Video & Transcript Research : 'Tax Code Chapter 351'

Page 81 of 500
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Mar 4th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I move to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider House Resolution 351.
  • We are 351 by Moody, recognizing April 9th, 2025 as Education and Sharing Day in honor of...
  • Also, I would like to acknowledge another chapter in.
  • Dallas County, which is the Gamma Upsilon Lambda chapter. With the president, Mr.
  • Your father, who is going on to our mega chapter.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate and Governmental Affairs May 27th, 2026

Senate & Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • For y'all who filed the Tax Foundation and those national groups with our complicated tax code, one of
  • the things that makes it difficult to clean up our taxes is the non-uniformity of our tax base.
  • If you can pass a tax, if you can impose a tax, not even pass a tax, it requires that you broadcast.
  • That's extremely taxing.
  • the changing of my tires, I think before taxes put me at $34,000.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Financial Services Committee Mar 10th, 2026

Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The total purchase amount would be calculated, the tax would be calculated and paid.
  • This final total, after the tax is paid, will be rounded to the nearest 5 cents.
  • calculated, the tax would be calculated<00:07:31.039> and<00:07:31.360> paid.
  • is paid will be rounded to after the tax is paid will be rounded to the<00:07:35.440> nearest
  • calculation and any affect the tax calculation and any electronic<00:07:50.000> payment<00:07
Bills: HB545, HB545
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

General Government REVISED: Links added Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

General Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill does not eliminate tax incremental financing.
  • Bottom line, if public tax revenue is being redirected, those who pay that tax should have a say in where
  • Local taxing jurisdictions must explicitly consent.
  • They're back-loaded as far as tax.
  • And then the property taxes and sales taxes come in down the line.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPN Public Hearing 01-29-2026

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, it does not affect tax or any kind of political committee, candidate committees, party committees
  • Um, it does not affect tax or any kind of political committee, candidate committees, party committees
  • It's I think in some ways like people do they talk a lot about corporate tax because that is something
  • I think the anger has been focused on tax just because there's been a glimmer of hope that you could
  • just because there's been a glimmer tax just because there's been a glimmer of<00:26:52.480> hope
Summary: The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee opened its first hearing of the year with remarks from Chair Jared Kohole outlining hearing procedures, a two-minute testimony limit, rules for remote testimony and decorum, and a revised testimony-publication pilot that keeps 96-hour notice but returns to a standard 24-hour testimony deadline. He then moved through the agenda, beginning with SB 2004 on outdoor advertising, which would increase penalties for violations of billboard and outdoor advertising laws. Testimony on that measure was limited; Henry Curtis of Life of the Land was first up, and written support was noted from Hawaiian Electric and the Outdoor Circle. The committee then heard SB 2039 on election campaign finance, which would prohibit certain business entities from engaging in campaign finance activities. The Attorney General’s office offered comments and did not take a formal position at the hearing. Several proponents testified in support, including Josh Frost, Tom Moore of the Center for American Progress, Hapa/Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, and Common Cause Hawaiʻi, all arguing the bill would curb corporate and dark-money influence and return elections to the people. Moore distinguished between regulating corporate “rights” and limiting corporate “powers,” and said the state can redefine the powers it grants corporations. In questions, Senator McKelvey asked whether the bill could be expanded to include unions; the Attorney General said he would need to get back with legal analysis, while Moore said his preferred approach would include all entities and that leaving out nonprofits or unions would create problems. Members also discussed whether the bill would affect PACs, and Moore explained that the proposal would prohibit corporate and dark-money flows into PACs while leaving individual political giving and existing political committees in place. The committee then moved on to the next measure. SB 2042, relating to insurance, was heard next. The bill would reduce the unimpaired minimum capital and surplus required of class 4 sponsored captive insurance companies under certain circumstances. The DCCA Insurance Division said it stood on its written testimony, and the Hawaii Captive Insurance Council testified in support, describing the change as a narrow, risk-based adjustment that would not affect the commissioner’s authority where actual risk resides and would help keep Hawaii competitive. The committee noted additional written support and proceeded without a vote or final action in the portion of the hearing provided.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, this deals with the tourism tax incentive rebate.
  • Department Advisory Board has asked for some clarifications and some additional guardrails on this tax
  • c><00:29:40.240> with<00:29:40.480> the<00:29:41.039> tourism<00:29:41.600> tax
  • this deals with the tourism tax this deals with the tourism tax incentive<00:29:42.399> rebate
  • additional guard rails on this tax additional guard rails on this tax incentive.<00:29:52.799>
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I guess, in a nutshell, the bill updates the section of the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow the commission
  • Senate Bill 1278 seeks to amend the Texas Penal Code by allowing survivors of human... trafficking to
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Government Code 511.021 was... passed to ensure that in-custody death investigations are independent,
  • As defined in the Texas Penal Code, a person commits an offense... ...causes the death of an individual
  • allows us to talk to DAs about past cases that maybe somebody was convicted for, where now we have a code
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:
  • And often, your zip code is the strongest predictor of whether you do.
  • Do you know if, when they passed it, it was a new tax or moving, because this is an existing tax that
  • which was then used toward the sporting goods sales tax.
  • It was a dark chapter for the Port of New Bedford.
  • General Law Chapter 103. District 1 pilots hold the highest U.S.
Keywords: 995, all
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.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Finally, SB1196 makes conforming changes in various sections of the Family Code to require courts to
  • 552 of the Government Code.
  • This bill requires the creation of those codes.
  • The nursing home facilitators are required by the code to help assist them in applying for a ballot.
  • There's already a lot in the code. You know, and again, House Bill 658 was repealed.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Administrative Fire Code states that fire marshals shall inspect every licensed facility.
  • Everybody in the fire marshal's office and the state has an adopted code as well.
  • Our fire and life safety code, Chapter 4, is very clear: you have to have an emergency plan.
  • Similar language has been in the Texas Administrative Code since 2003.
  • And that's not just HIPAA, but that's also our Chapter 181 of the Health and Safety Code.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • lost and Somerset, Plymouth, Salem, and Everett has led to hundreds of jobs being lost and a loss of tax
  • This tax loss has led to residents of these communities' real estate tax bills going up significantly
  • fund and pay affected communities not just during plant closures, but it'll also help minimize the tax
  • Recognizing the need for a cohesive framework, the Massachusetts Legislature enacted Chapter 164 of the
  • We've issued over $7 billion in mostly tax-exempt financing, which has led to major renewable projects
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a range of energy, utility, broadband, and municipal infrastructure bills. Representative Powell supported H 3466, which would create a task force to study public ownership of utilities and alternatives to investor-owned electric and gas systems. Representative Therber supported H 3574, which would use RGGI funds to reimburse cities and towns affected by power plant decommissioning, citing lost jobs, tax revenue, and service cuts in communities such as Somerset, Plymouth, Salem, and Everett. Several witnesses from municipal light plants and related organizations testified in support of mutual aid bills, including H 3486/S 2252 and H 3330/S 2277, saying the measures would clarify protections and liability coverage for MLP workers assisting in emergencies and non-emergency work. Jim Leiden of EMWIC opposed H 3514/S 2295, saying the proposed board and governance changes would reduce local control, add burdens, and weaken confidentiality protections. A committee member asked whether the mutual aid bills had been reviewed for municipal impacts, and the witnesses said they had done due diligence. The committee also heard extensive testimony on H 3551/S 2306, the smart meter opt-out bills. Supporters argued that smart meters emit harmful wireless radiation, that some residents have developed health problems or electromagnetic sensitivity, and that opt-outs should be available without fees or penalties; several witnesses urged notification, consent, and non-transmitting analog meter options. The committee also heard testimony from municipal officials and the Massachusetts Municipal Association in support of H 3462/S 2250, which would strengthen municipal authority to enforce timely removal of double utility poles, citing safety, accessibility, and construction-delay concerns. Derek Leffert of Gateway Fiber opposed H 3450, saying it would improperly shift broadband deployment costs to competitors. At the end of testimony, the chair closed the hearing by motion and vote, with members voting aye and no opposition recorded.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So the tax credit, the disability employment tax credit, is basically an incentive very much like the
  • Work Opportunity Tax Credit on the federal side.
  • She's the face of the tax credit other than me.
  • Just the one this past tax season. Okay. And have... ...the past tax season. Okay.
  • Last tax season was the full year. First tax season, we had a full year.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Employment Subcommittee of the Massachusetts Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities met on May 18 and approved the prior meeting minutes. The first presentation was an update on the Massachusetts Disability Employment Tax Credit from MassAbility. The speaker explained that the credit, created in 2022, offers employers up to $5,000 in the first year and $2,000 in later years for hiring certified employees with disabilities. He described a streamlined self-attestation certification process, the online application and outreach tools, and noted that the first full tax season resulted in one company successfully claiming the credit. Members asked about how employers learn to file, available data, carry-forward rules, and whether more information from the Department of Revenue could be shared. The second presentation was from the Office of the Veteran Advocate. The speaker described the office as an independent agency created after COVID and the state veterans home tragedy to improve veteran services and investigate problems. He reviewed VA disability ratings, the fact that service-connected disability does not necessarily prevent work, and the barriers faced by veterans with less-than-honorable discharges. He also highlighted vocational rehabilitation, GI Bill and housing supports, and the office’s work on professional licensure barriers, especially for nurses and other skilled trades. Members discussed whether Massachusetts is behind other states on licensure reciprocity and the need for more openness from licensing boards; the office said it is starting with a narrow nursing-focused review and will report back on findings. In the final portion of the meeting, members discussed a lengthy policy brief from Seed and agreed it should be taken up at the August 31 meeting rather than rushed through by email. The group focused on two emerging areas of work: the benefit cliff and youth/young adult pathways into employment, including apprenticeships. Members suggested creating a clearer tool or spreadsheet to map existing resources and possibly a white paper for appointing authorities, while noting the commission’s limits on direct advocacy. The meeting ended with an invitation for members interested in the benefit cliff work or youth employment pipeline to join follow-up discussions, and the subcommittee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think it got caught up in property tax reform priority. We look forward to working with you.
  • So modified RNA is when you, in a lab, genetically change the genetic code.
  • In a lab, genetically change the genetic code.
  • You’re actually—there are four nucleotides that are used in coding for DNA and RNA.
  • And it was substituted for all the uracil in the code.
Summary: The committee first reopened testimony on House Bill 2216, which would strengthen child welfare requirements by expanding “active efforts” to help families avoid removal and support reunification, while also raising standards related to removals and terminations. Supporters from child welfare and family defense groups said the bill would better protect families and align Texas more closely with ICWA-style principles, but several warned it would require significant new funding, staffing, and community services such as mental health care, housing, child care, and substance use treatment. The committee then left HB 2216 pending. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1782, aimed at boarding and group homes. Senator Miles said the bill closes enforcement gaps left by prior law by requiring retention of background-check records and creating misdemeanor penalties for failing to conduct or keep them, or for knowingly hiring people with serious convictions. Harris County sheriff’s investigators testified in support, describing illegal boarding homes, operators who evade permits and background checks, and exploitation of vulnerable residents; the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 481 on emergency preparedness for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, adopted a new committee substitute that softened some requirements and removed the fiscal note, and left the bill pending. The committee then heard House Bill 388, which would require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a single standardized coordination-of-benefits form for dual health plans to reduce errors and surprise bills; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1590 would move paternity registry searches for adoptions to an electronic process with a 10-day target, and House Bill 2809 would track child suicide attempts in managing conservatorship and require related reporting and parental notice; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1887, which would prohibit administering mRNA-containing products for immunization for 10 years, with exceptions for cancer and genetic disorders. Supporters argued the bill was needed for safety, informed consent, and medical freedom, while opponents from the medical, research, and public health communities said mRNA vaccines are well-studied, save lives, and that the bill would harm access, research, and Texas’s biotech economy. The bill remained under discussion as testimony concluded.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part I) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • That would enable the commission, through our rate-making authority in the Human Resources Code, to update
  • This bill will add these hospitals to state code.
  • They have codes for this, yeah. Okay. Senator Sparks. Thank you.
  • House Bill 2216 seeks to incorporate the principles of ICWA directly into the Texas Family Code.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met with a quorum and took up several House and Senate bills, with public testimony limited to two minutes per witness. The committee first heard HB 2358, a cleanup bill requested by HHSC that would repeal outdated training and conference requirements for long-term care facility surveyors and certain providers; there were no witnesses, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard HB 18, the rural hospital stabilization bill, which would create financial assessment tools, a rural hospital finance office at HHSC, an academy for rural hospital officers, multiple grant programs, enhanced Medicaid reimbursement tied to average cost, OB/GYN add-on payments, expanded pediatric telehealth connectivity, and a rural pediatric mental health program. Senator Perry and witnesses from TORCH, a rural hospital, AARP Texas, and ARCHI strongly supported the bill as a way to stabilize rural hospitals, improve OB access, and address workforce and financial pressures. Committee members discussed rural hospital closures, low-volume quality metrics, system affiliation, and the need for predictable monthly reimbursement; the bill was left pending after testimony and questions. The committee next heard HB 37, which would create a perinatal bereavement care initiative for families experiencing stillbirth, neonatal death, or intrauterine fetal demise, including counseling, staff training, and access to cooling devices, with possible grants and a recognition program for hospitals. Senator Huffman explained the bill, and several witnesses testified in support, sharing personal stories about infant loss and the importance of time with the baby, trained staff, and cuddle cots or similar devices. A neonatologist also supported the bill while suggesting clarification that hospitals should not be penalized if state funding is unavailable and recommending use of regional advisory councils to help implement training. Public testimony was then closed and the bill left pending. The committee also heard HB 879, which would create a streamlined licensing pathway for veterans with medical or nursing experience to practice in Texas, and HB 913, which would add new state hospitals to statute and split the North Texas State Hospital into two separate hospitals with their own superintendents; both bills had no opposition testimony and were left pending. Later, the committee heard SB 2744, a heart disease screening bill that would update the 2009 Texas Heart Attack Prevention Act to require insurance coverage for coronary CT angiography with plaque analysis, including soft plaque detection, as a preventive screening tool. The author and invited witnesses argued the technology is more effective than calcium scoring alone, can identify patients before symptoms appear, and could save lives at a cost comparable to or lower than colonoscopy. An insurance industry witness opposed the bill, arguing the technology has not been recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for universal screening and that the mandated coverage and payment level would raise costs; the bill was left pending after testimony. Finally, the committee heard HB 1151, a parental rights bill clarifying that refusing psychotropic medication or psychiatric treatment is not neglect unless the child is harmed. Supporters, including parent advocates and attorneys, said the bill would protect parents from CPS overreach and preserve medical decision-making authority, while one witness urged broader attention to physical causes of behavioral issues. Public testimony was closed and HB 1151 was left pending.