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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So they do maximum fiscal impact. Okay.
- This is impact revenue long term.
- So I don't think that have an impact.
- So, is inflation taking my question.
- </c> agree with you and currently inflation agree with you and currently inflation is<01:17:55.199><c
Committee:
House Ways and Means
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They hold back, waiting until the case is settled, but over-inflate the medical bills.
- I'm having difficulty with this idea that it's doctors' bills that are inflated.
- present those inflated bills to a jury. as though they were undisputed truth.
- They deserve the context to distinguish fair pricing from inflated claims.
- As fraud or inflation of prices.
Bills:
HB4806
Committee:
House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 02/23/26
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- So I'll give the caveat: inflation-adjusted, they have been going down.
- </c> cost of electricity went down inflation cost of electricity went down inflation adjusted.
- Is that what you're saying, inflation.
- I guess that's impact Minnesota or not.
- You have to consider sustainability, community impact, along with reliability.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (03/10/2026)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:49:13.280><c> to</c> was going to discuss um impacts to was going to discuss um impacts to smaller
- But if wouldn't be impacted by this.
- The impact is barely noticeable.
- The impact is barely thousand. The impact is barely noticeable. noticeable. noticeable.
- </c><01:07:36.400><c> for</c> voters an adjustment with inflation for voters an adjustment with inflation
Committee:
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Human Services - 03/11/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- or a 1% inflator.
- Or maybe you want a 2% inflator.
- Or maybe you want a 2% inflator. Or maybe you want a 2% inflator. inflator. inflator.
- ><c> and</c> really has any fiscal impact on this and really has any fiscal impact on this and it<00:
- </c> So, it should have no budgetary impact. So, it should have no budgetary impact.
Committees:
Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Um if that balance has been impacted.
- So safe that they can never basically beat inflation. So the idea Basically beat inflation.
- </c> having returns that beat inflation having returns that beat inflation because<01:01:00.640><c> if
- ,</c> because if you don't beat inflation, because if you don't beat inflation, you're<01:01:01.839><
- </c> tend to be uh hedges against inflation. tend to be uh hedges against inflation.
Committee:
Senate Ways and Means
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- It doesn't impact our citizens.
- It doesn't impact This is a no-brainer. It doesn't impact our<00:36:44.480><c> citizens.
- And that requirement, it inflation.
- >> It's in the U fiscal impact page, revenue FY27, 26,400.
- </c> >> It's in the U fiscal impact >> It's in the U fiscal impact >> page >>
Committee:
House Ways and Means
Summary:
The work session focused first on SP 492, a bill intended to give the New Hampshire Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services authority to lease or license property for housing and related uses. Major General David Mikolitis testified that the bill is aimed at addressing affordable housing for junior enlisted service members, especially those assigned to Pease Air National Guard Base who currently face long commutes because of the Seacoast housing shortage. He said the most likely uses would be converting limited barracks space in Pembroke or Stratford into apartment-style or extended-stay housing, and possibly allowing office/co-op space for federal civilians, though he emphasized the primary purpose is housing for junior ranks. He also said any development would likely be done by a private developer through an RFP, with costs borne by the developer rather than the department.
Committee members asked about whether the bill could apply to commercial uses, how taxes would work, whether revenues would go into the general fund, and whether the concept could be expanded statewide. Mikolitis said the intent was housing only, not commercial development like a Starbucks, and that any developed property would be taxable locally rather than remain tax-exempt. He said revenues would go into a dedicated Veteran Services Property Fund and be used for facilities, not the general fund. He also explained that the department has about 20 armories statewide but sees only a few viable locations for this concept, mainly Pembroke, Stratford, and possibly one other site, because the goal is to serve personnel within roughly a 45-minute drive of Pease. He noted that a proposed seven-acre parcel near Pease had already been approved by the Pease Development Authority but still needed FAA approval, and he was not optimistic about using that land for housing because of contamination and redevelopment costs. Committee discussion ended with members indicating support for OTP, but the chair said the vote would have to wait until 11 o'clock and then closed the work session on SP 492.
The committee then opened a work session on SP 627 and heard testimony from Jim Jelbert, owner of CJ Bus Lines and chair of the legislature’s transportation council, who spoke in support of the bill. Jelbert argued that the measure would allow New Hampshire to raise tolls and generate significant revenue for the 10-year highway plan without directly taxing citizens, and said the money could address congestion and safety problems, including work on I-93 in Manchester and other statewide projects. He estimated the bill could generate substantial revenue over time and said toll credits could help leverage federal matching funds. He also said improved roads would benefit businesses like his by reducing vehicle wear and improving efficiency. The transcript cuts off before any committee action on SP 627 is recorded.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Thirty Four - Monday, March 9
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They'll have less money than the rate of inflation, right?
- They'll have less money than the rate of inflation, right?
- So if inflation is more than 3%, they get less...
- The only impact of your bill is they would get less than the rate of inflation, right?
- Because it really impacts businesses.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- He said the goal is to set the court back to the standard where it should have been because inflation
- He questioned the inflation analysis and said that in 2004 the limit was $3,000; in 2005, by Act 43,
- What do you say to his point of, I guess if you take it from inflation, that 5,000 or 5,100 seems to
- be a it from inflation that 5,000 or 5,100 seems to be about the proper number.
- Chairman, House Bill 451 is really simple, but it has a big impact.
Bills:
HR2 , HR37 , HR61 , HCR11 , HCR64 , HB89 , HB183 , HB341 , HB371 , HB451 , HB480 , HB520 , HB541 , HB579 , HB597 , HB816 , HB1004 , HB1064 , HB1165 , SB44
Committee:
House Judiciary
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 1165, which was converted into a substitute bill to reorganize the Avoyelles Parish court system by creating two city courts, one for Marksville and one for Bunkie, and expanding their jurisdiction parishwide, including small claims and certain misdemeanor, civil, and juvenile matters. The sponsor and supporting judges said the change would better use existing courts and improve access to justice, while the district attorney opposed it, arguing it would not help the criminal docket, could create staffing and constitutional issues, and needed more study. After questions about voting districts, appellate procedure, and minority vote dilution, the committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill favorably.
The committee then heard House Bill 1064 creating a domestic violence intervention court pilot program in the 19th Judicial District, with testimony from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and the YWCA describing a specialty court model focused on accountability, victim services, and wraparound support. The bill was reported favorably. House Bill 341, clarifying law enforcement officer rights during administrative investigations, was amended to specify administrative matters and reported with amendments. House Concurrent Resolution 64, as amended, expanded a study of behavioral health courts to include additional parishes and a later reporting deadline, and was reported favorably. House Bill 579, the sexual assault survivor bill of rights, was amended to strengthen notice, confidentiality, and funding provisions and then reported favorably.
Later, House Bill 1004, which would have raised the jurisdictional threshold for justice of the peace courts from $5,000 to $7,500, drew significant opposition from city court judges who warned of unintended consequences, including different evidentiary standards, possible attorney-representation issues for entities, and added burdens on district courts. Supporters framed it as an inflation adjustment and access-to-justice measure, but after debate the committee voted 5-11 to defer the bill. House Bill 183, limiting courthouse cell phone bans in fee-payment areas, was amended and then failed on a 7-7 tie with the chair voting no. The committee also reported favorably House Bill 451 on ATC hearing notices, House Bill 541 on micro distillers via substitute, Senate Bill 44 on tactical medical professionals’ firearms, House Resolution 37 honoring veterans who served in Honduras, and House Bill 89 requiring a district attorney office to pay certain retirees’ health premiums from its own funds. Several other bills were voluntarily deferred, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- The speaker said that better impact resistance in shingles is something they agree with 100 percent,
- We've allowed it to go up to $15,000, but that's kind of years down the road with inflation and the cost
- There's a definition of the word inflating as a subset for insurance fraud, and that would be a practice
- . actors from taking advantage of vulnerable homeowners after loss, reducing the risk of inflated or
- And so eliminating this program would, again, ultimately impact what any individual's premiums are.
Committees:
House Insurance , House Insurance and Banking
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, January 13, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Foster care impacts every congressional district across the country, regardless of whether it's red or
- </c><00:16:02.399><c> every</c> States foster care impacts every States foster care impacts every congressional
- </c><02:20:04.439><c> reduction</c> the same time our inflation reduction the same time our inflation
- </c> and rent it's wrong the inflation and rent it's wrong the inflation reduction<02:20:34.240><c> act
- </c><02:21:03.200><c> of</c> Americans to record lows the impact of Americans to record lows the impact
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, annual inflation historically Is above 2%.
- Do you envision a time when inflation may outstrip the growth and taxable valuation of property and leave
- that logic, that means for a very long time now, a property evaluation has exceeded the rate of inflation
- Follow up, well, I guess I'm not sure I followed that line of thinking because the inflation rate has
- Does this bill impact what we did back then?
Committee:
House Rules
Keywords:
gross production tax, ad valorem tax, property exemption, Oklahoma Tax Commission, oil and gas production, regulatory impact, economic implications, dental insurance, health care, medical necessity, insurance claims, dentist rights, criminal code cleanup, duplicate statutes, statutory consolidation, repealer bill, emergency clause, Title 21 crimes, Title 47 DUI, child abuse reporting
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill to establish a supplemental energy assistance program, HF771, heard in energy committee 3/25/25
Transcript Highlights:
- would encourage folks to grab a colored handout afterwards so you can see how your districts are impacted
- one of the your districts are impacted one of the reasons<00:03:22.840><c> for</c><00:03:23.799><c>
- With the compounding pressures of inflation going up and housing costs going up, households that were
- Taking inflation into consideration, he said, that is really a decreasing amount.
- So government has grown, inflation has grown, and then the need has grown.
Summary:
House File 771, as amended, was laid over for possible inclusion. The bill would create a state supplemental grant program to build on LIHEAP, with the goal of expanding energy assistance beyond the winter season to cover summer cooling needs and reduce utility shutoffs. Representative Craft said the proposal would use existing LIHEAP systems, help more eligible households, and support related services like weatherization. The committee adopted the author’s amendment, DE2, without objection.
Supporters testified that energy costs remain unaffordable for many Minnesotans, especially in rural areas and among low-income households, seniors, and people using delivered fuels. Annie Levenson-Faulk of the Citizens Utility Board said only about a quarter of eligible households receive assistance, summer shutoffs are common, and cooling needs have grown significantly. Trisha Leite of the Minnesota Rural Electric Association, Amanda Macky of Minnesota Valley Action Council, and Ken Schum of the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association all supported the bill, saying year-round assistance would help households, reduce disconnects, stabilize demand for aid, and ease pressure on utility rates. Michael Schmitz of the Department of Commerce said Minnesota has received about $112 million in LIHEAP funds so far this year and is awaiting additional federal money; he also noted recent funding has been lower than in prior years and inflation has reduced its value.
Members discussed the scale of utility shutoffs, the increase in cooling demand, and whether the bill addresses root causes or serves as a temporary fix. Representative Weiner argued that the state should focus on keeping more money in taxpayers’ pockets and reducing the need for subsidies, while Representative Craft responded that the underlying issue is low incomes and widening wealth inequality, and that policies like the child tax credit are better ways to address poverty. The chair also asked how LIHEAP dollars flow, and Commerce said most benefits are paid directly to utilities on behalf of households rather than as direct cash payments to recipients.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:25:38.679><c> adjusted</c> periods um where the inflation adjusted periods um where the inflation
- relative to a kind of historical average annual inflation amount.
- </c> but the the decrease in inflation but the the decrease in inflation adjusted<00:28:49.440><c> Aid
- Those are the real impacts, and then you have overcrowded classrooms and all of that.
- District, so that can also really impact those higher costs that we're seeing.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So policy has had a significant impact on budget drivers.
- So, inflation, what we did is we took the...
- Inflation adjusted, it takes it up to $2,500 per person spending.
- So you're seeing the full impact of the $90 million in this chart, but not necessarily the full impact
- So the inflation-adjusted is harder to compare, I guess. I lost a second question.
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Human Resources
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
State of the Union Address by the President of the United States (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:47:24.240><c> in</c> Congress gave us the worst inflation in Congress gave us the worst inflation
- There was no inflation. Tremendous growth.
- There was no inflation. money. There was no inflation. Tremendous<01:12:06.159><c> growth.
- Had a huge impact.
- Had a huge impact. during my first term. Had a huge impact.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Revenue Estimating Conference May 8th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And apparently they did, but it's still impacted by the 0.09. I have looked at it.
- Now, that's largely an inflation-driven kind of factor. Let's see.
- So it did impact as well the collections. All right, speaker for a motion.
- Move on to adoption of the inflation rate. Hackett? Hmm? I apologize, Mr. President.
- I forgot to print out the increase, the inflation factors. So I don't have them with me.
Summary:
The Revenue Estimating Conference met with four members present and first approved the December 11, 2025 minutes. Members then recognized the FYI end-of-balance of $577,077,871 as non-recurring revenue. The main business was revising the state revenue forecast for FY 2026, with the Division of Administration recommending a reduction of about $113 million, driven primarily by weaker individual income tax collections, softer general sales tax receipts, and a substantial cut to corporate income tax forecasts. The Legislative Fiscal Office presented a somewhat different but still cautious outlook, and members discussed withholding rates, refund growth, corporate collections, and the effects of the franchise tax repeal and tax reform changes. After questions to the Department of Revenue about collections, refunds, enforcement, and settlements, the conference adopted the Division of Administration’s FY 2026 forecast.
The conference then reviewed the FY 2027 recurring forecast. The Division of Administration again recommended a reduction, this time about $104 million, citing continued caution on individual income and corporate taxes, while the Legislative Fiscal Office projected a net increase of about $127 million, largely from sales tax, severance, royalties, vehicle sales tax, and other revenue streams. Members discussed the practical budget impact of the revised forecasts, including the need to reduce spending and the difficulty of funding a possible teacher stipend if a constitutional amendment fails. The FY 2027 recurring forecast was adopted.
Members also adopted the long-range forecast, the proposed inflation rates for the Millennium Trust and parish severance allocation, and the incentive expenditure forecast. The incentive discussion noted that reported incentive costs reduce available revenue before appropriations, and members raised the possibility of reviewing or capping such incentives. The Treasurer’s Office then reported that the General Fund cash balance was $404.1 million as of May 5, 2026, and the interfund borrowing base was about $9.18 billion, with cash positions generally similar to the prior year. The meeting ended with a note that another REC meeting might be needed after the May 16 election, followed by adjournment.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 19, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- It didn't consider variable factors, regional cost differences, inflation.
- So what is the fiscal impact here, and what is the analysis?
- So what is the fiscal impact here and what is the analysis?
- Maybe some of these uncertain, unpredictable situations that could impact capital costs?
- One of those is our consumer price index, which should take into account inflation.
Summary:
The Human Services Subcommittee met with a quorum present and took up a presentation from the Department of Children and Families on HB 7089, which revises how Florida’s community-based care (CBC) lead agencies for child welfare are funded. Representative McFarland described the bill’s background, arguing that the prior formula relied too heavily on outdated, static factors and produced inequities among CBCs. She emphasized that the new approach is intended to provide a more stable, transparent, and statute-based funding method that better supports prevention, case management, and family services while reducing year-to-year political uncertainty.
DCF Chief of Staff Casey Penn explained that HB 7089 required an actuarially sound, reimbursement-based formula developed with CBC and provider input. The new model uses a cost-based structure with three tiers: Tier 1 for operational and administrative costs, Tier 2 for per-child/per-month service costs, and a possible Tier 3 incentive component for performance measures if the Legislature chooses to fund it. The model includes regional growth factors, inflation adjustments, a 2% risk corridor for Tier 2, a hold-harmless provision for agencies that would otherwise receive less than prior funding, and the ability for CBCs to retain some state general revenue savings. DCF said the model produced a total budget need of about $1.392 billion, roughly $28.6 million above the prior year after offsets, and that the department is also updating its child welfare case management system to improve data quality and future modeling.
Members asked about whether prevention spending is captured, how Tier 3 incentives would work and how much they might cost, how the formula accounts for insurance, hurricanes, child acuity, and staffing costs, and whether CBC executives’ compensation is capped. DCF said prevention is included in the model but is not yet separately broken out due to data limitations, Tier 3 is optional and not yet costed, and the formula can incorporate additional growth factors if needed. On executive pay, DCF explained that compensation is limited by statute for CBC contracts, but multiple contracts and non-state funding sources can affect total compensation; staff later clarified that CBC CEOs with multiple contracts had been reviewed for compliance. The meeting ended after questions, and Representative Miller moved to adjourn; the subcommittee adjourned without any vote on the bill.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
04/28/2026 - Joint Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- This will have impacts on our society.
- What was actual inflation this year?” “Mr.
- So I believe that this really disproportionately impacts lower-income Arizonans.
- No, the growth in population and inflation was 49.3%.
- It's English, and that is: no formula programs are impacted.
Summary:
The joint appropriations committee met on April 28 to review the FY 2027 budget package, including the general appropriations feed bills (HB 4138 and SB 1831) and related budget reconciliation measures. Staff described the budget as including about $17.96 billion in general fund appropriations, a one-time transfer of state monies to increase revenues, a 5% lump-sum reduction to most agencies’ discretionary general fund budgets, and several one-time restorations or continuations for items such as school facilities, child care, child safety, corrections stipends, and public safety operating costs. Members spent much of the meeting debating how the across-the-board cuts would be implemented, which programs might be affected, and how fund sweeps from prior-year appropriations and special funds would work, including questions about universities, public safety, rural hospitals, transportation grants, the Corporation Commission, and health insurance costs for state employees and troopers.
A major point of discussion was the impact on universities and higher education. Arizona Board of Regents representatives said the proposed reductions and fund sweeps would affect already obligated dollars, research, staffing, and student aid programs, and could force difficult decisions about programs such as the Promise Program, Teachers Academy, and other pass-through funds. Committee members also raised concerns about whether the cuts could lead to tuition increases or reductions in services, while majority members emphasized that agencies and the executive branch should decide how to absorb the reductions. Another major topic was health care and the state employee health plan: staff explained that the budget includes a $228 million general fund infusion to stabilize the plan, while a separate reconciliation bill would raise employee premiums over three years. Members also discussed whether the budget’s changes to AHCCCS/Access and hospital eligibility rules could increase costs for hospitals and reduce coverage.
Public testimony largely opposed the budget. Speakers from Opportunity Arizona, the Arizona Board of Regents, and local governments argued that the proposal would shift costs onto working families, reduce support for education, housing, SNAP, health care, and rural infrastructure, and protect tax benefits for data centers and higher-income taxpayers. A mayor from Globe asked for state help after severe flooding damaged roads, water lines, and homes, while a motorcycle safety advocate asked the committee to review a DPS motorcycle safety fund appropriation. Committee members and staff repeatedly clarified that some items discussed were one-time appropriations not continued into FY 2027, that some fund sweeps were from unspent or unencumbered balances, and that the committee planned to take a mass roll-call vote on the budget bills at the end of the meeting.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 27th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Did we talk about the impacts of the homeless populations on the communities that they reside in, or
- The small business communities that are impacted by their presence.
- There are some areas where there could be very direct impacts.
- That year that that 46 million impact.
- If you don't do the inflation increases according to a rate study, that is a rate cut.