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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Energy Finance and Policy

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  • Less than 1 to 2% of these buildings are renovated annually, and at that rate, we're going to take 50
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  • policies occurred last year, 2025, and we're already seeing significant success, including compliance rates
  • report critical things like the total electricity used and how this will impact the community's utility rates
TX
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  • So instead of implementing a penalty, the bill says you cannot exceed the no-revenue tax rate as opposed
  • They hit a roadblock because their audits were overdue, and they lost their S&P rating.
  • They lost their S&P rating and were forced to complete their audits before any bonding company would
  • will protect the people of Texas by limiting cities that are not in compliance to the no new revenue rate
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Mar 2nd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Appropriations

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  • conducting their market rate survey for informing rates for the Working Connections Child Care Program
  • and instead specifies that the market rate survey must achieve a provider response rate of at least
  • informing future rate increases.
  • The market rate survey must achieve a provider response rate of at least 65% for each child care subsidy
  • rate region in order for it to be considered valid for the purpose of informing future rate increases
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

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  • Both of those trends in Arizona double the rate of growth of the rest of the United States, very, very
  • Both of those trends in Arizona double the rate of growth of the rest of the United States, very, very
  • We will see that depletion happen at a more rapid rate, in my opinion, with water going to the urban
  • we have some of the cheapest maybe people I don't think so but the cheapest homeowners rates around
  • increased and I think it is an easy connection to make that some at least a good chunk of those rate
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government May 12th, 2025

Local Government

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  • Several years back, we lowered the percentage rate that counties and cities could raise your taxes, right
  • Early detection in Wade's case: early detection in stage one colorectal cancer has a 90% survival rate
Summary: The Committee on Local Government heard and discussed a series of House bills dealing with municipal structure, tax payment timing, local provider participation funds, firefighter cancer screenings, sunset review of the Trinity River Authority, replacement certificates of occupancy, and open meetings enforcement. HB 303 would remove the 501-resident floor so very small type A and B municipalities can convert to type C cities; HB 2742 would give property owners a later first split-payment deadline when tax bills are mailed after November 30; HB 3305 and HB 3348 were local provider participation fund measures with committee substitutes; HB 198 would require political subdivisions to offer occupational cancer screenings for firefighters; HB 1535 was a sunset bill for the Trinity River Authority; HB 4753 would allow a municipality-issued proof of a certificate of occupancy to substitute for a lost original; and HB 3711 would treat certain Open Meetings Act violations as offenses against public administration and require public explanation when prosecutors decline to act. Testimony was generally supportive or limited, with several witnesses and senators emphasizing practical fixes, firefighter health and cost savings, local government transparency, and administrative cleanup. For HB 198, firefighter representatives gave emotional testimony about cancer deaths and the value of early screening. On HB 3711, a witness supported the bill but urged stronger enforcement and broader application. Several senators raised policy concerns on HB 2715 about routing removal proceedings through a regional presiding judge rather than the local county, arguing it could politicize the process. The committee took no public testimony on most bills and repeatedly left them pending subject to call of the chair before later voting them out. HB 21, HB 30, HB 1535, HB 1520, HB 198, HB 303, HB 2742, and HB 4753 were reported to the full Senate, generally by unanimous or near-unanimous votes, and several were also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. HB 30 passed on a 5-1 vote, while the other reported bills were approved unanimously or with no recorded opposition. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 24th, 2025

Transportation

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  • And since then, it's kept up at those kinds of rates.
  • criteria for rating agencies.
  • That gives them, by itself, a one-notch rating upgrade.
  • We've reduced our tax rate for 11 straight years, we're AAA rated.
  • That's a 10% growth rate. We are held to 3.5% as a government entity.
TX
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  • But if you need more infrastructure, you just amortize it, get the rate, and recover through the rates
  • Reasonable is the basis for all rate-making regulations, and awarding rate case expenses to one side
  • rate case expenses incurred in that rate case because utilities are able to recover those rate case expenses
  • in a rate case on that population.
  • In fact, we discovered through a new rate model that the rates for outside city limit residential and
TX
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  • thing that investor-owned utilities have the ability to enforce is their tariffs, which are their rates
  • committee substitute makes it clear that these penalties that I always use to assess are not part of their rates
  • It's not going to affect their rate of return.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs (Part II) Apr 14th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

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  • Ed McCarthy. chairs in the rates OK. And we'll go and call up Ashley Myers as well.
  • The one thing that IOUs have the ability to enforce is their tariffs, which are their rates and their
  • the committee sub makes clear that these penalties that I always use to assess are not part of their rates
  • It's not going to affect their rate of return.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) Mar 31st, 2025

Local Government

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  • In fact, as a result of that deficit, Moody's last month downgraded the district's credit rating, stating
Summary: The meeting of the Senate Committee on Local Government was marked by significant discussions on multiple bills aimed at enhancing governance and protecting taxpayer interests. Among the notable legislations was SB1951, where Senator Paxton emphasized reforms to reduce erroneous penalty notices imposed by appraisal districts, eliminating the financial incentive for such penalties. The session concluded with public testimonies that highlighted the importance of transparency and accountability in taxpayer dealings. Additionally, Senator Middleton presented SB1504 and SB2237, focusing on the operational frameworks of local authorities and executive severance payments, respectively, both of which sparked considerable debate among committee members.