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ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Rebate back on the sales tax that are generated from that new development.
- So we're not taking existing sales tax dollars. So it doesn't affect existing revenue at all.
- And do you think any are going to be taking $100 million out of the sales tax revenue?
- The state will still collect 40% of that new sales tax.
- It's 60% of the new sales tax generated until I hit my total dollars invested.
Committee:
House Revenue and Taxation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The equipment that's needed to do that is being asked for an exemption on that sales tax.
- And de minimis from the cost of total sales tax collected versus this component.
- And de minimis from the cost of total sales tax collected versus this component.
- Yeah, if you have increased production, you're bringing in sales tax and severance tax revenue.
- So again, Senator Perry pointed out we will have some sales tax consequences here.
Committee:
Senate Finance
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard several measures, beginning with SB 1574 by Senator Zaffirini, which would codify the Texas Judicial Council’s Centers of Excellence Program for courts and judges. Testimony from judges and the Office of Court Administration emphasized that the program promotes transparency, procedural fairness, mentoring, and public trust. A committee substitute expanded eligibility to justices of the peace and municipal judges and removed a merit-pay reference to eliminate fiscal impact. After quorum was established, the committee adopted the substitute and later voted it out favorably, though it was not certified for the local and uncontested calendar.
The committee also heard SB 2774 by Senator Hinojosa, which would amend the Tax Code’s retail trade definition to include industrial uniform and linen rental businesses so they qualify for the lower franchise tax rate. Supporters said the change would put rental textile businesses on equal footing with other rental industries and help Texas employers and customers. The bill was reported favorably to the full Senate.
Members then considered SB 1211 by Senator Perry, which would broaden the existing fracking-related sales tax exemption for equipment used with non-fresh water sources, including recycled, produced, and brine water. The bill’s supporters argued it would conserve freshwater and reduce litigation over water definitions, while the Comptroller’s office discussed the fiscal note and production-related revenue effects. The committee also heard SB 2873 and SB 2900, both by Senator Kolkhorst and presented by Senator Nichols; SB 2873 would require electronic filers to file electronically, and SB 2900 would eliminate certain Comptroller-related advisory committees and boards. Both were later adopted in committee substitute form and reported favorably.
Finally, the committee heard HJR 4, sponsored by Senator Parker, proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit new taxes on securities transfers or financial transaction processing. Supporters said it would protect investors, especially retirees, and help position Texas as a financial center. The committee voted to report HJR 4 favorably to the full Senate. In each recorded vote after quorum was present, the measures passed with nine ayes and no nays.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-06-16 (7:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The amendment contains several new sales tax exemptions.
- The amendment contains several new sales tax exemptions.
- , ammunition will be sales tax exempt.
- I think you said something about sales. I think you said something about sales.
- , yes, ammunition will be sales tax exempt.
Summary:
The House met on the final day of session, swore in Representatives Boyles and Hodgers, and observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as for Representative Rosenwald’s father. The chamber then moved into final budget work, with leaders outlining the plan to take up H.J.R. 5019, HB 7031, HB 5017, HB 5015, and then the general appropriations act once the Senate transmitted it. H.J.R. 5019, a proposed constitutional amendment to expand the budget stabilization fund, was explained and amended to raise the rainy day fund cap, require annual deposits, and allow withdrawals for critical state needs by a two-thirds vote; it passed 100-1.
The House then adopted the conference report on HB 7031, the tax package. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or expands several sales tax holidays and exemptions, including permanent exemptions for disaster-preparedness items, hunting/fishing/camping items, and ammunition and firearms-related purchases, and makes changes to property, corporate income, local tax, and economic development provisions. Members debated the removal of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related revenue streams, the new ammunition exemption, and the data center tax changes; supporters argued the package reduces taxes and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents raised concerns about housing, transportation, and gun violence. The conference report passed 93-7.
HB 5017, creating a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer to retire state bonds early, passed unanimously. HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment, also passed. The House then began explanation and questions on the fiscal year 2025-26 general appropriations act, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down $3.8 billion from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major spending areas, including pre-K-12 funding increases, health care funding for Medicaid, KidCare, nursing homes, opioid treatment, and mental health, transportation and economic development funding, environmental and water projects, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology. Questions focused on school vouchers, inflationary pressures on school districts, and the adequacy of funding for housing, transportation, and other priorities.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:20:15.799><c> and</c> charges revenue for material sales and charges revenue for material sales
- My parents had put the resort up for sale, and it was for sale for about five years because they insisted
- My parents had put the resort up for sale, and it was for sale for about five years because they insisted
- </c> parents had put the resort up for sale parents had put the resort up for sale and<00:42:23.839><
- </c><00:58:55.799><c> tax</c> a local option sales tax a local option sales tax for<00:58:56.920><c>
Committee:
House Taxes
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the sale-leaseback piece.
- This is the sale lease-back piece.
- So the sale-leaseback portion makes really good sense to me. I'm not an expert on real estate law.
- Mayu, if either party is allowed to waive their rights, then these guys are sales.
- Then he says, well, can you call him and tell him that I've got my property for sale?
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Jun 3rd, 2026
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Transcript Highlights:
- The sales tax on the right y-axis is represented by the yellow line as a percentage of sales, and the
- As you can see here, the 2010 large drop in sales reflects the fuel tax swap, which lowers sales tax
- The sales tax on the right y-axis is represented by the yellow line as a percentage of sales, and the
- As you can see here, the 2010 large drop in sales reflects the fuel tax swap, which lowers sales tax
- So what we've done is broken it out by sales channel.
Committee:
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Sales tax is based on transactions.
- So if there's not a transaction, there's no sales tax collected.
- We would get sales tax revenue from those purchases.
- The data center sales tax exemption is based on longstanding sales tax exemptions for manufacturing.
- The data center sales tax exemption is based on long-standing sales tax exemptions for manufacturing
Committee:
House Finance
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- for unfair, unconscionable, deceptive, misleading practices in connection with the sale of goods or
- an individual, like your neighbor, who is the host of that online yard sale.
- The goal of the bill is, as I articulated, to address these weapons and the sale of these weapons.
- How would you define an unlawful sale under this act?
- Um, we live in a world where many, many of us rely on online sales, um, to a very large degree.
Committee:
House House Judiciary
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (02/21/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> up like business divisions sales up like business divisions sales marketing<00:03:56.280><c> Security
- of our gross sales still come from scratch tickets.
- We were around $250 million in gross sales; now it's $633 million in gross sales, and it will continue
- One is to update our security system, which is outdated. sales and it will continue to go up sales and
- As a follow-up, how do you monitor what is out-of-state sales and what is in-state sales?
Summary:
The committee heard a budget presentation from New Hampshire Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre and CFO Jim Durus. McIntyre said the Lottery has more than tripled its return to the Education Trust Fund since 2011, from $62 million to $207 million in FY 24, while keeping expenses relatively flat over time. He explained that the Lottery operates like a business, is heavily audited, and that the governor’s budget raises the FY 26-27 revenue estimate to $185 million, up about $12 million annually from prior estimates. He attributed FY 24’s unusually strong results to record Powerball sales driven by a spike in billion-dollar jackpots tied to higher interest rates, and said scratch tickets still make up most gross sales, though Powerball is the highest-margin product.
Members questioned the Lottery about the difference between gross revenue and profit, the steep rise in operating expenses, and the reasons for requested budget increases. McIntyre said the main drivers were payroll, benefits, advertising, added regulatory responsibilities from expanded gaming, and a new Salesforce customer-tracking system. He also described requested capital needs, including an outdated security system, building access and ADA improvements, and upgrades to the front office for employee safety. He said the security system is still running on an old Windows 7-based setup and that the requested upgrade would modernize cameras and add redundancy.
The discussion also covered staffing and gaming expansion. McIntyre said the Lottery has 84 employees including three commissioners, with 13 funded vacancies, and that it plans to fill positions as two new gaming rooms come online in Rochester and Derry. He said the Lottery’s revenue estimates were revised upward because sports betting in Massachusetts had less impact than expected and historic horse racing machines have been more profitable than forecast. He also explained the governor’s proposal to shift historic horse racing toward slot-style machines, saying the physical machines would look largely the same but the content and math would change, and that the state’s revenue share would increase under the proposal. No votes were taken; the committee mainly asked questions and received explanations about the Lottery’s budget and revenue assumptions.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, with the sales tax, you know, with the sales being some of them kind of intermittent, or some
- are submitting sales tax to us and stuff.
- You know, many of our cities with a strong sales tax base have really moved to a sales tax and have eliminated
- They don't have that sales tax base.
- The cities that have that larger sales tax base have really moved to a sales tax.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (04/23/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> in the county where the sale in the county where the sale occurred<00:49:29.280><c> with</c><00:
- </c> would be the location where the sale would be the location where the sale took<00:50:14.720><c>
- An in-state sale could be only prosecuted where the sale occurred. Right.
- Thank you." only do the sale. We just simply want to only do the sale.
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus Transportation Bill - 06/06/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Line 165 shows an amount for a reallocation of the regional transportation sales tax, the metro sales
- tax, the metro transportation sales tax, the metro sales<00:12:05.120><c> tax</c><00:12:05.360><c> for
- </c> reallocation of a portion of the sales reallocation of a portion of the sales tax<00:48:22.960><
- </c> has for regional transportation sales has for regional transportation sales tax<00:48:57.440><c>
- </c><00:57:42.079><c> tax</c> metropolitan council to use sales tax metropolitan council to use sales
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, um, but these sales and use tax.
- This from the general sales and use tax.
- ><c> slightly</c> sales tax exemptions slightly sales tax exemptions slightly differently<01:08:08.960
- </c><01:08:52.000><c> tax</c><01:08:52.480><c> on</c> a sales tax on a sales tax on no<01:08:54.159><
- </c><01:14:22.320><c> tax</c><01:14:22.640><c> exemptions</c> these sales tax exemptions these sales
Committee:
Senate Taxes
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 20, 2025 - 11:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- So they paid for it in sales tax. Taxed on the value of that property that year.
- We don't ask voters to vote on that to renew or approve our sales tax.
- We're going to have to look at sales tax. And tourism is a major part.
- We're going to have to look at sales tax, and tourism is a major part of that.
- It is so reliant on sales tax revenue that is generated by consumption.
Summary:
The Ways and Means Committee met on March 20, 2025, and first approved HB 4025, creating the Duke Farm Stewardship District in Lee County, on a 17-0 vote. The committee then advanced HJR 1215, which proposes a constitutional amendment to exempt agricultural tangible personal property from property tax, after extended debate about the fiscal impact on counties, especially rural and fiscally constrained ones; it passed 16-1. HB 411 also passed unanimously after an amendment, extending affordable housing tax exemption treatment to certain nonprofit projects on leased land, including Habitat for Humanity projects. The committee likewise approved CS/HB 669, allowing local governments to purchase certain unrated bonds, and CS/HB 4017, codifying the Vermont Drainage District charter in Charlotte County, both without opposition.
The committee also approved HJR 1039, which would let the Legislature prevent assessed-value increases for homestead properties that are improved to mitigate flood damage, and the related implementing bill HB 1041; both passed 17-0. Public testimony on these items included some opposition to the flood-related amendment, but no floor debate changed the outcome. The final major item was CS/HB 1221 by Rep. Miller, which would require local option taxes to be renewed by voter referendum every eight years, with longer terms allowed for bonded projects. That bill drew the most extensive testimony and debate, with counties, tourism groups, and local officials warning about impacts on tourism funding, infrastructure, schools, and public safety, while supporters argued for taxpayer accountability and periodic review. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably on a 13-4 vote.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- The state, such as the Bureau, has a contract for a certain number of volumes, and the sale price is
- negotiated with a different sales team from LexisNexis.
- I don't think the publishing contract addresses the sales to the state. It's separate. Mr.
- I think they purchase just under the standard price unless y'all have a separate sales agreement with
- And there may be a sales agreement that our sales department has created, but it's outside the purview
Committee:
All CODE REVISION COMMISSION
Summary:
The commission first approved the prior meeting minutes and then adopted the annual authorization for expense reimbursement for commissioners performing official duties under Arkansas Code 25-16-902. Members noted that legislative commissioners would not receive reimbursement for the meeting day if they were already in session and receiving legislative per diem.
The commission then heard a LexisNexis proposal for pricing increases and replacement volumes for Arkansas Code publications. LexisNexis said the proposed increase was about 7 percent, citing higher costs and the producer price index, and recommended replacing three volumes in 2026 and four in 2027 based on supplement size and the age of the volumes. Members asked about public pricing, the basis for selecting replacement volumes, and whether a statewide contract for judicial legal research services might be possible; LexisNexis said it would connect the senator with its sales team. The commission approved the pricing and replacement volume proposal.
Staff also provided an update on the codification project for state treasury funds. The project will move duplicative fund-creation language into Title 19 only, repeal duplicate provisions elsewhere in the code, and be presented later as a technical corrections bill. Members discussed whether any funds appeared obsolete and whether future legislation could eliminate unused funds, and staff said DFA maintains a list of obsolete funds that could be included in future cleanup work. The chair said the commission would likely meet again in the fall to consider technical corrections, and the meeting adjourned.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Mar 23rd, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- The sale of the property. Is that correct?
- Yes, and that's when the terms of the sale are all negotiated. All right. Thank you very much.
- Typically, for most of these properties, we will put them up for sale if it's a vacant property.
- Typically, for most of these properties, we will put them up for sale if it's a vacant property.
- Typically, for most of these properties, we will put them up for sale if it's a vacant property.
Committee:
House Corrections and Public Institutions
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES Jan 8th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES
Transcript Highlights:
- Furthermore, we noted that the agency paid over $17,000 in error for sales tax levied on four vehicles
- We were denied and required to pay the sales tax. It's my understanding that... You.
- We were denied and required to pay the sales tax.
- It's my understanding that... ...and required to pay the sales tax.
- Since that time, we have implemented a point-of-sale system and a reservation system that allows for
Summary:
The committee first approved the prior meeting minutes and then heard audit reports from Mr. Bullington. Four reports without findings were filed without objection. The Department of Human Services FY24 report contained three findings: suspected fraud involving disaster food assistance and Medicaid benefits by employees, a delayed notification of a forged and cashed state warrant for nearly $610,000, and several fixed-asset and sales-tax errors. DHS officials said they had referred the benefit fraud cases to prosecutors, recovered some restitution, and would change internal procedures so accounts payable staff report such incidents directly to the chief fiscal officer. Committee members questioned the missing assets, the warrant delay, and the tax issue, and the report was deferred to the next meeting so DHS could return with written policy changes.
The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism FY24 report had two findings: the loss of nearly $3,500 in museum receipts, believed to be theft at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, and issues with change funds at Daisy State Park and War Memorial Stadium. Agency officials said they had implemented new controls, including a point-of-sale and reservation system for museum rentals and more frequent reconciliation of change funds. Members asked about the criminal case, the statute of limitations, bond board reimbursement, and whether the employee’s final paycheck could be withheld. Mr. Bullington later reported that the prosecutor’s office said the Parks and Tourism investigation remained open and that additional information had been requested from the agency. The committee then deferred that report as well, and adjourned after setting the next meeting for February 12, 2026.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Jun 29th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- and say that Senate Bill 661 is about creating a dedicated funding stream using existing jet fuel sales
- tax revenues derived from aviation fuel sales be used for an aviation purpose.
- These sales transactions are an ideal time to bring a home up to code, but there's no provision in the
- tax before it expires. ...one-half cent transportation sales tax before it expires in 2034.
- This targeted sales and use tax for zero-emission vehicle fueling equipment.
Committee:
House Revenue and Taxation
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- tax, additional sales tax take the sales tax, additional sales tax take the sales tax, additional sales
- proceeds of the sale food of the gross proceeds of the sale food of the gross proceeds of the sale of
- Most of the sale state sales tax is 4%. Most of the sale state sales tax is 4%.
- sales Representative Garrett relating to sales tax.
- The first is for the sales tax and the The first is for the sales tax and the The first is for the sales
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Government Finance Committee Mar 19th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Government Finance Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And so far, we are tracking very close on our sales tax forecast, to half a percent below.
- The first section is the taxable sales and purchases information.
- This information is collected from the sales and use tax returns and is based on the filing period.
- amount of reported taxable sales and purchases for calendar year 2025.
- So next, we're moving on to the taxable sales and purchases by industry.
Committee:
Joint Government Finance Committee