Bills: HB2929 , HB2956 , HB2955 , HB3128 , HB3880 , HB4294 , HB2970 , HB3338 , HB3443 , HB3783 , HB3800 , HB3818

Committee: House Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Keywords: homeowner insurance, insurance premium, claim history, insurance regulation, at-fault claims, flood insurance, state law, consumer protection, appraisal management, Real Estate Appraiser Board, appraiser registration, background checks, ownership requirements, captive insurance, protected cell, sponsored captive, captive insurer, insurance commissioner, premium tax, dormant captive

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• I'm here to provide testimony on S 3091, which is legislation to provide relief for homeowners affected
• We really hope this year we have provided relief. You have documents that we've passed out.
• I've been likening this to a kind of natural disaster.
• It's time to provide them with the much-needed relief they deserve.
• I'm now almost 20 years old, and we are still advocating for relief for this devastating issue.

Bills: S3091 , H5477

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services

Keywords: crumbling concrete, pyrite, pyrrhotite, homeowner assistance, financial relief, CEDAC, construction, insurance surcharge, foundation repair, Massachusetts

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• We can still work together to deliver genuine relief for main street.
• They get 55 percent of the tax rate in, quote, unquote, the small business tax rate.
• Let's be clear about who benefits from an extension of these tax rates.
• , labor force participation rate was growing at the fastest pace in years.
• Homeownership was growing at a fast rate in 15 years.

Committee: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

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.

Bills: HB386 , HB387 , HB388 , HB389 , HB386 , HB387 , HB388 , HB389

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: HB386, food tax, grocery tax, sales tax reduction, use tax, Education Trust Fund, state revenue trigger, tax cut, consumer tax relief, Alabama sales tax, Alabama use tax, groceries, retail tax, revenue growth threshold, county and municipal tax, fiscal trigger, sales tax, food taxation, local government, financial growth

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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

Bills: HB2689 , SB5420 , SB5868 , SB5877

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: Working Connections Child Care, child care subsidy, subsidized child care, Washington DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, low-income families, child care providers, licensed child care centers, family child care, market rate survey, subsidy rates, income eligibility, state median income, SNAP, Basic Food, collective bargaining, provider reimbursement, daily payment, half-day care, partial-day care

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• Uh, there's already disaster declaration. I think it's, uh, local government code.
• So you, your position is they could use basically disaster declaration to halt sales.
• seasons just like they do now for July 4th and December 31st, and Uh, per county they can declare a disaster
• in order to ban fires, right, right, but subject to them declaring a disaster, it, it forces counties
• I just want to reiterate this does nothing to the county's ability to declare a disaster.

Bills: HB1845 , HB2192 , HB2438 , HB2529 , HB2607 , HB2658 , HB3348 , HB3505 , HB3305

Committee: House S/C on County & Regional Government

Keywords: rural prosecution, salary assistance, staffing grant, legal support, criminal justice, fireworks, permit requirements, sale, county regulations, public safety, hospital district, administration, elections, director qualifications, public contracts, salary supplement, county judges, judicial functions, state law, government compensation

Bills: HB150

Committee: House Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Keywords: improvement district, special assessment, assessment lien, public infrastructure, bond financing, bond interest rate, county commission, tax assessor, tax collector, judge of probate, ad valorem tax, tax lien, tax sale, foreclosure, delinquent taxes, municipal finance, public improvements, infrastructure financing, collection enforcement, property lien

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• In year one of the phase-in, businesses will benefit from roughly $100 million in additional tax relief
• when we stopped building non-residential property and commercial properties, we broke the chain of relief
• To be fair, part of it's due to interest rates, but, you know, as of last...
• It's due to interest rates, but, you know, as of last October or November, the last time I saw the numbers
• They're saying we'll rebalance contribution rates such that they are cost neutral to all stakeholders

Bills: H4975

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Revenue

Keywords: federal tax changes, OBBBA, revenue impact, pass-through entities, state budget, tax relief, high-income earners, opportunity zones

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• So the underlying bill changes the interest rate retroactively.
• We've argued about interest rates.
• And second of all, having differential rates is bad for administration.
• We've reduced the interest rate.
• There is no evidence that high interest rates compel payment.

Bills: SB5223 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB6183 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB5840 , SB6061 , SB6058 , SB5931 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6011 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB5936 , SB6137 , SB5185 , SB5956 , SB6025 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB6188 , SB5890 , SB5917 , SB5820 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB6136 , SB6091 , SB6024 , SB5223 , SB6178 , SB5892 , SB5177 , SB6039 , SB5941 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB5912 , SB6183 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB5840 , SB6061 , SB6058 , SB5931 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6011 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB5936 , SB6137 , SB5185 , SB5956 , SB6025 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB6188 , SB5890 , SB5917 , SB5820 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB6136 , SB6091 , SB6024

Keywords: criminal offense, fingerprinting, law enforcement, state regulations, public safety, medical debt, interest charges, consumer protection, healthcare, financial burden, mortgage modification, uniform regulations, homeowners, financial stability, foreclosure prevention, wildfire risk, disclosure, safety, environmental policy, risk assessment

Bills: HB4409 , HB4414 , HB4484 , HB4486 , HB3057 , HB2588 , HB4434

Committee: House General Government

Keywords: housing, legislative committee, affordable housing, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, policy improvement, HB4414, Oklahoma Homebuilder Program, OHFA, single-family housing, homebuilder loans, 0% interest loan, housing finance, workforce housing, Legislative Workforce Housing Committee, housing needs assessment, community housing assessment, disaster recovery housing, federally declared natural disaster, rural housing, urban housing

Bills: SB1097 , SB1308

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: appropriation, claims, relief, state funding, named claimants, foreign adversary, consumer fraud, technology security, critical infrastructure, Arizona attorney general, fraud office, appropriations

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• RLTHC will produce a slightly slower rate of RLTHC and a more prolonged effect.
• We use use rates; we use statistics from national health and drug surveys and so forth.
• The beverages just simply aren't strong enough to give you the relief. They are not strong enough.
• I don't get the relief that I need from it. Thank you for being here.
• Hemp products have provided relief from seizures to anxiety to pain relief.

Bills: HB28 , SB3 , SB 3

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program

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• Across the state, people are turning to hemp-derived products for relief.
• Everyday people rely on these products for relief and wellness.
• This plant has given her real-life relief and support.
• I often faced more side effects than relief.
• Our suicide rates are out of line and out of hand.

Bills: HB28 , SB3 , SB 3

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program

Bills: HB2431 , HB2583 , HB2278 , HB2584 , HB2610 , HB2615

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: HB 2431, Washington property tax, nonprofit exemption, public assembly hall, meeting place, fundraising activities, charitable organizations, property tax exemption, RCW, tax exemption, nonprofit hall, event venue, scheduled fundraising, limited use, rental of exempt property, loan of property, sunset clause, temporary tax law, Ways & Means, Finance Committee

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• Do you know how many people this will actually provide relief to? Is there a total number of cases?
• So after the relief, they've been released from custody, their pardon, that three-year period is now
• And it wasn't until four years ago when he passed away that I finally felt that relief.
• I cannot even imagine sitting in a courtroom and seeing him, Relief.
• South Africa, a country with one of the highest recorded rates of sexual violence in the world.

Bills: SB6087 , SB5934 , SB5520 , SB6017 , SB5890

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: children's items, donations, charitable donations, nonprofit, religious organization, public health agency, liability shield, gross negligence, intentional misconduct, car seats, child safety seats, baby formula, diapers, strollers, cribs, playpens, high chairs, used goods, donation centers, Washington RCW

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• Child care subsidy base rates are currently set at the 85th percentile of the 2024 market rate survey
• The second change is related to subsidy rates.
• The third change is related to rate regions.
• We TRS 1 and PERS 1 retirees desperately need relief.
• TRS 1 and PERS 1 retirees desperately need relief.

Bills: HB2689 , SB5832 , SB5922 , SB5944 , SB5988 , SB6151

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: Working Connections Child Care, child care subsidy, subsidized child care, Washington DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, low-income families, child care providers, licensed child care centers, family child care, market rate survey, subsidy rates, income eligibility, state median income, SNAP, Basic Food, collective bargaining, provider reimbursement, daily payment, half-day care, partial-day care

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• case, within this section, a rate change may not result in a rate increase to any class or category
• increase rates significantly.
• Interest rates.
• We are obligated to file rate applications that establish our just and reasonable rates based on our
• In rate cases, class A size or otherwise, they typically consider the impact a rate increase will have

Bills: HB29 , HB685 , HB1633 , HB1689 , HB1690 , HB1918 , HB2010 , HB2500 , HB2608 , HB2626 , HB29

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• Tax rate hearings are to be located inside or within a 10-mile radius of the district's boundary.
• previously that relates to Kaufman County Water District residents by requiring the board meetings and tax rate
• Our continued growth rate is but one testament to that fact: that we are able to provide services and
• Let's just assume those for all new residences, and you have a minimum rate fee, a minimum amount of

Bills: HB29 , HB685 , HB1633 , HB1689 , HB1690 , HB1918 , HB2010 , HB2500 , HB2608 , HB2626 , HB29

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• capital projects to consumers and the impact of the projects on rates.
• Generators were required to be installed to assist in the case of natural disasters.
• And we should all want recidivism rates to be lower. No question about it.
• But the recidivism rates happen after the victimization, right?
• And the bed rate is probably not the increased bed rate that we had before is probably not even half

Bills: HB2104 , HB1903 , HB1909 , HB1982 , HB2034 , HB2105 , HB2210 , HB2215 , HB2271 , HB2345 , HB2355 , HB2384 , HB2389 , HB2397 , HB2418 , HB2429 , HB2442 , HB2479 , HB2481 , HB2681 , HB2688 , HB2714

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: aviation, wildland fires, funding, disaster relief, emergency response, energy assistance, low-income, utility costs, state program, energy affordability, court unification, task force, Washington courts, judicial administration, court reform, access to justice, local court rules, uniformity, centralization, rural courts

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• state, or local officers, who violates the United States Constitution, is also exposed to injunctive relief
• There's adjunctive relief isn't available kind of relief... Attorney General, the U.S. attorneys.
• There's injunctive relief as an available kind of relief under Section 1983 and would be explicitly available

Bills: H4783 , H4826 , H4876 , H5111 , H5116 , H5244 , S2975 , S2976

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Keywords: homelessness, homeless, unsheltered, unhoused, shelter rights, anti-camping, anti-loitering, public space, public land, encampment, sleeping in public, life-sustaining activities, right to rest, right to sleep, vehicle dwelling, RV living, tiny home, civil rights, municipal liability, affirmative defense