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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
A joint hearing with the House Committee on Small Business to examine prosperity on Main Street, focusing on keeping taxes low for small businesses. Apr 8th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Americans strongly feel that the tax code is built in favor of the wealthy.
- Jerry Akers is the president of Sharpness Inc. and Mocha Inc. and is from Palo, Iowa. Mr.
- Just like farmers come from Iowa, we have the same issue there.
- But I believe a tax code that benefits our small businesses is a tax code that pays also for the essential
- You also testified to the need to close a series of loopholes. in our tax code.
Keywords:
joint hearing, small business, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, economic recovery, tax relief, job creation
Summary:
In this joint hearing of the House Committee on Small Business and the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, the primary focus was on the importance of making the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) permanent. The chair emphasized that small businesses are crucial for the nation's economic recovery, especially in the wake of current federal policies perceived as detrimental. Witnesses shared their experiences and highlighted how the tax cuts facilitated job creation and business expansion, stressing the need for continued support through ongoing tax relief measures. The meeting included discussions about the economic implications of the TCJA's potential expiration, with members voicing their concerns regarding how this could impact small businesses and the broader economy.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But because of certain family code provisions requiring confidentiality, this is never disclosed to law
- Penal Code Section 2503 already has.
- The existing family code reinforces orders already issued by the court instead of making them go back
- And it's even in the family code.
- He was a friend of our organist and he was able to get it resolved even using the government code.
Committee:
House Criminal Jurisprudence
Keywords:
human organs, criminal penalties, physician license, medical ethics, illegal trade, SB 826, Texas, DWI, driving while intoxicated, intoxicated driving, school crossing zone, school zone, reduced speed limit, traffic safety, child safety, pedestrian safety, felony DWI, state jail felony, Penal Code Section 49.04, Transportation Code Section 541.302
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Under Chapter 82 of the Property Code, we have been working on a committee's substantive bill that will
- just complications with taking a structure like that and making a complaint with the construction codes
- However, as we have discussed, the mandated changes to our local development code would unfortunately
Bills:
HB407 , HB871 , HB882 , HB2011 , HB3572 , HB3578 , HB4038 , HB4866 , HB4897 , HB4978 , HB5380 , HB5555 , HB5668 , HB5670 , HB5674 , HB5676 , HB5679 , HB5688 , SB673
Committee:
House Land & Resource Management
Keywords:
solar energy, residential construction, building code, municipal regulations, energy compliance, building codes, interconnection, education, funding, teacher support, student resources, school infrastructure, municipal requirements, environmental sustainability, municipalities, construction, agricultural operation, International Code Council, county regulations, construction fees
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- and to the more recent codes.
- codes from 2018, 2021, and 2024.
- Go to more modern codes because the 2018 codes and above have requirements for flooding and hurricanes
- The City of Austin just adopted the 2024 code. The City of Dallas is already at the 2021 codes.
- Most cities are already at the 2018 code or above.
Bills:
HB407 , HB871 , HB882 , HB2011 , HB3572 , HB3578 , HB4038 , HB4866 , HB4897 , HB4978 , HB5380 , HB5555 , HB5668 , HB5670 , HB5674 , HB5676 , HB5679 , HB5688 , SB673
Committee:
House Land & Resource Management
Keywords:
solar energy, residential construction, building code, municipal regulations, energy compliance, building codes, interconnection, education, funding, teacher support, student resources, school infrastructure, municipal requirements, environmental sustainability, municipalities, construction, agricultural operation, International Code Council, county regulations, construction fees
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 14, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Iowa County and<00:24:41.279><c> Iowa.
- service to Iowa County and Iowa.
- We don't want it coded. We code everything, but we're not going to code this.
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- We don't want it coded. We track that. We don't want it coded.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- and the relevant government code.
- For some net increase in total tax collections, a percent hard-coded on a school district.
- It was still required to be recorded in code, but the box was removed from the TEA requirement.
- We recommend aligning the school safety allotment uses with best practices already existing in code,
- specifically looking at Texas Education Code Section 33001637115 and 3835.
Committee:
Senate Finance
TX
Bills:
SB393 , SB414 , SB472 , SB578 , SB617 , SB710 , SB785 , SB973 , SB1059 , SB1062 , SB1352 , SB1450 , SB1502 , SB1547 , SB1566 , SB1567
Committee:
Senate Local Government
Keywords:
SB 393, Sparks, Middleton, local government, political subdivision, public securities, government debt, municipal bonds, general obligation bonds, certificates of obligation, anticipation notes, debt maturity, weighted average maturity, economic life, useful life, tangible personal property, real property improvements, public finance, Texas Government Code, Chapter 1253
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- petition or election filed in compliance with Chapters D and RE of Chapter 42 of the Local Government Code
- I just want to thank you for this opportunity to lay out SB- The Texas Water Code, Chapter 16, Section
- 16.34, along with Local Government Code Chapter 232, Section 232.
- Yeah, so when you make subdivisions of property of 10 acres and less, the Local Government Code Section
- , building code, and, you know, a couple of others.
Committee:
House Land & Resource Management
Keywords:
county platting, subdivision platting, Local Government Code Chapter 232, Section 232.022, Section 232.0014, model subdivision rules, Water Code Section 16.343, Texas county subdivision law, residential subdivision, land conveyance, gift deed, family transfer, consanguinity, affinity, third degree relative, five acres or less, county land use, platting exemption, rural land division, property subdivision
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, under current law, Children's Code Article Children's Code Article 1560, if a parent refuses
Bills:
HCR6 , HCR19 , HB81 , HB134 , HB154 , HB163 , HB170 , HB194 , HB254 , HB318 , HB410 , HB473 , HB485 , HB718 , HB970
Committee:
House Civil Law and Procedure
Keywords:
HCR 6, House Concurrent Resolution 6, successions, intestate succession, testate succession, disinheritance, disinherison, forced heirship, forced heir, legitime, estranged heir, estranged child, inheritance, estate planning, wills, testaments, Civil Code Article 1617, Civil Code Article 1618, Civil Code Article 1619, Civil Code Article 1620
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Mar 26th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We're just trying to make sure it's in the same section of code.
- House Bill 1926 modernizes the Property Code for Property Owners Associations.
- Additionally, it amends the Business Organizations Code.
- from the Business Organizations Code, thereby limiting ambiguity and making compliance clear.
- Chapter 92 of the Property Code on landlord-tenant issues was written in 1983.
Keywords:
HB 431, Texas Property Code, Property Code Chapter 202, solar roof tiles, solar shingles, solar energy device, homeowners association, HOA, property owners' association, POA, renewable energy, residential solar, distributed solar, roof-mounted solar, homeowner rights, architectural control, restrictive covenants, real estate, subdivision regulations, multi-zoned subdivisions
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas and Mexico border region with the definition provided in Section 2056.002 of the Government Code
- The SOAH hearings process is governed by Chapter 2003 of the Government Code.
- for agriculture, human resources, insurance, labor, and transportation code.
- Additionally, the bill amends Government Code Section 481.066, Subsection (e), to add a qualified member
- Additionally, the bill amends government code section 481.066 sub e to add a qualified member from a
Committee:
Senate Economic Development
Keywords:
border region, infrastructure, economic development, government operations, education, HB 2768, Texas information technology apprenticeship, state IT credential, information resources workforce, junior college, technical institute, apprenticeship program, workforce development, state agency hiring, job classification, career ladder, bachelor's degree substitution, associate degree, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, state auditor classification officer
Summary:
The Senate Economic Development Committee met without a quorum, so no votes or formal actions were taken. The chair laid out several bills and resolutions for explanation and public testimony, with each item left pending subject to the call of the chair. Early items included House Bill 1240, a cleanup measure to create a single uniform definition of the Texas-Mexico border region across state law, and House Bill 2768, which would establish an IT apprenticeship credential through junior colleges and technical institutions to help fill state government technology jobs.
The committee also heard House Concurrent Resolution 90, which would encourage establishing a Texas trade and investment office in Jerusalem. Testimony on the resolution was sharply divided: one witness opposed it on foreign policy and values grounds, while a Texas Association of Business representative strongly supported it, citing Israel’s innovation and trade potential. Another major item was House Bill 4187, a committee substitute for legislation affecting the Texas Historical Commission; the sponsor described changes expanding use of trust fund money for historic sites, allowing more affiliated nonprofits, clarifying retail operations, and creating a framework for training and consistent interpretation at historic sites. A Texas Historical Commission witness explained that the bill would shift responsibility for maintaining many state-owned historical markers and monuments, including markers on private land, to the commission.
Additional measures included House Bill 2788, which would shield Texas Workforce Commission fraud-prevention methods from public information requests; House Bill 5032, directing state agencies to plan for public display of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Texas Constitution, and the Victory or Death letter at the Capitol Complex; House Bill 3146, which would eliminate outdated memoranda-of-understanding requirements for certain State Office of Administrative Hearings arrangements; and House Bill 4815, a cleanup bill modernizing economic development statutes, revising the Made in Texas standard to 51% Texas-origin content, repealing the Governor’s Broadband Development Council, and making other conforming changes. The committee ended by recessing, with members indicating they would likely vote on pending business later when a quorum was available.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You may hear testimony claiming this bill's required and so are more. than requirements in this code
- We're affecting a couple of different chapters of water code.
- I'm I pulled up the the government code just to see you know What other provisions are there that may
Committee:
House Natural Resources
Keywords:
HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2021, a rural area district definition was added to Chapter 49 of 0.016. 2 of the Water Code for residents
- The Water Code provides that five people within the district can petition the board for... district meetings
- back to 2021 a rural desk district was defined definition was added to chapter 49062 of the water code
- will once again say that 2021 a rule area district definition was added to chapter 49062 of the water code
Committee:
House Natural Resources
Keywords:
HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We're just reaffirming in our own code about this to keep everybody in their own lanes.
- code, unless the...
- code, unless the... ...that there is an alternative in the federal code, unless there are other provisions
- And that church in Iowa, I think you said, would be, you know... ...right?
- Currently, section 67-6606 Idaho Code places me as a pastor in an impossible situation.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 11th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- It could be getting them familiar with their section of the Alabama Code, so maybe that's correct.
Committee:
Senate County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
competitive bidding, procurement, disclosure statements, state contracts, contract protest, board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, SB40, Houston/Hunter Act, firearm hold agreement, gun storage, temporary firearm storage, firearms dealer, federal firearms licensee, FFL, civil immunity, gun owner
HI
Keywords:
no-bid contracts, emergency procurement, audit, state agencies, public funds, accountability, auditor, state and county agencies, government accountability, emergency declarations, easement, submerged lands, drainage, Kahala Hotel, Oahu, state land regulations, biomarker testing, health insurance, precision medicine, H.B. No. 1971
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- When the Building Code Council was contemplating this requirement of including self-generation on commercial
- We urge you to protect and expand energy efficiency strategies like the state energy code rather than
- I just wanted to provide a little context for this proposal when the building code council was contemplating
- Building Code Council was contemplating this requirement of including self-generation on commercial buildings
- We urge you to protect and expand energy efficiency strategies like the state energy code rather than
Committee:
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology
Keywords:
nuclear energy, energy strategy, advanced technology, sustainability, state policy, renewable energy, public entities, electric generation, contracting, SB 6010, Washington energy siting, EFSEC, Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, tribal consultation, government-to-government consultation, federally recognized tribes, energy facility siting, RCW, clean energy, alternative energy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Taxes Committee debates bill to modify tax breaks for MN data centers, HF1277 2/27/25
Transcript Highlights:
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- It's the same thing I just did with Iowa. We could do the same thing with Minnesota.
- Can you tell me about the Iowa policy specifically—what's exempt and what's not?
- So in Iowa, building materials are not exempt from sales taxes.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- In Iowa, like in Oklahoma, for example, a lot of their use in data centers is with wind, right?
- It's the same thing I just did with Iowa. We could do the same thing with Minnesota.
- Can you tell me about the Iowa policy specifically—what's exempt and what's not?
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- So in Iowa, building materials are not exempt from sales taxes.
Committee:
House Taxes
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Licensing & Administrative Procedures May 13th, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- The Texas Occupations Code currently has a rigid rule requiring code enforcement training to work under
- It allows swift, affordable code enforcement amid Texas' booming population.
Committee:
House Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Keywords:
lottery, prohibited sales, winning tickets, sales agents, license revocation, code enforcement, training requirements, supervision, registered officer, occupations code, advisory boards, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, public members, occupational regulations, professional standards, massage therapy, licensing, human trafficking, regulation, Occupations Code