Video & Transcript Research : 'rate freeze'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- . above the base rate.
- tax rates.
- There's a rate set when cash — well, this rate was set when cash was king.
- I'm just asking the rate. Yes, not not the value but the rate. Yes.
- No, we're requiring are to roll the rate, not the value, but the rate.
Bills:
HB19, HB30, HB851, HB1663, HB1681, HB1769, HB1937, HB1979, HB2428, HB2433, HB2825, HB3159, HB3424, HB3486, HB3487, HB3504, HB3605, HB3879, HB3994, HB4382, HB4752, HB5444, HB5446, HB5447, HB3199, HB4847, HB19
Keywords:
local government debt, property tax, ad valorem tax, bond election, certificate of obligation, anticipation note, school district tax rate, voter-approval rate, debt service cap, municipal finance, county bonds, flood control district, hospital district, public works, tax transparency, property tax notice, November uniform election date, general obligation bonds, local debt reform, taxpayer notice
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 6th, 2026
Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- debt bill, we're striking everything, but we're keeping the part where we're capping the interest rate
- We're capping the interest rate at 3% for medical debt.
- So basically, members, what we're doing is we're just capping the interest rate on medical debt at 3%
- The interest rate on medical debt is capped at 3%, which is similar to what other states have done.
Keywords:
roof standards, construction code, residential property, fortified roofs, insurance, medical debt, interest rate, healthcare services, consumer protection, debt collection, Louisiana Medical Debt Protection Act, child exploitation, online reporting, platforms, cyber crime, PROTECT Act, automatic renewal, cancellation policy, subscription service, transparency
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Our average interest rate on our loans currently, with the nine loans that have closed, is 4.06%.
- </c><00:40:42.880><c> Virtual</c><00:40:43.440><c> power</c> then it drives rates down.
- Virtual power then it drives rates down.
- </c> financial incentive, but uh all rate financial incentive, but uh all rate payers<00:54:25.680><c
- So, I appreciate return rate of return.
Keywords:
virtual power plant, VPP, distributed energy resources, DER, demand response, load management, grid modernization, peak demand, peak shaving, battery storage, energy storage, solar photovoltaic, solar panels, electric vehicles, smart thermostats, heat pumps, aggregator, public utilities commission, PUC, rate recovery
TX
Keywords:
occupational licenses, renewal, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, registration, license expiration, HB 2663, inactive well, plugging extension, Railroad Commission of Texas, RRC, oil and gas, orphan wells, well cleanup, well plugging, abandoned wells, surface equipment removal, electric service termination, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, Section 89.029
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Railroad Commission will review these costs in a rate procedure.
- This will allow utilities to self-implement rate increases by simply spending more.
- I can borrow money, but just like all of us personally, I have a credit rating.
- That credit rating directly affects the interest rate that I pay a bank or... ...the return that an investor
- That rate is ultimately paid for by customers.
Keywords:
occupational licenses, renewal, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, registration, license expiration, HB 2663, inactive well, plugging extension, Railroad Commission of Texas, RRC, oil and gas, orphan wells, well cleanup, well plugging, abandoned wells, surface equipment removal, electric service termination, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, Section 89.029
TX
Bills:
SB 458, SB 819, SB 1238, SB 1642, SB 1643, SB 1644, SB 1791, SB 1810, SB 1824, SB 1825, SB 758, SB 1455, SB 1706
Keywords:
renewable energy, solar power, wind energy, public interest determination, environmental impact, property rights, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, insurance, discrimination, marital status, widowers, spousal death, equitable treatment, Texas Department of Insurance, commission appointments, insurance regulation, oversight, consumer advocacy, insurance rates, property insurance
TX
Bills:
SB 458, SB 819, SB 1238, SB 1642, SB 1643, SB 1644, SB 1791, SB 1810, SB 1824, SB 1825, SB 758, SB 1455, SB 1706
Keywords:
renewable energy, solar power, wind energy, public interest determination, environmental impact, property rights, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, insurance, discrimination, marital status, widowers, spousal death, equitable treatment, Texas Department of Insurance, commission appointments, insurance regulation, oversight, consumer advocacy, insurance rates, property insurance
TX
Bills:
SB 458, SB 819, SB 1238, SB 1642, SB 1643, SB 1644, SB 1791, SB 1810, SB 1824, SB 1825, SB 758, SB 1455, SB 1706
Keywords:
renewable energy, solar power, wind energy, public interest determination, environmental impact, property rights, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, insurance, discrimination, marital status, widowers, spousal death, equitable treatment, Texas Department of Insurance, commission appointments, insurance regulation, oversight, consumer advocacy, insurance rates, property insurance
TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - First Called Session Aug 12th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Bills:
HB1, HB2, HB18, HB19, HB20, HB4, HB1, HB2, HB18, HB19, HB20, HB 1, HB 2, HB 18, HB 19, HB 20, HB 4
Keywords:
disaster response, emergency management, mass fatality, justices of the peace, training programs, emergency manager license, volunteer management, justice of the peace training, criminal history checks, state health services, emergency communication, interoperability, grant program, first responders, state council, broadband, public safety, disaster preparedness, funding, flood disaster plan
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The first is around a defunct mortgage maximum interest rate.
- maximum interest rates.
- No, there is a maximum interest rate, and under the setup right here, that interest rate is a prime offer
- And as rates go up and down in the marketplace, so will this maximum rate go up and down.
- And as rates go up and down in the marketplace, so will this maximum rate go up and down.
Keywords:
financial institutions, insurance regulation, insurance holding company, group capital calculation, liquidity stress test, NAIC, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, insurer solvency, affiliate transactions, groupwide supervision, internationally active insurance group, lead state commissioner, policyholder protection, hazardous financial condition, deposit or bond, contract for deed, conventional loan, cooperative apartment loan, mortgage interest rate cap, average prime offer rate
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for reminding me they're not taxing districts, but they, it's the rate, so they're still getting
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:
- succeeds the combined population of all cities within Kauffman County. whole board meetings and tax rate
- However, tax rate hearing... must be held in person.
- Everybody went and looked at rental rates of the Courtyard Marriott and the places that were near the
- This bill only requires that to occur at the tax rate hearing. once a year.
- And you may be able to click on an internet site and all you're gonna find out is what tax rate.
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:
- measures that provide value and benefit at the local level. us cost possible to the taxpayers and the rate
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
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Feb 16th, 2026 at 08:30 am
State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
Keywords:
state employment, classified service, civil service, job qualifications, degree requirements, postgraduate degree, master's degree, doctorate, higher education, Office of Financial Management, OFM, classification plan, salary survey, market rate pay, compensation, workforce diversity, hiring reform, employment eligibility, work authorization, DACA
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Has not yet been included in rates.
- It is, in large measure, retroactive rate making.
- That is retroactive rate-making, and it goes both ways.
- and subsequent rate recoveries.
- And that's where our credit ratings become extremely important.
Keywords:
inactive wells, oil and gas regulation, environmental protection, Railroad Commission of Texas, well plugging, Railroad Commission, penalties, violations, pipeline safety, civil penalties, criminal penalties, wildfire prevention, oil and gas, safety inspections, administrative penalties, excavation, notification, utilities, underground facilities, regulatory compliance
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 19th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- worth noting is that most local governmental entities adopt their budget before they adopt their tax rate
- . total property tax bill that included the change from last year to this year not just in the tax rate
- talk today, and historically low vacancy rate.
- But again, we have a historic. or leave a low vacancy rate.
- All of a sudden, the rug rate changes to one that is getting special services.
Keywords:
cybersecurity, state command, information resources, data protection, incident response, information technology, classification officer, job descriptions, state positions, competency-based, information sharing, government efficiency, public sector, private sector, distributed ledger, title registry, real estate, property liens, pilot program, healthcare
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 7th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Keywords:
HB 3803, Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 712, perpetual care cemetery, perpetual care trust fund, cemetery regulation, financial confidentiality, confidential records, regulatory examination, Texas Department of Banking, commissioner disclosure, interagency information sharing, state agency enforcement, federal agency disclosure, trust fund oversight, burial services, cemetery trust, consumer protection, state banks, Texas Finance Code
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's not just it's not South Texas and Laredo has the highest rates of Alzheimer's in the the state of
- So why are the rates so high? Because. of the high rates of diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.
- We heard the speaker earlier talk about high rates of dementia in the valley.
- Obesity, we have high rates of liver disease, we have high rates of obesity. liver disease, diabetes,
- One, it looks like South Texas has the highest rate of Alzheimer's.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Our rate was higher than anyone. And it's been six years.
- Members, this bill basically addresses an issue with NEMT and their actual rate and reimbursement rate
- , all the rates for the NEMT providers.
- , all the rates for the mean of the NEMT providers.
- What's the total fiscal note on this new baseline rate? The total fiscal note, you mean annually?
Bills:
HB689, HB742, HB926, HB946, HB948, HB1028, HB1095, HB1114, HB1121, HB1155, HB1185, HB1217, HB1220, HB1227, HCR76
Keywords:
public assistance, child welfare, benefit adjustment, DCFS, LDH, fraud detection, household reporting, Medicaid, immunization, healthcare eligibility, Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program, health policy, vaccination requirements, vaccination status, vaccine mandate, medical freedom, medical autonomy, public buildings, public access, government services
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- passed on to residential, industrial, agricultural, and commercial ratepayers through higher utility rates
- They shall be subject to water impact assessments and be restricted on withdrawal rates.
Keywords:
wildland fire, wildfire, electric utility, electric cooperative, utility liability, vegetation management, power lines, grid hardening, public utility, rate recovery, National Electric Safety Code, NESC, Oklahoma Conservation Commission, wildfire mitigation, fire prevention, landowner incentives, cost-share program, revolving fund, property damage, trespass