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FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

April 3, 2025 - 08:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, last up, we'll have HB 1513, refund of overpayments made by patients, by Representative Greco
  • HB 1513 requires health care practitioners to refund overpayments made by patients.
  • Chair, HB 1513 requires health care practitioners to refund overpayments made by patients within 30 days
Summary: The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee met with a quorum and heard six bills. HB 1617 on stem cell therapy was presented as a way to expand access to biotherapy options through informed consent, sourcing standards, and required disclosures; an amendment clarifying definitions was adopted, supportive testimony was heard, and the bill passed 16-0. PCS for HB 1399 would give the legislature authority to terminate or refuse to extend a declared public health emergency; members raised a concern about what happens if the emergency prevents the legislature from meeting, but the sponsor said she was working on a fix, and the bill passed 16-0. PCS for HB 555 would change medical marijuana card renewals from annual to every two years and exempt veterans from the $75 fee; members described it as reducing barriers and helping seniors and veterans, and it passed 16-0. PCS for HB 1487 would strengthen licensure for volunteer-based EMS providers such as Hatzalah South Florida; testimony and debate emphasized the value of these zero-cost, volunteer emergency services, and the bill passed 14-0. HB 115 on clinical laboratory personnel addressed workforce shortages by aligning Florida licensure more closely with federal CLIA standards and allowing qualified applicants with relevant bachelor’s degrees and federal training to work with on-the-job training; a strike-all amendment was adopted, industry witnesses supported the bill, and it passed 15-0 as amended. HB 1513 would require health care practitioners to refund patient overpayments within 30 days of learning of the overpayment, excluding insurer and HMO overpayments; it drew supportive debate and passed 15-0. The meeting then adjourned.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, and now people People in this state are getting the benefits of no tax on tips, of no tax on overtime
  • Moreover, that bill gave huge new tax breaks to billionaires.
  • Giant corporations are getting huge tax refunds sent out just now.
  • Congress should end these giveaways to billionaires and give tax refunds to the hardworking people of
  • We had a lot of tax increases to deal with the war. I'm not for tax increases.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Mar 17th, 2025

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • from our expertise today we can track Well over nine hundred and seven million dollars in severance taxes
  • And if the person denies... the use of the bond proceeds that they get all their money back in full refund
  • put forth the cash bonds for approval and if they say no then they get back the full amount of the refund
  • use... the proceeds for the restoration of the roads and bridges, then the amount of the bond be refunded
  • in the bank and use it to buy yellow. equipment, and then if they don't use it for that purpose, refund
Bills: HB206 , HB 1285 , HB1335 , HJR107 , HB206
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • the burden on paying for your tax, your deductible and stuff.
  • the burden on paying for your tax, your deductible and stuff.
  • Paying for your tax, your deductible and stuff. Move for adoption. I yield for questions.
  • and the tax deductible on top of the child?
  • things when we're trying to deal with ad valorem taxes and doing a tax abatement?
Committee: House Rules
Summary: The committee first announced that House Bills 3568 and 3891 and H.J.R. 1019 would be laid over and not heard that day. It then took up a series of bills, adopting PCS versions where offered and generally moving them forward with do-pass recommendations. House Bill 3015 would allow Oklahomans to add a driver’s license to a digital wallet and use it as an optional credential; members questioned why legislation was needed now versus the 2019 digital ID effort and whether the state would work directly with Apple and Google rather than a third-party vendor. The bill passed 10-0. Other measures included House Bill 314, which adds a DOC electronic monitoring ineligibility item; House Bill 3567, which increases transparency in campaign fund use and was amended to correct a citation; House Bill 3749, which lets county clerks, county court clerks, and county commissioners retain outside counsel; House Bill 4229, which narrows when schools may declare emergencies for contracts when facilities are unusable; and House Bill 4237, which modernizes collection of criminal court fees, fines, and costs. Each of these bills advanced, with HB 3749 drawing the most discussion over whether it duplicates district attorney services and whether county commissioners would be approving their own outside-counsel contracts. The committee also advanced House Bill 4253, a union-related bill that the author said he was carrying as a vehicle and would substantially revise before final passage; members discussed federal labor-law concerns and the bill passed 10-0. House Joint Resolution 1046 would exempt homeowners from property tax for a year if a residence is uninhabitable for six months after a disaster; members debated the impact on local tax bases and whether existing ad valorem refund mechanisms should be used instead, and it passed 10-0. House Joint Resolution 1084, which states that Oklahoma and U.S. constitutional standards govern courtroom matters and no court should enforce incompatible religious law, passed 8-2 after questions about whether it addressed a current problem. Finally, House Bill 3411 on biosolids and PFAS testing would require DEQ testing and disclosure to landowners and authorize treatment protocols; it passed 9-1. The meeting ended with notice that the next rules meeting was moved to Thursday at 11:30 in a different room due to technical difficulties.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 111 May 4th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> already pay taxes? already pay taxes?
  • to offset the tax base.
  • </c><02:17:16.800><c> to</c> going to have to raise their taxes to going to have to raise their taxes
  • </c> The taxes, um, so they say that it's a tax credit.
  • Why would a success will be taxed.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26 - Part 2

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Therefore, if there was a prepayment for those records, uh, that should be refunded back to the requester
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  • fee that part deals with refunding uh fee that was<00:04:25.120><c> paid</c><00:04:25.360><c> for</c
  • </c><00:04:42.320><c> back</c> records, uh that should be refunded back records, uh that should be refunded
Bills: HF3521 , HF1807 , HF1270 , HF2070 , HF3136
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance. (2-24-26)

Banking & Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, refund and hold requirements, a 72-hour hold or refund mandates for new customers for transactions
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  • 30.320><c> or</c> and hold requirements, a 72-hour hold or and hold requirements, a 72-hour hold or refund
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE Apr 14th, 2026

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first is a refund of local sales and use taxes. That's for House Bill 1033.
  • They're requesting an increase of $30 million to refund the city's share of local sales and use taxes
  • They're requesting an increase of $50 million in appropriation from the Uniform Tax Rate Trust Fund to
  • support the redistribution of property tax revenues to counties.
  • This amendment increases $150 million for real property tax reduction.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 26th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Foil, Title 47, notice of assessment, disallowance of a refund claim, provides relative to local
  • sales and use taxes, appealing notices of assessment, provides relative to refund claims by the Department
  • House Bill 1010, by Representative DeVillier, Title 47, ad valorem taxes, duties to parish tax collectors
  • , to require the collection of certain information to be sent to the Louisiana Tax Commission.
  • interdicted person, provides for net worth, donations, dispositions, limitations, exceptions, and relative to tax
Bills: HR70 , HR71 , HCR35 , HB31 , HB326 , HB1013 , HB1014 , HB1015 , HB1016 , HR65 , HR66 , HR67 , HR68 , HR69 , HCR33 , HCR34 , HB1006 , HB1007 , HB1008 , HB1010 , HB1011 , SB2 , SB13 , SB24 , SB28 , SB40 , SB47 , SB48 , SB70 , SB79 , SB80 , SB109 , SB127 , SB139 , SB154 , SB181 , SB199 , SB200 , SB208 , SB277 , SB317 , SB336 , SB349 , SB357 , HR15 , HR20 , HCR14 , HB51 , HB58 , HB69 , HB82 , HB93 , HB143 , HB166 , HB199 , HB201 , HB202 , HB218 , HB222 , HB223 , HB224 , HB231 , HB235 , HB246 , HB338 , HB349 , HB352 , HB379 , HB405 , HB429 , HB535 , HB547 , HB577 , HB588 , HB626 , HB636 , HB652 , HB653 , HB669 , HB688 , HB691 , HB721 , HB738 , HB749 , HB806 , HB843 , HB851 , HB857 , HB861 , HB889 , HB904 , HB907 , HB908 , HB929 , HB955 , HB1009 , HB952 , HB8 , HB9 , HB10 , HB15 , HB16 , HB17 , HB18 , HB19 , HB22 , HB33 , HB34 , HB35 , HB44 , HB46 , HB47 , HB48 , HB61 , HB101 , HB126 , HB135 , HB142 , HB164 , HB185 , HB215 , HB226 , HB232 , HB233 , HB242 , HB284 , HB292 , HB297 , HB301 , HB334 , HB436 , HB468 , HB548 , HB571 , HB582 , HB593 , HB594 , HB609 , HB613 , HB712 , HB722 , HB732 , HB746 , HB827 , HB845 , HB848 , HB921 , HB923 , HB951 , HB953 , HB999 , HB53 , HB57 , HB64 , HB102 , HB106 , HB111 , HB137 , HB152 , HB155 , HB177 , HB238 , HB256 , HB258 , HB337 , HB359 , HB363 , HB386 , HB434 , HB546 , HB557 , HB584 , HB661 , HB697 , HB726 , HB727 , HB747 , HB756 , HB758 , HB759 , HB765 , HB767 , HB825 , HB858 , HB930 , HB941 , HB957 , HB964 , HB868 , HB119 , HB140 , HB739 , HB842 , HB875 , HB919 , HB52 , HB228 , HB289 , HB735 , HB796 , HB901 , HB193 , HB400 , HB570 , HB733
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Jan 13th, 2026

Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets

Transcript Highlights:
  • the investments will meet anticipated sea level rise and whether some projects might need to be refunded
  • He continued asking whether some of these projects would be refunded in a meaningful way before the bonds
  • about that Deeds Act, the Adides Act, about how that would work because I thought with deeds excise tax
  • But I have to follow up with more specific information about tax policy.
  • The fiscal chaos coming out of Washington and an income tax-reducing ballot question certainly threaten
Summary: The Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets held a hearing on S. 2542, the Mass Ready Act, the Healey-Driscoll administration’s environmental bond bill. Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Rebecca Tepper and Undersecretary Jen Sullivan described the bill as a $3 billion resilience package to protect drinking water, farms, fisheries, roads, bridges, parks, and communities from flooding, heat, drought, wildfires, and other climate impacts. They highlighted major authorizations for flood and coastal resilience, DCR infrastructure, drinking water and wastewater upgrades, PFAS remediation, open space and land protection, food security infrastructure, and a new Resilience Revolving Fund for low-cost loans to municipalities, tribes, and water districts. Committee members asked about project lifespans, flood and salt marsh permitting, wastewater and combined sewer overflow funding, parkway maintenance, land acquisition priorities, Quabbin stewardship, and how the revolving fund would be capitalized and administered. The administration said the fund would be modeled on the Clean Water Trust, use existing trust resources rather than new fees, and could later support special obligation bonds; they also said the bill would streamline certain permitting and improve flood-risk disclosure and climate-related building standards. Many witnesses urged the committee to strengthen the bill’s funding levels or add related policy provisions. Labor, contractor, and plumbing groups supported creating a water reuse and graywater recycling commission, saying it could conserve water, reduce stormwater and sewer burdens, and create skilled jobs. Boston Harbor Now asked for higher authorizations for the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness program and resilient coast work, plus permitting reforms for nature-based and waterfront projects. The Massachusetts Rivers Alliance backed the bill but also urged inclusion of drought-management legislation, a water reuse commission, a statewide flood buyout program, and more support for community resiliency. Environmental justice advocates from Green Roots called for dedicated funding for outdoor and indoor air quality monitoring and indoor air quality improvements in schools and public housing, while conservation and tree advocates sought larger investments in urban forestry, local nurseries, and workforce training, along with clearer language to ensure municipal reforestation funds go to cities and towns. Agricultural and food system witnesses emphasized the importance of the bill’s food security and farmland provisions. The Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership and the Mass Food System Collaborative supported the $125 million food security infrastructure grant program, saying it has funded critical facilities and equipment for farmers, fishers, processors, and food access organizations, but warned that without the bill there could be a funding gap in fiscal year 2027. They also supported farmland protection and asked for more funding for agricultural capital programs, used-equipment eligibility in grant programs, and a next-generation farmer fund. Water utility representatives said the bill still falls short of the state’s long-term drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater needs, citing EPA estimates of nearly $37 billion in needed investments over 20 years and urging dedicated recurring funding and broader eligibility for climate resilience grants. No votes were taken at the hearing.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 31st, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • with the property tax lien auction procedures as set forth in RS 47:2122.
  • You piqued my interest on the tax part. Are we giving taxing authority to this district?
  • No, this is related to collecting taxes, not giving any taxing authority.
  • It's collecting a fine via a taxing vehicle. But this is a— is this a historic? A taxing vehicle.
  • through the tax lien sale.
Summary: The Senate met with 29 members present, heard a prayer and national anthem presentation, and approved the journal without objection. The chamber then received multiple messages from the House on conference committee reports and concurrence actions, and took up a long calendar of Senate resolutions and House/Senate bills returned from the House with amendments. Several resolutions were adopted without objection, including commendations and requests for reports or studies, while others were left over or returned to the calendar. The Senate concurred in or adopted amendments on a series of bills covering registrar compensation (SB 25), broadband administration and reimbursement (SB 80), school safety master key boxes (SB 132), dental coverage for cancer treatment (SB 155), paid parental leave for educators (SB 157), election supervisor compensation days (SB 202), water utility service line replacement funding (SB 228), weight management services through the Office of Group Benefits (SB 250), medical debt protection (SB 414), Medicaid coverage of weight-loss medication (SB 443), and design-build authority for vertiport facilities (SB 513). It also adopted a House concurrent resolution urging backup motors for the St. Claude Avenue Bridge (HCR 32). One bill, SB 479 on removal of certain judges, had its amendments rejected and was sent to conference. The chamber then considered conference committee reports on several measures. Reports were adopted on SB 312 (labor organization dues and fees), SB 208 (veterans services and VA-related restrictions), SB 382 (workers’ compensation advisory council and reimbursement schedule timing), SB 389 (agent and athlete registration and fee review), and multiple House bills including HB 359 (party primary qualifying rules), HB 368 (New Orleans historic preservation lien procedures), HB 468 (wholesale residential real estate definitions), HB 552 (DWI-related responsive verdict language), HB 732 (motor vehicle fines/fees and hybrids), HB 870 and HB 1236 (pharmacy benefit manager and insurance provisions), and HB 1117 (prescription period issues). HB 210 on retroactivity was also adopted after debate. Several conference reports were temporarily passed over or returned to the calendar, including HB 953, and the Senate adjourned to reconvene the next morning for final work.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • This measure establishes a non-refundable individual income tax credit for expenses paid to retrofit
  • ><c> non-refundable</c> measure establishes a non-refundable measure establishes a non-refundable individual
  • </c> individual income tax credit for individual income tax credit for expenses<00:02:51.080><c> paid
  • </c><00:05:24.240><c> Foundation</c> is Tom yamach president tax Foundation is Tom yamach president tax
  • </c> The Tax Foundation says a subsidy-type program, as opposed to a tax credit, would let you determine
Summary: The committee opened by outlining hearing procedures, including a two-minute limit for live testimony, a request not to repeat written testimony, and a reminder about decorum. The first bill heard was SB 697, which would create a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses to retrofit residences with wind-resistive devices. The Insurance Division said it supported the concept but noted it may need an appropriation or outside expertise to develop certification standards, while the Department of Taxation said the bill should retain a third-party certification requirement if the Insurance Division cannot administer the credit. The Hawaii Insurers Council supported the bill, and the Tax Foundation suggested a subsidy-style program would be more efficient than a tax credit and criticized the bill’s 100% credit structure. A testifier in support argued the measure would help homeowners fortify houses against hurricanes and reduce shelter demand; written testimony from several others, including HIEMA, was noted as supportive. The committee then moved through SB 76, which would require the Hawaii Property Insurance Association to provide commercial property coverage after two private-market denials, and SB 83, which would require insurers to give advance written premium-change notices and explanations to common-interest community policyholders and the insurance commissioner, along with a report on premium increases. For SB 76, the State Insurance Division stood on its written comments, and testimony in support came from Michael Honda, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, and Jessica Herzog. SB 83 drew more extensive discussion: the Insurance Division supported the need for better transparency, while the Hawaii Insurers Council opposed the bill, arguing that agents—not insurers—typically communicate with AOAO boards and that the measure could worsen an already difficult market. Insurance Division staff acknowledged widespread complaints from condo associations about lack of transparency and said the division had received many calls about premium increases and nonrenewals. The discussion on SB 83 expanded into broader concerns about condo insurance, nonrenewals, surplus lines, and the difficulty of getting timely explanations for large premium increases. Committee members and testifiers described older buildings struggling to fund repairs and upgrades while facing steep insurance costs, and some urged the committee to craft baseline statutory protections for unit owners. The Insurance Division said surplus lines serve a critical gap-filling role and warned against regulating that market in a way that could slow access to coverage. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate and Governmental May 20th, 2026

Senate & Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill is about the legislative auditor giving them the authority to review income tax data for the
  • Right now, the legislative auditor has the authority to review income tax data for a lot of reasons.
  • There are 43 exceptions to the privacy of income tax data.
  • They pay taxes. And they're welcome to join a party, but they don't really have a choice.
  • Those are our tax dollars that are supposed to go toward flood protection. Mr.
Bills: HB9 , HB177 , HB181 , HB202 , HB225 , HB398 , HB459 , HB540 , HB906 , HB1052 , HB1057 , HB1245
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget 2nd Revised Apr 20th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Deduction through tax year 2031. Move, do pass. You're over for questions.
  • Talked a lot with the tax commission to try to get a sense of why that is.
  • If somebody uses this deduction, are they able to get the tax credits to the Rural Jobs Act as well?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 20th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • I had trouble gathering how much of this was actually caused by this tax deduction.
  • Right now, I think it's quite a bit less than those numbers that actually use the tax deduction.
  • My best estimate is really over the last five years is maybe $5 million of this was used in this tax
  • sunset and work on it next year if we can improve it, and I think we can get better numbers from the tax
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • Anybody who pays into the transportation tax of Maricopa County?
  • Anybody who pays into the transportation tax of Maricopa County?
  • So we're looking to eliminate the fuel tax on forest products, anyway, transporting forest products.
  • Contraris, that, I apologize, my glasses, the tax imposed on use fuel or diesel, used in the fuel, I
  • And the last day that individuals had to request a refund was March 2025.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Feb 6th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ferry districts can also impose a property tax levy to fund their operations.
  • I want to be really clear that this legislation does not raise anyone's taxes.
  • For each county with a ferry, each county may be able to use a ferry taxing district to help stabilize
  • This bill does not mandate new taxes.
  • By way of background, a transportation benefit district, or TBD, is a special purpose taxing district
Bills: HB2588 , HB2722 , HB2727
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government & Tribal Relations Jan 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

State Government & Tribal Relations