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• So, while those things are slated in law, you have to fund them in the appropriations bill. in order
• board, property taxation across the board, you're doing it in the fairest. way and in a way that should
• the 11th largest workforce in the state and we give the state 1.106 billion dollars in sales in 2023
• Well, and I guess to put it in layman's terms in the truth in taxation laws, I mean, when the formula
• So is it fair to say that the loss in... in real property valuation, sort of, because of the change in

Bills: HB8 , HB9 , HJR1 , HB22 , HB8 , HB9 , HJR1 , HB22

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: HB 8, school finance, compressed tax rate, maximum compressed tax rate, MCR, PYMCR, property tax, school district taxes, Education Code, Tax Code, state aid, school funding formula, local school taxes, Texas school finance, tax rate compression, public education funding, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property

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• All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay. Okay. All in favor, say aye. Aye.
• It's still a work in progress.
• Here's the simplest truth I see in my work: If you can't measure access, you don't have access.
• Show us the truth.
• in Washington State.

Bills: SB6226 , SB6305 , SB5924 , SB5990 , SB5185 , SB5845 , SB6071 , SB6258

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: SB 6226, Washington, audiology, audiologist, hearing aid specialist, speech-language pathologist, telehealth, teleaudiology, clinical autonomy, clinical judgment, in-person care, remote care, Board of Hearing and Speech, hearing instruments, hearing aids, dispensing hearing aids, standards of care, professional licensure, health professions regulation, patient-centered care

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• in registering or testifying.
• truth in labeling for catfish.
• This bill not only ensures that restaurants are providing truth in labeling, but also that we're getting
• So truth in advertising, truth in labeling.
• In fact, there's a Chinese company that set up some laboratories in states in America that did COVID

Bills: SB315 , SB584 , SB1228 , SB1484 , SB1860 , SB1802

Committee: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Keywords: DNA privacy, genetic privacy, genetic testing, genetic material, DNA ownership, property right in DNA, genetic consent, biological sample, genomics, genetic data, HIPAA, health information privacy, health care provider, research ethics, human subjects research, law enforcement DNA, forensic DNA, paternity testing, medical examiner, genetic discrimination

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• In 1972, after an eruption of the appendix, I was admitted to Gallup Indian Health Service in Gallup,
• While in pain in the operating room, I was required to sign multiple documents before the procedure,
• Later in years, when I visited my grandma up in Barno Pass, she asked me, why I only had one daughter
• Yesterday I mentioned in the Rules Committee that my mother had a miscarriage back in the late 60s or
• So it's happening in the military, in prisons, in the incarcerated individuals, and mental institutions

Bills: SM14

Committee: Senate Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs

Keywords: forced sterilization, coerced sterilization, Indigenous women, Native American women, women of color, reproductive justice, reproductive sovereignty, truth and reconciliation commission, memorial, trauma-informed care, reparative justice, human rights, bodily autonomy, Indian Health Service, Indian affairs, Commission on the Status of Women, survivor testimony, reproductive health access, genocide, transitional justice

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• Any in opposition? Anyone online in favor of the conferee? Anyone online in opposition? Okay.
• She's a small business owner and operates a woman's clothing boutique in downtown Truth or Consequences
• weighing all the options in being fair in the approach, I've really learned a lot In working alongside
• Online, anybody in support? Any in opposition? Seeing none.
• Who's in favor of this conferee? Ten Any in opposition in the committee room? Seeing none.

Bills: SM13 , SM14 , SM13 , SM14

Committees: Senate Senate Rules , Senate House Rules & Order Of Business

Keywords: land grant, Las Vegas, governance, self-governance, judicial management, forced sterilization, coerced sterilization, Indigenous women, Native American women, women of color, reproductive justice, reproductive sovereignty, truth and reconciliation commission, memorial, trauma-informed care, reparative justice, human rights, bodily autonomy, Indian Health Service, Indian affairs

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• The Board of Equalization is set up by statute in regards to a reformation of the taxation process back
• We do training in two modules, a total of six days: three days in Tucson and three days in Phoenix.
• House Bill 2289 makes a series of coordinated changes to Arizona's truth and taxation notice and hearing
• that the information provided to taxpayers on truth and taxation notices and bond and overrides is updated
• that the information provided to taxpayers on truth and taxation notices and bond and overrides is updated

Bills: HB2016 , HB2104 , HB2105 , HB2288 , HB2289

Committees: House Ways & Means , House House Ways & Means Committee of Reference

Keywords: tax penalties, filing, tax returns, administration, Arizona Revised Statutes, agricultural property, classification, county assessor, property inspection, appeal process, property tax, agricultural classification, Department of Revenue, property valuation, inspection notice, inspection report, on-site inspection, full cash value, rural land, farm land

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• All in favor say I. Okay. All in favor say I.
• </c><00:20:16.880><c> Basically,</c> in a church I grew up in. Basically, in a church I grew up in.
• You know, you live in<00:36:24.640><c> Silicaga.</c> in Silicaga. in Silicaga.
• /c> in in the fall of 27.
• So, but in this in in the fall of 27.

Bills: SB62 , HB361 , HB244 , HB377 , HB411 , HB422 , HB423 , HB425 , SB16 , HB452 , HB354 , SB62 , HB361 , HB244 , HB377 , HB411 , HB422 , HB423 , HB425 , SB16 , HB452 , HB354

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: SB62, Alabama, conservation and natural resources, hunting license, fishing license, wildlife heritage license, license identification, government-issued ID, residency determination, in-state residency, student residency, tuition classification, public higher education, domicile, resident status, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, Section 9-11-32, Section 9-11-33, Section 16-64-3

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• Green cards are in support, red cards are in opposition, and white cards are for informational purposes
• And so we reformed that in 1978.
• It was codified in the law.
• And it's been in place for 11 years, but it was put into law in 2009.
• , in support; Walter Beach, representing himself, in support; Liz Mangum, Women’s Hospital, in support

Bills: HR38 , HR96 , HR160 , HCR31 , HCR61 , HB578 , HB668 , HB1198 , SCR19 , SB66 , SB68 , SB76 , SB139 , SB336 , SB475

Committee: House Civil Law and Procedure

Keywords: privacy rights, surveillance, USA Patriot Act, FISA, Fourth Amendment, civil liberties, government oversight, civil bench warrants, judgment debtors, notification process, judgment debtor examination, Louisiana State Law Institute, property transfer, public records doctrine, bad faith, real estate law, HCR 31, House Concurrent Resolution 31, foreign entities, foreign corporation

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• public school in Texas.
• In the Senate, I respectfully request your approval.
• I'm here to testify in support of SB1036.
• Unfortunately, we are seeing in solar what we have long witnessed in roofing: high-pressure sales tactics
• In 2003, we allowed this process to move forward.

Bills: SB1036 , SB1566 , SB1664 , SB2268 , SCR5 , SCR8 , SCR9 , SCR32 , SCR46

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: residential solar, solar retailer, solar salesperson, solar panel sales, solar lease, solar installation, renewable energy, clean energy, consumer protection, deceptive sales, door-to-door solicitation, occupational registration, TDLR, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation, Public Utility Commission, electrical contractor, interconnection, net metering, Truth in Lending Act

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• We have 15 showing in support. Anybody in the audience in opposition to this bill?
• Now we have five in this room who are in opposition.
• And we've seen this also in Las Cruces in terms of MRA.
• Anybody in the audience in support of this legislation?
• Anybody in the audience in support of this legislation?

Bills: SB36 , SB88 , SB92 , SB97 , SB48 , SB55 , SB58 , SB76 , SB93 , SB89 , SB60

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Keywords: quantum technology, tax credit, infrastructure, economic development, New Mexico, corporate tax, research and development, innovation, foster care, income tax, guardianship, youth services, financial relief, affordable housing, gross receipts tax, tax deduction, construction materials, multifamily housing, low income, tax credits

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• A better job of bringing in people where I live in southeast Oklahoma.
• If you were in our shop and in many shops like ours today in Oklahoma, you would be excited and proud
• Senator weaver you have an amendment at in the computer and in your hands pardon me is that in the computer
• paying taxes in Cleveland County, so we had an issue of taxation without representation.
• I mean, I just in rural Oklahoma, people can own land in several different counties and live in one,

Bills: HB1823 , HB3031 , HB3369 , HB3378 , HB3429 , HB3624 , HB3657 , HB3880 , HB4215 , HB4476

Committee: Senate Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Keywords: housing finance, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, publication requirements, housing policy, state regulations, HB3031, North Pointe Workforce Development Initiative, workforce development, job training, skills training, job placement, local hiring, economic development, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, revolving fund, state treasury, appropriation, budget, workforce investment, employment outcomes

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• We made sure we were in compliance. In compliance with what? With federal law.
• All these are increases you put in? All these are increases you put in? I didn't think so.
• When it says restore, those are typically those things that we had put in in previous years' budgets,
• It's already in there, but this is only reflecting the changes, so you would look in the bill or in the
• You know, I've got the newest town in the state of Alabama in my district, town of Kilpatrick, Alabama

Bills: SB143 , SB144 , SB145 , SB152 , SB153 , SB154 , SB162 , SB226 , SB146 , SB143 , SB144 , SB145 , SB152 , SB153 , SB154 , SB162 , SB226 , SB146

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Keywords: SB143, solid waste, garbage collection, trash fees, refuse collection, municipal fees, county fees, fee exemption, veterans benefits, veteran household, disabled veteran, VA benefits, Social Security exemption, low-income households, poverty level, county commission, municipal governing body, Alabama solid waste law, certificate of exception, public health

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• I know many of you in this room, whether it's in this building or helping in campaigns or things like
• or ended up in November.
• of casinos in the area.
• their child in a private school that required at Least $7,500 in tuition.
• Who wins in that formula?

Bills: HB1675 , HB3242 , HB1739 , HB3320 , HB3047 , HB4434 , HJR1089 , HB4432 , HB3718 , HB3705

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: emergency management, severe weather, youth camp, summer camp, overnight camp, day camp, outdoor education, adventure camp, wilderness program, campground safety, tornado preparedness, flooding, flash flood, high winds, hail, lightning, extreme heat, extreme cold, wildfire smoke, evacuation plan

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• We have the prospectors that come in in Grant County.
• We have the prospectors that come in in Grant County.
• in her field of study in civil engineering.
• We are in adoption. We are in adoption.
• All those in favor, signify, say aye. All those in favor, say aye. All those in favor, say aye.

Bills: HB111 , HB61 , HB43 , HB156 , HB70 , SB3 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HB247 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• So, just as a reminder, tomorrow, we'll come in, we'll gather in the old State House in the morning at
• So, just as a reminder, tomorrow, we'll come in, we'll gather in the old State House in the morning at
• All in favor say I. Second. All in favor say I.
• &gt;&gt; Motion in a second. All those in favor &gt;&gt; Motion in a second.
• been in meetings in my office all have been in meetings in my office all the<00:26:03.679><c> way</c>

Bills: SB146 , SB143 , SB144 , SB145 , HB224 , SB152 , SB153 , SB154 , SB162 , SB226 , SB146 , SB143 , SB144 , SB145 , HB224 , SB152 , SB153 , SB154 , SB162 , SB226

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: supplemental appropriation, FY2025 budget, general fund, Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy, Unified Judicial System, court automation, advanced technology and data exchange, judiciary funding, transportation debt service, highway bonds, bridge bonds, Alabama Department of Transportation, ALDOT, public highways, federal matching funds, state appropriations, bond principal and interest, special funds, budget amendment, SB143

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• in revenue for the state.
• I'm in the business.
• You're in the business. Well, what I'm in the business of is the state of Texas.
• the crematory in.
• Thank you for your time and continued leadership in land use policy in Texas.

Bills: HB447 , HB897 , HB993 , HB2673 , HB3671 , HB3680 , HB3897 , HB4506 , HB4753 , HB4812 , HB4894 , HB5148 , HB5437 , HB5650 , HB5652 , HB5654 , HB5656 , HB5661 , HB5665

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: traffic impact studies, municipal utility district, bonds, road projects, eminent domain, HB 897, Texas land sale, state property, Austin real estate, Travis County, General Land Office, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state records facility, archives building, library funding, capital improvements, lease of state land, public land disposition

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• The property proposed to be included in the district is located in the city of Mustang Ridge. in southern
• In most cases, these applications are processed in weeks.
• in Fort Bend County.
• To put this in perspective, approximately 15% of all households in Fort Bend County are in Johnson Development
• Only if it's in the city or in the ETJ.

Bills: HB447 , HB897 , HB993 , HB2673 , HB3671 , HB3680 , HB3897 , HB4506 , HB4753 , HB4812 , HB4894 , HB5148 , HB5437 , HB5650 , HB5652 , HB5654 , HB5656 , HB5661 , HB5665

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: traffic impact studies, municipal utility district, bonds, road projects, eminent domain, HB 897, Texas land sale, state property, Austin real estate, Travis County, General Land Office, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state records facility, archives building, library funding, capital improvements, lease of state land, public land disposition

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• in the permit stage, the largest BESS in Texas, and two solar utilities in the development stage with
• That's Bell Falls in Milam County. In our county alone, we have 21,000 acres in Bell County.
• was due in '19, 313 was due in '21.
• In Texas alone, we've seen major turnout. Over 87,000 people attended in Dallas in 2018.
• Annual meeting in Texas. We're scheduled to be in Houston in 2026 and in Dallas in 2029.

Bills: SB913 , SB1086 , SB1087 , SB1143 , SB1534 , SB1553 , SB1718 , SB1754 , SB2004 , SB2322 , SB2448

Committee: Senate Economic Development

Keywords: hotel occupancy tax, municipal revenue, tax code, local government funding, Texas legislation, county taxation, economic development, hotel industry, local government, counties, taxation, tourism, workforce development, youth programs, employment, education, technical training, health physics, higher education, nuclear energy

Summary: The committee heard a series of bills, mostly related to economic development, tax incentives, and workforce programs. Senate Bill 1534 would direct a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission on health physics education and workforce needs; resource witnesses from the Workforce Commission and Coordinating Board testified, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1553 would authorize Kerr County to impose a hotel occupancy tax for tourism-related uses, and Senate Bills 1086 and 1087 would authorize similar county hotel taxes for Children’s County and Mason County; all three bills received supportive testimony and were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1754, which would prohibit county and local tax abatements for renewable energy facilities selling power wholesale, with testimony sharply divided between landowners and policy groups opposing renewable subsidies and industry representatives and some senators arguing the bill would harm clean energy investment and local decision-making; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2322, which would exempt dispatchable electric generation facilities from the JEDI program’s compelling-factor test so they could qualify for school district tax incentives; testimony was mixed, and the bill was left pending. Later, the committee heard Senate Bill 1718, which would add the NRA annual meeting to the state’s major events reimbursement program. The bill’s sponsor and NRA representatives argued the event brings substantial tourism and economic activity, while opponents said it would use taxpayer funds to subsidize an organization that opposes gun safety measures; the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2004 would add the Arlington Grand Prix to the major events reimbursement program, with the committee substitute exempting it from the usual competitive site-selection requirement because of timing; testimony from the event organizers and Arlington tourism officials was supportive, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2448 would create a rural workforce development grant program at the Texas Workforce Commission to support college-and-career readiness and technical assistance in rural communities; witnesses from Texas 2036, Collegiate Edgination, and a rural school district supported it, and it was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 913 would repeal a special requirement that Alpine dedicate at least 50% of its hotel occupancy tax to advertising and promotion, and Senate Bill 1143 would require more coordination and reporting for youth workforce programs serving disconnected young Texans; both bills received supportive testimony and were left pending. At the end of the hearing, Senator Johnson moved that the committee stand in recess, subject to the call of the chair.

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• I mean, double taxation is a big issue in our state; we want to make sure we eliminate all double taxation
• in taxation calculations is that it is not clearly defined. is based upon what is the appraised value
• We need a truth in taxation, a number that we can calculate for our budgets for the following year.
• So the following, I brought to them sample truth and taxation forms. ...they were ignored.
• The right, the appraised value in their truth and taxation form. But again, thank you.

Bills: HB511 , HB972 , HB 1035 , HB2481 , HB2723 , HB2742 , HB2894 , HB2962 , HB3077 , HB3093 , HB3307 , HB3684 , HJR67 , HJR72

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: ad valorem taxation, caregiver exemption, Medicaid, long-term services, tax relief, assisted living, housing support, property tax exemption, caregiver support, residence homestead, tax exemption, unpaid caregiver, state tax code, property tax, caregiver, waiting list, intellectual disability, developmental disability, ad valorem tax, family support

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• in the month, which corresponds to about five days a week.
• The chair announced a short caucus, with Democrats in Hearing Room 3 and Republicans in ABC, and said
• All those in favor of adopting Amendment 6 signify by saying aye.
• All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed?
• All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed?

Bills: HB2487

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: insurance tax, state regulation, insurers, taxation, budget impact