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• The Committee on State Affairs will come to order.
• ... ...states from conducting overlapping security reviews.
• I think the Secretary of State can tell you the exact code number; I don't remember it right away, but
• If this and the Secretary of State made a...
• So the other provision that was Section 127.156 of the Election Code.

Bills: SB1065, SB2117, SB2217, SB2363, SB2533, SB2742, SB2743, SB2881, SB2964, SB3013, SB3014

Keywords: SB 1065, handgun carry, license holder, concealed carry, open carry, government contracts, governmental entity, property lease, state agencies, local government, higher education, university, Texas Government Code, Penal Code 30.06, Penal Code 30.07, Penal Code 46.03, Second Amendment, gun rights, firearms, civil penalty

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• In reading, the city of Dallas ran the state fair at fair part current state law. prohibits them from
• Texas state lawmakers to the state fair to urge them to rescind their policy and those 70 representatives
• So we need this bill to protect not just the state fair but everywhere else in the state. happens to
• After experiencing a shooting at the state fair in 2023, the state fair stated, safety is the number
• Will Texas Administrative Code...

Bills: SB1065, SB2117, SB2217, SB2363, SB2533, SB2742, SB2743, SB2881, SB2964, SB3013, SB3014

Keywords: SB 1065, handgun carry, license holder, concealed carry, open carry, government contracts, governmental entity, property lease, state agencies, local government, higher education, university, Texas Government Code, Penal Code 30.06, Penal Code 30.07, Penal Code 46.03, Second Amendment, gun rights, firearms, civil penalty

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• law or Section 46.03 of the Penal Code.
• A letter was sent and signed by 70 Texas state lawmakers to the State Fair to urge them to rescind their
• So we need this bill to protect not just the State Fair, but everywhere else in the state that happens
• So we need this bill to protect not just the state fair, but everywhere else in the state that happens
• After experiencing a shooting at the State Fair in 2023, the State Fair stated, 'Safety is the number

Bills: SB1065, SB2117, SB2217, SB2363, SB2533, SB2742, SB2743, SB2881, SB2964, SB3013, SB3014

Keywords: SB 1065, handgun carry, license holder, concealed carry, open carry, government contracts, governmental entity, property lease, state agencies, local government, higher education, university, Texas Government Code, Penal Code 30.06, Penal Code 30.07, Penal Code 46.03, Second Amendment, gun rights, firearms, civil penalty

Summary: The Senate State Affairs Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 1065, which would require government property contracts to prohibit contractors from barring licensed handgun holders from carrying firearms on leased or owned public property, with civil penalties and attorney general enforcement for violations. Senator Hall and invited witnesses from the Texas State Rifle Association, NRA, and Texas Gun Rights argued the bill would close a loophole exposed by the State Fair of Texas gun ban and protect law-abiding Texans’ self-defense rights. Opponents, including Moms Demand Action/Everytown, said the bill would undermine event organizers’ ability to set site-specific safety rules and could increase liability and insurance costs. Public testimony was then closed and the bill was left pending. The committee next took up Senate Bill 2742, which would create civil penalties for independent school districts and officials who use public resources for electioneering, waive immunity defenses, and expand attorney general enforcement. Senator Hagan-Bood said current law bans the conduct but lacks meaningful penalties, making injunctions the only remedy. No public testimony was heard, and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2743, also by Senator Hagan-Bood, which would allow a court to disqualify local prosecutors who refuse to prosecute election offenses and appoint the attorney general to handle the case, with a committee substitute adjusting the removal process through an adjacent-county judge. Opponents from the Texas Civil Rights Project argued the bill would undermine prosecutorial discretion and was vague and open to abuse, while a Harris County election official described past instances where alleged voter fraud cases were not pursued. After testimony, public comment was closed and SB 2743 was left pending.

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• The section also provides a state payment for the taxes attributable to the exemption.
• The state has a tax, the county has a tax, and now the city has a tax.
• My federal taxes I can file for free; I always pay for my state taxes.
• We hope you can build further on Child Tax Credit expansion for filing state income taxes.
• Use for the state housing tax credit to approve its effectiveness for supportive housing.

Bills: HF2730, HF2257, HF2768, HF1932, HF2437

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

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• c> to<00:30:00.559> the state tax revenue provisions to the state tax revenue provisions to
• The state has a tax, the county has a tax, now the city has a tax.
• , state has a tax, the county has a tax, state has a tax, the county has a tax, now<01:05:15.280>
• So, their state taxes um before that.
• c> to for the state housing tax credit to for the state housing tax credit to approve<01:35:57.360

Bills: HF2730, HF2257, HF2768, HF1932, HF2437

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

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• We're increasing some hours here within the state house and moving into the new state house as well,
• year 2025 state general fund appropriation.
• Chairman Lee, this bill would extend the hospital provider tax through the fiscal year of 2028.
• HB 182 is the same provider tax; this being for...
• match, $2 million for the Medicaid State match, $2 million for the Medicaid State match, $2 million

Bills: HB186, HB185, HB184, HB183, HB181, HB312, HB405, HB182, HB460

Keywords: Alabama budget, general fund appropriations, fiscal year 2026, state budget, appropriations act, HB186, executive branch funding, legislative branch funding, judicial branch funding, debt service, capital outlay, corrections, Medicaid, public health, mental health, transportation, education, law enforcement, tourism, veterans affairs

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• As tax practitioners, we use published state letter rulings as a tool to provide tax guidance for our
• Related to their business or tax issue to see a State Department of Revenue's position.
• base to gain benefits from our tax code that regular people have no hope of benefiting from.
• the state income tax on their compensation in Minnesota if they work in Minnesota for thirty days or
• and employers who may be required to withhold income tax for a few days worked in another state.

Bills: HF2048, HF2360, HF2006, HF950, HF912, HF3140, HF2931

Keywords: individual income tax, retirement contributions, tax corrections, annuity contracts, tax year attribution, tax credit, economic development, community investment, data disclosure, Minnesota regulations, tax increment financing, municipal authority, job creation, transferred increment, public hearing, nonresident employees, income tax exemption, Minnesota taxation, employment duties, tax withholding

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• Leader, Senate Bill 1477 is a request from the state regent's tightening up our concurrent enrollment
• Senate Bill 1405 reauthorizes the income tax checkoff for donations made to the Oklahoma Wildlife Diversity

Bills: SB44, SB546, SB1213, SB1256, SB1287, SB1443, SB1644, SB1653, SB1716, SB1209, SB1826, SB1919, SB1930, SB1976, SB2028, SB2067, SB2072, SB2117, SB710, SB1477, SB1405

Keywords: sales tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, contractors, charitable purposes, state law, SB1213, earned credits, inmate credits, good time, sentence reduction, Department of Corrections, DOC, prison reform, corrections policy, inmate classification, class levels, rehabilitation credits, achievement credits, vocational training, educational credits

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• > just<00:03:17.519> taxes not just state taxes, not just taxes not just state taxes, not
• I don't know if everybody knows that when you look at state tax codes, the 50 states, and you rank them
• when you look at state tax codes, the 50 when you look at state tax codes, the 50 states,<00:24:
• state tax code in most progressive uh, state tax code in the<00:24:40.880> country,<00:24:41.279
• for our state tax code and its for our state tax code and its progressivity,<00:26:09.840> but

Bills: HF331, HF916

Keywords: school supplies, sales tax exemption, use tax, sales and use tax, back-to-school, classroom supplies, education tax relief, tax holiday, retail exemption, Minnesota sales tax, school materials, binders, calculators, notebooks, pencils, backpacks, book bags, local tax revenue, taxable sales base, income tax

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• You guys give tax-free bond loans; they are taxable and tax-exempt, so both, and they're for private
• What is the current state of the law for electricians?
• , states that it must generally be consistent.
• Additionally, it amends the Business Organizations Code.
• The substitute for HB 2791 helps ensure that the taxes.

Bills: HB431, HB648, HB 1006, HB1926, HB2037, HB2468, HB2788, HB2791, HB3255, HB3260

Keywords: HB 431, Texas Property Code, Property Code Chapter 202, solar roof tiles, solar shingles, solar energy device, homeowners association, HOA, property owners' association, POA, renewable energy, residential solar, distributed solar, roof-mounted solar, homeowner rights, architectural control, restrictive covenants, real estate, subdivision regulations, multi-zoned subdivisions

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• when it comes to taxes and fees on cell phones?
• Nobody likes to pay tax, me either.
• I'm here to do the business that the state needs to do.
• outside the United States.
• , Is 15.3% of self-employment tax.

Bills: LB815A, LB838A, LB912A, LB972A, LB1126A, LB962A, LB1114, LB921, LB937, LB803, LB803A, LB1032, LB1032A, LB1075, LB1075A, LB889, LB878, LB933, LB304, LB304A, LB1096, LB1096A, LB1165, LB1165A, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB743, LB745, LB749, LB778, LB787

Keywords: LB815A, LB815, appropriation, appropriations bill, Nebraska Department of Revenue, Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement and Collection Cash Fund, motor fuel tax, gas tax, fuel tax, tax enforcement, tax collection, cash fund, budget, state spending, per diem, salaries, fiscal year, enrollment and review, final reading, Nebraska

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• We're trying to get a process in place that's worked well in our sister states, red states and blue states
• changes or state laws, unless those state laws are an issue of state, unless those laws are a matter
• of state-wide concern.
• Detrimental to the state troopers. detrimental to the state troopers.
• Well, 16 of the 17 states that are medical-only states have some version of 933.

Bills: LB815A, LB838A, LB912A, LB972A, LB1126A, LB962A, LB1114, LB921, LB937, LB803, LB803A, LB1032, LB1032A, LB1075, LB1075A, LB889, LB878, LB933, LB304, LB304A, LB1096, LB1096A, LB1165, LB1165A, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB743, LB745, LB749, LB778, LB787

Keywords: LB815A, LB815, appropriation, appropriations bill, Nebraska Department of Revenue, Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement and Collection Cash Fund, motor fuel tax, gas tax, fuel tax, tax enforcement, tax collection, cash fund, budget, state spending, per diem, salaries, fiscal year, enrollment and review, final reading, Nebraska

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• As tax practitioners, we use published state letter rulings as a tool to provide tax guidance for our
• Even taxpayers themselves will often search topics from other states related to their business or tax
• individuals on Minnesota and other state individuals on Minnesota and other state tax tax tax matters
• base, to gain benefits from our tax code that regular people have no hope of benefiting from.
• <00:19:19.440> code<00:19:19.679> that to gain benefits from our tax code that to gain

Bills: HF2048, HF2360, HF2006, HF950, HF912, HF3140, HF2931

Keywords: individual income tax, retirement contributions, tax corrections, annuity contracts, tax year attribution, tax credit, economic development, community investment, data disclosure, Minnesota regulations, tax increment financing, municipal authority, job creation, transferred increment, public hearing, nonresident employees, income tax exemption, Minnesota taxation, employment duties, tax withholding

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• Both of you have talked about quasi-state.
• It defines insurance premium tax as a multiple license tax imposed on insurance based on premiums written
• premium tax, and administer and enforce those taxes within the city limits.
• HB 377 is regarding state examiners and deputy state examiners.
• We worked with the state attorney general and the state civil service to hold any movement or our conversations

Bills: SB348, SB444, SB485, SB517, HB87, HB115, HB162, HB362, HB368, HB377, HB431, HB441, HB466, HB664, HB741, HB822, HB990, HB1243

Keywords: motor vehicles, enforcement, administrative support, law enforcement, private service provider, regulatory compliance, expropriation, public purpose, property rights, compensation, city governance, St. George, insurance premium tax, city of St. George, municipal authority, local taxation, East Baton Rouge Parish, economic development, Baton Rouge North, commissioners

Summary: The committee on local and municipal affairs met on May 7, 2026, approved the prior meeting minutes, and then took up a series of local bills. HB 362 creating the Regency Park Towns Townhomes Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish was reported favorably without objection. HB 822, dealing with nonprofit entities that hold appointments on boards and commissions while not in good standing with the Secretary of State, drew questions about whether it targeted a specific entity and about how long an entity should be out of good standing; the committee adopted an amendment changing the trigger to three consecutive years and then reported the bill as amended. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 1243, which would give the Orleans Parish City Council more authority over the Sewer and Water Board. The sponsor, Council President J.P. Morrell, and Representative Hilfordy argued the bill would move New Orleans toward a more local, responsive public-works model and help address long-standing dysfunction. The Bureau of Governmental Research testified that it supported increased local control but urged a formal study or transition plan so the city would document the future governance structure. Despite those concerns, the committee adopted an amendment clarifying ownership of assets and then reported HB 1243 as amended. The committee also handled several St. George bills and other local measures. SB 348, allowing third-party administrative support for motor vehicle enforcement, and SB 444, granting expropriation authority for certain public projects, were reported favorably. SB 485, transferring insurance premium tax authority to the City of St. George, was initially amended but then reconsidered; the amendment was stripped and the bill was reported favorably. HB 990, concerning Jefferson Parish and unpaid water/sewer bills on multifamily properties, HB 466 on West Feliciana Parish property-tax rebates, HB 664 raising parish ordinance fines, HB 87 increasing per diem for a Livingston Parish gas utility district board, HB 115 abolishing the police chief for the Village of Edgefield, HB 741 creating emergency housing vouchers for human trafficking survivors, HB 377 removing civil-service pay restrictions for state examiners, HB 162 updating a crime prevention district fee, HB 368 raising fines for improper demolition of historic properties, and HB 441 returning Sewer and Water Board employees to city civil service were all reported favorably, most without objection. HB 431, requiring mayors to complete 16 hours of annual training, was amended to add continuing legal education and national conferences and then reported as amended. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.

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• This is a union state. It's not a right-to-work state.
• This is a union state. This is a union state.
• It's not a right-to-work state. It's not a right-to-work state.
• We have many productions that come to this state and take advantage of the film tax credit that we have
• businesses um here in our state. businesses um here in our state.

Bills: SB2580, SB2578, SB2259, SB3084, SB2816, SB2928, SB2075, SB3322, SB2377, SB2436, SB2835, SB3248

Keywords: SB2580, Hawaii film tax credit, motion picture tax credit, digital media credit, film production incentive, income tax credit, general excise tax exemption, DBEDT, DOTAX, local hires, local workforce, film industry, movie production, television production, streaming platform, streaming series, loan-out companies, motion picture project employer, qualified production, qualified production costs

Summary: The committee opened by reviewing hearing procedures and then took up SB 2580, which concerns Hawaii’s film production tax credit and related incentives. Testimony was strongly supportive overall, with witnesses saying the measure would help attract productions, extend the sunset date, include streaming platforms, and strengthen the state’s competitiveness. Several supporters asked for cleanup language on grant administration, tax credit management, local-hire uplifts, and limits on third-party audit requirements for smaller productions. The state film office said the bill was generally strong but suggested clarifying language and noted that DBEDT and DOTAX already provide oversight of the current credit. No vote was taken in the transcript, but the bill drew broad support with a few comments and one opposition noted later in the hearing. The committee then heard SB 2578 SD1, a measure to create a film commission and related grant structure. Testifiers said the proposal would formalize industry input, improve accountability, and help the state compete globally, but they also raised concerns about how a new grant program would interact with the existing tax credit system. The film office said the grant program and tax credit should be separated operationally, that the advisory structure should include industry voices and possibly union representation, and that county film commissioner language may need technical adjustment. A testifier also suggested a Hawaii film museum and related tourism opportunities. The measure was described as having 42 supporters, one opposition, and five comments, with no final action shown. The committee next considered SB 2259, a dementia training measure. Supporters, including the bill’s drafter and the Alzheimer’s Association, described personal caregiving experiences and said free dementia training could help workers and families. Suggested amendments focused on clarifying the relationship between EOA and DBED and allowing retraining every two years because of workforce turnover. DBED said the bill is worthwhile but is not really an economic development initiative, and it should align with existing dementia programs and be easy for businesses to use, preferably online. The committee then moved to SB 3084 SD1, which HTDC said would expand its R&D matching program beyond SBIR to other federal research grants because of uncertainty at the federal level; the transcript ends as testimony begins, with no vote or final action recorded.

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• I don't want to rehash what was stated this morning—great testimony from the three gentlemen, including
• Sales tax on that as well. If I choose not to buy the sausage, I don't have to pay any sales tax.
• Currently, Austin residents and businesses contribute. through taxes and fees that they pay.
• I don't think that there's any one group, certainly not at the state level, to blame for that.
• Change the way eligibility is considered under state law. Chair Holland, any questions?

Bills: HB2838, HB2964, HB3213, SB924

Keywords: broadband, internet access, digital equity, tax reduction, government funding, rural counties, fiber-optic, state funding, infrastructure, digital divide, economic development, fiber-optic cable, excavation, utilities, civil penalties, municipal regulations, video services, regulation, public right-of-way, franchise authority

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• access from sales and use tax.
• You are seeking to amend section 660002 of the Utilities Code.
• tax.
• As a state, we retained our public lands when other states ceded them to the federal government.
• of Texas like you would in Colorado or other western states.

Bills: HB2838, HB2964, HB3213, SB924

Keywords: broadband, internet access, digital equity, tax reduction, government funding, rural counties, fiber-optic, state funding, infrastructure, digital divide, economic development, fiber-optic cable, excavation, utilities, civil penalties, municipal regulations, video services, regulation, public right-of-way, franchise authority

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• It helps our Greater Minnesota school districts that don't have the same tax benefits. ...tax base of
• If you'd state your name. For the record, please state your name and begin your testimony.
• It says just calculating the state aid difference of what the state would pay instead of what these.
• We can do that through taxes.
• It's an interesting concept that we give a lot of state money to other places, like tax expenditures—

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• And so that's where I had LSO start saying, where can we take that 12% out of the taxes that the state
• And so that's where I had LSO start saying, where can we take that 12% out of the taxes that the state
• That portion that we collect and give that full property tax relief burden back on the state.
• And so that's where I had LSO start saying, where can we take that 12% out of the taxes that the state
• And so that's where I had LSO start saying, where can we take that 12% out of the taxes that the state

Bills: SF0061, SF0098, SF0110

Keywords: sales tax, motor vehicle, family transfer, tax exemption, Wyoming legislation, veteran, property tax exemption, Wyoming National Guard, honorable discharge, tax benefits, surviving spouse, military service, property tax, residential real estate, tax assessment, primary residence, tax revenue, 916, all

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• Why do they not have to register with the state? Mr.
• students that we're seeing that are not within the state.
• Within the rebate, are we providing that rebate, the state? Is it a state-funded rebate, Mr. Chair?
• It's the state. And it's via a grant program.
• out of state.

Bills: HB253, HB153, HB255, HB287, HB371, SB151, HB8, SB177

Keywords: distance learning, virtual instruction, public education, student enrollment, school funding, education standards, pandemic education response, low-carbon construction, construction materials, rebate, environmental product declaration, EPD, embodied carbon, carbon intensity, greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonization, industrial incentives, clean manufacturing, cement, concrete