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• to pay big tax prep companies to do something that could be easy and free.
• We help folks file their taxes.
• Free tax preparation clinics help people feed their families and remain housed rather than become homeless
• free tax preparation Services needs of free tax preparation Services we've<01:18:10.560><c> also</c>
• </c><01:19:37.199><c> tax</c> which is really important free tax which is really important free tax preparation

Bills: HF2274, HF1932

Keywords: taxation, income tax, property tax, corporate tax, homestead credit, local government aid, tax credits, economic development, taxpayer assistance, tax credit outreach, tax preparation, free tax help, IRS, Department of Revenue, general fund appropriation, earned income tax credit, child tax credit, volunteer income tax assistance, VITA, low-income taxpayers

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• My federal taxes I can file for free; I always pay for my state taxes.
• Offering those who welcome a new child a $100 bump or baby bonus via the child tax credit could help
• to have a system in place helping our vendors with those that have to pay taxes.
• Local sales taxes help communities solve problems.
• The affordable housing tax credit is already a key tool in an uncertain time to help fill critical capital

Bills: HF2730, HF2257, HF2768, HF1932, HF2437

Keywords: local government debt, municipal bonds, county bonds, capital improvements, public financing, bond issuance, public hearing, notice period, bond guarantee, Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, volume cap, private activity bonds, housing finance, residential rental bonds, LIHTC, low-income housing tax credits, redevelopment, courthouse financing, jail financing, law enforcement center

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• They said they always end up paying for state taxes, even though federal taxes can be filed for free.
• </c><01:08:08.000><c> I</c> federal taxes I can file for free. I federal taxes I can file for free.
• Local sales taxes help communities solve problems.
• Local sales taxes help communities solve problems.
• Uh local sales taxes help moratorum.

Bills: HF2730, HF2257, HF2768, HF1932, HF2437

Keywords: local government debt, municipal bonds, county bonds, capital improvements, public financing, bond issuance, public hearing, notice period, bond guarantee, Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, volume cap, private activity bonds, housing finance, residential rental bonds, LIHTC, low-income housing tax credits, redevelopment, courthouse financing, jail financing, law enforcement center

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• As a consumer, is that not information that you would find helpful?
• It really is helpful. Thank you for working on the bill.
• So you've helped me out greatly. So I think I've got it between ban and labeling.
• That's a fat-free cheese. It is used in a lot of fat-free mozzarella.
• So whether you want to call fat-free mozzarella unhealthy, you know, it, it's, it's a.

Bills: HB25, HB38

Keywords: ivermectin, pharmacist authority, prescription-free, healthcare regulation, patient access, interest rate, ad valorem taxes, homesteads, property tax, tax deferral

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• With no further business, we are adjourned. free public transportation but the free public transportation
• </c> designation to help determine that. designation to help determine that.
• </c> renewable fuels production tax credit. renewable fuels production tax credit.
• It should include a nonrefundable tax credit, as recommended by the DOT tax last year.
• get another tax credit?

Bills: SB2699

Keywords: fare-free transit, youth transportation, environmental tax, transit equity, public transit, Hawaii, 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee reconvened and first addressed SB 2699 on public transit/free transportation for young people. Members noted that the Committee on Transportation had already deferred the measure, and this committee said it would defer it as well before adjourning that brief reconvened session. The hearing then moved to SB 2373, which would establish a state goal to strengthen nature-based carbon emissions reduction solutions and authorize the Hawaii State Energy Office to develop methods to quantify carbon reductions from marine ecosystem restoration. The Energy Office said marine carbon sequestration was outside its expertise and asked to be removed from that portion of the bill, while DLNR and OPSD offered comments and said the work fit better with their areas, with DLNR saying it could take it on if properly resourced. Testimony included support from environmental groups, and committee discussion focused on which agency should lead and whether existing methodologies could be used. Next was SB 21001 on organic waste reduction and diversion. The Department of Health supported the intent but raised implementation concerns. Hawaii Farmers Union strongly supported the bill, arguing it would help build compost supply, improve soil health, and give counties time to develop infrastructure; they cited Vermont as a model and said the bill could extend landfill life and reduce methane. Members asked about the Vermont approach and the need for infrastructure before household-level diversion. The committee also heard SB 2905, which would increase the environmental response, energy, and food security tax and direct more revenue to the electric vehicle charging system subaccount. The Energy Office, PUC, and Tax Department offered comments; youth and clean transportation advocates strongly supported the bill as a way to expand charging access and meet EV adoption goals. A member questioned whether the proposed increase would outpace the state’s ability to deploy chargers, and PUC staff said the current annual appropriation is about $750,000 and that they could provide more data on an appropriate funding level. Additional measures were briefly taken up: SB 3231 on condominium maps and county zoning certification in A districts drew support from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and the Hawaii Farm Bureau; SB 2486 on climate change drew comments from the Energy Office, Climate Commission, and OPSD, who said it duplicated existing climate planning and should include adaptation language; and SB 2376 on the renewable fuels production tax credit drew support from industry and agricultural groups, while the Energy Office and Tax Department raised concerns about the rollover provision and the scale of the credit. No final votes were recorded in the excerpt beyond the earlier deferral of SB 2699.

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• . ...for tax purposes and ended up being registered in both Arizona and California.
• So I had to help them. We updated requests over the years.
• You can be a snowbird, but you only have one location that you pay taxes at.
• You can feel free to sign on. Madam Secretary, please call the roll.
• I think the courts got it wrong and they said we were free to add to that.

Bills: SB1037, SB1040, SB1259, SB1281

Keywords: elections, voting systems, vote tabulation, election security, internet connectivity, offline voting, chain of custody, polling place equipment, counting center, central counting center, election management system, EMS gateway, tabulation equipment, secretary of state, certification, decertification, HAVA, Help America Vote Act, ballot images, audit logs

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• federal income tax, to 17.93%.
• I'd be happy to help with that.
• I'd be happy to help with that.
• and lodging tax rate changes.
• There is an exception for lodging taxes that are created against the state sales tax.

Bills: HB1069, HB2091, SB6355, HB2104, SB6003, HB2441, HB2124, HB2610, HB2338

Keywords: collective bargaining, retirement benefits, employee rights, public sector, supplemental benefits, public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation, electric transmission, energy policies, infrastructure, regulatory framework, transmission systems, aviation, wildland fires, funding, disaster relief, emergency response

Summary: The committee first met in executive session on the capital budget and several policy bills. Staff briefed Proposed Substitute Senate Bill 6003, including amendments that shifted funding among capital projects, added money for the Yakima Behavioral Health Hub and Rent and Resource Center, moved the African Diaspora Cultural Anchor Village project, corrected juvenile rehabilitation and irrigation appropriations, and made a technical change to water pollution control revolving funds. The committee also considered bills on survivor health premium reimbursements for line-of-duty deaths, a higher lump-sum retirement payment threshold, collective bargaining coverage for certain employees outside the NLRA, permanent property tax exemptions for senior centers and nonprofit low-income homeownership projects, weatherization capital funding, and a Climate Commitment Act restructuring bill. Amendments were adopted on SB 6003 and on the CCA bill, while several later CCA amendments were withdrawn. All of the executive-session bills received due-pass recommendations, with the CCA bill sent to the Transportation Committee as amended. The public hearing began with Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2034, which would terminate and restate LEOFF Plan 1 in 2029, transfer members to a new plan with identical benefits, and distribute surplus assets to the Climate Commitment Account and the pension funding stabilization account. Committee staff described the plan’s overfunded status and the need for IRS approval; senators asked about funding history, medical liabilities, and governance. Testimony was sharply divided: retirees and firefighter groups opposed the bill as a broken promise and urged benefit enhancements or COLAs instead, while counties and cities said they wanted clearer language about taking over local medical obligations and disability board issues. No action was taken during the hearing. The committee then heard Engrossed House Bill 2179 on PERS membership for port workers in other employer-funded plans, with port officials and the Washington Public Ports Association supporting it and asking for clarifying amendments, while one member of the public supported having only one pension system. House Bill 1069, allowing DOC employees to bargain over supplemental retirement benefits, drew support from Teamsters and opposition from a policy group concerned about the bill’s scope and fiscal effects. House Bill 2091, expanding employee-information disclosure to all public employers under the PSRA, drew union support and privacy objections from Washington Policy Center. The committee also heard Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1210 on targeted urban area tax preferences for clean energy transformation projects, where labor and local economic development groups supported it and contractor, environmental, and anti-nuclear witnesses opposed the project labor agreement and the nuclear-facility implications. Finally, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408 on community preservation and development authority funding and Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1974 on land bank authorities for affordable housing both received supportive testimony, and Substitute House Bill 2650 on tax administration notices and effective dates was presented as a technical Department of Revenue request with no fiscal impact.

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• They could... apply for some of these other areas that are helping them raise some of the tax dollars
• Fulford said, it's sales tax. So sales tax on machinery, sales tax on groceries.
• And the grocery tax is gone? ...portion, and the grocery tax is gone? Okay.
• be a great help to them.
• it's not totally doing away with the sales tax. doing away with the sales tax totally.

Bills: HB86, HB273, HB379, HB386, HB387, HB388, HB389, HB487, HB600, SB120, HB176

Keywords: rural health, hospital funding, tax credits, qualified donations, Alabama Department of Revenue, HB273, Hunger-Free Campus Act, hunger free campus, food insecurity, college hunger, student hunger, campus pantry, food pantry, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, basic needs, student food assistance, meal vouchers, meal credits, food vouchers

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• Help us to make wise decisions.
• with everyone that's associated with the organizations that work in this building, and please, uh, help
• with us here today. uh work in this building and please uh uh work in this building and please uh help
• </c><00:05:09.600><c> them</c><00:05:09.759><c> as</c><00:05:10.000><c> they</c> help them and and uh
• help them as they help them and and uh help them as they do<00:05:10.320><c> their</c><00:05:10.560>

Bills: HB259, SB247, HB259, SB247

Keywords: income tax credit, tax incentive, recruitment, remote work, remote worker, recruited worker, rural counties, small counties, county population tiers, opportunity zone, teacher recruitment, nurse recruitment, law enforcement recruitment, workforce development, economic development, relocation incentive, Alabama Department of Revenue, nonrefundable tax credit, tax carryforward, state income tax

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• It helps our Greater Minnesota school districts that don't have the same tax benefits. ...tax base of
• This bill, if passed, would reduce the tax burden on our citizens by 20%, which would help increase the
• Some of you are familiar with payments in lieu of taxes, and that's a program that exists to help offset
• help us with operating referendums.
• We can do that through taxes.

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• It helps our Greater Minnesota school districts that don't have the same tax base as some of our districts
• If passed, this bill would reduce the tax burden on our citizens by 20%, which would help increase the
• Some of you are familiar with payments in lieu of taxes, and that’s a program that exists to help offset
• /c> district but the tax the tax levy is district but the tax the tax levy is associated<00:31:58.440
• </c> free School meals which provided a free free School meals which provided a free breakfast<00:43:

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• asks the Select Committee on Pension Policy to study and make recommendations about how the state can help
• ..the Select Committee on Pension Policy to study and make recommendations about how the state can help
• I need help from the state. Further remarks, Senator Schessler. Thank you, Mr. President.
• I can't help but think that has somewhat been the theme of this legislature during this biennium.
• And the solution that's proposed is a direction which will help the state.

Bills: SB6061, SB6234, SB6176, SB6335, SB6047, HB2235, HB2464, HB2619, HB1376, SB5808, SB5949, HB1347, HB1759, HB1983, HB2120, HB2264, HB2338, HB2385, HB2495, HB2521, HB2604, HB2610, HB2675, HB2426

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law, state commission, infrastructure, traffic safety, responsibilities, state capital projects

Summary: The Senate considered Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2034, a measure to terminate and restate the LEOFF 1 pension plan and use surplus funds for other state purposes if federal approval is obtained. During debate, senators discussed whether the plan should remain funded at 110% or 120% of actuarial value, whether surplus dollars should instead go to transportation or the budget stabilization account, whether members should receive an additional distribution, and whether local governments should be reimbursed for retiree health care costs. Several amendments were offered: a Gildon amendment to raise the funding target to 120% failed; a technical Robinson amendment adding a date passed; Holy, King, Harris, Schessler, and Conway amendments addressing member distributions, transportation, budget stabilization, local government health care costs, and a reconstituted board distribution all failed; and Robinson’s amendment removing Climate Commitment Act repayment language passed. The Ways and Means striking amendment, as amended, was then adopted. On final passage, supporters argued the bill was actuarially sound, had been reviewed by attorneys, actuaries, the State Investment Board, and the Department of Retirement Systems, and would allow use of excess funding for other state needs. Opponents warned it left too little in the pension fund, should dedicate surplus dollars only to one-time uses, and did not adequately reimburse cities and counties for retiree medical obligations. After debate, the Senate passed E2SHB 2034 by a vote of 25 yeas, 22 nays, with one absent and one excused. Afterward, the Senate returned to Substitute House Bill 2178, which was also passed on final passage by a vote of 39 yeas and 9 nays, with one excused. The chamber then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.

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• I can't help myself on numbers here, but in the fiscal note, it says that in tax... in the fiscal note
• Um, Alabama is a little bit different in that we begin to tax your... ...begin to tax you in Alabama
• That was taken to the tax court... ...That was taken to the tax court and determined that indeed Alabama
• does tax that.
• Um, it's just helping with the process, having them... helping with the process, having them apply and

Bills: HB46, HB379, SB22, HB487, HB273, HB525

Keywords: rural physician, tax credit, healthcare access, physician recruitment, Alabama, HB379, Alabama income tax, nonresident exemption, remote workers, traveling employees, mobile workforce, withholding tax, state tax reciprocity, multistate employees, temporary work, work location tracking, time and attendance system, remote work taxation, professional athlete, professional entertainer

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• Different types of tax incentives.
• Some states offer an income tax credit. Some states offer a preservation tax credit.
• Some states offer an income tax credit. Some states offer a preservation tax credit.
• Some states offer a property tax credit. There's admission tax.
• It establishes an interest-free loan.

Bills: SB268, SB306, SB264, SB312

Keywords: federal workers, government shutdown, interest-free loans, tax deferral, public transportation, Rehoboth Beach, municipal charter, city charter amendment, commissioners, mayor, local government, election qualifications, affidavit of eligibility, domestic partner, cohabitant, conflict of interest, freeholder, leaseholder, municipal court, Alderman

Summary: The House Administration Committee met to consider a series of resolutions and bills covering arts districts, child care background checks, federal worker relief, health care reform, court transparency, school tax reassessment, municipal charter changes, constitutional amendment procedures, data center nondisclosure agreements, state employee benefits governance, and lieutenant governor vacancies. Members also noted that House Concurrent Resolution 12 had been removed from the agenda and that public comment would be limited to one minute per speaker. The committee released SCR 167 to study arts, culture, and creative districts in Delaware; HB 438 to close a loophole in the child care service letter requirement; SB 268 to provide interest-free loans, free transit, and tax deferrals for federal workers during shutdowns; SS2 for SB 1 to expand and permanently strengthen primary care investment while also addressing hospital cost growth; HCR 147 to request a Court of Chancery report on audio recordings and automated case assignment; SB 322 to replace the current post-reassessment 10% school revenue increase authority with a 2% annual increase option under safeguards; SB 306 to amend the Rehoboth Beach charter; HB 440 to require voter approval for constitutional amendments after legislative approval; SB 312 to bar nondisclosure agreements for large data center projects; SS1 for SB 289 to change State Employee Benefits Committee governance; and SB 264 to require a special election to fill a lieutenant governor vacancy. Testimony was mixed on several measures. Arts, child care, federal worker relief, primary care, court transparency, data center transparency, and the lieutenant governor vacancy bill drew mostly supportive testimony, while SB 322 and SB 306 drew both support and opposition, especially over tax impacts and the proposed spouse/partner restriction in Rehoboth Beach. HB 440 prompted debate over whether 55% voter approval was the right threshold for constitutional amendments, and SB 312 was supported as a transparency measure by residents affected by prior data center NDAs. All of the listed measures were released from committee by roll call vote, with some members voting no on HB 440, SB 306, SB 312, SS1 for SB 289, and SB 264.

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• I think the B&O tax is an equally inequitable tax that we should fix and have a tax on net receipts rather
• I think the B&O tax is an equally inequitable tax that we should fix and have a tax on net receipts rather
• That is an excise tax on the sale or transfer of property. It's not a property tax.
• The phrase tax expenditure is often how we talk about that in technical tax world.
• Such that the tax rate would be changed to a lesser tax rate.

Bills: SB6061, SB6234, SB6170, SB6176, SB6182, SB6335, SB5647, SB6047, HB2367, HB2606, SB6129, SB6228, SB6231, HB2235, HB2272, HB2340, HB2543, HB2554, HB2632, HB2464, HB2619

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, contracting rules, state highway construction, procurement limits, state regulations, infrastructure funding, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law

Summary: The Senate opened with ceremonial items, then moved through gubernatorial appointments and a series of floor votes. It confirmed Acacia E. Ingram to the Evergreen State College Board of Trustees, Ashland J. Tibbet and David S. Frockt to the Western Washington University Board of Trustees, and Christine Rolfes to the Olympic College Board of Trustees. Members spoke in support of the appointees’ public service and ties to higher education. The chamber also heard a personal privilege statement honoring a Colfax basketball coach who died of pancreatic cancer, followed by a caucus break. The Senate then considered several bills, passing measures on derelict vessels (SHB 2199), radiologic technologist supervision (HB 2113), nitrous oxide retail sales (ESHB 2532), ambulance transport fund alignment (HB 2531), EMT recertification (HB 2540), affordable housing on religious property (2SHB 1859), factory-built housing standards (SHB 2151), social housing public development authorities (EHB 1687), the Washington Voting Rights Act and voter suppression claims (ESSHB 1750), privacy and data protection reporting and AI use (HB 2606), military family school stability (ESHB 2534), coal-fired utility treatment (HB 2367), and school access to albuterol (SHB 2360). Most passed on strong bipartisan roll calls, though the voting-rights bill and coal-utility bill drew the most debate and partisan division. Several bills were amended on the floor. The Senate adopted changes to the nitrous oxide bill, the factory-built housing bill, the social housing bill, the albuterol bill, and the 3D-printer/firearm-manufacturing bill (ESHB 2320), while rejecting some proposed amendments on the voting-rights and 3D-printer bills. Debate centered on whether the voting-rights bill set too low a threshold for lawsuits and whether the coal-utility bill gave improper treatment to coal generation; supporters framed both as needed protections or transition measures, while opponents warned about litigation and policy overreach. The chamber also discussed tribal consultation in energy siting (SHB 2496), ultimately passing it after a close vote, and later returned to the 3D-printer bill, which advanced after amendments narrowed exemptions for gunsmiths and dealers and clarified the bill’s focus on digital files used to manufacture firearms.

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• There's a neighboring district helping here. There's the Department of Justice helping here.
• They can help all collaterals, they can help do paperwork, and they can help update notes in our system
• I want to help. I want to step up."
• And something helpful to share with you all.
• And then the tax credits that are used there. Most of these are 9% tax credits.

Bills: SB48, SB64, SB100

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP

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• be a part in helping.
• How much will this increase the taxes? So, grocery seats tax and the gaming tax? Mr.
• Chairman, this does not increase either of those taxes.
• They say it didn't help very much, and I would agree with that, but it helped some.
• And I do think it's going to help with that.

Bills: SB48, SB64, SB100

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP

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• </c> federal tax cuts. federal tax cuts.
• enough to help through through taxes,<00:44:32.320><c> and</c><00:44:32.560><c> some</c><00:44:33.160
• If we freeze the state income taxes, we would be able to save money and raise funds towards helping our
• And what they'd save in income tax in many cases would help pay for wherever they are.
• </c> uh tax bill. uh tax bill.

Bills: HB2459, HB1616, HB1799, HB1604, HB1732, HB1736, HB1931, HB772, HB2153, HB2122, HB2009, HB2012, HB1779, HB2296, HB2397, HB2398, HB1596, HB2233, HB1976, HB1563, HB815, HB1655, HB1851, HB1941, HB2037, HB1635, HB2201, HB1943, HB1163, HB2452, HB2429, HB2148, HB2306, HB2007, HB2049, HB2616

Keywords: food innovation, agribusiness, food safety, market access, branding, economic diversification, performance indicators, agriculture, aquaculture, commercial activity, swine production, Korean natural farming, housing development, commercial projects, county authority, public works, construction standards, exemption, zoning, housing

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• I tax last year. Happy &gt;&gt; Hi, I'm Sierra. I tax last year.
• </c> property tax classification. property tax classification.
• the provider tax.
• </c> Senate Tax Committee. Senate Tax Committee.
• So could you just help me understand how this squares with the tax and fee increases because I'm struggling

Bills: HF9

Keywords: energy policy, renewable energy standard, carbon-free standard, solar standard, hydroelectric, hydropower, electric utility, Public Utilities Commission, PUC, renewable portfolio standard, carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, greenhouse gas emissions, climate policy, nuclear power plant, certificate of need, fossil fuel plant demolition, utility compliance delay, beneficial electrification, sales tax exemption

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• the premium tax liability, individual income tax, or corporate income tax.
• over that 10-year stream of benefits, generate more tax revenue—new tax revenue—than they even cost
• It’s a tax cut, yes. And you’re saying this tax cut generates new revenue, right?
• That would be an incredible help to all of the families on the program, That would be an incredible help
• We hear so much about where our public tax dollars are going and what our public tax dollars are meant

Bills: HB2352, HB2388, HB2418, HB2499, HB2500, HB2579, HB2584, HB2804

Keywords: funding, auditor general, county treasurer, procedural reviews, state appropriations, HB2388, Arizona Commerce Authority, ACA, small modular reactor, SMR, nuclear energy, advanced nuclear, data center, data centers, economic development, study, appropriation, general fund, jobs, wages