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• You have to resubmit fingerprints if necessary, update your driver's license, and pay an updated fee.
• There's no fee structure if we keep F struck out, so we have to bring it back.
• I would keep lines 13 through 18, including the fee because— The fee, and then keep number 3 stricken
• Oh, and I ask you a question about your the fee structure. Wait, we're not done. Apologies.
• And keeping, then adding a period after the word "fee."

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• It also makes it unlawful for an attorney representing a person under a contingency fee agreement to
• It also makes it unlawful for an attorney to receive a kickback or a fee split for referring a client
• It also makes it unlawful for an attorney to receive a kickback or a fee split.
• Finally, it prohibits attorneys from charging an additional contingency fee or an administrative fee,
• management fee, or similar fee based on reducing or resolving a client's medical lien.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then handled a series of procedural motions to re-refer bills, suspend rules, and remove items from the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions recognizing family milestones, a youth leadership program from Assembly District 13, a delegation of Japanese business leaders, and a Michoacan delegation. Later, members adopted several resolutions and consent items, including California Craft Beer Week, the Freedom Flag as a 9/11 remembrance symbol, Probation Services Week, and California Wildfire Week, along with other consent-calendar measures. The main floor debate centered on SB 417, a $10 billion housing bond for the ballot, with supporters emphasizing the state’s housing shortage, homelessness crisis, and funding for multifamily housing, supportive housing, homeownership, farmworker housing, student housing, tribal housing, infrastructure, and preservation of existing affordable units. Opponents criticized the proposal as adding debt without enough reform and objected to the use of veterans in the measure’s messaging. The Assembly passed SB 417 on urgency and on the measure, 54-7, and sent it to the Senate. Members then adopted ACA 20, which would expand and modernize the state Rainy Day Fund by increasing its cap and changing deposit rules; it passed 54-8 and was transmitted to the Senate. The Assembly also approved SB 623, a transportation-related bill addressing rideshare safety and medical lien practices. Supporters said it would curb abusive billing, restrict attorney conflicts and kickbacks, require stronger background checks for TNC drivers, and allow women riders and drivers to request women-only matches. The measure passed unanimously, 67-0. Later, the House adopted ACA 21, which removes ACA 13 from the November ballot, by 62-0, and ACA 22, which amends a ballot measure affecting taxation and local fiscal resources, by 64-0. The session concluded with an adjournment in memory of Dr. Dorothy Viola Calvin, followed by announcements, recesses, and final adjournment until the next scheduled floor session.

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• time we will move to Tab Seven and take up Senate Bill 644 by Senator Grall related to attorneys' fees
• The strike-all gives the court authority to award a sanction or reduce an award of attorney's fees if
• It clarifies a court may award attorneys' fees, whether temporary or final, back to the initial filing
• of fees and costs and clarifies an award of attorney fees and costs is permitted in paternity proceedings
• and makes clear any payment of support owed to another party has priority over attorneys' fees, costs

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• Some schools and wildlife agencies also use our services, and we charge them a fee.
• Now we can look at it and go, is this actually worth all the legal fees and costs?
• Well, that's a you're paying those legal fees for 34 years until you actually win it.
• We were 100% fee-paid for a long time. The fees had not increased in 17 years.
• Now, our schools don't mind paying fees again because there's that.

Keywords: 914, all

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• But it does not impose any additional fees or bureaucratic duties on the responsible party.
• The ability for counties to set a disposal fee provides a consistent funding stream to deal with these
• You know, then we never get back to these fees for like 10, 15, 20 years.
• I'm always about allowing the agency to be the setter of the fees so that the fees can go up; they can
• also conceivably go down if the fee is not needed anymore.

Bills: HB456, HB482, HB1463, HB1682, HB1949, HB5549, SB763

Keywords: translation, environmental quality, complaints, accessibility, multilingual, TCEQ, environmental justice, environmental complaints, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, language access, public information, Texas Commission, multilingual access, administrative actions, environmental regulations, state representatives, state senators, penalty notice, Water Code, legislative notification

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• The Secretary of State collects a fee every year, I think, for registrants or for like new new users,
• So I'm wondering has that fee ever been revisited as a revenue opportunity to be able to support the
• and that is an annual fee incurred by all of the active committees.
• I'd be curious to know that or if there's also any kind of just top-line menu of other user fees.
• Yeah, so in addition to the campaign committee annual fee, there's also a lobbying registration fee.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• At that time, all licensees were required to pay administrative fees to be within the program.
• Up all of our administrative fees, which we did.
• What kind of fee are we talking about? How much?
• The fee is spread out over a registration cycle of two years.
• That's a pretty good bargain as far as fees go.

Bills: SB1406, SB1681, SB2480, SB2721

Keywords: body donation, medical science, forensic science, willed body program, informed consent, boarding home, boarding home facility, adult care home, group home, assisted living, county reporting, municipal reporting, annual report, reasonable accommodation, fair housing, disability accommodation, local ordinance, permit requirement, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, HHSC

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• and the storage fees.
• Selling it for fees and storage fees. So it wouldn't be on the driver's license first.
• Uh, but I also recognize that it probably comes at a cost or some sort of a fee or.
• And so now they're, they don't want to pay that fee because it's some of the fees are a little bit heavy
• It doesn't impose new taxes or fees. It does not require immediate operational shifts.

Bills: HB101

Keywords: voter approval, local tax, disaster declaration, tax rate increases, community funding

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• and applicable taxes and fees imposed by the government, so the total price is shown before the consumer
• It also requires brokers and other persons or entities to include all applicable taxes and fees imposed
• , for the State Office of Consumer Protection, says that everyone in the room has encountered junk fees
• And this law, when enacted, is a measure for transparent display fees.
• a measure measure for transparent enact a measure measure for transparent display<00:24:00.120> fees

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint hearing of the House Committees on Tourism, Housing, and Economic Development and Technology began with House Bill 604, which would raise the transient accommodations tax by 1 percentage point starting January 1, 2026 and direct the revenue to the Hawaiian Homes General Loan Fund. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands supported the bill as a source of consistent funding, while the Grassroots Institute of Hawaii and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii opposed it, warning that Hawaii already has very high tourism taxes and that further increases could hurt visitors, workers, and the broader economy. The committees later voted to pass HB 604 with amendments as an HD1 and to defer the date; the vote was adopted, with one member noted as having reservations in the housing committee vote and one no vote in that committee. The committees then heard House Bill 973, which would require transient accommodations brokers and others to display all resort fees, taxes, and government-imposed charges upfront in advertised prices and would establish penalties. The Office of Consumer Protection expressed concerns about the bill’s intent requirement and noted a forthcoming federal FTC rule on junk fees; the Hawaii Hotel Alliance strongly supported the measure as promoting transparency and uniformity, and a public witness also supported price transparency while questioning the size of the penalties. After questions about federal rescission of the FTC rule and enforcement authority, the committees voted to pass HB 973 with amendments as an HD1, including removal of the intent requirement and technical changes, and the recommendation was adopted unanimously. House Bill 594, relating to hotel service disruptions, would require hotel keepers to give notice of disruptions to guests and third-party vendors and allow damages. The Attorney General’s office recommended amendments to add a purpose section and savings clause to address First Amendment and contract clause issues, and Unite Here Local 5 supported the bill, saying guests are not always notified of disruptions and that the measure would improve transparency; the union agreed with the legal amendments. The committees voted to pass HB 594 with amendments as an HD1 and to defer the date, adopting the recommendation. The final measures were House Bill 448 and House Bill 449, both related to technology enablement and economic development for small businesses, including tourism-related businesses. HTDC strongly supported both bills but emphasized that technology should be targeted to the actual problem and coordinated with sister agencies rather than applied broadly; the Hawaii Food Industry Association and Chamber of Commerce also supported HB 448, and HB 449 received support from HTDC and HFIA. The committees adopted amendments to HB 448, including moving a $250,000 appropriation to the committee report, and to HB 449, including deleting duplicative language tied to HB 448 and moving a $500,000 appropriation to the committee report; both bills were passed as HD1s with deferred dates, and the hearing adjourned after the votes were adopted.

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• this committee is convened to examine the performance of Access and, specifically, its division of fee-for-service
• this committee has convened to examine the performance of Access and, specifically, its division of fee-for-service
• Okay, and when it comes to behavioral health and intensive outpatient programs on the fee-for-service
• The uniqueness of AIHP and our fee-for-service members is that they are able to access care from anyone
• In addition, they also have the ability to transition from fee-for-service to managed care if they wanted

Keywords: 1182, all

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• House Bill 3314 is a marijuana public safety impact fee.
• is entitled to attorney's fees but if somebody files a nuisance claim the city can't come back and get
• any kind of fees from them bear with me one second I'm going to read what you quoted you said line ive
• cause of action filed and it says property owner is not liable to the affected government for attorney fees
• the the the logic is always in this state that the losing side should be on the hook for attorneys fees

Bills: HB3057, HB3130, HB3310, HB3314, HB3985, HB4113, HB4486

Keywords: government reporting, information technology, child welfare, environmental policy, state agency compliance, gender transition, minors, health services, punitive damages, parental rights, health care providers, purchasing, compliance, state employees, longevity pay, contract management, marijuana tax, public service impact tax, county funding, voter approval

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• Other dues, which are primarily professional fees for staff, um, and other small organizations,
• Um, registration fees, Mr.
• Section nine is $492,000 to buy the subscription to an economic modeling software and maintenance fees
• 29.440> software<00:06:29.919> and<00:06:30.240> maintenance<00:06:30.639> fees
• modeling software and maintenance fees. modeling software and maintenance fees.

Bills: HB0105, HB0107, SF0002

Keywords: K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem

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• OF COURSE THERE ARE LOCALLY COLLECTED TUITION FEES THAT HELP SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS BUT BY IN LARGE THE
• THE RECENT COMING OUT OF K 12 AND THE FEE WE ALLOWED TO BE CHARGED TO STUDENTS DOES NOT OFFSET THE WHOLE
• THE TUITION AND FEES ESTIMATED FOR 24 25 BASED ON THE FIRST FTE CALCULATION YOU SEE THERE ABOUT 704 AND
• A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN TUITION AND FEES AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PERFORMANCE BASED INCENTIVES SIMILAR
• FUND AND 30 PERCENT TUITION AND FEES FOR THE FLORIDA COLLEGE SYSTEM.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• fees.
• When asked whether the new vendor would not be paid broker fees or vendor fees, he responded that the
• broker fee is the million dollars on the contract.
• In fact, a little the fee is comparable. In fact, a little bit<00:16:20.240> less.
• Well, your funding source are agency fees, 100%. Are you funded? Correct.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Government Contract Committee met with a quorum, observed a moment of silence for Representative McCool after the death of his sister, and approved the April 14 minutes. The committee then reviewed a large agenda of contracts and amendments, beginning with a deferred Office of the Controller procurement involving broker services. Members questioned why a contract that had previously been handled for about $300,000 annually was now priced at about $1 million, and why the procurement was limited to one year. Office of the Controller staff said the prior vendor had held the work for more than 20 years, the work had previously been treated as not practical to bid, and the new RFP was intended to increase competition. They said the technical evaluation was scored before cost was considered, that past performance was not scored because it was seen as unreliable, and that AON received the highest technical score despite not being the lowest bidder. After discussion, the committee voted to take no action and let the contract proceed to the Finance Cabinet, with members noting continuing concerns about the pricing and process. The committee next considered a DCBS memorandum of agreement amendment for language services. DCBS representatives said the additional funding did not come from a new cut elsewhere, but from reduced spending on interpreter services because commonly used forms had been translated into other languages, freeing up funds for the contract. The committee approved the item unanimously. The final major item discussed was an initial contract for the Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists for legal services. Board staff said the board had been without a permanent general counsel since March 2024 and had relied on special and conflict counsel because of unusually heavy litigation, including 11 active cases, plus broader disciplinary and licensing changes tied to recent legislation and an oversight report. They said the contract was a not-to-exceed amount funded entirely by agency fees and that the board was currently running a surplus. Senator Thomas urged support, citing prior legislation and oversight findings about problems at the board and saying the contract was needed to help the board address ongoing litigation and corrective work. The committee approved the contract and then approved the remaining agenda items without objection, sending them forward.

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• It also simplifies the registration fee structure so that new programs won't have a fee; everything will
• be included in a renewal fee, which is being raised.
• won't have a fee everything programs won't have a fee everything will<01:24:11.199> be<01:24:
• will be included in a renewal uh fee will be included in a renewal uh fee which<01:24:13.960>
• Section 31, we're increasing the solicitor permit fee.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• There's fee and pricing disclosures, so the fees are clearly displayed, paid to the user, so they know
• clearly disclosures so so the fees are clearly disclosures so so the fees are clearly displayed
• Uh, the fees are higher than regular deposit. >> So the fees are higher than, uh, you know, maybe an
• Some states put a fee cap in. So you'll see a fee cap.
• But they do pay banking fees. Yeah.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee focused primarily on a bill concerning long-term care insurance rate increases and consumer notice. Members and staff discussed replacing or supplementing a proposed public hearing requirement with annual reporting, website updates, and consumer-facing disclosures about approved rate increases, carriers writing the products, and how the products work. Several participants emphasized that long-term care policies are long-term products, that rate increases can be spread over many years for actuarial reasons, and that consumers need better information about trends and the impact of increases. A major point of disagreement was whether the bill should try to cap premium increases. One member argued the real problem is unexpected increases of 15% to 20% and urged a statutory cap to protect consumers. Insurance department representatives and others responded that hard caps had been struck down in prior case law, that the department’s core responsibility is solvency, and that carriers need sufficient premium to pay future claims. They also said the market is struggling because many carriers stopped selling the product, leaving in-force policies to bear the cost, and that overly restrictive caps could cause insurers to withdraw from the state. The discussion then shifted toward a compromise requiring carriers to notify policyholders before a rate increase is approved and allowing a 60-day comment period. Participants debated whether the notice should come from the carrier, how confidentiality rules would apply before approval, and what the department should do with public comments. The department said it already reviews filings carefully and that submitted rates are often adjusted before approval; lawmakers noted that prior commissioners had pushed back on increases in some cases, including a seven-year moratorium. No final vote was taken in the excerpt, and the chair repeatedly tried to move the subcommittee along to other bills.

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• some adjustments to the fee structure.
• He works at BCI, to discuss the fees and the current structure.
• of the fees had been adjusted since it was established.
• of the fees had been adjusted since it was established.
• So has there been conversations with the Attorney General's office since they actually set the fees?

Summary: The committee opened with a moment of silence honoring a deceased member, then approved the April minutes. The first major presentation was from Chelsea Florey of Child and Family Services on the Diversion Task Force and related grant programs created with one-time funding from HB 1012. She reported that five of six proposals were funded, with youth diversion services operating in Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, and a Red River Children’s Advocacy Center program focused on problematic sexualized behavior. Members discussed barriers such as staffing shortages, voluntary family engagement, service fatigue, and the need for better coordination, broader outreach, and possible changes to diversion eligibility rules so low-level cases can remain in diversion longer. Several legislators pressed for more practical system changes and clearer service navigation, while Florey said the task force is trying to build a service array or hub and is leaning on the Children’s Cabinet for broader recommendations. The committee then heard from North Dakota Lottery Director Thomas Lawler, who gave an operational overview and biennium report. He described the lottery’s history, games, retailer commissions, Pick and Click subscriptions, Players Club membership, and revenue distribution. For the 2023-25 biennium, about $67 million in tickets were purchased, with roughly $16.2 million transferred overall, including money for the general fund, drug task force grants, and compulsive gambling prevention and treatment. Members asked about the compulsive gambling allocation and whether the amount is set by statute. A lengthy presentation followed from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on criminal justice data connectivity and reentry. Adam Anderson explained that North Dakota’s jail, court, HHS, and correctional systems use multiple separate databases that do not communicate in real time, requiring manual cross-checks and staff communication. He said the department is exploring a centralized hub or other integration approach, but noted challenges with identifiers, vendor contracts, confidentiality, and cost. Robin Schmolenberger then updated the committee on a Medicaid data-sharing project with HHS, saying monthly application assistance is now occurring in correctional facilities and that automated bi-directional data exchange is expected in late 2026 to help suspend and reactivate Medicaid coverage and identify former foster care youth. Members also discussed parole, probation, transitional housing, and the need for better real-time notifications and clearer data definitions. The committee also received an update from county representatives on the 24/7 sobriety program, including a recent attorney general opinion that if a court waives 24/7 fees, sheriffs may use the cheaper twice-daily breath test or urine testing instead of SCRAM bracelets or drug patches. Finally, Bruce Johnson of the Racing Commission presented on an audit report, acknowledging serious findings involving overspending from the promotion fund, grant documentation failures, a breeders fund eligibility reversal, and repeated procurement violations. He said the commission has already changed its procedures by tracking fund limits monthly, requiring grant applications and itemized reports, enforcing breeders fund rules as written, and routing purchases through procurement with written contracts. The committee asked follow-up questions throughout but took no formal votes on these presentations.

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• a lawyer to fight an unfair denial, if the town demands granite curbs and fire systems and impact fees
• a lawyer to fight an unfair denial, if the town demands granite curbs and fire systems and impact fees
• a lawyer to fight an unfair denial, if the town demands granite curbs and fire systems and impact fees
• There are impact fees. Those are one-time.
• those are one time um are impact fees those are one time um obviously<01:16:05.920> municipalities

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It clarifies that, in order not to have fees accrued and to be deemed void for a committee that received
• heard, and this took a couple aspects of that bill, limiting it to $5,000 total and then also for fees
• for one report, and then also... ...then also for fees for one report, and then also creating a list
• real-time accounting and knowing, you know, something that happened 10 years ago that continues to accrue fees

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House and Senate conference committees met on April 16, 2026, to reconcile differences on HB 2874, which deals with campaign finance termination statements and penalties for committees that had no contributions or expenditures. Staff explained that the Senate version retroactively voided certain penalties for late campaign finance reports if a committee certifies no activity, and the conference amendment further refined the bill by requiring public posting of committees that owe late-filing penalties, clarifying termination-statement requirements, extending the no-penalty provisions to some committees that had received contributions, and capping penalties at $5,000 per late report beginning July 1. The amendment also moved the retroactivity date, added a session-law provision, and included an emergency clause. Members discussed whether suspended accounts with no activity would be covered, and staff indicated that while not expressly named, they would likely fall within the bill’s criteria. Supporters said the measure would help clear old compliance issues from the books, improve transparency, and provide relief to smaller candidates and local officeholders who may not have the resources to manage complex campaign finance requirements. One member noted the bill would create a practical safe harbor for inactive campaigns and reduce penalties that continue to accrue on closed or empty campaign accounts. A motion was made and adopted to approve the five-page conference amendment dated April 16, 2026, at 9:03 a.m., to the Senate engrossed version of HB 2874, with authorization for technical and conforming changes recommended by the rules attorney. The motion passed by voice vote, and both the House and Senate conference committees adjourned.

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• It clarifies that, in order not to have fees accrued and to be deemed void for a committee that received
• heard, and this took a couple aspects of that bill, limiting it to $5,000 total and then also for fees
• for one report, and then also... ...then also for fees for one report, and then also creating a list
• real-time accounting and knowing, you know, something that happened 10 years ago that continues to accrue fees

Summary: The House and Senate conference committees met on April 16, 2026, to consider House Bill 2874, which concerns campaign finance termination statements and penalties for late or missing reports. Staff explained that the House version would allow certain committees that received no contributions or made no expenditures to avoid penalties if they file a termination statement, while the Senate version had already added retroactive relief for committees that certify no activity during the reporting period and made the bill retroactive to December 31, 2021. Members discussed the conference amendment, which would require filing officers to publicly list committees that owe late-filing penalties, clarify that a termination statement is required to avoid fees and void penalties for inactive committees, extend the relief to some committees that had received contributions, cap penalties at $5,000 per late report beginning July 1, add a session-law provision voiding penalties under specified conditions, move the retroactivity date to July 5, 2016, and add an emergency clause. Members said the measure would help clear old campaign finance liabilities, improve transparency, and provide relief for small or inactive committees, including suspended accounts that fit the no-activity criteria. A motion was made and adopted to approve the five-page conference amendment dated April 16, 2026, at 9:03 a.m. to the Senate engrossed version of HB 2874 and to authorize technical and conforming changes recommended by the rules attorney. The motion passed by voice vote in both committees, and the conference committees then adjourned.