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• property tax law in relation to providing language access services and individuals relating to the tax abatement

Committee: Senate Aging

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Aging Committee met on March 10, 2026, with a quorum present and considered 10 bills focused on services and supports for older New Yorkers. The agenda included measures on dementia information access through New York Connects (S.118A), expanded informal caregiver training (S.903), elder abuse prevention training (S.3180), creation of an Office of Older Adult Workforce Development (S.3750), state handling of income verification for the senior citizen tax exemption (S.4805), a filing extension for the enhanced STAR exemption (S.5069), language access services for senior and disability-related tax abatement programs (S.5280), and sustainability planning for senior centers (S.7160). Committee members and sponsors described these bills as recurring priorities that had passed in prior years, with several aimed at improving access, administration, and outreach. The committee also advanced S.9091, which would establish a state master plan on aging dashboard to improve transparency, accountability, and public tracking of implementation; supporters cited backing from the Statewide Senior Action Council and Livable New York. The final bill, S.9165, would require the Office for the Aging to issue an annual report on budget expenditures for the senior population, with the sponsor saying it would help identify whether resources are adequately reaching older adults across agencies. Several bills were noted as having previously passed the committee and/or floor, and one was described as having been vetoed in prior years despite agreement on the policy goal. All 10 bills were approved by the committee, with most reported to the floor and S.3750 reported to the Finance Committee. No opposition or substantive amendments were recorded during the meeting.

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• reading of the bill, an act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements

Keywords: 1212, all

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• So part one of the bill expands the allowable uses of proceeds for REET 2 to include the abatement of
• So we also appreciate the REET flexibility for abatement funds.
• opposition concerns the REET rate and not necessarily any sort of expanded use regarding nuisance abatement
• expanded uses of local revenue for things like rehabilitating or maintaining affordable housing, abating
• Affordable housing, abating nuisance properties, and operations and maintenance.

Bills: SB6294 , SB6211 , SB5650 , SB6033 , SB6297 , SB6343 , SB6067 , SB6082 , SB6323 , SB6324 , SB5862 , SB5923 , SB6151

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: local government finance, Washington state, RCW, real estate excise tax, REET, sales and use tax, property tax levy, county tax, city tax, affordable housing, housing services, behavioral health, mental health, developmental disabilities, children and families services, youth services, utility tax, low-income utility assistance, veterans assistance, homelessness

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• But the courts are not going to look at just technology in supervising inmates.
• we're trying to stay on top of. to look at u just technology in to look at u just technology in supervising
• It's not going to supervising inmates.
• </c><00:58:40.720><c> and</c><00:58:40.880><c> and</c><00:58:41.599><c> uh</c> an abatement there. and
• and uh an abatement there. and and uh &gt;&gt; and<00:58:42.079><c> we</c><00:58:42.240><c> don't</c

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• committee amendment requires that the first two months of this temporary licensure are directly supervised
• c> by</c><03:32:40.800><c> a</c><03:32:41.040><c> licensed</c><03:32:42.000><c> uh</c> directly supervised
• by a licensed uh directly supervised by a licensed uh respiratory<03:32:42.800><c> care</c><03:32:43.120
• diagnostic tests for passenger vehicles and eliminating funding for the motor vehicle air pollution abatement
• </c> vehicle air pollution abatement fund. vehicle air pollution abatement fund.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It offers full-time supervised clinical training, structured didactic learning, and mentorship from experienced
• It offers full-time supervised clinical training, structured didactic learning, and mentorship from experienced
• They're not abating. Our patients need care, and we need staff to...
• the workforce for tomorrow, hosting over 20 interns and running a nurse practitioner program, but supervision

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing held a public hearing on a large docket focused on primary care, workforce development, and medical debt. Chairs Cindy Friedman and John Lawn outlined hearing procedures and noted that testimony would be taken on 17 matters. The committee first heard testimony on bills to establish a community health center nurse practitioner residency program and to strengthen mental health centers. Senator Keenan, Rep. Keefe, and health center leaders described the Worcester nurse practitioner residency as a successful pipeline and retention strategy, citing workforce shortages, training needs in community health centers, and the cost of the program. Rep. O’Day also supported the mental health centers bill, saying it would raise payment rates, improve reimbursement for behavioral health services, and help clinics retain staff and expand access. The committee then took testimony on bills to address medical debt through hospital financial assistance reform. The Attorney General’s Office, Health Care for All, Health Law Advocates, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and individual patients supported the measure, arguing that hospital financial assistance policies are inconsistent, hard to find, and difficult to navigate. Witnesses said the bill would standardize eligibility criteria, create a uniform application, improve notice requirements, and expand access to discounted care up to 400% of the federal poverty level. Several personal stories described medical bills being sent to collections, confusion over insurance billing, and the burden of debt on low-income and chronically ill patients. Committee members asked about hospital concerns, the role of the health safety net, and whether the bill addressed root causes of medical debt; testimony emphasized that the proposal was meant to improve transparency and access rather than replace broader insurance reforms. The hearing also focused heavily on “Primary Care for You” legislation, H. 1370 and S. 867, which would increase primary care investment and create a new payment model. Rep. Haggerty, physicians, a patient, community health center leaders, and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers described a primary care crisis marked by low reimbursement, staffing shortages, long waits, burnout, and difficulty recruiting clinicians. Supporters said the bills would shift spending toward preventive, team-based care, improve access and equity, and reduce long-term costs. The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans said it was directionally supportive of increased primary care investment but warned that any new spending must stay within the cost growth benchmark and preserve existing contracting structures. The hearing ended with additional testimony on a community health center workforce and loan repayment grant bill from Rep. Stanley, and with further discussion from Dr. Alan Garo about the need for payment reform in primary care.

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• And the second part is that the Water Board may not require investigation or cleanup and abatement prior
• And the second part is the water board may not require investigation or cleanup an abatement prior to
• “Or clean up an abatement prior to its closure, it’s only if an incident has happened.

Committee: Senate Environmental Quality

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• fiscal 2025 due to significant sales tax exemptions for equipment and electricity, property tax abatements
• the Do-Gooder Coalition and many others a few years ago over the Chapter 313 school property tax abatement
• program. ...over the Chapter 313 school property tax abatement program, which provided reduced taxes

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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• I'm interested in putting a voluntary fee on for litter abatement.
• I'm interested in putting a voluntary fee on for litter abatement. For us to collect it? Yes.

Bills: SCR58 , SB309 , SB514 , HCR63 , HCR69 , HB401 , HB487 , HB722 , HB730 , HB745 , HB988 , HB989 , HB1001 , HB1024 , HB1032 , HB1050 , HB1081 , HB1086 , HB1108 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1175 , HB1192 , HB1218 , HB1244

Committee: Senate Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Keywords: SCR 58, Senate Concurrent Resolution, DOTD, Department of Transportation and Development, public-private partnership, P3, public-private partnership contracting, Belle Chasse Toll Bridge, Belle Chasse Bridge, toll bridge, tolling, tolls, transportation infrastructure, roads and highways, Plaquemines Parish, bridge project, toll fees, unauthorized charges, contract oversight, procurement

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• the Senate, Senate Bill 171 as amended by the Agricultural Affairs Committee, an act relating to abatement
• the Department of Agriculture to determine the extent and scope of such rats in Idaho and whether abatement

Keywords: 989, all

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• asserts the Attorney General is liable for defamation per se if the Attorney General brings an action to abate
• asserts the Attorney General is liable for defamation per se if the Attorney General brings in action to abate

Committee: House House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference

Summary: The Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee heard several measures focused largely on foreign land ownership, historic preservation administration, and limits on the Attorney General’s nuisance-enforcement authority. HCM 2005, which urges Congress to study restrictions on foreign governments from communist or authoritarian countries owning property, drew debate over a proposed amendment to add fascist governments; that amendment failed, and the memorial then received a do pass recommendation. HB 2171, a related bill prohibiting sales or leases of Arizona real property to persons acting for China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea and assigning enforcement duties to state and county agencies, also passed after members debated whether it duplicated existing law and raised constitutional concerns. HB 2790, which would change reporting and administrative structure for the State Historic Preservation Office and appropriate $1 million, received testimony from Arizona State Parks and Trails and the Arizona Preservation Foundation; supporters said it would improve autonomy and efficiency, while others warned about internal inconsistencies and federal funding implications. It was approved on a 5-3 vote. The committee then considered three bills aimed at curbing the Attorney General’s public nuisance actions. HB 2168 would require county board of supervisors consent before the AG could bring a nuisance case in Superior Court; supporters said it would add local control and protect rural industries, while opponents argued it would hinder statewide enforcement and protect large foreign corporations. HB 2169 would make the AG liable for defamation per se if a nuisance action lacks a reasonable basis and is publicized; HB 2167 went further, creating damages, attorney-fee, lost-profit, and treble-damages liability payable from the AG’s operating fund. In testimony, supporters said the bills were needed to check what they described as aggressive or unfair nuisance litigation against rural businesses and water users, while opponents said the measures would chill legitimate enforcement and accountability. All three bills passed on 5-3 votes.

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• planning, implementing... and managing natural resource conservation programs which strive to prevent and abate
• of the agency's primary responsibilities is being the state's leading agency for the voluntary. abatement

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• COURTNEY LARKIN WITH ABATE FLORIDA IS WAIVING IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ANY DEBATE ON THE BILL?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• </c> section two opioid abatement trust fun. section two opioid abatement trust fun.
• The opioid abatement trust fund... The opioid abatement trust fund.
• The um opioid abatement thank you, Judy. The um opioid abatement trust<02:28:39.840><c> fund.
• abatement abatement trust<02:29:02.000><c> fund</c><02:29:02.319><c> money</c><02:29:03.200><c> in</
• </c><02:29:12.399><c> trust</c> talking about the opioid abatement trust talking about the opioid abatement

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I'm the owner of Alpha asbestos abatement.
• :34:52.800><c> of</c><01:34:52.880><c> Alpha</c><01:34:53.360><c> asbestous</c><01:34:53.760><c> abatement
• </c><01:34:54.480><c> Um,</c> owner of Alpha asbestous abatement.
• Um, owner of Alpha asbestous abatement.
• </c> anything that's done by the abatement anything that's done by the abatement contractor<01:38:04.719

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• program is doing so well, I should say, that there's a potential to return some of those opioid abatement
• </c><01:32:13.040><c> And</c><01:32:13.679><c> uh</c><01:32:13.840><c> this</c> abatement trust fund.
• And uh this abatement trust fund.
• <01:32:21.120><c> of</c><01:32:21.280><c> those</c><01:32:21.679><c> opioid</c><01:32:22.159><c> abatement
• </c> return some of those opioid abatement return some of those opioid abatement funds<01:32:23.199><

Keywords: Convene 00:00:00 Senate Message 00:04:13 Report of Committees 00:06:00 Orders of the Day 00:06:39 HB 4 00:07:32 HB 7 00:10:19 Enrollment 00:12:49 HB 10 00:13:30 HB 58 00:14:31 HB 78 00:18:39 HB 96 00:21:59 Enrollment 00:25:31 HB 134 00:26:01 HB 139 00:28:20 HB 185 00:35:36 HB 213 00:38:16 HB 220 00:40:32 HB 253 00:41:45 HB 265 00:44:55 HB 280 00:47:10 HB 290 00:49:13 Enrollment 00:51:49 HB 355 00:52:25 HB 398 00:54:42 HB 622 00:57:07 HB 424 00:58:24 HB 456 01:01:43 HB 459 01:02:51 HB 470 01:04:54 HB 555 01:10:20 HB 562 01:12:35 HB 576 01:16:37 HB 648 01:18:59 SB 68 01:21:53 SB 226 01:27:40 SB 90 01:30:36 SB 137 01:34:08 SB 136 01:37:08 SB 198 01:41:55 Recess 01:46:14 Reconvene 02:47:31 Orders of the Day 02:48:28 HB 10 02:48:53 HB 67 02:50:01 HB 257 02:51:05 Senate Message 05:52:18 Enrollment 02:53:15 SB 183 02:57:00 SJR 23 03:00:24 SB 251 03:06:24 Announcement 03:24:34 Enrollment 03:25:28 Recess 03:26:50 Reconvene 07:04:07 Enrollment 07:04:12 Senate Message 07:06:54 Appointment of Conference Committees 07:09:38 Orders of the Day 07:10:03 SB 100 07:11:06 Appointment of Conference Committee 07:12:18 HB 778 07:12:37 HB 6 07:15:14 HB 142 07:18:48 HB 144 07:21:27 HB 236 07:24:13 HB 305 07:26:45 HB 651 07:29:16 HB 521 07:31:44 HB 692 07:36:04 HB 491 07:38:33 HB 689 07:40:50 HB 767 07:43:24 HB 627 07:46:33 HB 869 07:49:00 HB 566 07:50:21 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 07:54:31 Introductions 08:07:19 ConC & Rules Report 08:12:28 Floor Amendments 08:13:10 Adjournment 08:16:56, 958, all

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• Sections 15, 16, 17, and 18 would allow local units of government to abate property taxes on property
• would allow local units of government uh would allow local units of government to<00:16:06.959><c> abate
• property taxes on property that to abate property taxes on property that will<00:16:09.040><c> be</c
• Line 28 and 29 are a property tax abatement for land bank property, which is unchanged from how it was
• tax abatement for land bank<00:43:42.400><c> property</c><00:43:42.800><c> which</c><00:43:42.960><c

Bills: HF2730 , HF2257 , HF2768 , HF1932 , HF2437

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: local government debt, municipal bonds, county bonds, capital improvements, public financing, bond issuance, public hearing, notice period, bond guarantee, Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, volume cap, private activity bonds, housing finance, residential rental bonds, LIHTC, low-income housing tax credits, redevelopment, courthouse financing, jail financing, law enforcement center

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• Now, we do have a lot of other incentives that we can use, like the abatements, the industrial access

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• to 7 years to do some of these roads, can the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands identify projects abating
• Hawaiian Home Lands<01:15:02.280><c> identify</c><01:15:02.840><c> projects</c><01:15:03.440><c> abating
• </c><01:15:03.920><c> these</c> Lands identify projects abating these Lands identify projects abating
• to 7 years to do some of these roads, can the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands identify projects abating

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on March 31 and heard a series of resolutions focused on roadway safety, transportation access, and infrastructure coordination. Early measures included HCR 104/HR 96 on advancing coastal trails on O‘ahu’s North Shore and HCR 63/HR 57 on clarifying responsibility for Honouliuli Bridge and addressing safety, wildfire, and emergency access concerns. The Department of Transportation supported both, and a resident testified that the Honouliuli bridge is a single-lane emergency replacement on state land that has limited access for fire protection, heavy vehicles, permits, and repairs. DOT said it was working with DLNR and that jurisdiction may ultimately lie with the County of Maui, with research ongoing. The committee also heard HCR 62/HR 56 on alternative vegetation management along Hana Highway, HCR 43/HR 39 on raised crosswalks near Ala Wai Elementary, and HCR 52/HR 48 on integrating the safe system approach into county road design; these drew support testimony and no opposition. The committee then considered HCR 120/HR 112 on regulating transportation network companies under motor carrier law. DOT and the Public Utilities Commission offered comments, while Lyft opposed, arguing the legislature already created a TNC-specific framework in 2022 and that motor carrier law is not a good fit for app-based ride platforms. In questioning, PUC explained that TNCs would fall under both PUC motor carrier jurisdiction and DOT permitting, and DOT said it would follow up on enforcement questions. Members also discussed HCR 119/HR 111 on an indirect traffic disruption grant program, with the chair asking DOT to clarify how it enforces penalties when contractors or others fail to follow road closure requirements. Other measures discussed included HCR 96/HR 88 on moving to a demerit-point driver licensing system, which DOT supported; HCR 128/HR 120 on coordinating capital improvement planning for Hawaiian Home Lands developments, which DOT and DHHL supported; HCR 127/HR 119 on a state highway police force, which DOT supported; and HCR 125/HR 117 on a statewide plan for derelict utility poles and lines, which drew support from DOT, Hawaiian Electric, and Hawaiian Telcom, with DOT acknowledging it lacks current statutory authority to force immediate removal. The committee also heard HCR 58/HR 54 on school crosswalk safety for Mililani Elementary, HCR 55/HR 51 on using artificial intelligence to mitigate traffic and improve road safety, and HCR 54/HR 146 on expanding the Hele-On Shared Ride program on Hawai‘i Island. Supporters of the Hele-On measure said expanded service would help rural residents, kupuna, and people with disabilities reach medical appointments and daily activities, while noting cost and technology-access concerns; they said missed or delayed appointments are a real issue in remote areas. The final item discussed in the excerpt was HCR 64/HR 58 on minimizing rumble strip dimensions on Kūhiō Highway on Moloka‘i, with DOT saying it had already removed some strips where large emergency vehicles were affected on narrow curves.

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• the State Health Assessment and Implementation Program, and I'm also the vice chair of the Opioid Abatement
• Anyways, it's an important element of multiple programs in the Opioid Abatement Commission.
• We have 19 indications in this state that we can use opioid abatement money for.
• Anyways, it's an important element of multiple programs in the Opioid Abatement Commission.
• We have 19 indications in this state that we can use opioid abatement money for.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all