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TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County and Regional Government Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I remember a Texas that was the first state in the nation to pass a state DREAM Act to celebrate and
  • We do not want a police state.
  • Out of the heartbeat of our state.
  • It doesn't reflect the values of a free state; it reflects the architecture of a police state.
  • We're the Texas State Chamber, and we are also the state affiliate for the National Association.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 20, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • it seems like the deadline is the state it seems like the deadline is the state canvasing<00:15:
  • <00:15:19.920> canvasing that deadline was the state canvasing that deadline was the state
  • the state certification or the county? the state certification or the county?
  • Um the state fire the fire comment.
  • than one day prior to the state than one day prior to the state canvasing<00:47:10.240> board
Bills: HB0085, HB0086
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • bill. uh, because of population changes and shifts, there's a need for additional courts across the state
  • To be very specific, DFPS stated in their 2023 Missing Youth and trafficking data report, that DFPS's
  • These children are in- the care of the state, and the state should never stop seeking their safe return
  • This is an incredibly important issue. you for our volunteers across the state, and something that we
  • The state in these cases is the child's parent and dismissing the court case while they're missing is
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Those 17 applications represent about 8,900 megawatts. of new generation for the state.
  • The reason for that, they stated, was because they did not have a direct line of sight to some of the
  • Permian Basin specifically, but also to look kind of state-wide, system-wide at other areas of the state
  • We are blessed. to be a state that has experienced continual growth for decades.
  • And I would suggest that that is an extreme positive for Texas over other states.
Bills: SB 6, SB6, SB504, SB765, SB815, SB929
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Obviously, non-profits get tax privileges in our state.
  • , in our own state things?
  • It's property tax. We're all sensitive to the property tax; we're working on that.
  • In this state, you can argue what your stance is, but we are a pro-life state.
  • Non-profits are kind of in the same code as 2254.004 and local government code chapter 1.
Bills: SB 6, SB6, SB504, SB765, SB815, SB929
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Thu Apr 9, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 42

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I of music and art um across the state.
  • communities across our state. communities across our state.
  • So, again, thank forward for our state.
  • to shape the economy of our state.
  • We should be promoting low taxes and not changing tax brackets to tax people more.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Fri Apr 10, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 43

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, who pays for tax incentives in the United States?
  • somebody's taxes maybe because we lowered their taxes incentivized workers to come to the state businesses
  • more revenue coming to the state not by raising taxes but more taxes because more people are paying them
  • A neighboring state, Kansas, has a zero tax on it.
  • stated then it was because of the taxes.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 7th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States.
  • House Bill 437 by Representative Miller is an act in the Code of Civil Procedure and Code of Evidence
  • House Bill 437 by Representative Miller is an act in the Code of Civil Procedure and Code of Evidence
  • in the state of Louisiana.
  • Some other states are doing this, and so we're joining the list.
Bills: SB525, SR112, SR109, SCR61, SCR62, SCR12, HB175, HB276, HB437, HB456, HB457, HB459, HB488, HB579, HB656, HB804, HB818, HB841, HB981, HB1052, HB1089, HB1101, HB1154, HB1166, HB1193, HB1194, HB1203, HB1209, HB1244, HB1249, HB221, HCR69, HCR58, SB57, SB405, SB414, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB205, HB210, HB220, HB222, HB228, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB750, HB799, HB813, HB815, HB826, HB870, HB949, HB953, HB1045, HB1092, HB1151, HB1162, HB1176, HB1177, HB1196, HB1214, HB1236, HB1241, SB106, SB206, SB248, SB441, SR86, SCR30, SB83, SB135, SB143, SB155, SB157, SB202, SB237, SB276, SB295, SB388, SB450, SB465, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB484, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB501, SB513, HCR31, HB301, HB358, HB359, HB384, HB413, HB428, HB450, HB462, HB547, HB613, HB631, HB657, HB669, HB675, HB680, HB691, HB712, HB716, HB720, HB723, HB727, HB728, HB735, HB747, HB759, HB825, HB845, HB846, HB903, HB904, HB907, HB923, HB929, HB941, HB962, HB965, HB1036, HB287, HB370, HB515, HB521, HB570, HB1200, HB29, HB39, HB58, HB67, HB73, HB76, HB77, HB82, HB112, HB121, HB125, HB132, HB134, HB151, HB154, HB155, HB161, HB166, HB187, HB191, HB207, HB211, HB224, HB238, HB241, HB242, HB250, HB260, HB265, HB275, HB300, HB320, HB338, HB339, HB349, HB379, HB399, HB427, HB463, HB464, HB468, HB545, HB550, HB551, HB565, HB588, HB639, HB725, HB782, HB805, HB808, HB834, HB847, HB853, HB858, HB861, HB883, HB916, HB937, HB977, HB1012, HB1027, HB1044, HB1054, HB1091, HB1117, HB90, HB127, HB138, HB150, HB201, HB268, HB273, HB285, HB315, HB354, HB355, HB360, HB376, HB445, HB506, HB606, HB649, HB665, HB681, HB721, HB746, HB757, HB781, HB835, HB844, HB857, HB872, HB886, HB889, HB892, HB972, HB982, HB987, HB1037, HB1068, HB1072, HB1078, HB1085, HB1132, HB1137, HB1167, HB1174, HB1232, HB1238, HB23, HB136, HB36, HB119, HB126, HB129, HB245, HB271, HB280, HB337, HB351, HB677, HB726, HB789, HB850, HB956, HB966, SB149, SB382
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 7th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States.
  • House Bill 437 by Representative Miller is an act in the Code of Civil Procedure and Code of Evidence
  • House Bill 437 by Representative Miller is an act in the Code of Civil Procedure and Code of Evidence
  • and responsibility of the state child ombudsman.
  • schools in the state of Louisiana.
Bills: SB525, SR112, SR109, SCR61, SCR62, SCR12, HB175, HB276, HB437, HB456, HB457, HB459, HB488, HB579, HB656, HB804, HB818, HB841, HB981, HB1052, HB1089, HB1101, HB1154, HB1166, HB1193, HB1194, HB1203, HB1209, HB1244, HB1249, HB221, HCR69, HCR58, SB57, SB405, SB414, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB205, HB210, HB220, HB222, HB228, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB750, HB799, HB813, HB815, HB826, HB870, HB949, HB953, HB1045, HB1092, HB1151, HB1162, HB1176, HB1177, HB1196, HB1214, HB1236, HB1241, SB106, SB206, SB248, SB441, SR86, SCR30, SB83, SB135, SB143, SB155, SB157, SB202, SB237, SB276, SB295, SB388, SB450, SB465, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB484, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB501, SB513, HCR31, HB301, HB358, HB359, HB384, HB413, HB428, HB450, HB462, HB547, HB613, HB631, HB657, HB669, HB675, HB680, HB691, HB712, HB716, HB720, HB723, HB727, HB728, HB735, HB747, HB759, HB825, HB845, HB846, HB903, HB904, HB907, HB923, HB929, HB941, HB962, HB965, HB1036, HB287, HB370, HB515, HB521, HB570, HB1200, HB29, HB39, HB58, HB67, HB73, HB76, HB77, HB82, HB112, HB121, HB125, HB132, HB134, HB151, HB154, HB155, HB161, HB166, HB187, HB191, HB207, HB211, HB224, HB238, HB241, HB242, HB250, HB260, HB265, HB275, HB300, HB320, HB338, HB339, HB349, HB379, HB399, HB427, HB463, HB464, HB468, HB545, HB550, HB551, HB565, HB588, HB639, HB725, HB782, HB805, HB808, HB834, HB847, HB853, HB858, HB861, HB883, HB916, HB937, HB977, HB1012, HB1027, HB1044, HB1054, HB1091, HB1117, HB90, HB127, HB138, HB150, HB201, HB268, HB273, HB285, HB315, HB354, HB355, HB360, HB376, HB445, HB506, HB606, HB649, HB665, HB681, HB721, HB746, HB757, HB781, HB835, HB844, HB857, HB872, HB886, HB889, HB892, HB972, HB982, HB987, HB1037, HB1068, HB1072, HB1078, HB1085, HB1132, HB1137, HB1167, HB1174, HB1232, HB1238, HB23, HB136, HB36, HB119, HB126, HB129, HB245, HB271, HB280, HB337, HB351, HB677, HB726, HB789, HB850, HB956, HB966, SB149, SB382
Summary: The Senate convened with 27 members present, heard a guest minister’s prayer for the National Day of Prayer, and adopted the pledge. The chamber then dispensed with the journal and received a legislative bureau report on numerous House bills. It also received House messages on several Senate bills and joint resolutions, including concurrence on multiple Senate measures with amendments, and introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 63, which would request an audit of the fiscal note process. The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 86, which would prohibit eyeglasses with video or audio recording capability on the Senate floor without approval from the President. Several Senate bills were advanced, including measures on human trafficking training in schools (SB 83), bulletproof vests for peace officers (SB 143), dental care for cancer patients (SB 155), parental leave for educators (SB 157), election board compensation days (SB 202), child welfare and the state child ombudsman (SB 237), brain injury treatment coverage (SB 295), foreign-adversary contract review and homeland security (SB 388), school safety reporting (SB 450), and prompt-pay standards for health care claims (SB 465). Most of these bills passed the Senate unanimously or near-unanimously and were moved to reconsider, while SB 513 on public works average-bid contracting was amended and returned to the calendar. The Senate also took up many House bills, passing measures on voluntary portable benefits for independent contractors (HB 301), memorial highway and terminal designations (HB 358, HB 384, HB 428, HB 657, HB 675, HB 716, HB 972), insurance and health-related changes (HB 413, HB 450, HB 631, HB 680), workforce development (HB 680), and a seafood research authorization near Grand Isle (HB 669). Several bills were amended before passage, including HB 359 on election qualifying rules and HB 675 with an added memorial corridor for crossing guard Katie Wells. Other House bills were received but not acted on or were returned to the calendar. The session ended with committee announcements, a brief recognition of mothers in the chamber, and adjournment until Monday, May 11 at 2 p.m.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 17th, 2026

Economic Development and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're still going to allow for sales and use tax and non-educational taxes to be abated during their
  • But once that property building comes in service, the non-educational state taxes will no longer be abated
  • um non-educational use tax and um non-educational taxes<00:09:52.080> to<00:09:52.399> be<
  • /c><00:10:05.600> longer<00:10:05.839> be state adorn taxes will no longer be state adorn
  • It's certainly been popular in the state of Tennessee and other states.
Bills: SB265, HB593
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 11th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • information with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of State.
  • It lastly refines the tax benefits by conversion.
  • The amendment refines the tax benefits by converting the corporate tax component into a cap of $100,000
  • It adds clear eligibility rules and temporary certificates for the sales tax exemption.
  • fee waiver and a sales tax exemption limited to business-use equipment and supplies.
Bills: S1182, S1594
Summary: The Senate Committee on Military, Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum present and took up two bills. SB 1594, by Senator Gates, would change how veterans’ benefits received on behalf of foster youth are handled so the funds are not used to offset foster care costs, but instead are preserved for post-secondary education or aftercare services when the youth leaves foster care. The bill drew one supportive appearance from Victoria Zep of Family Support Services, had no debate, and was reported favorably by a unanimous roll call vote. Senator Sharief later asked to be recorded as a yes vote on the bill. The committee then considered SB 1182, by Senator Jones, which creates the Florida Veterans and Military Spouses Business Development Act to provide fee relief and tax incentives for veteran-owned and military spouse-owned businesses. The committee adopted Jones’s strike-all amendment, which added information-sharing and verification provisions, refined the tax exemptions, and broadened eligibility for fee waivers and sales tax relief. After no questions or debate, the amended bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote. The committee also held a confirmation hearing for three appointees—Matthew Bacchano, Tim Thomas, and Belinda Kaiser—and recommended confirmation on all three in one vote. The meeting concluded with several members offering remarks praising Chair Wright’s long service and leadership on veterans’ issues, followed by adjournment.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

Transcript Highlights:
  • Help us make wise, prudent decisions for our state, Lord, and just thank you for the opportunity to serve
Bills: SB90, SB90
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • So employer, employee, and at this time state and local taxes.
  • is a long-standing provision of the tax is a long-standing provision of the tax code<00:14:08.720
  • So, the individuals—and I'm going to start with the state and local tax deduction—and also start with
  • These must be separately established under state law, but it's a federal tax credit.
  • Think about things like trying to structure good tax policy to make sure we have an attractive state
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and heard a brief member introduction before taking up an overview of major tax provisions in HR1, referred to by the presenters as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Representatives from the Kentucky Society of CPAs explained new federal deductions for tips, overtime, and car loan interest; a new tax-favored “Trump account” for children; expanded bonus depreciation and Section 179 expensing for businesses; changes to R&D expensing; and a new limit on wagering loss deductions. Members asked several clarifying questions about the duration of the provisions, W-2 and 1099 reporting changes, and how overtime deductions would work. The presenters emphasized that tips and overtime remain subject to payroll taxes and that many of the business provisions are permanent, while the individual deductions are temporary through 2028 or otherwise phased in over time. The discussion then shifted to individual and nonprofit provisions, including the increase in the state and local tax itemized deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,000 with income-based phaseouts, the temporary senior deduction, and a new deduction for car loan interest with income limits and vehicle qualifications. On charitable giving, the presenters described a permanent nonitemizer deduction, new floors for individual and corporate charitable deductions, and a new scholarship-granting organization credit that would allow donors to receive a dollar-for-dollar federal credit up to $1,700, beginning in 2027. Members focused heavily on the SGO provision, asking about state implementation, oversight, whether churches would qualify, and whether the credit could support both public and private education. The presenters said the state would need to establish the mechanism and that additional federal guidance is still pending. After the tax presentation, the committee heard from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce on workforce issues, with a focus on child care and housing as barriers to labor force participation. Chamber representatives said they were not proposing large new government programs, but rather targeted policy recommendations for the 2026 session. They described Kentucky’s long-term decline in workforce participation since 2000, attributing much of it to demographic change, an aging population, and fewer younger workers entering the labor force. The presentation continued into a broader discussion of workforce trends and the need for practical policy responses, but no votes or formal actions were taken on these informational items.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 10th, 2026 at 07:02 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is something that other states, contiguous states, have already put into practice, and it is something
  • I think we both agree the conservation tax collected solely from the oil and gas industry is a tax really
  • rate of the conservation tax to account for the plugging and remediation obligations, add a new tax
  • It's 20% for state employees.
  • Then we captured it and passed a state law to take this tax, saying that we were going to reduce the
Bills: SB241, SB145, HB2
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill also makes technical updates to existing tax code language.
  • The bill also makes technical updates to existing tax code language.
  • taxes and the going with the state taxes and the county<00:49:10.720> and<00:49:11.040> locals
  • <00:49:40.720> and state taxes, not the locals and state taxes, not the locals and counties
  • And so at least this is where it's just applying just to the state taxes.
Bills: HB187, HB341, HB4, HB175, HB326
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 26th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • As was stated, my name is...
  • Virgin Islands, and was nominated by the President of the United States. ...United States to serve as
  • State government. You can go to jail for the federal penalty. Why can't we do that as a state?
  • It's much like tax law; we wouldn't want local police and other state officials enforcing our tax laws
  • and the new T-Code.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Just before session, I was on a professional trip out of state to recruit other state ministers. for
  • flowing from the state to the charter school.
  • So, the money flowing from the state aid.
  • Speaker, members, they amended it to just include the bank privilege tax or not increasing the tax credit
  • Representatives, so if I understand correctly, this bill is fostering or favoring in the tax code what
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • We thank you for each member, and we ask your blessing on them and through them, bless the great state
  • we were up here in this chamber arguing and fighting over the things that we think will better the state
  • Placing themselves in extreme and immediate danger, they, along with the state trooper, moved toward