Transcript Highlights:

• We need to be careful about the taxpayers' money, but that is excessive.
• Also ensuring they are relentless stewards of the taxpayer dollar.
• And if it works, that's great, and if it doesn't, no harm to the taxpayer.
• Gambling with taxpayer dollars is just a higher threshold.
• And all these things, because they're wasting taxpayer dollars.

Committee: Senate Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel

Transcript Highlights:

• It also works to cover costs that interest will cover first before we start seeing taxpayer dollars used
• </c> taxpayer funded initiatives. taxpayer funded initiatives.
• dollars used as we start seeing taxpayer dollars used as admin<00:20:03.920><c> fees</c><00:20:04.200
• </c> those taxpayer dollars used properly. those taxpayer dollars used properly.
• </c> agencies to make sure that taxpayer agencies to make sure that taxpayer dollars<00:20:40.520><c>

Committee: House Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:

• would be protected the public taxpayers would be protected as<00:05:18.000><c> well.
• </c> and future taxpayer costs helps out. and future taxpayer costs helps out.
• </c> through so many things taking taxpayer through so many things taking taxpayer dollars dollars dollars
• </c> industry coming and asking for taxpayer industry coming and asking for taxpayer dollars<00:42:54.520
• </c><01:23:31.320><c> would</c> responsible the property taxpayers would responsible the property taxpayers

Bills: HF4740 , HF3940

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh from my perspective again um we're trying to create uh make sure that our taxpayer dollars are used
• And when you see, you taxpayer form.
• </c><01:13:49.040><c> Um</c><01:13:49.840><c> so</c> it's an abuse of uh taxpayers.
• Um so it's an abuse of uh taxpayers.
• It begs the question of taxpayer money.

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• Certainly, my preference is that it goes back to the property taxpayers.
• It was an over-collection from the property taxpayers.
• I think schools should tell taxpayers what they are going to do with the money.
• They don't have a right to taxpayer-funded facilitation of that association.
• Taxpayer-funded facilitation of that association, and that's what this bill prohibits.

Committee: House House Education Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 4043, which would require each school district and charter school, beginning in 2027, to ensure at least one employee at each school is trained in CPR, first aid, and AED use. The sponsor said he intended to amend the bill on the floor to ensure someone is trained at all times and to clarify AED language. The American Heart Association testified neutral with concerns, supporting CPR training but warning the bill could leave gaps if only one person is trained and noting the need for AED access and emergency planning. Parents whose son died in an Arizona kindergarten classroom urged support, saying school staff should be prepared to respond to emergencies. The committee recommended the bill do pass by a vote of 7-1 with four present. The committee then took up House Concurrent Resolution 2015, as amended by a strike-everything amendment supporting at least 60 minutes of daily physical activity for students and prominent display of federal dietary guidelines. A representative of End Chronic Disease testified in favor, arguing schools should help prevent chronic disease through health education and physical activity. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and then gave the resolution a due pass recommendation on a 12-0 roll call. House Bill 2621, in its strike-everything form and with a Garcia amendment, addressed enrollment and special education procedures for students in unorganized territory, students using certificates of educational convenience, and children of active-duty military parents. The sponsor explained the bill was meant to clarify confusing law, speed enrollment and evaluations, and reduce delays in services. Champions for Kids supported the measure and the amendments, and the committee adopted both amendments before recommending the bill do pass 11-0. The committee also approved House Bill 2385, which limits superintendent contracts to one-year terms for the first three years unless the superintendent has already been employed three consecutive years; the sponsor framed it as a way to reduce costly early buyouts. That bill passed 7-4. Later, the committee approved House Bill 4106, creating the One Arizona Service Fellowship Program to provide service opportunities, stipends, and tuition awards for young adults, with an amendment changing the stipend contribution formula. The sponsor and supporters described it as a state-based service model inspired by Utah and aimed at education, military families, parks, hunger, and homelessness work; some members opposed it as an unnecessary state mandate or questioned the need for a new program. The committee also passed House Bill 2992, as amended, establishing a pilot program on child sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention, expanded to K-12 and including grooming/exploitation content. A survivor advocate strongly supported the bill, while some members raised concerns about the funding source and possible unintended consequences. Finally, the committee passed House Bill 2370, which would require school leaders to notify governing boards before modifying weapons detection systems and to report changes within 24 hours; the sponsor cited a fatal school stabbing and other weapons incidents, while opponents argued the bill was too vague and could create operational problems. The committee also adopted a strike-everything amendment to House Bill 4056, allowing legislators making public records requests in their official capacity to avoid fees and requiring electronic production; the sponsor said it was needed after districts sought large fees, while opponents warned it could burden public agencies. The committee then began discussion of House Bill 2478, which would create an Arizona Commission on Student Outcomes to study K-12 accountability, finance, graduation requirements, and related issues, with proposed amendments to add early childhood study and change commission membership, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:05:08.039><c> understand</c> tax code so that taxpayers understand tax code so that taxpayers
• Section 5 provides an amendment to the Social Security subtraction for individual income taxpayers in
• Section 5 provides an amendment to the Social Security subtraction for individual income taxpayers in
• Section 5 provides an amendment to the Social Security subtraction for individual income taxpayers in
• Section 5 provides an amendment to the Social Security subtraction for individual income taxpayers in

Committee: House Taxes

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm Scott Kaufman, the legislative director for the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
• The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is proud to support SB 984.
• It is available to taxpayers who file a standard deduction or itemize, but is reduced for taxpayers whose
• gross income exceeds $150,000 for single taxpayers or $300,000 for married joint filers.
• It provides clarity and a uniform standard for taxpayers to follow.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several tax and revenue measures, beginning with SB 1329 on solar property tax assessment. The author and solar industry witnesses argued the bill would create a uniform statewide method, provide certainty for developers, and exclude tax credits and other intangibles from valuation; county assessors and several counties opposed it, saying it would reduce assessed value and depart from market-based appraisal. The bill was moved to Appropriations on a 2-0 vote and placed on call. The committee also heard SB 1406 to close the “Montana tax loophole” used to avoid California vehicle taxes, with support from the California Teachers Association and no registered opposition; it passed 2-0 and was placed on call. SB 984, conforming California law to the federal tipped-income deduction, drew support from the restaurant industry, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and enrolled agents, and passed 3-0 to Appropriations, on call. Later, the committee considered wildfire- and energy-related tax credits. SB 1084 would create a fire-safe home tax credit for home hardening and defensible space improvements; supporters said it would reduce wildfire losses and insurance costs, and it passed 3-0 on call. SB 1118 would provide credits for backup generators and solar battery systems in high fire-threat areas; the author framed it as a resilience measure for households and small businesses, but members raised concerns about cost, diesel use, and whether the credit would reach lower-income households. The bill was moved 1-0 and placed on call, with the chair and other members noting unresolved budget and policy concerns. SB 1424, expanding a partial sales tax exemption to zero-emission vehicle refueling equipment, received support from hydrogen and electric transportation groups and passed 4-0 on call. The committee also advanced SB 1249, a senior tax deduction for taxpayers ages 86 to 90, with support from LeadingAge California and senior advocates; members noted it was narrowly targeted and passed 4-0 on call. SB 1113, conforming California tax law to the federal tonnage tax regime for U.S.-flag international shipping companies, drew support from maritime industry groups and opposition from ILWU over the fiscal impact; it passed 4-0 on call. SB 1137, the Medical Expense Deduction Act, would allow a targeted deduction for medical expenses for lower-income taxpayers; supporters said it would help families facing high out-of-pocket costs, and it passed 4-0 on call. Finally, SB 1415 would extend a partial welfare property tax exemption to mixed-income housing that includes moderate-income units; supporters said it would help finance “missing middle” housing, while assessors and housing stakeholders requested amendments and guardrails. The bill was also moved forward on a committee vote and placed on call.

Transcript Highlights:

• Representative Kaggel said taxpayers are footing the bill for this, and that they are being asked as
• taxpayers to pay for the defrayal costs and reinsurance.
• So, um taxpayers &gt;&gt; Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• And if I might to the comment Co-Chair Kegle that we using taxpayer money on this, I think it's taxpayer
• And again, it's just more taxpayer dollars going into a system that's unsustainable and broken.

Transcript Highlights:

• It does two things: it frees up space in their clinics and it also saves taxpayers millions of dollars
• It streamlines and saves taxpayer dollars. Questions? Seeing none, House Bill 4049.
• So this is a good bill, streamlines, and saves taxpayer dollars. Questions? Seeing none, 4049.
• If you get too far above that, you're just holding on to taxpayers' money well above what you should,
• If you get too far above that, you're just holding on to taxpayers' money well above what you should,

Summary: The meeting was a lengthy caucus-style review of many bills and resolutions across multiple committees, with staff giving brief descriptions and most items placed on consent or third-read consent calendars. Topics included appropriations, commerce, education, government, health and human services, environment, public safety, and transportation. Measures discussed ranged from school policy and board continuations to housing, water, public safety, licensing, and election-related changes. Several bills were noted as strike-everything amendments or as having been amended in committee. A number of bills drew sponsor comments or brief questions. In education, members discussed bills on teacher strikes, school math placement, school meals, student clubs, bond election disclosures, and a proposed commission on student outcomes. In health and human services, members discussed nursing board rules, pharmacist testing and treatment authority, medical records timelines, opioid antagonist expiration dates, and a proposed constitutional amendment on the right to refuse medical mandates. In government and public safety, members debated funding and staffing issues for DPS and corrections, including a proposed public safety parity fund, as well as bills on county sheriffs, legal representation for DPS, and corrections oversight funding. There was also discussion of election and local government measures, including inactive voter list procedures, circulator disclosure rules, and committee termination filings. Other topics included housing affordability districts, development fees, historic-area middle housing exemptions, water and groundwater management, environmental compatibility siting, and trade-related commissions. One notable exchange involved HB 4044, where members debated whether using rainy day fund interest for public safety pay was fiscally responsible; supporters argued it was a practical way to fund raises, while opponents said it would weaken the fund and should instead be handled through the general fund. No roll-call votes were taken in the transcript, and most items were simply presented, briefly discussed, and left on consent or third-read consent calendars.

Transcript Highlights:

• strengthening public safety, supporting parents, and holding government accountable to the law and to the taxpayer
• Those policies strained our prisons, hospitals, and public services, and Arizona taxpayers deserve relief
• We must ask ourselves, should taxpayers continue subsidizing the data center industry?
• It seems like every day we learn about new shopping sprees happening at the expense of taxpayers: diamond
• Who knows what taxpayers will be footing the bill for tomorrow?

Summary: The transcript is the opening joint session of the Arizona Legislature’s 57th Second Regular Session, featuring remarks from House and Senate leaders and Governor Katie Hobbs. House and Senate leaders emphasized a conservative governing agenda focused on affordability, public safety, parental rights, accountability, school choice, election integrity, and water policy, while also highlighting plans for tax cuts and cooperation across chambers. Governor Hobbs centered her address on the “Arizona promise,” stressing affordability, security, and freedom. She highlighted prior actions on job growth, medical debt relief, housing, public safety, border security, water management, and economic development, and announced new proposals including a middle-class tax cut package, a capacity and efficiency initiative to save state funds, a new active management area for La Paz County, a Colorado River Protection Fund, elimination of the data center tax exemption, a housing acceleration fund, and an Arizona Affordability Fund funded in part by a short-term rental fee. She also called for more accountability in the ESA program and for renewing Prop. 123 to support public schools. The governor and legislative leaders also addressed political violence, honoring retiring Senator Lela Alston and recognizing public safety and firefighting personnel. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken in the session; it concluded with the joint session being dissolved after the governor’s remarks.

Transcript Highlights:

• strengthening public safety, supporting parents, and holding government accountable to the law and to the taxpayer
• Those policies strained our prisons, hospitals, and public services, and Arizona taxpayers deserve relief
• We must ask ourselves, should taxpayers continue subsidizing the data center industry?
• It seems like every day we learn about new shopping sprees happening at the expense of taxpayers: diamond
• Who knows what taxpayers will be footing the bill for tomorrow?

Summary: The transcript is the opening joint session of the Arizona Legislature’s 57th Second Regular Session, featuring remarks from House and Senate leaders and Governor Katie Hobbs. House and Senate leaders emphasized a Republican governing agenda focused on affordability, public safety, parental rights, tax cuts, election integrity, school choice, and holding government accountable, while also highlighting cooperation on water policy and border security reimbursement. Senate President Warren Petersen said the legislature would pursue a major tax cut, send an election integrity measure to voters, defend women’s sports and school choice, and continue negotiations on Colorado River guidelines. Governor Hobbs framed her agenda around the “Arizona Promise,” stressing affordability, public safety, water security, housing, and economic opportunity. She highlighted prior-year accomplishments including job growth, medical debt relief, lower costs for child care and housing, public safety investments, and major business recruitment. She called for an immediate middle-class tax cut, more efficient government spending, and new initiatives including a Colorado River Protection Fund, elimination of the data center tax exemption, a housing acceleration fund, and an Arizona Affordability Fund financed in part by a nightly fee on short-term rentals. Hobbs also announced a new active management area for La Paz County to address groundwater depletion, defended her administration’s water and housing policies, and urged renewed funding for public schools while criticizing the ESA program for lack of accountability. She called for bipartisan action on disaster relief after floods in Globe and Miami, and condemned political violence. No legislative votes were taken; the joint session concluded with the governor’s address and the session was dissolved.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:10:03.560><c> of</c> the tax rols to 20 uh 36 taxpayers of the tax rols to 20 uh 36 taxpayers
• STMA taxpayers pay significantly more than taxpayers in nearby property-rich communities with ample commercial
• STMA taxpayers pay significantly more than taxpayers in nearby property-rich communities with ample commercial
• STMA taxpayers pay significantly more than taxpayers in nearby property-rich communities with ample commercial
• STMA taxpayers pay significantly more than taxpayers in nearby property-rich communities with ample commercial

Bills: HF957 , HF877

Committee: House Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• I think we are looking after taxpayer dollars.
• I think we're very, very generous in the state with taxpayer dollars.
• And I think that they're, ...state and the gracious taxpayer of this state.
• Members, this is a proactive and reactive bill to save the taxpayers' money.
• Members, this is a proactive and reactive bill to save the taxpayers' money.

Bills: HR179 , HR180 , HR181 , HR182 , HR183 , HR184 , HR185 , HR186 , HR187 , HCR75 , HCR76 , HCR77 , HCR78 , HCR79 , HR165 , HR166 , HR168 , HR169 , HR170 , HR171 , HR172 , HR173 , HR174 , HR175 , HR176 , HR177 , HR178 , HCR65 , HCR66 , HCR67 , HCR68 , HCR69 , HCR70 , HCR71 , HCR72 , HCR73 , HCR74 , SCR34 , SB34 , SB43 , SB52 , SB56 , SB165 , SB173 , SB189 , SB190 , SB260 , SB322 , SB345 , SB374 , SB387 , SB401 , SB448 , SB449 , SB455 , SB487 , SB496 , SB502 , SB505 , HB362 , HB893 , HB990 , HB1007 , HB1153 , HB1243 , HR1 , HR17 , HCR5 , HCR4 , HCR47 , HB55 , HB385 , HB394 , HB396 , HB406 , HB608 , HB622 , HB676 , HB772 , HB897 , HB1030 , HB1035 , HB1038 , HB1045 , HB1049 , HB1056 , HB1058 , HB1059 , HB1092 , HB1100 , HB1117 , HB1160 , HB1161 , HB1162 , HB1177 , HB1180 , HB1189 , HB1216 , HB1239 , HB1240 , HB59 , HB74 , HB159 , HB330 , HB364 , HB414 , HB458 , HB525 , HB568 , HB786 , HB1008 , HB1033 , HB1034 , HB1041 , HB1062 , HB1070 , HB1079 , HB1112 , HB1118 , HB1139 , HB1151 , HB1176 , HB1182 , HB1196 , HB1214 , HB1241 , HB87 , HB115 , HB162 , HB368 , HB433 , HB441 , HB447 , HB466 , HB481 , HB741 , HB1242 , SB162 , SB349 , SB350 , SB382 , SB383 , SB127 , SB244 , HB977 , HB181 , HB31 , HB664 , HB9 , HB192 , HB225 , HB306 , HB310 , HB366 , HB635 , HB911 , HB1230 , HB1236 , HB615 , HB864 , HB1103 , HB1175 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HB284 , HB393 , HB459 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB614 , HB682 , HB733 , HB773 , HB996 , HB1003 , HB1082 , HB1113 , HB1234

Summary: The House opened with a prayer, pledge, quorum call, and several personal privileges recognizing guests and special observances, including Junior League Day, Renewable Energy Day, Wholesalers Day, and Sin Law Day. Members also introduced and adopted a number of commemorative resolutions, including condolences, recognitions of schools and community figures, and resolutions related to LSU, ALS Awareness Month, and local festivals. Several Senate and House measures were referred or laid over, and the chamber announced upcoming scheduling changes for House and Senate bills. The most extensive debate centered on House Bill 385, which would require certain TOPS scholarship recipients to repay one semester of aid if they fail to meet academic requirements, subject to listed exemptions and an option to avoid repayment by entering certain high-demand career and technical programs. Opponents questioned the bill’s impact on students, its possible constitutional issues, administrative costs, lack of a fiscal note and implementation details, and whether it would worsen brain drain or convert a merit scholarship into a loan. The motion to recommit the bill to Appropriations failed 34-16, but after continued questioning and criticism, the author later moved to return the bill to the calendar, and that was agreed to. The House then passed House Bill 55, which restricts public disclosure of juror information, after adopting an amendment clarifying that juror interviews are still allowed if jurors choose to participate. The chamber also passed House Bill 394 extending the conditional parole programming period from nine months to 24 months, House Bill 396 making autopsy photographs admissible in criminal proceedings, House Bill 406 directing the Department of Education to study whether it should supervise interscholastic high school athletics, House Bill 622 aligning state criminal history record handling with federal requirements, and House Bill 676 creating the crime of fraudulent patient referrals, or body brokering, with amendments clarifying lawful marketing arrangements. House Bill 1030, concerning reimbursement for non-emergency medical transportation for certain mental health-related services, was taken up with amendments and then temporarily returned to the calendar.

Transcript Highlights:

• You want them to tax their taxpayers when they don't need the money.
• And again, are you talking about taxpayers? These are very unusual circumstances.
• On the second page, you get into the second thing, which is creating the option for taxpayers to opt
• So our taxpayers will stop having to foot the bill for over-exaggerated assessments at the moment of
• So our taxpayers will stop having to foot the bill for over-exaggerated assessments at the moment of

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for the 56th day by roll call vote, 131-2. The Speaker also signed several enrolled measures, including HB 1768, HB 1866, HB 1870, HB 2180, and HJR 173 and 174, suspending business for those signings. Members then offered multiple points of personal privilege and introduced numerous student groups, family members, interns, and former Representative Richard Brown as special guests. The main floor business focused on budget conference motions for HB 2002 through HB 2013. The budget chair moved to refuse Senate substitutes and send the bills to conference, and the House approved each motion. In discussion, members highlighted major budget differences, including child care subsidies, transportation funding, higher education funding, and the movement of about $1.76 billion in broadband-related funds into HB 2017, which was noted as affecting how the operating budget totals appear. The House also received Senate messages on several budget bills and other measures, including HB 2002-2013, HB 2637, and HB 3155. The House then took up SB 975, an ambulance district and emergency medical services bill. A House substitute was adopted, along with Amendment 1 adding a compromise community paramedic provision and a minor first-responder mental health change. Members described the bill as helping struggling ambulance districts, improving emergency response, and allowing community paramedics to provide in-home services to reduce unnecessary ER use. The bill passed 136-7. Later, the House considered the combined property tax reform bill on SB 1066 and 1086, adopting three amendments addressing technical cleanup, uniform levy increases and timing of voter-approved tax increases, and assessor training, electronic notices, and changes to payment-under-protest procedures. Supporters said the bill improved transparency and reform; opponents warned it could reduce local control and strain funding for schools, libraries, and other local services. The bill ultimately passed 83-61. The House adjourned until 4 p.m. on Monday, April 27, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• As a matter of fact, personally, I believe that we, as the responsible fiduciaries of taxpayer dollars
• It is taxpayer money. So we need to have a handle on it. Let's DOGE ourselves.
• This is not what we were told was going to happen with our taxpayer money.
• And at such an inflated cost, by the way, I read to you the bar tabs that are being run up with taxpayer
• money for a Run up with taxpayer money for an emergency, but that doesn't even skim the surface.

Summary: The Florida Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing visiting groups and guests, including college students and leaders, health and nonprofit organizations, Catholic Days at the Capitol participants, foreign dignitaries from Morocco, and others. Senators also observed a moment of silence for the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, with remarks honoring the Parkland community and the school safety law that followed. The chamber then took up a special order calendar of bills, beginning with several claims bills and local relief measures. SB 14 for Jose Correa against Miami-Dade County passed 37-1, and HB 6517 for A. Sanchez-Mayan against the City of St. Petersburg passed after substitution. HB 6515 for Lordes Latour and Edward Lator against Miami-Dade County also passed 38-1. The Senate then approved SB 52 on volunteer armed security at places of worship (39-0), SB 124 updating Florida Virtual School statutes (39-0), SB 504 on code inspector body cameras (39-0), and SB 506 on related public records (38-1). A lengthy debate centered on SB 7040, which recreates the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund through December 31, 2027. Several senators argued for tighter oversight and supported an amendment by Senator Berman that would have limited fund use and required Legislative Budget Commission approval for continued spending; that amendment failed 12-27. The underlying bill then passed 29-10. Senators also adopted SB 594 on local housing assistance for mobile home owners (39-0), SB 656 strengthening Internet Crimes Against Children programs (39-0), SB 806 creating right-to-repair protections for wireless devices and agricultural equipment (39-0), SB 816 establishing the University of Florida Diabetes Institute (39-0), SM 1186 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure by voice vote, SB 308 creating the Florida Museum of Black History with a late-filed amendment clarifying ex officio nonvoting legislative members (39-0), and SB 572 updating ethics law to include foster children and foster parents, as amended (38-0). The Senate also withdrew SB 1360 from further consideration, certified passed bills to the House, and adjourned until February 19.

Transcript Highlights:

• As a matter of fact, personally, I believe that we, as the responsible fiduciaries of taxpayer dollars
• It is taxpayer money. So we need to have a handle on it. Let's DOGE ourselves.
• It is taxpayer money. So we need to have a handle on it. Let's doge ourselves.
• This is not what we were told was going to happen with our taxpayer money.
• money for a Run up with taxpayer money for an emergency, but that doesn't even skim the surface.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're not wasting taxpayer dollars by dragging this out for three days.
• We're not wasting uh<00:01:34.320><c> taxpayer</c><00:01:34.880><c> dollars</c><00:01:35.200><c> by</
• c><00:01:35.520><c> dragging</c><00:01:36.000><c> this</c><00:01:36.240><c> out</c> uh taxpayer dollars
• by dragging this out uh taxpayer dollars by dragging this out for<00:01:36.960><c> three</c><00:01:37.280
• And that was the whole purpose of that: so that we could get here, not waste the taxpayer dollars, and

Transcript Highlights:

• <01:35:21.320><c> of</c><01:35:21.440><c> Newport</c> taxpayers of Newport taxpayers of Newport questions
• Our taxpayers still have an increase to their property taxes regardless of our budget.
• </c><02:03:37.800><c> still</c> increase this year our taxpayers still increase this year our taxpayers
• So if you're a taxpayer, you don't want to be on the bottom of that list.
• Our local property taxpayers carry so much of the burden, and that is unsustainable.

Summary: The Education Funding Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 193, which clarifies that dual and concurrent enrollment courses may not exceed four credits. Members said the bill came from the community college system and was intended to preserve the program’s high school-to-college pathway. An amendment changing the effective date to passage was adopted 18-0, and the committee then voted 18-0 to recommend OTPA on the bill as amended, with the bill placed on the consent calendar. The committee then retained HB 295 and HB 366, both related to school building aid, after members said the issues were complex and needed more work. Both motions to retain passed 18-0, leaving the bills in committee without reports. The chair also said HB 354 would not be taken up that day because of possible changes from the Department of Education and others. HB 494, funding the math learning communities program, was then amended to flat-fund the program rather than increase it, with members citing budget uncertainty. The amendment passed unanimously, and the committee then voted 18-0 for OTPA on the bill as amended, placing it on consent. Finally, HB 515, which would repeal charter public school eligibility for state school building aid, drew debate over whether charter schools should be treated differently from traditional public schools. The committee voted 10-8 for inexpedient to legislate, sending the bill to the regular calendar; Representative Damon was assigned the minority report and Representative Popovic the majority report. The committee then began HB 716, an appropriation for the dual and concurrent enrollment program, where members discussed flat-funding the program at $2.5 million per year and the potential impact on course availability, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• How is this going to work differently if we spend taxpayer money on it when we've already spent the taxpayer
• </c><00:15:01.079><c> are</c> to pay pay even more the taxpayers are to pay pay even more the taxpayers
• </c><00:15:17.680><c> money</c> differently if we spend taxpayer money differently if we spend taxpayer
• money on the best management taxpayer money on the best management practices<00:15:23.040><c> and</c
• </c> Levy is subsidized by all the taxpayers Levy is subsidized by all the taxpayers of<00:47:55.839>

Bills: HF363 , HF2155 , HF1524 , HF821 , HF1677 , HF1292

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• Tax preferences confer reduced tax liability upon a designated class of taxpayers.
• These include tax exclusions, ...for a reduced tax liability upon a designated class of taxpayers.
• That accountability is good for aerospace workers, it's good for jobs, it's good for taxpayers, and it's
• Taxpayer dollars were provided to help maintain and grow the aerospace workforce here.
• The Department is seeking authorization from the affected taxpayers and will revise the fiscal note once

Bills: HB2730 , HB2713

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: aerospace, tax preferences, effectiveness, economic impact, state revenue, private detention facilities, business tax, occupation tax, financial impact