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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding Revised Apr 15th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • education economic development group, we had jurisdiction over 25 projects through our progress assessment
  • Based upon our progress assessment, we did identify a few projects that, due to the new guidance from
  • Given the results of our progress assessment and concerns with funds being expended by October 1st, we
Keywords: 914, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • statutory rate of interest in the statutes, of course, that if you have an underpayment of taxes, it is assessed
  • Typically, that's going to be assessed by the Tax Commission, which would tell them, here's what you
  • public defenders in rural areas and their ability to defend, and would you consider in the future assessing
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Special Committee on Property Tax Reform Feb 17th, 2026

Special Committee on Property Tax Reform

Transcript Highlights:
  • first thing it does on the title, it takes out the word 'value,' leaving the title 'relating to the assessment
  • I think part of the problem we saw in some areas where people were being over-assessed in some of the
  • Just very, very briefly, I think we all agree that assessments that are over 100% of the actual value
Summary: The Special Committee on Property Tax Reform met in executive session with a quorum present and first took up House Bill 1768. Members adopted a committee amendment, rolled it into a new substitute, and then passed House Committee Substitute for House Bills 1768 and 2060 by a unanimous roll call vote of 12 yes, 0 no, with 3 present. The discussion indicated the substitute was intended to merge the two bills together. The committee then considered House Bill 2415, which drew substantial discussion on an amendment changing property assessment language and lowering the acceptable assessment range from 90-110% to 70-100%. The amendment maker and Representative Reedy explained the change as requiring assessors to use all applicable valuation approaches and setting a statutory cap to avoid assessments above actual value. Members discussed confidence intervals, coefficients of dispersion, and the role of the State Tax Commission. The amendment was adopted, the bill was rolled into a substitute, and House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2415 passed 14-2. Finally, the committee began House Bill 2944, concerning a property tax credit tied to eligibility and notice requirements when a homeowner relocates or no longer qualifies. Several members raised concerns that the bill relied too heavily on self-reporting and could create problems for county collectors, especially in cases involving trusts or deceased owners. Members agreed the language needed tightening, and the sponsor was said to be willing to work on revisions. The motion to do pass was withdrawn, and the meeting adjourned without further action on the bill.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under the Conservation Futures Program, counties levy a property tax of up to $6.5 per $1,000 of assessed
  • Criminal wildlife penalty assessments for violations of trade of covered species are increased in the
  • Criminal wildlife penalty assessments for violations of trade of covered species are increased in the
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Mar 1st, 2025

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • identified a finding stating that the New Mexico Gaming Control Board lacked a clear statutory basis for assessing
  • applicants were in place, the rules were found to be insufficient to meet federal DOJ requirements for assessing
  • That was the debt repayment that was going to be assessed, which, without going into the detail of the
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We assess this with an ultrasound. We assess this with hormones. Is there an imbalance?
  • We assess this with an ultrasound. We assess this with hormones. Is there an imbalance?
  • We assess what's the ovarian function.
  • We assess this this with an ultrasound. We assess this with<00:31:00.559><c> hormones.
  • Is there a assess tubal patency.
Bills: HF1758 , HF4437 , HF4353
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 9/17/25

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • One example of that was what got passed last session, which was a pre-enrollment risk assessment for
  • programs in statute, like the department should have the authority to assess risk and say, hey, you
  • We have to assess risk. We have to prioritize.
  • We have to assess risk. we have triage.
  • We have to assess risk. we have to<01:04:44.400><c> prioritize.
Keywords: 1183, house
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Wed Feb 11, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • >> Chair, it would be helpful if DBED could understand maybe what type of projects so we could assess
  • projects<00:07:32.880><c> so</c><00:07:33.039><c> we</c><00:07:33.280><c> could</c><00:07:33.440><c> assess
  • ><00:07:33.759><c> what</c><00:07:34.000><c> the</c><00:07:34.479><c> we</c> projects so we could assess
  • I am the executive director of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio
  • They must assess something in order to port these ships in our harbors.
Bills: HB2118 , HB2473
Summary: The committee heard several bills related to permitting and economic development. On HB 2603, relating to permits, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development said it supported the measure with comments. Committee discussion focused on the fact that the state’s facilitated permit process appears to have been rarely or never used, the need to identify specific projects that would use it, and whether DBEDT would need dedicated staffing to administer it. DBEDT said it had found no projects under the current process, had no capacity to run the program as structured, and estimated it would need about 7 to 9 FTEs, including permitting, coordination, data, systems, and possibly legal support. The chair suggested exploring a staff assignment and comparing the concept to federal FAST-41-style expedited permitting. On HB 2140, relating to essential permitting positions, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development again supported the bill with comments. Testimony and questioning centered on a pilot program to help counties pay competitively for permitting staff. A DBEDT representative said the issue of competitive pay affected both county and state permitting offices and that the bill was intended as a temporary pilot, though a more permanent solution would be preferable. When asked how counties would fund the salary support, the witness said that was not yet discussed with the counties and agreed to follow up. The committee also noted the bill applies to participating counties. On HB 2598, relating to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, the State Procurement Office and HTDC offered comments, and the Department of the Attorney General raised constitutional concerns. The AG said the bill’s residency-based certification requirements, when tied to procurement, could implicate the dormant Commerce Clause, and that the required 1% contribution tied to state contracts raised unconstitutional-conditions concerns. In questioning, the AG characterized these as legal risks rather than automatic lawsuits. The committee did not take a vote. The committee then heard HB 2141, relating to state enterprise zones. Taxation, DBEDT, HCDA, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, and HTDC testified in support, while the Tax Foundation noted the program was intended to help economically depressed areas create jobs. HTDC said the bill would help preserve the Maui Research and Technology Center’s enterprise-zone status after rezoning. Committee discussion focused on whether the enterprise zone program is being used effectively, how the bill might attract businesses to areas where the state is investing, and whether the program’s labor requirements are too burdensome for new businesses. DBEDT explained that the program requires a 10% workforce increase in the first year, which must be sustained, and said it promotes the program through county coordinators and in-person outreach. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Finance (05/05/2026)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> department's administrative assessment. department's administrative assessment.
  • So, does that mean that no risk pools will be assessable?
  • As I mentioned, they would not be assessed.
  • Certainly the language in Senate Bill 661 says that they are assessable.
  • . 661 says that they are it assessable.
Committee: Senate Finance
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WLA DEFER, WLA Public Hearings 02-13-2026

Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • The program will include monthly stream monitoring, assessments of watershed conditions contributing
  • Okay. an assessment of the Well stream and an assessment of the Well stream and Kapakahi<00:51:03.680
  • ,<00:51:15.040><c> monitoring</c><00:51:15.520><c> of</c><00:51:15.680><c> waterershed</c> assessments
  • , monitoring of waterershed assessments, monitoring of waterershed conditions<00:51:16.559><c> contributing
  • assessment or determined as<01:05:40.319><c> finding</c><01:05:40.640><c> of</c><01:05:40.880><c> no
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to hunting, trespass enforcement, conservation banking, coral reef resilience, and search and rescue. SB 2130 would require DLNR to increase the percentage of public land acreage designated for public hunting areas; DLNR offered comments, the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council expressed concern, and a Game Management Advisory Commission member urged adequate funding for both study and maintenance of any expanded hunting areas. SB 2128 would require forfeiture to the state of firearms or motor vehicles used in hunting trespass on private land; the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council supported the bill, and another signer testified without additional detail. The committee also heard SB 3053, which appropriates funds to DLNR’s Division of Aquatic Resources for mangrove removal and shoreline/stream maintenance in the Westlock and Middleock shorelines and watersheds. DLNR supported the measure and noted staff involved in mangrove removal work; no other testimony was offered. On SB 20005, which authorizes conservation banks for compensatory mitigation in habitat conservation plans and incidental take licenses, DLNR supported the bill but said a House measure, HB 1802, would place key safeguards in statute rather than administrative rules. Earthjustice opposed SB 20005 for lacking statutory safeguards and said it would support incorporating the House language, while CARES supported the bill as a modernization that could reduce permit processing time and provide more predictable costs. A lengthy discussion followed on SB 3201, which would direct DLNR to prioritize coral reef resilience and set performance targets for coral cover and herbivore biomass. DLNR said it supported the intent but wanted more flexibility because outside factors such as climate and emissions policy affect reef conditions; the Nature Conservancy shared that concern and asked for more flexible language. For the bill, For the Fishes strongly supported stronger protections and suggested adding abundance as a metric, while NOAA and DLNR discussed the difficulty of setting universal benchmarks because reef conditions vary by location. Randy Kosaki and CARES supported the bill, emphasizing coral decline and the need for measurable goals, while committee members asked about restoration projects, benchmarks, and whether the bill’s deadlines were meant to require a plan rather than immediate achievement. Finally, the committee took up SB 2937, which would create a search and rescue card program and special fund to reimburse state, county, and volunteer search-and-rescue operations. DLNR’s wildlife division said it stood on its written testimony, and the Hawaii SAR Alliance supported the concept but said Hawaii first needs a stronger search-and-rescue framework, including a state coordinator, before implementing such a program. No votes or final actions were taken on any of the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • and spent several years in New York working with the College Board and the AP program to design assessments
  • and spent several years in New York working with the College Board and the AP program to design assessments
  • and spent several years in New York working with the College Board and the AP program to design assessments
  • and spent several years in New York working with the College Board and the AP program to design assessments
  • </c><00:37:00.880><c> and</c> program to design assessments and program to design assessments and curriculum
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met with a quorum, approved the August 20, 2025 minutes, and then heard a discussion tied to Constitution Day and Kentucky’s constitutional duty to provide an efficient system of common schools. Chairman James Tipton reviewed the history of Kentucky’s model laboratory schools, postsecondary academy programs such as Gatton and Craft, magnet schools, virtual learning, and computer science opportunities, arguing that Kentucky has long expanded educational opportunity through different school models. He described model schools and academy programs as hybrid or innovative approaches that serve specialized student needs and noted that some of these programs receive state appropriations and, in some cases, tuition. Senator Steve West then gave a retrospective on school choice in Kentucky, beginning with the 2017 charter school law and explaining that Kentucky’s charter framework was designed as public-only to comply with the state constitution. He said charter schools have remained largely dormant in Kentucky and used that as context for Senate Bill 207, the School Innovation Act, which he said was modeled on a South Carolina approach. Under SB 207, a local school board can contract with a third-party entity to manage an existing school, receive SEEK funding, and seek waivers from certain state regulations in order to innovate, while retaining limits on items such as school safety and attendance rules. Members asked about how the new model differs from charter schools, whether schools could cherry-pick students, and whether teachers would remain district employees. West and Tipton said the bill is intended to keep the school within the public system, with the local district initiating the process and maintaining accountability through a time-limited contract that can be ended if the school fails to perform. They emphasized that the school would serve the existing student population rather than select students, and that teachers would remain district employees with their pensions and related contributions unchanged. Representative Brown raised concerns that exceptions and charters could leave lower-income children behind, while West responded that the bill is meant to expand choice for families who otherwise lack access and cited examples from other states where outside management and parental involvement helped turn around low-performing schools. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:26:00.559><c> for</c> list we do not have an assessment for list we do not have an assessment
  • </c><00:26:04.399><c> to</c> have not gone through the assessment to have not gone through the assessment
  • If it continues to change, then they would have to have another assessment to see if they qualify.
  • If it continues to change, then they would have to have another assessment to see if they qualify.
  • Commissioner, there was an October report on the waiver list management assessment, which I know you’
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met with a quorum still coming together and first handled roll call and minutes. The main presentation came from the Department for Medicaid Services, with Commissioner Lisa Lee and CFO Steve Beckle giving an overview of Kentucky Medicaid, its federal-state financing structure, and the department’s 1915(c) home- and community-based waiver programs. They explained FMAP funding levels for traditional Medicaid, administration, IT, expansion adults, and CHIP, and noted the size of the program, including more than 600,000 Kentucky children eligible for Medicaid or CHIP, about 485,000 expansion adults, over 69,000 enrolled providers, and $18.5 billion in 2024 expenditures. A major focus was the waiver system, including the acquired brain injury waivers, model waiver, independence waiver, Michelle P. waiver, and Supports for Community Living waiver. The department said these waivers are intended to keep people with physical or developmental disabilities in home and community settings rather than facilities, and that many services are not covered by Medicare or commercial insurance. Officials described participant-directed services, interagency administration, and eligibility rules, including that some waiver programs use the child’s income only rather than family income. They also reported an unduplicated waiver wait list of 13,930 people and said the General Assembly had added waiver slots in the last budget, including 650 ABI slots and 1,275 more to be allocated July 1, 2025. The department also discussed a waiver rate study conducted by Guidehouse, explaining that CMS requires a defensible rate methodology because there is no Medicare or commercial benchmark for many waiver services. They said the study used cost and wage surveys, provider and stakeholder input, and aimed to improve transparency, provider stability, and rate parity. Officials reviewed prior COVID-era Appendix K rate increases and budget-driven increases, and said the budget ultimately funded rates at about 70% of the benchmark study, while preserving higher existing rates where needed so no provider would be cut. They highlighted larger differences in behavioral support and case management rates, and said a public report is available. Members asked several questions about the potential impact of federal FMAP changes, especially possible reductions in the enhanced match for expansion adults and Medicaid IT/admin activities. DMS said any FMAP reduction would require more state general fund dollars, estimating about $75 million for each 1% drop in the expansion match, while impacts on administrative IT funding would depend on the systems being built or implemented in a given year. Members also pressed for clarification on waiver wait-list procedures, funded versus filled slots, and what happens when someone on the wait list is later found ineligible. DMS said people on the wait list may not yet have been assessed, can be reevaluated if conditions change, and are still eligible for regular Medicaid state-plan services if they qualify, even if they are waiting for waiver services.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • It sets up a process for that child to be evaluated by each cabinet to assess the evaluation and the
  • There would be a report on that assessment. A representative from DJJ, CHFS, would review that.
  • uh that would would fit this assessed uh that would would fit this definition<01:04:26.640><c> and</
  • So when a student is expelled, the school board makes an assessment of whether they can still provide
  • So when a student is expelled, the school board makes an assessment of whether they can still provide
Summary: The Juvenile Justice Oversight Council met on February 6, 2026, took roll, approved a motion to convene, and heard agency updates from materials in the packet. The council then took up Senate Bill 125 out of order because Senator Carol was present. The bill was presented as a collaborative effort focused on creating a secure, state-run high-acuity mental health facility for justice-involved youth who need specialized psychiatric care and cannot be appropriately served in detention or by private hospitals. Speakers said the facility would fill a gap in services, improve safety and treatment outcomes, and be designed with trauma-informed, medically equipped spaces rather than a jail-like setting. The presenters also outlined other parts of the bill, including a placement process in which DJJ and CHFS would evaluate youth and provide recommendations before the judge makes the final decision, with certain hospital-declination provisions to be delayed until the new facility is operating. They described payment incentives for hospitals treating high-acuity youth, confidentiality and escape-related disclosure provisions, and contracts with a public teaching university for clinical services. The proposed facility was described as a 24-bed center at Central State, with staffing to include mental health professionals and juvenile detention staff receiving enhanced training. Dr. Clark Lester said staffing needs would vary by youth and could include one-to-one supervision for some patients. The bill also addressed female juvenile detention capacity. Speakers said the number of detained girls has risen sharply since 2024, peaking at 51 in 2025, and that current facilities cannot meet the separation requirements for boys and girls or high- and low-level youth. The proposal would build two female detention centers, with possible locations discussed in central Kentucky and western Kentucky, and a third or fourth center could be added if population data show the need. Members asked about hospital placement authority, staffing, and average length of stay for girls; the presenters said the current court-order process would remain until the new facility is built and that they would provide additional data later. No vote was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • funds for um but basically assess funds for um but anything<00:27:15.279><c> uh</c><00:27:15.360><c>
  • </c><00:32:48.080><c> PL</c> to essentially put the assessment PL to essentially put the assessment PL
  • are we over collecting enough assessment are we over collecting um<00:34:09.320><c> month-to</c><00:
  • So the charges aren't assessed to the provider.
  • to the provider the the aren't assessed to the provider the the revenue<00:43:47.960><c> that</c><00
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 233, which would impose transparency and reporting requirements on the New Hampshire Vaccine Association. The prime sponsor, Representative Comto, said the bill and a proposed amendment were intended to increase public access by requiring a physical meeting location, making meetings available online, and publishing a complete list of vaccines and pharmaceutical products purchased. She argued the association should be more transparent because it is involved in vaccine purchasing and public trust is important, especially given controversy around vaccines. Committee members questioned the sponsor about the association’s legal status, who sets vaccine requirements, whether other private entities would be covered, and whether the proposal should instead apply more broadly to all meetings or include recordings. The sponsor said the association was created by the legislature, that childhood vaccine requirements come from DHHS and CDC-related processes, and that she would be open to broader recording requirements. Some members raised concerns about misinformation and whether requiring answers to public questions could be problematic in a contentious policy area. Patrick Miller, executive director of the Vaccine Association, and attorney Mark McHugh testified in opposition. They described the association as a not-for-profit voluntary corporation created by statute in 2002 to serve as a funding mechanism for the state’s universal childhood vaccine purchase program, with no policymaking role and no public funding. They said the association already posts notices, agendas, minutes, and allows public webinar access and comments, while also providing annual audits and reports and other statutory reporting. They argued HB 233 would impose unnecessary administrative costs on a private entity, interfere with its limited charitable purpose, and ultimately increase costs borne by insurers, employers, and consumers. No vote or final action was taken during the hearing.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 10, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • No, no, that's the right assessments.
  • Storm water assessments is a term.
  • Storm water assessments is a relatively<00:23:37.760><c> new</c><00:23:38.080><c> approach.
  • ><c> I</c><00:24:25.440><c> don't</c><00:24:25.520><c> want</c><00:24:25.600><c> to</c> assessments.
  • Again, I I don't want to assessments.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, we already offer free parcel-specific water availability assessments that can be used for planning
  • Uh, we already offer free parcel-specific water availability assessments that can be used for planning
  • Uh, we already offer free parcel-specific water availability assessments that can be used for planning
  • Uh, we already offer free parcel-specific water availability assessments that can be used for planning
  • that can be used for assessments that can be used for planning,<00:10:26.959><c> engineering</c><00:
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committees heard testimony on five housing-related measures. SB 2232 would create a three-year tiny home grant pilot program within HHFDC, with annual reporting to HHFDC and the Legislature; testimony was mixed, and the bill was later recommended for passage with amendments, including a full-time housing development specialist, a residential-use-only restriction for the tiny homes, and a blanked appropriation. SB 2192 would bar county down-zoning that reduces housing capacity unless equivalent capacity is added elsewhere in the county; it drew support from housing advocates and comments from planning officials, and was also recommended for passage with amendments. SB 2378 would clarify insurance requirements for single- and multifamily projects seeking expedited county permitting; engineers and housing groups supported it, while one testifier opposed it, and it was recommended for passage with a technical amendment. SB 2524 would appropriate funds to the City and County of Honolulu for housing-related departments to comply with prior acts; the Honolulu department supported it, and members asked about prior spending and funding sources. SB 2398 would require residential housing utility availability maps; the Honolulu Board of Water Supply opposed the bill as written, citing infrastructure security, accuracy, liability, and administrative burden concerns, while supporters said it would improve transparency for developers. The chair proposed amendments to make the maps broad and geographic rather than parcel-specific, remove contested-case and reliance provisions, allow disclaimer language, and change the date; the bill was then recommended for passage with amendments, with one member noting reservations. All five measures were ultimately passed out of committee with amendments, with votes recorded and some members excused.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-05-26 - 6:35PM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • A forensic facility or program focuses on treating and assessing individuals involved in the criminal
  • individuals on treating and assessing individuals involved<00:55:01.800><c> in</c><00:55:01.880><c>
  • The results must be provided assessment.
  • Best judgment of the same sort of experts that this bill will rely on in assessing those factors.
  • </c> rely on in assessing uh those factors. rely on in assessing uh those factors.
Keywords: 926, house, all