, supported by the Association of California
- As mentioned, AB 2568 is a simple but important modernization of the water code.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Apr 22nd, 2026 at 09:30 am
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We do a lot of international engagement, IAEA, and we do codes and standards adoption.
- And when codes and standards are developed, the NRC understands how that answer will be done.
- So again, our tax dollars at good work, showing and doing the proof of concepts here, So again, our tax
- So we work on buildings and very sophisticated codes. We call it all together force.
- And if you start taking advantage of tax credits, we could compete with tax credits.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- from Cody whose girlfriend disappeared while the couple and their two children were returning from Alabama
- from Cody whose girlfriend disappeared while the couple and their two children were returning from Alabama
Bills:
SF0101
Keywords:
Second Amendment, firearm regulation, state legislation, public safety, civil penalties, 916, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- credits back to the insurance tax.
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tax. - And the second half the insurance tax.
- It allows tax credits for qualifying businesses to be able to put this towards their business taxes.
- this bill seeks to originally IRS code this bill seeks to originally IRS code change<00:44:15.840
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (3-10-26) - Reupload
Appropriations & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
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- , excise tax with an added sales tax, excise tax with an added sales tax, the<01:06:24.640>
actual - tax versus regulatory license fee tax.
- Sales tax versus excise tax about.
- tax expenditures. tax expenditures.
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An issue was found with the live stream of this meeting. This version was uploaded as a complete version and should contain the entirety of the meeting.
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:15
HB 647 Discussion 00:02:00
HB 647 Vote 00:05:47
HB 501 Discussion 00:07:40
HB 501 Vote 00:09:53
HB 502 Discussion 00:11:20
HB 502 Vote 00:14:48
HJR 75 Discussion 00:16:53
HJR 75 Vote 00:17:35
HJR 76 Discussion 00:19:00
HJR 76 Vote 00:19:43
HB 869 Discussion 00:21:22
HB 869 Vote 00:30:00
HB 619 Discussion 00:31:39
HB 619 Vote 00:34:33
HB 356 Discussion 00:36:22
HB 356 Vote 00:40:19
HB 900 Discussion 00:43:17
HB 900 Vote 00:46:21
HB 816 Discussion 00:48:02
HB 816 Vote 00:53:47
HB 9 Discussion 00:55:05
HB 9 Vote 01:18:25
HB 757 Discussion 01:21:04
HB 757 Vote 01:35:55, 958, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- property tax increase from 2025 on top of a 5.5% property tax increase in 2024.
- property tax increase from 2025 on top of a 5.5% property tax increase in 2024.
- property tax increase from 2025 on top of a 5.5% property tax increase in 2024.
- property tax increase from 2025 on top of a 5.5% property tax increase in 2024.
- property tax increase from 2025 on top of a 5.5% property tax increase in 2024.
MI
Transcript Highlights:
- The Michigan Liquor Control Code of 1998. The bill was discharged.
- Madam Chair, House Bill 4187 is a bill to amend the Income Tax Act of 1967.
- The Single State Construction Code Act. The bill was discharged.
- Madam Chair, House Bill 4309 is a bill to amend the Public Health Code.
- Madam Chair, House Bill 4779 is a bill to amend the Public Health Code.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- How does the bill address, or does the bill address, building code updates? Senator DiCeglie.
- It doesn't address anything to do with building code updates.
- How does the bill address, or does the bill address building code updates? Senator DeSegley.
- It doesn't address anything to do with building code updates.
- This includes $2.8 billion in tax relief. This includes $2.8 billion in tax relief.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, then moved into special order and returning messages. Early floor action included passage of HB 6503 (relief for Mandy Penny Lamon by Sarasota County), HB 1123 (sewer collection systems), HB 211 (farm products), and a joint resolution on ad valorem tax exemption for agricultural tangible personal property, all approved without opposition. Several other measures were temporarily postponed before the chamber recessed and later returned to messages from the House.
The Senate then took up a series of House amendments and conference-style motions on major bills. SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response was amended and concurred in after debate over hurricane recovery, local government moratoriums, evacuation timing in the Keys, and property tax and redevelopment provisions; it passed 34-1. CS/HB 1609 on waste incineration and auxiliary containers was heavily debated over plastic and polystyrene preemption, local beach and park regulations, and landfill/incinerator provisions, then passed 26-10. CS/HB 1205 on citizen initiatives was amended to allow volunteers to carry up to 25 petitions without registration/training and passed 28-9. The Senate also refused to concur in a House amendment to SB 234 on offenses against law enforcement, and in SB 116 on veterans, seeking to restore funding for veteran suicide prevention.
Later, the chamber approved or advanced several education and health-related bills. CS/HB 1255 on education was amended and passed, with changes to school readiness and other education provisions. CS/HB 875 on educator preparation passed after discussion of cognitive science, classroom management, teacher excellence programs, and the phaseout of the general knowledge test. CS/HB 1105, a large education package, passed after debate over charter school conversions, cell phone restrictions, and other school governance changes. In health care, CS/HB 1427 was introduced as a comprehensive package combining multiple health-related provisions, though the excerpt ends before final action on that bill. Throughout the day, the Senate also concurred or refused to concur in various House amendments on mental health, financial institutions, land development, brownfields, and out-of-network provider legislation, with votes generally recorded and several measures passing on divided but mostly favorable roll calls.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I forgot to pay my property taxes on my office.
- the opportunity to ask not to follow two types of fire codes.
- The fire code that they actually just add adopted amendments, things like that.
- Okay, and currently we have the 2018 International Fire Code as the current state fire code, and there
- The other two days they were actually in classroom learning the code, the electrical code or the code
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- OK, so we are now subject to the procurement code. Is that accurate? Mr.
- Expenditures not subject to the procurement code?
- tax data with the Legislative Finance Committee for use in evaluations.
- President and Senator, it would be aggregated data of gross receipts tax, or any state income tax.
- If they don't violate the Children's Code, they get the amendment. Thank you, Mr. President.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Today, we will be dispensing with bills on the suspense file that are not tax levies, including non-tax
- At a time when California is facing a structural deficit, these tax breaks are tax subsidies.
- This is about aligning our tax code with our values.
- Taxing private detention facility operators is well within California's authority to tax.
- It's a gross receipts tax.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation heard several bills, most of them referred to the suspense file because of their fiscal impact. AB 2465 and AB 1675 would deny state grants, loans, tax credits, or other benefits to companies doing business with ICE or related immigration-enforcement agencies; both drew strong support from immigrant-rights, labor, and community groups, and opposition from CalChamber and industry groups that argued the bills were overly broad and could affect unrelated federal contracts. AB 1633 would impose a 50% gross receipts tax on for-profit private immigration detention facilities, with supporters saying it would hold companies accountable for dangerous conditions and opponents warning it was punitive and could disrupt detention operations. The committee also heard AB 2089, which would streamline the welfare property tax exemption process for affordable housing, and AB 2250, a cleanup bill to clarify hemp enforcement laws; both were supported by affected industry and advocacy groups, while county assessors and tax collectors opposed AB 2089 unless amended over workload and implementation concerns.
AB 2172, which would allow counties to use a single-member assessment appeals commissioner for complex property tax appeals, was the only bill taken up for a vote during the meeting. Supporters, including Los Angeles County Assessor Jeffrey Prang, said the change would reduce a large backlog and speed resolution of appeals; the committee adopted amendments and passed the bill 4-0 to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. The committee also heard AB 2319, creating a proposed post-production tax credit to keep film and television post-production work in California, with support from labor and industry representatives who said jobs and spending were leaving the state; the author said the bill still needed work on labor standards and the annual credit cap.
Finally, AB 2403 was presented to create a commercial production tax credit to keep commercial shoots in California. The author and supporters said commercial production has declined sharply in the state and that other states are winning work through targeted incentives, while labor-backed witnesses argued the bill would protect middle-class jobs and local spending. The transcript ends during the presentation of AB 2403, before any vote or final action on that measure.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- The other is we're leading toward using this instead of paying gas tax.
- And so with genetic code, that is everything. That is not just one thing.
- But typically, that's not the full genetic code. That will be something specific.
- Not the full genetic code. That will be something specific.
- Your genetic code does not change. So it doesn't matter if you get it early, get it late.
NY
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill is reported. 4040, Comrie, and that's been the Administrative Code.
- The bill is reported. 1633, Martinez, and that's no tax law.
- The bill is reported. 1633, Martinez, and that's no tax law.
- The Administrative Code of the City of New York was reported.
- And after the Administrative Code of the City of New York.
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Rules met and reported a long list of bills, with most measures advancing on unanimous or near-unanimous voice votes after motions and seconding by various senators. The bills covered a wide range of topics, including Environmental Conservation, Education, Executive Law, Civil Service, Public Health, Public Service, Election Law, Social Services, Correction Law, Traffic Law, General Law, Administrative Code, Retirement and Social Security, and several chapter-amendment or authorization measures. In many cases, the chair noted the bill number, sponsor, and subject area, then asked for objections; none were recorded, and the bill was reported.
A few measures were laid aside by the sponsor, including bills referenced as 5711, 5727, and 9539, though the transcript is repetitive and some bill numbers/topics are difficult to discern because of transcription errors. Several bills involved retirement-related changes, including retroactive Tier 4 membership and other retirement system provisions, while others amended existing laws or chapters. The committee also reported bills affecting city administrative code provisions, public authorities, elder law, and public officers law.
No substantive debate or testimony appears in the transcript; the meeting was largely procedural, focused on motions, seconds, and reporting bills out of committee. The final action on the listed measures was committee approval and reporting, with no recorded roll-call votes or amendments described in the transcript.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 2, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- WHY WOULD YOU PUT TAX DOLLARS AT RISK. >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION ON THE SURFACE.
- SECONDLY YOU ARE USING TAX DOLLARS TO SUBSIDIZE A PLATFORM.
- YOU'RE GOING TO USE TAX DOLLARS TO MARKET IT.
- THE CONCERN I HAVE WITH YOUR BILL IS THAT NOT WITH THE TAX INCENTIVES.
- NO OBJECTIONS TO THE TAX INCENTIVES.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 26th, 2026 at 11:01 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Agriculture and Water Management Committee Mar 31st, 2026 at 09:30 am
Agriculture and Water Management Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The fund was created in North Dakota Century Code 4.1-01-21.1.
- It doesn't take changes in code. It doesn't take changes in policy.
- 61-28-04 and the North Dakota Administrative Code 33.1-16-02.1.
- So as all of you know, when it comes to property tax, the property tax pie doesn't change, but every
- And that's where we've gotten into the property tax issues and taxing and stuff like that because that
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- And they're taxed somewhere between 13% and 20%.
- I don't think this is normal income taxes either.
- I think casinos operate by vastly different taxing systems than we do. Okay.
- That's because, as Revenue Tax Chair, we all love tax cuts. We all want to do those.
- The last few years we've leaned toward the income tax cuts.
Summary:
The committee resumed consideration of several amendments to fiscal bills. It adopted Senator Johnson’s amendment to Senate Bill 15, which shifts responsibility for Keep Arkansas Beautiful-related functions and roadside litter cleanup coordination toward ARDOT, with the current commissioners becoming an advisory council. The committee also adopted Representative Perry’s amendment to Senate Bill 7, lowering from 50 to 25 the employee threshold for employers to request claims data from insurers for group health coverage, aimed at helping smaller businesses and municipalities obtain more competitive insurance quotes.
Representative McKinsey’s amendment to Senate Bill 41, which would have blocked a University of Arkansas at Fayetteville athletic funding transfer and imposed a one-year rider, was rejected after questions about the university’s finances and whether such a transfer had ever occurred. Senator Hester’s amendment to House Bill 1051, intended to cap online sports betting free play at 5% of gross receipts, also failed after debate over whether the proposal was properly fiscal language and whether the free-play incentives constituted a subsidy.
Representative Walker’s amendment to a Save the Children appropriation, which would have converted the funding into a matching grant to encourage private donations, failed for lack of a motion. Representative Vaught’s amendment related to an agricultural tax exemption for certain tractor parts and diesel exhaust fluid systems likewise failed, with concerns raised about drafting, enforcement, and whether it belonged in revenue tax committees. The committee then added two late items: Representative Johnson’s technical correction to a physician licensure pathway bill, which was adopted to broaden qualifying underserved-area definitions, and Senator Tucker’s amendment to Senate Bill 77, which deleted a fund-transfer section and created a matching appropriation mechanism to help Arkansas TV/PBS retain affiliation and pay dues. Senate Bill 77 passed as amended, and the meeting adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes bill to create an independent Office of the Inspector General to tackle fraud May 8th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The amendment is coded A44.
- The amendment is coded A44.
- The amendment is coded A44.
- The amendment is coded A44.
- amendment is coded A45. amendment is coded A45.
Summary:
The House took up Senate File 856, which would create an Office of the Inspector General to combat fraud in state public programs. Representative Norris described the bill as the product of a long bipartisan, bicameral working group and emphasized the office’s independence, five-year term, Senate confirmation, removal-for-cause protections, authority to investigate entities receiving public funds, prevention-focused duties, and required public and annual reporting. Representative Anderson PE also thanked the bipartisan authors and staff, saying the bill was the result of extensive negotiations and should move forward without reopening the agreement.
Members then considered several amendments. Norris offered a technical cleanup amendment, A44, to clarify language about embedding employees at the Department of Education, distinguish civil and criminal investigative authority, and update law-enforcement terminology; it was adopted. Anderson PE then offered and secured adoption of a technical amendment, A45, to correct a drafting error. Representative Cleorne offered A37 to add prepayment review procedures for all agencies, but it failed on a roll call, 65-67. Cleorne also offered A38 to appropriate $15 million for OIG modernization and data-sharing improvements, but withdrew it after noting it would be out of order. A39, which would have renamed the proposed law enforcement unit from an anti-fraud and waste bureau to an anti-fraud and enforcement unit, failed on a roll call, 66-67, after debate over whether “waste” should be included in the title and scope.
During debate on the naming amendment, supporters argued the title should better reflect law-enforcement work and avoid implying the office was a “waste” agency, while opponents said the existing language reflected the bipartisan working-group agreement and that changing it could jeopardize the bill’s progress. Representative West cited inspector general standards that include waste among their duties, and Representative Pinto questioned the substantive basis for opposing the change. Later, Representative Mhler offered A41 to eliminate the future law-enforcement agency entirely, arguing it would be duplicative and unfunded; the transcript cuts off before the vote on that amendment.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/15/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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- federal dollars state tax dollars and federal dollars state tax dollars and federal tax<05:25:38.040
- We don't get the state tax dollars. We don't get federal tax dollars either.
- tax dollars uh we don't get federal tax tax dollars uh we don't get federal tax dollars<05:35:17.360
Summary:
The House Education Committee held its organizational meeting for the new term, with members introducing themselves and describing their backgrounds in teaching, school boards, special education, administration, law, and related fields. Chair Glenn Cordelli outlined the committee’s goals and procedures, emphasizing civility, professionalism, and respectful treatment of witnesses and members. He also noted that the committee has been split into two this year because of the large volume of bills, and said the committee had already sent three bills to the other education committee, with 36 bills currently assigned and more expected.
The chair reviewed committee rules and logistics: hearings should start on time, members should minimize cell phone use and avoid searching during testimony, and questioning of witnesses is limited to one question at a time unless the chair allows a follow-up. Members were told to use the title “Representative,” to sign up on pink cards to testify, and to submit written testimony to the clerk. He also explained that hearings are for listening rather than debating, while executive sessions are where debate and motions occur. Possible motions include ought to pass, inexpedient to legislate, and retain in committee for further work, including subcommittees.
Additional procedures covered scheduling, with the committee expected to meet Wednesday and Thursday the following week because of a holiday, and regular meetings generally planned for Monday and Wednesday. The chair also discussed the consent calendar, reports from majority and minority positions, and the expectation that members who testify on a bill should not then question other witnesses on that same bill. No legislation was voted on at this meeting; it was a procedural and orientation session for the committee.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on the Census Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Senate Committee on the Census
Transcript Highlights:
- It will not receive a form, it won't get a postcard and the scan code, and so it may not get counted.
- And what this gives us is the residential... ...residential use code or the residential status.
- So we can have a whole conversation separately about life safety codes and building codes.
- property taxes.
- And in the green dash box, you see the abbreviated code RES, which stands for residential.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on the Census held a hearing on September 22, 2025 focused on preparations for the 2030 census, with an emphasis on Massachusetts’ role in building a complete address list and improving local participation in census-related address review programs. Chair Brownsberger and witnesses from the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office, the UMass Donahue Institute, Watertown, and MassGIS described the importance of accurate address data for congressional apportionment, federal funding, and state and local planning. They also discussed the first major upcoming step, the Block Boundary Suggestion Project, and the later Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) process, both of which rely on municipalities reviewing and correcting census geography and address files.
John Rosenberry of the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office said outreach to cities and towns is beginning now, with a likely December start for the block boundary process based on the 2020 cycle. He stressed that local officials, clerks, building inspectors, housing authorities, and GIS staff should be engaged early, especially to capture new development and conversions created under the state’s housing policies. Susan Strait of UMass Donahue explained that LUCA allows local governments to compare their address lists with the Census Bureau’s master address file, and that Massachusetts had very high participation in 2020; she cited examples where local review added hidden or newly built housing units and noted that Boston later corrected a group-quarters undercount of about 6,000 students through a post-census review program. In response to questions, she clarified that those corrections affected annual estimates and funding formulas, but not the 2020 apportionment count.
Watertown City Manager George Proakis described how local address review is complicated by accessory dwelling units, single-family to two-family conversions, and large multifamily projects, and urged continued state support for local governments doing this work. Dan Marrier of MassGIS then outlined the Massachusetts Master Address Database, explaining that it combines multiple sources, including E911, assessor, voter, and municipal data, to create a standardized residential address repository used for census preparation and other state functions. He said the database has helped improve census accuracy, including by updating more than one million Census Bureau address-point locations before 2020, and noted that local municipalities remain the final authority on addresses even as MassGIS standardizes and reconciles variants across the Commonwealth.