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AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE Jun 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We do have a process where we go and collect and assess that tax from the individual on the purchase
- be happy to share with this committee as to... ...the number of car purchases that we've ended up assessing
- my first payment is going to be due within 60 days, and I haven't registered it, I haven't got it assessed
Summary:
The committee met to approve special expenses and then considered two interim study proposals. ISP 2025-069, by Representative Perry and presented by Representative Eaton, would move vehicle sales tax collection from the current registration-based process to the point of sale. Members asked about the current 60-day registration period, the fiscal and administrative impact on DFA, the burden on dealerships, verification and audit issues, and whether the change could affect tax collection or vehicle pricing. DFA said it was neutral on the proposal, noted programming and process changes would be needed, and said the total tax collected would not change, though timing would. The committee approved the ISP and sent it on for research.
The committee then took up ISP 2025-071, based on House Bill 1636 from the 2025 session, which would phase out the state soda excise tax over five years if Medicaid trust fund revenue triggers are met. Representative Ray said the bill was intended to continue discussion after the underlying bill failed on the House floor. Members asked about the tax’s annual revenue, its dedication to the Medicaid Trust Fund, and whether the revenue would be replaced. Ray estimated the tax brings in roughly $40 million to $50 million annually and said the proposal did not replace that revenue. DFA was asked to explain how withdrawals from the trust fund are authorized and whether the legislature has oversight, and said it would provide that information later. The committee then adopted the interim study proposal.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE Jun 17th, 2026
REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE SALES, USE, MISC. TAXES & EXEMPTIONS SUBCOM.
Transcript Highlights:
- We do have a process where we go and collect and assess that tax from the individual on the purchase,
- we'd be happy to share with this committee as to the number of car purchases that we've ended up assessing
- I haven't got it assessed. Who actually owns the car?
Summary:
The committee first approved special expenses incurred by the committee, then took up interim study proposals. ISP 2025-069, sponsored by Representative Perry and presented by Representative Eaton, would move collection of sales tax on motor vehicles from the current post-purchase registration process to the point of sale at dealerships. Committee members and DFA discussed the current 60-day registration/tax payment window, possible fiscal and programming impacts on DFA, the added administrative burden on dealers, verification and audit issues, and concerns about whether the change would improve or complicate tax collection. After questions, the committee voted to send the proposal to research/interim study.
The committee then considered ISP 2025-071, from Representative Ray, based on House Bill 1636, which would phase out the state excise tax on soda over five years if revenue triggers were met. Representative Ray explained the tax revenue supports the Medicaid trust fund and said the proposal was intended to continue discussion after the bill failed on the House floor in the regular session. Members asked about the annual revenue generated, the trust fund’s other revenue sources, and whether the revenue would be replaced. DFA was asked to provide additional information on how withdrawals from the Medicaid trust fund are authorized and whether the legislature has oversight. The committee then approved the proposal for interim study and adjourned.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE Jun 17th, 2026
REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE SALES, USE, MISC. TAXES & EXEMPTIONS SUBCOM.
Transcript Highlights:
- We do have a process where we go and collect and assess that tax from the individual on the purchase
- we'd be happy to share with this committee as to the number of car purchases that we've ended up assessing
- my first payment is going to be due within 60 days, and I haven't registered it, I haven't got it assessed
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- DCYF is to develop rules, working with impacted groups, to define what is inactive and a process to assess
- DCYF is to develop rules, working with impacted groups, to define what is inactive and a process to assess
- DCYF is to develop rules, working with impacted groups, to define what is inactive and a process to assess
Bills:
HB2464
Committee:
Senate Human Services
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- subchapter 10, section 103 changes the Department of Real Estate Appraisal to the Department of Assessment
- The Department of Assessment shall have the same power, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge
- The department<00:29:04.240><c> of</c><00:29:04.399><c> assessment</c><00:29:04.960><c> shall</c><00:
- 29:05.279><c> have</c><00:29:05.440><c> the</c> department of assessment shall have the department of
- assessment shall have the same<00:29:05.840><c> power,</c><00:29:06.720><c> discharge</c><00:29:07.200
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Jun 18th, 2025
Communications and Conveyance
Transcript Highlights:
- And those are kind of the two only legislatively mandated fees that are assessed on the receipt.
- Assessing the effectiveness of this program requires great partnership with the CPUC.
- It put together impacts that were assessed from behavioral change per passenger per year as well as operator
- Taking those two data sets combined and those values, we were able to assess that TNCs had increased
- example of how we use research and data from both operators and from surveys of users to make an assessment
Committee:
House Communications and Conveyance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- various levels of substance use treatment based on the need of those individuals based on their assessments
- we identify gap in learning or disability, and then the next step is that they'll go for a full assessment
- And all clients are assessed upon their arrival to the Civil commitment Center to determine their proper
- For just one vendor, we completed 143 compliance reviews in a 4-year time span and assessed $3.7 million
- And each client has a treatment team that meets regularly to assess their progress in treatment, talk
Committee:
House Corrections
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- certainly testify that we have got a a significant amount of science and technical study and annual assessments
- All of that has to be evaluated and assessed through the environmental impact statement.
- We can't assess. everything that's going on for that.
- We've got an obligation to assess that and through those funding agreements that we have cancel those
- We don't have a lot of staff at the RMA, but we do assess.
Committee:
House S/C on Transportation Funding
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Feb 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- A preliminary assessment of the county's federal grants identified over the years.
- Am I wrong in that assessment? I would not dispute that assessment.
- We need to be looking at this right now and doubling down on our efforts to assess the shadow budget
- Therefore, I'd like to ask the Department of Finance to provide an assessment report by Tuesday, April
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- closely with multidisciplinary teams across Louisiana and understand how these systems function in practice
- increased salaries to recruit and retain qualified staff, enhancements to quality improvement, assessment
- Establishing a competitive wage as a base for our hiring and employment practices is not just about recruitment
- And when those increases include more mandated assessments and screenings, children are carrying that
- And so if there's some way, like, you know, a best practice is to have a very specific program structured
Committee:
House Appropriations
Summary:
The committee heard public testimony on several budget requests tied to health and human services. Louisiana Children’s Advocacy Centers asked for continued support and a supplemental appropriation of $1.173 million for infrastructure and standardization, explaining that the money would expand use of the Guardify digital evidence system, improve chain of custody, and reduce reliance on DVDs. Baton Rouge and statewide CAC leaders said prior funding helped eliminate a therapy wait list and speed services for abused children. Members asked detailed questions about the digital system, MDT coordination, and how the request related to SB 237, which would strengthen multidisciplinary review of child abuse cases.
The Alzheimer’s Association sought $824,000 to sustain the dementia care specialist program, saying it helps families navigate services, keep loved ones at home longer, and reduce Medicaid costs. AARP and the Live at Home Coalition also testified for 750 additional Community Choice waiver slots at a state cost of $3.3 million, arguing that home- and community-based care is cheaper than nursing homes and that the current wait list is more than 11,000 people. Legislators discussed the size of the need, the state’s long-term care spending mix, and whether more support should go to family caregivers and community-based options.
Testimony also focused on disability support services, substance use treatment, and developmental disability provider rates. A parent and direct support worker described the Children’s Choice waiver’s 20-hour cap and low pay, saying it makes it hard to retain caregivers and meet the needs of medically fragile children. Odyssey House and O’Brien House asked for higher Medicaid reimbursement rates under ASAM 4, warned that removal of room-and-board payments and weak Medicaid eligibility pathways are reducing access, and called for more oversight of sober living homes; members questioned outcomes data, length of stay, and links to homelessness. Finally, the Arc of Louisiana said the LDH rate study confirmed underfunding and supported a $53.6 million increase in state general funds, with local ARC leaders describing the services they provide and the need for higher direct support professional wages.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, but if you had the money, you would say that's a good business practice.
- Okay, but if you had the money, would you say that's a good business practice?
- Is it sentencing practices, parole decisions, changes in crime rates, what?
- Is it sentencing practices, parole decisions, changes in crime rates, what?
- Are you in the assessment team?
Bills:
SB1
Committee:
Senate Finance
Keywords:
campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards
Summary:
The committee heard a Legislative Budget Board presentation and then testimony from the Department of Public Safety on the Article 5 public safety budget. LBB said DPS’s 2026-27 recommendation totals $3.7 billion, down from the prior base, while FTEs rise by 856.7. Major items included increased funding for driver license services and customer support, new trooper funding and recruit schools, crime lab operations, border security, and reductions tied to one-time facility, vehicle, and aircraft spending. The committee also discussed new riders, including one to lapse unused trooper funds and require reporting after recruit schools.
Members focused heavily on driver license operations, questioning why prior staffing increases and a prior efficiency study had not solved long wait times, high call abandonment, and appointment delays. DPS and LBB said the agency receives about 22,000 calls per day, answers only about 9 percent, and is seeking more staff plus technology upgrades such as automation, kiosks, and better online processing. Senators also raised concerns about rural access, REAL ID document requirements, and whether the department should rethink its processes rather than simply add employees.
DPS leadership then described needs for the Williamson County training academy, additional troopers, Capitol and Alamo security, border operations, aircraft and vehicle replacement, and regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio. Members asked about Operation Lone Star costs, overtime, pursuit safety, border crime, oilfield theft, and sexual assault kit and toxicology backlogs. DPS said border deployments remain focused on criminal threats, that overtime is partly driven by deployments and staffing shortages, and that the sexual assault kit backlog is down to 118 cases with a goal of zero by April. The committee later recessed and began the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission budget presentation, where LBB outlined a $115.1 million recommendation and noted ongoing costs for the AIMS technology project.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota Management and Budget Press Conference 12/4/25
Transcript Highlights:
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- c> the</c><00:14:42.560><c> reasonleness</c><00:14:43.519><c> of</c><00:14:43.839><c> SPGMI's</c> assess
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- Uh, there will certainly be difficult decisions ahead as policymakers assess their priorities.
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Summary:
Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Aaron Campbell, State Economist Dr. Tony Becker, and State Budget Director Anna Mingi presented the November 2025 budget and economic forecast. Campbell said the state now projects a nearly $2.5 billion surplus at the end of the 2026-27 biennium, about $575 million better than the end-of-session estimate, but also a projected negative balance of about $2.9 billion in FY 2028-29, reflecting a worsening structural imbalance. He said the budget reserve stands at $3.4 billion, with cash flow and budget reserves totaling $3.8 billion after a $244 million addition, and emphasized that Minnesota’s AAA bond rating and reserve policy remain strengths even as future sessions will need to address the long-term gap.
Becker said the national economic outlook has changed only modestly since February, but growth remains below trend through the forecast horizon. He cited slower consumer spending, weak private investment, continued tariff uncertainty, lower projected immigration, and modest inflation that stays near 3% through 2026 before easing. Revenue forecasts for the next biennium were revised up to $66.3 billion, driven mainly by higher individual income tax receipts and other revenue, partly offset by lower sales and corporate tax forecasts. He also noted risks from federal policy changes, the recent shutdown’s effect on data availability, and possible equity market volatility.
Mingi said general fund spending is projected to rise sharply, with current biennium spending up $3.4 billion from end-of-session estimates and planning-year spending up $1.9 billion. She attributed much of the increase to carryforward from prior one-time appropriations, discretionary inflation, and especially Medical Assistance. MA costs are projected to be about $2.5 billion higher over 2025-29, largely because managed care rates rose more than expected due to higher utilization and higher-cost services, including pharmacy costs, while long-term care and disability waiver costs also increased. In response to questions, officials said the federal reconciliation bill had only a relatively small effect on the health care changes, and that the carryforward amounts reflect unspent prior appropriations that now show up in later years rather than new spending.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- H2499 offers practical solutions such as an awareness program, an assessment of provider education, and
- Parental consent laws are not aligned with medical best practices.
- These technologies are standard in optometric practice.
- House Bill 1362 is not an attempt to just control scope of practice.
- My primary care doctor was part of the women's health practice.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Public Health
Summary:
The committee opened by explaining hearing procedures and time limits, then heard testimony on House 2499, a bill to create a public awareness campaign on menopause and related midlife health issues. Supporters, including a nurse, the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, and other advocates, said menopause is widely misunderstood by patients and providers, leading to delayed care, unnecessary suffering, workplace impacts, and inequities in women’s health. Several speakers shared personal experiences with symptoms being dismissed or misdiagnosed and urged the committee to advance the bill.
The committee then took testimony on a package of endometriosis bills, including House 2527 and Senate 1564, calling for a task force and broader awareness efforts. Patients, a physician, and advocates described long diagnostic delays, severe pain, infertility, medical gaslighting, and limited access to specialists and effective treatment. They argued for more research, provider education, and a coordinated state strategy, and several asked for favorable reports. The chair also noted the hearing was running behind and extended time to allow more testimony.
Later, the committee heard Senate 1579, which would eliminate parental consent and judicial bypass requirements for abortion access for minors under 16. Planned Parenthood representatives, physicians, legal advocates, and students argued the current law creates unnecessary delays and harms vulnerable youth, especially those in unsafe homes or foster care, while supporters said minors can already consent to other reproductive health care. A pro-life witness opposed the bill and emphasized parental involvement and support services. The committee also heard House 2403 and Senate 1560, which would create a Human Service Transportation Consumer Advisory Board; disability advocates and riders described past safety problems and current service gaps, and supported the board as a low-cost way to improve accountability, rider input, and reliability. No votes or final actions were taken in the excerpt.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 216, 14 January, 2026; 1:30 PM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:20:24.080><c> and</c><01:20:24.239><c> test</c> and the statewide assessment and test and the
- statewide assessment and test security<01:20:24.880><c> piece.
- Assessment has changed tremendously.
- Assessment has changed tremendously.
- </c><01:42:53.040><c> u</c> uh in charge in in terms of assessing u uh in charge in in terms of assessing
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This system will do staff evaluation statewide, and appropriation will also provide for a skills assessment
- This is to cover costs associated with the UAMS juvenile sex offender assessments.
- It's supported by fees from the sex offender community notification assessment.
- So we could collect fees from past tax or a hospital assessment fee or an ICF provider fee, but then
Committee:
All ALC-PEER
Summary:
The committee considered a series of appropriation, fund transfer, and reserve requests across multiple agencies. Section B temporary appropriations included funding for state technology upgrades, personnel management staffing and IT skills assessment, court reporters and interpreters, crime victim claims, juvenile sex offender assessments, radiation lab testing, and higher education workforce grants and credentialing pathways. Additional items covered an ARPA grant for the University of Arkansas Fort Smith LPN program, an IIJA grant for the Oil and Gas Commission’s critical minerals work, a restricted reserve transfer for State Police vehicle purchases, a transfer to the Arkansas Heroes Program, and cash fund requests for the Real Estate Commission’s AV system and HVAC work. Most of these items were approved by voice vote.
One budget classification transfer request from the Commissioner of State Lands drew extended questioning and was ultimately not approved. Members questioned the $250,000 transfer to operating expenses tied to the purchase of a West Little Rock office building, the ongoing lease costs at the prior location, and whether the agency had adequately planned for building-related expenses. After discussion, the motion failed, and members told the agency to tighten spending and return if needed.
The committee then took up 15 pay plan appropriation requests totaling $25.7 million and approved them after discussion with DFA, DHS, Corrections, and the State Board of Election Commissioners. Members focused heavily on DHS staffing shortages at human development centers, where officials said vacancies and turnover were driven by overtime and burnout rather than pay alone; one member asked DHS to submit a written plan to address the issue. Corrections reported the pay plan had improved hiring and retention. The committee also approved overtime appropriations for Emergency Management and Military.
Reports on reserve funds, the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund, tobacco settlement, State Central Services, Education Adequacy, Medicaid Trust, IIJA, and revenue transfer activity were received. The Medicaid Trust Fund report prompted significant concern about February’s $90 million draw; DHS said the month was unusually high because of cash-flow timing and that the fund should end the year with a balance between $150 million and $200 million, while lawmakers noted a second $100 million set-aside is planned for FY27. The final discussion centered on DHS’s state hospital damage claim and reconstruction funding, where members expressed disappointment that insurance reimbursement would likely return only about $1.8 million now and possibly about $97,000 more later, far less than the roughly $5 million initially expected. DHS explained the policy was based on actual cash value and depreciation for old buildings, and said the work would proceed on Unit 3 for secured restoration because it was the most cost-effective option.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Grant for lender serving underserved entrepreneurs 3/3/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Sounds like you're doing a good job assessing.
- 00:16:59.600><c> job</c> Sounds like you're doing a good job Sounds like you're doing a good job assessing
- :17:01.199><c> the</c><00:17:01.360><c> idea</c><00:17:01.600><c> is</c><00:17:01.759><c> to</c> assessing
- Um but part of the idea is to assessing.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES Jan 8th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Transcript Highlights:
- not making a motion, but it is my personal thought that we need to move forward and do just that to assess
- not making a motion, but it is my personal thought that we need to move forward and do just that to assess
- not making a motion, but it is my personal thought that we need to move forward and do just that to assess
- available, we can document a secondary method, and either one of those would be insurance value or assessed
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (7-24-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Every agency also has to do a comprehensive needs assessment every two years that fully documents the
- 00:14:53.120><c> needs</c> has to do a uh comprehensive needs has to do a uh comprehensive needs assessment
- 54.160><c> two</c><00:14:54.480><c> years</c><00:14:54.959><c> that</c><00:14:55.279><c> fully</c> assessment
- every two years that fully assessment every two years that fully documents<00:14:56.079><c> the</c><
Summary:
The Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy met for a public hearing and presentation on the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). After approving the minutes, members heard from Shannon Hall of the Department for Community Based Services and Rick Baker of Community Action Kentucky, who explained that LIHEAP is a 100% federally funded block grant used in Kentucky to help low-income households pay home energy bills, prevent utility disconnects, and support weatherization and crisis assistance. Hall outlined the program’s income eligibility limits, the fact that payments go directly to vendors or utilities rather than households, and the program’s funding levels, including $43.4 million spent in federal fiscal year 2025 and an anticipated $58 million for federal fiscal year 2026.
The presenters described LIHEAP’s main components: fall and spring subsidy programs, winter crisis assistance, and weatherization. They gave participation figures for recent program cycles, including tens of thousands of households served in each component, and explained that weatherization prioritizes elderly, disabled, households with children, and high-energy-burden homes. They also noted that weatherization is carried out in partnership with the Kentucky Housing Corporation and includes repairs and efficiency measures such as insulation, air sealing, and safety checks.
Rick Baker described Community Action Kentucky’s role as the statewide administrator through 23 local community action agencies, emphasizing their presence in all 120 counties and their local board structure. Members praised Baker’s long service and the program’s importance for families facing high energy costs, especially in coalfield areas. One member asked for clarification on a slide reference to “Assurance 16,” but the transcript cuts off before the answer is completed. No votes or other committee actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd also like to mention that the assessment periods contemplated for HHRF and HPIA in the bill were
- also like to me uh um mention<00:19:47.120><c> that</c><00:19:47.280><c> the</c><00:19:47.440><c> assessment
- </c><00:19:47.919><c> periods</c> mention that the assessment periods mention that the assessment periods
Summary:
The committee considered several conference measures on April 25, 2025, mostly waiting on FIN or Ways and Means releases before taking action. SB 25 on eviction mediation was agreed to and passed with amendments, with members voting aye except for one no vote recorded from Representative Pirk and several excused members. SB 1367 on installment loans was also taken up later in the meeting; a revised conference draft was noted to include a five-year timeframe, a $1 convenience fee, and a corrected effective date, and it passed unanimously among those voting.
Other measures were repeatedly rolled to later times in Room 224 or 225 because releases were still pending, including SB 1044 on property insurance stabilization, SB 1220 on a renewable gas tariff, SB 500 on electric utilities, HB 1370 on liquor tax/draft beer definitions, HB 939 on alcohol/liquor tax changes, HB 1052 on the universal service program, and SB 1500 on electric utilities. When SB 1220 and SB 500 were eventually heard, both were described as creating or adjusting utility-related processes and both passed with amendments. HB 1370 also passed with amendments after the committee noted it would redefine draft beer for liquor tax purposes.
SB 1044 drew the most detailed discussion: the conferees described major funding provisions, including a $30 million reimbursable general obligation bond appropriation for the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund, a $20 million reimbursable GO bond appropriation to the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority for a condominium loan program, and a $5 million appropriation for GAP reserves, along with 36-month assessment periods and a temporary recording fee up to $44. The bill passed with amendments. HB 1052 on the universal service program was described as allowing the Public Utilities Commission to use program funds to provide free telecommunications access for individuals with print disabilities, with a $150,000 cap, and it also passed with a conference draft.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: DFL Finance Committee Members Address Federal Cuts to State Budget - 02/27/25
Transcript Highlights:
- state's economist, the state demographer, the Council of the economists for the state of Minnesota are assessing
- economists for the state of Minnesota economists for the state of Minnesota are<00:04:19.040><c> assessing
- 19.840><c> the</c><00:04:20.040><c> impact</c><00:04:20.400><c> of</c><00:04:20.560><c> what</c> are assessing
- the impact of what are assessing the impact of what Congress<00:04:21.040><c> is</c><00:04:21.199><c