Transcript Highlights:

• Establishes the state rent supplement program special fund, requires DLNR to assess a transaction fee
• Establishes the state rent supplement program special fund, requires DLNR to assess a transaction fee
• Establishes the state rent supplement program special fund, requires DLNR to assess a transaction fee
• </c><00:04:59.040><c> a</c> fund requires DLNR to assess a fund requires DLNR to assess a transaction
• </c><00:08:28.080><c> of</c><00:08:28.240><c> a</c> have assessed the feasibility of a have assessed

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint hearing covered several housing-related measures. On SB 2068, which would create an affordable housing land inventory task force within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to study how to maximize housing on transit-oriented development and other state and county lands, testimony was mostly supportive from agencies and housing groups, with one opposition witness. In response to questions, OPSD said it was already working on a list of potential parcels but could not yet identify unit counts or a timeline, and estimated about $250,000 would be needed for staffing and contractual support. The committees also heard SB 2227 on rental assistance, which would require HPHA to make monthly rent supplement payments, prioritize certain tenants including kupuna, allow agreements with counties and nonprofits, and create a special fund supported by a transaction fee on recordings. HPHA supported the bill, and the Department of the Attorney General said it recommended amending the measure to describe the fee as a tax. Additional testimony included support from elder and community organizations and one opposition witness. For SB 2061, relating to residential condominiums and the 99-year leasehold program, HCDA and the project developer testified in support of amendments intended to preserve owner-occupant requirements while making the project more marketable and financially feasible. Members focused heavily on parking, affordability, and financing. HCDA and the developer said the parking stalls would be unbundled from the units, that the project would be a 99-year leasehold with 60% of units reserved for buyers at or below 140% AMI and 40% market-rate, and that the state’s $15 million equity contribution would cover only part of the parking garage and commercial component. The hearing then moved on to SB 3327, relating to HCDA and complete communities, but the transcript cuts off before that measure was fully discussed.

Transcript Highlights:

• There is a new fee on electric vehicle supply equipment, allowing the Department of Commerce to assess
• $100 on each electric Commerce to assess $100 on each electric vehicle<00:09:42.480><c> charging</c>
• So the commission<00:26:23.679><c> may</c><00:26:23.919><c> assess</c><00:26:24.240><c> fees</c><00:26
• :24.559><c> for</c><00:26:24.799><c> those</c> commission may assess fees for those commission may assess
• </c> each year from the fee assessment each year from the fee assessment revenue<00:26:31.279><c> and

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Every year, they assess the value of my asset. They apply a classification rate.
• </c><00:13:16.000><c> how</c><00:13:16.080><c> does</c> Um, you know, how does the state assess the value
• She continued that Minnesota's net investment income tax, as it currently stands, assesses an additional
• </c> transmitted disease outbreaks, assess transmitted disease outbreaks, assess animal<00:24:37.200>
• a tax on Anytime that you are assessing a tax on a<01:07:32.800><c> small</c><01:07:33.080><c> number

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee heard presentations on two tax bills: House File 4123, by Representative Agbaje, would expand Minnesota’s net investment income tax to include certain business income, especially income from S corporations and LLCs not subject to federal self-employment taxes, while keeping the current rate and million-dollar threshold; she said it would raise an estimated $88.7 million next year. House File 4616, by Chair Gomez, would impose a 1% annual tax on fortunes above $10 million. Gomez framed the bill as a response to growing wealth inequality and argued that wealthy households and large fortunes should contribute more to public services, while Agbaje said her bill would broaden the tax base and help meet state needs. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project, Erica Mominee of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, Lauren Richards, and teacher Kristen Sinicariello, said the bills would help address wealth and income inequality and provide needed revenue for public health, education, and other public services. They pointed to federal tax cuts for high-income households, cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, and strains on state agencies and schools. Richards said small businesses already pay more than large corporations like Amazon, and Sinicariello argued that higher revenue would support classrooms and help equalize opportunity. Opponents, including Brian Cook of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, Dalton Danielson of the Minnesota Business Partnership, and John Beschi of NFIB Minnesota, warned that both bills would hurt business competitiveness and investment. They argued that HF 4123 would effectively create a new higher tax tier for pass-through businesses and that HF 4616 would be difficult to administer, could force sales of illiquid assets, and could discourage entrepreneurship and capital investment. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee moved through bill presentations and public testimony before member discussion.

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• </c><00:21:54.960><c> Um</c> Do an assessment of those properties.
• Uh, so they probably participate in KFIX for that assessment. Got it. Yeah.
• ,</c> participate in kayix for that assessed, participate in kayix for that assessed, you<00:26:55.919
• ><c> know,</c><00:26:56.080><c> assessment.
• </c><00:26:57.840><c> And</c> you know, assessment. Got it. Yeah. And you know, assessment. Got it.

Keywords: Meeting start 00:00:00 Discussion of Nickels and School Facility Funding 00:02:13 Economic Development Projects in Elizabethtown and Hopkinsville 00:29:33 Correspondence and Reports Received 01:09:25, 958, all

Summary: The committee received an informational presentation from the Kentucky Department of Education and the School Facilities Construction Commission on school facilities funding. Staff explained the main funding sources used for school construction and renovation, including the mandatory “nickel” property tax levy, growth and equalized growth nickels, the equalized facility funding nickel, the Fort Knox/BRAC-related nickel for Hardin County, and the recallable nickel that districts can adopt locally. They also described the state equalization formula, noting that local construction costs have risen and that state support is formula-driven rather than a dollar-for-dollar match. The SFCC outlined how unmet facility need is calculated through district facility plans, which are developed locally with community, staff, and board input and then reviewed by KDE staff for consistency and reasonableness. The commission said it will update the statewide unmet need report this fall, adopt it in December, and provide the figure to the committee in January 2026. It reported that the statewide unmet facility need was about $7 billion in 2023, with about $951 million in local revenue available, and said its offers of assistance are paid as debt service over eight years. The commission also said the most recent legislative offer of assistance was its smallest since SFCC’s creation in 1985, and requested an additional $60 million for the next biennium. Members asked about how districts use nickel tax levies, who determines facility need, whether the process includes physical inspections, and how bonding capacity affects offers of assistance. Staff said nickel levies are generally adopted with regular tax rates, that facility need is locally developed but reviewed by KDE, and that KDE project managers and district-hired architects review plans on paper rather than through in-person inspections. They also explained that bonding capacity can affect a district’s ability to use or receive assistance. Questions were also raised about federal funds tied to earlier KIX grants and about districts with zero remaining offers of assistance; staff said most grant-funded projects are underway or complete, and that a zero balance means a district has spent its available assistance. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• One is what we call a classroom capacity assessment system database that tells you, based on multiple
• system database that tells assessment system database that tells you<00:56:38.000><c> based</c><00:56
• totaling an assessed amount of approximately $233 million.
• in a year season Auditors um can assess in a year wow<01:42:31.440><c> and</c><01:42:31.560><c> that's
• You know, the AI consulting contract that you were mentioning earlier, is that an overall assessment

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Finance held informational briefings first with the Department of Defense on its FY 2026 budget request, then with the Hawaii School Facilities Authority. Major General Steve Logan outlined the Department of Defense request for $40.5 million in state funds, which he said would leverage about $74 million in federal matching funds and support 411 open projects that could attract up to $2.3 billion in additional federal grant money. He said the budget focuses on sustainment, safety, and reorganization in light of lessons from the Maui wildfires. Key requests included $1.3 million to sustain IT systems, $2.7 million for 32 HEMA emergency management positions, three new Hawaii Army National Guard positions plus four upgrades, and $1.9 million for the Youth Challenge Program to cover state-mandated fringe costs and staffing needs. He also reviewed capital improvement projects, including Youth Challenge facility upgrades, siren modernization, ADA improvements, building retrofits for disaster resilience, Army facility upgrades, a third state veterans home on Maui, HEMA EOC improvements, and a maintenance/fuel building at Diamond Head. Members asked about the siren modernization timeline, and HEMA said roughly 26 to 31 sirens would be modernized this year, with 15 on Maui, eight on Oahu, and eight on the Big Island. Questions also focused on Youth Challenge and Job Challenge enrollment and vacancies, with the department saying the Hilo Job Challenge Academy is growing and that combining Youth Challenge recruiting statewide into one Kilauea program has helped enrollment. Logan also answered questions about the New Year’s Eve medical transport mission, explaining the Hawaii Air National Guard’s relationship with active-duty Air Force assets and saying the flight cost is about $20,000 per flight hour, though the final bill had not yet been determined. On the Maui veterans home, staff said the University of Hawaii site was no longer viable after faculty senate opposition, so the department is now focused on a 10-acre Puna District site; the project remains tied to a certified $35 million state match and August 2025 and August 2026 federal suspense dates. Logan said the veterans home remains one of the department’s highest priorities, but it could not be moved higher in the submitted CIP ranking. The department also discussed a Governor’s add-on for a fire marshal/Office of Recovery and Resiliency proposal. Logan said the fire marshal position was reestablished last session but has not yet been filled, and that if the function is transferred to the Department of Defense, the department wants funding ready to move quickly. Staff later said the request would include about $1.1 million for seven positions and about $2.2 million for operating costs, though details were still preliminary. The committee then reconvened for the School Facilities Authority briefing, where Executive Director Ricky Fujitani described the agency as a startup created in 2020 to improve school and workforce housing development through standardized designs, prefabrication, best-value procurement, and public-private partnerships. He said Hawaii’s single school district still functions like 15 different districts because of its 264 schools across 15 complex areas, and that the authority’s goal is to create more efficient, maintainable, and cost-effective facilities.

Transcript Highlights:

• It also makes it difficult for lenders to assess the risk in terms of creating construction loans and
• According to the 2023 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report from the U.S.
• He said, according to the 2023 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report from the U.S.
• the property, the assessment, the value of the property as a commercially zoned structure.
• </c><04:21:23.239><c> of</c> whole building but the assessment of whole building but the assessment of

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Housing Committee heard testimony on HB 577, a bill to expand accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in New Hampshire. The sponsor and supporters described the state’s housing shortage and argued the bill would make it easier for property owners to build ADUs by right, up to 950 square feet, either attached or detached, while still requiring compliance with building codes, septic/water limits, and other local requirements. Supporters said the measure would help seniors age in place, provide housing for young adults, caregivers, and workers, and make better use of existing property such as garages and barns. Representative Reed raised concern that removing language related to short-term rentals could allow ADUs to be used for that purpose rather than long-term housing. The sponsor said he was open to clarifying language on short-term rentals, and another witness explained that current law already allows municipalities some choice on ingress/egress requirements, while the bill would standardize that and leave the design choice to the property owner. Several supportive witnesses followed, including the New Hampshire Home Builders Association, the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, the Business and Industry Association, AARP, Housing Action New Hampshire, 603 Forward, and New Hampshire Youth Movement. They emphasized affordability, property rights, workforce housing, intergenerational living, and the need for statewide consistency. A Derry resident testified that his existing garage space could be converted into an ADU under HB 577, but current local rules prevent that because it is detached; he said the bill would let him rent it affordably. Supporters also argued that ADUs can increase property values and help homeowners cover mortgages and taxes. In opposition, the New Hampshire Municipal Association said the bill would impose a local zoning mandate, could add density pressure on already stressed infrastructure, and did not guarantee that new units would be affordable or workforce housing. No vote or final committee action was taken in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• The city is unable to assess 20% of the project as it's adjacent to a city park, and homeowners along
• the area have already been assessed, so utility would need to fund this strictly on its own.
• The city is unable to assess 20% of the project as it's adjacent to a city park, and homeowners along
• the area have already been assessed, so utility would need to fund this strictly on its own.
• 20 20% of the city is unable to assess 20 20% of the project<01:15:17.719><c> as</c><01:15:18.120><c

Bills: HF220 , HF230 , HF240 , HF241 , HF295 , HF429 , HF490 , HF505 , HF574 , HF576 , HF581 , HF865 , HF918 , HF1085 , HF1449 , HF1452 , HF1454 , HF602

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: HF220, Minnesota transportation, highway user tax distribution fund, trunk highway fund, Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT, transportation finance, dedicated funds, funding restrictions, arts in transportation, cultural strategies, transportation project planning, project design, project construction, placemaking, public art, infrastructure spending, state statutes 161.045, HF230, Wyoming

Transcript Highlights:

• And and so as I read this, it says to um assessing a fee of this, it says to um assessing a fee of this
• a fee on certain seafood, with assessing a fee on certain seafood, with assessing a fee on certain seafood
• , but I thought we were assessing a fee on but I thought we were assessing a fee on but I thought we
• with the supply to my other assessment with the supply to my other assessment with the supply chain
• on the the economic would be assessed on the the economic would be assessed on the the economic times

Bills: HJR 4 , HJR 6 , HB 195 , HB 13 , HB 143 , HB 135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:08:21.080><c> by</c> of these are in-person assessments by of these are in-person assessments
• We get access to an annual self-assessment survey to evaluate cybersecurity maturity.
• We get access to an annual self-assessment survey to evaluate cybersecurity maturity.
• We get access to an annual self-assessment survey to evaluate cybersecurity maturity.
• We get access to an annual self-assessment survey to evaluate cybersecurity maturity.

Committee: Senate Elections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• there are more than a few frivolous cases, and that suggests there should be some initial level of screening
• 24:45.919><c> of</c> there should be some initial level of there should be some initial level of screening
• 24:48.960><c> court</c><00:24:49.279><c> has</c><00:24:49.520><c> to</c><00:24:49.679><c> go</c> screening
• before um the court has to go screening before um the court has to go further.<00:24:50.640><c> I</c
• this: have you had, uh, in the DNA context, have you had circumstances where the sort of initial screening

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 141, which would create a narrow exception to New Hampshire’s three-year deadline for motions for a new trial when a petitioner has newly discovered evidence, new forensic testing, or new scientific understanding. The prime sponsor’s representative and advocates from the Innocence Project and New England Innocence Project argued the bill is needed to help wrongfully convicted people access the courts, noting that exonerations often take many years and that outdated forensic science has contributed to wrongful convictions. The chair also said he had drafted a proposed amendment for committee review, but it had not yet been formally submitted. Witnesses supporting the bill emphasized that the measure would not guarantee relief, only allow a petition to be filed and reviewed under existing standards. They discussed examples such as arson science, explaining that some convictions were based on forensic methods later shown to be unreliable. Committee members asked about the scope of habeas corpus, whether the bill would create a new cause of action, and whether additional screening or pleading requirements should be added. The supporters said they would be open to requiring a petitioner to plead innocence, but opposed adding more burdensome preliminary procedures or counsel requirements at the filing stage. Thomas Farardi, from the Attorney General’s Office, testified in opposition or with caution, saying the bill was a “solution looking for a problem” because existing habeas corpus and coram nobis procedures already provide avenues for relief, and prosecutors can act when credible new evidence arises. He argued the current draft could invite additional litigation and create a new cause of action, and said he favored more screening before cases proceed. The discussion also touched on whether the statute applies in criminal cases, the current three-year limitation in RSA 526:4, and questions about posthumous petitions and petitions by deported individuals. No vote or executive action was taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Before it's even started, the still developing methodology for assessing the value of VMT mitigation
• Before it's even started, the still developing methodology for assessing the value of VMT mitigation
• Mitigation valuation should be an objective, science-based assessment of the mitigation being undertaken

Committee: House Housing and Community Development

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This program will allow the industry itself to assess itself and to create a statewide program to market
• This program will allow the industry itself to assess itself and to create a statewide program to market
• We've stepped up to say we're going to tax ourselves, we're going to assess ourselves.

Bills: HB2325 , HB2521 , HB2720 , HB1960 , HB2073 , HB2675 , HB2681

Keywords: tourism, tourism promotion, Washington Tourism Marketing Authority, assessment, self-supported assessment, visitor economy, destination marketing, statewide marketing, lodging, hotels, restaurants, travel services, attractions, recreation, retail, beverage producers, arts and culture, tribal nations, tribal businesses, rural communities

Transcript Highlights:

• two-year process where we send in year one pension bills we want to consider off to get an actuarial assessment
• We want to consider them off to get an actuarial assessment as to what the cost of the pension might
• every bill that gets run out of the thousands that get filed goes through the fiscal staff for an assessment

Bills: HB1784 , HB1245 , HB1268 , HB2116 , HB2193 , HB2206 , HB1739 , HB1889 , HB1904 , HB3172 , HB4225 , HB4352 , HB3625 , HB4263

Committee: House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions

Keywords: education reform, local control, student outcomes, curriculum changes, school funding, retirement, pension, public employees, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, benefits, survivorship, contribution rates, disability retirement, deferred option plan, service credit, contributions, distributions, HB2116, Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, OLERS

Transcript Highlights:

• Chairman Cannon, Representative Birch, I would not agree with that assessment.
• interest on those fees from late property tax collections should go back to the jurisdictions that assess
• collect all the taxes and we're collecting something on delinquencies, there's a 2% late fee that is assessed

Summary: The House Revenue and Taxation Committee approved minutes from February 2, 3, 5, and 9, 2026, then considered several revenue-related measures. RS 33317, a clarification to last year’s urban renewal district changes, would require agencies not to deny fire district or ambulance service district withdrawal requests when no outstanding bonded or written contractual obligations remain, and it was introduced after brief questions about consultation and fiscal impact. The committee then heard House Bill 506 and related RS 33329 on the STARS program, which allows developers to front infrastructure costs for qualifying projects and receive a rebate of up to 60% of new sales tax revenue. Representative Monks explained the bill would raise the program’s floor and ceiling, while the RS would instead lower the floor and keep the ceiling at $100 million; after questions about timing, windfalls, and project scope, the committee held HB 506 in committee and introduced RS 33329 with a due pass recommendation to the second reading calendar. House Bill 610, which would extend homestead exemption treatment to people away on religious missions in the same way it applies to military service members, was sent to the floor with a due pass recommendation. House Bill 594, which codifies a Supreme Court ruling directing late property tax fees and interest to the jurisdictions that assess them, also received a due pass recommendation after supportive testimony from county treasurers and a city administrator. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• MAY BE A THREAT TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS BECAUSE IT REQUIRES PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS TO HAVE THREAT ASSESSMENT
• A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT COME TOGETHER AND EACH UNIVERSITY IN STATE COLLEGE HAS TO CREATE A RISK ASSESSMENT
• PERMISSION TO GO DO THAT AND BRING IT BACK TO US SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO REVISIT THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR AND ASSESS

Transcript Highlights:

• around clarifying that the 30-day timeline for a citation begins when the department issues its assessment
• And it repeals the statute requiring L&I to assess civil penalties against repeat and willful violators
• And it repeals the statute requiring L&I to assess civil penalties against repeat and willful violators

Summary: The committee held executive session on eight bills and heard staff briefings on each measure and any proposed substitutes or amendments. The bills covered domestic worker labor protections (HB 2355), a PTSD treatment pilot in workers’ compensation (HB 2405), electronic notices from L&I (HB 2406), private-sector collective bargaining (HB 2471), fire sprinkler contractor licensing and fitter certification (HB 2472), wage complaint enforcement discretion (HB 2478), a wage recovery program and account (HB 2479), and behavioral health and wellness training for apprentices (HB 2492). Several amendments were described as stakeholder-driven or clarifying, including changes to babysitting exemptions and disclosure language in HB 2355, opt-in language for the PTSD pilot in HB 2405, restoration of some current-law notice provisions in HB 2406, and technical or policy-aligning changes in the wage and apprenticeship bills. During final action, the committee adopted the proposed substitute for HB 2355 and reported it out with a due pass recommendation on a 6-3 vote, with opponents citing the fiscal note and affordability concerns. HB 2405 was amended to make participation in the PTSD pilot voluntary for workers and self-insurers, then passed unanimously out of committee. HB 2406 also passed unanimously after an amendment preserving certain current-law notice provisions. HB 2471, the collective bargaining bill, was reported out on a 6-3 vote after debate over whether the bill was premature given the current status of the NLRB. The committee then adopted a stakeholder amendment to HB 2472 and passed it unanimously, followed by unanimous passage of amended HB 2478, which gives L&I discretion in wage complaint enforcement and requires public prioritization of complaints. HB 2479, creating a wage recovery program and account, was also amended and passed unanimously, with members emphasizing bipartisan support and the goal of helping workers recover unpaid wages faster. Finally, HB 2492 was amended to allow certain behavioral health training to count toward continuing education for licensed electricians and plumbers, and it passed unanimously before the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Late last month, state regulators ordered Edison to assess fire risk on 355 miles of unused transmission
• And so we need the investor-owned utilities to create a plan, assess how long these lines have been sitting
• And so we need the investor-owned utilities to create a plan, assess how long these lines have been sitting

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• While we work with our outside stakeholders to do assessments and...
• that time, the officer works with the juvenile probation team, and they run what's called a risk assessment
• I wouldn't be able to assess.

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• And additionally, it has international assessments of Florida virtual school services, students outside
• The credit cannot be assessed by the personal finance road up to his which case your garments require
• So that school readiness program providers have minimum who need minimum program assessment.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, the agencies indicated they could have troubles assessing these performance measures on a case by
• Uh, this is, uh, a writer to study and assess the direct and indirect economic costs incurred by the
• The entity to provide an independent assessment of rules, regulations, and minimum standards for childcare

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article II