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• Well, on 25, we actually add or federal law because we have, as required by state law, other than this
• of Wyoming.
• of Wyoming.
• of Wyoming.
• State of Wyoming, to allow it to transition or convert from one type of financial institution to another

Bills: SF0021, SF0022, SF0054, SF0055

Keywords: stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation, state commission, decentralized, nonprofit association, merger, conversion, liability, membership, governance, indemnification, banking regulation, special purpose depository institution, conversion process, Wyoming state laws, financial services

Bills: SF0021, SF0022, SF0054, SF0055

Keywords: stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation, state commission, decentralized, nonprofit association, merger, conversion, liability, membership, governance, indemnification, banking regulation, special purpose depository institution, conversion process, Wyoming state laws, financial services

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• States and in Wyoming, are in the United States and in Wyoming, our<00:05:02.240><c> freedom</c><00:
• </c> hosts data in the state of Wyoming. hosts data in the state of Wyoming.
• Wyoming, they have a house in the state of Wyoming.
• law we can go into another that Wyoming law we can go into another state<00:20:28.159><c> and</c><00
• </c> uh that the state of Wyoming has. Uh Mr. uh that the state of Wyoming has. Uh Mr.

Bills: HB0070, HB0043, HB0103, HB0157, HB0092, SF0092

Keywords: foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, money laundering, illegal investment, financial institutions, criminal activity, Wyoming legislation, First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits

Bills: HB0070, HB0043, HB0103, HB0157, HB0092, SF0092

Keywords: foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, money laundering, illegal investment, financial institutions, criminal activity, Wyoming legislation, First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits

Bills: HB0070, HB0043, HB0103, HB0157, HB0092, SF0092

Keywords: foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, money laundering, illegal investment, financial institutions, criminal activity, Wyoming legislation, First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits

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• Out-of-state travel is, um, roughly $220,000. Our dues, Mr.
• </c><00:03:07.440><c> is</c><00:03:07.840><c> 405,000</c> session laws is 405,000 session laws is 405,000
• I think half that price would Wyoming.
• Uh, so there are some states that are helping fund this.
• </c> proposals uh for a convention of states proposals uh for a convention of states and<00:10:06.720

Bills: HB0105, HB0107, SF0002

Keywords: K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem

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• </c><00:07:50.720><c> session</c><00:07:51.120><c> laws</c><00:07:52.000><c> chapter</c> under 2025 Wyoming
• session laws chapter under 2025 Wyoming session laws chapter 118<00:07:53.199><c> section</c><00:07:
• </c> Wyoming. So it's an important facility. Wyoming. So it's an important facility.
• I'm director for the state McCome.
• </c> law, the the other ineffective. law, the the other ineffective. &gt;&gt; Okay. &gt;&gt; Okay.

Bills: HB0105, HB0107, SF0002

Keywords: K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem

Bills: SF0002

Keywords: Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem, mileage reimbursement, legislator training, legislators-elect, newly appointed legislator, carryforward funds, unspent appropriations, Management Council, economic development, energy diversification, economic modeling software, fiscal notes

Bills: SF0002

Keywords: Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem, mileage reimbursement, legislator training, legislators-elect, newly appointed legislator, carryforward funds, unspent appropriations, Management Council, economic development, energy diversification, economic modeling software, fiscal notes

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• 00:07:00.560><c> to</c><00:07:00.720><c> be</c> state of Wyoming and it has to be state of Wyoming and
• I'm Julie Baker, volunteer state director for Convention of States Action in Wyoming, and I live just
• Even the supremacy of federal law and the Constitution over state laws could be called into doubt.
• ,</c><00:48:46.559><c> the</c> state of Wyoming, the residents, the state of Wyoming, the residents,
• It's about what's best for the state of Wyoming and having equal representation.

Bills: HB0108, HB0039, HB0091, HB0070

Keywords: audit, transparency, government reporting, accountability, public access, firearm rights, restoration of rights, criminal justice, felony convictions, Wyoming law, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws

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• specific to state convictions under state<00:23:44.559><c> law.
• , state or federal law.
• , state or federal law.
• , state or federal law.
• </c> Wyoming and our operations and state Wyoming and our operations and state government.<00:59:16.160

Bills: HB0108, HB0039, HB0091, HB0070

Keywords: audit, transparency, government reporting, accountability, public access, firearm rights, restoration of rights, criminal justice, felony convictions, Wyoming law, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws

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• As I stated at the start, as state leaders, you have a choice.
• With his wife and two children, my mom, my mother-in-law and father-in-law, and my brother-in-law and
• They lower state revenues, and they raise the need for state spending.
• What did the state do?
• What did the state do?

Bills: H5006, H5007

Keywords: tax revenue, state surplus, taxpayer refunds, budget growth, Massachusetts General Laws, income tax, tax reduction, state law, personal income tax, tax rates

Summary: The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on two proposed ballot initiatives: one to reduce the state personal income tax rate from 5% to 4% over three years, and another to revise the state tax collection cap law (62F) so the cap would be based on the prior year’s actual collections plus wage-and-salary growth and would include surtax revenue. Committee chairs outlined the hearing process and noted that the measures would need additional signatures to qualify for the 2026 ballot if not enacted by the legislature. The committee’s expert witness, Doug Howgate of the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation, said the income tax proposal would lower the base rate in stages beginning in 2027 and would ultimately reduce state income tax collections by about $5.4 billion annually when fully implemented. He estimated savings would vary by income level, from a few hundred dollars for lower- and middle-income households to about $10,700 for taxpayers at the surtax threshold. He argued the proposal would improve tax competitiveness but would also require major budget adjustments, likely including reserve use, spending cuts, and possibly new revenue measures; he cited prior downturns and said the state’s rainy day fund is stronger than in past recessions, though spending growth and health care costs remain concerns. On the 62F proposal, he said rebasing the cap to prior-year collections would make refunds more likely, with modeled refunds totaling about $7.9 billion without the surtax and $10.1 billion with it over the last decade, and warned it could reduce stabilization fund deposits and constrain recovery after recessions. Proponents of both petitions, including representatives from Taxpayers for an Affordable Massachusetts, NFIB, Pioneer Institute, and the Mass Opportunity Alliance, argued that Massachusetts faces an affordability and competitiveness crisis and that lower taxes would help families, small businesses, job creation, and outmigration. They said the income tax cut would put about $1,300 a year back into the hands of average families, help pass-through businesses reinvest, and improve the state’s ability to compete with lower-tax states such as North Carolina. Their economist, Rebecca Paxton, presented a model projecting average annual revenue losses of about $680 million during the phase-in and a total net income tax revenue impact of $2 billion to $2.2 billion, while saying long-term revenue growth would be stronger after implementation. The hearing ended with committee questions and a brief dispute over a planned voter testimonial video, which the chairs said was not appropriate for the hearing at that point.

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• bill, with new education laws or new state education rules.
• description of the bill, with new education laws or new state education rules.
• <00:35:37.440><c> and</c><00:35:37.880><c> state</c><00:35:38.160><c> laws</c><00:35:38.480><c> and</
• c><00:35:38.640><c> rules</c><00:35:39.520><c> this</c> States and state laws and rules this States and
• state laws and rules this would<00:35:39.800><c> result</c><00:35:40.119><c> in</c><00:35:40.320><c>

Bills: HF957, HF877

Keywords: education, mandate relief, school funding, local control, state laws, fund transfers, 1183, house

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• 31 other states.
• As I stated at the start, as state leaders, you have a choice.
• With his wife and two children, my mom, my mother-in-law and father-in-law, and my brother-in-law and
• They lower state revenues, and they raise the need for state spending.
• What did the state do?

Bills: H5006, H5007

Keywords: tax revenue, state surplus, taxpayer refunds, budget growth, Massachusetts General Laws, income tax, tax reduction, state law, personal income tax, tax rates, 1212, all

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• out across the state.
• It's not expected out of the state.
• </c> not it's not expected out of the state. not it's not expected out of the state.
• </c> the state took over. the state took over.
• </c><00:25:36.120><c> For</c> State Construction Department. For State Construction Department.

Bills: HB0034, HB0035, HB0036, HB0106

Keywords: HB0034, Wyoming retirement system, Wyoming Retirement Act, firefighter retirement, public employee retirement, retirement benefits, state pension, wildland firefighting, wildland firefighter, crash and rescue, Wyoming National Guard, Office of State Lands and Investments, Wyoming Retirement Board, correctional forestry crew, correctional crew supervisor, correctional forestry crew manager, general fund appropriation, state agency employees, service credit, benefit eligibility

Bills: HB0034, HB0035, HB0036, HB0106

Keywords: HB0034, Wyoming retirement system, Wyoming Retirement Act, firefighter retirement, public employee retirement, retirement benefits, state pension, wildland firefighting, wildland firefighter, crash and rescue, Wyoming National Guard, Office of State Lands and Investments, Wyoming Retirement Board, correctional forestry crew, correctional crew supervisor, correctional forestry crew manager, general fund appropriation, state agency employees, service credit, benefit eligibility

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• Um, this is Wyoming State Guard amendments.
• The Wyoming State Guard has been authorized in law for over a century, but has never been organized.
• Um this is uh Wyoming State summer. Um this is uh Wyoming State Guard<00:17:50.080><c> amendments.
• </c><00:20:48.000><c> State</c> then the other one is the Wyoming State then the other one is the Wyoming
• Wyoming state guard subordinate only to Wyoming state guard subordinate only to the<00:32:14.559><c>

Bills: SF0012, SF0013, SF0067

Keywords: military, national guard, reenlistment, extension bonus, funding, Wyoming, Wyoming National Guard, recruitment, referral bonus, military service, eligibility expansion, incentive program, Wyoming state guard, emergency response, governor authority, state council of defense, 916, all

Bills: SF0012, SF0013, SF0067

Keywords: military, national guard, reenlistment, extension bonus, funding, Wyoming, Wyoming National Guard, recruitment, referral bonus, military service, eligibility expansion, incentive program, Wyoming state guard, emergency response, governor authority, state council of defense, 916, all

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• </c><00:03:50.560><c> specific</c> Wyoming law which provides no specific Wyoming law which provides
• Section 1-44-107C on page 10 declares this immunity substantive law in the state of Wyoming.
• </c> States Constitution and the Wyoming States Constitution and the Wyoming Constitution<01:08:33.839
• So the state of Wyoming has to recognize laws from other U.S. states. That's full faith and credit.
• ><c> is</c><01:36:26.880><c> a</c> people make Wyoming law, there is a people make Wyoming law, there

Bills: HB0103, HB0070, HB0091

Keywords: First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation

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• I'm the drug intelligence officer for the state of Wyoming.
• Local law enforcement across the state of Wyoming really doesn't have a handle on who all is selling
• I'm the director of the Wyoming State Budget Department.
• Not strike me as unusual in Wyoming law.
• state law enforcement officers that our state law enforcement officers face<01:26:59.679><c> with</c

Bills: HB0103, HB0070, HB0091

Keywords: First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation