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HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN-WAM Joint Info Briefing - Mon Jan 26, 2026 @ 1:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:53:10.080><c> increment</c> you were in support of the tax increment you were in support of the
- tax increment financing. financing. financing.
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- </c><01:54:01.640><c> So,</c> this um tax increment financing. So, this um tax increment financing.
- For the tax increment financing, I agree with you. Same for the community facilities district.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate and House Tax Policies Discussion Group - 05/12/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:08:39.200><c> tax</c> Minneapolis tourism district sales tax Minneapolis tourism district sales
- </c><00:17:59.680><c> increment</c> the TIF law that prohibits tax increment the TIF law that prohibits
- ><c> Blaine</c><00:46:04.800><c> taxing</c><00:46:05.280><c> district,</c> and Waizata, Blaine taxing
- district, and Waizata, Blaine taxing district, which<00:46:05.840><c> I</c><00:46:05.920><c> thought
- The Blaine taxing district was quite a presentation, I thought.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- It also uses tax abatement and use of tax increment financing districts.
- I'm here to tell you that tax increment finance districts disrepresent... Districts.
- I'm here to tell you that tax increment finance districts don't work in Missouri.
- These tax credits and tax incentives are choking Missouri, and they're sending us down the wrong path
- You know, you and I have discussed, for instance, low-income tax and how we... ...low-income tax and
Committee:
House Rules - Legislative
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Mobile County Legislation Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Mobile County Legislation
Transcript Highlights:
- Under existing law, Chairman, under existing law, counties and municipalities may create tax increment
- districts.
- So the city gets paid back eventually from establishing that district.
- Current law states that you cannot, if it's your tax increment districts total together, exceed 10% of
- . resolution creating those TIF districts.
Bills:
HB567
Committee:
House Mobile County Legislation
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
General Government REVISED: Links added Feb 3rd, 2026
General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill does not eliminate tax incremental financing.
- Today, school districts and other taxing entities can have their revenues captured without their approval
- Any taxing entity that does not consent is excluded from the increment district.
- Any taxing entity that does not consent is excluded from the increment district.
- The study must analyze the effects on schools, local districts, local taxing entities, and net economic
Committee:
House General Government
Summary:
The committee met for its first General Government meeting of the second part of session and laid over several agenda items, including bills listed as numbers 3, 4, and 10. HB 3310, the Government Accountability and Budget Transparency Act, was presented as a procurement accountability measure to strengthen oversight, efficiency, and timely payment to private vendors doing business with the state. After brief questioning about whether late payment is a widespread problem, the committee voted 8-0 to pass the bill.
HB 431, which would increase the treasurer’s share of the unclaimed property administration fee from 4% to 6%, was presented as necessary to cover higher operating costs such as salaries and IT. The author emphasized that the change would not cost taxpayers anything or reduce the amount returned to owners of unclaimed property. The committee approved the bill after questions about long-term impacts on the unclaimed property fund.
The most extensive discussion centered on HB 3841, a major reform of tax increment financing (TIF). The author said the bill would not ban TIFs but would require voter approval, separate consent from affected taxing jurisdictions, more transparency, annual training for review committees, independent legal and financial opinions, and economic impact studies. Members raised concerns that the bill’s wording—especially the “majority of the eligible voters” language and removal of executive-session confidentiality—could make TIFs impractical or eliminate trade-secret protections, and they also questioned costs and effects on economic development. At the author’s request and with committee support, the bill was laid over for further work.
The committee then passed HB 3024, which creates statutory limits and oversight for state employee pay increases and bonuses, including a 10% cap unless higher amounts are approved through cabinet secretary/OMES procedures. Supporters said it would add transparency and curb large, unreported raises, while questions focused on whether it would help address broader pay disparities. Finally, HB 3075, as amended by a PCS, was presented to authorize rounding cash transactions to the nearest nickel for state agencies and local governments in response to the practical disappearance of pennies. The committee approved that bill as well, and the meeting adjourned with plans to reconvene the following week.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Revenue Jan 27th, 2026
Joint Committee on Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- It's not a tax on entering; it's a tax on services. So yes, it would apply.
- Looking at that for Newton, for example, just the incremental amount of those two taxes above what they
- taxes have had a negative impact on the decision process for school districts wishing to make the conversion
- In advance of the broad-based availability of many models since we have seen that the incremental taxes
- As tax-exempt entities, districts won't pay the sales tax, excise tax, or even fuel tax that us private
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Revenue
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Revenue held a hybrid hearing on 17 miscellaneous and late-file bills, with testimony focused on several local tax and policy measures. The first major item was H. 4687 for Watertown, which would make permanent a temporary tax classification adjustment allowing the city to maintain a 50% minimum residential factor and a 175% commercial shift. Watertown officials and legislators said the change is needed because the city’s commercial growth has triggered an old statutory formula that would otherwise push a larger share of the tax burden onto homeowners, especially seniors and fixed-income residents. They said the current temporary relief expires in fiscal 2027 and warned that, without permanent action, residential tax bills could rise sharply; committee members asked about the regional business impact, commercial taxpayers such as Alexandria Real Estate, and Watertown’s stabilization and free cash balances.
The committee also heard H. 4435, a Charlemont bill authorizing a tax on commercial recreation services. Town officials said the measure would help a small rural town with a large tourism and recreation economy cover increased police, fire, and EMS costs caused by visitors, while reducing pressure on local property taxpayers. A committee member questioned whether the proposal fit within existing tax law and whether it was more like a tax on entry than on services; town witnesses responded that it would apply to recreation-related services such as guides and lifts and was modeled on the meals and rooms tax.
Finally, testimony was taken on H. 4722, which would promote fair tax treatment for zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including electric school buses and trucks, by capping sales and excise taxes at the level of comparable diesel vehicles. Supporters said the bill would remove an unintended tax penalty, help school districts and transportation providers afford electrification, and remain revenue-neutral. Representative Gentile also testified in support of H. 4722 and H. 4755, a Sudbury bill to amend the town’s means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption so the local program can continue without requiring a new special act if it lapses. No votes were taken; the hearing concluded after testimony and questions.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Appropriation and Revenue. (3-18-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:03:23.160><c> of</c><00:03:23.280><c> the</c> increments for all employees of the increments
- and make districts ineligible for offers of assistance unless that report is submitted and the district
- </c><00:12:07.720><c> We</c> tax incentive financing program. We tax incentive financing program.
- 00:13:05.960><c> receiving</c> intent language that districts receiving intent language that districts
- permitted district facility plan modifications. modifications. modifications.
Summary:
The Kentucky Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 503, the legislative branch budget, adopting a committee substitute and reporting it favorably. The chair said the Senate version fully funds defined calculations, provides 2% raises in each fiscal year for legislative employees, removes a paragraph on operating expense reductions, and includes $1 million in the first year for a judicial branch salary study. House Bill 504, the judicial branch budget, was then amended and reported favorably; changes included 2% annual raises for judicial employees, revised operating expense language, $1 million each year for county current services, retention of Boyle County fit-up language, reporting requirements for smaller capital projects, full funding for nine judges added in 2022, and removal of furlough prohibitions and certain budget implementation language. Both bills passed the committee unanimously with favorable expressions to the floor.
The committee then considered House Bill 500, the executive branch budget, adopting a committee substitute before hearing a lengthy summary of major spending and policy changes. The chair described statewide 2% annual employee raises, agency base reductions with many exemptions, increased school safety and 911 funding, veterans and military funding, local government and severance-related changes, attorney general and auditor funding, pension and retirement system support, education funding changes including SEEK, postsecondary and scholarship provisions, public safety and corrections funding, and multiple capital projects. The chair also highlighted Medicaid-related provisions, including added waiver slots, increased state-directed payments, a 2.5% reduction in managed care vendor payments for plan years 2027 and 2028 with savings redirected to fee-for-service rates, and additional funding for behavioral health and public health programs. The bill was reported favorably after members explained their votes, with several noting they had only recently received the full 228-page bill and wanted more time for detailed review.
Finally, the committee adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 900, an appropriation measure for government agencies, and reported it favorably. The chair said the bill remains a work in progress and that one-time funding requests from across the Commonwealth and across party lines would continue to be addressed as the process moves forward. All measures considered during the meeting passed the committee with unanimous or near-unanimous favorable votes, and the meeting adjourned after no further business.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- There may be some district that does not have blackout days in the state of Arizona, but every district—I
- There may be some district that does not have blackout days in the state of Arizona, but every district—I
- There may be some district that does not have blackout days in the state of Arizona, but every district—I
- There may be some district that does not have blackout days in the state of Arizona, but every district—I
- Brandon Biggs, Legislative District 2. Madam Chair, Mr.
Bills:
SB1067 , SB1234 , SB1285 , SB1295 , SB1392 , SB1413 , SB1436 , SB1470 , SB1476 , SB1489 , SB1512 , SB1535 , SB1540 , SB1556 , SB1568 , SB1569 , SB1570 , SB1573 , SB1585 , SB1609 , SB1627 , SB1634 , SB1635 , SB1644 , SB1647 , SB1648 , SB1650 , SB1653 , SB1654 , SB1655 , SB1656 , SB1657 , SB1658 , SB1661 , SB1662 , SB1664 , SB1666 , SB1667 , SB1669 , SB1709 , SB1720 , SB1723 , SB1725 , SB1743 , SB1746 , SB1748 , SB1755 , SB1786 , SB1820 , SB1822 , SB1829 , SCR1027 , SCR1040 , SCR1048
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Elections
Keywords:
tax lien, property tax lien, real property tax lien, foreclosure, right of redemption, redeem, excess proceeds, county abatement lien, abatement lien, lien priority, assessment lien, easement, county treasurer, certificate of purchase, tax delinquency, delinquent property taxes, property owner equity, judgment foreclosure, title report, Arizona Revised Statutes
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1555, property tax increment and affordable housing. Finance.
- SB 1575, corporate tax, business income allocation.
- SB 1578, income tax standard deduction 2025. Finance.
- SB 1555 property tax increment and affordable housing. Finance.
- SB 1575, corporate tax, business, income allocation.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, confirmed attendance, approved the journal, and welcomed several guests in the gallery, including a veteran and House candidate, a former legislative district chair, and two district guests attending in support of future highway-naming testimony. The chamber also extended well wishes to Senator Farnsworth’s wife, who was reported hospitalized, and announced a temporary committee replacement appointment for Senator Fernandez on the Education Committee.
The bulk of the meeting consisted of reading House messages and introducing numerous bills for first reading and committee referral, covering a wide range of topics including transportation, taxation, education, health care, housing, water, public safety, elections, immigration, behavioral health, and appropriations. The Senate also placed many measures on second reading, including bills on school budgets, civics instruction, campaign finance, voter registration, housing, tax deductions, and public safety-related issues. Committee meeting announcements were made for the following day.
The chamber then considered a gubernatorial nomination and, on a voice vote, confirmed James McCain to the Arizona Board of Regents for a term ending January 19, 2032. After a recess and return, additional bills were introduced and referred, including measures on corporal punishment in schools, homeless shelter funding, child care waiting lists, community gardens, solar energy requirements, insurance claims assistance, firearms regulation, and crime victim notification funding. The Senate adjourned at the end of the session until Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Tourism Mar 11th, 2026
Special Committee on Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- I represent House District 68, and I am here to present H.C.R. 36 to you today.
- Fifty-four of those qualified for that motion media tax incentive.
- Fifty-four of those qualified for that motion media tax incentive.
- That was one of the TV shows that qualified for the motion media tax credit.
- Then what we would call incremental spending generated by our advertising.
Committee:
House Special Committee on Tourism
Summary:
The Special Committee on Tourism met in executive session and approved three House bills: HB 2307, designating Missouri Military Academy as the official military academy of Missouri, passed 10-0; HB 3264, designating Kansas City as the barbecue capital of Missouri, passed 10-0; HB 1960, naming the smooth chanterelle the official state mushroom, passed 9-1; and HB 3074, establishing William Lacey Clay Senior Day in Missouri, passed 10-0. After the executive session, the committee opened a public hearing on HCR 36, which would designate June 3 as Josephine Baker Day in Missouri. The sponsor and a witness described Baker’s St. Louis roots, international entertainment career, service in the French Resistance, civil rights work, and her significance to Missouri heritage and tourism. Committee members voiced strong support and asked questions about her legacy, including her adopted children and her role as a model for Black women and civil rights advocacy.
The committee then heard a presentation from Stephen Fouts, director of the Missouri Division of Tourism, on the state’s tourism marketing efforts and economic impact. He said tourism generated more than $21 billion in economic impact, over $18 billion in direct spending, and supported more than 307,000 jobs, with more than 43 million visitors in the last fiscal year. He outlined the division’s marketing strategy, including the Mo character campaign, cooperative marketing grants for local DMOs, the Meet in Missouri Fund, film incentives, and major event promotion tied to the World Cup, Route 66 Centennial, and America 250. He also reported strong returns on marketing investment and discussed sports tourism, youth sports, and the importance of the cooperative marketing program to local communities.
A major topic of discussion was the possibility of significant budget cuts to tourism. The chair and several members argued that tourism is a major economic driver and said they would oppose deep reductions, with multiple members offering to sign a committee letter or otherwise advocate against cuts. Members asked how reductions would affect marketing, sports tourism, and the cooperative marketing program; Fouts said large cuts would likely reduce co-op funding proportionally and could harm local partners. No final action was taken on HCR 36 during the hearing, and the meeting adjourned after testimony and discussion.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-09 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25%, the commercial rent tax, also known as the business rent tax, from
- Why not consider adding to the tax package efforts to close corporate tax loopholes?
- Members, I love to cut taxes. Any tax given back to the taxpayer is always good news.
- Property taxes are the single largest tax burden on homeowners.
- Property taxes are the single largest tax burden on homeowners.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the pledge, quorum call, and several recognitions, including guests for Education and Sharing Day, law enforcement officer of the day Detective Miata Anderson, and later FAMU Day at the Capitol and other visiting groups. The chamber adopted the special order report and then moved through a series of budget-related bills and conforming measures, with debate focused largely on recurring funding, environmental programs, housing, insurance reserves, and tax policy.
Members approved HB 5011/SB 2506, which conform environmental resource funding to the proposed budget by shifting Seminole Gaming Compact-related dollars from recurring to nonrecurring funding; supporters said this preserves annual legislative review, while opponents warned it would reduce funding for the Resilient Florida program, wildlife corridor protection, invasive species removal, and other conservation efforts. The House then passed HB 5013, reducing state-funded property reinsurance reserves by lowering the RAP program and repealing FORA funding, and HB 5501, which redirects documentary stamp tax revenues from housing and transportation trust funds to general revenue; Democrats argued the housing changes would reduce affordable housing support, while Republicans said the move was needed to control recurring spending. The chamber also passed HB 5015 on state group insurance, HB 5201 on Florida PALM accounting conforming changes, HB 5203 on Capitol Center tenancy and utilities control, and HB 5009 creating a Florida Accountability Office and revising audit and budgeting functions.
The most extended debate came on HB 7031, which permanently reduces the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25% and also lowers several related tax rates. Supporters described it as broad-based, immediate tax relief for Floridians, while opponents said property tax relief would be more targeted and that sales tax cuts also benefit tourists and out-of-state visitors. The bill passed 112-0. The House then took up the main budget bill, HB 501, and subcommittee chairs outlined the proposed $112.9 billion budget, including education, health care, transportation, agriculture and natural resources, higher education, state administration, justice, and IT spending. Members began questioning the pre-K-12 budget on school funding, vouchers, proration, mental health and safety allocations, and inflation, with the discussion continuing beyond the excerpt provided.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- increment financing program, and there is no... ...transfer that provides funding to the tax increment
- So then could a project receive both the tax credit funding as well...”
- In front of my district, it’s called the Mississippi.
- Yeah, that's a contribution tax credit.
- That is the low-income housing tax credit program. You sure? Yes.
Committee:
House Budget
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- And so now you've removed those incrementally, and now incrementally you are putting them in place.
- And so now you've removed those incrementally, and now incrementally you are putting them in place.
- And so now you've removed those incrementally and now incrementally you are putting them in place.
- I live in a district. We don't have 400 municipalities. Congratulations.
- I live in a district. We don't have 400 municipalities. Congratulations.
Committee:
House Economic Development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 1/22/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They might be donating land, they might be doing swaps, doing tax increment finance, tax abatement to
- They might be donating land, they might be doing swaps, doing tax increment finance, tax abatement to
- They might be donating land, they might be doing swaps, doing tax increment finance, tax abatement to
- They might be doing swaps, doing tax increment finance, tax abatement to try and kickstart housing.
- tax incremental financing so program tax incremental financing so that<01:03:12.440><c> also</c><01:03
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- I represent the 10th District. House Joint Resolution 171 is fairly simple.
- They just don't collect taxes for it. It helps their bonding percentage.
- In increments of what's paid.
- with, usually the school district is actually paid some money up front for that.
- But it's not forever, you know, so it goes back on the tax rolls. It goes back on the tax rolls.
Committee:
House Legislative Review
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- There was a terrible situation in my district related to some extreme child sexual abuse.
- There was a terrible situation in my district related to some extreme child sexual abuse.
- And so in my district, I have had unfortunately a couple of instances where people have gone after city
- And so in my district, I have had unfortunately a couple of instances where people have gone after city
- Trey has family members who live in Walker County and in my district who reached out and asked me to
Bills:
HB63 , HB19 , HB80 , HB41 , HB20 , HB60 , HB100 , HB71 , HB91 , HB93 , HB63 , HB19 , HB80 , HB41 , HB20 , HB60 , HB100 , HB71 , HB91 , HB93
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
paternity, child custody, joint custody, parental rights, family law, domestic violence, shared parenting, Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, human trafficking, victim restitution, civil action, criminal prosecution, labor servitude, sexual servitude, class A felony, class B felony
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Tax rebate or property tax rebate or must have been some type of tax rebate.
- Do you know what taxes are included in the tax credit?
- Do you know what taxes are included in the tax credit?
- So a tax credit, can you explain briefly how you're aware of a tax credit?
- Some of the net new incremental property taxes that are generated by the zone are also reinvested into
Committee:
House Commerce
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Revenue Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- It's not a tax on entering; it's a tax on services. So yes, it would apply.
- Looking at that for Newton, for example, just the incremental amount of those two taxes above what they
- taxes have had a negative impact on the decision process for school districts wishing to make the conversion
- In advance of the broad-based availability of many models since we have seen that the incremental taxes
- As tax-exempt entities, districts won't pay the sales tax, excise tax, or even fuel tax that we private
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Revenue
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Revenue held a hybrid hearing on 17 late-file and miscellaneous bills, with testimony focused on several local tax and fee proposals. The first major item was H. 4687 for Watertown, which would permanently continue a special property tax classification allowing the city to maintain a 50% residential minimum factor and a 175% commercial shift. Watertown officials and local legislators said the measure is needed to prevent an estimated 18% residential tax increase when the current temporary authority expires, arguing that the city’s commercial growth and 1988 tax rules have created an unintended burden on homeowners, especially seniors. Committee members asked about the regional business impact, whether major taxpayers might leave, and why a permanent change was sought instead of another short extension; Watertown officials said the policy had not deterred commercial growth and that the city’s fiscal planning and stabilization funds were being used for schools, infrastructure, and bond rating support.
The committee also heard H. 4435 from Charlemont, which would authorize a local tax on commercial recreation services. Town officials described Charlemont as a small rural community with a large visitor burden from skiing, rafting, and other recreation, saying police, fire, and EMS costs rise sharply during peak seasons and that the tax would help shift some of those costs to visitors rather than local residents. A committee member questioned the legal structure of taxing recreation services versus goods, but the town said the proposal was modeled on the meals and rooms tax and had local business support.
Finally, testimony was taken on H. 4722, promoting fair tax treatment for zero-emission vehicles, especially electric school buses and Class 3-8 trucks. Supporters, including EV advocates, a school transportation company, and Rep. Gentile, said the bill would cap sales and excise taxes on EV vehicles at the level of comparable diesel vehicles to remove an unintended tax penalty, keep revenue neutral, and support the state’s climate goals while helping school districts and private bus operators manage higher upfront costs. Rep. Gentile also spoke in support of H. 4755, which would amend Sudbury’s means-tested senior property tax exemption so the town would not need new special legislation if the program is renewed again in the future. No votes were taken, and the hearing concluded after public testimony and committee questions.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/11/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- That district— is that your district, Mr. Márquez? Which district?
- So the other side of the street is another district.
- somewhere else, now you're not in the right district.
- And I'm not a fan of the in-district residency requirement.
- Please use District 5, the member from District 5. I think a committee, but anyway, whatever.
Committees:
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections , House House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee of Reference
Keywords:
elections, voting systems, vote tabulation, election security, internet connectivity, offline voting, chain of custody, polling place equipment, counting center, central counting center, election management system, EMS gateway, tabulation equipment, secretary of state, certification, decertification, HAVA, Help America Vote Act, ballot images, audit logs
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Apr 1st, 2025
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Keywords:
Jefferson County, pistol permit, gun permit, firearm license, concealed carry, carry permit, sheriff, permit fee, local bill, county revenue, school funding, school security, retirement system, Sheriff's Fund, legislative delegation office fund, Gardendale, Birmingham, firearms regulation, Second Amendment, local government finance