Video & Transcript Research : 'levy'
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 27, 2025 - 12:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- just to put it into perspective a little bit, over the past five years, the total property taxes levied
- just to put it into perspective a little bit, over the past five years, the total property taxes levied
- So showing... ...showing that over the past five years, total property taxes levied by all taxing authorities
Summary:
The Ways and Means Committee met on March 27, 2025 and first considered HJR 1257 and its implementing bill, HB 1259, which would create two $25,000 property tax exemptions and an assessment cap for long-term rental properties owned by Floridians who also have a homestead in the state. Supporters argued the measure would increase long-term rental supply and help Florida residents, while opponents from counties and cities warned of a large revenue loss, potential tax shifts to businesses, and weak guardrails against abuse. Members raised concerns about wealthy owners holding many condos, possible family-member workarounds, and whether savings would actually reach tenants. The committee adopted an amendment to the implementing bill, then reported both measures favorably after party-line-leaning debate and recorded votes.
The committee then unanimously reported HB 761, which limits deferred ad valorem and non-ad valorem tax relief to properties with a just value of $1 million or less and raises the minimum tax certificate sale amount from $250 to $500. Members also unanimously approved CS/HB 733 on brownfields, which expands and clarifies the state brownfields program, and two Osceola/Sunbridge local bills, CS/HB 4043 and HB 4059, dealing with special district infrastructure and district boundary expansion subject to voter approval. HB 995 on Areas of Critical State Concern, focused largely on the Florida Keys, was amended to remove the ad valorem tax exemption portion and to adjust the growth cap from 500 to 825 units, then was reported favorably.
Later, the committee approved HB 6021, which repeals sales tax on all bullion purchases of gold, silver, and platinum, with supporters calling it a sound-money measure and critics asking about future revenue effects if related legal-tender legislation passes. Finally, the committee passed HB 1339, which excludes wind-damage mitigation improvements from assessed value for property tax purposes, after adopting a clarifying amendment about secondary water barriers. Throughout the meeting, most bills were reported favorably, often after brief debate and with little or no public testimony beyond support or opposition from affected local-government and industry groups.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Legislative Budget Hearings Feb 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- note that the Medicaid number, the $1.5 billion, is basically their Medicaid assessments that they levy
- revenues from cigarette and tobacco taxes, as well as various other revenue sources that the state levies
- The $227 million from the public school fund is levied on the ad valorem tax that goes into the fund
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (02/10/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- And question. >> So, basically your concern with the village districts is that they can possibly levy
- And question. >> So, basically your concern with the village districts is that they can possibly levy
- c> village districts is that they can village districts is that they can possibly<02:19:16.880>
levy and <02:19:17.920>taxes <02:19:19.040>with <02:19:19.359>and possibly levy- fines and taxes with and possibly levy fines and taxes with and that's<02:19:20.639>
within <02
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- way in the state to help our charters pay for brick and mortar expenses because they don't get to levy
- I think the gist of the bill is that we levy ad valorem taxes on these entities, not based necessarily
Keywords:
education funding, linked deposits, education infrastructure, charter schools, nonprofit organizations, Oklahoma Education Infrastructure Program, HB1242, cervidae, deer, elk, sales tax exemption, agricultural exemption, livestock, ranching, farm tax, agricultural sales tax, Oklahoma Tax Commission, agriculture, producer sales, private treaty
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 19, March 4, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Now you go to page five, and this is continuation of that discussion about the mill levy.
- Line one through line eight. this is where the uh 25 mil levy uh this is where the uh 25 mil levy uh
- discussion about the mill levy. discussion about the mill levy.
- And then we tell them, 'Well, you got to make sure you assess your mill levies.
- Make sure you go to your mill levies. Make sure you go to your<01:03:51.440>
community.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Special levied or pending taxes on the manufactured home.
- but your A21 amendment struck offset documented increase in operational capital costs or special levied
- but your A21 amendment struck offset documented increase in operational capital costs or special levied
- but your A21 amendment struck offset documented increase in operational capital costs or special levied
- Other taxes that we choose to levy upon them. Um, and so, Mr.
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee took up Senate File 203, a broad housing bill authored by Senator Port. Port described the measure as a package including $50 million in housing infrastructure bonds, MHFA administrative and investment reforms, expanded Greater Minnesota infrastructure grants for workforce housing, manufactured housing bill of rights provisions, and a private equity restriction on large investors buying certain single-family homes starting in 2026. Fiscal analyst Eric Olafson walked through the spreadsheet and said the $50 million bond authorization would add debt service costs over time, with the total estimated debt service for that authorization at about $75.8 million. Senator Draheim raised concern about the growing cost of bonding and said the state should rely more on cash than debt.
The committee then adopted two technical amendments. The A21 amendment, described by Port as correcting manufactured housing bill of rights language, aligning MHFA board meeting language, conforming a lived-experience exemption to federal law, and fixing a capacity-building grants reference, was approved without objection. The A20 amendment, offered by Draheim, was also adopted and would give the legislature more control and visibility over MHFA funding and how quickly program dollars are reinvested after agency operations.
Members then debated Draheim’s A22 amendment, which would delete the manufactured home park provisions from the bill. Draheim and several Republicans argued the section could function like rent control, could burden good park owners, and might have unintended consequences for park operations and purchases. Port, Senator Boldon’s allies, and other supporters said the provisions were needed to protect residents from rent spikes and private equity abuses in manufactured home communities, where residents own their homes but not the land. The transcript ends during that debate, before any final disposition on A22 or the bill itself is shown.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 118 May 12th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Most fees that are levied upon any kind of industry are going to be a pass-through down to consumers.
- If the government levies a regulation and a requirement on you for a fee, in this case half percent,
- But every single time that this legislative body levies Every time that this legislative body levies
- You cannot get around levying a fee upon a cannot get around levying a fee upon a business and not having
- Why would we want to just keep levying Why would we want to just keep levying things out there that keep
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/26/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- property taxes over the last year covers about $225,000, meaning that we would need to raise the tax levy
- this<00:04:45.759>
year <00:04:46.080>about <00:04:47.160>5.5% raise the tax levy - this year about 5.5% raise the tax levy this year about 5.5% just<00:04:48.400>
to <00:04:48.560 - of and we already by getting these state funds often already show or establish that we are at the levying
- We already, by getting these state funds, often already show or establish that we are at the levying
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee Mar 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Attorney General that he investigate what Stark County is doing by ignoring the law concerning a taxation levy
- references and Legislative Council will help you, references to the audit that talks about how they levied
- references and Legislative Council will help you, references to the audit that talks about how they levied
- It's not on tax mill levies. It's not on your tax, how many levies or mills you can levy.
- exemptions on that, like new growth, but the whole underlying thing was not on the valuation or the mill levy
Summary:
The committee met to receive a series of audit presentations, beginning with the statewide Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for fiscal year 2025. The State Auditor’s Office and OMB reported a clean, unmodified opinion for the state, with strong financial results including a $40.6 billion net position, $30.99 billion in assets, $1.81 billion in liabilities, and continued Legacy Fund growth. OMB also explained the new GASB 101 compensated-absences reporting change and discussed pension-liability fluctuations tied to discount-rate assumptions and investment performance. Members asked about how the state compares to others and about the effect of short-term commodity price swings, and OMB said the report reflects actual fiscal-year results rather than forecasts.
The committee then heard the University System audit, which also received a clean opinion but included four findings: misreporting of Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund revenue, insufficient monitoring of service organizations at CTS, NDSU, and UND, improper bank reconciliations at Dakota College of Bottineau, Dickinson State, and Williston State, and investment/cash reconciliation problems at Bismarck State College related to bond proceeds. University officials agreed with the findings and said corrective actions were underway, including internal review of bank reconciliations. Members raised questions about NDSU’s use of certificates of deposit, and university staff explained that CDs are used to earn interest on funds being accumulated for future projects.
Several other audits were presented, most with clean opinions and no findings, including the State Auditor’s Office, Workforce Safety and Insurance, Housing Finance Agency, Housing Incentive Fund, Job Service North Dakota, the Retirement and Investment Office, PERS, the Center for Distance Education, the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents, the Ethics Commission, and the Office of Administrative Hearings. Notable exceptions included a State Fair Association audit with an adverse opinion on the foundation component unit because its financial statements were not available for audit, and a Securities Department performance audit finding that performance-based pay increases and bonuses were issued without required evaluations. The committee also discussed the State Auditor’s future needs, including more staff capacity, data analytics, cybersecurity reviews, possible subpoena authority, independent legal counsel, and whether some audits—such as the Ethics Commission and State Fair—should be handled by independent third parties or under different statutory arrangements.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor, Health & Social Services, February 16, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- There were zero civil monetary penalties levied by the federal government.
- penalties levied by the federal<01:11:11.600>
government. - But then it also gives them the teeth to come in and levy fines if they need to and take us all the way
- also gives them the teeth to come<01:15:25.840>
in <01:15:26.080>and <01:15:26.239>levy if <01:15:27.120>they <01:15:27.280>need <01:15:27.360>to come in and levy
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Air Mobility & Aviation Economic Development Task Force (10-14-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- So, every October 1st, when we start off with all the mission requirements that the department levies
- So, every October 1st, when we start off with all the mission requirements that the department levies
- So, every October 1st, when we start off with all the mission requirements that the department levies
- So, every October 1st, when we start off with all the mission requirements that the department levies
- requirements that the department levies requirements that the department levies on<00:08:24.360>
Summary:
The task force met on October 14, confirmed a quorum, and adopted the September 16, 2025 minutes. Members then received a Kentucky Air National Guard 101 briefing from Brigadier General Bruce Bancroft, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard, who described the Guard’s structure, missions, and statewide role. He emphasized that Kentucky is a single-wing state centered at Louisville’s 123rd Airlift Wing and highlighted several unique capabilities, including the Contingency Response Group, critical care air transport teams, medical detachment for chemical environments, explosive ordnance disposal, fatality search and recovery, and special tactics personnel.
General Bancroft also discussed staffing and readiness, saying the Guard has 1,273 authorized positions, with a mix of AGR, Title 32, and Title 5 personnel. He noted that AGR positions are funded at about 96 percent, while technician positions are funded at about 53 percent, leaving the organization to operate at roughly 75 percent of authorized manpower overall. He said the wing converted from the C-130H to the C-130J in 2021 and completed the transition in about 2.5 years, ahead of the original three-year timeline.
The briefing further covered the Guard’s operational tempo and community role. Bancroft said the unit has earned 21 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards, has deployed about 500,000 days since 9/11 across 45 countries, and routinely supports federal and domestic missions. He described the C-130J’s tactical airlift, airdrop, and blacked-out operations as directly useful for disaster response in Kentucky, and he pointed to strong ties with UPS and other aviation employers. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approval of the prior minutes.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventy One - Friday, May 15 - Morning Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- submitted by a school board, as described in Section 2, to the voters for approval for purposes of levying
- a new tax or renewing or increasing a current tax levy on an existing tax, including the issuance of
- So all of this amendment does is it removes the part about tax levies and bond issues.
- difficult for a school district is even to plan how much they're asking for a bond issue or a tax levy
- school district it is, it's not right to make them wait every two years in order to pass the tax levies
Summary:
The House met on the final day of session with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the prior day’s journal by a 126-0 vote. Most of the early floor time was devoted to points of personal privilege, with members and the Speaker offering extended tributes to departing colleagues, House staff, law enforcement, military service, and the work of the chamber. Several members also used the occasion to reflect on their careers, thank constituents and families, and discuss issues such as property tax reform, police service, mental health, and bipartisan cooperation.
The House then took up Senate messages and committee reports, followed by several bills and resolutions. Senate Substitute for House Bill 2636, dealing with mortgage modification and related consumer protections, was adopted 142-1 and finally passed 144-1. Senate Substitute for House Bill 2397, concerning water district dissolution and related safeguards, was adopted 129-16 and finally passed 127-17. Senate Substitute No. 2 for House Bill 2576, a naming and commemorative bill adding observances and memorial highways/bridges, was adopted 136-4 and finally passed 134-6. The chamber also received Senate action on Senate Bill 1408 and Senate Joint Resolution 87, and committee reports recommended passage on several deferred measures.
The House also debated Senate Joint Resolution 95, which proposed creating a constitutional Show Me Prosperity Fund as a sovereign wealth fund intended to eventually eliminate state-imposed taxes through long-term investment returns. Supporters argued it would promote fiscal sustainability and long-term prosperity, while opponents warned that it would lock away money during a period of projected budget shortfalls and could leave the state unable to access funds when needed. The resolution was discussed at length with questions about funding mechanics, investment authority, and emergency access, but the transcript provided does not include a final vote on the resolution.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Omnibus tax finance and policy bill, HF9, passed in Minnesota House 6/9/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Governor Walz's original cannabis proposal did have a 15% tax rate, and now he's seen his opportunity to levy
- rate and now he's seen his opportunity rate and now he's seen his opportunity to<00:08:11.360>
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to <00:08 - been kicked down the road to our local governing partners, whose only governing tool is to increase levies
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Elect Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- property taxes over the last year... covers about $225,000, meaning that we would need to raise the tax levy
- and the concept of and we already, by getting these state funds off, establish that we are at the levying
- Most of these are special taxing districts—bodies that have the authority to lobby, to levy mostly property
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Capital Investment Committee considers HF1340 3/25/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Education, is primarily made up of the proceeds from bonds and pay-as-you-go bond sales and pay-as-you-go levies
- Education, is primarily made up of the proceeds from bonds and pay-as-you-go bond sales and pay-as-you-go levies
Summary:
The committee heard House File 1340, authored by Chair Lee, which would expand the use of housing infrastructure bonds to support the adaptive reuse or conversion of buildings into affordable housing. The author described the bill as a way to help nonprofit and other affordable housing developers compete for surplus buildings, especially when school districts are selling unused properties on the open market.
Tom Parent of Minneapolis Public Schools testified in support, explaining that school districts manage facilities through separate capital budgets and that selling surplus property at fair market value helps offset future property tax burdens. He said districts often face tension between maximizing sale proceeds and meeting community needs, and pointed to Minneapolis examples where former school buildings are being converted to housing, including projects serving youth experiencing homelessness. He argued the bill could better align reuse of school properties with community housing needs while protecting local taxpayers.
In response to a question from Representative Scraba, the author confirmed the bill does not allocate new dollars but instead expands eligible uses under the statute for housing infrastructure bonds. No vote or formal action was taken during the exchange, and the bill was presented as part of a broader bipartisan discussion about reuse of vacant buildings for housing and other community purposes.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Finance and Tax Feb 5th, 2025
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 8, February 18, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee No. 3, Revenue, to whom was referred House Bill 127, Voter Approved for Recreation Mill Levy
- Voter approval for recreation<00:09:31.839>
mill <00:09:32.160>levy <00:09:32.640>an - /c><00:09:32.880>
act <00:09:33.120>relating <00:09:33.440>to recreation mill levy - an act relating to recreation mill levy an act relating to taxation.<00:09:35.040>
Mr. - Voter approved for recreation mill levy Voter approved for recreation mill levy respectful<00:09
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 037 Feb 20th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to grow the government and grow what they're doing, whether it's monitoring or the activity of uh levying
- the<00:48:51.440>
activity <00:48:51.839>of <00:48:52.240>uh <00:48:52.559>levying - <00:48:53.040>
fines <00:48:53.760>that's the activity of uh levying fines that's the - activity of uh levying fines that's not<00:48:54.240>
the <00:48:54.480>kind <00:48:54.640
Summary:
The House convened, established a quorum, approved the corrected journal, and heard several announcements recognizing visiting groups and advocacy days, including the Colorado Association of Gifted and Talented Students, Colorado Mad Moms, and a hidden-figure tribute to Reverend Jesse Jackson. Members also announced upcoming committee meetings and special orders, and the majority leader moved several bills to special order, which was adopted without objection.
The chamber then sat as the Committee of the Whole and considered four bills. House Bill 1071, concerning local governments locating automated vehicle identification systems on interstate highways, was adopted after a technical amendment removing counties from the bill language; supporters framed it as a local-control and safety measure, while opponents argued it functioned as a revenue-generating camera program. House Bill 1034, a technical fix to irrigation equipment standards, was adopted after committee amendments requested by CDPHE to clarify the bill and avoid unintended regulatory consequences; supporters said it corrected unintended effects from prior legislation while preserving water-efficiency goals.
House Bill 1070, dealing with third-party network lease agreements for dental services, was adopted after testimony emphasizing transparency, provider consent, and consumer choice; supporters said it would protect small dental practices and require explicit opt-in for network leasing. House Bill 1136, creating a pathways to public service program in the Department of Personnel and Administration, was also adopted after an education committee amendment clarifying data and reporting requirements; supporters described it as a skills-based hiring and workforce pipeline bill, while an opponent argued the program was already functioning and did not need to be codified. The Committee of the Whole report was then adopted 41-20, with the four bills advanced on second reading and ordered engrossed, and the House laid over the remainder of the calendar until the next day before recessing.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- curious with the city folks, the fact, I mean, if this happens, is there a plan then to reduce the levy
- So yes, part of the intent is to shift the burden, you know, away from the local levy to this use-based
- I mean, in the context of the levy. Madam Chair, I'm sorry. It's okay. May I address the question?
- Our current levy and utility funds go towards those efforts and make it a significant challenge for us
- Our current levy and utility funds go towards those efforts and make it a significant challenge for us
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Natural Resource Funding Committee, January 12, 2026
Select Natural Resource Funding Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- tell you immediately is that it will increase the amount they ask for from us because their mill levies
- if they can keep their employees and their vehicles running with what that reduction in their mill levy
- tell you immediately is that it will increase the amount they ask for from us because their mill levies
- if they can keep their employees and their vehicles running with what that reduction in their mill levy
- Their mill levy is. That's probably about what they're going to be able to do.