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• Row 24, the Senate added a nursing home bed fee to the general fund.
• <00:43:39.520> Just bed fee to the general fund. Just bed fee to the general fund.
• Department of Safety changes to deletes an increased insurance company fee for motor vehicle records.
• Department of Safety changes to delete an increased insurance company fee for motor vehicle records.
• <01:37:06.239> of<01:37:06.480> the that at least for the users of the that at least

Keywords: LBA Briefing on Budget, 928, house, all

Summary: The presentation was an LBA overview of Senate changes to the House-passed state budget, with Michael Kane explaining how Senate Finance updated revenue and spending estimates after April revenue figures and agency discussions. He said the Senate’s revenue outlook was higher than the House’s in some areas, but lower in others, especially video lottery terminal revenue, and that the biggest differences also came from changes to revenue splits between the general fund and education trust fund, lapse estimates, and several policy changes in House Bill 1 and House Bill 2. Kane highlighted several major revenue and policy differences: the Senate changed the business tax, tobacco tax, and real estate transfer tax splits; adjusted liquor revenue dedication; removed the House’s meals-and-rooms distribution cap; delayed the Lakes Region facility proceeds plan; altered the PECARD fund treatment; added a granite patron of the arts tax credit; and changed the treatment of unique funds and video lottery terminal revenue. On spending, he noted Senate changes to judicial, corrections, HHS, human rights commission, and other budgets, including additional settlement costs, higher lapse assumptions, and a different approach to Medicaid premium revenue and retirement savings. He also described Senate additions such as a nursing home bed fee, Hampstead Hospital transition funding, and changes to the YDC claims settlement fund. The presentation focused on comparing House and Senate surplus statements across fiscal years 2025 through 2027, including projected ending balances and rainy day fund transfers. Kane repeatedly emphasized that the numbers were still dependent on final revenues and lapse amounts, and that some balances would be carried forward and trued up later in the biennium. No committee vote or final action was described in the excerpt; it was an informational budget briefing and comparison of the two chambers’ proposals.

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• That is going to devalue your property and is going to make it less enjoyable for the end user to live
• code, this section, this 212.905, in it, it talks about the ability for cities to have a mitigation fee
• Anything large, and then they are cities, if they have a fee, then they must also require a credit to
• If you say that Ash juniper is exempt from that mitigation fee or credit, then we could clear-cut.

Bills: SB840, HB2025, HB2512, HB3139, HB3798, HB3892, HB4373, HB4398, HB4582, HB4689, HB5187, HB5658, HB5666

Keywords: HB 2025, Texas Property Code, plat filing, replat, amended plat, condominium plat, subdivision, county clerk, tax certificate, ad valorem taxes, delinquent taxes, property records, real property, land use, local government, property development, subdivision recording, condominium recording, tax receipt, eminent domain

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• because these users in every consumers?
• If Uh but there would be a setup fee.
• /c><03:30:35.840> for graphic design fee for some uh fee for graphic design fee for some uh fee
• Um, the goal is not to affect adult users in any way.
• Um, it's basically to users in any way.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I only treat adults, and I treat them in fee-for-service private practice.
• I only treat adults, and I treat them in fee-for-service private practice.
• So there's two fees.
• But, yeah, member states have the ability to charge a fee on top of the compact commission fee.
• But the states that are members will also charge that fee as well.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened a hearing of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure focused on health care and human services, reviewed testimony logistics, and then heard a long series of witnesses on several bills. Much of the testimony centered on interstate licensure compacts for dentistry, social work, and occupational therapy, with supporters arguing these compacts would improve workforce mobility, continuity of care, and access while preserving state oversight and public protection. Dental witnesses were split on H.455/S.257, with supporters backing the AADB dental compact for its hands-on exam, background checks, and disciplinary safeguards, while opponents argued a competing compact would better promote portability and avoid conflicts tied to proprietary testing and outside commissions. Social work witnesses strongly supported H.380/S.252, emphasizing continuity of care for clients who move across state lines, reduced costs and delays for practitioners, and the compact’s public-protection features; occupational therapy witnesses similarly supported H.427/S.256, citing access, telehealth, military families, and maintained standards. The committee also heard testimony on S.242, which would expand licensure for lactation care providers. Supporters, including lactation counselors and health center staff, said adding certified lactation counselors and related credentials would expand access, improve breastfeeding support, and allow reimbursement for services now often provided without billing. They described the training required and said the bill would help families, especially in underserved communities. Representative James O’Day also testified in support of the social work compact, and a Council of State Governments witness provided background on compact mechanics and state participation. Another major topic was H.419/S.214 on medical debt. Physicians and researchers testified that cancer patients experience long-lasting medical debt and collections burdens, and they supported limits on the sale and collection of medical debt, bans on reporting it to credit bureaus, and related consumer protections. The hearing also included H.465 on a pathway to special licensure for certain long-term limited-registration dentists serving MassHealth patients, which Representative Senna supported as a way to allow immigrant dentists to practice independently. Finally, the committee heard sharply divided testimony on H.444/S.284, which would allow trained dental hygienists to administer Botox and dermal fillers: supporters framed it as a safe, preventive, and access-expanding tool for TMJ, bruxism, and pain management, while dermatologists opposed it as outside hygienists’ training and a patient-safety risk. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

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• Wasting millions of dollars in legal fees and other costs just to pick up pennies.
• The campuses have to bear the full weight of these expenses, while Rise Point's tuition and fee cut is
• We represent trucking companies and users of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, from the biggest of big to
• the smallest of small, all the way down to nonprofits and individual users.
• And the crazy thing is that the delivery fee costs more than the energy. What is that all about?

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight heard testimony on several bills. Senator Mike Moore supported S. 2185, which would delay implementation of the heavy-duty omnibus/advanced clean truck requirements while requiring the Commonwealth to purchase or lease electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles starting in 2025; he argued the delay is needed because infrastructure, grid capacity, vehicle availability, and costs are not yet ready. The committee also heard strong support for S. 2156/H. 3318, which would require free menstrual products in public buildings, with advocates and students describing period poverty and the need to treat menstrual products like other basic restroom supplies. Senator John Keenan testified for S. 2158, a bill to let municipal light plants protect proprietary and competitively sensitive information from public disclosure while keeping board meetings and minutes open, saying it would help level the playing field against larger competitors. A major portion of the hearing focused on S. 2125/H. 3384, the language access and inclusion bill. Testimony from the AAPI Commission, Mass Speaks coalition members, Mass Appleseed, MLRI, ATASK, MAPC, the Boston Bar Association, Mass Advocates for Children, and others described barriers faced by limited-English-proficient residents in accessing MassHealth, DCF, courts, domestic violence services, schools, and other state services. Witnesses cited untranslated documents, inadequate interpretation, delays, and the burden placed on bilingual staff and children; several also pointed to recent federal moves toward English-only policy as making state action more urgent. Committee members asked questions about implementation, interpreter availability, and the role of technology and remote participation, and the chair noted the bill had been reported favorably in a prior session and intended to be again. The committee also heard testimony on time-zone legislation. Dr. Karin Johnson, representing sleep medicine interests, supported H. 3405 for permanent standard time and opposed S. 2157 for permanent daylight saving time, arguing that standard time better aligns with circadian rhythms and health, while permanent daylight saving time would worsen morning darkness and sleep disruption. Members questioned the strength of the scientific evidence and discussed school start times, geography, and whether Massachusetts should align with neighboring states. No votes were taken during the hearing, and testimony continued on additional bills as the session progressed.

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• And we don't want to raise tuition and fees $1 more than we have to.
• The end user always pays for an increase.
• But it is common to have a student athletic fee. It's not.
• , I thought that the university needed a student athletic fee, I would ask for it.
• I mean, if we raise tuition and fees, we raise it more for them.

Summary: The committee first adopted revised JBC rules, which staff said were updated to reflect legislation passed in the 2025 session. It then heard a presentation from DFA Secretary Jim Hudson on the governor’s proposed balanced budget for FY27, with no action taken. Hudson said the budget reflects three priorities: limiting state-government growth, continuing investments in education, and advancing income-tax cuts. He highlighted increases for education funding through EFAs, pay-plan costs for Corrections, DPS, and the Attorney General, higher education productivity funding, drug task forces, a Corrections medical contract, the governor’s 1033 initiative, SNAP error-rate reduction efforts, and an additional $100 million set aside for Medicaid sustainability. Committee members questioned the size of the tax cuts, the balance requirement, public education funding, Medicaid trust-fund levels, EFA funding, and the expected impact of new SNAP cost-sharing rules. The Division of Higher Education then presented its productivity-based funding recommendations. Officials said institutions were 2.61% more productive overall, with funding changes driven by a statutory formula that rewards degree production, underserved populations, and high-demand fields. Members asked about declines at UA Little Rock, the formula’s multipliers, the role of the Arkansas Access Act and a new return-on-investment metric, and how two-year colleges are adjusted for size. The committee also reviewed special items and approved two letters: one authorizing 17 net personnel changes across nine institutions, and another adding special language for North Arkansas College’s entry into the University of Arkansas system. The committee then adopted the Higher Education Coordinating Board’s recommendations for all institutions. A lengthy portion of the meeting focused on the University of Arkansas system, especially Fayetteville’s athletics funding and the broader impact of the House/NIL settlement. Chancellor Charles Robinson and system officials explained that the board had waived a longstanding campus transfer and directed the university to provide an additional $6 million to athletics, with some costs likely to be passed through to students but partially offset by existing budget growth. Members debated whether the university should prioritize academics or athletics, how the transfer originated, and whether the athletic changes would affect affordability. The committee also discussed the 1890 extension program at UAPB and the Division of Agriculture’s land-grant funding. UAPB officials said the state match is intended to be one-to-one, that the current recommendation aligns appropriation with actual spending, and that a $2 million set-aside remains available if needed. The Division of Agriculture later clarified that its Smith-Lever extension and Hatch research funds are part of the UA system’s separate budget and that the state matched about $6.2 million in federal extension funding last year. The committee then moved to the Department of Corrections. It approved G1, transferring 51 positions to the secretary’s office to activate a recidivism program, with an estimated cost of about $4 million. Staff then began walking through the department’s FY27 budget, noting an increase of about $8 million for administration and shared services, including a $170,000 sex-offender assessment appropriation moved under Act 723 of 2025 and roughly $6 million more for medical contracts. Questions on the Corrections budget had just begun when the transcript ended.

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• EXEMPTS THE STUDY AREA ON THE EVERGLADES PROTECTION AREA FOR LIVE ACTIVE ELEMENT, VERIZON ATTORNEY FEE
• THEY ARE STILL PROTECTED BECAUSE IT REMAINS ON THE PROPERTY AND IT CAN RECOVER FEES FOR OVERREACHING
• OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ABILITY TO ENACT FEES.
• WE WILL COME TO 180,000 USERS AND SAY YOU HAVE TO PAY MORE, INCLUDING MIAMI GARDENS.
• THEY ADD IN IN ADDITION TO OUR 25 PERCENT SURCHARGE FEE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• also finding that betting activity becomes heavily concentrated among a relatively small segment of users
• you've probably heard of, are now legal across the U.S., including Hawaii, and are legally available to users
• We have license fees, renovation license fees, and all these different variables.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Florida project basically secures water supply for the foreseeable future within that area for all users
• Florida project basically secures water supply for the foreseeable future within that area for all users
• For example, that would be permitting fees, timber sales, and then the interest we gained on our investments
• We have 461,000 acres that we either own in fee or through conservation easements.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government heard budget presentations from the Northwest Florida, Suwannee River, St. Johns River, Southwest Florida, and South Florida water management districts for FY 2026-2027. Each district described its preliminary budget, major funding sources, staffing levels, and priorities within the four core missions of water supply, water quality, natural systems, and flood protection. Common themes included reduced budgets from the prior year due to completion of major projects, continued reliance on state appropriations and ad valorem revenue, rising construction and maintenance costs, and the need to maintain aging infrastructure while advancing alternative water supply, springs restoration, flood control, and land management projects. Committee members repeatedly asked how much of each district’s budget and personnel were devoted to the core missions, how maintenance and operating projections were developed, and how projects were selected. The districts generally said most spending was tied to core responsibilities, with administrative overhead relatively small, and explained that budgets are built through a mix of staff analysis, governing board direction, strategic basin planning, and cooperative funding with local, state, and federal partners. Several districts highlighted specific projects, including Water First North Florida, Black Creek, Taylor Creek Reservoir improvements, Crane Creek, Everglades restoration, and various springs and watershed projects. The districts also noted challenges from hurricanes, inflation, cybersecurity, and aging water control structures. South Florida Water Management District’s presentation focused on Everglades restoration and the large-scale infrastructure needed to move, store, and clean water in South Florida. The director said the district’s $1.05 billion preliminary budget is largely for flood control, water supply, ecosystem restoration, and maintenance of extensive canals, levees, pumps, and reservoirs, and emphasized that recent restoration investments are producing measurable water quality and salinity improvements. No votes were taken on the district budgets, and the committee adjourned after the presentations and questions.

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• THE SOLE COMPENSATORY AVENUE THAT HE CAN SEEK AND NONE OF THESE DOLLARS COULD BE USED FOR LOBBYING FEES
• OR ATTORNEY FEES.
• AND EXTORTION AND COERCION WHOSE IMAGES MAKE UP A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE CONSENSUAL CONTENT ON USER
• I BELIEVE THIS BILL OPENS WIDE A DOOR IF NOT A MASSIVE PORTAL TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OF USERS WHO WANT

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• That is a big investment that would enhance the user experience for those visiting the cat collection
• investment um that would enhance<00:17:50.720> uh<00:17:51.000> the<00:17:51.240> user
• c><00:17:51.919> experience<00:17:52.559> for<00:17:53.400> um enhance uh the user
• It's very detailed, and hopefully is not very intimidating for the first-time user, but it does spell
• <01:20:59.960> is<01:21:00.159> not<01:21:00.400> a that uh an admission fee

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The users of the platforms in the state of Wyoming, there are users of platforms in Wyoming that because
• have things like impact fees have things like impact fees or<01:27:47.800> building<01:27
• > or building permit fees, or erosion or building permit fees, or erosion control<01:27:51.200> fees
• . certificate fees that the department who certificate fees that the department who deals<02:33:25.600
• and the fees and the fees that<03:36:13.520> they<03:36:13.840> are<03:36:14.680><

Keywords: 916, all

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• Some broadband providers report application fees up to $250 per pole.
• Fees that serve more as a barrier to entry than a meaningful administrative cost.
• Any study fees need to be recovered. All of that must take place.
• And not on artificial rates, fees, or deferred maintenance.
• It's not going to be a set fee.

Bills: HB3445, HB3448

Keywords: telecommunications, electric cooperative, rights-of-way, infrastructure, provider access, right-of-way, pole attachment, regulatory access, 1184, house, all

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• That is the biometric or passcode identification that an individual user has as a program in the phone
• They would have to have exempt plates not to be charged a fee.
• It just exempts the fee, as we have done for as long as the DMV has been in existence.
• I was under the opinion that this was no longer to be a fee associated with the overall bond.
• I think the intent here is to be clear: you get the permit, you just don't have to pay the fee.

Bills: SB215, SB1104, SB1351, SB1931, SB2245, SB2589, SB2707, SB2807, SB1423, SB1568

Keywords: education, funding, school districts, local control, equity, digital identification, identity verification, Department of Public Safety, Texas legislature, wireless communication, Texas, technology, identification program, fee structure, wireless devices, public safety, hunting license, handgun license, fingerprinting, dealer license

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• AB 1430 is a simple bill that helps our county recorder fees catch up with inflation. I have Mr.
• Five percent of California Peoplearken on all water users in California's drafted base management lens
• This bill does not increase any existing surcharges or fees and is revenue neutral.
• Especially seniors, families, and low income individuals from excessive and hidden fees for DMV related
• With little to no transparency, AB 1190 will address this by capping fees to no more than 5%. cost of

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Page 475 is arbitrage, refunding, and fees.
• within the fee office.
• This increase in cost per plate, are we going to pass that along as a user fee to the consumers of this
• But right now there is no increase in that fee for...
• This increase in cost per plate, are we going to pass that along as a user fee to the consumers of this

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Recently, GCA has been approached by industries to help provide additional conduit financing support by user
• fees for a variety of other uses, primarily focused on broadband-produced waters, renewable and reclaimed
• But it all depends on the users and who is coming forward for the finance. Right. Thank you.

Bills: HB431, HB648, HB 1006, HB1926, HB2037, HB2468, HB2788, HB2791, HB3255, HB3260

Keywords: HB 431, Texas Property Code, Property Code Chapter 202, solar roof tiles, solar shingles, solar energy device, homeowners association, HOA, property owners' association, POA, renewable energy, residential solar, distributed solar, roof-mounted solar, homeowner rights, architectural control, restrictive covenants, real estate, subdivision regulations, multi-zoned subdivisions

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• What are the average user numbers during that period normally? So, Mr.
• those fees.
• But we also increased camping fees.
• And you're losing that revenue on the fee.
• He was known to the local jurisdictions as a drug user and a drug seller.

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• license plate issued for such a vehicle until the required civil penalties and any administrative fees
• That is a primary purpose. ...administrative fees have been paid. This bill does that.
• safety zones, the vulnerable road user safety improvement fund, and civil penalty reports.
• The bill is exactly as the clerk describes and establishes a look at road user safety zones.
• This bill deals with rent collection fees for basic maintenance and receipts for tenants.

Keywords: March 11, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• fee defined in statute as well.
• So by establishing a higher fee for that initial location, but a lower branch fee than what they pay
• Bank financial users are going to take that fee, and they're going to pass it right on to residents.
• They'll be paying this fee to help the financial corporations. 50, 50,000. ...fee to help the financial
• banking fees.

Keywords: 959, house, all