Video & Transcript Research : 'fine limits'
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WY
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill does not limit the feds.
- This bill does not limit the feds.
- This bill does not limit the feds.
- This bill does not limit the feds.
- This bill does not limit the feds.
Bills:
SF0101
Keywords:
Second Amendment, firearm regulation, state legislation, public safety, civil penalties, 916, all
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (02/05/2025)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill raises the income limits and removes the asset limits, following what our neighboring state
- limits and removes the asset limits limits and removes the asset limits following<00:38:24.119><
- limit.
- <00:50:31.599>
is resource limit and the resource limit is resource limit and the resource - income limits.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Administration of Criminal Justice May 6th, 2026
Administration of Criminal Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- The nonprofit health care organization shall be eligible for a limited raffle license.
- Senator Beez, as far as the 10-year limitation goes, I just want to clear things up.
- Another part of this bill would be that the proceeds from the fines...
- A carefully limited resentencing mechanism does respect finality.
- We were told that was fine, and we continued to follow those rules.
Bills:
HCR50, HB123, HB219, HB251, HB404, HB769, HB1065, SB58, SB81, SB92, SB97, SB141, SB156, SB181, SB207, SB396, SB410
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, GPS ankle monitor, ankle bracelet, pretrial release, post-conviction supervision, bail monitoring, house arrest, corrections, criminal justice, law enforcement, prosecuting authority, court reporting, provider registration, LCLE, Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, data privacy, personal information, cybersecurity, confidentiality, monitoring violations
Summary:
The Criminal Justice Committee met on May 6, 2026, and first considered SB 396, which would allow children in Office of Juvenile Justice custody to attend review hearings by secure video conference. After adopting an amendment to clarify the in-person six-month review requirement and require OJJ staff to participate virtually as well, the committee reported the bill favorably as amended. The committee then took up SB 181, which creates a limited raffle license for nonprofit health care organizations and allows related entities within a health system to operate under one charitable gaming license; after adopting the amendment, the bill was reported favorably as amended.
The committee next debated SB 81 and SB 97, companion measures dealing with waiver of jury trials in non-capital felony cases. Supporters, including the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, argued that requiring prosecutorial consent would align Louisiana with federal practice and many other states and would reduce abuse of jury-trial waivers. Opponents, including criminal defense lawyers, the ACLU, and Vote, argued the bills would shift power to the state, reduce defendants’ control over their mode of trial, and could worsen delays and pressure on jailed defendants. SB 81 and SB 97 both passed on divided roll-call votes, 7-3.
The committee also reported SB 207 favorably, extending the prescriptive period for certain public corruption offenses to 10 years after an elected official or public employee leaves office; SB 92, requiring district attorneys to submit sexual assault kits to the statewide tracking system; SB 156, increasing the maximum penalty for negligent homicide, with a technical amendment; SB 58, imposing a mandatory minimum for aggravated flight from an officer and dedicating fine proceeds to pursuit training/technology; SB 141, moving the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System Policy Board to the Louisiana Supreme Court; and SB 410, creating enhanced penalties for accessories after the fact to sex offenses. Later, HB 769, dealing with a holding period for certain domestic violence-related offenders, was reported favorably as amended after debate over its relationship to existing “Gwen’s Law” procedures, and HB 251, requiring notice to victims or families in resentencing matters, was also reported favorably as amended after concerns about post-conviction procedure and possible duplication of existing notice requirements. The committee additionally voluntarily deferred HB 404 and heard HCR 50, which calls for reporting on opioid abatement and treatment programs in correctional facilities and clarification of funding guidance.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there a limitation in here that I don't see?
- Fine. Thank you. Thank you guys for having me and for staying late.
- I think that's good and fine.
- DART's open transit system limits its ability... Track ridership.
- The bill limits our ability to grow and sustain these lifelines.
Bills:
HB2065, HB2462, HB2621, HB3187, HB3539, HB3563, HB3726, HB4164, HB4207, HB4368, HB4706, HB4916, HB4950, HB4967, HB5177, HB4429, HB5597
Keywords:
commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee May 5th, 2026
Budget and Fiscal Review
Transcript Highlights:
- But we are dealing with some uncertainty here, given the limited data.
- that there will be apparently a reassessment to look at hospitals that are maybe beyond the 10-day limit
- will be apparently a reassessment to look at hospitals that are maybe, you know, beyond the 10-day limit
- If you know, coming back, that's fine. Does that complete?
- ...point, if you know, comment back, that's fine. Does that complete your comments? Senator?
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- But with the amendments, what's off limits? What are you trying to get accomplished?
- I think there’s a big difference if you’re just limiting access to a building to essential workers, like
- You’re trying to limit spread.
- I don't say this—the particular endocrinologist that they used, his scope of practice was limited to
- Just we're fine. We're fine. I think you said enough, respectfully.
Summary:
The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on April 23 and first disposed of several items without hearing them, including HB 1093 and HB 1145, and voluntarily deferring HB 946. The committee then quickly reported HB 1095 favorably without objection. That bill would require nursing facilities to have fuel or another alternative power generation source to maintain power, and supporters said it preserves existing backup-power safety requirements while giving facilities more flexibility as technology changes.
The committee then took up HB 926, which concerns vaccination status and admission to public buildings and seeks to prohibit medical mandates. After adopting an amendment set and additional changes clarifying exclusions for licensed health care providers and facilities, medical masks, and child welfare/school-related provisions, the committee heard testimony both for and against the bill. Supporters framed it as a civil-liberties measure limiting vaccine-card requirements for public buildings, while opponents warned it could interfere with public health measures, school immunization rules, and the ability of health care facilities to protect patients. The bill was reported favorably on an 8-4 vote.
HB 1220, a cleanup bill for the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, was then reported favorably after a technical amendment set. HB 1227, which would require complaints involving medical judgment to be reviewed by a three-physician panel before formal disciplinary action, drew extensive testimony from a physician sponsor, a doctor describing his disciplinary experience, and the board’s executive director, who said the board already uses practicing physicians, nurses, and experts in its process and warned the proposed panel system could be impractical because physicians are difficult to recruit for such reviews. At the sponsor’s request, the committee voluntarily deferred HB 1227 for further work.
Finally, the committee reported HB 1217 favorably with amendments to a pharmacy benefit manager transparency bill, after supporters said it would expose hidden pricing and rebate practices and opponents argued some provisions were duplicative or unnecessary. HB 1028, setting minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for non-emergency medical transportation, was reported favorably and referred to Appropriations after supporters described the need for higher rates and members discussed funding. The committee also reported HB 1185 favorably, with amendments preserving the existing Rural Hospital Preservation Act while extending similar protections to additional rural-lookalike hospitals, and adopted HCR 76 to continue the Health Inequities and Disparities in Rural Areas Task Force for another year.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- had another very good professional golfer on the floor not too long ago, but amongst this group of fine
- people, we've got at least two, maybe three living legends. ...of fine people.
- If you don't know who these fine folks are, look them up.
- This outdated limit often delays routine purchases like fuel, equipment, repairs, and supplies.
- Each ESD board can choose a new limit, such as $10,000 or $20,000, and adjust it at any time during a
Summary:
The Senate opened with a quorum, an invocation, and routine business including dispensing with the previous day’s journal, receiving a House message on HB 104/HJR 34, and a gubernatorial message naming two appointees to the Texas Real Estate Commission. The chamber also adopted several resolutions recognizing Alzheimer’s Advocacy Day, Golf Day in Texas, Cindy Ramos-Davidson, and the 50th anniversary of the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District. Members then adopted memorial resolutions honoring fallen first responders, including Deputy Jesse Ray Perez and Deputy Melissa Pollard, and the Senate agreed to adjourn in their memory.
The Senate considered and passed several bills. SB 2199 increased penalties for loading overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials; SB 1959 adjusted permit factors for the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District; SB 1376 changed supervision rules for code enforcement officer trainees; SB 2595 created a new offense for harassing, intimidating, or threatening someone while concealing identity with a mask or similar headgear; SB 1012 authorized sale or lease of certain surplus state property in Austin; SB 2245 revised bonded title procedures; SB 2605 created a municipal housing authority asset commission; SB 3044 expanded and adjusted the board of the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District; SB 628 clarified county fire code enforcement authority through interlocal agreements; SB 2778 raised the spending threshold for emergency services district employees; SB 3039 addressed public higher education transfer issues; and SB 2523 allowed release from municipal extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition. Most of these bills were passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and final passage was completed, often by wide margins.
The chamber also took up SB 1844, which would require cities to provide services before expanding taxing areas into limited-purpose jurisdictions; a floor amendment narrowed the bill, and it was passed to engrossment. SB 2284 clarified municipal and county authority over firearms, airguns, archery equipment, and related items, and was passed despite opposition. SB 2529, dealing with the vote threshold for taxing units to adopt higher tax rates or issue tax bonds, prompted extended debate over voter approval and representative decision-making; after questions, the bill was passed to engrossment and held. At the end of the session, the Senate recessed for 20 minutes and announced it would meet as the Caucus of the Whole.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- take legal action against institutions that fail to comply with these requirements and allows for fines
- If you look at what the author had mentioned, you get a 1% fine of your annual revenues if you don't
- I don't look at this bill as specific or limited only to that circumstance.
- Senator Creighton mentioned earlier that the bill, as written, does not limit, is not limited to one
- Berciaga, we're limited on time to head to the floor.
Summary:
The Senate Education K-16 Committee heard several bills before recessing to the floor, with most measures left pending subject to the call of the chair. SB 2986 would allow public schools and universities to permit after-hours facility use by religious groups on the same terms as other nonprofits, and SB 1032 would open the Governor’s University Research Initiative to private and independent universities; both had committee substitutes adopted and were left pending after brief testimony. Supporters of SB 1032 from Rice and Baylor said the change would help Texas recruit top researchers and strengthen the state’s research economy. The committee also heard SB 2058, which would require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to publish annual data on nursing clinical training sites to improve placement coordination, and SB 2683, which would bar public colleges from giving benefits or recognition to student organizations that receive support from foreign entities of concern; both were left pending after testimony.
A large portion of the meeting focused on SB 2233, which would require public institutions of higher education to adopt policies prohibiting students or employees on nonimmigrant visas from publicly supporting terrorist activity or organizations, with enforcement through investigations, reporting to Homeland Security, and possible Attorney General action and fines. The author said the bill was intended to reinforce existing federal definitions and campus safety, while senators questioned the bill’s scope, the definition of terrorist activity, and the clause tied to U.S. policy or practice. Public witnesses, including civil rights advocates, law students, and others, argued the bill was vague, overbroad, unconstitutional, and likely to chill protected speech and increase surveillance of international students and Black and brown communities; several Jewish witnesses also said the bill misused Jewish safety concerns and could be used for viewpoint discrimination. SB 2233 was left pending after public testimony.
The committee then took up SB 735, which builds on prior Holocaust education legislation by funding optional age-appropriate and bilingual curriculum, museum field trips, teacher preparation partnerships, annual reporting, and regional collaboration with Holocaust museums and education service centers. The author and invited witnesses said the bill responds to survey findings showing uneven Holocaust instruction and a need for better teacher training and accountability. A fifth-grade teacher and the director of the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio testified in support, emphasizing the need for accurate, age-appropriate instruction and professional development. The committee recessed before finishing the agenda, and SB 735 was set to resume after the floor session.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- noticed that this bill seems to limit noticed that this bill seems to limit the<00:52:02.079>
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so it shortens the statute of limitation so it shortens the statute of limitation so - are coming up on a statue of limitations are coming up on a statue of limitations concern<01:40:
- So right now, 45 days is just not a realistic timeline in a housing crisis with limited rentals and limited
- rentals and limited crisis with limited rentals and limited affordable<02:01:58.159>
rentals <
Summary:
The Committee on Housing held a public hearing on January 31 and heard testimony on a series of housing and building-code bills. The first major item, HB 1 relating to building codes, drew sharply divided testimony. Supporters, including BIA Hawaii, Grassroot Institute, Dr. Horton, and several builders and trade groups, argued the current code-adoption process is slow, fragmented, and costly, and that reform would help housing production. Opponents, including Sierra Club Hawaii, AIA Hawaii, ICC, and labor representative Kiko Bosi, said the bill would weaken public safety, reduce statewide consistency, and could leave tenants and first responders at greater risk. No vote was taken during the hearing, and members asked questions about the effect of a governor’s emergency proclamation suspending the Building Code Council and about county authority over code amendments.
The committee then heard HB 745 and HB 1321, both also relating to building codes. Grassroot Institute supported both measures, saying the system is broken and needs streamlining, while BIA Hawaii and others emphasized the cost burden of repeated code updates. Opponents, especially Bosi and ICC, argued that the bills would undermine the State Building Code Council’s role, create confusion, and prioritize cost over safety; Bosi also said labor should be included in any code discussions. Members questioned whether counties can remove state code provisions and whether the state code already supersedes county codes, and one member noted the need for clarity and consistent enforcement rather than a wholesale overhaul.
Later, the committee heard HB 284 on housing, HB 761 on county permitting and inspection, and HB 738 on historic preservation. HB 284 drew support from several housing and real estate groups, while DLNR opposed it. On HB 761, HHFDC supported the bill, DLNR warned that the proposed changes could jeopardize Hawaii’s participation in the National Flood Insurance Program, DAGS said it would likely need to duplicate county permitting staff, and the Department of Planning and Permitting opposed it; Grassroot Institute and NAIOP supported it. For HB 738, HHFDC, DLNR, Grassroot Institute, Hawaii YIMBY, NAIOP, and others supported the measure, with Grassroot and NAIOP suggesting clarifications so expedited review would also cover mixed-use projects and better define the scope of work. The transcript does not show any final votes or committee action on these bills during the hearing.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/28/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- You don't have a limit. Well, there is a limit.
- limited to what it will use and allow. limited to what it will use and allow.
- <00:45:15.599>
to schools, including but not limited to schools, including but not limited - responsibility and limited government. responsibility and limited government.
- going to limit testimony to two minutes. going to limit testimony to two minutes.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, this 30-day durational limitation, um, this 30-day durational limitation, and so they weren't
- So, Representative N's follow-up. limited durational aspect. So they it limited durational aspect.
- Term Limits v.
- Um the only exceed those those limits.
- And I'm just wondering if you can tell me why someone was fined $682 and the other person was fined $750
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Judiciary Committee in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 03:04 pm
Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- that only has criminal penalties in terms of fines.
- Thank you. ...potentially put fairly significant, huge daily fines on them.
- And that's fine.
- “But no, I would be fine with that.
- The penalty for this crime is a felony and one to 10 years in jail, or a $2,500 fine to $10,000 fine
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill also limits any pregnancy-related child support order to direct medical and pregnancy-related
- The bill also limits any pregnancy-related child support order to direct medical and pregnancy-related
- That's fine. Okay, thank you. Let's be clear. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- With that, I stand for any questions. fines, education, and community service.
- With that, I stand for any questions. fines, education, and community service.
Keywords:
felony murder, unborn child, homicide, Arizona Revised Statutes, life imprisonment, death penalty, drive-by shooting, gun violence, firearms, felony, vehicle forfeiture, driver license revocation, drive by shooting, public safety, criminal penalties, education, funding, school districts, state aid, education reform
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Jul 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we're trying everything we can do to limit the generation of those, but also to use what we have.
- So in New Mexico, with our freeze-thaw cycles, that becomes an issue where there's pumping of fines,
- where the water pulls out the fines and... ...compromises the subgrade.
- Well, you need a special piece of equipment to vacuum out all the fines, because over time, fines get
- In the late 1990s, NMDOT began tracking poor-conditioned bridges and noticed a limited service life of
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- to necessarily limit access to care because there's only so many of them.
- That 90-day limit is being abided by, then that person can keep sitting, and they do.
- You owe fines, you owe the IRS, your grandson is in jail. There's no limit to what it is.
- But Medicaid has asset limits. And so your aunt had assets that exceeded that limit.
- And so your aunt had assets that exceeded that limit.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- And this comes into play with the gift tax back in, oh, a while ago the upper limit on 1976 the limit
- on 1976 the a while ago the upper limit on 1976 the limit<00:09:22.000>
was <00:09:22.560> - Now it's limit was 175,000 per person.
- If the committee sees fit to propose a change, I think that would be fine.
- If the committee sees fit to propose a change, I think that would be fine.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- McKayley was speaking, we have a two-minute limit, and you were not done at the two minutes.
- These corporations are doing just fine.
- And we need to transition to a cleaner. are doing just fine.
- Given geographic area, even with this being limited to a pilot program. Mr.
- No, it's fine. I mean, well, one, Senator Richardson, appreciate your support.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/15/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- may have to put a limit on time for testimony.
- So, the limit on time for testimony.
- <02:47:38.720>
for further statutes and limitations for further statutes and limitations for - It's not limiting that the judge has to be a mandatory 25 years.
- You're fine with that goes to the pond.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/13/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- And um Senator >> and he's fine with that.
- <00:25:18.880>
Further Waters is also fine with that. - Further Waters is also fine with that.
- So we think the 6% is fine, and we don't need to increase it.
- required is the limit on on capacity. capacity. capacity.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (03/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- That was a creation of the legislature in 2011, and it represents all of the fees, fines, licenses, every
- So how much more in fines are you going to give us so we can balance our budget?
- Because the fines come from somebody, right? Yeah, yeah, we're going just like the elevator, right?
- And Edna is fine with that.
- And Edna is fine with that.
Summary:
The committee first heard from the Department of Labor on several House Bill 2 sections. Members discussed raising the annual elevator certificate fee, which had been $50 since at least fiscal year 2014; the commissioner said the Inspection Division generates more revenue than its costs, and members agreed to amend the fee to $75 and later voted unanimously to accept Section 137. The department also explained a proposed change to civil penalty/warning language in Section 139 to align enforcement across labor laws; that section was accepted unanimously. The commissioner then gave a detailed overview of the second injury fund, describing how it is financed by assessments on insurance carriers, how claims are reviewed for reimbursement, and how the fund is intended to reimburse certain workers’ compensation costs. Members questioned whether the program still serves its original purpose, whether it is revenue-neutral, and whether it should be sunset; the department said the fund is a mixed bag for the state and industry, but no sunset language was adopted. Sections 140 and 141 were then accepted unanimously.
The committee next heard from the Judicial Council on Sections 125 through 127. The witness said the changes would streamline payment for indigent defense services other than counsel, reduce the number of bills requiring judge review, and expand the council’s ability to contract with providers for services such as translation and evaluations. He also explained a proposed fail-safe allowing the executive director to decline to process questionable invoices and send them to a judge instead. Members generally supported the streamlining, and Sections 125 through 127 were accepted unanimously.
Toward the end of the discussion, members asked about the cost impact of changing the misdemeanor/felony threshold from $1,000 to a higher amount. The Judicial Council said felony cases are significantly more expensive than misdemeanors because they involve more hearings, more discovery, and more attorney time, with assigned felony cases costing several times more on average. No action was taken on that question in the excerpt.