Bills: HB14, HB 106, HB146, HB267, HB274, HB 1127, HB1359, HB1393, HB1584, HB1640, HB1710, HB2152, HCR101, HJR8, HR51, HB106, HB146, HB267, HB274, HJR8, HR51

Keywords: nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund

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• Well, I highlighted two areas, and that's in medical malpractice and gross receipts tax.
• So why should we eliminate gross receipts tax on healthcare? Well, in this slide, I listed.
• With Senator Steinborn on a gross receipts tax bill last year, I realized I was overpaying gross receipts
• And so my next slide talks about gross receipts tax. Our tax in Las Cruces is 8.39%.
• And you know, we don't pay gross receipts tax. We don't pay Med Mal.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So why should we eliminate gross receipts tax on health care?
• So my next slide talks about gross receipts tax. Our tax in Las Cruces is 8.39%.
• And, you know, we don't pay gross receipts tax. We don't pay med mal.
• And the third reason is the gross receipts tax, GRT, on medical services.
• I actually understand what's happening with the gross receipts tax.

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from its fourth meeting, held October 27-28 in Santa Fe, with Representative Duncan moving approval and no opposition. The chair then introduced a panel on the cost of providing medical care in New Mexico, focusing on physician shortages, rising practice costs, and access problems, especially in southern New Mexico and Las Cruces. Panelists included family physicians, a pediatrician, a cardiologist/electrophysiologist, and a community health center medical director, who described their backgrounds and practices before turning to the policy discussion. The doctors argued that New Mexico is losing physicians because of three main pressures: medical malpractice exposure, gross receipts tax on medical services, and low Medicaid reimbursement. They said malpractice premiums are much higher than in neighboring states, punitive damages and venue shopping increase risk, and the patient compensation fund and attorney fee structure create additional costs. They also described administrative burdens from insurance billing and referrals, the high debt and long training period for physicians, and the effect of corporate medicine and private equity on practice decisions. One panelist emphasized the economic impact of each physician on jobs and local spending, while another noted that shortages force patients into emergency rooms and delay specialty care. The panel presented a list of proposed solutions: reform punitive damages, limit venue shopping and stacking, restore lifetime medical payments from the patient compensation fund, enact apology protections, cap attorney fees, continue Medicaid funding improvements, and eliminate gross receipts tax on medical and dental services. Committee members generally agreed the presentation was thorough and useful, but several noted that some proposals fall outside this committee’s jurisdiction and would likely need to move through other committees, especially judiciary and tax. Some members supported drafting legislation or working on separate bills, while others urged caution, requested more input from hospitals and economists, and raised concerns about local government revenue impacts from GRT changes. The chair concluded by encouraging members to continue discussions offline and noted that the tax-related issue would be taken up further in the next day’s work.

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• We are in receipt of Governor's Message No. 4 transmitting proposed changes to the fiscal biennium 2025
• We are in receipt of a communication transmitting the noted Senate Bill having passed third reading in
• <00:12:58.880> of<00:12:58.959> govern speaker we're in receipt of govern speaker we're
• in receipt of govern govern<00:12:59.480> message<00:12:59.720> number<00:12:59.959>
• We are in receipt of a communication transmitting the noted Senate Bill having passed third reading in

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 46 members present and five excused, then deferred reading of the journal. The chamber received Governor’s Message No. 4, which transmitted proposed changes to the fiscal biennium 2025-2027 executive budget, and the message was received and filed. The House also received a Senate communication transmitting a Senate bill that had passed third reading in the Senate; on motion by Representative Morikawa, seconded by Representative Garcia, the bill was given first reading by title on a voice vote. During introductions, Representative Morikawa recognized staff members Judy Hernandez and Robbie Allen, Representative Lamosao welcomed Kab Bukowski of IBEW 1260, and Representative Iwamoto introduced a Hawaii Pacific University student group visiting to learn about the legislative process and environmental policy. The House then considered Standing Committee Report No. 797; Representative Todd moved to adopt the report and advance the accompanying House bill as amended to second reading and third reading calendar, the motion was seconded by Representative Morikawa, and it passed by voice vote. No resolutions were up for action, and none were referred to print. Announcements highlighted an upcoming Capitol agriculture event featuring more than 70 vendors and a separate notice about House member jacket samples and ordering for 2025. The House adjourned on motion by Representative Moryker, seconded by Representative Garcia, until 12:00 noon on Thursday, February 27th.

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• Uh, the biggest sources of road fund are motor fuels tax, usage tax, we get receipts from...
• The road fund receives receipts from driver's license and other road fund receipts.
• All of these were for road fund revenue, making use of anticipated receipts.
• All of these were for road fund revenue, making use of anticipated receipts.
• All of these were for road fund revenue, making use of anticipated receipts.

Keywords: 00:01 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:47 Maintenance 12:40 Approval of Minutes 12:55 Vehicle Regulation 21:08 General Admin and Highways 34:11 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation met without a quorum at first, then later approved the minutes once quorum was established. The committee heard presentations from Transportation Cabinet officials Mike Hancock, Jeremy Slinker, and Sean McCarnieran on maintenance, vehicle regulation, general administration, highways, and related capital projects. Hancock emphasized that maintenance is the cabinet’s most visible public service, especially for snow and ice removal and routine roadway upkeep, and said rising costs have outpaced funding. He cited a 61% increase in highway construction costs since 2020 and said maintenance spending was $488 million in FY 2024 and $511 million in FY 2025, while the FY 2026 baseline request was $483.3 million. The cabinet’s additional maintenance request would add $23.6 million in FY 2027 and $38.6 million in FY 2028, with expected impacts on litter pickup, mowing, vegetation management, and pothole repair if not funded. The cabinet also outlined five maintenance-related capital projects: additional funding for Ballard County maintenance/salt storage, Hopkins County maintenance/salt storage, Whitley County maintenance/salt structure, and the District 2 office and materials lab, plus reauthorization of the Breckinridge County maintenance and salt facility. Hancock also asked for budget language allowing the cabinet to use unexpected restricted and federal funds more quickly, similar to existing authority for federal earmarks. McCarnieran described the governor’s inclusion of funding for the ASHTOWare system, employee health exams, priority IT projects, and a District 7 office renovation request, noting that some items were not funded because they ranked low among competing projects. He also said the governor’s budget included a $7.5 million annual maintenance pool for the cabinet’s 1,200 facilities and requested additional restricted fund authority for Trimark and the Cumberland Gap Tunnel. Slinker focused on the Department of Vehicle Regulation, saying recent investments in staffing and equipment had reduced wait times and improved customer service in driver licensing offices. He requested $535,600 to keep temporary contract workers in place for the rest of the year, warning that without it regional office operations would have to be reduced. He said the surge in demand was driven by new 15-year-old licensing requirements, vision testing, and Real ID implementation, but believed the volume was beginning to level out. He also outlined FY 2027 and FY 2028 plans totaling $20.38 million and $19.85 million, including six new regional offices and a shift away from temporary workers toward state positions. Additional requests included $106,000 for debt service on the new driver’s license modernization system and operating costs of $5 million in FY 2027 and $2.5 million in FY 2028 to support the transition from the old system. Members asked about the cabinet’s funding sources, and officials said the road fund is the primary source, supported by motor fuels tax, usage tax, driver-related receipts, and some restricted funds; they stressed that the requests were not for additional general fund dollars. Questions also covered employee health exam reimbursements, the annual Trimark/Cumberland Gap contract, and the District 7 renovation request. No votes were taken on the budget items during the meeting, beyond approval of the minutes.

Transcript Highlights:

• Creates a new gross receipts tax deduction for receipts from the sale of construction materials and labor
• Creates a new gross receipts tax deduction for receipts from the sale of certain in-office equipment
• Creates a new gross receipts tax deduction for receipts from the sale of construction materials and labor
• Creates a new gross receipts tax deduction for receipts from the sale of certain in-office equipment
• Low-flow gross receipts tax has increased by 85%.

Bills: SB12, SB36, SB92, SB120, SB133, SB151, SB18, SB96

Keywords: tax credit, physician, healthcare, income tax, rural health, quantum technology, infrastructure, economic development, New Mexico, corporate tax, research and development, innovation, affordable housing, gross receipts tax, tax deduction, construction materials, multifamily housing, low income, journalism, local news

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• The calculation is made after the deposit of combined net tax receipts from the general fund and the
• The calculation is made after the deposit of combined net tax receipts from the general fund and the
• the aggregate of all combined net receipts from all lawful gambling.
• net receipts tax collected multiplied<00:24:48.320> by<00:24:48.559> a<00:24:48.720>
• is the aggregate of all the net receipts is the aggregate of all the net receipts derived<00:24:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We have to keep the receipts, like if we expect a deduction for it.
• If you’re an Uber driver, you keep your gas receipts. It’s like it’s part of the process.
• We have to keep the receipts, like if we expect a deduction for it.
• If you’re an Uber driver, you keep your gas receipts. It’s like it’s part of the process.
• 00:45:44.559> like you keep your gas receipts it's like you keep your gas receipts it's like it's

Bills: HF1277, HF1006

Keywords: data centers, tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, economic development, employment growth, property tax, abatement, land bank, redevelopment, political subdivision, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The last one, the last couple you'll see here is gross receipts tax.
• House construction, fees, and gross receipts tax. This is giving you a shortfall of $28,000.
• As well as a 75% reduction in gross receipts tax.
• talk about today—and really think about the things that we can actually control—is New Mexico gross receipts
• Deduction or reduction in gross receipts tax.

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• requirement for the posthumous honorary promotion of Captain Cody Cork, United States Army, in which the concurrence
• States Army, in which the concurrence of States Army, in which the concurrence of the<01:46:05.840>
• It raises tax receipts.
• It<03:55:28.720> raises<03:55:29.120> tax<03:55:29.520> receipts.
• /c><03:55:30.399> It<03:55:30.720> raises<03:55:31.680> wages It raises tax receipts

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 19, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the rate is applied to the gross receipt from the sale, so it stacks on top of sales tax and combines
• Representative Johnson, I believe it is only liquor and cannabis that have gross receipts taxes.
• <00:58:15.559> taxes cannabis that have gross receipts taxes cannabis that have gross receipts
• She said the gross receipts tax on liquor is 2.5%, and the gross receipts tax on cannabis and cannabis
• She said the gross receipts tax on liquor is 2.5%, and the gross receipts tax on cannabis and cannabis

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House Tax Committee met for an organizational and orientation session. Members and staff introduced themselves, with several lawmakers noting their districts, business backgrounds, and interest in tax policy. Chair Greg Davids then opened the committee’s first substantive item: a presentation from House Research and House Fiscal staff on how the committee works and on basic tax concepts. House Research staff Sean Williams and Chris Clayman explained their roles in drafting bills and amendments, writing bill summaries, answering legal and policy questions, and modeling tax proposals. They also described the committee’s key documents, including partisan and nonpartisan bill summaries, revenue estimates, fiscal notes, and supporting materials. Their presentation covered core tax concepts such as tax bases, rates, deductions, exemptions, credits, tax revenues, and tax expenditures, emphasizing that tax expenditures function like spending through the tax code and are reviewed by a legislative commission. The staff then reviewed Minnesota’s major taxes, focusing on the individual income tax and business taxation. They explained that Minnesota’s individual income tax starts with federal adjusted gross income, then applies state additions, deductions, subtractions, and credits, and that the state’s income tax brackets and rates are set separately from federal law. They also outlined the difference between corporate franchise taxes for C corporations and individual income tax treatment for pass-through entities, and discussed how the federal SALT cap led Minnesota and other states to adopt pass-through entity taxes so businesses could preserve federal deductibility of state taxes. Members asked questions about a duplicate “marriage penalty” entry on a slide, the purpose of Minnesota’s marriage penalty credit, comparisons with other states, and the timing and effect of the pass-through entity tax; staff answered that the duplicate was a mistake, the credit offsets bracket-related marriage penalties, and the pass-through entity tax was adopted in response to the federal SALT cap.

Transcript Highlights:

• Other receipts were altogether just $400,000 short of the $38 million estimate.
• <00:04:41.840> Other<00:04:42.160> receipts stronger than predicted.
• Other receipts stronger than predicted.
• Other receipts were<00:04:43.520> altogether<00:04:44.240> just<00:04:44.639> $400,000
• The change in motor fuels tax receipts.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met on Transportation, approved the prior meeting minutes, and received a road fund update from Transportation Cabinet officials Mike Hancock, Sean McCernan, and Ron Rigney. McCernan reported that FY 2024-2025 road fund revenue came in $38.5 million above the enacted estimate, but was about $11 million below FY24 because of a lower motor fuels tax rate. He said motor vehicle usage tax receipts were stronger than expected, and that the road fund ended the year with a $61.6 million surplus account that, under the budget bill, must be appropriated to state construction. Members focused heavily on how declining motor fuels receipts affect the formula funds that support cities, counties, and rural/secondary roads. Hancock and McCernan explained that lower gas tax receipts reduce both the road plan and revenue sharing, while higher vehicle sales tax receipts from motor vehicle usage go directly to the road fund and do not help the formula distributions. They also said fuel efficiency, hybrid and electric vehicle trends, and the removal of a prior hybrid fee all affect revenue collections. On tolling, officials said Louisville bridge toll revenues are covering bills and commitments, but they did not have the latest collection figures in front of them and said they would provide them later. The committee also asked about project delivery delays, right-of-way acquisition, disaster recovery work, annual contract awards, cash management, and overprogramming in the highway plan. Officials said project delays often stem from right-of-way purchases, utility relocation, and the large volume of projects in the plan, and described the process as a “duck paddling” situation with substantial work happening behind the scenes. They said FY25 contract awards were already just under $998 million by the July letting and expected to exceed last year’s total, and explained that cash balances are managed so they do not fall below $100 million; the current balance was said to be about $166 million. No further votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, currently, uh, political subdivisions have to pay miscellaneous grocery receipts taxes when they
• Uh, this is, these, uh, gross receipts taxes, are they paid basically by the city of Pearland once a
• Currently, the miscellaneous gross receipts tax is collected.
• Then a portion of their tax dollars goes to defray the cost of the gross receipts assessment paid by
• Overall, our 169 members paid $2.3 million in gross receipts taxes in 2024 alone.

Transcript Highlights:

• essential to the safety or health of an older adult or person with a disability within 45 days of receipt
• within<00:09:06.040> 45<00:09:06.520> days<00:09:06.840> of<00:09:06.920> receipt
• ><00:09:07.800> of<00:09:08.000> a<00:09:08.040> completed within 45 days of receipt
• of a completed within 45 days of receipt of a completed application. application. application.
• <00:22:42.520> of disability within 45 days of receipt of disability within 45 days of receipt

Bills: SCR63, SCR8, SCR160, SCR90, SCR93

Keywords: disability, accessibility, healthcare communication, sign language interpreters, deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, auxiliary aids, building permits, seniors, health care, safety modifications, county regulations, expedited processing, housing ladder, move-up housing, subsidized housing, public housing, affordable housing, housing mobility

Summary: The House Committee on Human Services and Homelessness heard several resolutions focused on disability access, housing, and support for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries. SCR 63 SD1 would have the Disability and Communication Access Board study communication needs in health care settings for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind and revise provider guidance; testimony was strongly supportive, including from the board, a physician, and a family member who described harmful delays in care, and the committee later recommended passage as is. SCR 8 would require counties to act within 45 days on completed permit applications for home modifications needed for an older adult or person with a disability; testimony noted delays in permitting and financing, and the committee recommended passage as is. The committee also heard SCR 160, which urges state housing agencies to create a “housing ladder” program to help individuals and families move from subsidized to unsubsidized housing. Hawaii Public Housing Authority and other agencies supported the concept, and DHS described its family self-sufficiency program and said prior federal resident-services funding had declined over the past 20 years. The committee acknowledged the program may already exist in some form but still recommended adoption of the resolution as is. SCR 90 would ask county planning departments to establish kupuna-friendly building permit requirements for parking accessibility in private businesses. The committee moved it forward with an HD1 for technical amendments; a member raised concern that the measure did not specify the age threshold for “kupuna,” and said they would vote with reservations. Finally, SCR 93 would direct DHHL and the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions to develop a coordinated support and stabilization pathway for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries experiencing homelessness or very low income. DHHL said it is already operating a transitional housing effort called Ka Leo Opu Mama for about 18 beneficiaries using more than $6 million in federal Nah Ho Sa funds, with no dedicated state funding, and the committee recommended passage as is. The meeting ended with the chair thanking testifiers and members and adjourning the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, primarily the media waiver program provider gross receipts, which will actually allow for collections
• on gross receipts on some of those activities.
• The gross receipts tax deduction for healthcare, uh, practitioners was on co-insurance, paid directly
• Also significant is the gross receipts tax cut that happened in 2022/200 million dollars.
• And you can see gross receipts taxes, corporate income taxes are Collecting high, so we have a cushion

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• We found no issues in our testing of receipts and payroll expenditures, and we noted that the office
• <00:03:19.200> payroll period which includes receipts payroll period which includes receipts
• <00:05:06.720> and<00:05:06.919> payroll receipts and payroll receipts and payroll expenditures
• We found that in 15 of these grants the grantee did not provide the detailed invoices or receipts.
• the 15 that didn't have uh the receipts the 15 that didn't have uh the receipts or or or invoices

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• of you and doctors around the state, we've just introduced legislation to eliminate all the gross receipts
• Providing a gross receipts tax deduction for the sale of medical equipment, supplies, and drugs. tax
• deduction to receipts for certain medical services, except for those for Medicaid patients.
• Removing the sunset date of a gross receipts tax deduction for receipts from co-payments or deductibles
• Extending a gross receipts tax deduction to receipts from a patient paid to a health care practitioner

Transcript Highlights:

• I opened the Bible and an envelope fell out I had never noticed, and inside was this poll tax receipt
• And I stand here with my father's poll tax receipt behind me to remind me we cannot go back.
• AND I STAND HERE WITH MY FATHER'S POLL TAX RECEIPT BEHIND ME TO REMIND ME, WE CANNOT GO BACK.
• In a decade, there's data saying 30% of our tax receipts will go just to pay interest.
• IN A DECADE, THERE'S DATA SAYING 30% OF OUR TAX RECEIPTS WILL GO JUST TO PAY INTEREST.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 31, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• So, I believe you are in receipt of a conference draft which adopts the House position and makes the
• Chair, I believe you're in receipt of a conference draft.
• And we are in receipt of your CD.
• And we are in receipt<00:16:02.040> of<00:16:02.120> your<00:16:02.240> CD.
• We'll take a look at receipt of your CD.

Bills: SB2876, SB3253, SB2125, SB2781, HB549, HB1768, SB2053, SB2494, SB2851, SB3073, HB1678, HB1721, HB2475, HB2246, HB1667, HB1516, SB2532, SB3131, SB3154, HB2297, HB1737, SB2143, SB2398, SB2623, HB1740, HB1920, HB1682, SB2153, SB3140, HB1515, SB2835, HB2282, SB3083, SB2031, SB2519, SB2667, SB2140, SB2544, SB2069, SB2697, SB874, SB2043, SB888, SB2721, HB2152, HB1334, HB2385, HB1643, HB2314, HB1688, HB1692, SB2568, SB2983, SB2108, SB3136, HB1959, SB3156, HB1511, HB1753, HB1824, HB2137, HB1810, HB2279, HB2309, HB1548, HB2078, HB2293, SB3262, SB2169, SB2607, SB2964, SB3255, HB2576, HB1481, HB1864, HB1550, SB2818, SB3067, SB2061, HB1728, HB1881, HB2361, HB2395, HB1823, SB2050, SB2397, SB2175, SB2852, SB847, SB3001

Keywords: natural hair braiding, hair braiding, braids, braider, braiding license, cosmetology, barbering, barber board, Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, registration, licensure exemption, sanitation training, health and safety, hair extensions, cornrows, twists, locks, protective hairstyles, beauty industry, occupational licensing

Transcript Highlights:

• If receipts were, you know, rental income or interest income or anything like that, you had to allocate
• If receipts were, you know, rental income or interest income or anything like that, you had to allocate
• If receipts were, you know, rental income or interest income or anything like that, you had to allocate
• If receipts were, you know, rental income or interest income or anything like that, you had to allocate
• Ability to adjust the way it characterizes receipts and disbursements, uh, with ongoing and, you know

Bills: SB309, HB192, SB178, SB179, SB237, HB10, HB107, HB189, HB37, HB226, SB309, HB192, SB178, SB179, SB237, HB10, HB107, HB189, HB37, HB226

Keywords: automated driving systems, oversized vehicles, transportation, regulations, permits, HB192, international wire transfer, wire transfer fee, remittance fee, money transmission business, Alabama Securities Commission, Department of Revenue, Education Trust Fund, ELL instructors, English Language Learner, ESL teachers, income tax credit, remittances, international money transfer, migrant families