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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Feb 20th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Law & Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • has to hear bills, I would entertain a motion to waive the five-day notice rule in considering, in gross
  • Possession of a controlled substance is a gross misdemeanor.
  • with some background on current drug possession crimes, possession of a controlled substance is a gross
  • with some background on current drug possession crimes, possession of a controlled substance is a gross
  • As I have gotten older, the headlines hold more weight.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 10th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • electricity that are using de minimis amounts of fossil fuels for emergency backup requirements are exempt
  • from compliance under the Clean Energy Transformation Act, and it also clarifies one other exemption
  • Gross substitute Senate Bill 6002, the Secretary will read. March 5, 2026, Mr.
  • It also authorizes gross misdemeanors with a gross misdemeanor warrant and a couple of other things,
  • When I say changes, I mean how that sales tax could be used and also property tax exemptions.
Summary: The Senate opened with ceremonial activities, approval of the previous day’s journal, and adoption of Senate Resolution 8689 recognizing March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Senators spoke in strong support of the resolution, emphasizing the importance of inclusion, self-advocacy, family caregivers, and the principle of “nothing about us without us.” The resolution was adopted, and all members’ names were added as sponsors. The chamber also welcomed student visitors and later recognized individuals with developmental disabilities and caregivers in the gallery. The Senate then confirmed several gubernatorial appointments. Charles G. Knutzen was confirmed to the Workforce Education, Investment, Accountability, and Oversight Board by a 48-0 vote. Noah Scartvet was confirmed to the Gambling Commission by a 43-5 vote, and Kelly K. Foucai was confirmed to the Spokane Colleges Board of Trustees by a 48-0 vote. The Senate also considered and confirmed additional appointments while excusing several members from attendance during parts of the day. The chamber spent much of the meeting concurring in House amendments and passing a series of bills. Among the measures approved were bills dealing with clean energy exemptions for certain backup fossil fuel use, police data and body camera/ALPR distinctions, housing and rental assistance flexibility, creation of a cabinet-level Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs with Senate confirmation, school district interfund transfers under financial oversight, civic engagement and voting services, wildfire-resistant home-hardening materials, and technical corrections to prior tax and revenue legislation. Most of these bills passed with clear majorities, though some drew recorded opposition, including Second Substitute Senate Bill 6035 and Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 6113. The Senate also adopted a striking amendment and passed Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2325, creating a tourism self-supported assessment program. Supporters said the negotiated proposal would improve fiscal transparency and help fund statewide tourism promotion, while opponents raised concerns about the assessment structure. The bill passed after concurrence in the House amendments and final passage by a 43-5 vote. The Senate then returned to the fourth order of business and stood at ease for lunch and caucus.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • What this does is provide an exemption from the state gross receipts tax for construction projects and
  • We did it as an exemption and kept in the local option gross receipts.
  • We did it as an exemption and kept in the local option grocery seats.
  • This is providing a gross receipts tax deduction for the sale of gold and silver coins or bullion.
  • This is providing a gross receipt tax deduction for the sale of gold and silver coins or bullion.
Summary: The Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee heard and voted on several bills, beginning with SB 190, which would authorize revenue bonds for Gila Regional Medical Center to replace an aging linear accelerator for cancer treatment. The sponsor and hospital representatives said the project is critical for rural patients who otherwise travel long distances for radiation therapy. After a brief amendment changing the bond term from 20 to 30 years, the committee advanced the bill 7-0. The committee then took up SB 152, a broadband affordability and rural telecommunications bill that would keep money in the broadband fund for maintenance, expansion, and a new affordability program after the federal ACP lapsed. The sponsor and broadband stakeholders said the bill is needed to close the digital divide, while some industry witnesses supported the affordability goal but wanted changes to broaden eligibility and adjust program rules. The committee heard public testimony from supporters and opponents, then passed the bill 8-0. Next, SB 77 would require certain highway and public works contractors to contribute to apprenticeship training funds; labor groups supported it as workforce development, while highway and asphalt contractors opposed it as an added cost and argued they already run their own training programs. After extended debate about whether the 60-cent-per-hour contribution would raise project costs or simply redirect existing prevailing-wage funds, the committee advanced SB 77 on a 5-3 vote. The committee also heard SB 182, a dyed diesel gross receipts tax deduction for agricultural use, but held it for the tax package without a vote. SB 151, a corporate income tax decoupling bill intended to recover revenue lost to federal tax changes, drew strong support from tax and advocacy groups and strong opposition from business, oil and gas, and chamber representatives who called it a tax increase that would hurt investment and competitiveness. Committee members raised concerns about long-term revenue stability and business impacts, but the sponsors said the bill would restore state tax capacity and selectively decouple from federal provisions; the bill was held for later consideration in the tax package. Finally, the committee heard SB 133 on eliminating gross receipts tax on medical providers for medical equipment and supplies, and SB 212 on a ski-area construction equipment gross receipts tax exemption, with sponsors arguing both would improve competitiveness and support industry investment; both were discussed as possible tax-package items and held for further consideration.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • The provision of this bill is to exempt electric utility commodities from... ...exempt electric utility
  • ... ...so we're just asking that utility companies be allowed the same exemption as agriculture.
  • So we're not asking for additional weight; we're just asking for additional length to make it legal.
  • The federal government has rules governing... ...the federal government has rules governing the weight
  • Secondly, as written, it exempts all permits, so As written, it exempts all permits.
Bills: SB42 , HB323
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Labor & Workplace Standards

Transcript Highlights:
  • In gross substitute Senate Bill 6197 deals with license suspensions for plumbers and plumbing contractors
  • In Gross Substitute Senate Bill 6197, the number of violations required for suspension changes from three
  • It exempts from public disclosure the names and addresses of affected employees provided to ESD in the
  • It exempts from public disclosure the names and addresses of affected employees provided to ESD in the
  • In gross Senate Bill 60-58 is reported out of committee with a due pass as amended recommendation.
Bills: SB6134 , SB6136 , SB6188
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - Senate Finance

Senate Finance Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • the governor, whoever that might be, in a... ...scenario where the change to the federal adjusted gross
  • income, we need to be even more proactive. ...gross income, we need to be even more proactive because
  • their analysis, and they'll determine whether conforming with the changes in the federal adjusted gross
  • income... ...and whether conforming with the changes in the federal adjusted gross income will lead
  • Property buildings and improvements are eligible for an educational and library property tax exemption
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee approved the March 16, 2026 minutes and then heard testimony on several bills, with the chair noting that votes would be taken in batches because members were coming and going. HB 2939 would increase the rural qualified facilities tax credit from $20,000 to $25,000 per job for certain projects with initial investment under $2 billion; Lucid Motors supported it as a rural economic development tool, while Senator Epstein questioned the fiscal note and whether the higher credit would actually attract new investment. HB 2950 would authorize tourism improvement areas funded by voluntary lodging assessments to support marketing and tourism promotion; the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association and Visit Phoenix backed it as a competitive tool for rural and urban destinations, and committee members focused on whether participation was truly voluntary and how the assessments would be administered. HB 2780 made technical conforming changes to Arizona’s property tax lien foreclosure and excess proceeds sale process, building on a prior law that created a mechanism for delinquent property owners to recover equity; the sponsor and a longtime constituent said the changes would fix timing and credit-bid language so qualified entity sales could work in practice. HB 2502 would let certain elected officials in ASRS retire at normal retirement age without resigning their office, with the employer paying the alternate contribution rate; ASRS said it was neutral, and the sponsor argued the bill would treat elected officials more like other ASRS members. The committee then adopted do-pass recommendations for HB 2502, HB 2780, HB 2950, and HB 2939, with each passing on split votes. The committee also adopted a striker to HB 2140, allowing the State Treasurer to invest up to 10% of state trust and treasury monies in physical gold or silver bullion held in secure U.S. depositories. The sponsor and the Sound Money Defense League argued it would diversify reserves and hedge against market disruption, while opponents said gold is volatile, costly to store, and not something taxpayers need the state to buy. HB 2140 then passed as amended on a 4-2 vote. Finally, the committee heard HB 2398, as amended, which requires commercial liability insurance for watercraft rentals and peer-to-peer boat sharing programs, with supporters saying it addresses uninsured rental boats and law enforcement concerns; the bill passed as amended on a 6-1 vote. The committee also heard HB 2999, a major housing-finance bill creating state affordability infrastructure districts to finance public infrastructure through bonds and assessments; proponents said it would lower housing costs by spreading infrastructure costs over time, while contractors and some senators raised concerns about payment risk, impact-fee treatment, and whether savings would reach homebuyers. After adopting a striker and hearing extensive questions, HB 2999 passed as amended on a 6-1 vote.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • impact fees to enjoy that infrastructure that is financed by those, and we're giving low-cost tax-exempt
  • the governor, whoever that might be, in a... ...scenario where the change to the federal adjusted gross
  • income, we need to be even more urgent that we are proactive. ...gross income, we need to be even more
  • their analysis, and they'll determine whether conforming with the changes in the federal adjusted gross
  • income... ...and whether conforming with the changes in the federal adjusted gross income would lead
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • But the requirement to be considered a farmer in Minnesota is that you only have to have $1,000 in gross
  • </c><00:07:13.360><c> income</c><00:07:13.840><c> a</c> only have to have ,000 in gross income a only
  • have to have ,000 in gross income a year<00:07:14.360><c> so</c><00:07:15.360><c> um</c><00:07:16.000
  • that we have um and that's exemption that we have um and that's before<00:08:00.479><c> even</c><00:
  • Family Farms exempting them uh and<00:15:58.199><c> you</c><00:15:58.360><c> talked</c><00:15:58.680
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 25th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 255 by Guillen relating to definitions of certain terms for purposes of the exemption from ad valorem
  • Members, this brings clarity and consistency to our property tax code by exempting essential farm inputs
  • Clerk: HB 745 by Vasut, relating to the exemption from jury service for certain crime victims of close
  • Vasut: very narrow situation to be exempt from jury duty.
  • Ashby: tuition exemption for fire science courses that we offer our paid firefighters.
Bills: HB 118 , HB388 , HB 114 , HB205 , HB2789 , HB2791 , HB499 , HB2960 , HB3163 , HB3135 , HB2427 , HB1618 , HB1672 , HB1722 , HB1338 , HB787 , HB2618 , HB879 , HB 1126 , HB4134 , HB3513 , HB718 , HB1536 , HB1445 , HB1640 , HB1893 , HB1734 , HB3229 , HB3306 , HB 1276 , HB3272 , HB3276 , HB3516 , HB4145 , HB1585 , HB4810 , HB2989 , HB2558 , HB3014 , HB2742 , HB1695 , HB29 , HB 125 , HB145 , HB171 , HB255 , HB50 , HB363 , HB 116 , HB491 , HB1495 , HB368 , HB 1285 , HB1905 , HB2002 , HB917 , HB2723 , HB2067 , HB 1238 , HB745 , HB 1188 , HB1606 , HB2003 , HB2147 , HB2355 , HB2546 , HB2495 , HB2818 , HB2249 , HB3228 , HB3240 , HB1507 , HB658 , HB1748 , HB1851 , HB1922 , HB2798 , HB 107 , HB1587 , HB3684 , HB 118 , HB388 , HB 114 , HB205 , HB2789 , HB2791 , HB499 , HB2960 , HB3163 , HB3135 , HB2427 , HB1618 , HB1672 , HB1722 , HB1338 , HB787 , HB2618 , HB879 , HB 1126 , HB4134 , HB3513 , HB718 , HB1536 , HB1445 , HB1640 , HB1893 , HB1734 , HB3229 , HB3306 , HB 1276 , HB3272 , HB3276 , HB3516 , HB4145 , HB1585 , HB4810 , HB2989 , HB2558 , HB3014 , HB2742 , HB1695 , HB609 , HB630 , HB420 , HB767 , HB1708 , HB1404 , HB2457 , HB140 , HB227 , HB913 , HB2198 , HB2763 , HB 1261 , HB 1135 , HB1318 , HB2358 , HB2765 , HB2735 , HB3307 , HB 1242 , HB2842 , HB333 , HB201 , HB694 , HB2415 , HB155 , HB272 , HB405 , HB519 , HB 1136 , HB 1275 , HB1437 , HB1532 , HB1675 , HB1868 , HB1888 , HB1990 , HB2286 , HB2523 , HB3129 , HB3251 , HB3354 , HB3479 , HB3803 , HB3804 , HB3805 , HB3806 , HB3887 , HB4163 , HB4238 , HB 1240 , HB1842 , HB2029 , HB2622 , HB3255 , HB654 , HB4643 , HB4945 , HB3611 , HB3724 , HB3623 , HB3810 , HB4127 , HCR78 , HCR12 , SB767
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • The HB 2363 addresses this challenge by allowing a limited temporary exemption for eligible applicants
  • to the applicable business and occupation tax rates, advanced computing businesses with worldwide gross
  • And we can be sure that Microsoft and Amazon are not just making $25 billion in global gross receipts
  • So you owe everything that you would pay at 7.5% of your gross receipts. ...that you would pay at 7.5%
  • of your gross receipts.
Bills: HB2286 , HB2324 , HB2363 , HB2098
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 935 only exempts counties from paying the motor fuel tax if the gas or diesel is sold in the county
  • It extends the R&D franchise tax credit program and repeals the insufficient sales tax exemption.
  • So it's a 12 to 1 ratio over state gross state product over 20 years. Is that your data?
  • So we treat the work as exempt to some extent and then pay tax on the total contract.
  • All other aviation categories are already exempt, including commercial.
Committee: Senate Finance
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 30th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Environment, Energy & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • we have to say that hydrogen is a motor fuel so that the Department of Agriculture can tell us the weights
  • So that the Department of Agriculture can tell us the weights and measures and figure out how to fairly
  • motor fuel and the Motor Fuel Quality Act is outdated, like really outdated, and it prevents our weights
  • Updating the definition sections might seem like a really small act, but it does give our weights and
  • It does give our weights and measures program the authority to inspect and test the quality of gaseous
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Feb 19th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Environment & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • that station online over the last year, we've worked closely with the Department of Agriculture, weights
  • This will allow the weights and measures team to perform the same testing and certification activities
  • Under this bill, would weights and measures have a role in certifying that green electrolytic standard
  • So the affected market customers that are now exempt from CETA do not have to consume electricity with
  • the bill continues to exempt them for that level of fossil or dirty fuels that they are using and we
Bills: SB6013
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Feb 19th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • that station online over the last year, we've worked closely with the Department of Agriculture, weights
  • This will allow the weights and measures team to perform the same testing and certification activities
  • Under this bill, would weights and measures have a role in certifying that green electrolytic standard
  • So the affected market customers that are now exempt from CETA do not have to consume electricity with
  • The bill continues to exempt them for that level of fossil or dirty fuels that they are using, and we
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on SSB 6269, which updates the Motor Fuel Quality Act by removing the separate definition of alternative fuel and broadening the definition of motor fuel to include gaseous products and fuels used for transportation purposes. The Washington State Department of Agriculture testified that the change would let weights and measures staff test a wider range of fuels, including hydrogen and other clean fuels, and Douglas County PUD supported the bill as necessary to help regulate the state’s first hydrogen fueling station and future hydrogen infrastructure. A question clarified that the bill concerns the purity of the final hydrogen fuel product, not certification of the production process. The committee then received a briefing on three amendments to SB 5982, which expands Clean Energy Transformation Act coverage to additional entities. Amendment 170 would remove a requirement tied to affected market customers consuming the same or greater share of non-emitting and renewable electricity for the same end uses; Amendment 171 would exempt electricity used solely for emergency backup purposes; and Amendment 173 would similarly exempt backup generation using de minimis fossil fuels and related load from CETA compliance. Members discussed whether the amendments were needed to protect cogeneration facilities and emergency backup systems, while others argued they could weaken CETA’s clean-energy goals. In executive session, SB 6013 was reported out of committee with a do pass recommendation by a 21-0 voice vote. On SB 5982, Amendment 170 failed, Amendment 171 failed, and Amendment 173 passed. The committee then adopted the amendments into a striking amendment and voted 12-8 to report Substitute Senate Bill 5982 out of committee with a do pass as amended recommendation. Members supporting the bill said it levels the playing field and preserves exemptions for backup power and existing cogeneration, while opponents argued it could undermine CETA and allow continued fossil-fuel use or create loopholes.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • that a compulsory pilot is needed if a vessel wants to call on any port in Massachusetts above 350 gross
  • Every foreign-flag vessel for the Port of Boston that's over 350 gross tons is required to have a state
  • I urge this committee to give substantial weight to the expert written testimony provided by the National
  • I urge this committee to give substantial weight to the expert written testimony, Hi, Captain Clint Walker
  • they placed a law, a statute in their states that said that all ships, in our particular case, 350 gross
Summary: The committee hearing covered several bills related to environmental, natural resources, and maritime issues. Representative Markey testified in support of H. 1000, which would create a commission to study financing wastewater infrastructure, especially in southeastern Massachusetts and the South Shore, citing combined sewer overflows and impacts on aquaculture. Members agreed the core challenge is finding long-term financing for wastewater solutions. The committee also heard testimony on H. 902 to establish an Office of Outdoor Recreation, with supporters describing its role in expanding access, supporting underrepresented communities, and helping grow the outdoor economy. Related testimony also supported H. 986, which would codify the Division of Ecological Restoration and the Office of Fishing and Boating Access within the Department of Fish and Game, with witnesses emphasizing habitat restoration, flood reduction, public access, and boating/fishing opportunities. A major portion of the hearing focused on H. 901/S. 597, “An Act Providing Nature for All,” which would dedicate existing sporting goods sales tax revenue to a new conservation fund. Supporters from Mass Audubon, Environmental League of Massachusetts, Appalachian Mountain Club, Trust for Public Land, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance, and conservation groups argued the bill would provide a sustainable revenue stream for land conservation, parks, trails, wetlands, water protection, and climate resilience, while also advancing environmental justice and outdoor recreation. They said the state needs roughly $300 million more per year to meet land conservation goals and that the bill could generate about $100 million annually without raising taxes. Committee members asked about balancing conservation with housing and development, and witnesses said the goals are compatible and that the bill includes safeguards. Witnesses also noted similar funding models in other states. The hearing also included H. 1053, a bill to create a Merrimack River Collaborative. Regional planning and watershed advocates said the river faces bacterial contamination, heavy metals, combined sewer overflows, and other pollution, and that a formal collaborative would help coordinate municipalities, state agencies, and nonprofits across the watershed and possibly across state lines. Another bill, H. 4109, would relocate harbor lines in New Bedford Harbor to allow reconstruction of deteriorating bulkheads at a waterfront industrial site; the New Bedford Port Authority, engineers, and the property owner said the change is needed for permitting and would support port modernization and jobs. Finally, the committee heard extensive testimony on S. 641 regarding marine pilotage in New Bedford. Supporters argued the bill would remove a District 3 pilotage restriction and improve port flexibility and offshore wind operations, while opponents warned it would undermine the state’s compulsory pilotage system, weaken safety, and allow ship owners to shop for pilots. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill limits the insurance premium exemption to the business and occupation tax.
  • The amendment does not address the insurance premium exemption to the business and occupation tax.
  • The bill limits the insurance premium exemption to the business and occupation tax.
  • The only person, only the person who paid insurance premium tax can claim this exemption.
  • Having received a constitutional majority in Gross House Bill 2487 is declared passed.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/21/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • 01:37:49.760><c> on</c> well-being and those children are on well-being and those children are on weights
  • for residential treatment or weights for residential treatment or applied<01:37:52.719><c> for</c><01
  • </c><01:38:00.400><c> Um</c><01:38:00.719><c> and</c><01:38:00.960><c> we</c> because of the weight list
  • Um and we because of the weight list.
  • </c> simply because there is a weight list. simply because there is a weight list.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-02-17 - 9:30AM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so what this, in Act 55, critical access hospitals were exempt from the cap, the 120% cap.
  • negligence or reckless is due to gross negligence or reckless disregard,<00:24:46.400><c> and</c><00
  • It also wouldn't apply if the defendant was engaged in gross negligence or reckless disregard of the
  • negligence or reckless engaged in gross negligence or reckless disregard<00:30:54.240><c> of</c><00:
  • So even though they're going to be exempt if this passes, they can still have to lawyer up.