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MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty One - Wednesday, March 25 - Morning Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It seems like we're hearing nothing but real estate taxes, real estate taxes, real estate taxes, and
- It seems like we're hearing nothing but real estate taxes, real estate taxes, real estate taxes, and
- If this is a business, it should be taxed as a business, taxed as a commercial business possibly.
- It was on with the taxing taxes office, Social Security. We did pass it.
- It was on with the taxing taxes office, Social Security.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for the 40th day by a roll call vote of 122-1. The chamber then spent a long period on points of personal privilege and introductions, including tributes to Scott Bell and the late Ernie Dempsey, recognition of numerous student, civic, and advocacy groups visiting for Child Advocacy Day, and several special guests and pages for the day.
The main floor business centered on House Bill 3239, which would make the Missouri Workforce Diploma Program permanent and move it into the MoCAP framework with a $4 million annual cap and continued pay-for-performance funding. Supporters said it helps adults complete high school, especially women and parents who need flexible online access, while opponents argued the state should not divert foundation formula money from K-12 students and questioned the program’s cost and structure. An amendment to add college admissions and financial aid task force language failed 55-82, then the previous question was ordered 88-42, and the bill was perfected and printed.
The House also took up House Bill 1768/2016, which would prevent county assessors from reclassifying single-family short-term rental homes from residential to commercial for tax purposes. Supporters framed it as a property rights and tax relief measure for homeowners and small investors, while some members raised concerns about LLCs, commercial use, and local control; the bill was perfected and printed. House Bill 2944, dealing with the senior property tax freeze, was also amended and perfected and printed; it would simplify the application process, make the freeze easier to maintain, clarify that it applies across taxing districts, and add notice requirements for changes in eligibility. An attempted Jackson amendment was ruled out of order as previously amended material.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Mar 19th, 2025
House Taxation & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- That used to be under the old location-based GRT tax system.
- Tax revenue up to the state.
- the tax expenditure and narrows the tax base, which then negatively impacts the general fund."
- institutions won't be taxed. even if it's operated by a private entity.
- And that's the gross receipts tax that we can do it for 20 years.
Committee:
House House Taxation & Revenue
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Revenue and Taxation REVISED Feb 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- Daniel Lafortune to serve as a board member of the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
- Affairs equipment and capital improvement program for future tax years.
- tax that they paid for.
- So, my understanding is that the tax credit is to go against the liability, the tax liability or exposure
- Who may not be getting taxed to the point.
Bills:
SB1280 , SB1392 , SB1393 , SB1395 , SB1400 , SB1405 , SB1832 , SB1839 , SB1989 , SB2001 , SB2143
Committee:
Senate Revenue and Taxation
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:23 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- That's Tax and Rev's job. I'm sitting on the Tax Committee.
- property taxes on other folks.
- However, Tax and Rev indicates, and I'll quote, 'will provide some tax relief'...
- , is that Tax and Rev...
- As we've stated, going before Tax and Rev, so it is going to move to Tax and Rev.
Summary:
The House Labor, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee met with a quorum and heard two bills from Representative Martinez. House Bill 56 would appropriate $1 million to the Department of Veterans Services to expand behavioral health and suicide prevention efforts for veterans. Supporters, including the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, the Department of Veterans Services, the Disability Coalition, New Mexico Professional Firefighters, the New Mexico Veterans and Military Families Caucus, and NAMI New Mexico, said the funding would help veterans navigate a difficult system, improve outreach in rural areas, and address New Mexico’s high veteran suicide rate and related alcohol and drug deaths. Committee members asked about whether the program was new or an expansion of an existing effort, how services would be delivered, and whether outreach would reach homeless and rural veterans. The secretary explained that the bill would augment an existing Suicide Prevention Act program, use contracts with outside providers rather than direct services, and require two term employees for contract management and outreach. The committee voted 7-1 to give HB 56 a due pass and send it to the next committee.
The committee then heard House Bill 55, which would create an income tax deduction for retirement income earned by first responders, similar to an existing benefit for military retirees. Supporters argued it would help recruit and retain firefighters, law enforcement, and other first responders, and could encourage retirees to move to New Mexico and contribute economically. Several members raised concerns about the fiscal impact, the lack of a sunset, the narrow definition of first responder, and Taxation and Revenue Department concerns that the bill could reduce general fund revenue by about $6.1 million in the first year and might not attract retirees on its own. The sponsor said he had not yet met with Tax and Rev but would do so, and noted he was open to a sunset if it helped the bill move forward. Despite concerns, the committee voted 7-1 to pass HB 55 to the next committee, with members explaining their votes and emphasizing that the bill would receive further vetting in Tax and Revenue.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Electricity as Vehicle Fuel Working Group 9/15/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- With the gas tax, tab fees, and motor vehicle sales tax.
- Again, those are the gas tax, our tab fees, and then our motor vehicle sales tax.
- </c> last one is our motor vehicle sales tax. last one is our motor vehicle sales tax.
- So in can tax to fund the system.
- I I just don't paying gas taxes?
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Carbon Sequestration Programs Study Commission (10/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- tax over time?
- </c> number to estimate the tax. number to estimate the tax.
- </c> tax or a levy on that that product. tax or a levy on that that product.
- ><c> over</c> taking a lower uh property tax over taking a lower uh property tax over time?
- </c> town is made whole by the timber tax? town is made whole by the timber tax?
Summary:
The meeting opened with roll call and approval of the prior minutes, including a requested correction to Thomas Han’s statement about a Granite State Division of the Society of American Foresters subcommittee studying the timber yield tax and current use forest land tax assessment formula. The correction was adopted, and the minutes were then approved as amended.
The main agenda item was a hearing of landowners on forest taxation and carbon credits. Several scheduled speakers canceled, so the committee received a letter from Ross Karen, a Coos County landowner and forester, who opposed carbon credit sales because of “leakage” and argued that diverse local markets and productive forests are better than carbon sales. Aean Kelly of White Mountain Lumber and the Randolph Town Forest also testified, saying many Coos County landowners and forest managers have declined carbon credit offers because they do not fit New Hampshire’s working-forest tradition. He argued that carbon agreements should be treated on a level playing field with traditional harvesting and that, if they are to be encouraged, they should face a fiscal adjustment comparable to the timber tax.
Kelly also gave a detailed history of the timber tax, explaining that it was created in 1948 to replace uneven local property taxation on standing timber, discourage clearcutting, and stabilize the tax base while preserving working forests. He said the tax was intended to be collected when timber is harvested, not to stop logging, and that a later commission found the 10% rate roughly matched the revenue towns lost. In response to questions, he said pre-1948 assessments varied widely by town and tax collector, and that carbon projects today are already being valued by sophisticated models, so he believes carbon should be included in the assessment system. He also said short-term carbon agreements may simply monetize existing forest value, while 100-year agreements raise enforceability concerns. No votes or other formal actions were taken beyond approving the amended minutes.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-06-16 (7:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The amendment repeals two taxes: the business rent tax, beginning October 1, and the aviation fuel tax
- The amendment repeals two taxes: the business rent tax beginning October 1, and the aviation fuel tax
- taxes until January 1, 2031.
- tax exemptions?
- tax, you know, we piggyback.
Summary:
The House convened on the final day of session, observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and for Representative Rosenwald’s father, then swore in and seated new members Boyles and Hodgers. The Speaker also outlined the chamber’s end-of-session priorities, including action on the budget and related conforming bills. The House then took up H.J.R. 5019, a constitutional amendment to expand Florida’s budget stabilization fund by raising the cap, requiring annual transfers, and allowing withdrawals for critical state needs. After sponsor explanations and questions about what would qualify as a critical need and how the fund might respond to possible federal funding cuts, the House adopted an amendment that added more flexibility for suspending transfers and withdrawals. The joint resolution then passed on final passage.
Members next considered HB 7031, the tax package conference report. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or extends several sales tax exemptions and holidays, and makes changes affecting property taxes, local taxes, pari-mutuel taxes, and revenue distributions. Debate focused heavily on the new permanent exemption for ammunition and hunting-related items, the elimination of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related distributions, and the shift of some funding from recurring to nonrecurring status. Supporters argued the package provides tax relief and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents criticized the ammunition exemption and the reductions in recurring housing and transit support. The conference report was adopted and the bill passed.
The House then passed HB 5017, which creates a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer from general revenue to retire state bonds early, and HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment. Finally, the chamber began explanation and questions on the General Appropriations Act conference report for fiscal year 2025-26, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major budget areas, including K-12 education, health care, transportation and economic development, agriculture and natural resources, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology, highlighting funding for school choice, Medicaid, housing, transportation infrastructure, Everglades restoration, workforce programs, cybersecurity, and technology modernization.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Just one question: does the county tax assessor-collector...?
- to raising taxes when you haven't conducted an audit.
- Therefore, it reduces... our tax by one half.
- Why do you assume that you have to pay back taxes?
- It wasn't on the 2020 tax bill.
Bills:
SB1079 , SB1243 , SB1504 , SB1579 , SB1708 , SB1844 , SB1851 , SB1879 , SB1921 , SB1951 , SB2237 , SB2238 , SB2406 , SB2407
Committee:
Senate Local Government
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Allowing taxing unit employees to serve could tilt decisions toward the interests of tax collecting entities
- entity on my tax bill.
- They certainly don't have any tax rate setting authority.
- And third, the bill clarifies that if a tax...
- We also have the sheer number of taxing units that we deal with.
Committee:
House S/C on Property Tax Appraisals
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 10/15/25
Transcript Highlights:
- So these are gross premiums, and then any federal premium tax credits and then any federal premium tax
- So it's the expiration of the tax credits, the additional tax credits that have been in place.
- That was through the tax code.
- Um, is your information losing all the tax credits or just the COVID-related tax credits?
- new taxes.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Dec 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- and what not to tax.
- Because that's a tax issue, it'd be part of a tax package.
- taxes.
- taxes.
- They do pay some sales taxes. because they do pay some property taxes.
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from its fourth meeting, held October 27-28 in Santa Fe, with Representative Duncan moving approval and no opposition. The chair then introduced a panel on the cost of providing medical care in New Mexico, focusing on physician shortages, rising practice costs, and access problems, especially in southern New Mexico and Las Cruces. Panelists included family physicians, a pediatrician, a cardiologist/electrophysiologist, and a community health center medical director, who described their backgrounds and practices before turning to the policy discussion.
The doctors argued that New Mexico is losing physicians because of three main pressures: medical malpractice exposure, gross receipts tax on medical services, and low Medicaid reimbursement. They said malpractice premiums are much higher than in neighboring states, punitive damages and venue shopping increase risk, and the patient compensation fund and attorney fee structure create additional costs. They also described administrative burdens from insurance billing and referrals, the high debt and long training period for physicians, and the effect of corporate medicine and private equity on practice decisions. One panelist emphasized the economic impact of each physician on jobs and local spending, while another noted that shortages force patients into emergency rooms and delay specialty care.
The panel presented a list of proposed solutions: reform punitive damages, limit venue shopping and stacking, restore lifetime medical payments from the patient compensation fund, enact apology protections, cap attorney fees, continue Medicaid funding improvements, and eliminate gross receipts tax on medical and dental services. Committee members generally agreed the presentation was thorough and useful, but several noted that some proposals fall outside this committee’s jurisdiction and would likely need to move through other committees, especially judiciary and tax. Some members supported drafting legislation or working on separate bills, while others urged caution, requested more input from hospitals and economists, and raised concerns about local government revenue impacts from GRT changes. The chair concluded by encouraging members to continue discussions offline and noted that the tax-related issue would be taken up further in the next day’s work.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- These are the amount of tax credits available each school year, each tax year.
- But if a family only paid $500 in state taxes, they Would get $7,500 in a tax credit.
- school tax credit.
- earned income tax credit.
- tax bill of $7,500.
Committee:
Senate Rules
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 14th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- . hard to rake in a phantom tax.
- The fee is on the tax and the tip. Businesses must collect the tax.
- pay the Texas state sales tax.
- What's the local tax?
- Whatever the tax amount is.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- tax base, or are providing breaks to that tax base, then about 50% is being taken out between those differentials
- And impact conferences, we're trying to get to actual tax losses.
- And then finally, once we had the tax loss, we've done it by county, we've summed it. and Tax loss.
- So our general revenue has sales tax in it, it has corporate income tax in it, and it has doc stamp in
- it. ...tax, and it has corporate income tax, and it has doc stamp in it.
Committee:
Senate Finance and Tax
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Finance and Tax met to hear a presentation from Amy Baker on the state’s ad valorem property tax forecast and how the revenue estimating conference handles property-tax-related impact analyses. Baker explained that the conference process requires unanimous consensus, that the revenue estimating conference produces the state’s official forecast, and that her office recently overhauled the ad valorem model to use a bottom-up, county-by-county approach with separate modeling for county and school rolls, confidential parcels, and detailed categories such as homestead, non-homestead, residential, non-residential, and agricultural property.
Baker walked through the current baseline numbers and the main components of taxable value, emphasizing the role of homestead differentials, especially Save Our Homes and portability, and homestead exemptions. She noted that differentials remove a large share of homestead value statewide, with especially large effects in South Florida and along the east coast, while exemptions are concentrated more heavily in northern and fiscally constrained counties. She also explained that many parcels have little or no remaining taxable value, while a smaller number of parcels hold a large share of taxable value, which makes exemption proposals highly uneven in their effects.
The committee discussed how impact conferences evaluate proposed constitutional amendments or bills by measuring the change from the baseline forecast, converting taxable-value changes into tax-dollar losses using county millage rates, and then expressing results in cash and recurring terms. Baker stressed that impact analyses do not address broader budgetary effects or local government replacement decisions, and that each proposal is analyzed as a standalone measure rather than in combination with others. Senators asked about seven House property-tax proposals already analyzed, the availability of those reports online, possible interactions if multiple proposals passed, and whether property-tax relief could stimulate the economy enough to offset revenue losses. Baker said the economic effects would be highly proposal- and county-specific and that any budgetary analysis would require separate work beyond the conference process. The committee took no substantive action beyond receiving the presentation and then adjourned.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Republican Perspective on 2026 Legislative Session Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- He spoke to the danger of further tax increases.
- More taxes.
- The Democrats claim our regressive tax system is the problem, yet they introduce new and higher taxes
- More taxes.
- The Democrats claim our regressive tax system is the problem, yet they introduce new and higher taxes
Summary:
This was a Republican response to the Governor’s State of the State address, delivered by Sen. Keith Wagoner. The speaker argued that Washington is facing an affordability crisis driven by recent tax increases, high living costs, and what he described as unsustainable state spending. He cited inflation in housing, fuel, food, and other essentials, along with concerns about crime, homelessness, drug overdoses, and declining student outcomes, as evidence that the state is failing residents.
A major focus was the state budget and tax policy. The speaker criticized Governor Ferguson and the Democratic majority for signing a budget he said included the largest tax increase in state history, followed by a projected revenue shortfall. He also objected to proposed new taxes on items like fuel, cell phones, storage units, and employers, warning that these measures would be regressive and could pave the way for a state income tax. He said Republicans support property tax relief and a spending limit, and he accused Democrats of rejecting those ideas.
The response also highlighted cuts to Medicaid in the 2025 budget, saying reductions disproportionately affected people with disabilities, seniors, and long-term care services. The speaker framed this as inconsistent with claims of compassion and said the state should not raise taxes while cutting care for vulnerable residents. He urged viewers to testify on legislation, contact lawmakers and the governor, and support what he called fiscally responsible, common-sense policies during the short legislative session.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Tribal and State Relations Committee Apr 13th, 2026
Tribal and State Relations Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I own land and I pay taxes.
- I own land and I pay taxes.
- We'll pay the taxes.
- , which is a city sales tax or a county sales tax, or both.
- , which is a city sales tax or a county sales tax, or both.
Committee:
Joint Tribal and State Relations Committee
Summary:
The meeting focused on Turtle Mountain’s public health and behavioral health priorities, especially access to rural health transformation funding and a long-running data use agreement with the state. Tribal public health leaders described how, during COVID, a temporary data-sharing arrangement allowed them to do their own contact tracing and case management, and they argued that a similar agreement is now needed to respond more quickly to very high syphilis rates and other infectious disease concerns. Committee members generally expressed support and said they would follow up with state officials, while tribal representatives emphasized that they already have the staff and infrastructure to use timely data effectively.
A major portion of the meeting was devoted to the Turtle Mountain Recovery Center and the broader issue of the IMD exclusion and residential treatment capacity. Tribal leaders described the center’s opening, its five levels of care, its 16-bed limit, and its efforts to become financially sustainable through billing, grants, and partnerships. They shared success stories and argued for an IMD waiver or similar flexibility so the center could expand to 32 beds and better meet local need. Committee members discussed the policy barriers to expanding residential treatment, including federal approval timelines, state funding choices, and the need to preserve a continuum of care that includes outpatient and community-based services.
The committee then heard a detailed presentation from Hector Hernandez-Dogato of the National Health Law Program on the history and mechanics of the IMD exclusion and Section 1115 waivers. He explained that the exclusion limits Medicaid payment for services in facilities with more than 16 beds, but noted existing exceptions and alternatives such as state plan options, managed care arrangements, telehealth, and community-based services. He also reviewed mixed results from states that have used IMD waivers, warning that they do not automatically improve overdose deaths, emergency room use, or access to community care, and may risk reinforcing institutionalization if not paired with strong upstream services. The committee discussed a draft bill to appropriate $49,000 and one FTE for HHS to pursue an IMD waiver, with members suggesting the bill may need to explicitly include serious mental illness as well as substance use disorder and asking for department input at a future meeting.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- tax.
- tax.
- It's, property tax, it's a wealth tax.
- . tax. tax.
- Sorry. gasoline tax. gasoline tax.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tax panel hears bill to create agricultural water quality property tax credit, HF363 3/19/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> education program um and the uh tax education program um and the uh tax credit<00:05:12.919><c>
- The taxes I pay on two ag parcels enjoy the lowest tax burden in our state, along with the additional
- tax deferment programs.
- The taxes I pay on two ag parcels enjoy the lowest tax burden in our state, along with the additional
- tax deferment programs.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 12th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Going forward, any tax exemption bills would only be for the state sales tax exemptions, but allowing
- The sales tax holiday...
- Already, the sales tax holiday for schools, for example, the sales tax holiday for disaster expenses.
- ... ...would make them taxes.
- Taxes that we are responsible for.
Committee:
House County and Municipal Government
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- taxes? taxes?
- a tax broadbased tax in to impose such a tax broadbased tax in New<01:31:32.239><c> Hampshire.
- tax that we should tax or impose a sales tax that we should have<01:32:06.639><c> bipartisan</c><01:
- I think tax base. Instead, we're tax base.
- </c> incur that tax. incur that tax.
Committee:
House Ways and Means