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• Our estimate of what we call the SALT cap, the state and local tax deduction, is unchanged.
• As a state, we've made very significant changes and reductions, particularly in personal income tax.
• Does the tax code require people to pay based on their ability to pay? Got it.
• My first term in office, a lot of bipartisan work on reforming... ...the tax code. Mr.
• I mean, the way our tax code is, we're picking winners and losers.

Keywords: 996, all

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• So it came to my attention that there were at least a few assessors in the state who were taxing about
• Otherwise, there's no reason to put a tax on them.
• And so if we're going to have a tax that we would call a use tax, you know, our participation in the
• We don't tax that, right?
• to run the government, we have taxes.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• This is a state preemption bill, and it's titled preemption to the state, but I feel like it's more of
• And again, as our friend from the League of Cities stated, any bill that titled preemption of the state
• or a land development code.
• Your own state statutes and state regulations couldn't meet this standard.
• It simply imposes a rigid state zoning code on every city and county with teeny tiny lots.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and considered a series of bills, many focused on local government authority, land use, housing, and public notice requirements. Several measures were reported favorably, including SB 984 on firefighter cancer benefits and prevention, SB 1612 requiring local governments to accept electronic payments, SB 936 on temporary door locking devices, SB 962 on affordable housing protections for farms, SB 218 on land use regulations in hurricane-affected counties, SB 1020 on regulation of chickee huts, and SB 1434 on infill redevelopment of environmentally challenged properties. SB 1180 on community development district recall elections was amended to narrow and clarify the recall process and to add provisions on synthetic turf and compact urban mixed-use districts before being reported favorably. SB 380 on legal notices was also amended and reported favorably despite significant opposition from the Florida Press Association, Common Cause, and others who argued it would further fragment public notice access; supporters said it would modernize publication options and save money. Testimony on the bills was mixed. Supporters of the housing and redevelopment measures argued they would increase attainable housing, streamline approvals, and make better use of underutilized or contaminated land, while local government groups and advocacy organizations warned about overdevelopment, reduced public input, infrastructure strain, and conflicts with comprehensive planning. On SB 1444, which combined preemptions related to religious gatherings, private clubs, and certain permitting requirements, supporters framed it as protecting religious freedom and limiting local micromanagement, while the League of Cities and the Florida Association of Counties opposed it as overly broad and unclear; the bill nevertheless passed favorably after debate. SB 218 was presented as restoring normal land-use authority in counties unaffected by hurricanes while preserving protections in damaged areas, and SB 984 was described as clarifying firefighter cancer benefits and health coverage rules; both passed without controversy. The committee also heard extensive testimony on SB 948, a strike-all on local government land development regulations and orders that would create a statewide framework for starter homes and lot-split rules within urban growth areas. Supporters said it would expand housing supply and reduce regulatory delays, while opponents said it would override local zoning, weaken infrastructure and environmental protections, and apply too broadly. The bill drew support from housing advocates and some local officials, but opposition from the Florida League of Cities, Florida Association of Counties, and others. The transcript ends with SB 948 still under consideration, with testimony continuing and no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• I am a licensed to carry instructor for the state of Texas, for the state of Illinois, for the state
• of Maryland, and for the state of Utah.
• If the state requirement for the ATF tax stamp is repealed, it will limit state law enforcement's ability
• Uh, state the bill, sir. 25. 259.
• In our state and in our country.

Bills: HB259

Keywords: redistricting, Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission, Texas Legislature, elections, district boundaries, voter representation

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• After they received their patent, the state of New Mexico imposed property taxes on them.
• , and oftentimes the state would back tax them all the way to the point when their patent was issued.
• So if their patent was issued, let's say in 1901, the 1920s and 1930s come around and the state taxes
• and the state itself.
• The 2007 water code adopted the prior appropriation doctrine and installed the state engineer as the

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• And basically this is your state aid road division codes, and it's helping our state aid road division
• c> division<00:24:14.400> uh<00:24:15.440> codes<00:24:16.159> and state aid
• road division uh codes and state aid road division uh codes and it's<00:24:16.559> helping<00
• We have passed tax cuts in this state. We have passed car tag reduction in this state.
• We have got approximately just shy of $2 billion in old tax debt that is due to the state of Mississippi

Keywords: MS House Floor - 4 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the pledge, established a quorum, dispensed with reading the journal and bill introductions, and then moved through announcements recognizing visitors in the galleries, including cancer advocacy groups, Mississippi Math and Science School students, a gospel choir, Leadership Greater Jackson, and other guests. Members also made several commendations, including recognition of Elena Johnson’s softball accomplishments and a student’s appointment to West Point. On the general calendar, the House passed House Bill 1076, the SAVE Act of 2026, by a vote of 122-0. The bill is described as a consumer protection measure for veterans that prohibits pay-to-refer arrangements, tightens standards for paid claims assistance, requires written agreements and limits upfront or nonrefundable fees, and adds privacy and disclosure safeguards. The House also passed House Bill 223, designating a segment of Highway 537 as the Sergeant John Howard Tanner Memorial Highway, by 122-0. The chamber then passed House Bill 1112, which revises state aid road division laws to expand purchasing authority, increase authorized vehicles, and allow unused county road funds to be reallocated after a period of time, by 120-1. House Bill 737, with an adopted amendment, allows Medicaid providers to repay certain non-fraud overpayments in installments when immediate repayment would cause hardship and aligns the repayment timeline with federal law; it passed 116-0. The House also passed House Bill 479 on marriage and family therapy and psychology licensure changes, adopting an amendment that extends the time to verify credentials for out-of-state applicants and provides a temporary license, by 121-0. Additional bills passed included House Bill 991 on third-party registration systems for used motor vehicle parts dealers and scrap metal processors (118-0), House Bill 1072 creating voluntary portable benefits accounts for independent contractors (119-0), House Bill 1137 revising CPA licensure education and experience requirements (118-1), House Bill 571 extending the foreign-national contribution ban to ballot measures (111-1), House Bill 630 allowing certain county electors to serve as municipal poll managers in small municipalities (113-4), House Bill 858 requiring election equipment internet connectivity to be disabled on election day (116-1), House Bill 788 changing how affidavit ballots can update voter registration information, with an amendment adopted, (115-3), and House Bill 908 tying Mississippi’s mail-ballot counting rule to the outcome of pending federal litigation so state and local races would be treated the same if the current federal-race rule is struck down (the bill was under discussion at the end of the excerpt).

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• So as Representative Greenman said, tax expenditures, Tax credits and tax deductions are examples of
• state funding.
• So this bill prohibits campaign spending by corporations who receive state funds, including tax expenditures
• Million dollars in a state sales tax deduction for telecom equipment bought by telecom companies to provide
• But there is nothing in federal or state law that stops a corporate From getting a tax expenditure, or

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• Where can the state help?
• So, the state can't solve this problem. State can't what?
• So what has the state done right?
• Where can the state go from here?
• incentives and the advantages of tax incentives, you know, I talked about property tax.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Yet many residents rarely have access to these good union jobs and the productions that our tax dollars
• done so much work, many around this table, to ensure that we have the strongest film and television tax
• the workers are coming from who are funded through the tax credit.
• Again, as you talked about taxes, we all pay taxes.
• So, we're very appreciative that you are including the zip code-specific data as well.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• AND FINANCE AND TAX I'M SORRY.
• BAR CODE 576776. THE AMENDMENT IS BAR CODE 57676 BY SENATOR JONES. THERE WAS NO OBJECTION.
• THIS WOULD APPLY TO TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAXES AND LOCAL OPTION TAXES EXCEPT FOR THE TAXES HAVE BEEN PLEDGED
• OF THE LOCAL OPTION TAXES.
• STATE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• If local property taxes aren't enough to meet this level, the state will top them off.
• to meet the Prop 98 minimum funding guarantee, by code, specifically Rev and Tax Code 97.3, The state
• This amendment prohibits the state from rating local property taxes.
• As stated above, the Revin Tax Code provides the state must return excess ERAF to the counties.
• Pursuant to the Revin tax code, 15% of the collected funds are set aside per program administration.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• now on code adopted by the State Building Code Council.
• Building Code Council.
• So, looking ahead with code amendments, Poulsbo is preparing its most ambitious housing-related code
• This code provision allows the council to provide exceptions to both our zoning code and our building
• This code provision allows the Council to provide exceptions to both our zoning code and our building

Summary: The Senate Housing Committee work session focused first on Civic Commons’ “starter home production plan,” a statewide strategy intended to increase production of homes affordable to households roughly between 60% and 120% of area median income. Presenters said the Covenant Home Ownership program will not succeed without more starter homes, and outlined recommendations including a temporary cross-sector crisis task force, a developer network, new financing tools, public seed funding, and a multi-site demonstration program to test off-site construction and standardized designs. Committee members asked about silos in the current system, the role of off-site and modular construction, target income ranges, and where the plan would be most useful. Civic Commons said the plan is meant to be statewide, community-informed, and respectful of local context, with pre-approved plans and standardized approaches for both single-family and multi-unit housing. The Department of Labor and Industries then gave an update on factory-built housing oversight. Officials said residential factory-built structures are a small but important part of their work and described progress in prioritizing residential plan reviews, which they said has reduced review time from months to about two days. They also reported creating a plans examiner supervisor position, moving forward with rules for third-party plan review and inspection, and beginning analysis of national standards from the Modular Building Institute to see whether they align with state code. Committee members and L&I discussed the value of standardized plans, real-time tracking for applicants, and the role of state inspection in reducing local jurisdictional variation. The Washington State Building and Construction Trades Council testified that it supports efforts to reduce permitting delays and increase housing production, but warned against weakening safety standards or labor protections. The labor representatives said prefabrication and modular construction can help if the workforce is protected, wages and apprenticeship opportunities are preserved, and projects use tools such as community workforce agreements. They also raised concerns about wage theft, misclassification, and unlicensed contractors in residential construction, and suggested stronger front-end contractor education or licensing. Committee members responded that the goal is to expand production without sacrificing safety or good jobs. The committee also heard city perspectives on local housing reforms. Olympia described its affordable housing emergency ordinance, which gives qualifying projects priority in the permitting queue, and said success depends on communication among housing staff, planners, engineers, and developers. Walla Walla, an early adopter of middle housing, reported increased ADUs, duplexes, and smaller-lot development after eliminating single-family zoning and expanding tools such as MFTE and ADU flexibility. Des Moines described adopting middle housing and ADU ordinances in June 2025 after a lengthy public process, while Poulsbo described proactive code changes including duplexes on corner lots, unit lot subdivisions, manufactured home protections, expanded ADU allowances, and pre-approved ADU plans shared with neighboring jurisdictions. No votes were taken during the work session.

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• part of the state.
• states and regulating multi-state member states and regulating multi-state practice<01:40:01.159>
• state.
• of that state.
• <02:33:27.120> participating<02:33:27.600> States the states participating States the

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The State of Hawaii has a bad landlord-tenant code, and this bill seeks to advocate for the tenant in
• The State of Hawaii has a bad landlord-tenant code, and this bill seeks to advocate for the tenant in
• The State of Hawaii has a bad landlord-tenant code, and this bill seeks to advocate for the tenant in
• within our state assets.
• income tax.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• You'd be surprised how—hey, I got that tax deal from the state because I kept these policies.
• taxes, and all the other types of taxes that the state tries to use.
• state other types of taxes that the state tries<00:45:08.800> to<00:45:09.040> use<00:
• <00:47:44.680> also<00:47:45.400> taxable tax code land clearing is also taxable tax
• <00:47:57.119> code uh provide consistency to our tax code uh provide consistency to our tax

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But emergency on behalf of the state, on behalf of a growing state, I will continue to say is not an
• But emergency on behalf of the state, on behalf of a growing state, I will continue to say is not an
• on that basically a tax.
• a tax.
• But if society, if the state really needs it, then the state will be able to pay for it.

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 5695, which would create the Sayers Ranch Municipal Utility District in Bastrop County between Elgin and Bastrop. Representative Gurdis said Bastrop County commissioners unanimously supported the district. There was no public testimony, the bill was left pending, and later reported favorably to the full House on an 8-0 vote. The main debate centered on Senate Bill 291, which would require condemning entities to pay landowner attorney’s fees if they fail to provide 10 years of appraisal reports with an initial offer in an eminent domain case. Supporters, including Rita Beving and Charles Maley, argued the bill would add an enforcement mechanism and better protect landowners in a process they described as intimidating and lopsided. Opponents, including Tom Zabel and Lisa Kaufman, said current law already provides a remedy through abatement and attorney’s fees under Section 21.047 of the Property Code, and warned the bill could create inconsistency, delay public infrastructure projects, and increase costs. The bill was left pending. The committee also heard House Bill 5699, a simple MUD boundary change in Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 405 that would allow a tract to leave one district and join another. Representative Schofield said the landowner and district agreed to the change and to pay the tract’s share of debt. The committee substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably on an 8-0 vote. Later, the committee considered House Bill 5489, which would impose a four-year moratorium on impact fees. Representative Dyson framed it as an “active study” to test whether impact fees raise housing costs. College Station officials and other opponents argued impact fees help fund infrastructure for growth and that local governments should retain control; supporters said the fees are regressive and add to housing prices. The bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 292, which would update the Landowner Bill of Rights to add information on surveys, require separate offers for property not sought in condemnation, and require the rights document to be delivered with the initial offer. Supporters said it would improve transparency and fill gaps in the current document, while opponents said it was unnecessary because the law already exists and warned against revisiting a 2021 compromise. The transcript ends during that discussion.

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• <01:04:50.160> otherwise taxes and then privilege taxes otherwise taxes and then privilege
• or net profits tax.
• franchise<01:14:58.880> fees tax, restaurant tax, and franchise fees tax, restaurant tax,
• license tax um dependency. license tax um dependency.
• County reliance on property tax ranges from 6% of total tax income to 92% of total county tax collections

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:11 Discussion of County Clerks’ Land Records Update 00:02:42 Discussion of Area Development Districts 00:22:48 Discussion of Legislative Measures 00:50:09 Discussion of Local Taxing Sources 01:02:33 Adjournment 01:29:16, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up an update from the Kentucky County Clerks Association on the transition to electronic recording and land records modernization. Testimony explained that legislation from the 2021 task force created funding and deadlines for counties to provide online search portals and complete a 30-year property record search, with a later move to a 60-year standard. Speakers said the money has been awarded to counties, but much of the work is still in progress because records must be scanned, indexed, and manually verified. They said only a handful of counties are fully compliant with electronic recording so far, while many are still working through staffing and vendor issues. They also noted that the 60-year standard may ultimately be easier and more efficient to complete than the 30-year standard, and that compliance is expected to improve by next summer. The clerks’ representatives also raised related issues, including deed fraud, the county document storage fee, and KDLA digitization grants. They said online recording can make deed fraud easier to attempt, so they expect to seek legislation next session to address it. They described an existing notification service available in many counties that alerts property owners when a document is recorded, which can help detect suspicious activity quickly. They also said the storage fee and separate county account structure has generally worked well, but that two recent KDLA grant cycles have not released money for clerks, limiting support for digitization work. Another topic was whether, once records are fully digitized and verified, some permanent records should remain publicly accessible or be moved to a safer archive under KDLA control. Members asked about the balance in the KDLA fund, what the General Assembly could do to help lagging counties, and how much of the $25 million modernization funding had been spent. Witnesses said they did not have the current fund balance but would try to get it, that the main obstacle now appears to be staffing rather than additional money, and that the funds have been awarded but not fully expended because work is still ongoing. They emphasized that counties are helping one another and asked members to alert association leadership if any county is struggling. The committee then heard a presentation from Dan London, executive director of the Lincoln Trail Area Development District, who described area development districts as regional staff extensions and technical resources for cities and counties, and highlighted their role in coordinating regional services and partnerships across county lines.

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• We fix something in the statute, in the code.
• Guy Holdridge, Louisiana State Law Institute, Director, and the reporter for the Code of Civil Procedure
• Nick Cuncle from the Louisiana State Law Institute.
• Yes, Nick Cuncle, Louisiana State Law Institute.
• Yes, Nick Cuncle, Louisiana State Law Institute.

Summary: The Senate Judiciary A Committee met on May 5, 2026, with five members present and adopted the April 28 minutes. The committee then heard and favorably reported several measures, including HCR 31, which asks the Louisiana Law Institute to study replacing or clarifying the term “foreign” in state law; HB 263, allowing the 14th JDC magistrate judge to handle certain specialty court felony matters; HB 299, clarifying paper filing rules for jury bonds and related payment issues; HB 535, simplifying hospital-based acknowledgments of paternity by removing the two-witness requirement while keeping notarization; HB 571, codifying the 19th JDC’s complex litigation section program; and HB 538, increasing the East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court fee cap from $15 to $75 to help offset court costs. The committee also reported HB 215, raising the small succession affidavit threshold from $125,000 to $200,000, and HB 226, adding a 10.1 conference requirement before requests for admissions are deemed admitted, with discussion about discovery fairness and default judgment exceptions. The committee also took up HB 324, which makes judicial stipend increases permanent and adds a 2.7% salary increase for judges effective July 1, 2027; an amendment restoring the second year of the COLA was adopted, and the bill was reported with amendments. HB 1043, raising the jurisdictional amount in Jefferson Parish first and second parish courts, was amended to increase the amount from $35,000 to $50,000 and then reported with amendments. HCR 6, directing the Law Institute to study forced heirship and disinherison issues, was amended to add reporting language and related Civil Code references and then reported with amendments. HB 1006, changing summary judgment deadlines to give opponents more time to respond, was amended and reported by a 3-2 vote after roll call. Two more substantive bills drew extended debate. HB 1239 would strengthen the presumption that parents share physical custody equally unless a court finds that arrangement infeasible or not in the child’s best interest; supporters framed it as a parental-rights measure, while an attorney in opposition warned it would increase litigation, reduce stability for children, and be used as leverage in child support disputes. Despite the opposition, the committee reported the bill favorably. HB 190, as amended, would create a duty of reasonable care for certain software/app providers toward minors and require expert testimony, while excluding manufacturers; supporters said it was aimed at protecting children from harmful platform design, but opponents argued the proposal was unnecessary because existing tort law already covers negligence and warned it could create new causes of action and uncertainty over whether software is a “product.” The committee heard testimony from the Louisiana State Law Institute, the sponsor, and outside witnesses, but the transcript ends before final action on HB 190 is shown.

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• and state aid so any Anything impacting local property taxes is a major budget driver for the state.
• state cost portion, including anything that changes local private taxes again. so anything affecting
• rate can be less than 90% of the state compression percentage. is the highest year-on-tax rate.
• , vehicle registration tax... gets us to about 67% of the budget which the gas tax state gas tax portion
• , also known as SEPA, Tax are divided evenly between the economic stabilization fund and the state highway

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• . state. state.
• . code. code.
• of tax cuts. of tax cuts.
• I stated that we need to ensure that tax relief promised just 2 years ago is not taken away or even delayed
• <05:48:15.360> tax earned income tax credit, food tax earned income tax credit, food tax credit

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