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MN
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Transportation committee approves HF5 1/22/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • You can see the motor fuels excise tax change.
  • <00:04:08.560> tax the capping of the motor fuels tax the capping of the motor fuels tax indexing
  • They generally do so using revenue from three sources: motor fuel sales, a motor fuels tax, and a motor
  • class had the highest average fuel class had the highest average fuel economy<00:40:26.040> of
  • <00:40:38.880> economies beginning around 2000 fuel economies beginning around 2000 fuel economies
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: House File 5 was heard in the Transportation Committee and moved by the author, Representative Jim Joy, to be referred to the Tax Committee. Joy described the bill as a package to make Minnesota more affordable by fully eliminating the Social Security tax subtraction, ending the motor fuels tax indexing, repealing the retail delivery fee, and studying vehicle registration/license taxes compared with neighboring states. Committee fiscal staff explained the bill’s fiscal effects across the general fund, highway user tax distribution fund, transportation advancement account, and metro county sales tax allocations, including that the delivery fee repeal would reduce Transportation Advancement Account revenue and that the bill would shift some revenue sources to offset losses. Several stakeholders testified. The Minnesota Grocers Association strongly supported repealing the retail delivery fee, arguing it is costly and complex for retailers to administer, especially small businesses, and that the costs are ultimately passed on to consumers. The Minnesota Propane Association also supported repeal, saying the fee is burdensome for propane businesses, that only a small share of deliveries are actually subject to it, and that compliance costs can exceed the fee revenue collected. Fiscal staff noted that delivery fee revenue forecasts have fallen below earlier projections, and explained that the fee is imposed on sellers with several exemptions, including a $100 transaction threshold and exemptions for some sales such as bars, restaurants, nonprofits, and certain small businesses. Opposition came from local government groups. The League of Minnesota Cities said it supported the Transportation Advancement Account and its 2023 funding sources, including the delivery fee and motor vehicle parts sales tax, and warned that the bill would prematurely alter a funding structure that cities rely on for predictable transportation revenue. The Minnesota Association of Small Cities said small cities had long lacked dedicated transportation funding and wanted a stable, ongoing revenue stream, but were neutral on the exact source as long as it was reliable. Metro Cities echoed support for stable, predictable transportation funding for metro-area cities. The committee took testimony and discussion only; no final vote was recorded in the excerpt beyond the motion to refer the bill to the Tax Committee.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Countering Climate Change – Senator Rob Kupec May 26th, 2025

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's sustainable aviation fuel that has at least cuts carbon emissions by 50%.
  • And we've been a leader in sustainable aviation fuel.
  • So that's sustainable aviation fuels.
  • And I think, you know, we aviation fuel.
  • <00:04:09.920> Um aviation fuel plants in Morehead. Um aviation fuel plants in Morehead.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • seek to actually terminate that grant. seek to actually terminate that grant.
  • I think it's terminate the grant.
  • move towards a termination. move towards a termination.
  • on how many grants were um terminated on how many grants were um terminated and<00:32:09.519>
  • been any grants that you terminated been any grants that you terminated because<00:32:17.760>
Keywords: 1183, house
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (01/14/2026)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • contract negotiations or terminations. contract negotiations or terminations.
  • , When provider contracts are terminated, When provider contracts are terminated, it<02:25:07.680
  • If the contract has already been terminated, or if it is prior to actual termination of the contract,
  • , the idea is that after termination, the idea is that after termination, there's<02:35:09.600>
  • ,<02:35:17.359> if actually already been terminated, if actually already been terminated,
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/01/2026)

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This end piece here is called a terminal device, and we can swap out different terminal devices here.
  • But what's... and we can swap out different terminal and we can swap out different terminal devices<04
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Committee (05/15/2026)

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, it seems like that you have to pay more for fuel because of the war in Iran.
  • Unfortunately, we pay the going rate, wholesale rate, for fuel.
  • <00:20:45.240> vendor fuel vendor fuel vendor for<00:20:46.520> a<00:20:46.600> period
  • <00:20:59.880> Distribution Maintenance and uh Fuel Distribution Maintenance and uh Fuel Distribution
  • uh wholesale rate for fuel. uh wholesale rate for fuel.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The Joint Fiscal Committee met on May 15 at 10:00 a.m. and first approved the April 17 minutes. It then took up a consent calendar covering tabs three through seven, with items 089 and 097 removed for separate discussion. The committee approved the remainder of the consent calendar and then adopted item 089, which involved Department of Safety/Homeland Security grant funding for active shooter incident management and school reunification training. Officials said the project is a mandatory Homeland Security grant set-aside, with training for public safety officials and school districts and internal social media used only to promote training schedules; members asked about marketing, outcomes, and how success would be measured. The committee next considered item 097 for the Division of Historical Resources. Agency officials said the request was driven by a decade-long increase in Section 106 and state historic preservation reviews, many tied to disaster-related infrastructure work such as culvert and road repairs, and that the grant would add capacity to handle roughly 1,000 to 1,500 reviews per year. The committee approved the item after brief discussion. Under the regular calendar, the Department of Transportation presented a fuel-related transfer. Members questioned the decline in the highway fund balance, which staff said was being affected by rising expenses, flat-to-moderate revenue, and a rough winter that increased maintenance costs. DOT officials said they were considering toll rate increases and noted the agency pays market wholesale fuel rates; they also discussed prior fuel hedging decisions and said they have authority to hedge again if it makes sense. The committee approved the DOT item, then approved a miscellaneous action item to fill a position at the LBA. Members also asked the chair to remind the Attorney General to appear at a future meeting regarding the YDC claims report. The committee set its next meeting for Friday, June 19 at 11:00 a.m., and adjourned after a brief note of appreciation for recent corrections and changes reported by the liquor commission.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Apr 21st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Health workers and family planning providers have received abrupt notice terminating federal grants with
  • As you noted, the California Department of Public Health received a termination notice.
  • We've received termination notices for five of these supplements, including the two largest grants, which
  • The limited-term positions are being terminated.
  • And plus, for those contracts that are terminated, it becomes really difficult to go back and restart
Keywords: 988, house, all
NM
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Aug 14th, 2025

Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • At slide 11, you'll see the extent to which motor fuel taxes, both fuel and diesel fuel, play a role
  • Here, New Mexico is the fourth lowest fuel tax in the nation.
  • In the top 10 cheapest diesel fuel tax in the nation.
  • There was actually a time, believe it or not, where we reduced our fuel tax.
  • We are collecting special fuel tax revenue on those trucks that come through.
HI
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EIG-EDT, EIG Public Hearings 02-11-2025

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • history, leaks could have ranged from 6 to 144,000 gallons, to up to maybe 1.9 million gallons of fuel
  • Very simply, the fuel tanks are on the ridge between Moanalua Valley and Halawa Valley.
  • Uh, so if this was Red Hill and all the fuel tanks are in Red Hill, Moanalua Valley, uh, would be on
  • Um, so Moanalua Valley, the Red Hill fuel tanks, uh, sit underground.
  • residual Fuel and there's still some residual Fuel and sludge<00:14:00.360> they<00:14:00.480
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint committees on Energy, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Economic Development and Tourism met on February 11, 2025, and heard testimony on several measures. Senate Bill 1338, relating to long-duration clean energy storage, received support from the Energy Office, DEED, HTDC, and the gas company. With no opposition or questions, the committees recommended passage with technical, non-substantive amendments and a deferred effective date of 5/13/2040. The committees then heard Senate Bill 233 on climate resilience, which drew support from the Hawaii State Community Office and other testifiers. SB 492, relating to the general excise tax, had mixed testimony, with support from DHHL, the Office of Planning, county representatives, and others, and opposition from the Grassroots Institute and another testifier. The chair explained that SB 492 would be amended to remove language that would prevent DHHL from benefiting, along with technical amendments and the same deferred date of 5/13/2040. For Senate Bill 1634, relating to water resources, the Board of Water Supply testified in support and urged expanding the bill from two to six monitoring wells, citing Red Hill contamination concerns, PFAS detections in Halawa Shaft, and the need for a broader monitoring grid to track groundwater movement. Members discussed the connected aquifers and the need for more data. The committee recommended passage of SB 1634 with amendments to allow funding for six monitoring wells, include a sentinel monitoring system, and make technical, non-substantive changes. The committee also voted to pass SB 233 unamended, and all recommendations were adopted by the members present.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Expanding Nuclear Energy in Minnesota – Senator Nick Frentz Mar 10th, 2025

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It doesn't require fuel. We don't have to drill in the ground for it.
  • You mentioned that for these renewable sources, you know, we don't need fuel.
  • Fuel is a big part of the conversation.
  • we don't have to drill in the fuel we don't have to drill in the ground<00:02:53.080> for<00:
  • um and fuel is a big part of the fuel um and fuel is a big part of the conversation<00:03:48.319>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (03/10/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • , horse racing terminals, into true video lottery terminals, true slot machines, as part of that process
  • horse racing terminals into terminals horse racing terminals into true<00:07:16.599> video<00
  • slot true video Lottery terminals true slot true video Lottery terminals true slot machines<00:07
  • That's why everyone calls it slots, video lottery terminals.
  • <02:04:37.840> are that we and video Lottery terminals are that we and video Lottery terminals
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The public hearing opened on HB 728-FN, which would authorize video lottery terminals at charity gaming facilities and repeal historic horse racing licensing. Representative Om explained that the bill would convert the current historic horse racing terminals into true video lottery terminals/slot machines and change the revenue split, reducing the operator share from 75% to 70% while increasing the state share from 25% to 30%. He also noted the bill would increase the amount going to charities and other state beneficiaries. Former State Rep. Pat Brammy, who had served on the Charitable Gaming Study Commission, testified in support of the bill’s basic structure. He said a consultant’s report found historic racing machines cost facilities 12% to 18% more to operate because of totalizer and track-related fees, and that slot machines would be cheaper because there are more manufacturers and more competition. He argued that although the operator share drops by 5%, facilities could still benefit from lower operating costs, and he said the commission concluded that moving to slot machines would increase revenues to facilities, charities, and the state. He also said the bill would create a more stable stream of funding for problem gambling, since the current HHR “breakage” funding mechanism is limited and dependent on a single vendor. Brammy also discussed the commission’s concerns about market concentration in HHR machines, saying the commission found the market was dominated by only a few manufacturers and recommended legislation to address that issue under Article 83 of the state constitution. He interpreted the bill as allowing a phase-in of slot machines upon passage, with the remaining HHR provisions phasing out by January 1, 2028, and said facilities would likely transition as leases expire. Committee members asked about HHR contracts, machine programming, testing, and whether removing HHR would reduce competition; Brammy said he believed leases were likely short-term, machines are tested by a lab, and the legislature could decide whether the change is appropriate. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.
VT
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-08 - 11:30AM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Motor fuel.
  • So we've seen less fuel being purchased because we have more fuel-efficient vehicles.
  • <01:08:31.199> But vehicle that doesn't buy fuel. But vehicle that doesn't buy fuel.
  • diesel fuel for the most part. diesel fuel for the most part.
  • um diesel fuel and [snorts] diesel fuel um diesel fuel and [snorts] diesel fuel right<01:42:14.800
Keywords: 927, senate, all
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 9th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 25-after Call of the Chair Mar 16th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Oklahoma House Floor Meeting

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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 25 Mar 16th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma House Floor Meeting

HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Fri Feb 6, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 11

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 10

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences Sep 22nd, 2025

Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm here to speak to the review of tax preferences for natural gas as a transportation fuel.
  • They supported major environmental gains, enabled the development of critical fueling infrastructure
  • in the Port of Tacoma, and help position Washington as a leader in clean maritime fuel.
  • To continue this momentum, sustained investment in alternative fuel initiatives is essential.
  • in alignment with federal proposals such as the Maritime Fuel Tax Parity Act.
Summary: The Citizens Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences met on September 22, 2025, confirmed a quorum, and unanimously approved the August 6, 2025 meeting minutes. The main business of the meeting was public testimony on the 2025 tax preference reviews, with Commissioner Forsyth recusing himself for the first witness, Joey Halverson of Tote Maritime Alaska, who testified in support of the tax preference for natural gas as a transportation fuel. He argued that LNG has enabled major emissions reductions, supported infrastructure at the Port of Tacoma, and should continue to receive tax preferences to encourage further clean maritime fuel adoption. The second witness, Michelle Preston of Habitat for Humanity of Washington State, testified in support of the tax preference for low-income homeownership developers. She said the preference helps Habitat affiliates advance homeownership and sustain operations, but noted that reporting has been inconsistent across independent affiliates and that JLARC’s metrics may not fully capture the program’s benefits. Commissioners asked questions about affiliate accounting, the distinction between benefits to nonprofits versus homebuyers, and whether the reporting/renewal period should be shorter than the current seven years; Preston said the preference benefits the nonprofit developer, not the homebuyer, and suggested shorter renewal periods might improve compliance and awareness. JLARC staff then outlined the process for the commission’s upcoming comments on the 2025 tax preference reviews. Commissioners will receive a web-based comment form, with responses due September 30, the chair will compile consolidated comments, and those materials will be distributed for the October 21, 2025 meeting. The chair noted that only voting members will complete the comment forms, though individual members may also submit minority reports. The meeting ended with a reminder that written testimony could still be submitted to JLARC and that the next commission meeting is scheduled for October 21, 2025.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 23rd, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're not fuel-driven. In fact, landscape-scale fuel clearing makes the problem worse.
  • Now, efficacy in fuels reduction.
  • Now, efficacy in fuels reduction.
  • Burning urban fuels.
  • The next one is connective fuels.
Summary: The hearing focused on California wildfire resilience, with the first panel discussing statewide funding, policy, and strategic priorities, and the second panel shifting to home hardening and defensible space. The LAO outlined the state’s wildfire risk, the large increase in resilience spending in recent years, and the fact that most funding has been one-time rather than ongoing. Testimony emphasized that wildfire risk varies greatly by region, that the state must balance response spending with prevention, and that success should be measured more carefully than by acres treated alone. Witnesses also noted the importance of local, federal, utility, and Proposition 4 funding sources, as well as the need for long-term maintenance and strategic prioritization rather than scattered projects. Cal Fire leadership and other witnesses stressed that California’s wildfire problem is not uniform: forested areas, chaparral, and wildland-urban interface communities require different strategies. In Northern California and forested watersheds, speakers emphasized fuels reduction, prescribed and cultural burning, strategic fuel breaks, watershed protection, and maintaining forest health. In Southern California, testimony focused on wind-driven fires, ember intrusion, ignition prevention along roads and power lines, and the limits of large-scale vegetation clearing. Several witnesses argued that the state should invest where it can leverage local and regional partnerships, support capacity-building programs like Regional Forest and Fire Capacity, and improve data systems to track treatment effectiveness and project outcomes. Members repeatedly pressed witnesses on how to prioritize limited funds, asking what should be done more of, less of, and first. The chair argued that protecting homes and communities through hardening and defensible space should be a major priority, especially near structures, while also acknowledging the need for broader landscape work and watershed protection. There was discussion of incentives such as insurance discounts, property tax treatment, and community certification for hardened homes, along with the need for multiple payers rather than relying on the state alone. Cal Fire reported new and expanding data tools, including treatment trackers, defensible space inspection dashboards, and a fuels treatment effectiveness program that evaluates whether nearby treatments affected wildfire behavior. No votes were taken because the hearing was informational only.
VT
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-05-27 - 4:22PM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then we will move to House Bill 542, which is an act relating to terminating testing of schools for
  • 00:00:52.239> act<00:00:52.559> relating<00:00:53.039> to<00:00:53.360> terminating
  • which is an act relating to terminating which is an act relating to terminating testing<00:00:54.480
  • House Bill 542 is an act relating<00:26:43.279> to<00:26:43.600> terminating<00:26:44.240
  • > testing<00:26:44.960> of relating to terminating testing of relating to terminating testing
Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The House took up several Senate proposals of amendment and, by voice vote, concurred in each. On House Bill 928, technical corrections to fish and wildlife statutes, the House suspended the rules, heard a section-by-section explanation of changes to hunting violation points, license expiration dates, license fees, and Champion Lands reporting, and then concurred after both the committee and Ways and Means reported favorable straw polls of 11-0. On House Bill 915, the extended producer responsibility program for beverage containers, the House also suspended the rules and heard a detailed summary of Senate changes affecting handling fees, redemption requirements, PRO administration, collection-site standards, reporting, and effective dates; Environment reported a favorable straw poll and Ways and Means noted a modest fiscal impact from higher liquor bottle handling fees, after which the House concurred. The House then took up Senate Bill 328 on housing and common interest communities. The General and Housing Committee explained the Senate’s further amendments, including changes to the treasurer’s housing credit facility, consultation requirements, VHIP funding provisions, municipal housing planning, duplex and accessory dwelling unit rules, temporary multi-unit provisions, downtown and village center benefits, and common-interest-community reporting on vegetable gardens. Appropriations and Environment both reported no additional fiscal concerns and favorable straw polls, and the House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment. Finally, the House considered House Bill 542 on PCB testing in Vermont schools. The Senate strike-all amendment would extend the testing deadline to 2035, create a future special fund for testing and remediation, require PCB testing before major renovation projects using state construction dollars, and direct ANR to report on remaining costs and funding options. After questions about how the amendment would affect schools that had already tested or completed remediation, Education explained that existing remediation reimbursements would continue and that the amendment mainly delays the mandate and sets up a future funding mechanism. The House concurred, then recessed until 5:20 p.m. to prepare for additional Senate bills.