Transcript Highlights:

• , that this is only under distributions?
• that this is only under distributions that this is only under distributions back<03:11:34.160>
• the word distributions even more but<03:11:43.880> I<03:11:44.040> I<03:11:44.120>
• So you have an entity in New Hampshire; they own a company in Germany, Germany issues a distribution,
• So you have an entity in New Hampshire; they own a company in Germany, Germany issues a distribution,

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting was an introductory Ways and Means Committee orientation led by Chair John Janigian. Members went around the room introducing themselves, with several returning legislators and several freshmen describing their backgrounds in business, education, public service, finance, transportation, journalism, military service, and nonprofit work. Janigian explained his own legislative history and professional background, and other members, including Bill Bolton, Fred Doucette, Mary Ford, Jim Tierney, Scott Brier, Thomas Oppel, Mary Murphy, Representative Spar, Susan Elberger, Dennis Malloy, Jordan Ulery, and Julius Soti, briefly described their prior experience and reasons for serving on the committee. The chair then outlined the committee’s role. He said Ways and Means is responsible for revenue estimates that Finance will use to determine how much the state can spend over the next biennium, and that the committee would spend the next five to six weeks developing its best revenue estimate, due around February 15. He also explained that the committee hears from state agencies and departments about how taxes are created, collected, and performing against expectations, and that it reviews bills affecting state revenue, including tax increases, tax decreases, tax removals, and fee-related measures. Janigian noted that the committee had five bills at the time of the meeting and expected more to be referred. He explained that most would be first-committee bills, though some second-committee bills could come over if they involved taxes or fees after passing policy committees. He used marijuana-related legislation as an example of a bill that might first go to another committee and later reach Ways and Means if it had fiscal implications. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, and members were told how to participate in hearings and follow-up questions during regular committee work.

Transcript Highlights:

• So the next set of findings relates to the income distribution of beneficiaries.
• <01:10:45.000> um<01:10:45.560> the<01:10:45.800> income<01:10:46.200> distribution
• <01:10:46.720> of the um the income distribution of the um the income distribution of beneficiaries
• <01:28:11.720> to<01:28:11.800> their before they are distributed to their before they
• are distributed to their beneficiaries. beneficiaries. beneficiaries.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Tax Expenditure Review Commission met on June 17, 2026, approved the January 20, 2026 minutes, and then adopted updated commission procedures. The procedural changes, presented by Legislative Budget Office Director Christian Larson, required a quorum of voting members to complete evaluations before a formal recommendation vote, and allowed members to bundle or unbundle tax expenditures for voting. The commission approved the revised procedures by roll call vote, with five ayes and four excused. The commission then reviewed member evaluation summaries for tax expenditures presented in December 2025 and January 2026. It first considered the alcoholic beverage tax credits for small brewers and microdistilleries, and after discussion voted to recommend repeal of those two expenditures, while leaving the small winery credit for a later meeting because it lacked enough member responses under the new procedures. The vote on the repeal recommendation passed 4-1, with Commissioner Marquart voting no. The commission next approved the lawful gambling bundle, which included bingo, raffle, and related exemptions. Larson reported that most members recommended continuation for each item, and the commission voted to recommend continuing all six lawful gambling expenditures. It then reviewed the residential utility services bundle—residential heating fuels, residential water services, and sewer services—where members generally favored continuation but several noted possible modifications or caps for higher-income users; the commission voted to recommend continuation of the bundle. Finally, the commission reviewed the data center equipment sales tax exemption, which Larson said had an estimated annual revenue loss of $95 million and was intended to create jobs in construction and data center industries. Members raised questions about its effectiveness and whether the exemption should be modified or capped, but the commission ultimately voted to recommend continuation. The meeting concluded with these recommendations set to be included in the commission’s 2026 annual report.

Transcript Highlights:

• None of us like to think about dying, but we know we need a plan for that, to distribute our assets and
• Yes. ...to distribute our assets and leave our affairs in order, and that's why we create wills.
• We know that these distribution grid upgrades are more than 20% of the rate increases over the past half
• These distribution grid upgrades are more than 20% of the rate increases over the past half decade.
• We know that distributed energy is a critical resource.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• change we had included a phrase that said, I guess I should say, provision that prohibited the distribution
• change we had included a phrase that said, I guess I should say, provision that prohibited the distribution
• change we had included a phrase that said, I guess I should say, provision that prohibited the distribution
• change we had included a phrase that said, I guess I should say, provision that prohibited the distribution
• So, under C3 an electric distribution So, under C3 an electric distribution company<01:45:35.120

Keywords: 927, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This relates to the funding that is distributed to the operations and maintenance funds.
• This relates to the funding that is distributed to the operations and maintenance funds.
• This relates to the funding that is distributed to the operations and maintenance funds.
• This relates to the funding that is distributed to the operations and maintenance funds.
• This relates to the funding that is distributed to the operations and maintenance funds.

Bills: HF3884, HF3881, HF3882, HF3883, HF3363, HF3362

Keywords: tribal governments, Metropolitan Council, grant programs, funding, local government, small business, contracting, veteran-owned businesses, compliance, government contracts, housing finance, reporting requirements, regional development, city programs, elected officials, campaign access, multiple unit dwellings, residential access, voter registration, 1183

Summary: The committee met on March 4, 2026, and first approved the minutes from March 2 by voice vote. It then took up several Metropolitan Council agency bills, with members repeatedly moving to lay them over for possible inclusion or, in one case, to re-refer a bill to another committee. The first three bills discussed were House File 3884, House File 3881, and House File 3882, all presented as administrative or programmatic changes intended to streamline Met Council processes. House File 3884 would allow tribal governments and tribal development entities to apply directly for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act grants and community tree planting grants, rather than applying through a city or other local government. Testimony from Met Council staff said the bill would simplify access and align the Met Council’s tree-planting program with existing DNR authority. House File 3881 would expand the Met Council’s contracting authority to include small businesses more broadly, require an annual report to the legislature on small-business contracting, and repeal a duplicative statute on certificates of compliance. House File 3882 would make a range of administrative cleanups, including removing an obsolete housing-bond review role, clarifying outdated statutory language, extending the review cycle for metropolitan significance rules from every two years to every 10 years, clarifying reporting and Livable Communities Act provisions, changing regional parks operations-and-maintenance reimbursements to rely on audited financial statements, and clarifying agricultural preserves procedures. The committee also considered House File 3883, which was amended with an A1 amendment before adoption. That bill updates appointments to the Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee, known as MOSAC, including direct appointments for certain county representatives and adding a tribal representative appointed by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, while also cleaning up outdated language and eligibility provisions. A former MOSAC member spoke in support of the committee’s work, and the chair said the bill was common-sense and renewed the motion to lay it over as amended. Finally, the committee began House File 3363, a bill described by the author as a response to safety concerns after the June events, aimed at removing public access to legislators’ home addresses from Campaign Finance Board materials; discussion had just begun when the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• Without objection, all amendments which have been distributed will not be read in full.
• Without objection, all amendments that have been distributed will not be read in full.
• Without objection, all amendments that have been distributed will not be read in full.
• Without objection, all amendments which have been distributed will not be read in full.
• Without objection, all amendments which have been distributed will not be read in full.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So if you can't grow, distribute, um, do any of these things with cultured product?
• So if you can't grow, distribute, um, do any of these things with cultured product?
• So if you can't grow, distribute, um, do any of these things with cultured product?
• So if you can't grow, distribute, um, do any of these things with cultured product?
• So if you can't grow, distribute, um, do any of these things with cultured product?

Bills: SF0050, SF0068, SF0084, HB0087, HB0029, HB0061, HB0090

Keywords: groundwater, water resource management, state engineer, aquifer study, corrective controls, monitoring wells, public reporting, irrigation, water management, funding, maintenance projects, tax assessments, state law, water conservation, Colorado River, drought, water rights, voluntary program, interstate agreements, water development

Transcript Highlights:

• about hund00 million from distributed about hund00 million from the<00:52:46.800> settlement<
• You mentioned the opioid abatement fund, $100 million or so has been distributed. How much remains?
• We basically distribute almost all of the money that we've been given so far has been encumbered.
• So, um,<01:03:06.480> we're<01:03:06.799> really<01:03:07.040> distributing<01:03
• distributing the money, but<01:03:08.319> there's<01:03:08.799> also<01:03:09.280>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee met on January 23, 2026, to approve prior minutes and receive an update from the Department of Health and Human Services. The main presentation focused on “Project Compass,” an internal cross-department effort to prepare for changes to Medicaid and SNAP eligibility. Department staff said the goal is to maintain continuous coverage for eligible people, align policy, operations, communications, legal, finance, and eligibility work, and use the new integrated New HEIGHTS system to streamline implementation. They emphasized outreach to beneficiaries, providers, managed care organizations, and other partners, and said temporary manual workarounds had already been used to stay in compliance with fast-moving SNAP changes. Members questioned how the department would avoid repeating the costly outreach effort used in a prior Medicaid work-requirement rollout. Department officials said they are focusing on ex parte processes, sharing eligibility information across programs, and using community partners to reduce duplicate contacts and paperwork. They also said the department is monitoring the SNAP error rate closely, expects automation and a planned system contract amendment to help reduce it, and noted that current error rates are trending downward and remain below the national average. Questions were also raised about possible future SNAP restrictions on certain foods; the department said it can implement whatever the legislature directs, but that defining and administering such restrictions would be complex. The commissioner and CFO then outlined the department’s budget reduction plan. They said the department has begun implementing required “back of the budget” reductions for fiscal year 2026, using contract savings and not cutting existing services where possible. Examples included dental and home-visitation contracts, where spending was adjusted based on utilization and projected need. Officials said they had already written down a little over $15 million in prior-year encumbrances, but that this one-time source will not be available next year, making fiscal year 2027 more difficult. They also explained the difference between legally required back-of-budget cuts and lapse, and said staffing remains a major challenge because vacancies have increased and customer-facing service levels are strained. Dr. Jonathan Ballard then began an update on opioid overdose fatalities, presenting the latest medical examiner data and describing the long-term rise in deaths after fentanyl entered the illicit drug supply, with a peak in 2017 and a later increase in 2022. The transcript cuts off before his full presentation and any further committee action beyond discussion of the minutes and receipt of the department updates.

Transcript Highlights:

• What's your process as far as distribution, like public distribution and sharing of that information?
• What's your process as far as distribution, like public distribution and sharing of that information?
• What's your process as far<00:42:18.960> as<00:42:19.200> distribution<00:42:19.920>
• as distribution like um public distribution<00:42:22.160> and<00:42:22.800> sharing<00:
• 42:23.119> of<00:42:23.359> that distribution and sharing of that distribution and sharing

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Make America Healthy Again task force held its first meeting to set interim priorities rather than take formal action. Co-chairs and members said the group’s goal is to identify practical policy ideas to improve Kentucky’s poor health outcomes, with an emphasis on prevention, and to gather input from members and outside stakeholders. Roll was called, several members were present, and the co-chairs noted the meeting would be limited in length and would not include a lunch break. Members identified a wide range of possible focus areas, including childhood and adult obesity, nutrition in schools, food deserts, agriculture and support for local farms, health responsibility, physical activity, mental health, and provider education on nutrition. Several speakers stressed that Kentucky’s health care costs are rising unsustainably and that prevention is cheaper than treatment. Others emphasized that the task force should work with agencies, hospitals, universities, and experts, and should narrow its work to a few actionable areas rather than “chase every rabbit.” There was also discussion of food as medicine, improving the quality of food in schools and hospitals, and making healthier choices more accessible and affordable. Members referenced conversations already underway with industries, the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Hospital Association, and agricultural leaders. No votes or formal motions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided; the main action was the exchange of priorities and direction for future task force work.

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill would prohibit the manufacturing or distribution of abortion pills in Texas and would ban the
• So there's three ways to sue under your bill: strict liability for distribution where there's death or
• Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2880 relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution
• This bill seeks to address these challenges, allowing flexibility to the PUC to distribute the funds
• The distribution of that excess toll road money is important for the community as well as the operation

Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, prayer, approval of the previous journal, and messages from the House, then moved through several recognitions and resolutions honoring visiting groups. Members adopted resolutions recognizing the Texas chapters of Blue Star Mothers of America, Fine Arts Education Day, Donate Life Texas Day, Baha’i Capitol Day, County Government Day, Jack County Day, Crockett County Day, and a recognition of Navy Petty Officer Simon Urbanik for service during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The chamber also heard remarks from visiting doctors, students, county officials, and community groups, with multiple senators speaking in support of military families, arts education, organ donation, and local government service. The Senate then took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2779, relating to the allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax revenues. Senator Birdwell said the bill would stop local governments from conditioning HOT funds on race- or class-based priorities and would require Galveston to transfer the full state rebate for beach cleaning and maintenance to its park board. After questions, the Senate suspended the rules, passed the bill to engrossment, suspended the three-day rule, and finally passed it, though the final vote showed significant opposition. The chamber also passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2322, described as a cleanup bill removing the compelling-factor test for dispatchable generation from the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act. A major debate centered on Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2253, which would phase out uncertified teachers in core classrooms and strengthen educator certification requirements. Senator Creighton argued the bill responds to a teacher pipeline crisis, adds parent notification, creates multiple preparation pathways, and provides financial incentives for certification; Senator West and Senator Sparks pressed for rural flexibility and implementation details. An amendment from Senator Gutierrez to add a teacher student-loan repayment program failed on a 11-17 vote, while other technical and fiscal amendments were adopted. The bill then passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed. The Senate also passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2371, updating skimmer-reporting rules to cover electronic terminals beyond fuel pumps, and Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2351, relating to the construction of certain concrete plants under a standard permit. Senate Bill 619, a conscience-protection bill for health care workers, drew extended questioning from Senators Cook, Eckhardt, and Menendez about patient abandonment, scope, and whether it could allow refusals of legal services such as vaccines, antibiotics, contraception, or personal care; despite those concerns, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment. Finally, the chamber began consideration of Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1169, which would allow public entities to form public utility agencies to cooperate on water and wastewater projects without eminent domain or cross-collateralization, with Senator Hinojosa explaining it as a tool for small and rural communities facing utility infrastructure problems.

Transcript Highlights:

• . $500,000 for the Great Plains Institute to study distributed ammonia. $2.57 million for the Macalester
• Institute Institute Institute um<00:12:11.880> to<00:12:12.360> study<00:12:12.720> distributed
• um to study distributed ammonia. um to study distributed ammonia. $2.57<00:12:16.320> million
• on the LIHEAP supplemental program in the general fund, is that being based on the same kind of distribution

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So my concern again continues to be equitable distribution of these taxes that go to L.A.
• the counties, where we need to make sure that community health care infrastructure is equitably distributed
• I think in many instances, South L.A. also feels unequally distributed to.
• the counties where we need to make sure that community health care infrastructure is equitably distributed
• I think in many instances, South L.A. also feels unequally distributed to.

Summary: The committee heard eight bills, mostly on local government, housing, and public agency contracting. AB 1658 would make permanent higher change-order authority for Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties on large construction projects; supporters said it would reduce delays and save money on major projects, and the bill passed 6-0. AB 2263 would authorize the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to develop employee-preference affordable housing; supporters said it would help with workforce retention and long commutes, and it also passed 6-0. AB 2134 would require city councils to allow parental leave without forcing members to seek public approval or risk losing their seats; supporters described the bill as necessary to protect new parents in local office, and it passed 6-0. AB 2188 would raise Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s contracting authority to $250,000, with supporters citing administrative savings and faster project delivery; after committee amendments, it passed 6-0. AB 2033 would let general law cities use job order contracting for repair and maintenance work, with safeguards against employee displacement; supporters called it an efficiency tool, while AFSCME opposed it over workforce impacts, and it passed 8-0 after amendments. AB 1768 would authorize Los Angeles County and Contra Costa County to ask voters to approve a temporary transactions and use tax to help offset major federal health care cuts and preserve clinics and public health services. Supporters from community clinics, Planned Parenthood, labor groups, counties, and health organizations said the measure would let voters decide how to respond to funding losses; opponents, including CalTax and some cities, raised affordability and tax-burden concerns. Members also discussed equity concerns within Los Angeles County and the importance of local control. The bill was moved out on a 5-2 vote and left on call. AB 2415 would allow the city of Folsom to shift housing obligations away from its historic district and toward other transit-oriented sites; supporters said it would preserve the historic district while still meeting housing goals, and it passed 10-0. AB 2741, heard at the end of the meeting, would give cities a grace period to fix housing elements that were certified by HCD but later found noncompliant by a court, especially where cities relied on overlay zones. Supporters from the League of California Cities, Redondo Beach, and real estate groups said cities acted in good faith and should not be immediately subjected to builder’s remedy; opponents from California YIMBY and legal aid groups argued the bill would weaken housing accountability and reward noncompliance. The transcript ends during testimony on AB 2741, before a final vote is recorded.

Transcript Highlights:

• So my concern again continues to be equitable distribution of these taxes that go to L.A.
• the counties where we need to make sure that community health care infrastructure is equitably distributed
• I think in many instances, South L.A. also feels unequally distributed to.
• the counties where we need to make sure that community health care infrastructure is equitably distributed
• I think in many instances, South L.A. also feels unequally distributed to.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, and I disagree that there might be better methods of getting information and distributing it to our
• Um, and I disagree that there might be better methods of getting information and distributing it to our
• 17.839> information<00:51:18.960> and getting information and getting information and distributing
• <00:51:22.800> So,<00:51:24.160> and distributing it to our youth.
• So, and distributing it to our youth.

Bills: HB1952, HB1951, HB1929, HB2497, HB2208, HB2572, HB1953, HB2551, HB2549, HB1737, HB1628, HB1769, HB2493, HB2264, HB1997, HB2168, HB2427, HB1805, HB2180, HB2184, HB2219, HB2469, HB2233, HB2519, HB2141, HB1904, HB2201, HB2410, HB2007, HB2385, HB2444, HB2349, HB2235, HB1872, HB2416, HB2291, HB2292, HB2263, HB2359, HB2455, HB1509, HB1514, HB1515, HB1648, HB2164, HB2323, HB1825, HB2172, HB1888, HB2005, HB2387, HB2358, HB2119, HB2276, HB2472, HB1714, HB2325, HB1541, HB1960, HB2140, HB2315, HB2367, HB2388, HB1696, HB2333, HB2138, HB2332, HB2283, HB2059, HB2057, HB2589, HB2417, HB2337, HB1588, HB2217, HB2020, HB1915, HB1742, HB2026, HB1965, HB1546, HB2360, HB1563, HB1749, HB2614, HB1511, HB1753, HB1849, HB1641, HB2161, HB2194, HB1721, HB2284, HB2188, HB1897, HB1880, HB1573, HB1876, HB20, HB2137

Keywords: HB1952, Hawaii agriculture, University of Hawaii, CTAHR, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, Kauai, agricultural research station, extension station, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, appropriation, ADA compliance, Americans with Disabilities Act, certified kitchen, greenhouse, laboratory, field research, cesspool decommissioning, invasive species

Transcript Highlights:

• Distribution of rent and royalties of federal coal lease sales. >> Thank you.
• rent and... then replace line 180 on page 7 with the following: After January 1, 2027, shall be distributed
• After January 1, 2027 shall be<00:50:20.960> distributed<00:50:21.440> annually<00:50:21.920
• be distributed annually as follows. be distributed annually as follows.

Bills: HB185, HB378, SB28, HB400, SB155, HB312, HB185, HB378, SB28, HB400, SB155, HB312

Keywords: appropriation, transportation, judicial system, funding, state budget, Pickens County, local act, vehicle tag fee, registration fee, issuance fee, motor vehicle registration, license plate, replacement tag, transfer tag, renewal fee, county revenue, earmarked funds, ambulance service, emergency medical services, EMS

Transcript Highlights:

• discussed on the way in here, the Department of Revenue collects the sales tax for all of them and then distributes
• It was a 20-year macro depreciation for natural gas distribution systems.
• Well, I mean, a lot of the rural counties, you don't have natural gas distribution lines because, you
• Louis, you know, Columbia, Springfield, those large municipalities, you're going to have these gas distribution
• an email to all the county assessors in the state and ask them, number one, do you have a gas distribution

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Line 216: This is an appropriation of $40 million, and that's distributed to institutions for facility
• However, the packet that is going to be distributed next, we will need to pick that Good afternoon, Madam
• rolled these up into single appropriations to the administrative offices of the courts, who can then distribute
• If the department... ...requested that the funds be evenly distributed over the three years.
• That's based on the distribution of those funds.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Then you'll see the bottom chart there, distribution of income taxpayers.
• interesting to see if we could get maybe a couple decades' worth of data on this and just see how the distribution
• You add in the Rural Health Care Initiative, which is going to distribute about $10 billion over five
• My fear is that because of CMS's rules of having to distribute based on volume, there is a high likelihood
• We also have a potential impact to the $306.6 million that you all distribute through the at-risk index

Transcript Highlights:

• Next is House language that requires reporting conformity for aid distributions for towns and special
• This relates to the distribution of... actually, I believe that this row was covered by an amendment
• And this relates to the distribution<00:27:03.360> of distribution of distribution of um<00:27

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• markets, there is considerable debate about our future regarding paid subscriber bases versus free distribution
• I Help the commission launch the ADER pilot, allowing virtual power plants and aggregations of distributed
• EV owners can sell electricity stored in the car's battery to distribution and transmission systems.
• This year alone, ERCOT is tracking over 2,800 megawatts of distributed energy generation resources that
• privilege to testify on this bill alongside Daikin, one of our largest customers on the electric distribution

Bills: HB1951, HB2715, HB3092, HB3237, HB3278, HB3511, HB3592, HB3675, HB3778, HB3782, HB3826, HB3970, HB4016, HB4049, HB4341, HB4344, HB4406, HB4427

Keywords: collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction