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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Revenue Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- Should they make cuts to the PCA program, reducing hours for people who need home care services?
- We've seen mental health programs and substance abuse programs in Massachusetts closed, seems like every
- However, you are a very diverse tax person like I am.
- Another thing that I'm concerned about are threats to the PCA program.
- Is it going to be the PCA program?
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Revenue, chaired by Senator James Eldridge and Representative Adrian Madaro, opened its hearing with a moment of silence for the late Lowell State Senator Ed Kennedy and reviewed hearing procedures and deadlines. The committee then took testimony on several corporate tax bills, including S. 2033/H. 3110 on offshore tax avoidance, H. 3248 on a manufacturing tax exemption, H. 3057 on a tiered corporate minimum tax, and S. 2041 on a corporate tax haven blacklist, along with a separate business interest deduction bill. No votes were taken during the hearing.
Supporters of S. 2033/H. 3110, including labor unions, health care workers, educators, public health advocates, seniors, and several legislators, argued that Massachusetts needs new revenue to offset federal cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, health care, education, and other services. They said the bill would raise roughly $400 million annually by increasing the share of offshore profits included in the state tax base from 5% to 50%, and they framed it as a fairness measure that would require large multinational corporations to pay more while leaving most local businesses and workers unaffected. Testimony emphasized risks to MassHealth, PCA services, adult dental care, hospitals, schools, and public health programs if new revenue is not raised.
Opponents, including the Mass Taxpayers Foundation and the Council on State Taxation, argued the proposal is poor tax policy and likely unconstitutional because it would tax foreign-source income without allowing foreign tax credits or a comparable apportionment method. They said Massachusetts should take a broader, coordinated approach to federal tax changes rather than a standalone bill, and warned of litigation risk and possible double taxation. Supporters such as MassBudget and former tax counsel Don Griswold countered that the bill is a reasonable rough-justice approach, consistent with federal and neighboring-state treatment, and that it would primarily affect a small number of very large multinationals. On S. 2041, the Global Business Alliance opposed the proposed tax haven blacklist, while supporting a separate bill allowing business interest deductibility.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
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are enforcement that these programs are enforcement that these programs are - program. In 2004, President George W. program. In 2004, President George W.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Transportation, Highways and Public Works Apr 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Brough modifies certain operations within the Department of Transportation and the Highway Priority Program
- It cleans up when the department will report on the highway priority program and the progress of those
- You know, we're the only ones that are not paying tax on the Comite Diversion Canal.
- costs to operate the program.
- We ran a really good program. So did the city of Gretna.
Summary:
The House Transportation Committee met on April 21 and heard a series of transportation, licensing, tolling, and public safety measures. Early bills included HB 745, extending special permits for tandem/container loads serving port facilities; HB 1000, a DOTD cleanup bill that clarifies Highway Priority Program reporting and raises the letter-bid contract threshold from $1 million to $3 million; HB 1050, which revises commercial driver’s license rules and allows certain 18-year-olds to drive intrastate with a Class A license; and HB 1172, designating a portion of US 165 in Oberlin as the Coulin Brooks Manuel Memorial Highway. All of those bills were reported favorably, with HB 1000 adopted with amendments.
The committee then took up HB 896 on toll facilities, prompted by concerns about Belle Chasse toll charges and customer service access. The bill would require local toll customer service centers, toll dispute procedures, and limits on certain fees; amendments were adopted to refine those provisions, including in-person assistance, appeal deadlines, and limits on additional charges. The bill was reported with amendments. HB 493, which would have prohibited expropriation by the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District in East Feliciana and St. Helena Parishes, drew extensive testimony and debate over reservoir planning and local flood-control authority, but was ultimately voluntarily deferred.
Later, HB 1173 was approved to give people in the OMV reinstatement relief program up to three months without a late fee on installment agreements, while keeping the payment due and moving it to the end of the plan. HB 1024 created a Louisiana Democratic Party special prestige license plate and was reported favorably. The committee also approved HCR 32 urging the Port of New Orleans to secure backup motors for the St. Claude Avenue Bridge, and HB 1159, concerning automated speed enforcement in Jefferson Parish municipalities, was ultimately voluntarily deferred after discussion of local control, public input, and prior legislation on speed cameras.
The final major item was HB 679, as substituted, creating a driver’s license designation for people with brain injuries and directing law enforcement training on interactions with those individuals. The sponsor and several witnesses described personal experiences with traumatic brain injury and argued the designation would improve safety and communication during traffic stops. The substitute bill was adopted and the measure was reported favorably. The committee concluded by reporting HB 1207 favorably; that bill would limit unduly restrictive contractor qualification requirements in public bidding and require such requirements to be reasonably related to the project and justified in writing.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The state is expanding funding for programs like EFAS and cutting revenues and still failing to meet
- The state is expanding funding for programs like EFAS and cutting revenues and still failing to meet
- That's 80% within a tiny little program.
- But of the within a tiny little program.
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and implementation of programs and implementation of programs and activities
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So, one of the things referenced in this bill is an approved program.
- This program teaches teachers sounds.
- They model these this program teaches.
- We were asked by our businesses in 2020 to develop a program around diversity, equity, inclusion to help
- They are future workforce, and it's very important. around diversity, equity, inclusion to around diversity
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- California's non-public school program plays a critical role in ensuring some of our most vulnerable
- They provide a full special education program.
- Our first concern has... ...around the implementation of the grant program that's presented.
- I want to just clarify for the record that the grant program applies to all schools in the state.
- And so that's why this grant program is so... ...without us even realizing it.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- So when you start looking at that diversity of those religions and trying to understand it, because,
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of <01:34:48.800>those looking at that diversity of those looking at - that diversity of those religions<01:34:50.239>
and <01:34:50.560>trying <01:34:50.960> - It's a last dollar program. And at this time I would like to ask for a B hour.
- It's a last dollar program.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/11/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- It's also about providing diversity.
- Um but not always are um folks program.
- And so we'll need to this is a new<01:51:44.080>
program <01:51:44.400>for <01:51:44.719 - I mean it's really new program for us. I mean it's really an<01:51:46.320>
overlap. - So, we'll need training program doesn't.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Sep 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So there again, every year, we get money from the feds for the NEVI program.
- And so the city of Albuquerque has a Vision Zero program as well.
- A program called Vision Zero Communities.
- Matt Goodlaw, one of your LFC program evaluators.
- Also on this project is Elizabeth Dodson, another program evaluator.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Veterans and Military Affairs Apr 9th, 2026 at 11:00 am
Veterans and Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Follow up, so it's not an income tax diversion. It would be an extra donation. Is that correct?
Keywords:
Oklahoma National Guard, compensation, education assistance, career technology, military benefits, veterans, donations, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, state agency, executive branch, HB3043, ODVA, seasonal employees, project labor, pro rata jobs, unclassified service, state personnel law, state employee benefits, paid leave, paid holidays
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 1 May 8th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Among a diverse population.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Thu Feb 12, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- who's being far as diversity of who's being represented. represented. represented.
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that expand and strengthen programs that expand and strengthen programs that - programs operating, keeping Keeping programs operating, keeping services<00:48:26.720>
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I <01:59:31.679>think program under those agreements. - I think program under those agreements.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 2046, which would establish and fund an Olo Hawaii Commission to coordinate and promote initiatives supporting the use of Olo Hawaii. The Attorney General suggested adding an end date because the bill creates a temporary commission, and several supporters from the University of Hawaii, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission said the commission could improve coordination, funding decisions, and consistency across agencies. Members discussed whether the commission should include broader representation, including expertise on Niihau dialect speakers and other stakeholders, and the bill was then set aside as the committee moved to the next measure.
The committee next considered House Bill 2438, creating the Hawaii Cultural Trust within DBEDT, authorizing an income tax credit for contributions to the trust and qualified cultural organizations, and creating a special license plate to support the trust. DBEDT said it would need additional resources, including staff, to administer the program. The Department of Taxation recommended changing the effective date to 2026 to allow time for implementation and adding a requirement that credits be claimed within one year. OHA supported the bill but objected to language that would require it to maintain a prequalified list of organizations, saying that could limit applicants and conflict with its grant process. The Tax Foundation said it supported cultural funding but preferred direct appropriations and grants over a trust fund and tax credit structure.
The final measure discussed was House Bill 2584, which would temporarily increase public land trust revenues transferred to OHA while reaffirming the state’s obligation to the 20% pro rata share, with a repeal date of June 30, 2028. The Attorney General recommended deleting the bill’s requirement that OHA receive a minimum amount equal to the 20% share, arguing the constitution and Admission Act do not specify a precise dollar amount and that the legislature must determine allocation. OHA strongly supported the bill, arguing the state currently pays only about 5% and that historical records show much higher amounts are owed; OHA also pointed to a carry-forward account it said held about $55 million. DLNR opposed the bill because the fiscal impact was unspecified and could affect land management and special fund budgets. Several OHA trustees and supporters urged the committee to pass the bill, and one testifier criticized the state for underfunding Native Hawaiian obligations. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the committee continued hearing testimony on HB 2584.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources, May 27, 2026 - AM
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- standing up this program? standing up this program? >> Director? >> Director?
- from 2005 to 2016 for specific programs. from 2005 to 2016 for specific programs.
- of the aquatic invasive species program. of the aquatic invasive species program.
- You're going to do these programs. You're going to do these programs.
- . program. program.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Senate Organization Session Nov 19th, 2024
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The diversity in our state is both incredible, different than urban Florida.
- The diversity in our state is both incredible and powerful.
Summary:
The Florida Senate convened for its organizational session with prayer, presentation of colors, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the national anthem, followed by a moment of silence for the mother of Senator Fine. The chamber then received special guests and administered oaths to newly elected senators after reading certificates of election from the Secretary of State. Tracy Campbell Cantella was nominated and unanimously elected Secretary of the Senate, then sworn in. Ben Albritton was nominated, seconded, and elected as President of the Senate for the 2024–2026 term, and Jason Brodeur was later nominated, seconded, and elected President Pro Tempore. Both leaders were sworn in and delivered extended remarks about faith, service, Florida’s economy and education, hurricane recovery, insurance, rural communities, agriculture, water quality, Israel, veterans, and the need for data-driven, accountable government.
After the leadership elections, the Senate adopted its rules for the new term and authorized the Secretary to make technical and conforming changes. The chamber also adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 2-O-RG, which establishes the joint rules of the Florida Legislature for 2024–26. A committee was appointed to notify the House that the Senate had convened for organization, and the committee later reported back that the House had been informed. The Senate then received a communication from the Democratic caucus certifying that Senator Jason Pizzo was elected Democratic leader and Senator Tracie Davis Democratic leader pro tempore for the term.
The session included additional remarks recognizing Senate staff and security personnel, as well as tributes to the late John Pasidomo and a moment of silence for him. The meeting concluded with a performance of “Amazing Grace,” brief closing comments, and an attempted motion to adjourn sine die that was briefly tabled until the House confirmed it was convened and ready to transact business. The Senate then adjourned sine die.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- our anti-hunger programs and end hunger. our anti-hunger programs and end hunger.
- This is a disgraceful diversion.
- No, this is a diversion from the already underfunded TANF program, which has been flat-funded for 30
- No, this is a diversion from the already underfunded TANF program, which has been flat-funded for 30
- No, this is a diversion from the already underfunded TANF program, which has been flat-funded for 30
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- A needed update for the Houston Pilots training program allows for four years for the program.
- We do educational programs and a number of other things.
- We could not deliver the program that we have today without our consultant partners.
- The transportation program, which is our 10-year plan, is about $100 billion.
- It's a fantastic program.
Bills:
HB2007, HB2863, HB2921, HB3331, HB3332, HJR144, HB3514, HB3528, HB3720, HB3751, HB3859, HB3947, HB4148, HB4346, HB4880, HB5603, HB4337
Keywords:
commercial signs, county approval, transportation code, regulations, road signage, vehicle title, revocation, hearing process, Transportation Code, county assessor-collector, confidentiality, personal information, local government, airport data, public records, vehicle regulation, transportation, steel industry, state fees, safety standards
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 5th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- As I mentioned earlier, the TMPC has 2 financial assistance programs for local communities.
- Our other program is known as the Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant, or DAC for short.
- Last session, we appropriated $30 million for the grant program.
- So it's a, it's a grant program. We apply for it every year.
- But the people that need THC, we have no problem with expanding the Compassionate use Program.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 069 Mar 24th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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human <01:27:49.040>health program helps protect um human health program helps - And that the and public programs.
- Uh this program is a burial assistance program that provides payment for burial and cremation services
- Uh this program is a burial assistance program that provides payment for burial and cremation services
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Harris County and the City of Houston to maximize surplus revenue in order to maximize toll revenue diversions
- TDLR is required to administer an all-terrain vehicle and off-highway vehicle safety certificate program
- The limited number of available instructors statewide calls into question the need for this program.
- recreational activities, and promote personal freedom regarding TDLR, ATV, and off-highway vehicle training programs
Keywords:
commercial motor vehicle, truck liability, motor carrier, trucking, civil liability, respondeat superior, negligent entrustment, negligent maintenance, negligent loading, negligent repair, bifurcated trial, exemplary damages, punitive damages, personal injury, collision, employer liability, vicarious liability, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Texas tort reform, commercial truck accident
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the Arctic and Greenland's geostrategic importance to U.S. interests. Feb 12th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Round Top's diverse array of critical minerals, when combined with my 30 years experience in the capital
- I'm the head of Arctic Sciences in the Office of Polar Programs at the U.S.
- The Office of Polar Programs in NSF works in close partnership with our Office of the Chief of Research
- For instance, the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs guides critical research on
Keywords:
Greenland, acquisition, national security, Arctic, geopolitical, China, Russia, icebreakers, trade routes
Summary:
The meeting convened by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation focused on the potential acquisition of Greenland by the United States. This issue, first raised by President Trump in 2019, has gained renewed significance amidst shifting global dynamics and the strategic importance of Greenland in relation to transatlantic trade routes and national security. The members discussed the geopolitical implications of Greenland's position, especially given the increasing influence of China and Russia in the Arctic region. Notably, the urgency to address military presence and icebreaker capabilities in the Arctic was a major point of contention, with a call for a new fleet to counter foreign dominance in the area.