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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Economic Development Oversight REVISION 2: HB3127 - Added Mar 5th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • 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
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Retirement and Government Resources 2ND REVISED Apr 7th, 2026

Retirement and Government Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • It will require that state entities must report contracts and the vendors must report subcontractors
  • requirements on government itself to be more transparent and to get this information from the different vendors
Summary: The Senate Committee on Retirement and Government Resources met with a quorum and first took up two executive nominations for Ben Lepak, one to serve as Secretary of State and one to serve in the governor’s cabinet. Lepak described the Secretary of State office’s work on business filings, recordkeeping, and initiative petitions, and said the office’s career staff handled those duties well. Senators asked about fairness in the initiative petition process and administrative rules; Lepak emphasized transparency and ministerial, nonpolitical administration. Both nominations advanced on 8-0 votes. The committee then considered several House bills tied largely to government transparency and purchasing oversight. House Bill 3415 would require state entities to report contracts and subcontractors, include performance metrics, publicly post contracts and assessments, and document consultant outcomes; it passed 8-0 despite concerns about a $2 million fiscal impact and added OMES workload. House Bill 3414 would require OMES to identify whether contracts are service-based and create a digital warehouse for intangible assets; it passed 6-0. House Bill 3310 would authorize OMES payment-procedure rules, require invoice legitimacy checks and a 60-day payment window, and create compliance reporting with possible budget recommendations for noncompliance; it passed 7-0 after questions about appeals and penalties. House Bill 3413, requiring agencies to include more detail on contractors and consultants in annual budget submissions, also passed 7-0. The committee also approved House Bill 2206, which moves new school resource officers into a law-enforcement retirement system rather than teacher retirement, with testimony that it would help recruit officers and would apply only to new hires; it passed 6-0. House Bill 3265, which expands who can make PTSD disability determinations for first responders to include psychologists and certain licensed mental health professionals, passed 7-0 after discussion of psychiatrist shortages and concerns about diagnostic standards. House Bill 4486, authorizing a Gold Star monument at the Capitol funded by private donations, passed 7-0. Finally, House Bill 1219, barring state agencies and schools from using state funds or resources to promote LGBTQ or Pride Month events or fly the Pride flag, generated extensive debate over its impact on outreach, public health, education, and LGBTQ Oklahomans; it passed 5-2 and the committee adjourned with notice of a larger agenda the following week.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Everything is the same tax rate right now, right? It's the same. Yeah, there's a uniform tax rate.
  • Okay, the total amount of tax rate increase was 15 percent.
  • above the voter approval tax rate for specific purposes.
  • cents back in 2018. to our current rate of $0.379, which is actually the no-new-revenue rate for the
  • They kept the tax rate the same and they say, "Hey, it wasn't us; we kept the tax rate the same."
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a limited support program paid at a smaller rate for people who may have the abilities already
  • of growth in Medicaid, how much the rate of growth in Medicaid, how much rate<01:23:24.520><c> of</c
  • I'm supposed to keep my heart rate a little low. It's a little high right now.
  • I'm supposed to keep my heart rate a I'm supposed to keep my heart rate a little<01:28:58.160><c> low
  • I just talked with a vendor this weekend and he said they have literally moved from this address here
Bills: HF3526, HF3375, HF3469
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Mar 18th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Because that's already their market rate, yeah?
  • A market-rate one-bedroom might be $1,500, and the market rate on one-bedroom, or excuse me, 60% AMI.
  • Tax rates change every year.
  • And could that potentially also affect your bond rating?
  • We saw how the employment rate increased from 56% to 76%.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Retirement and Government Resources 2ND REVISED Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Retirement and Government Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • It will require that state entities must report contracts, and the vendors must report subcontractors
  • requirements on government itself to be more transparent and to get this information from the different vendors
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Economic Development May 21st, 2025

Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • agencies in economically disadvantaged areas, they can purchase surplus DPS vehicles at a discounted rate
  • agencies in economically disadvantaged areas, they can purchase surplus DPS vehicles at a discounted rate
  • occupancy tax revenues by eligible coastal communities, and the bill modifies the voter approval tax rate
  • The bill modifies the voter approval tax rate formula to include those hotel funds if they are misspent
Summary: The Senate Economic Development Committee heard and laid out several measures focused on school safety, Texas-Taiwan relations, defense manufacturing, business formation, hotel tax policy, and NASA relocation. HB 1851 would allow surplus DPS vehicles and law enforcement equipment to be transferred to school districts in economically disadvantaged areas for use by school police and security personnel, with a two-year resale restriction. HCR 127 expressed support for the Texas-Taiwan relationship and trade ties, HCR 118 supported expanding warship manufacturing in Texas, HCR 141 urged Congress to move NASA headquarters to Houston, HB 346 (with a committee substitute) revised business filing and fee authority while making permanent a franchise tax exemption for new veteran-owned businesses, HB 2974 was an omnibus hotel occupancy tax and qualified hotel project bill, and HB 5596 addressed accountability for municipal hotel occupancy tax revenues in coastal communities. Witnesses generally supported the measures, including the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association on HB 2974 and resource witnesses from the Texas Veterans Commission and Secretary of State on HB 346; no opposition testimony was registered on the laid-out bills. After public testimony, the committee took up pending business and adopted committee substitutes where applicable. HB 1851, HB 346, HB 2974, and HB 5596 were each reported favorably to the full Senate, with HB 346 and HB 2974 also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. HCR 127 and HCR 118 were reported favorably as well, and HCR 127 and HCR 141 were likewise recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also reported HB 4320 favorably, though the transcript repeats that motion several times. The meeting ended with the committee standing in recess until 7:00 a.m. subject to the call of the chair.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Labor & Workplace Standards

Transcript Highlights:
  • An employer's final rate is its applicable base rate for its risk class, as modified by an experience
  • If L&I limits the maximum premium rate increase for any class below that actuarially indicated rate,
  • it must also publish the rate classifications limited by L&I and the respective proposed rate, what the
  • Last year, L&I had an actuarial rate that was an average of 13%.
  • And of course, buying down rates with reserves is sometimes prudent. Rate caps can be prudent.
Bills: SB6136, SB6188, SB5944
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • thing that I thought because I know we want to continue lowering the energy costs so our can to our rate
  • Chairman, is when we consider the large load consumer as they shoulder this expense and keep that off the rate
  • All the rate cases go through them, and they have a whole staff that are experts in that.
  • in line with other parts of the country, or did you just land there because that was the negotiated rate
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Mar 4th, 2026

Energy and Natural Resources Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • I appreciate what you're trying to do and certainly would like to protect a rate base.
  • All the rate cases go through them, and they review those.
  • And what this bill will do is protect rate payers.
  • That scenario is exactly what we're looking at trying to protect rate pairs from.
  • All the rate cases go through them and they review those.
Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of energy, agriculture, wildlife, water, and utility bills, adopting PCS drafts and amendments on several measures before voting them out. Early bills, including HB 4246 and HB 423, would let DEQ obtain technical assistance and instruction from outside suppliers, and both passed with 11-1 votes. HB 3617, the agricultural equipment right-to-repair bill, drew the most extended debate; supporters said it would help farmers and ranchers keep equipment operating and preserve access to parts, tools, and diagnostics, while opponents raised concerns about private contracts, intellectual property, and government mandates. The author agreed to continue working on the language and to strike the title later, and the bill passed 13-9-2. HB 3657, updating agricultural wage reporting and adding the Workforce Commission to employment-data recipients, passed 15-0. HB 2976, directing DEQ to set water-quality criteria for aluminum using EPA guidance as a tool, passed 14-1. HB 3391, requiring licensed commercial pet breeders to display their ODAF license number in advertisements, passed 15-0. The committee also advanced several natural resources and land-use measures. HB 4459 created a voluntary five-year averaging option for permitted water users, with metering required only for participants; members emphasized that nonparticipants could continue current practices unchanged, and the bill passed 12-1-3. HB 4128, as amended, moved Oklahoma’s bear season earlier by two weeks; the author said it was intended to address nuisance bears in southeast Oklahoma and protect hunters and landowners, while members raised concerns about population impacts and whether the Wildlife Department could manage harvest levels. The bill passed 13-1-2. HB 3989, described as a cleanup bill from the earlier “one megawatt fight,” passed 15-1 after the author said a compromise had been reached. HB 2989, as amended, authorized electric utilities to prepare wildfire mitigation plans and created a revolving fund, with the amendment limiting recovery to reasonable and prudent mitigation costs; the author said it was not a liability shield, and the bill passed 14-1. Later, the committee considered utility and renewable-energy regulation. HB 4060, the Plug-in Solar Act, addressed interconnection agreements and behind-the-meter solar for residents; it passed 14-1. HB 3145 cleaned up language affecting the commercial hunt industry and passed 14-1. HB 2992, the Data Center Customer Protection, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026, would require new large-load customers such as data centers, crypto mining, and AI facilities above 75 MW to cover their own infrastructure and provide collateral so costs are not shifted to ratepayers; members discussed protections for existing contracts and utility oversight, and it passed 14-1. Finally, HB 3464 imposed common-sense regulations on wind, solar, and battery storage projects, including surety bonds for land restoration, permit fees to support local fire departments, and a 30-day Fire Marshal response timeline; the author said more amendments were likely, and the bill passed 14-0. The meeting then recessed and adjourned.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS-LBT, TRS-EDT, TRS Public Hearings 02-10-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also work with a ton of vendors, local vendors, Milliey's in Hilo, Maui...
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  • vendors,<00:39:12.640><c> Milliey's</c><00:39:13.119><c> in</c><00:39:13.280><c> Hilo,</c><00:39:14.160
  • ><c> Maui</c> Vendors, Milliey's in Hilo, Maui Distillery, you know, all over the state.
Summary: The joint committees on Transportation, Labor and Technology, and later Transportation and Economic Development and Tourism, heard several bills. SB 2573 would allow administrative driver’s license revocation hearings to be held by interactive conference technology such as Zoom and permit electronic exchange of evidence. The chief adjudicator for the ADLRO supported it as a non-mandatory option that has worked well since 2021, improving attendance and saving time and money; DOT also supported it. The committees voted to pass SB 2573 with technical, non-substantive amendments. SB 3215 would make permanent the requirement that securing mooring lines at commercial docks be performed by labor subject to collective bargaining by repealing the sunset date in existing harbor safety law. DOT did not submit testimony, and the chair noted support from longshore labor. The committees voted to pass SB 3215 unamended. The committees also heard SB 2693, which authorizes $15 million in general obligation bonds for planning, design, and construction of a 50,000-square-foot aerospace hangar and related facilities at Hilo International Airport. A Phoenix Space executive testified in support, saying Hawaii and Hilo have geographic advantages and that the project could support aerospace investment and jobs; several other organizations and individuals submitted supportive testimony. Committee members questioned whether federal matching funds or airport capacity existed, and DOT said it had no assurance of federal participation and would need to check on capacity and potential users. The hearing then moved to SB 2698, which would create a cruise ship special fund and impose a per-passenger head fee on cruise ships docking in state commercial harbors while repealing the existing cruise ship TAT framework effective January 1, 2026. DOT supported the bill but requested amendments to clarify that the new fee is in addition to existing passenger, port entry, and dockage fees and to raise the fee from $6.50 to $10; DOT said the higher amount would better fund harbor improvements such as shore power. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings testified in support but said the added fee would significantly increase costs, while a local ship supply business supported the cruise industry and opposed the TAT approach, saying cruise activity benefits local farmers and jobs. No final vote on SB 2698 was taken in the excerpt provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government Apr 14th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Everything is the same tax rate. Right, right. It's the same, yeah, there's a uniform tax rate.
  • The total amount of tax rate increase was 15%.
  • rate for the first time in our history.
  • to our current rate of 37.9 cents which is actually the no new revenue rate for the first time in our
  • , it wasn't us, we kept the tax rate the same.
Summary: The committee heard several local government and property tax bills, with most testimony focused on appraisal disputes, tax administration, and development rules. Senate Bill 1052 by Senator Hinojosa would address coastal county appraisal litigation by requiring property owners in certain large-value disputes to report an uncontested taxable value while appeals are pending, so taxing units can base truth-in-taxation calculations on more realistic revenue. Nueces County, Del Mar College, and Corpus Christi ISD testified in support, describing major budget shortfalls caused by refinery valuation disputes; the committee substitute narrowed and clarified the bill’s scope. No opposition was heard, public testimony closed, and SB 1052 was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1531, which would require local tax collectors to accept common electronic property tax payments such as credit cards, debit cards, and e-checks. Witnesses supported modernizing payment options and the committee substitute removed ACH/electronic funds transfer language to avoid bank-account disclosure concerns. Public testimony closed and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 325, by Senator Perry, would restore platting and groundwater-certification requirements that were unintentionally weakened by prior legislation; supporters from county government, water groups, and builders’ representatives debated whether the real issue was groundwater protection or road standards for private roads. The bill was left pending after extensive testimony and no vote. The committee then took up Senate Bill 994 and SJR 46, which would exempt certain livestock feed inventory from property tax and provide the constitutional amendment needed for that change. Feed store and Farm Bureau witnesses supported the measure as relief for seasonal inventory taxes, and the bills were left pending. Senator Paxton presented SB 467 and SJR 84 to create a temporary property tax exemption for homes completely destroyed by fire, with refunds or corrected bills based on the date of loss; both were left pending. SB 1237 would clarify charitable property tax exemptions for senior housing and retirement communities, with testimony from Catholic and Baptist retirement organizations and a resident describing rising costs and exemption revocations; it was also left pending. The committee later voted 6-0 to report SB 2073, a pending bill on appraisal district authority to purchase or finance real property, and recommended it for the local and uncontested calendar. Finally, the committee heard SB 2172, SB 2173, and SB 2063, all related to property tax administration. SB 2172 would limit when appraisal districts can require homeowners to reapply for homestead exemptions, requiring a specific reason and written notice; SB 2173 would protect new homeowners from surprise tax liabilities caused by prior owners’ erroneous homestead exemptions, with testimony describing large back-assessment bills; both were left pending. SB 2063 would bar appraisal districts from using market-value evidence in unequal appraisal protests, and testimony sharply divided between taxpayer advocates, who said market data improperly overwhelms equity claims, and appraisal district representatives, who argued market value is inherently tied to equal-and-uniform taxation and cited a recent Texas Supreme Court decision; the bill was left pending after testimony.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Fiscal Responsibility Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Fiscal Responsibility

Transcript Highlights:
  • What's the recidivism rate for prisoners coming out of our institution that go through the program?
  • ago, I think, that by the end of 2023 going into 2024, it made all the headlines because the truancy rate
  • For one of the programs, they had a 97% completion rate, meaning they served.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance May 20th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Rates are regulated in Texas.
  • are able to implement those rates right away.
  • 10% from previously filed rates.
  • In 2023, average homeowners' rates in Texas increased by more than 20%. ...and auto insurance rates increased
  • You know, right now, they get to file the rates and use those rates. and then they are scrutinized, right
Bills: SB1642, SB1643, SB2530
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Apr 15th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Legislature through the years that have looked at the rate of return and the interest rates on the ESF
  • The idea of being able to take a portion of these funds and to actually earn. a competitive market rate
  • A $5 billion investment at that rate earns about $210 million.
  • Their average rate of return has been 8% on that fund, but also how you can use that funding to bring
  • What's the rate of return on that?
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • with anticipated rate hikes.
  • In 2019, there was a rate case awarding EPCOR its water utility rates.
  • The public during a rate case is entitled to see the documents upon which the rates are based.
  • The public during a rate case is entitled to see the documents upon which the rates are based.
  • We’re not trying to set the rates. This is just about what is disclosed with the rates.