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• Appropriately, these funds should work to prevent property tax increases for all county residents, including
• There were some rate increases, and HCTRA started making a whole lot more money starting about that time
• The city is very much increasing their tax revenue, and Plano has the same opportunity to do this at
• We've reduced our tax rate for 11 straight years, we're AAA rated.
• While our 115% tax contribution to DART has increased since the Silver Line or the Green Line started

Bills: HB2065 , HB2462 , HB2621 , HB3187 , HB3539 , HB3563 , HB3726 , HB4164 , HB4207 , HB4368 , HB4706 , HB4916 , HB4950 , HB4967 , HB5177 , HB4429 , HB5597

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government

Bills: HB2065 , HB2462 , HB2621 , HB3187 , HB3539 , HB3563 , HB3726 , HB4164 , HB4207 , HB4368 , HB4706 , HB4916 , HB4950 , HB4967 , HB5177 , HB4429 , HB5597

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government

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• Last year, we passed into law a bill that allows us to increase Medicaid rates to Medicare rates.
• Last year, we passed into law a bill that allows us to increase Medicaid rates to Medicare rates, to
• This bill simply allows local governments to remit the sales tax back to the developer for affordable
• This increases efficiencies between agencies because sometimes there's overlap.
• In fact, recently there was a survey that said they met Washingtonians' needs at a rate of 82%.

Bills: HB1160 , HB1289 , HB1339 , HB1798 , HB1065 , HB1717 , HB1795 , HB1859 , HB2107 , HB2113 , HB2124 , HB2125 , HB2133 , HB2134 , HB2140 , HB2151 , HB2155 , HB2165 , HB2185 , HB2191 , HB2205 , HB2211 , HB2219 , HB2242 , HB2245 , HB2253 , HB2283 , HB2317 , HB2343 , HB2385 , HB2406 , HB2417 , HB2426 , HB2501 , HB2531 , HB2574 , HB2606 , HB1170 , HB1544 , HB1834 , HB2111 , HB2156 , HB2188 , HB2199 , HB2206 , HB2296 , HB2360 , HB2436 , HB2471 , HB2478 , HB2510 , HB2525 , HB2532 , HB2543 , HB2605 , HB2624 , HJM4012 , HB1759

Keywords: design review, local government, land use, zoning, project permits, housing density, middle housing, affordable housing, parking minimums, single-family zoning, infill development, growth management, comprehensive plan, permit streamlining, objective development regulations, architectural review, administrative review, transit-oriented development, accessory dwelling units, ADU

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer before caucusing. The chamber then received a Senate message that Substitute Senate Bill 5820 had passed the Senate. Members took up a long series of House bills on second and third reading, with most advancing by wide margins after brief debate and, in some cases, amendments. Among the measures considered, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2165 on impersonating law enforcement drew the most debate. Supporters said it would address public safety and accountability by prohibiting people from claiming police authority or creating that impression, while opponents argued it could create confusion, overlap with existing law, or interfere with federal-state law enforcement cooperation. Amendment 1521 was adopted to protect ceremonial transfers of badges and identification to families of fallen or retired officers. The bill ultimately passed 56-38. Other bills passed included House Bill 2624 on clarifying property-related definitions for conservancies, House Bill 2385 delaying implementation dates tied to Medicaid reimbursement changes, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1717 on affordable housing tax remittance, Second Substitute House Bill 1859 on housing development on faith-owned land, Substitute House Bill 2151 adopting national standards for factory-built housing inspections, House Bill 2155 protecting the nursing title, House Bill 2111 on Interstate Bridge toll interest revenue, House Bill 2543 on county clerk fees, House Bill 2606 updating the Office of Privacy and Data Protection’s performance measures and AI-related duties, and House Bill 2417 aligning victim rights for National Guard members. Later, the House considered additional bills on early learning, marine safety, energy devices, nitrous oxide sales, derelict vessels, and a Seahawks-related resolution. House Bill 2317 on early learning assistance was amended to clarify school and community/technical college premises and passed unanimously. House Bill 2436, a technical fix for pilotage-related vessel requirements, also passed unanimously. Substitute House Bill 2296, dealing with distributed energy resource devices and meter-mounted equipment, passed 56-38 after concerns about timing relative to UTC rulemaking. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2532, restricting nitrous oxide sales with exemptions for medical, dental, and automotive uses, passed unanimously after an amendment clarifying those exemptions. Substitute House Bill 2199, aimed at removing derelict and sinking vessels, passed unanimously. Finally, House Bill 1759 designating December 12 as the “Day of the 12s” in honor of the Seahawks and their fans passed 93-2 after enthusiastic floor remarks and a brief point of order. The House then recessed for caucus until 2 p.m.

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• As we all know, in the headlines, we are looking at the highest insurance rates in Oklahoma for homeowner's
• It also gives some power to the insurance commissioner to determine to do a check to see if the rates
• do appreciate the clarification and when it comes to having the test be administered at an earlier rate
• constituent request bill, and what this is doing is making sure that a Widow's auto insurance doesn't increase

Bills: HB3783 , HB2955 , HB3802 , HB4488 , HB2471 , HB3781 , HB3127

Committee: House Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Keywords: HB3783, plumbing apprentice, endorsed apprentice, endorsed plumbing apprentice, journeyman plumber, plumbing license, Construction Industries Board, Committee of Plumbing Examiners, apprenticeship, trade license, vocational education, occupational licensing, professional licensing, Title 59, Plumbing License Law of 1955, licensure exam, journeyman examination, apprentice registration, plumbing industry regulations, administrative penalty

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• However, in some cities, municipally-owned utilities adopt increased rates charged to tax-exempt entities
• Make sure that rates do not increase too rapidly.
• As a result, constituents received a huge rate increase.
• case, within this section, a rate change may not result in a rate increase to any class or category
• increase rates significantly.

Bills: HB29 , HB685 , HB1633 , HB1689 , HB1690 , HB1918 , HB2010 , HB2500 , HB2608 , HB2626 , HB29

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• Tax rate hearings are to be located inside or within a 10-mile radius of the district's boundary.
• rate hearings to be located inside or within a 10-mile radius of the district's boundary.
• House Bill 2626 establishes the central... ...Texas Water Alliance, a non-taxing authority that would
• Our continued growth rate is but one testament to that fact: that we are able to provide services and
• Some are maintaining current levels, while others have increased year over year.

Bills: HB29 , HB685 , HB1633 , HB1689 , HB1690 , HB1918 , HB2010 , HB2500 , HB2608 , HB2626 , HB29

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• Is that assuming at some point that we may go to a centralized state sales tax collection?
• So that would have to be an agreement made by the taxpayer and the taxing authority.
• And they need to have that right to be able to audit businesses for their sales tax.
• Louisiana... ...Tax Board and Renee Ellender Robbery with Louisiana Remote Sales Tax Commission for
• Them to collect their sales tax.

Bills: HB1039 , SB423 , SB436

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector, tax collector, prescriptive period, prescription waiver, interest suspension, delinquency penalties, estimated assessment, arbitrary assessment, certified mail notice, audit notice, taxpayer rights, installment agreement, Louisiana tax law, Title 47, revenue collection, tax administration

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• So a tax credit effectively reduces our revenue.
• Would there be a long-term fiscal capacity to subsidize high utility rates through the tax code, right
• What would the tax exemption go?
• It was deemed a fair rate and investment by the PSC.
• And the bill says that if the rates are high, then the state's going to subsidize the rate payer, right

Bills: HR118 , HB1039 , SB436 , SB442

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector, tax collector, prescriptive period, prescription waiver, interest suspension, delinquency penalties, estimated assessment, arbitrary assessment, certified mail notice, audit notice, taxpayer rights

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• Reimbursement rates are inadequate.
• That was a $90,000 increase in one year.
• I did not buy that ambulance at that $90,000 increase.
• insurance because it was a negotiated rate.
• Healthcare costs are increasing at a rapid pace.

Bills: HB3000 , HB2622 , HB2283 , HB541 , HB1776 , HB1803 , HB1669 , HB2588 , HB220 , HB3415 , HB50 , HB1314 , HB 107 , HB220 , HB50 , HB107

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: ambulance service, rural healthcare, grants, financial assistance, qualified counties, mental health, patient transport, female attendants, security measures, healthcare regulation, epinephrine, anaphylaxis, health care, school safety, training, emergency response, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services

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• Additionally, the tax rate actually increases from about 0.5% to 2%.
• So, once the certified roll has turned over and the taxing units adopt their tax rates based off... .
• Those taxing units adopted a tax rate based on the fact that they thought they had that twelve billion
• The tax roll is currently at a tax rate of 52 cents on a dollar evaluation.
• Right now, I'm proud to say that our tax rate in Bell County is the lowest tax rate, so we do function

Bills: HB511 , HB972 , HB 1035 , HB2481 , HB2723 , HB2742 , HB2894 , HB2962 , HB3077 , HB3093 , HB3307 , HB3684 , HJR67 , HJR72

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: ad valorem taxation, caregiver exemption, Medicaid, long-term services, tax relief, assisted living, housing support, property tax exemption, caregiver support, residence homestead, tax exemption, unpaid caregiver, state tax code, property tax, caregiver, waiting list, intellectual disability, developmental disability, ad valorem tax, family support

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• It's going to reduce taxes and change the bonding rates.
• Those rate increases are basically 2, 4, and 6%.
• They are going to increase your rates 237% in Salome. That's quite a bit.
• They are going to increase your rates 237% in Salome. That's quite a bit.
• They are going to increase your rates 237% in Salome. That's quite a bit.

Bills: HB2113 , HB2237 , HB2824 , HB2926 , HB2939 , HB2950

Committees: House Rural Economic Development , House House Rural Economic Development Committee of Reference

Keywords: utility consumer, rate intervention, public service corporation, Arizona Revised Statutes, residential rates, consumer protection, appropriation, Apache Junction, tourism, recreation, Superstition trails, funding, infrastructure, C-PACE, capital expenditure, special assessment, property improvement, local government financing, energy efficiency, water conservation

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• The rate is capped at 1.2%. For 2026, the rate was set at 1.13%.
• The program is experiencing deficits, and there will be material increases to the rate until it reaches
• It could be used to justify increasing the rate even further, because this program harms the majority
• But if you keep the program, changes should lower benefits instead of increasing the rate.
• But if you keep the program, changes should lower benefits instead of increasing the rate.

Bills: SB6134 , SB6136 , SB6188

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: unemployment insurance, UI benefits, striking workers, strike, labor dispute, retroactive wages, overpayment assessment, overpayment recovery, Employment Security Department, ESD, claimant notice, benefit recoupment, Washington unemployment law, worker notice, federal unemployment tax credit, state unemployment fund, workers' compensation, industrial insurance, premium rates, rate transparency

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• It does not increase the funding; however, this is based on donations.
• So, some of it might be the interest rate also. You get a lower interest rate.
• None of these are a debt to the state or paid by tax dollars.
• This is the bid limit increase, correct? Sorry about that.
• We need to increase that to at least, you know, come close to the same.

Bills: HB158 , HB714 , HB 1198 , HB1630 , HB1998 , HB3509 , HB3788 , HB3875 , HB3948 , HB3977 , HB4097 , HB4313 , HB4314 , HB4317 , HB158

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: housing, veterans, surplus government property, affordable housing, funding sources, housing assistance, homeless prevention, landlord incentives, rural housing, domestic violence, community development, tenant readiness, program participants, financial assistance, homelessness, rental support, Texas Tenant Readiness Program, tenant assistance, housing stability, Texas Department of Housing

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• ' worth of property taxes.
• are not based on tax levy at all.
• Even if that means spending tax dollars out of town.
• Constitutionally, ESDs have a $0.10 per hundred tax cap, one of the lowest taxing entities we have in
• They’re going to take away a piece of the tax base, and our tax rate in the ESD in my area is half the

Bills: HB158 , HB714 , HB 1198 , HB1630 , HB1998 , HB3509 , HB3788 , HB3875 , HB3948 , HB3977 , HB4097 , HB4313 , HB4314 , HB4317 , HB158

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: housing, veterans, surplus government property, affordable housing, funding sources, housing assistance, homeless prevention, landlord incentives, rural housing, domestic violence, community development, tenant readiness, program participants, financial assistance, homelessness, rental support, Texas Tenant Readiness Program, tenant assistance, housing stability, Texas Department of Housing

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• But we’re going to limit the taxes to a 5% increase, so you’re taxing it— We’re going to limit the taxes
• that's selected by the voters, if they increase the millage rate, they cannot increase it in excess
• So when a taxing district, when that millage rate goes back down to 2.0, the taxing district holds a
• millage rate to instances where a taxing authority intends to levy and collect the increased rate.
• For an increased millage rate to instances where a taxing authority intends to levy and collect the increased

Bills: HB287 , HB340 , HB412 , HB440 , HB514 , HB515 , HB521 , HB543 , HB553 , HB570 , HB961

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: HB 287, Louisiana Tax Commission, ad valorem, property tax, property assessment, assessment fees, fee extension, sunset extension, public service property, utility property, insurance company property, financial institution property, tax administration, R.S. 47:1838, Act 296, reappraisal, ad valorem tax, valuation, Louisiana tax law, homestead exemption

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• existing tax rate, expanding a tax base, or imposing a surcharge if doing so would cause the imposed
• tax rate to exceed the cap unless the new tax is approved by voters.
• existing tax rate, expanding a tax base, or imposing a surcharge if doing so would cause the imposed
• tax rate to exceed the cap unless the new tax is approved by voters.
• Phoenix and Tucson have justified recent local tax increases by blaming state income tax policy, particularly

Bills: SB1433 , SB1434 , SB1435 , SB1567 , SB1571 , SB1686 , SB1745 , SCR1024 , SCR1025 , HB2671 , HB2676 , HCR2044

Committees: Senate Government , Senate Senate Government Committee of Reference

Keywords: county boundaries, Maricopa, Gila, Pinal, Yavapai, Yuma, La Paz, local governance, Arizona Revised Statutes, Maricopa county, county division, new counties, intergovernmental agreements, special election, shared use agreements, education, explicit material, parental consent, student protection, library access

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• These districts are subject to a maximum tax rate.
• Homeowners know that their tax rate will never go above that level.
• It says what the district was formed to do, what they can finance, what is the maximum tax rate, what
• You have to do all of the calculations for the impact of the property tax rate for the bond.
• ... ...other buildings and so on, for anything but make the tax rates lower, and another bill says you

Bills: HB2091 , HB2140 , HB2320 , HB2384 , HB2398 , HB2502 , HB2780 , HB2918 , HB2939 , HB2950 , HB2999 , HB4020 , HB4026 , HB4029

Committees: Senate Finance , Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference

Keywords: insurance, financial surveillance, regulations, assessments, Arizona Revised Statutes, investment, state treasurer, gold bullion, treasury management, financial regulations, school districts, bonds, financial advisors, elections, municipal advisors, cost of borrowing, lease agreements, school property, tax exemptions, impact aid revenue bonds

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• We've already increased our membership to 16 police officers, so I think.
• Death rate. We are now the number one nation of human trafficking in the entire world.
• compensate for the economic distortions, the United States should develop a comprehensive package of tax
• Docks, uh, airports, uh, and private investors can buy shares in these bonds and increase their holding
• And they're attractive because they're tax exempt.

Bills: HB176 , HB180 , HB176 , HB180 , HB333 , HCR35

Committee: House S/C on State-Federal Relations

Keywords: tax, ad valorem, voter-approval, local government finance, property tax, repeal, tax rates, school finance, tax reduction, compressed tax rate, education, funding, HB 176, Texas border security, interstate compact, Government Code Chapter 794, Texas-Mexico border, border enforcement, immigration enforcement, ICE 287(g)

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• entities then see greater tax revenues as properties are developed and the tax benefits there increase
• Furthermore, eliminating rollback taxes will not result in higher tax rates by the taxing authorities
• , as tax rates are determined based on certified taxable values.
• and they're not used in the determination of fiscal tax rates.
• rating receive very little in tax reduction.

Bills: HB485 , HB1367 , HB1370 , HB1827 , HB1879 , HB2032 , HB2133 , HB2357 , HB3581 , HB3830 , HB4060 , HB4085 , HB4270 , HB4979 , HB5217 , HB5268 , HB5478 , HJR96 , HJR97 , HJR119 , HJR195 , HJR209 , SB4 , SB23 , SJR2 , SJR85 , SB 4 , SB 23 , SJR 2

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: healthcare, insurance, access, affordability, public health, emergency services district, sales tax, gas and electricity, residential use, tax exemption, emergency services, gas, electricity, HB 485, ESD, use tax, residential utilities, utility tax, local option tax, Texas Health and Safety Code

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• At this point, we calculate the initial tax owed by applying the tax rate to the Washington taxable income
• with the tax credit increase.
• My marginal tax rate is not on that list.
• My marginal tax rate is not on that list.
• Between the capital gains tax, the long-term care payroll tax, B&O increases, and other new taxes, the

Bills: SB6346 , SB6347 , SB6147 , SB6246 , SB5940 , SB5882 , SB6223 , SJR8206 , SB5762 , SB5828

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: millionaires tax, wealth tax, income tax, state revenue, tax reform, Washington estate tax, estate tax, inheritance tax, death tax, probate, decedent, gross estate, taxable estate, exclusion amount, tax rate, estate planning, heirs, beneficiaries, RCW 83.100, Department of Revenue