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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • is classified as agricultural real property, rather than...
  • Arizona has long supported agriculture through the property tax system.
  • When land qualifies as agricultural, it receives a special valuation based on agricultural lease rates
  • It replaces the term 'land' with 'agricultural real property.'
  • Agricultural real property includes both the land and the improvements, so that agricultural valuation
Summary: The committee began with an informational presentation from Gordon Shemp of Nemecu Analytics on Arizona transportation fuel supply and pricing. He explained that Arizona sits at the end of the pipeline system, relies on limited terminal inventories, and can experience only about a seven-day fuel supply if pipelines are disrupted. He attributed recent price spikes to constrained pipeline capacity, Kinder Morgan pressure reductions after PHMSA anomaly reviews, and recovering demand, and he also discussed California refinery closures, increased imports from overseas, and proposed new pipeline capacity into Phoenix from the east. Committee members asked about fuel formulations and pipeline logistics, and Shemp said the proposed project would not change fuel specifications, only transport capacity. The committee then took up House Bill 2758, which would allow eligible entities in La Paz County’s McMullen Valley groundwater basin to transport groundwater to AMAs under specified limits and conditions, with related provisions on fees, districts, and water improvement programs. Supporters, including Stan Barnes, Jim Downing, and Barry Arons, argued the bill follows the Harquahala model, provides needed augmentation for urban Arizona, and includes local benefits and guardrails. Opponents, including La Paz County Supervisor Holly Irwin, Devonna Sater, and Ed Curry, said the bill would worsen groundwater decline, subsidence, and well failures in Salome and Wenden and favored outside investors over rural residents. After debate, the committee approved HB 2758 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also heard and advanced several other water-related bills. HB 2031, extending the deadline to apply for grandfathered groundwater rights in the Wilcox AMA from 15 to 27 months, passed 5-2 after some members said the extension was unnecessary and would delay protections. HB 2102, allowing county improvement districts in subsequent AMAs or groundwater transportation basins to use eminent domain for a well and standpipe site and water hauling, passed 4-3 after Sierra Club testimony called it a limited “band-aid” rather than a real solution. HB 2103, which would let water improvement programs accept gifts and dedicate groundwater transportation fee revenue to local residential water hauling and delivery, also passed 4-3. HB 2117, a technical cleanup bill shifting Environmental Special Plate Fund administration to the Natural Resource Conservation Board and raising education-center distributions from $5,000 to $10,000, passed 5-2 despite concerns about the fund’s administration. The committee then considered HB 2261, which changes agricultural property tax terminology and valuation rules. County assessors and the Arizona Association of Counties opposed it, warning it would effectively exempt many agricultural improvements from taxation and shift costs to residential taxpayers; the Arizona Farm Bureau supported it as a clarification that would provide certainty for agriculture. The bill passed 4-3. Finally, HB 2262, transferring the Resource Analysis Division from the State Land Department to the Arizona Geological Survey and revising geospatial advisory responsibilities, was introduced, with State Land Department staff saying they were neutral but noting the bill would need clearer statutory duties if RAD is removed.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 19th, 2026 at 08:53 am

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I'm just trying to understand the tax code.
  • There are other parts of the tax code that deal with other sources of electricity and other utilities
  • There are other parts of the tax code that deal with the valuation. of utilities. Okay, so Mr.
Bills: SB273, SB37, SB100
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Jan 28th, 2026 at 09:05 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Gifted education continues to be funded through the SEG, governed under the Public School Code, and regulated
  • By embedding this in the state code as a core responsibility, the state's not just individual schools
Bills: SB64, SB19, SB44, SB83
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:11 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Herndon, no, the funding marked NMDAES and CES—that's the New Mexico Department of Agriculture
  • Representative Hernan, no, the funding marked NMDAES and CES, that's the New Mexico Department of Agriculture
  • I noticed very strong support for some of the agricultural programs at NMSU in terms of the budget recommendation
  • I noticed very strong support for some of the agricultural programs at NMSU in terms of the budget recommendation
Bills: SB37, SB29
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 27th, 2026 at 09:18 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • They also provide technical assistance with billing, coding, and stocking support for providers across
  • They also provide technical assistance with billing, coding, and stocking support for providers across
Bills: SB37, SB29
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 23rd, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, under the government code, if state agencies or local governments have a digital.
  • Every incentive is aligned to grow the regulatory code.
  • instances of restrictive language required, shall not, prohibited, and so forth in the Texas regulatory code
  • Every incentive is aligned to grow the regulatory code, with expansive delegations and deferential courts
  • about how to define a rule in the Texas Administrative Code? Yes, sir, that's correct.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Ways & Means Mar 10th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • According to the last USDA census of agriculture, Texas has lost over 17,000 farms in a 5-year period
  • But not all essential agricultural products are included.
  • of all agricultural products.
  • Texas agriculture contributes over $860 billion to the state economy and tax fairness is essential in
  • , agricultural needs, um.