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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Revenue Committee, February 17, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • As Director Bach stated, I'm the state risk manager for the state of Wyoming.
  • structure, that tax code of the statutes, which is good.
  • Which would fit into the tax structure, that tax code of the statutes. Which is good.
  • sales tax. sales tax.
  • As was stated earlier, in nearly every case, this is an existing tax already in place.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce May 13th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • We don't use a master code. and a bunch of subs.
  • It relates to the regulation of state banks.
  • That is a recognized form of identity theft in our state.
  • Taxpayers here in our state pay some of the highest property taxes in the nation, and this is due in
  • aid and local taxes net of recapture.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Business and Commerce May 13th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • It relates to the regulation of state banks.
  • Please state your name, position, you have 2 minutes.
  • Despite this body's John Burra: best efforts to provide tax relief to Texans, taxpayers here in our state
  • The no new revenue tax rate excludes the impact of state aid and Amanda Brownson: recapture, and so it's
  • aid and local taxes, net of recapture.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Many states prohibit these, and Texas has since 2011.
  • It relates to the regulation of state banks.
  • Despite this body's best efforts to provide tax relief to Texans, taxpayers here in our state pay some
  • The no-new-revenue tax rate excludes the impact of state aid and recapture, and so it's a rate that doesn't
  • aid and local taxes net of recapture.
Summary: The committee first took up pending business and favorably reported several House bills without opposition, including HB 11, HB 132, HB 1041, HB 1606, HB 2286, and HB 5061. Each was moved out of committee with a recommendation that it do pass and be printed, and several were also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard HB 3306, which would extend existing construction-contract indemnity exceptions to electric infrastructure construction, maintenance, and vegetation management work for electric utilities and transmission and distribution utilities. The sponsor said the bill would reduce litigation and insurance costs for ratepayers, while construction industry witnesses argued it would shift liability onto subcontractors and create broad-form indemnity in a way Texas law has generally prohibited since 2011. HB 3306 was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4739, a Comptroller-requested cleanup bill to repeal an outdated Finance Code provision requiring remittance of a portion of certain delinquency charges to the state, and HB 3803, HB 3804, and HB 3806, all Department of Banking-requested cleanup bills dealing with confidentiality and supervision rules for perpetual care funds, state banks, and trust companies. Those bills were briefly explained and left pending without testimony. HB 4219, aimed at improving Public Information Act compliance by requiring timely notice when records do not exist or are being withheld, allowing complaints to the Attorney General, and imposing training and fee consequences for noncompliance, drew support from a journalist and a policy analyst and was also left pending. The committee then heard HB 4238 on coerced debt and identity theft. The sponsor explained that the committee substitute narrows the bill to court-ordered findings of identity theft/coerced debt, gives collectors seven business days to stop collection activity, and removes a section to avoid litigation over court orders. A law professor and a family violence advocate testified in strong support, describing coerced debt as a barrier for domestic violence and elder abuse survivors trying to rebuild credit and access housing, jobs, and utilities. The bill was left pending. HB 1522, which would require local governments to post meeting notices three business days in advance and make budget materials more accessible online and in physical form, also drew support, though a school business officials representative raised concerns about the timing language, proposed-budget wording, and taxpayer impact statements for school districts; the bill was left pending after discussion. Later, the committee heard additional pending bills, including a PUC background-check bill that would expand the commission’s authority to check current employees and contractors and obtain FBI criminal history information, HB 3805 updating money services business regulation, HB 431 extending HOA solar-panel protections to solar tiles, and HB 3228 and HB 3229 on wind and solar recycling financial assurance and recycler solvency. HB 3228 received support from a Sierra Club witness who said recycling and disposal plans are needed for end-of-life renewable energy equipment, and HB 3229 was described as requiring recyclers to show financial resources at 125 percent through a letter of credit or bond. These bills were heard and left pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce May 13th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Despite this body's best efforts to provide tax relief to Texans, taxpayers here in our state pay some
  • Despite this body's best efforts to provide tax relief to Texans, taxpayers here in our state pay some
  • The no new revenue tax rate excludes the impact of state aid and recapture, and so it's a rate that doesn't
  • The no new revenue tax rate excludes the impact of state aid and recapture, and so it's a rate that doesn't
  • aid and local taxes net of recapture.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first took up pending business, reporting several House bills favorably to the full Senate, including HB 11, HB 132, HB 1041, HB 1606, HB 2286, and HB 5061, with some also recommended for the local and uncontested or contested calendars. The committee then heard and left pending HB 3306, which would extend construction-contract indemnity exceptions to electric infrastructure work, including construction, maintenance, and vegetation management for utilities. Supporters said it would align utility infrastructure work with public works and reduce litigation and ratepayer costs, while opponents argued it would shift liability onto subcontractors and create broad-form indemnity concerns. Members also heard HB 4739, a Comptroller-requested cleanup bill repealing an outdated Finance Code provision tied to delinquency charges on retail charge accounts, and left it pending without testimony. The committee then considered several Department of Banking cleanup bills, including HB 3803, HB 3804, and HB 3806, all left pending after brief explanations and no public opposition. HB 4219, dealing with public information requests, drew support from a journalist and a policy analyst who said it would improve transparency by requiring timely responses, notice when records do not exist, and training or fee consequences for noncompliance; it was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4238, a committee substitute addressing coerced debt and identity theft, which would bar collection of certain debts from victims who obtain a qualifying court order. A law professor and a family violence advocate supported the bill as narrow, protective relief for domestic violence and elder abuse survivors, and it was left pending. Other bills heard and left pending included HB 1522 on local government budget meeting posting and taxpayer impact disclosures, HB 4344 authorizing background checks for PUC employees and contractors, HB 3805 updating money services business regulation, HB 431 extending solar-panel HOA protections to solar tiles, HB 3228 and HB 3229 on wind and solar recycling financial assurance, and HB 1922 clarifying the accrual date for construction defect claims under right-to-repair law. The committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • uh days of recognition in state statute. uh days of recognition in state statute.
  • the honorary state capital of Minnesota. the honorary state capital of Minnesota.
  • contender for the state capital. contender for the state capital.
  • Minnesota State Board of Investment. Minnesota State Board of Investment.
  • It is protective of the state by ensuring that a state entity does not inadvertently bind the state to
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-19-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • state reporter; Landon Ni, state treasurer; Dalen Calistro, state treasurer; Lkesha Kitang, state vice
  • state reporter; Landon Ni, state treasurer; Dalen Calistro, state treasurer; Lkesha Kitang, state vice
  • Senator Kim. um, state vice president, Lkesha Kitang, um, state vice president, Lkesha Kitang, state<
  • Welcome to your Hawaii State Center. Welcome to your Hawaii State Center.
  • birthday since he's turning 40 plus tax. birthday since he's turning 40 plus tax.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • And through them, bless this great state of Oklahoma, our home, in Jesus' name. Amen.
  • We have good policy before us to consider and make into law for the state of Oklahoma, maybe some bad
  • West of the House, a resolution authorizing the Oklahoma House of Representatives or the Oklahoma State
Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized Eileen Cooper Grubbs as Nurse of the Day. The chamber then took up several procedural items, including second-reading referrals of Senate Joint Resolutions 50, 52, and 53 to Administrative Rules. Speaker Hilbert also announced the House would continue working despite uncertainty about action in the other chamber, and members were told dinner had been ordered for a long day of floor work. On legislation, the House rejected Senate amendments to House Bill 1728 and House Bill 3021 and requested conference on both. It adopted Senate amendments to House Bill 2137, a criminal procedure bill, and then passed the bill. The House also approved a motion by Speaker Hilbert to override the governor’s veto of House Bill 4432, with a recorded vote of 68-15, allowing the bill to become law notwithstanding the governor’s objections. The House then adopted House Concurrent Resolution 1028, which authorizes the House or Senate to modify legislative deadlines for the remainder of the 60th Legislature. Members discussed that the change was intended to keep legislation moving while the Senate was not meeting and to preserve the ability to hear bills and return them between chambers. The resolution passed after a recorded vote of 77-4. Finally, the House suspended certain rules for the rest of the session by a 68-15 vote and recessed until 1 p.m., with a reminder that the rural caucus would meet in Room 206.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Economic Development and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
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  • increment district uh or the t the tax increment district uh or the t district.<00:02:09.119> Current
Bills: HB626, SB265
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 8th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , Alabama state law exempts a veteran from paying property taxes if veteran from paying property taxes
  • So if it's state tax, if that authority. So if it's state tax, if that authority.
  • So if it's state tax, if it's local any of the local tax as well, it's local any of the local tax as
  • and state tax.
  • So the authority local and state tax. So the authority local and state tax.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 8th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a unique fact that both his father and son were Texas State Reps, his father being a Texas State
  • state prosecutors.
  • However, if a state prosecutor's total annual salary from state and county sources exceeds the maximum
  • combined base salary set in state law, state funding for the state prosecutor's salary is automatically
  • Members, this bill does not increase state funding towards the salary of state prosecutors.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) Mar 31st, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think you stated it right.
  • Of state of freight in this entire state.
  • other states.
  • You don't do procedure-related coding at all? No, we do the coding and billing.
  • State, a CPT code witness can come testify about the reasonableness of those charges in front of the
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs convened to discuss several critical pieces of legislation including SB30 and SB38. Senator Betancourt introduced a committee substitute for SB38 which underwent a smooth adoption process, moving it favorably toward the Senate. The meeting featured a mix of invited testimonies where both proponents and opponents took the floor. One notable highlight included a testimony from Melissa Casey, who criticized the current legal state as prone to fraud and detrimental to both insurers and the public at large, contending that it inflated insurance costs across the board. The discussions delved deeply into the implications of the bills on judicial processes and potential insurance ramifications, with spirited debates surrounding issues of non-economic damages and jury rights. The atmosphere remained engaged as committee members heard varied perspectives on the bills, showcasing a robust democratic process. The meeting underscored the importance of public testimony in shaping legislation, ensuring that multiple voices were considered as the committee pressed on towards making decisions that affect the legal landscape of Texas.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • So Article 2, Section 24 of the state constitution explicitly states that you...
  • So Article 2, Section 24 of the state constitution explicitly states that you cannot charge fees for
  • The original RS-28 did state that the state shall not participate in the implementation of the REAL ID
  • On your standard state-issued...
  • state data, or confidential data.
Summary: The committee approved the March 10, 2026 minutes and then considered several bills. HB 2056, appropriating $100,000 for an Arizona Department of Water Resources feasibility study on brackish groundwater desalination, passed 6-3 despite concerns that it could encourage more groundwater pumping and worsen subsidence or impacts to tribal lands. HB 2057, which lowers the Arizona Centennial Special Plate renewal fee from $25 to $20, also received a do-pass recommendation, 7-2, with some members objecting to the special plate’s focus and the reduced fee. HB 2224, appropriating $1 million annually to DES for the produce incentive program, drew strong support from nonprofit and food-access advocates who said the Double Up Food Bucks program helps families, farmers, and local markets; it passed 9-0. HB 2257, changing the allocation of watercraft registration revenues among the Watercraft Licensing Fund, Lake Improvement Fund, and boating safety/law enforcement funds, passed 6-3 after criticism that the bill was heard without a sponsor present and concern about shifting money away from Game and Fish. HB 2265, barring courts from charging defendants for public defender or court-appointed counsel costs and related criminal-case fees, passed 7-1 amid debate over constitutionality, cost shifting to counties, and whether the bill should be amended to offset lost revenue. The committee then took up HB 2311, which imposes disclosure, content, parental-control, and self-harm response requirements on publicly available conversational AI services for minors. The sponsor and supporters framed it as child protection, while opponents warned about privacy, surveillance, and overbroad definitions; an Epstein amendment expanding the bill to broader conversational technology was rejected, and the bill passed 7-2. HB 2752, moving authority over international trade offices from the Arizona Commerce Authority to legislative appropriations and reporting, passed 6-3 after a proposed data-and-research amendment was also rejected. Finally, HB 2957, requiring ADOT to continue offering non-REAL ID licenses and limiting biometric collection and data sharing, prompted extensive testimony for and against; supporters emphasized privacy and choice, while opponents warned it could conflict with federal CDL and REAL ID requirements. The transcript cuts off during the discussion of HB 2957, before a final vote is shown.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Y'all ever heard of V-coding?
  • I pay taxes.
  • It would kill a burgeoning hemp market that brings a healthy amount of tax revenue to the state.
  • Doctors are quietly fleeing the state.
  • In the case of State vs.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Oklahoma or the United States that later become adversaries to us.
  • So, if those if the United States government would designate a country on that list, that.
  • Of deviates a little bit in talking about state purchases of software.
  • Was designed specifically for use in the state of.
  • But from that perspective, as you also know, currently, every single county in the state of Oklahoma
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • income tax.
  • at the state level.
  • It doesn't touch our state collections in field tax, which we use a percentage of that for the well plugging
  • You keep saying state government, but what specifically does the gas tax fund? Thank you.
  • Are you referring to the state fuel tax or the federal? The state, if you excuse me.