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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Rules Committee Apr 8th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so there are these places where we have to do education.
  • I also think there is room that we've been talking with CDPH about parent education and having a conversation
  • And there's opportunities to continue to educate and grow in that space.
  • Like, I'm a parent too.
  • Like, I'm a parent too.
Committee: Senate Rules
Keywords: 987, senate, all
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Jan 15th, 2026

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, we're going to move to item B-3, Treasurer of State, Arkansas Financial Education Commission
  • Treasurer of State, Arkansas Financial Education Commission.
  • Next month we'll have both the Department of Education and the Department of Commerce.
  • Today we have the Division of Higher Education. Its report is in your packet.
  • Courtney Sallis Ford for the Department of Education Division of Higher Education, and yes, as you stated
Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council reviewed several agency rules and requests. The Insurance Department’s amendment to its holding company system rule was reviewed and approved, as were two State Board of Election Commissioners rules: one clarifying poll watcher conduct, vote challenges, and provisional voting, and another increasing pay for certified election monitors and defining training, observation, and report-writing compensation. The Arkansas Financial Education Commission also had its rule reviewed and approved after removing membership requirements tied to DEI language to comply with Act 938. The committee held over the Department of Education’s request to be excluded from reporting requirements for one month to allow further discussion about who should write or implement the rules. A major portion of the meeting focused on the Department of Human Services’ request to be excluded from reporting requirements for Acts 567, 568, 967, and 1025. DHS said CMS had raised comparability and other federal approval concerns, especially for the dental and diagnostic lab provisions, and that it might not be able to meet the acts’ effective dates. DHS described several possible paths forward, including broader benefit changes, waivers, or splitting the dental provisions so the pediatric rate increase could move separately from the special-needs adult cap increase. The Arkansas State Dental Association disputed DHS’s conclusion that the acts could not be implemented as written, argued that Act 1025 is workable, and urged DHS to continue pursuing implementation and preserve the September 1 effective date where possible. Public testimony also supported expanded dental access for adults with disabilities and special needs. After discussion, the committee voted not to exclude DHS from reporting requirements for those acts. The committee then reviewed the Division of Higher Education’s Act 781 report. The division said it has 32 rules in effect, asked to repeal three rules—two replaced by new rules and one no longer supported by authority or current law—and to continue the remaining 29 rules. The committee approved that request, with the repeals effective upon adjournment of the Legislative Council meeting on January 16, 2026. The meeting concluded with no questions on the remaining written rulemaking updates from prior and current sessions, which were filed without further action.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • The first one What you see is the parental choice tax credit.
  • The feedback from both parents, taxpayers, and schools, in fact, was much more positive.
  • This was because when we brought the parental choice tax credit program in, it's not only building out
  • We then need to be sure our cascaded and we have education across all 240 of our licensed operators as
  • So, making sure that we're getting the information that They're being educated because they sometimes
Keywords: 914, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Mar 1st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, gentlelady, again my focus is on STEM and education. ...focus is on STEM and education.
  • But my father told me it was to be educated.
  • It was not to necessarily get a job, but to be educated.
  • But to be... ...educated, you went to higher education. And so that would be the difference. Mr.
  • to just be educated, but our education should be bettering our community.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Al-Marsucci, who oversees our higher education committee, or committee on education.
  • So, per CLEA, on the education side, per CLEA, on the higher education side, per CLEA, we are mandated
  • So per clear, on the education side, per clear, on the higher education side, per clear, we are mandated
  • The campaign educates Californians about...
  • Marsucci, from the education. Our co-chair, Mr.
Summary: The committee held a hearing on active and mass shootings in California, focusing on prevention, response, training, communications, and gaps in preparedness across law enforcement, schools, campuses, fire, EMS, and state agencies. Opening remarks emphasized the frequency and impact of gun violence, the need for faster coordinated response, and the importance of learning from recent tragedies such as the Stockton-area mass shooting described by Sheriff Patrick Withrow. The first panel included representatives from police, sheriff, and campus public safety agencies, who discussed incident command, interoperable communications, next-generation 911, threat assessment, emergency notification systems, and the value of joint drills and cross-agency planning. Witnesses also highlighted differences in training and authority across jurisdictions, especially for private university public safety departments versus public campus police. Campus representatives said they rely heavily on municipal law enforcement for armed response, while also using run-hide-fight protocols, text alerts, surveillance, and threat assessment teams. Members raised concerns about standardized training, after-action reviews, mental health resources, school resource officers, and whether campus safety plans and drills are sufficiently consistent or workable. Sheriff Withrow argued that early intervention and accountability are being weakened by well-intentioned laws, while other witnesses stressed prevention through relationships, diversion, and coordinated support services. The second panel from Cal OES, the Department of Education, POST, and EMSA described statewide systems and standards. Cal OES outlined its Reduce the Risk initiative, gun violence restraining orders, mutual aid, unified command, after-action reporting, and nonprofit security grants. The Department of Education explained California’s statutory school safety framework, annual safety plans, regulated armed assailant drills, and local flexibility, while acknowledging compliance gaps and the need for more mental health support. POST described the new requirement for 16 hours of standardized active shooter training for recruits and ongoing local training options. EMSA explained its role in medical response and terrorism training standards. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA ADVISORY COUNCIL Jul 9th, 2026

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA ADVISORY COUNCIL

Transcript Highlights:
  • to know how to use this, when to utilize it, when to refer a patient out. educated to know how to use
  • So they have a support network to consult on cases and also an education resource as well.
  • So there's other things that we are doing to try to figure out how to This education.
  • We do caregiver educations; we call them caregiver workshops. We have doctors speak.
  • And that's why I think that clinician education... ...piece is so important.
Summary: The Arkansas Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Advisory Council met with legislative members and agency, advocacy, and provider representatives present. The council adopted its rules and procedures, approved the prior meeting minutes, and authorized the co-chairs to approve special expenses. Members then heard an extensive update on the state Alzheimer’s plan and current developments in diagnosis, treatment, research, caregiving, and workforce issues. David Cook of the Alzheimer’s Association described major changes since the first state plan, including the growth of blood-based biomarkers, broader access to amyloid PET scans, and the availability of disease-slowing treatments such as Leqembi and Kisunla. He emphasized that Arkansas still faces major barriers in rural areas, including limited provider awareness, insurance coverage concerns, shortages of specialists, and long wait times for memory care and infusion services. He also highlighted caregiver burden, the need for better education and care navigation, and new efforts such as a dementia resource center pilot with UAMS, respite grants, and workforce training. Members discussed the importance of public education on brain health, diet, exercise, and risk reduction, as well as the need to collaborate with chronic disease partners and improve outreach to primary care providers. The council approved four proposed focus areas for the next state plan: advancing risk reduction, brain health, early detection and diagnosis; strengthening family caregiver support; improving access to diagnostics and treatment; and supporting access and quality of care, including workforce training and crisis response. Members also discussed possible legislative or statutory changes to keep the council active and engaged, and they agreed to pursue a future meeting in August, tentatively August 12 in Hot Springs, with additional meetings under consideration for later in the month. The meeting adjourned after no further business.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Educational and vocational, 391. Community reinvestments, 213.
  • But you can educate your way just about out of any problem.
  • Educational programming, Berkshire County Aquaponics Facility.
  • The same thing happened in Bristol County, the expansion of educational services.
  • Bristol County Educational Vocational Program. We're going to be able to be.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The meeting was the third public session of the Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration. Members introduced themselves, and the commission approved the prior meeting minutes. The main presentation came from the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association, led by several sheriffs, who described the role of sheriffs’ offices as independently elected county institutions that operate jails and houses of correction, regional lockups, civil process, 911 communications in some counties, school resource officers, and investigative units. They emphasized that most of their population is pretrial, that admissions and releases are far higher than the Department of Correction’s, and that their facilities now house more people overall than DOC despite having a smaller budget. The sheriffs argued that their work has shifted toward rehabilitation, reentry, and public health, highlighting extensive programming in mental health, substance use treatment, medication-assisted treatment, education, vocational training, and gender-specific, trauma-informed services. They said standardized risk/needs assessments and better funding would help make services more consistent across counties. They also described specialized units and models such as regional evaluation and stabilization units, older-adult housing, emerging adult and gang-intervention programs, and reentry centers that connect people to housing, employment, family support, and community services. Several examples were cited, including Suffolk’s Project Evolve, Middlesex’s older-adult unit, Hampden’s MAGIC program, Worcester’s STOP program, and county reentry centers across the state. A major theme was that these programs are expensive but, in the sheriffs’ view, reduce recidivism and improve safety by stabilizing people before release and supporting them afterward. They pointed to COVID-19 as a period when sheriffs adapted facilities for quarantine and medical care, and said they continue to work with public health partners. They also stressed that their facilities are heavily audited by state and federal agencies and that maintaining humane, safe conditions requires significant staffing and operating costs. Commission members responded favorably at points, noting the importance of the turnover in sheriff populations and the need to understand the different correctional mission compared with DOC. The meeting ended with discussion of future commission dates and a note that the presentation materials would be shared electronically.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Revenue Feb 12th, 2026

Joint Committee on Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am at the National Education Association meeting, so I apologize, but now I'm here. Thank you.
  • As you know, we represent about 117,000 educators across the Commonwealth, pre-K through higher ed.”
  • As you know, we represent about 117,000 educators across the Commonwealth, pre-K through higher ed.
  • The source of our prosperity, he said, and I would argue, remains an educated population.
  • Everyone here knows that, at the federal level, public education, like I mentioned, is under assault,
Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held a public hearing on H. 4975, Governor Healey’s bill to manage the impact of federal tax changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3) on Massachusetts. Secretary of Administration and Finance Matt Gorowitz said the bill would phase in selected corporate tax changes over time, avoid a $442 million FY26 revenue hit, preserve the current-year budget, and add a few related changes, including expanding the pass-through entity excise to income subject to the 4% surtax, delaying large federal tax changes over $20 million by one year, limiting opportunity zone benefits to Massachusetts investments, adjusting DFML contributions to match IRS guidance, and aligning casino slot-winnings reporting thresholds with federal law. Committee members questioned the administration about why it chose phased conformity rather than full decoupling, the effect on the budget if the bill does not pass, the purpose of the pass-through entity change, opportunity zones, and the slot-machine threshold and family leave provisions. Public testimony was sharply divided. MassBudget, Progressive Massachusetts, and Don Griswold of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities urged the committee to go further and permanently decouple from the five most costly OB3 corporate tax provisions, arguing that automatic conformity is fiscally risky, rewards investment outside Massachusetts, and has already caused or could cause large revenue losses. Labor and public-sector witnesses, including leaders from the Massachusetts Teachers Association, AFT Massachusetts, SEIU 509, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, and building trades unions, also called for permanent decoupling, warning that the federal law will deepen state budget pressures, harm schools, health care, human services, and infrastructure, and shift costs onto workers and public programs. Several speakers said Massachusetts should not adopt federal corporate tax cuts that mainly benefit wealthy individuals and corporations. Other testimony focused on specific provisions. Unite Here Local 26 asked the committee to strike the casino slot-winnings threshold change from $1,200 to $2,000, saying the current limit helps identify problem gambling, creates an opportunity for intervention, and supports union jobs. The Massachusetts Society of CPAs supported the administration’s phased approach, especially the research and experimental expense deduction, citing the importance of certainty for business filers and Massachusetts’ strong R&D economy. Greater Boston Legal Services testified on the paid family and medical leave sections, explaining that the bill’s changes would align PFML payroll contributions with new IRS guidance and, if paired with administrative action, would be cost-neutral for workers and employers. No votes were taken during the hearing.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Revenue Feb 12th, 2026

Joint Committee on Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am at the National Education Association meeting, so I apologize, but now I'm here. Thank you.
  • As you know, we represent about 117,000 educators across the Commonwealth, pre-K through higher ed.
  • As you know, we represent about 117,000 educators across the Commonwealth, pre-K through higher ed.
  • The source of our prosperity, he said, and I would argue, remains an educated population.
  • Everyone here knows that at the federal level, public education, like I mentioned, is under assault,
Bills: H4975
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 12, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:14:13.360><c> and</c> of our little league parents and of our little league parents and volunteers
  • To have parents when they streets safer.
  • And so of my parents, Albert and Sarah.
  • Uh her parents took didn't need a job.
  • There are so many wonderful single parents out there.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Judiciary Committee Jun 16th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • It would mandate crisis response protocols, parental controls, and time limits.
  • Any parent whose kid uses ChatGPT for homework could be sitting where I'm.
  • Any parent whose kid uses ChatGPT for homework could be sitting where I am today.
  • I have to say again, as a parent and as a grandparent... The price is simply too high.
  • is better than one healthy, than one traumatized parent.
Summary: The committee heard several bills. SB 911, by Senator Becker, would require notification and verification of defensible-space compliance when homes in high wildfire severity zones are transferred, using the preliminary change of ownership report; supporters said it would improve wildfire resilience and insurance availability, while county assessors opposed the use of the PCOR and urged a different recorded document. Members generally supported the bill but raised concerns about the 12-month compliance window and the need to keep working with assessors; the bill was held pending a quorum and later placed on call. SB 1016, by Senator Blakespear, would create a pathway for a higher-level mental health evaluation when a Care Court petition is dismissed because the person is too ill to participate or otherwise needs more intensive care. Supporters, including psychiatrists, family members, and local officials, said Care Court is leaving many severely ill people untreated and that the bill would connect them to existing LPS processes. Opponents, including Disability Rights California, county behavioral health directors, counties, and other advocacy groups, argued it would expand involuntary detention, bypass existing pre-petition screening safeguards, and undermine Care Court’s voluntary nature. The bill passed the committee on a roll call vote and was placed on call. SB 1112, by Senator Archuleta, would create a faster court process for victims of illegal or excessive “bandit towing” to recover their vehicles by posting a bond and obtaining a release certificate. Support came from Enterprise Mobility and the author, who said the bill targets bad actors and helps equalize leverage for vehicle owners; the California Auto Body Association sought an amendment to exclude auto repair shops. The committee passed the bill as amended to Appropriations and placed it on call. SB 1119, by Senator Padilla, would impose child-safety requirements on AI chatbots, including risk assessments, crisis-response protocols, parental controls, limits on time and data use, reporting, audits, and a private right of action. The bill was driven by testimony from the mother of a teenager who died by suicide after prolonged chatbot interactions; industry and business groups opposed or sought amendments, citing overlap with recent law, vague standards, and prescriptive design mandates. Members expressed strong support for the bill’s goals while urging tighter definitions, and the bill was moved on a roll call vote and placed on call.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • ,</c><00:37:14.640><c> and</c> education or or statutory education, and education or or statutory education
  • </c><00:38:01.760><c> because</c> take money away from the parents because take money away from the parents
  • or</c><00:38:11.599><c> a</c> education or reduced education or a education or reduced education or
  • And this mandatory education benefits.
  • ,</c><00:43:49.839><c> employment,</c> housing, education, employment, housing, education, employment
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee met on December 19, 2025, approved the draft minutes from the November 21 regular meeting, and received a DHS commissioners update. Patricia Tilly reported on the state’s rural health transformation application, saying CMS had provided only one question and positive feedback, that the final federal award amount was still pending, and that DHS was preparing an accept-and-expend item for fiscal review using an up-to amount. She also said the new Hampstead YDC facility remains on track, with substantive construction expected by late summer 2026 and move-in likely in early January 2027. In response to questions, she confirmed the playground/outdoor activity area had been in the original design and was added when funding became available. Henry Litman, Medicaid director, discussed the Senate Bill 248 study committee report on palliative and hospice care. He explained the distinction between palliative care, which can be provided while a patient still seeks curative treatment, and hospice care, which involves electing not to pursue curative services. He said the committee’s work pointed to a need for better education for providers and the public, and described ongoing conversations with the Foundation for Healthy Communities and Home Health and Hospice about developing materials and possibly addressing how palliative services are bundled. He also said the study committee itself did not generate future legislation, though members could pursue it separately. Litman then answered questions about Medicaid eligibility and long-term services and supports, including delays in processing, the backlog from pandemic-era redeterminations, and efforts to speed reviews. He said the department is using temporary staffing funded in part by last session’s legislation, working with the New Hampshire Healthcare Association, counties, and UNH Law to streamline policy and training, and relying more on electronic asset verification while still guarding against improper asset transfers. He emphasized the goal of balancing faster access to benefits with compliance and fraud prevention. Robert Rodler followed with the annual tuition waiver update for children in foster care or guardianship. He reported 82 applicants and 65 waivers granted, including 35 for USNH schools and 30 for the community college system, and noted a correction would be issued for inaccurate continuing/new student figures in the report. Senator Gray said he intends to pursue a separate budget appropriation for these tuition waiver costs in the future so the funding would be clearly identified and easier to track. No additional votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 4/25/25 - Part 2

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • First reading of Senate File Number 1740, an act relating to education policy.
  • The directors and educators stated that that is completely a false accusation.
  • No further discussion to the amendment." on even in education when it looks and on even in education
  • may not be and their their parents may not be and their parents<02:15:37.360><c> are</c><02:15:37.639
  • ><c> voluntarily</c> parents are voluntarily parents are voluntarily leaving<02:15:40.480><c> and</c>
Keywords: 1183, house
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Over the last two years, it has reinforced the statistic that 50% of foster parents stop fostering after
  • So three hours away means that that parent has to find a way to get three hours away for a visitation
  • So now not only do I have parents and children who are not getting to see each other as much and we're
  • I grew up in San Angelo; my grandparents and my parents were born in San Angelo. ...and raised in San
  • I have experience in foster care as a former foster child, a foster and adoptive parent, and with nearly
Bills: SB502 , SB513 , SB622 , SB670 , SB731 , SB732 , SB916 , SB961 , SB1122
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • , the higher education department, the early childhood education and care department, school districts
  • Throughout the year, the Office of Special Education has provided high-quality IEP trainings for educators
  • partners including Safe and Healthy Schools Bureau, our Regional Educational Cooperatives, and Educator
  • These workshops support special education, bilingual, multicultural education, English learners, and
  • , English learner education, special education, social emotional learning school finance, curriculum
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Appropriations Jan 27th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR ENROLLMENT IN AN INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF HIGH
  • IDEA THAT IT IS IMMORAL TO ALLOW YOUNG PEOPLE TO PAY IN-STATE TUITION TO GET A DEGREE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
  • WE INVESTED IN THEM AND IN THEIR EDUCATION.
  • LIVING IN FLORIDA IS UNAFFORDABLE WITHOUT A HIGHER EDUCATION, WITHOUT SOME WAY OF MAKING MORE MONEY.
  • SO I AM SPEAKING NOT JUST THAT SENATOR FOR DISTRICT 35 BUT AS A MOTHER, AS A PARENT OF KIDS WHO I KNOW
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:30 am

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I appreciate the representative's history and education lesson.
  • If law enforcement doesn't understand, how can parents understand that?
  • I asked the parents how much they paid for the license, and the response was $100.
  • The parents of this young hunter are not hunters themselves.
  • My parents had a couple, but they were somehow, safe. I didn't grow up around guns.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing focused heavily on firearms legislation, especially bills to repeal Chapter 135 of the Acts of 2024 (including H. 2618/S. 1671 and related repeal measures) and bills on firearm industry accountability (H. 2672/S. 1653). Supporters of repeal, including Senator Peter Durant, Rep. Ken Sweezey, gun owners, instructors, sportsmen, and women’s gun-rights advocates, argued that Chapter 135 overreaches, creates confusion in licensing and training requirements, burdens lawful gun owners, restricts pepper spray and semi-automatic firearms, and is being enforced in ways they said criminalize responsible conduct. Committee members defending the law said it was the product of years of work, public listening sessions, and multiple drafts, and argued that Massachusetts remains the safest state for gun violence and that implementation issues, such as live-fire training, had been delayed to allow time for regulations and infrastructure. Several witnesses also testified on H. 2672/S. 1653, which would create firearm industry standards of conduct and allow civil actions against manufacturers, distributors, and dealers that engage in unsafe or unlawful practices. Supporters from the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Everytown, Brady, Giffords, and survivors described the bill as a way to hold the industry accountable, reduce the flow of crime guns, and give victims and the Attorney General a path to sue bad actors. They cited data on crime-gun traces, disproportionate impacts on communities of color, and examples from other states that have enacted similar laws. Opponents, including gun dealers and industry representatives, argued that existing law already punishes illegal sales, that most crime guns are stolen or diverted after lawful sale, and that the bill would improperly target manufacturers for the actions of others. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to remove the non-resident ban on semi-automatic firearms for hunting (H. 2710/S. 1676), with Backcountry Hunters and Anglers supporting the change as a way to restore access for returning residents, veterans, and hunting programs that had been displaced. Later testimony returned to repeal and related gun-law bills, with sportsmen’s groups arguing Chapter 135 was rushed, confusing, and harmful to youth hunting and lawful ownership. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing; it was a public testimony session with extensive questioning by committee members.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee Apr 28th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • No survivors should be forced to co-parent with the person who raped them.
  • No survivors should be forced to co-parent with the person who raped them.
  • Each parent plays their own role that is complementary to the other.
  • Years of study has proven the child to be better off with both their natural parents.
  • By keeping the child with the parents, that question is already answered.
Committee: Senate Judiciary
Keywords: 987, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (01/21/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
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  • see that the education trust fund you'll see that the education trust fund is<00:23:12.679><c> $</c>
  • </c><01:03:40.000><c> trust</c> general fund and the education trust general fund and the education trust
  • </c><02:18:47.639><c> property</c> swept the Statewide education property swept the Statewide education
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Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee received an overview from Chris of the Legislative Budget Assistance Office on how it will estimate unrestricted revenues for the General Fund, Education Trust Fund, Highway Fund, and Fish and Game Fund. He explained that the committee’s work is based on current law, not pending bills, and that the estimates will feed into a House resolution and an amendment to House Bill 1, the operating budget. He also described the broader budget process, including how House and Senate estimates are reconciled, how surplus statements account for revenue changes from enacted bills, and how a committee of conference could resolve differences later in the session. No votes were taken. Members then asked about why the Education Trust Fund was running below plan. Chris said the shortfall appeared to be driven largely by business taxes, including differences in the BET/BPT split and improved tax-processing systems that better track where business tax payments belong. Representative Orr also asked about tobacco tax collections and out-of-state sales; Chris said tobacco revenue was likely overestimated in 2023 based on COVID-era patterns, with more people smoking at home, and noted that e-cigarette tax revenue goes to the General Fund while cigarette taxes are split between the General Fund and Education Trust Fund. He said he did not have a specific estimate for cross-border sales. Commissioner Lindsay St. Pierre of the Department of Revenue then began a deeper dive into the department’s role and the taxes it administers. She reviewed the department’s mission, organizational structure, taxpayer services, and the tax policy and legislative analysis staff who prepare fiscal notes and testify on bills. She noted that the department administers about $2.9 billion in revenue across major taxes such as business taxes, meals and rooms, and utility property tax, and that the figures being discussed were preliminary because the annual report had not yet been issued. The discussion was informational only, with no formal action taken.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/16/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • connection, and cultural understanding, and whereas we recognize the dedication of the artists, educators
  • Their commitment to artistic excellence, technical mastery, and education has made them a cornerstone
  • Let us recognize the artists, educators, and young students who dedicate their lives to keeping the beauty
  • able to make their own decisions and help. ...and being able to make their own decisions, and how parents
  • And he usually, you know, parents buy candies and the little sweetheart boxes for their classmates.
Keywords: 1182, all