Transcript Highlights:

• Um, is this tax on top of like my municipality has a 9.75 sales tax?
• We're not touching the sales tax. Sales tax is not touching the sales tax.
• Uh, this is an addition to the regular sales tax.
• So, if your sales tax is 9%, if it's 10, it's still going to be that.
• This is nothing to do with sales tax. Whatever you do on sales tax is totally separate.

Bills: HB227 , HB255 , HB465 , HB472 , HB482 , HB483 , HB526 , HB529 , HB484

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: firefighter benefits, occupational disease, line of duty, disability pension, death benefits, retirement benefits, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer presumption, HIV, hepatitis, municipal firefighters, state firefighters, fire districts, workers' compensation, public safety employees, post-retirement benefits, benefit eligibility cutoff, occupational illness

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill makes it clear that vehicles are not for sale or for lease at the auto shows; they are only
• This bill makes it clear that vehicles are not for sale or for lease at the auto shows; they are only
• This bill makes it clear that vehicles are not for sale or for lease at the auto shows; they are only
• Representative Liebling, Sunday sales will still be closed.
• Representative Liebling, Sunday sales will still be closed.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The clerk will read the bills and resolutions. location in which certain sales are consummated for the
• purposes of local sales and use taxes referred the committee on ways and means.
• HB 1669 by Hull sale of raw milk and raw milk products in the state requiring a permit for the Committee
• by an. of the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, HB 1674 by Kerwin, relating to the production sale
• HP 1681 by button relating to the applicability and sales and use of taxes a certain services provided

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• ><c> 4.3</c><00:04:49.960><c> acres</c><00:04:51.000><c> of</c> sale of approximately 4.3 acres of sale
• 00:04:56.880><c> of</c> authorizes the private sale of authorizes the private sale of approximately<00
• and requires that all sales follow public sale procedures, except that private sales are permitted for
• and requires that all sales follow public sale procedures, except that private sales are permitted for
• I mean of the county about this sale?

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This supports and encourages small-scale agricultural sales, farm stands, homemade product cooperatives
• That only applies to in-state sales, so not interstate commerce. Yes.
• That only applies to in-state sales, so not interstate commerce.
• There is a lot of state and federal regulation pertaining to food sales.
• But some of the examples are the exception to the sale of graded and ungraded products, fruit sales and

Committee: Senate Agricultural Affairs

Summary: The Senate Agricultural Committee opened by welcoming a new page, Isabella Frasheiser of Weiser High School, who described her FFA, school leadership, and agricultural background. The committee then approved the February 10, 2026 minutes without objection. The main item was Senate Bill 1283, presented by Senator Todd Lakey. The bill would create a framework for small-scale direct-to-consumer agricultural and homemade food sales, including cottage foods, farm stands, cooperative markets, and certain meat sales, with labeling, recordkeeping, and educational-material requirements. Supporters from Farm Bureau, Fair Idaho, and producers argued it would reduce burdens, expand local food access, help small farms, and improve market opportunities. Food Northwest and health district representatives raised concerns about food safety, labeling, lack of competency testing, limited remediation options, and possible liability changes. After discussion, the committee voted to send SB 1283 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee then received an Idaho Beef Council update from J.W. Wood and Jody Mink. They described the council’s checkoff-funded promotion, education, research, consumer outreach, BQA training, Spanish-language materials, a national “Prime Rib and Prom” campaign, and the Idaho Beef Counts food assistance program. No formal action was taken on that presentation, and the committee adjourned after concluding its agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• After the sale of that building, all that money will go into this fund you're creating.
• So it's not just the monies from the sale of, of, you know, a previous property.
• How tight our budget is going to be in the future, that by saying all monies from the sale of property
• Does this now put our government up for sale? I don't think so. You would have to wait.
• That could be sales taxes.

Committee: House Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill prohibits real estate brokers from marketing the sale or lease of residential real estate to
• And as for the rental market, you're not listing it for sale.
• So that listing-for-sale part is what we're trying to fix here.
• Our main point is that this is intended to be specifically for the sale of properties.
• We believe in the public marketing of all homes for sale.

Summary: The Consumer Protection and Business Committee held public hearings on three Senate bills. SB 5831, the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act, was explained by staff as creating safe harbors so certain mortgage modifications would not alter lien priority or require re-recording; the prime sponsor said it would reduce uncertainty and legal costs. No one testified on the bill. SB 6091, concerning real estate brokers marketing residential properties to exclusive groups, was described as requiring concurrent public marketing when brokers market to limited groups, while allowing private marketing so long as the public also has access; the sponsor and supporters said it would promote fair, open housing markets and reduce pocket listings that can reinforce exclusion. SB 6178, prohibiting post-loss assignment of benefits in property insurance, was presented as protecting homeowners after disasters from signing away policy rights to contractors; the sponsor, the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, the National Insurance Crime Bureau, and the Washington State Association for Justice supported the bill, while discussion focused on whether the $50,000 penalty should distinguish between intentional and unintentional violations. For SB 6178, the Office of the Insurance Commissioner said it has seen more complaints about policyholders being pressured to sign documents before contacting insurers and said the bill would help keep homeowners in control of claims. Testifiers emphasized that contractors play an important role in repairs but should not take over first-party insurance claims, and one witness noted the bill would not prevent direct payment arrangements to contractors. Committee members asked about penalties and whether a cooling-off period or other alternatives might address concerns about good-faith contractors. For SB 6091, supporters including Zillow, Washington Realtors, Habitat for Humanity, Windermere, and the Fair Housing Center of Washington argued that exclusive or pocket listings can reduce transparency, limit competition, and worsen housing inequities. They said the bill still allows private marketing and open houses, but requires public availability as well, and does not force owners to allow access to their property. A rental housing representative asked for an amendment to remove a reference to leases, saying the bill should not unintentionally apply to rental providers who are not brokers. The committee closed public hearings on all three bills and ended the meeting with birthday recognition for two members.

Transcript Highlights:

• sales tax holiday, language clarifying the sales tax exemption for small propane gas tanks, a reduction
• I know there's the sales tax holidays.
• First of all, we made the back-to-school sales tax holiday permanent last year.
• And so we're giving them the four-month sales tax holiday. Additional questions.
• Was there any consideration around, like, a break on gas, like some sales tax relief around gas?

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Senator Don Childers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Officer Antonio Richardson as law enforcement officer of the day. The chamber announced it would take up 11 budget conference committee reports, with no third-reading bills or special-order calendar items. Members were reminded that conference reports were subject to debate but not amendment, and that the required review periods had been satisfied. The first major action was on HB 7031E, the tax package. Representative Duggan explained that the conference report included a mix of retained, modified, and new tax provisions, including sales tax holidays, property tax and homestead-related changes, reductions in certain gaming and carbon-related taxes, changes to child care and documentary stamp tax credits, a new refund process for public works construction tax paid by universities and colleges, and other tax administration changes. Debate focused on the bill’s consumer impact, the reduction of the child tax credit from three years to one, the inclusion of firearm accessories in a sales tax holiday, the absence of gas tax relief and combined reporting, and the homestead exemption provision for certain deployed diplomatic and foreign service personnel. Critics argued the package favored niche or corporate interests over broad affordability relief, while supporters said it provided targeted tax relief and reflected conference negotiations. The House adopted the conference report and passed HB 7031E by a vote of 88-11. The House then began presenting the conference report for HB 501E, the state budget, which totaled $114.5 billion for fiscal year 2026-27 and was described as below the prior year’s spending level while maintaining reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined major budget areas: pre-K-12 funding included an increase in FEFP, salary increases for veteran teachers, stabilization funding, and support for declining enrollment; higher education included full Bright Futures funding, workforce programs, college operating support, university initiatives, and school guardian expansion; IT funding focused on Palm, ACCESS, APD’s I-Connect replacement, corrections systems, emergency management systems, and cybersecurity grants; health care funding covered Medicaid, nursing home rates, waiver provider increases, ADAP funding and restructuring, child welfare, and behavioral health; transportation and economic development included housing, cultural grants, jobs and rural infrastructure, Visit Florida, Space Florida, highway patrol equipment, and local transportation projects; justice funding included correctional construction, juvenile justice facilities, law enforcement grants, and clerk and due process reimbursements; state administration included fire stations, constrained counties, building maintenance, and Safe Florida Home; and agriculture/natural resources funding emphasized Everglades restoration, water quality, land acquisition, Florida Forever, state parks, and citrus research. Members then began questioning the budget details, including school voucher accountability, school funding formulas, public defender parity, prison technology, wastewater monitoring in prisons, ADAP policy, SNAP fraud controls and AI-assisted verification, Florida Forever funding, school lunch funding, and coral reef restoration. No final vote on HB 501E appears in the transcript excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• You just do a bill of sale, and that's currently the case for vehicles at that point.
• car, I can register the car with a bill of sale?
• car, I can register the car with a bill of sale?
• So, right now you use a bill of<00:13:01.680><c> sale.</c> of sale. of sale.
• </c> register the car with a bill of sale. register the car with a bill of sale.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I assume that... encouraging high sales, I see some other language below it.
• Okay, let's go to the sales forecast.
• So water utilities are not incentivized to over-forecast water sales.
• If you forecast too much sales, you have lower rates.
• If you under-forecast sales, you have higher rates.

Summary: The committee heard several energy and water affordability bills, with extensive testimony on SB 254 by Senator Becker, SB 541 by Senator Becker, SB 453 by Senator Stern, SB 292 by Senator Caballero, and SB 473 by Senator Padilla. SB 254 was presented as a broad utility affordability package addressing short-term climate credits, a Power Fund, tighter scrutiny of rate increases and utility profits, wildfire spending, securitization of future utility costs, and streamlining. Supporters, including TURN and several environmental and public power groups, said it could lower bills and reduce long-term costs; opponents from investor-owned utilities, labor, business, and local government raised concerns about market impacts, insufficient analysis, and the breadth of the bill. The committee approved SB 254 on a 6-3 vote and placed it on call. SB 541 focused on load flexibility and using existing grid capacity more efficiently. Senator Becker described it as a transparency and planning measure to identify cost-effective load shifting and reduce peak demand, while supporters said it could improve resiliency and save money. Several CCAs and utilities opposed the bill in print or unless amended, arguing that some language implied a mandate and that the concept needed more cost-effectiveness analysis; the author said amendments would remove language dividing the state goal among retail suppliers and clarify that the bill is not a procurement mandate. The committee passed SB 541 as amended to Appropriations on a 9-1 vote and left it on call. SB 453 by Senator Stern would return unspent ratepayer-funded microgrid program dollars and was described as a way to keep the lights on and redirect unused funds. It drew support from local government and environmental groups, with PG&E expressing concern about how the bill would affect its ability to spend awarded funds. The committee passed SB 453 as amended to Appropriations on a 12-0 vote. SB 292 by Senator Caballero would require more granular outage and reliability reporting, including census-tract-level data, to better inform resilience planning after PSPS events; utilities opposed unless amended, citing duplicative reporting and regulatory overlap, but the bill passed 12-0 to Appropriations. SB 473 by Senator Padilla would require or expand water utility decoupling to promote conservation and affordability. Supporters, including water utilities, labor, business, and local government groups, argued decoupling stabilizes revenue, supports conservation, and can keep rates lower for low-use customers. The Public Advocates Office opposed, saying prior pilot data showed no conservation benefit and about $1 billion in added costs, and that the CPUC had already rejected similar requests. Committee members questioned the conservation and capital-investment effects of the different rate structures; the author and supporters argued decoupling helps utilities fund infrastructure while allowing lower fixed charges for low-use customers. The transcript ends during that discussion, before a final vote on SB 473 is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• Ty and his family just had a big bull sale, I think, the other day, are getting ready to one of the two
• There is more inclusive participation. big bull sale I think the other day are big bull sale I think
• </c><00:30:03.919><c> of</c> if it was costs related to the sale of if it was costs related to the sale
• different than any cash sale that could happen?
• ><c> could</c> different than any cash sale that could different than any cash sale that could happen

Keywords: 00:00 -- Introduction 00:13 – Attendance Roll Call 08:25 – Discussion of HB 315 23:45 – Roll call vote on HB 315 26:35 – Discussion of HB 356 46:30 – Roll call vote on HB 356, 958, all

Summary: The House Agriculture Committee first spent much of the meeting recognizing the large number of 4-H and FFA students and guests in attendance, with members from several counties introducing their groups and praising the programs for developing future agricultural and civic leaders. Comments emphasized the value of youth involvement in agriculture, leadership, and public speaking, and several members noted their own 4-H or FFA backgrounds. The committee then took up House Bill 356, and adopted a committee substitute before hearing testimony on the revised measure. House Bill 356, sponsored by Representative Carney, would create the Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative, expanding the original urban farming concept into broader agricultural education, agribusiness, advocacy, and work-ready skills. The substitute removed the requirement that participants have access to farmland, lowered the age floor from six to five, broadened participation, and established a pilot program with implementation left to Cooperative Extension. Supportive testimony came from a 4-H student and Kentucky 4-H representatives, who described how the program helps youth explore many interests and removes barriers for urban students. Members from both parties praised the bill as a way to reach more youth and strengthen agricultural education. The committee approved House Bill 356 as amended by the committee substitute on a roll call vote, with all members present voting yes. The committee then heard House Bill 315 from Representative Sharp, a foreign adversary land bill intended to limit certain foreign entities’ ability to purchase Kentucky land. Before member questions, Tim Shank of the Kentucky Bankers Association testified in opposition to one section of the bill, saying banks already screen borrowers through federal systems and that Section 8’s reference to an Attorney General lien for “actual costs” was too vague. He warned the language could create uncertainty for mortgage holders and potentially affect credit availability for farmers. Representative Sharp said he had just learned of the concern and may need to work with the Attorney General’s office to address it. He also said the bill was largely the same as last year’s version, except for the removal of a leasing-related paragraph, and the committee began discussion of the bill after that testimony.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> addressing the disproportionate sales addressing the disproportionate sales and<00:37:04.720><c>
• So, I can just say sections 5 through 11 exempt the sale of mobile homes from sales and use taxes and
• of mobile homes from exempt the sale of mobile homes from sales<00:42:42.600><c> and</c><00:42:42.760
• Manufactured homes financed as personal property with a bill of sale will be subject to the sales and
• </c> subject to the sales and use tax. subject to the sales and use tax.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They were sales tax rebates.
• They were sales tax rebates.
• They were sales tax rebates.
• They were sales tax rebates.
• They were sales tax rebates.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. ...through limited property sales approved by
• only if specified requirements are met, including a demonstration by the school district that the sale
• learning, and the proceeds from the sale will be used only for alleviating or concluding the financial
• In terms of impacts to districts, OSPI indicated that it is uncertain how many sales would be approved
• And you have to go to OSPI and have OSPI approve the sale.

Bills: HB2514 , HB2551 , HB2236 , HB2470

Committee: House Capital Budget

Keywords: HB 2514, global war on terror, GWOT, war on terror memorial, Capitol campus memorial, Washington veterans, fallen service members, military memorial, post-9/11 veterans, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, veterans memorial, capitol grounds, state memorial, Secretary of State, Capitol Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• Those amendments now make the sale and distribution of it...
• Chief Counsel, those amendments now make the sale and distribution of products with unnatural levels
• For the purpose of SB 758, the purpose is to restrict the sale of these dangerous drugs.
• We are proud to be among about 20 cities that have passed ordinances prohibiting the sale of nitrous
• possession, sale and distribution.

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Summary: The Senate Committee on Public Safety heard two bills. SB 99, by Senator Blakespear, would improve coordination between military and civilian law enforcement in domestic violence cases involving military protective orders. The author and a Department of Defense witness said the bill would help courts and police identify existing military protective orders, allow them to be considered in restraining order proceedings, require notification to military authorities when violations are suspected, and encourage memoranda of understanding between agencies. The ACLU California Action opposed unless amended, citing due process concerns because military protective orders are issued by commanders without court procedures. Members generally supported the bill as a way to protect survivors, and it passed the committee 5-0 to the Judiciary Committee. SB 758, by Senator Umberg, addressed nitrous oxide and concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) products sold in retail settings. Supporters, including local officials, law enforcement groups, and parents, argued that nitrous oxide misuse and concentrated 7-OH products are harming youth and communities and that the bill would restrict sales while preserving legitimate culinary uses of nitrous oxide. Opponents, including kratom and drug policy advocates, argued the bill would criminalize adults, that 7-OH is a naturally occurring kratom component with limited evidence of severe harm when used alone, and that regulation rather than prohibition would be preferable. After discussion, the committee adopted amendments narrowing the bill and voted 5-0 to send SB 758 as amended to Appropriations.

Transcript Highlights:

• The actual amount we're presenting for sale this meeting is 213.6 million, so this just reflects that
• correct adjustment of what we're actually proposing to sell for this bond sale.
• lines 2 and 3 with the yellow highlighted cells for the 213.6 and the 537.4, this is how our bond sale
• I'd like to take you through the executive summary for the December bond sale.
• We're gonna have a lot more eyes on focusing on our bonds, the bond sale, and financial plan.

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

Transcript Highlights:

• ,</c> regulation regulating the sale, regulation regulating the sale, purchase,<00:14:34.240><c> ownership
• And it lists you can't regulate sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession at all.
• To me, that says that sale purchase.
• So it to the sale purchase ownership.
• The general court asserts authority and jurisdiction over the regulation and sale.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The continued conference on House Bill 609 focused on reconciling House and Senate drafts dealing with firearms and other personal defense tools, local government preemption, and agency rulemaking. Representative Leyon walked through amendment 21107H, explaining that it narrows undefined terms, clarifies that the General Court has supremacy over local regulation, allows damages actions for violations of preemption law, and adds language limiting agency rules unless specifically authorized by statute. She also described a three-year sunset and a delayed effective date for new rules so existing rules could continue temporarily while the legislature considers any needed statutory carveouts. Members then debated the practical effect of the language, especially whether it would bar agencies from adopting internal employment rules or instead require those rules to come through JCAR and be tied to express statutory authority. Several examples were discussed, including state plow drivers, corrections employees, and other workers who may need to carry personal defense tools in the field. The committee also discussed a provision making a plaintiff a prevailing party if a municipality changes a challenged policy after suit is filed, and a clause stating that good faith or advice of counsel is not a defense, though it may be considered in mitigation. The discussion narrowed to the difference between the House approach, which some members read as an absolute prohibition on agency rules in these areas, and the Senate approach, which some members said would allow rules only when an agency can point to express enabling authority and JCAR can review them. Members agreed that the goal was to prevent agencies from adopting rules that conflict with the statute while still allowing legitimate safety-related regulations where the legislature has authorized them. The conference took a recess and later resumed with the chair stating the parties had reached an agreement in principle based on the latest Senate language, and Representative Leyon was asked to continue reviewing the draft line by line for remaining concerns.

Transcript Highlights:

• We follow our sales very closely.
• Some of the sales can be eliminated, and we do not have to count them in our sales ratio.
• Our office sends out sales confirmation letters for every sale, commercial and residential, to try to
• It can be included in the whole county sales ratio.
• from that year if you're short of sales.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The subcommittee of the Tax Reform and Relief Committee met with a quorum to begin its study of whether the content of North Dakota real estate tax statements should be revised to improve transparency. Legislative Council staff reviewed the background for the study, including House Bill 1176, current statutory requirements for tax statements, and recent changes such as separate line items for bonded debt, primary residence credit, and legacy fund-related amounts. The Tax Department then explained the current statement format and noted that the form is prescribed and approved by the tax commissioner, with changes typically driven by statute and implemented collaboratively with counties and vendors. County officials from the North Dakota Association of Counties described the full annual process for preparing budgets, setting levies, calculating taxable values, and issuing notices and tax statements. They said counties spend significant time coordinating with taxing districts, neighboring counties, and software vendors, and that the new budget hearing notices and valuation notices have not generated much public response. Members raised concerns about the usefulness and clarity of certain line items, especially the legislative tax relief calculation and the primary residence credit, and discussed whether the current statement creates confusion rather than transparency. Testimony also addressed the 3% cap, mill levy worksheets, assessment cycles, and the role of county auditors and tax directors in maintaining accurate values. The committee also heard from software vendors CPT and Tyler Technologies about how legislative changes are programmed into tax systems and how online taxpayer portals can provide more detailed breakdowns of tax bills. Vendors said changes required by law are generally absorbed in contracts rather than billed directly to counties, and they demonstrated web tools and pie-chart style breakdowns that show where tax dollars go. NDACO presented a survey of eight counties estimating tax statement preparation and mailing costs, concluding that outsourced printing tends to be cheaper on average and that total statewide tax statement costs may be roughly $600,000, though the estimate was based on limited data. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational and focused on gathering testimony and identifying issues for possible future recommendations or bill drafts.

Transcript Highlights:

• It would also require that signage be displayed at points of sale and locations where tobacco products
• It would be displayed at points of sale and locations where tobacco products are sold.
• California Department of Public Health for lung cancer screening eligibility criteria at the point of sale
• The state and local governments are still collecting revenue through sales tax.
• CCTA is already receiving funding from a prior sales tax...

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Importantly, it explicitly protects local sales tax and its dedicated local revenue stream.
• Every company offering seeds for sale must pay $40 to CDFA.
• Since the initial fee was created, For sale must pay $40 to CDFA.
• Every company offering seeds for sale must pay $40 to CDFA.
• Since the initial fee was created, for sale must pay $40 to CDFA.

Committee: House Agriculture

Keywords: 988, house, all