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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
WTL-HWN-HOU Public Hearing 01-29-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- These incentives include low-income housing tax credits, otherwise known as LIHTC, tax-exempt revenue
- </c> known as litec tax exempt revenue bonds known as litec tax exempt revenue bonds and<00:30:42.519
- <c> in</c> general excise tax exemption which in general excise tax exemption which in some<00:31:50.320
- </c><01:27:51.000><c> in</c> well as authorizing an illegal tax in well as authorizing an illegal tax
- areas benefit the city and county?
Summary:
The joint hearing of the Water and Land, Hawaiian Affairs, and Housing committees on January 29, 2025 focused on SB 534, with the chairs outlining hearing procedures, public testimony limits, and plans to allow extended presentations from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) before moving to other testifiers. The hearing was presented as a public, transparent discussion of OHA’s plans for Kakaʻako Makai, with committee members noting that decision-making would follow if time permitted.
OHA testified in strong support of SB 534. The chair of OHA’s Board of Trustees said the bill was a novel proposal for the legislature and emphasized that OHA was bringing together a broad coalition of partners and stakeholders, including representatives from construction, hospitality, education, law enforcement, civil service, and schools, as well as longtime community advocates who have opposed development in Kakaʻako Makai. OHA’s presentation reviewed the history of the area, the creation and role of HCDA, prior master plans, the 2012 land conveyance to OHA, and the argument that OHA has not been able to realize the full economic value of the lands because desired entitlements were not secured. OHA linked the bill to its constitutional mission to improve conditions for Native Hawaiians and argued that the state’s housing crisis makes additional development, including residential use, especially important.
A major theme of the testimony was housing. OHA argued that Hawaiʻi faces severe affordability pressures, out-migration, and workforce shortages, and said that residential development in Kakaʻako Makai would help address those needs while also supporting the value of the trust lands. The presentation described HCDA’s authority over zoning and development in Kakaʻako, the existing reserved housing requirements, and the need for a master plan that could move forward if SB 534 becomes law. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the hearing provided; the discussion remained in the presentation and testimony phase.
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?
- Both of us cover four counties, rural counties, and it's nice to see so much rural representation here
- Pima County gets all the money.
- Coconino County, Navajo County, poor little pokey Gila County.
Bills:
SB1059 , SB1209 , SB1273 , SB1332 , SB1452 , SB1456 , SB1549 , SB1552 , SB1818 , SB1826 , SB1827
Committee:
House Transportation & Infrastructure
Keywords:
appropriation, Department of Transportation, right turn lane, traffic improvement, infrastructure funding, nonoperating identification, homeless exemption, veterans, emancipated minors, Arizona Department of Transportation, transportation, infrastructure, pavement rehabilitation, funding, Arizona, SB1332, light rail, light rail expansion, Maricopa County, Phoenix
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- up state and local spending, we spend over $10 billion a year from general taxpayer funds, not gas taxes
- This legislation would bypass our constitutional protection by allowing local counties that want the
- this bill actually would do more harm than good because it gives the legislature an out to say these taxes
- second-class citizens if you can't afford to pay tolls. caused two federal lawsuits in San Antonio, taxed
- Hey, my tax dollars paid for the first lane; it also paid for this new frontage lane.
Bills:
HB483 , HB3345 , HB3643 , HB3821 , HB3849 , HB4472 , HB4523 , HB4524 , HB5346 , HB5347 , HB5376
Committee:
House S/C on Transportation Funding
Keywords:
high-speed rail, Texas Department of Transportation, TxDOT, public-private partnership, comprehensive development agreement, CDA, Interstate 35, I-35 corridor, Dallas, Waco, Austin, San Antonio, intercity passenger rail, rail infrastructure, private entity, transportation infrastructure, rail corridor, passenger rail, infrastructure finance, vehicle registration
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, the city of Lago Vista currently contributes 1% sales tax to Capital Metro, which amounted
- We are a partner with our Reinvesting 100% of their dedicated sales tax, ensuring that they are made
Bills:
HB483 , HB3345 , HB3643 , HB3821 , HB3849 , HB4472 , HB4523 , HB4524 , HB5346 , HB5347 , HB5376
Committee:
House S/C on Transportation Funding
Keywords:
high-speed rail, Texas Department of Transportation, TxDOT, public-private partnership, comprehensive development agreement, CDA, Interstate 35, I-35 corridor, Dallas, Waco, Austin, San Antonio, intercity passenger rail, rail infrastructure, private entity, transportation infrastructure, rail corridor, passenger rail, infrastructure finance, vehicle registration
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- years ago, finding about 100,000 people in Harris County, which is not a large number for Harris County
- They're not asked by the county to go out and scour the county to see if people might... ...be stricken
- What county were you born in? So I was born in Harris County. Harris County?
- We cannot put such financial burdens on our county tax assessor's office or elections department throughout
- and Williamson County.
Committee:
House Elections
Keywords:
HB 2442, Texas Election Code, Election Code Section 84.001, early voting, ballot by mail, mail ballot, absentee voting, runoff election, primary runoff, general runoff, voter application, election administration, county election officials, opt-out, voter choice, mail voting, ballot application, voting by mail, Election Code, size requirements
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- There were issues found in those three counties, but what was done?
- A week later, a Perry County Commissioner actually ran copied back.
- I want all 67 counties... ...irregularities.
- I want all 67 counties to conduct post-election audits.
- We only had the audits previously in three of our counties.
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
SB245, public assistance, Medicaid, SNAP, food assistance, Alabama Medicaid Agency, Department of Human Resources, eligibility verification, self-attestation, data matching, fraud prevention, improper payments, program integrity, benefit eligibility, income verification, residency verification, asset verification, electronic benefit transfer, EBT, cross-checks
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:30 am
A&B Education Subcommittee
Committee:
House A&B Education Subcommittee
Keywords:
mathematics, student assessment, dyscalculia, intervention services, educational funding, professional development, state department of education, school employees, teachers, support personnel, support employees, public schools, school districts, bereavement leave, paid leave, grief leave, family leave, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, maternity leave
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 05:30 pm
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- When we have this tax incentive, that tax incentive means we can buy equipment and we have more of those
- If this tax incentive goes away, the jobs go away.
- this tax incentive takeaway.
- This is a huge tax incentive. This is a huge job creator.
- But Now that we've been able to pass a millionaire's tax.
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- enforcement officers and firefighters contributed, and also their employers, oftentimes cities and counties
- And when you combine this policy in the budget with the policy of an unconstitutional income tax, we
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It will have impacts likely in King County, Thurston County, going to slow down, delay, and complicate
- It's a tax increase. It's giving them authority to increase taxes.
- It becomes a tax increase. It is a tax increase on homeowners, on small businesses.
- It's a tax increase. It's giving them authority to increase taxes.
- It becomes a tax increase. It is a tax increase on homeowners, on small businesses.
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
Summary:
The House began by signing several bills and receiving messages from the Senate that multiple House bills had passed there or that Senate bills had been signed. It then took up third reading and concurrence on a series of bills, often with sponsors explaining that Senate amendments were technical, clarifying, or improved the bills, while opponents argued some amendments broadened exemptions, weakened election protections, or created tax increases and other unintended consequences.
Among the most debated measures were bills related to election administration and voting rights, utility and energy programs, local government finance, tourism promotion, and public safety. House Bill 2215 failed to concur in Senate amendments after concerns that an exemption was too broad. House Bill 1710, dealing with voting rights/election procedures, passed 57-39 after a roll call vote despite objections that it could complicate elections and reduce local control. House Bill 1750 and House Bill 1916 also passed after roll calls, with supporters describing them as technical or protective of election integrity and opponents warning about voter dilution, local authority, and access issues.
Other bills passed with varying levels of support: House Bill 1903 on utility assistance passed 70-26 after supporters said it would help small counties and make the program voluntary and state-funded; House Bill 2532 on nitrous oxide sales passed unanimously as a public health and youth safety measure; House Bill 1974 on housing/conservation-related policy passed 59-37 amid debate over nonprofit advantages and county revenue impacts; House Bill 2296 passed 95-1 after supporters said it would help renters and utilities with energy efficiency; House Bill 2325 passed 91-5 with added transparency for tourism oversight; House Bill 2442 passed 51-45 despite sharp disagreement over property tax and levy implications; and House Bill 2594 passed 95-1 as the state version of McKinney-Vento protections for unhoused students. The House also transmitted or received several bills and ended the session briefly at ease.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 01:45 pm
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and other taxes that have very tax... ...the head tax, because of the capital gains tax and other taxes
- in sales tax, in B&O tax, and now an income tax.
- Madam Speaker, our gas tax, our B&O tax, our real estate excise taxes—everything in Washington State
- Capital gains tax. B&O tax. Sales tax. Death tax.
- Capital gains tax. B&O tax. Sales tax. Death tax.
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 05:40 pm
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- taxes, tax increases, fees, fees that are really taxes.
- taxes, on top of taxes.
- In 2023, 83, 8,900 Clark County residents filed Oregon income tax returns.
- seen dramatic property tax increases, real estate excise tax increases, document recording taxes over
- everyday folks: property taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes.
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 10:45 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I would say that as a business owner, you can also depreciate non-competes as well on your taxes.
- And I would say that as a business owner, you can also depreciate non-competes as well on your taxes.
- It's really telling cities and counties what they have to do and not leaving any flexibility for them
- It's really telling cities and counties what they have to do and not leaving any flexibility for them
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I would say that as a business owner, you can also depreciate non-competes as well on your taxes.
- ...depreciate non-competes as well on your taxes.
- It's really telling cities and counties what they have to do and not leaving any flexibility for them
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
Summary:
The House convened with a quorum, the flag was escorted by the Muckleshoot Veterans Color Guard, and the day opened with a prayer from Dennis Anderson Sr. The House approved the previous day’s minutes, welcomed representatives from the Urban Native Education Alliance, and then moved through caucuses and Senate messages before taking up a long series of third-reading votes on bills that had returned from the Senate.
Several measures drew debate over Senate amendments. House Bill 1069, concerning bargaining over supplemental retirement benefits for certain public employees, passed 78-17 after supporters said it would help correctional workers and critics said the Senate changes weakened the bill. Second Substitute House Bill 1128, creating a child care workforce standards board, passed 68-27 amid arguments over child care shortages, wages, and affordability. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1155, banning non-compete agreements, passed 62-33; supporters framed it as pro-worker and pro-entrepreneurship, while opponents said contracts should be voluntary and important in business sales.
The House also passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1187 on ambulance billing and collections (93-2), Substitute House Bill 1390 phasing out the Community Protection Program (51-44), Engrossed House Bill 1501 on housing-related local requirements (58-37), House Bill 291 on bargaining communication rights (92-3), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2110 on ambulance staffing/training (95-0), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2165 on impersonating peace officers (66-29), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2219 on child care regulations and opioid-related safety language (67-28), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2266 on housing siting and local flexibility (56-39), Substitute House Bill 2350 on notice and accountability for developmental disability services (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2360 allowing schools to keep and administer albuterol with parental-notification changes (79-16), Second Substitute House Bill 2384 on financial transparency for continuing care retirement communities (78-17), Second Substitute House Bill 2429 on behavioral health planning and appropriations (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2496 protecting tribal sacred sites (71-24), and House Bill 2510, on which the House did not concur in Senate amendments. The chamber also granted conference requests on Engrossed Substitute Senate Bills 5998 and 605 and appointed conferees for each.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- it says 25% of the allocated funds shall be approved for projects located within a municipality or county
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Keywords:
longevity pay, state employees, Oklahoma government, salary increase, emergency declaration, capital planning, funding allocation, state budget, infrastructure, emergency measures, income tax credit, qualified project, economic development, infrastructure funding, small population areas, school employees, teachers, support personnel, support employees, public schools
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency May 7th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- child abuse and neglect, driver's license suspensions, child support enforcement, determinations of tax
- The session was vetoed by the governor because, as he stated, he was extremely busy cutting property taxes
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
HCR 141, House Concurrent Resolution, NASA, Houston, Space City, Johnson Space Center, Mission Control, Apollo 11, moon landing, aerospace, commercial space, space exploration, Texas Space Commission, space policy, federal resolution, memorial resolution, Congress, Washington D.C., headquarters relocation, space industry
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 30th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- , and the companies misclassifying their employees are not collecting... state and federal payroll taxes
- And so circumventing, paying them the extra taxes and different things that they should be paying?
- To handle that is just to get rid of the Social Security and income tax. That's easy.
- You know, I'm with Gulf Bend LMHA, and there are seven counties involved in that.
- Well, I mean, Uvalde and Webb County, too, same thing.
Bills:
SB 36 , HB 1065 , HB2929 , HB2956 , HB3009 , HB3420 , HB3626 , HB3649 , HB4956 , HB4993 , HB5293 , HB5308 , HB5528 , HCR118 , SB36 , HB4023
Keywords:
transportation, regional authorities, mobility, infrastructure, sales tax, employee classification, private security, misclassification, workforce regulations, Texas Workforce Commission, autism, peace officers, training program, law enforcement, intervention, communication, developmental disability, family violence, central database, criminal offense
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 30th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- It is very specifically bracketed to Laredo, Texas, and Webb County, and no other county in the state
- , not just counties of 250,000 and above.
- I am the president of the Webb County Deputy Sheriffs Association. down there in Webb County, Laredo,
- Pay the fairgrounds, and the fairgrounds can't pay the county, and the county could pay the officers
- I'm the chief of security employed by Webb County. Who are you paid by? By Webb County.
Bills:
HB 1065 , HB2929 , HB2956 , HB3009 , HB3420 , HB3626 , HB3649 , HB4956 , HB4993 , HB5293 , HB5308 , HB5528 , HCR118 , SB36 , HB4023 , SB 36
Keywords:
employee classification, private security, misclassification, workforce regulations, Texas Workforce Commission, autism, peace officers, training program, law enforcement, intervention, communication, developmental disability, family violence, central database, criminal offense, registration, public safety, violent offenses, criminal database, Department of Public Safety
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice May 27th, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm just a lawyer I've lived in San Juan County for over 30 years.
- or Donana County or Santa Fe County?
- I, I, I wasn't aware that there was someone that went went that went county to county to verify the,
- I know that, I mean, from individual counties.
- tax, but there's other ways to that.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 065 Mar 20th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- taxes.
- </c><01:49:06.080><c> taxes.
- </c> firearm and amu ammunition excise taxes. firearm and amu ammunition excise taxes.
- I mean, the tax revenue, you know, there was a tax passed in this building and guess what?
- Look at your taxes. How many times have you ever made a mistake on your taxes?