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• the time of the budget development, it was unclear what the fiscal cost would be for providing retroactive
• Providing that retroactive tax relief for settlement issues and looks forward to ongoing conversations
• As my colleague... noted there are fiscal implications with providing retroactive relief, and when you're
• thinking about fiscal estimates related to providing that retroactive relief, there are complications
• So if the settlement payment is made in 2024 or prior, retroactively, you're still going to have to do

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• , this particular one retroactive?
• We do that... ...and make it retroactive, this particular one retroactive.
• We do that all the time, make something retroactive, make it retroactive for this year, because we would
• be in the next year, make it retroactive and then also put the other one on it.
• We've got that fund sitting out there, but my question is, could we retroactively pick up 2026 at the

Keywords: 1204, all

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• So I, although I passionately support single-payer health care, don't support this coverage any more
• This is a bill designed to remove circumcision from Medicaid coverage in New Hampshire.
• The claim that any child would have any less vaccine coverage is patently false.
• The claim that any child would have any less vaccine coverage is patently false.
• Additionally, this bill applies retroactively.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The Senate amended the bill by prohibiting and deeming void retroactively penalties against the committee
• language that prohibits penalties against certain committees through the end of this year, moves the retroactivity
• when conditions are met the Senate amended the bill by prohibited by prohibiting and deeming void retroactively
• lot that prohibits penalties against certain committees through the end of this year moves the retroactivity

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Some parts may be possible to do retroactively, some may not.
• Some parts may be retroactively do so.
• , possible to do retroactively, possible to do retroactively, some<01:49:26.800> may<01:49
• Is there a reason why we couldn't do that retroactively? Is there a reason?
• Is there a reason why we couldn't do that retroactively? Is there a reason?

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee began its first meeting on retained education funding bills, focusing on HB 366, which concerns school building aid for eligible projects, and HB 295, which would make school building aid program funds non-lapsing. The chair framed the discussion around broader questions about how school building aid should work, noting the state’s limited available funding, the existing debt service obligations, and whether the current formula should continue or be changed. He also raised concerns about the state’s overall revenue constraints and the need to consider renovation, new construction, and possibly leasing within any future program. Members and the Department of Education representative discussed whether school building aid is a state or local responsibility, the current backlog of projects, and the condition of school facilities statewide. Tim Carney of the Bureau of School Facilities described his background and answered technical questions about current programs. Representative Luno argued that under the ConVal decision the state has responsibility for school buildings, including construction and renovation, and that the program also serves an equity function by helping districts with less property-tax capacity. Representative Papich urged the committee to focus on policy structure and fairness rather than just available dollars, saying the current system creates winners and losers and suggesting a simpler per-capita or similar allocation model, while acknowledging a possible transition for projects already in the pipeline. The discussion also covered CTE facilities and leasing. Carney explained that charter schools, and possibly CTE centers, can receive limited leasing aid, and that CTE capital requests are funded through a state capital process, while federal Carl Perkins funds cannot be used for construction. He and others described a separate rotational funding approach for CTE centers, but several members said that model can leave programs waiting too long and may not match changing workforce needs. The chair and others noted that a report from a related study group on CTE policy and funding was still pending, and that its absence could affect legislation for FY28. No votes were taken and no bill was acted on in the portion of the meeting provided; the discussion ended with interest in modeling alternatives, reviewing the waiting list, and examining the tradeoffs of reducing upfront state aid versus funding more projects overall.

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• review so to date no one has retroactive review so to date no one has been<00:19:35.880> released
• And so I do believe that as MRA begins to be implemented and as we begin to look at retroactive review
• We need your support to make the retroactive MRA policy applied to everyone who's done what they can.
• We need your support to make the retroactive MRA policy applied to everyone who's done what they can.
• <00:43:01.800> you're and when you make it retroactive you're and when you make it retroactive

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Of note, those sections are both effective retroactively to February 1, 2020.
• Section 24 provides a process for individuals to get retroactive relief for past first-degree murder
• <00:38:17.280> relief individuals to get retroactive relief individuals to get retroactive
• The process specified here for retroactive relief is nearly identical to the process enacted in 2023
• > is<00:38:50.400> nearly for retroactive relief is nearly for retroactive relief is nearly

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Chair, Senator Mesnard, it's any retroactive changes.
• So since the bill is retroactive, that's when we would see the amended returns.
• Chair, Senator Mesnard, it's any retroactive changes.
• So since the bill is retroactive, that's when we would see the amended returns.
• Chair, Senator Mesnard, it's any retroactive changes.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The joint House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees met to hear identical conformity bills, HB 2153 and SB 1106, which would align Arizona tax law with the federal Internal Revenue Code as of Jan. 1, 2026, including some retroactive provisions for tax year 2025. Staff explained that the bills would exclude three federal provisions: the higher federal SALT deduction, the new senior deduction as written in H.R. 1, and the deduction for interest on new car loans. They would instead include a $6,000 retirement-income deduction for taxpayers age 60 and older, a $6,000 Roth IRA contribution deduction, a higher dependent tax credit, and a deduction for child and dependent care expenses above the federal credit. JLBC estimated the package would reduce general fund income tax revenue by about $441.3 million in FY 2026. Members also discussed that the Department of Revenue’s forms had been issued assuming full conformity, and staff and supporters argued the bills were needed quickly to avoid confusion and amended returns during filing season. Committee members and sponsors largely framed the bills as tax relief and a way to provide certainty for taxpayers and preparers. Supporters said the package would help families, seniors, and workers, and noted that the Arizona version was negotiated to keep the overall tax relief roughly comparable to full conformity while shifting benefits away from the SALT deduction and toward child credits, retirement income, and child care. The sponsors also criticized the governor’s executive action and urged prompt passage so taxpayers would know how to file. Opponents argued the bills would reduce state revenue, worsen the budget outlook, and disproportionately benefit higher-income taxpayers and corporations. Several witnesses and members also raised concerns about the child care deduction, the retirement-income deduction, and the business expensing provisions, while supporters responded that the bill was designed to help working families and encourage saving and investment. Public testimony was mixed. The Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Arizona Free Enterprise Club supported the bills, emphasizing early conformity, filing certainty, and reduced confusion for taxpayers and software providers. Opponents included Save Our Schools Arizona, the Arizona Center for Economic Progress, Opportunity Arizona, and several individuals, who argued the package would deepen budget problems and favor the wealthy. One witness objected to a federal school-choice-related provision she said was being tied to the bill, though committee members said the measure before them was a tax conformity bill and not a school finance bill. The hearing included extended debate over the fiscal impact, the governor’s prior requests for some of the same tax changes, and whether taxpayers would need to file amended returns if the legislature later changed course. The transcript ends during testimony from NFIB, with no final committee vote or action shown in the excerpt.

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• There's a proposal for retroactivity where a pension benefit would be credited back to years of service
• There's a proposal for retroactivity where a pension benefit would be credited back to years of service
• There's a proposal for retroactivity where a pension benefit would be credited back to years of service
• There's a proposal for retroactivity where a pension benefit would be credited back to years of service
• There's a proposal for retroactivity where a pension benefit would be credited back to years of service

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• would penalize companies if they're allowing this technology, and whether there is some sort of retroactive
• ><00:10:33.920> sort<00:10:34.079> of is there some sort of is there some sort of retroactive
• step you can take if retroactive step you can take if something<00:10:38.320> for<00:10:38.920
• Are you asking if we found evidence of dissemination, if there's something retroactive that could be
• that could be done something retroactive that could be done yeah<00:11:10.680> I'm<00:11:10.880

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We’re just recommending that a savings clause be inserted to address the risk of retroactive applications
• We’re just recommending that a savings clause be inserted to address the risk of retroactive applications
• We’re just recommending that a savings clause be inserted to address the risk of retroactive applications
• potential protect the bill against any potential protect the bill against any potential retroactive
• application issues okay and retroactive application issues okay and we're<00:29:48.519> also<

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Labor and Technology heard several labor-related measures. SB 183 would allow arbitration to resolve disputes over state and county contributions to the EUTF benefits trust fund; labor groups supported it, and the committee advanced it with amendments. SB 185, concerning indebtedness to the state, drew support from unions and discussion with DAGS about tiered repayment options for lower-paid employees; DAGS said the system could be programmed to accommodate the bill, and the measure was also advanced with amendments. SB 458 would expand the definition of employer for wage-payment laws to include the state and counties when no comparable public-employee provision exists; HSTA testified in support, citing repeated delayed pay for teachers, while DAGS and county representatives raised operational concerns. The committee deferred SB 458 for further administrative work. SB 425, on qualified community rehabilitation programs and the aggregate contract cap, was advanced with technical amendments after UPW said employers were splitting contracts to exceed the statutory threshold. The committee also considered SB 1287, which would apply unfair and deceptive practices law to tipped food and beverage establishments and require tip-pool signage with wage-division contact information. The Attorney General’s office recommended a savings clause to avoid retroactive application issues, and the committee passed the bill with amendments. SB 1660 would require hospitality employers to adopt anti-harassment measures, training, panic buttons, and anti-retaliation protections; the Commission on the Status of Women and worker advocates supported it, while DLIR noted existing complaint systems and the need for rulemaking. The committee adopted amendments incorporating sexual assault hotline information, panic-button guidance, and employer flexibility on translation languages, then passed the bill with amendments. SB 631, relating to the Department of Human Resources Development, was deferred, with the chair noting a prior law already allows departments to screen and select applicants from initial pools.

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• The second piece of it is also there's a retroactive piece that the county auditor must also remove all
• of it is also there's a retroactive of it is also there's a retroactive piece<01:05:32.640> that
• to cover the services private coverage to cover the services of<03:35:55.800> these<03:35:56.200
• Last fall, two insurance companies, HealthPartners and Medica, decided to put a cap on that coverage.
• So thank you. this coverage and not able to be cared this coverage and not able to be cared for<03:39

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Ma'am, to speak to what you said, that gives us more coverage outside the area and marked cars.
• The radios, we had no coverage in certain parts of the state at all until we got those radios that you
• in certain parts of the had no coverage in certain parts of the state<00:34:07.600> at<00:34:
• And then a big one for us is the two months of retroactive coverage because we've always provided three
• <02:40:02.640> coverage the two months of retroactive coverage the two months of retroactive

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• So I've noticed that in the amendment we are not going retroactive, which would be very complicated.
• which would be very retroactive which would be very complicated<01:14:52.760> we<01:14:52.840
• we got they have Commercial coverages we got they have Commercial Auto<01:37:11.080> they've<
• But yes, so short answer: yes, it is more protected, more isolated than other types of coverage.
• But yes, so short answer: yes, it is more protected, more isolated than other types of coverage.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• deposited into the state general fund for the payment of essential government services, with a retroactivity
• to July 1 of 2026, and it repeals retroactively to tax year 2026 the following individual and corporate
• The bill also repeals the Rio Nuevo District State Tax Diversion Program, effective retroactively to
• Lastly, the bill contains a retroactivity clause of December 31, 2025, and with that, I'm available for
• Lastly, the bill contains a retroactivity clause of December 31, 2025, and with that, I'm available for

Keywords: 1182, all

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• What this bill primarily does is make the 2024 changes retroactive, which was the intent of the bill
• an insurance provision that had to be negotiated with the insurance federation; that part is not retroactive
• What this bill primarily does is make the 2024 changes retroactive, which was the intent of the bill
• an insurance provision that had to be negotiated with the insurance federation; that part is not retroactive
• What this bill primarily does is make the 2024 changes retroactive, which was the intent of the bill

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• What was going to happen, but we worry about the retroactivity of the bill.
• But the fact that it's going to impact all instead of just new ones in a retroactive manner, which by
• Every generation source in Texas would have to be firmed retroactively as well as prospectively by 2027
• Um, the big issue for making a difference this session is to distinguish between retroactive application
• There is always a change, and everybody argues about retrofit or retroactive approaches.

Bills: SB75, SB715, SB776, SB1299, SB1405, SB1968, SB2021, SB2077, SB2148, SB2321, SB2330, SB2411

Keywords: electric generation, reliability, ERCOT, Public Utility Commission, penalties, performance requirements, energy policy, construction contracts, compensatory damages, government delays, contractor, legislation, nonprofit donor privacy, membership lists, supporter confidentiality, volunteer privacy, association rights, public records exemption, Texas Public Information Act, government transparency

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• All the committee substitute does is allow this to be retroactive to January 1st, 2024.
• Other states that have decoupled have made theirs retroactive.
• Other states that have decoupled have made theirs retroactive.
• It's simply allowing the substitute to be retroactive to January 1st, 2024.
• Make it retroactive to January 1st of... retroactive to January 1st of 2024 when corporate...

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Bernard: I SEE THIS BILL IS RETROACTIVE, WHAT'S THE DECISION BEHIND MAKING IT RETROACTIVE. >> Chair Avila
• Trumbull: THE BILL IS RETROACTIVE RELATING TO BOB BONDS BUT I SHOULDN'T SAY RETROACTIVE.
• I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CONSIDER IT RETROACTIVE, IT IS LOOKING IN THE FUTURE TO SAY AS THESE LOCAL OPTION

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• THE RETROACTIVE PROVISION HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM JULY 1 2025
• THAT IS TAKING OUT RETROACTIVE DIVISIONS. OKAY.
• THOSE RETROACTIVE PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN DELETED IN YOUR STRIKE ALL. >> WITH YOUR INDULGENCE, YES.
• I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE RETROACTIVITY AND REMOVING IT.
• THIS BILL SEEKS TO RETROACTIVELY ROLLBACK THOSE PRODUCTIONS. 70 COVERS AND INCLUDES A MAN WHO I LOOKED

Keywords: 999, senate, all