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• Are we getting the most value for the land?
• Are you and your neighbors concerned about the effect on your property values?
• So I don't think we need this to protect people's homes and property values.
• So you're okay with 50% of your property value going away in your particular home?
• And if the, the, the, the Values of our property.

Committee: House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2150, which continues the State Land Department until July 1, 2030. Members questioned the commissioner extensively about agency procedures, backlog, appraisals, auction practices, privilege claims in the Fontamonte audit, and the Coyotes land transaction. The committee also discussed the Griffin amendment, which required quarterly updates, a public hearing on the department’s strategic plan, changes to conceptual land use plans and five-year disposition plans, and legislative findings. After debate over oversight and accountability, the amendment was adopted and HB 2150 was returned with a do pass recommendation by a 6-4 vote. The committee then considered House Bill 2975, which would suspend the State Land Department’s solar scoring map and require new mining and housing resource maps, with the amendment changing the mapping deadline and requiring the maps to be posted online. Supporters said the bill would improve fairness and maximize trust revenue for schools by avoiding favoritism toward solar; opponents argued the solar map is only a guidance tool and that removing it could reduce transparency and revenue. The department said it was neutral but asked for additional staff or consultant support if the bill passed. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2975 as amended on a 6-4 vote. House Bill 2781 followed, addressing solar plant decommissioning, restoration, financial assurance, insurance, and a remediation fund. The amendment narrowed the bill to decommissioning standards and limited its reach to projects receiving permits after the effective date. Testimony focused on the need to ensure solar sites are restored and that taxpayers are not left with cleanup costs; several speakers cited abandoned or aging energy infrastructure as a cautionary example. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2781 as amended by a 6-4 vote. Finally, the committee began House Bill 2267, which would classify certain utility-scale wind or solar projects within four miles of residential property as a public nuisance, with exceptions and grandfathering for existing projects. The sponsor argued the bill responds to concerns about large renewable projects near homes and property value impacts, while the amendment narrowed the scope to utility-scale wind and solar and excluded rooftop solar and existing projects. The transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 2267.

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• And thank you for mentioning their value, that agency's value.
• But I think in terms, there's a lot of value, and I think there would be even more value in the short
• Because its value is invaluable, right? I know that. Its value is invaluable, right?
• Our final panel is on valuing and elevating the arts.
• Again, our value is human first and foremost.

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on how recent federal actions are affecting arts, culture, humanities, libraries, museums, and the creative economy in California. Chair Ben Allen and Vice Chair Chris Ward opened by describing the hearing as a response to proposed and ongoing federal cuts to the NEA, NEH, IMLS, and public broadcasting, as well as grant terminations and leadership changes at cultural institutions. Several members emphasized the economic and civic importance of the arts, while one Republican member argued for greater ideological diversity in the arts and noted the loss of music programs in small schools. Testimony from Aaron Harky of Americans for the Arts and Jolie Fisher of SAG-AFTRA described the impact of federal policy on grants, jobs, and production. Harky said executive orders and the FY 2026 budget proposal threaten arts agencies and arts education, and that rescinded grants are causing hiring freezes, shutdowns, and losses for small organizations, especially in rural and underserved communities. Fisher focused on runaway film and television production, outdated tax rules, and the need for federal incentives, intellectual property protections, and action on AI and digital replicas. Members also discussed bipartisan support, the role of business and tourism partners, and the need to include more diverse voices in arts advocacy. The second panel featured Rick Noguchi of California Humanities, Greg Lucas of the State Library, and Danielle Purcell of the California Arts Council. Noguchi said NEH funding was cut immediately, putting California Humanities’ grantmaking and documentary programs at risk and prompting consideration of litigation and possible state support. Lucas reported that IMLS funding for California libraries was briefly canceled but partly restored, though a budget gap remains. Purcell said the California Arts Council is still awaiting federal award language for state partnership funds, but NEA grant terminations and the proposed elimination of federal cultural agencies create major uncertainty; she also said the council is assessing the damage and tracking impacts on grantees. Members asked about measuring outcomes, AI’s threat to creative work, documentary funding losses, and possible state and national strategies to protect cultural institutions and jobs.

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• The cap, what's the, what's the economic value?
• You said that there's no limit on the value of human life. So I'm out. What's the economic value?
• Every life does have value, whether it, whether the life is in the womb, Well, every life does have value
• But we're doing our best to try to value all life.
• But we're doing our best to try to value all life.

Bills: S0164 , S0656 , S0892

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Keywords: wrongful death, unborn child, civil liability, medical provider, parental rights, habitual felony offenders, violent crimes, enhanced penalties, criminal justice, recidivism, 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Typically, a bona fide purchaser for value down the line has always been protected.
• And now you're leaving potentially a person who paid value without their home.
• No, I'm sure it could be because your bona fide purchaser for value now is defrauded, right?
• And now that person is a bona fide purchaser for value.
• I sold it to Senator Martins who would pay value for it, even though it wasn't mine to sell.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The committee considered a series of bills, with most advancing to the floor after brief discussion. Senate Bill 4238 on fraudulent conveyances drew the most substantive debate; one member raised concerns that the bill could upset protections for bona fide purchasers and lenders by automatically returning property to the original owner without adequately addressing downstream parties. The chair said those concerns would be shared with the sponsor, and the bill was held for further discussion rather than moved immediately. Several other measures were reported favorably, including bills granting immunity to businesses and nonprofits when crime victims seek help on their premises, extending filing timeframes for certain toxic-substance exposure claims, restricting certain homeowners association activities, regulating real estate listing agreements, creating a private right of action for deed theft, enacting the Clock Stop Act, addressing companion animals in domestic relations cases, repealing Judiciary Law section 470, extending certain mechanics liens, and waiving biannual attorney registration fees for public-service attorneys. The attorney fee-waiver bill received especially strong support from members, though one member noted the loss of registration-fee revenue and the bill was reported to finance. The committee also discussed a bill to increase the number of family court judges in certain counties. Members generally supported adding judges but questioned why only specific counties were included, suggesting the need for a broader, data-driven review of caseloads and county needs. The sponsor and members expressed willingness to continue working on the issue, and the bill was reported to finance. The meeting concluded with notice that one final committee meeting would be held the following week.

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• THE UNITED STATES AND THEY HAVE BEEN ASSESSED BY THE DIVISION TO DETERMINE THAT THEY OFFER THE BEST VALUE
• WE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE TIME EFFORT ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN AND PROVIDING THE BEST VALUE TO THE STATE.
• LARGE NUMBERS TO ENSURE VENDORS AGENCIES AGENCY CUSTOMERS COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES ARE RECEIVING VALUE
• THIS KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR LETS US KNOW WHETHER WE ARE PROVIDING VALUE AND THE VALUE OF THE CENTRALIZED
• WE WANT TO CREATE MORE VALUE FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND GAIN EFFICIENCIES AND IMPROVE THESE PRACTICES

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The value of the 1.5% this biennium is approximately $28 million a year, which is really quite a lot
• of the trust to be 1.5% of the value of the trust to be made made made available<00:03:28.480><c> uh
• </c><00:05:02.520><c> of</c> uh Provisions in the bill the value of uh Provisions in the bill the value
• I appreciate that our state values it in this way, but I will be voting against this amendment, and I
• I appreciate that our state values it in this way, but I will be voting against this amendment, and I

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1183, house

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• for school districts and charter schools, the legislation sends a strong message that New Mexico values
• Chairman, final point I would make is that 23 million then will be redistributed in value.
• So they will see more money for the current fiscal year because of the increase to the unit value.
• To reduce the unit value, which means districts and charters would have all lost.
• And so, this bill allows us not only to not lower it, but to actually increase the unit value by 70.

Committee: Senate Senate Education

Keywords: 996, all

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• </c> which is far less than the market value which is far less than the market value of<00:32:50.559>
• So my question is, I get the fair market value.
• lease that included fair market value lease that included the<00:36:09.280><c> value</c><00:36:09.520
• That would have been wonderful in value.
• But this case to get fair market value.

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• of insured buildings and to provide more accurate property value assessments for agencies. more than
• buildings and to provide more accurate property value assessments for agencies.
• And if we do need the position, are they in the highest value of role for the department?
• And we've also moved two positions to higher-value roles. One being a department trainer.
• People are by far more value to us than what we can do with that money in other locations.

Summary: The Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committee heard budget presentations for the Department of Administration and the Permanent Building Fund. For the Department of Administration, analysts reviewed the agency’s dedicated-fund-heavy budget, recent staffing and utility adjustments, and FY 2027 requests including three new Medicaid procurement positions, a utilities shift from general fund to dedicated funds, and IT replacement items. Members questioned rising utility costs, office-space utilization, vacant buildings at the Chinden campus and 954 Jefferson, and whether the department was holding vacancies or reducing services. Director Steve Bailey said the department is trying to reduce general fund reliance, consolidate space, repurpose positions, and improve efficiency through digital tools; he also said the department is not intentionally holding vacancies and is actively filling needed positions. A major discussion focused on Medicaid procurement and the transition to managed care. Bailey said the requested procurement staff are needed to handle a large, complex solicitation and ongoing contract management, with legal and federal requirements and an Attorney General attorney assigned to assist. Senators asked about Deloitte’s role, other states’ procurement practices, and why the Department of Administration rather than Medicaid would run the process. Bailey explained that Medicaid provides program expertise while Purchasing runs the procurement. The committee also discussed the MMIS procurement, where Bailey said a court stay is delaying implementation after a second-place vendor challenged the process; he said that delay will also push back the broader MCO rollout. Another topic was the Office of Group Insurance’s decision to drop GLP-1 coverage for weight loss, which Bailey said was driven by rapid cost growth from an initial estimate of about $10,000 annually to roughly $15 million in 2025 and more than $30 million over three years. The committee then heard the Permanent Building Fund budget. Analysts explained the fund’s revenue sources, the multi-year nature of capital projects, and the large deferred maintenance program funded in prior years. They noted a proposed FY 2027 transfer of $33.7 million in canceled project balances to the general fund and a possible one-time redirection of interest earnings to the general fund. The Division of Public Works reported 595 active projects, with most FY 2025 projects under construction, in design, or complete, and said 91% of the $544 million deferred maintenance program is active. Members asked about specific canceled projects, including the North Idaho reentry center, the Carnegie Library purchase, the ISU/INL pedestrian crossing, and the Idaho State Police facility in Lewiston; staff said some are unlikely to return soon, while others may come back once land or a site is secured. The committee also discussed inspection practices, with Public Works saying field representatives and third-party testing serve different oversight functions. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the committee adjourned after announcing the next day’s agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• Third, the farmer must have had gross sales, harvested value, or product estimated value of at least
• Over the past decade or so, we have seen home values rise substantially.
• So we have seen home values rise substantially.
• The program limits how much tax can be exempted based upon outdated median home values.
• And a lot of the homes that these elderly people... ...value counties.

Summary: House Finance held public hearings on several tax and property-related bills. HB 2584 would create a sales and use tax exemption for qualifying farm machinery and equipment purchased by eligible farmers, with supporters arguing it would ease financial pressure on farmers, encourage investment in more efficient and environmentally friendly equipment, and help rural economies. County officials opposed extending the exemption to local sales taxes, warning of cumulative revenue losses for local governments. HB 2376 would consolidate the state school property tax levy and expand property tax relief for seniors, people with disabilities, and veterans by raising income thresholds, increasing exemption amounts, and simplifying the income calculation; county assessors and local officials supported the bill as a way to help residents age in place, while opponents argued it would raise taxes for others and weaken the 1% cap. HB 2610 would broaden the nonprofit homeownership development property tax exemption to allow limited interim rental or community use without losing the exemption, and testimony from affordable housing groups supported the change as a practical way to keep projects moving and reduce costs. HB 2615 would codify the Department of Revenue’s voluntary disclosure program and create a temporary tax amnesty period for certain unpaid business taxes; supporters said it would bring businesses into compliance and generate revenue, while one sponsor noted technical issues still needed to be resolved. In executive session, the committee advanced four bills. HB 2194, allowing a county and city within it to concurrently impose a cultural access program sales tax, passed 10-5. Substitute HB 2257, a broad tax code cleanup and technical changes bill, passed unanimously 15-0 after members said it clarified ambiguities from prior legislation. HB 2528, which would remove voter-approval requirements for certain cities to impose a local real estate excise tax, passed 11-4 despite objections that it reduced voter control over tax increases. HB 2175, exempting certain nonprofit providers of free durable medical equipment from sales tax on repair parts, also passed unanimously 15-0. The chair announced that HB 2584, HB 2610, and HB 2615 would be scheduled for executive action the following day, with no amendments allowed.

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• All other values besides homestead and agriculture are capped at 5%.
• I mean, right, the county assessor is still assessing them at fair values.
• Increase in value we're seeing at 2%.
• So a home that has a taxable value of $100,000 is assessed value at $11,000, and that's what the tax
• Home value is less than $700,000 in their 65 years of age. Hearing a do pass.

Committee: House Rules

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So won't that lead to higher bids and less taxpayer value for highway projects?
• Like I was maybe thought an estimate of And less taxpayer value for highway projects.
• Market value of that project at that time.
• Make sure that competition is driving us towards what the fair market value is.
• We want to make sure we're getting the best value for the citizens of Missouri.

Committee: House Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight

Summary: The House Transportation Committee first announced that House Bill 1873 had been pulled at the sponsors’ request and would not be heard. The committee then took up House Bill 2759, which would require MoDOT to publish engineer’s estimates after a project is awarded or rejected, with the sponsor and supporters framing it as a transparency and accountability measure that would help taxpayers and contractors understand why bids are accepted or rejected. Supporters, including the Missouri Asphalt Paving Association and a state public advocate, said the bill would not affect bidding because the estimate would be released only after award, and argued that other states already do this without higher costs. MoDOT opposed the bill, saying its estimates are meant to reflect fair market value at the time of letting and that releasing them could let contractors pattern bids around MoDOT’s numbers, potentially setting an artificial floor or otherwise distorting competition. Committee members questioned both sides closely about whether publishing the estimate after award would still influence future bids, whether rejected bids are already explained, and whether the bill would help identify problems with project scope or estimating. The sponsor said the bill had been refined and referenced an amendment to make clear the disclosure would occur at award or rejection, not before bidding. No vote was taken during the hearing. The committee then heard House Bill 2837, which would change how vacancies on the Bi-State Development Agency board are filled by returning to a system where the governor appoints from within the district rather than from lists submitted by the St. Louis city mayor and county executive. The sponsor argued the current process gives too much control to St. Louis City and County and does not adequately represent growing areas such as St. Charles County. Opponents from the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County, Citizens for Modern Transit, and a state public advocate argued the change would weaken local control for the jurisdictions that actually fund and use the transit system, noting that St. Charles, Jefferson, and Monroe counties do not pay the same transit taxes and in some cases do not receive service. The hearing ended after testimony in opposition, with no vote taken and the committee adjourned.

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• </c> appreciates that many motans value appreciates that many motans value virtual<00:04:14.159><c> currencies
• </c> reason because we know it is a valued reason because we know it is a valued asset<00:05:15.759><
• </c> safety deposit box and it has no value safety deposit box and it has no value anymore,<00:15:35.360
• </c><00:19:35.039><c> when</c> box that may or may not have value when box that may or may not have value
• That's what gives you access to the value of that thing in the public ledger.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It puts all of that property back on the general property tax base, commercial-industrial value, for
• for um for your uh industrial um value for um for your uh communities<00:36:06.000><c> anyone</c><00
• So I think what I’m concerned about is that if we have declining values, and yet there’s going to be
• great upward pressure on local budgets remaining, but declining values start to see shifts and all of
• And I think that none of us know what the future holds in terms of how long that value decline might

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I think someone who represents their values is an important reason why voters make choices about who
• To represent those values that we just talked about. So that's what's happening. But what values?
• And it will hurt, and you will watch your children grow up and go to jail, lose educational value.
• In this proposal, a Hispanic Texan has one-third the political value of a white Texan under this plan
• Texans deserve representation that reflects our values.

Bills: HB4 , HB 4

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, 997, house, all

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• I think this is a pretty fundamental American value.
• I would challenge American motan value.
• But their value is actually in keeping this from us.
• It's a Republicans do see the value.
• But their value collectively with them.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's meant to be fair compensation recognizing the value that is provided by those arrays.
• It's meant to be fair compensation recognizing the value that is provided by those arrays.
• It's meant to be fair compensation recognizing the value that is provided by those arrays.
• The range of value that the study forecast was between 11 and 17 cents.
• </c> paid for uh the the range of of value paid for uh the the range of of value that<01:25:17.639><c

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• paid a fraction of what the original value was.
• paid a fraction of what the original value was.
• paid a fraction of what the original value was.
• paid a fraction of what the original value was.
• </c> the original value the original value was<00:47:46.240><c> so</c><00:47:46.480><c> Mr</c> was so

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That has historical and literary value for us.
• Current Idaho law states that material with serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value
• A passage or image that might appear explicit on its own can have clear value when understood within
• A passage or image that might appear explicit on its own can have clear value when understood within
• a law. ...or image that might appear explicit on its own can have clear value when understood within

Committee: House State Affairs

Summary: The committee first introduced RS 33495, a bill to allow skiing with only a driver and observer on all parts of Idaho lakes, not just slalom courses, so long as a rear-facing mirror is used. RS 33556C1 was also introduced; Representative Palmer described it as moving state IT purchasing oversight to the Office of Information Technology. House Bill 795, a cleanup measure from the Attorney General’s office, was then heard and advanced to the floor with a due pass recommendation after brief questions and neutral testimony from the Idaho Library Association about removing language requiring materials to be evaluated “in the context in which it is used.” The committee then took up House Bill 819, a major library and obscenity bill tied to prior litigation and the Ninth Circuit. Representative Crane and Attorney General’s Office attorney Michael Zarian said the bill responds to court rulings, removes the “context in which it is used” phrase, distinguishes public from private schools and libraries, and uses a “sexually explicit” standard for public institutions. Testimony was overwhelmingly opposed by city, library, and private citizens’ witnesses, who argued the bill abandons the Miller test, creates vague and overbroad standards, threatens First Amendment protections, and could chill library collections; one witness spoke in support, saying taxpayers should not fund such materials. After debate, a motion to hold the bill in committee failed 10-2, and the committee then voted 10-2 to send HB 819 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Finally, the committee introduced RS 33650, a procurement reform proposal that Representative Raibold said would clarify state purchasing rules and add reporting requirements for vendors interacting with procurement officials; members raised concerns about the “frivolous protest” language. RS 33653, dealing with the sale of surplus administrative facilities and closing a loophole in prior disposal procedures, was also introduced. The committee then adjourned.

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• That has historical and literary value for us.
• Current Idaho law states that material with serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value
• A passage or image that might appear explicit on its own can have clear value when understood within
• A passage or image that might appear explicit on its own can have clear value when understood within
• a law. ...or image that might appear explicit on its own can have clear value when understood within

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all