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• striking worker who applies for unemployment insurance benefits of the potential to receive an overpayment
• assessment if the worker receives retroactive wages as part of the strike settlement.
• It clarifies that and it will be really helpful in processing overpayments. It's a good bill.
• It clarifies that, and it will be really helpful in processing overpayments for ESD.

Bills: SB6134

Keywords: unemployment insurance, UI benefits, striking workers, strike, labor dispute, retroactive wages, overpayment assessment, overpayment recovery, Employment Security Department, ESD, claimant notice, benefit recoupment, Washington unemployment law, worker notice, federal unemployment tax credit, state unemployment fund, 904, all

Bills: SB 868, SB 1337, SB 1371, SB 1377, SB 1426, SB 1620, SB 2064, SB 2065, SJR 4

Keywords: tax penalties, interest calculation, overpayment, tax law, refund process, historic preservation, heritage tourism, public engagement, Texas Historical Commission, education, pension system, actuarially sound, emergency services, legacy liability, anonymized contributions, economic stabilization fund, state finance, constitutional amendment, budget management, financial security

Bills: SB 868, SB 1337, SB 1371, SB 1377, SB 1426, SB 1620, SB 2064, SB 2065, SJR 4

Keywords: tax penalties, interest calculation, overpayment, tax law, refund process, historic preservation, heritage tourism, public engagement, Texas Historical Commission, education, pension system, actuarially sound, emergency services, legacy liability, anonymized contributions, economic stabilization fund, state finance, constitutional amendment, budget management, financial security

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• regulations and parameters for the data those assessments must collect and the bars those assessments
• This just changes the Read by Grade 3 assessment from one assessment to another.
• in addition to the state assessment, and then they could turn off the state assessment, let's say mid-year
• pre-assessment, plus a midpoint assessment.
• the it counts assessment.

Bills: AB386

Keywords: AB386, Washoe County School District, reading assessment, literacy, elementary school, pupil assessment, statewide assessment, alternative assessment, reading proficiency, standards-based testing, valid and reliable test, State Board of Education, Department of Education, pilot program, school testing, assessment equivalency, education grant, Nevada education, NRS 388.157, school accountability

Bills: HF4841, HF4234, HF3697

Keywords: Hennepin County, sales tax, health care facilities, ballpark improvements, tax revenue, HF4234, Minnesota private activity bonds, tax-exempt bonds, bond cap, aggregate bond limitation, residential rental projects, multifamily housing, affordable housing finance, housing bonds, public finance, bond allocation, private activity bond cap, Minnesota Statutes 474A.02, tax committee, tax refund

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• sometimes find themselves barred from receiving refunds that they are otherwise entitled to for overpayment
• not met, Section 530 does not apply, and the IRS retains full authority to reclassify workers and assess
• <01:28:47.480><c> and</c> authority to reclassify workers and authority to reclassify workers and assess
• </c><01:28:49.360><c> In</c><01:28:49.520><c> short,</c> assess employment taxes.
• In short, assess employment taxes.

Bills: HF4234, HF3697, HF1183, HF4738

Keywords: HF4234, Minnesota private activity bonds, tax-exempt bonds, bond cap, aggregate bond limitation, residential rental projects, multifamily housing, affordable housing finance, housing bonds, public finance, bond allocation, private activity bond cap, Minnesota Statutes 474A.02, tax committee, tax refund, Minnesota Statutes, time limit, claims, tax overpayment, taxation

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• In particular, it makes sure that all assessments, including the alternative assessments that districts
• Prior to using standard-referenced assessments and criterion-referenced assessments, states across the
• We're required to have assessments to assess the reading and language arts standards of the State Board
• change the assessments.
• The distinction between written assessments and overall assessments is there is none because if you're

Bills: HB8

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• year assessments is normed, but their summative assessment is their state summative assessment that
• The shorter assessments ensure that the assessments are shorter and they will produce less pressure,
• If you're in the middle of your assessments, they take two assessments and we know where they are, and
• of assessment systems.
• assessments.

Bills: HB8

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• Additionally, HB 8 improves the end-of-year assessment by developing a new shorter standards-based assessment
• So, um, I think it's really important that we stick to an assessment that assesses the 115 Texas essential
• In particular, it makes sure that all assessments, including the alternative assessments that districts
• Prior to using standard-referenced—” “assessments and criterion-referenced assessments, states across
• The distinction between written assessments and overall assessments is there is none, because if you're

Bills: HB8

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

Summary: The House Committee on Public Education met to hear House Bill 8, which would replace STAAR with a new assessment and accountability system beginning in the 2027-28 school year. The chair described the bill as reducing testing time, limiting benchmark tests, adding beginning-, middle-, and end-of-year assessments, requiring faster score turnaround, involving Texas teachers in test development, and tightening accountability timelines and transparency rules. Members also discussed provisions on A-F ratings, cut scores, CCMR, local accountability plans, and TEA reporting requirements. Committee members and invited witnesses split sharply on the bill’s approach. Supporters, including the chair, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, and Ed Trust’s Nicholas Munyon Penny, argued the bill would reduce high-stakes pressure, provide quicker and more actionable data, limit over-testing, and better align assessments to Texas standards while preserving criterion-referenced accountability. They said the new system would help teachers and parents intervene sooner and would improve transparency, including parent access to student responses and automatic rescoring in some writing cases. Opponents, including Rep. Hinojosa and student witness Ella Moran, argued the bill still increases testing and replaces one high-stakes test with multiple TEA-created tests. Moran testified that STAAR creates anxiety, disrupts instruction, and does not reflect real learning, while Hinojosa said the House had previously passed a better bill based on a nationally norm-referenced model and criticized the new proposal as a concession to the Senate. Questions also focused on AI scoring of writing, rescoring rates, and whether the bill’s new accountability rules would be reliable and fair. The committee did not take a final vote during the portion provided, but the chair said a vote on HB 8 would be called after public testimony later in the day.

Bills: SB9, SB 9

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax rate calculation, Tax Code, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, property tax cap, tax rollback, tax levy, maintenance and operations, debt rate, disaster relief rate, Texas Legislature, local taxing unit, school assessment

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• Prior to that, we came to the legislature with really an assessing problem.
• As property owners, it is a burden that we are assessed at a different rate.
• As property owners, it is a burden that we are assessed at a different rate.
• As property owners, it is a burden that we are assessed at a different rate.
• <c> know</c><00:53:10.640><c> we're</c><00:53:10.839><c> assessed</c> different rate you know we're assessed

Bills: HF1359, HF1829, HF290, HF1933, HF926

Keywords: solid waste management, resource management account, environmental fund, taxation, Minnesota statutes, homestead, property tax, classification, disability, resort properties, recreational use, commercial property, tax refund, estimated tax, interest on refunds, income tax, corporate franchise tax, S corporation, partnership, corporation

Bills: HB352

Keywords: HB352, cotton, cotton bale assessment, cotton levy, cotton producers, agriculture, forestry, Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee, per bale fee, commodity assessment, producer referendum, cotton sales tax, Alabama Code 2-8-199, cotton commission, agricultural funding, 1136, house, all

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• Thank you. of offenses, including some misdemeanors. to assess risk and ensure fair outcomes.
• way. that is absolutely not the correct way to look at what public safety and how those should be assessed

Bills: SB9, SB1047, SB1048, SJR17, SJR49, SB40, SJR1, SJR5, SB 9, SB 40, SJR 1

Keywords: bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, criminal procedure, public safety report, victim notification, family violence, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunction, taxpayer rights, violent crimes, sexual offenses, community safety, constitutional amendment, trafficking

Bills: SB9, SB1047, SB1048, SJR17, SJR49, SB40, SJR1, SJR5, SB 9, SB 40, SJR 1

Keywords: bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, criminal procedure, public safety report, victim notification, family violence, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunction, taxpayer rights, violent crimes, sexual offenses, community safety, constitutional amendment, trafficking

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• Because there's the assessment year and then there's the payable year, but even before that, you know
• So even before you get to the assessment year, taxable year, there's always going to be a lag in those
• ways in Maxis to make a very simple mistake that affects the budget and creates an error or an overpayment
• ways in Maxis to make a very simple mistake that affects the budget and creates an error or an overpayment
• Um, and there's many opportunities for error and overpayment.

Bills: HF3396

Keywords: property tax, task force, assessment, state revenue, local government, 1183, house

Summary: The House Tax Committee met to approve the March 4, 2026 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Minnesota Intercounty Association and Dakota County on property tax trends and county budget pressures. Nathan Jess said counties are facing rising costs from state and federal mandates, with most county budgets devoted to mandated services, and argued that because counties rely heavily on property taxes for own-source revenue, those mandates increasingly fall on local taxpayers. He cited 2026 levy data showing average county levy increases of 7.6% statewide, the largest in 25 years, and said county program aid has declined as a share of local budgets over time, leaving less state support to offset costs. He also discussed the homestead market value exclusion, noting that the 2023 increase to about $38,000 helped but has been eroded by inflation and rising home values. Members asked about commercial real estate declines in downtown areas and the effect of shifting valuations on the tax base. Jess said there is usually a lag before assessment changes show up, but that declining commercial values will shift more of the tax burden onto residential homesteads. He said residential homestead property has grown from about 40% of statewide net tax capacity in 2015 to about 47% now, and that counties are trying to plan for these changes. Questions also raised whether housing supply growth could ease property tax pressure; the presenters said expanding the tax base would help, while also warning that new exemptions and exclusions can shrink the base and increase pressure on remaining taxpayers. A partisan exchange followed over whether the state has shifted costs onto counties and schools through unfunded mandates and reduced aid. One member argued that the state should repeal mandates or allow counties to opt out, citing an upcoming American Preservation Act implementation cost. Another member said the state’s reduced county aid has pushed more burden onto property taxes, which he described as less equitable than state income taxes. The presentation then continued with Mr. Hilgart, who thanked the committee and county officials in attendance and framed the discussion around what counties would do if asked to cut mandates instead of receiving more county program aid.

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• Last year we moved to a new model called an assessment model.
• And so what I'm assessment model.
• </c> reinsurance assessments also remain. reinsurance assessments also remain.
• So, I assessment model in the MCHA. So, I appreciate<01:13:24.000><c> that.
• refund on that assessment.

Bills: HF3388, HF400

Keywords: HF3388, Minnesota premium security plan, reinsurance, health insurance, group health carriers, MCHA, MNsure, individual market, premium stabilization, carrier assessment, health insurance assessment, premium security plan account, state innovation waiver, high-risk pool, reinsurance payments, healthcare premiums, insurance carriers, deferral of assessment, financially impaired condition, HF400

Bills: HB150

Keywords: improvement district, special assessment, assessment lien, public infrastructure, bond financing, bond interest rate, county commission, tax assessor, tax collector, judge of probate, ad valorem tax, tax lien, tax sale, foreclosure, delinquent taxes, municipal finance, public improvements, infrastructure financing, collection enforcement, property lien

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• assessment prior to the release of any funds.
• ..assessment and Medicaid funding program extended for fiscal year 2028.
• The assessment is extended to August 31, 2028.
• The assessment period is extended. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• They may change the assessment rate each quarter to reduce the number of surplus assessments.

Bills: HB186, HB185, HB184, HB183, HB181, HB312, HB405, HB182, HB460

Keywords: Alabama budget, general fund appropriations, fiscal year 2026, state budget, appropriations act, HB186, executive branch funding, legislative branch funding, judicial branch funding, debt service, capital outlay, corrections, Medicaid, public health, mental health, transportation, education, law enforcement, tourism, veterans affairs

Bills: SB2042, SB2892, SB1163, SB2076, SB2116, SB2122, SB99, SB2088, SB2114, SB2117, SB2118, SB2245, SB2386, SB2079, SB2043, SB2155, SB2268, SB2932, SB3240

Keywords: SB2042, Hawaii insurance, captive insurance, sponsored captive, class 4 captive, minimum capital, surplus requirement, unimpaired capital, insurance commissioner, HRS 431:19-104, commercial insurance, risk retention, insurance regulation, financial solvency, captives, Ways and Means, CPN, feral chickens, chickens, animal control

Bills: SB2042, SB2892, SB1163, SB2076, SB2116, SB2122, SB99, SB2088, SB2114, SB2117, SB2118, SB2245, SB2386, SB2079, SB2043, SB2155, SB2268, SB2932, SB3240

Keywords: SB2042, Hawaii insurance, captive insurance, sponsored captive, class 4 captive, minimum capital, surplus requirement, unimpaired capital, insurance commissioner, HRS 431:19-104, commercial insurance, risk retention, insurance regulation, financial solvency, captives, Ways and Means, CPN, feral chickens, chickens, animal control