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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism 2ND REVISED Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- So, are we talking about fees and fines when you say satisfies restitution?
- You know, I saw the fee for the life.
- The people that are providing the money are making the money off a fee, though. Thank you.
- Any interest or fee would be capped.
- And I think what spurred this is the fee they're paying now.
Bills:
SB1327, SB1372, SB1403, SB1937, SB277, SB2131, SB1749, SB1348, SB1469, SB2018, SB1931, SB1530, SB2155
Keywords:
tourism, recreation, economic development, Oklahoma Commission, executive director, probation, credits, educational advancement, Oklahoma Statutes, criminal justice reform, job incentives, tax rebates, Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program, employment growth, wage requirements, labor organization, incentives, employer practices, union neutrality, worker rights
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee May 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The legal cannabis industry, which is subject to state and local taxes and fees, is coming...
- California's excise taxes and licensing fees are 124% and 162% higher, respectively, than Michigan's.
- And altogether, our taxes and fees account for about 77.5% of total wholesale value.
- They're funding the entire regulatory system through their fees.
- And now we... ...any of the fines and fees that aid in enforcement.
Summary:
The Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee met with a delayed start while waiting for quorum, then heard several bills before moving to the suspense file. AB 564 by Assemblymember Haney would freeze the planned cannabis excise tax increase at 15% rather than allow it to rise to 25%; supporters argued the legal cannabis industry is struggling against the illicit market and high taxes, while opponents said the measure would reduce funding for children, youth programs, environmental restoration, and enforcement promised under Prop. 64. The bill was sent to suspense during regular order and later approved out of suspense on a 6-0 vote with amendments, including a five-year sunset and a reduced rate. AB 1265, also by Haney, would extend and expand the state historic tax credit to encourage rehabilitation of vacant historic buildings for housing and mixed-use projects; preservation and housing advocates supported it, and it was also sent to suspense rather than voted on immediately.
The committee then heard AB 1377 by Assemblymember McKenna, which would require studios seeking optional diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility film tax credits to complete the plans they submit to the California Film Commission. Labor supporters said studios should do more than make good-faith efforts, and the bill passed 5-1 to Appropriations. AB 1416 by Vice Chair Ta would clarify disaster-related property tax deferrals for homeowners who have requested installment plans, and it passed 7-0 to the Assembly Floor. Afterward, the chair gave a general warning that the bills on suspense represented large revenue losses and emphasized the committee’s need to weigh tax expenditures against other state priorities.
On the suspense file, the committee approved AB 27, AB 53, AB 97, AB 231, AB 232, AB 429, AB 613, AB 984, and AB 1485, mostly on unanimous or near-unanimous votes, while AB 547 passed 5-1. Several other bills, including AB 386, AB 389, AB 490, AB 6991, AB 814, AB 1057, AB 1219, AB 1282, AB 1354, AB 1431, AB 1435, and AB 1481, were held in committee. The meeting concluded with the committee adjourning after completing the suspense-file actions.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And receive reimbursement as well as may recover reasonable attorney fees and litigation costs if the
- either initially by petition and then lastly by a lawsuit if necessary with the award of attorneys' fees
- They prohibits from charging fees. We need clarification on what that really means.
- Is that just impact fees or if we have to run a road bond to pay for road upgrades.
- So, although we're on the water, so we pay an additional fee for the waterway to, you know, to maintain
Bills:
HB24
DE
Transcript Highlights:
- Two years ago, there was a very hard-fought battle against what we consider to be junk fees.
- The General Assembly agreed with us at the time and banned these fees.
- investigation or feelings, decide that you willfully did something, you would be liable for these fees
- That gives a lot of leeway to the car rental companies to charge these fees.
- the House, there was an amendment that put a 30-day cap on it, which seems like it would keep these fees
Summary:
The committee met in hybrid format, approved the June 24 and June 25, 2026 minutes, and then heard several bills and a joint resolution. On House Bill 382 with House Amendment 2, Senator Hoffer explained the measure as a technical correction to prior rental-car and peer-to-peer car-sharing law that would clarify when loss-of-use damages may be recovered while preserving recovery for intentional, willful, or criminal conduct. Avis Budget Group and Enterprise Mobility supported the bill, saying it resolved ambiguity and restored limited common-law recovery, while Allstate and Toro opposed it, arguing the bill could reintroduce unfair and unpredictable fees and leave too much discretion to rental companies. No vote was taken in the transcript, and Senator Townsend said he still had questions about how the bill would operate.
The committee then considered House Bill 476, a Frederica charter change that would reduce town council meetings from twice monthly to monthly and make ordinances effective immediately unless otherwise stated. Representative Postles presented it as a simple, noncontroversial change, though members noted Senator Buckson, the Senate sponsor, was not present at the time. No public comment was offered on that bill. The committee also heard House Joint Resolution 13, which directs the Department of Labor to study a Delaware health care apprenticeship degree program and report recommendations; the Delaware Health Care Association supported the resolution and urged coordination with existing workforce efforts.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 458 with House Amendment 1 on backflow devices in low-hazard buildings. Senator Pardee said the bill would exempt residences and office-type buildings from costly backflow retrofits until regulations are updated, and DHSS said the current regulations do not clearly define low hazard but that the bill’s list of exempted buildings would not raise immediate public health concerns. The Delaware Association of Realtors supported the bill, arguing the regulations were overbroad and costly, while the Delaware Rural Water Association opposed it, warning that weakening backflow protections could threaten drinking water and aquifers. The committee then adjourned without any recorded votes on the substantive bills in the transcript.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 28, 2026 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- So I'm thinking, is it the distinction between general fees to access a park versus camping fees versus
- boat launch fees?
- You already have that in trust from concession fees and entrance fees and the fees that you showed us
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 28th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Under this model, patients typically pay a monthly subscription fee directly to their doctor for unlimited
- Currently, if a public employee or retiree pays that direct fee out of pocket under a state health plan
- House Bill 3015 addresses the current gap by requiring that direct fees paid to DPC providers be applied
- By recognizing DPC fees as qualified medical expenses.
- So the, the physician is the one who sets up the fee schedule, correct? That would be correct.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Apr 7th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Fixed term installment contracts commonly include early termination fees.
- These are fees that the consumer must pay if they want to terminate their contract with the seller.
- Frequently these fees are not clearly disclosed to consumers at all, and at times they add up to hundreds
- are clearly transparent on these fees prior to the contract being signed.
- In addition to this transparency, AB 483 caps the cost of the early termination fee to an installment
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- CFO of the state the ability to waive the 3% state central services and constitutional officer fund fee
- So this is actually then going to allow those promotion boards—we're just going to waive that fee for
- one of the things that we identified where we could take that kind of an administrative collective fee
- Can you tell me if we've always collected a fee on these monies that go to these promotion boards, even
- hasn't, at least to my knowledge, our records, you know, as long as we could go back and look, that fee
Summary:
The Special Language subcommittee met with a quorum and reviewed several governor’s letters containing special language for appropriations bills. Members heard housekeeping about the subcommittee’s call-based schedule and its role in reviewing only special language, not appropriations or personnel items. The committee then considered amendments affecting the Department of Finance and Administration, Department of Correction, Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, Department of Public Safety, shared administrative services, Commerce/Workforce Services, and Environment and Quality.
Key items included language directing DFA to limit administrative costs for pregnancy help organizations to 25% of awards; removing conflicting language so county jail reimbursement funds can only receive transfers in, not out; updating code to assign child nutrition responsibilities to the Department of Agriculture; implementing Act 909 of 2025 changes for school district EBD employer contributions and teacher equalization funds; and allowing the state CFO to waive a 3% central services fee for agricultural promotion boards to keep more funds in the industry. Members also discussed using Camp Robinson facility revenues for maintenance, allowing shared services billing under the Arkansas Forward Initiative, designating Arkansas Rehabilitation Services as the state unit for vocational rehab grants, and capping used tire program reimbursement rates at $2.31 starting July 1, 2026.
There was brief discussion on the agriculture fee waiver, with questions about its purpose, duration, and possible precedent; agency officials said it was a discretionary, point-in-time waiver meant to help the farm sector during a crisis. Another question addressed reporting on crisis pregnancy center grants, with DFA noting no grant funds had yet been distributed this fiscal year. Each amendment was adopted by voice vote, item 9 was skipped because it was superseded by item 10, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were completed.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Mar 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transportation and Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- It also authorizes the commissioner to set fees to be charged in connection with the recognition of foreign
- drivers are not eligible to vote in the state through the DMV, authorizes the commissioner to set fees
- It also authorizes the commissioner to set fees to be charged in connection with the recognition of foreign
- It also authorizes the commissioner to set fees to be charged in connection with the recognition of foreign
- drivers are not eligible to vote in the state through the DMV, authorizes the commissioner to set fees
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- the eight criteria that we typically apply to the state park units that are under consideration for fees
- as the exhibit, where we've already had the board designate which state parks will be applicable to fees
- sessions ago, in Act 194, SLH 21, you guys did approve that the landlord could, in fact, adjust our fees
- And again, Act 194, you know, allows us to do, Which fees will apply where, and yes, the fees are already
Summary:
The committees considered several Senate bills and one House bill across multiple decision-making segments, with testimony focused mainly on SB 903, SB 439, SB 938, and HB 1440. For SB 903, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported the measure and emphasized that the Public Lands Trust Working Group should complete its scope of work before baseline settlement discussions. The committees then adopted chair-recommended technical amendments to SB 903, including blanking the appropriation and changing the effective date to June 30, 2059, and the measure was adopted with members voting aye or excused.
A later agenda included many bills that were mostly advanced with technical amendments, effective-date changes, or recommittals to Ways and Means. Among them, SB 934 and SB 935 were recommitted; SB 65, SB 328, SB 465, SB 576, and several others were passed with amendments that often blanked appropriations or changed dates; SB 329, SB 448, SB 744, SB 1023, SB 1269, SB 1361, SB 1381, SB 1491, SB 1530, and SB 1547 were passed unamended; SB 828, SB 1220, and SB 1487 were deferred. The committee also adopted amendments on bills such as SB 125, SB 558, SB 789, SB 997, SB 1234, SB 1388, and SB 1543, generally to clarify definitions, narrow scope, or add effective-date or governance language.
For SB 439, the Division of State Parks testified that it already performs the fee studies and park-designation work contemplated by the bill, but supported the measure overall; OHA, the Care for ʻĀina Now Coalition, and other supporters testified in favor, while two individuals opposed it. The committees adopted SB 439 with LRB technical amendments. SB 938 received only departmental comments from the Department of Taxation and was passed unamended. HB 1440, which drew support from the State Ombudsman, the Legislative Reference Bureau, the State Auditor, and the Ethics Commission, was also passed unamended. In each decision-making segment, the committees voted to adopt the chair’s recommendations and then adjourned.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, we last time the fines and fees?
- want to use that, you don't pay the fee. want to use that, you don't pay the fee.
- You don't pay the fee. it. You don't pay the fee.
- and pay for the things that those fees and pay for the things that those fees uh<04:23:33.359>
- This amendment contains no new taxes, no new fees, or any change in any tax or fee rate over what we've
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- off of those application fees off of those application fees >> off<01:32:09.040>
the >> off the off the total application fees >> off the off the total application fees - The application fee was $10,000.
- So, um, the statute provided for an application fee and required us to set an application fee, and it
- statute provided for an application fee statute provided for an application fee and<01:33:57.679
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Paying $100 as a registration fee for that, you know, on top of your $3 actual registration fee just
- >
didn't $3 actual registration fee just didn't $3 actual registration fee just didn't make<01 - Is this fee then going to be on top of that fee that we're charging?
- Is this fee then going to be on top of that fee that we're charging?
- fee? fee?
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- These changes are mostly intended to address large actors who routinely see current fines and fees as
- Uh, it is a late fee or civil...
- <00:04:09.120>
or the CFB from waving any fees or the CFB from waving any fees or penalties - I did grab a report of late fees and civil penalties applied in fiscal year 25.
- <00:10:44.000>
and did grab a report of of late fees and did grab a report of of late fees
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 26th, 2026 at 12:10 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there anything being done to address the costs, the court costs, and the fees?
- Additional fees.
- Which would institute a similar reimbursement and dispensing fee requirement.
- Transparency so that employers, taxpayers, and health plans are charged appropriate fees.
- They are the ones who choose where the dispensing fee goes.
Bills:
SB65, SB248, SB330, SB378, SB844, SB1330, SB1410, SB1475, SB1476, SB1565, SB1618, SB1623, SJR39, SJR47, SB2084, SB1655, SB1679, SB2174, SB1775, SB1873, SB1204, SB1884, SB1916, SB1937, SB1447, SB1500, SB2007, SB2074, SB1944, SB2018, SB1984, SB2026, SB2045, SB2049, SB2062, SB2112, SB2118, SB2127, SB2134, SB2135, SB2139, SB2154, SB1195
Keywords:
SB65, naloxone, Narcan, opioid overdose, overdose reversal, opioid antagonist, emergency opioid antagonist, substance abuse services, harm reduction, public health, overdose prevention, good samaritan, civil immunity, criminal immunity, controlled substances, addiction treatment, fentanyl, opioid crisis, school overdose response, first aid
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 17th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- This includes an inspection and supervision fee, as well as application fees.
- Currently, utility fees go into the general fund.
- And right now you said that the fees that you are.
- So under the previous fee, it was roughly 16 million.
- The fees would go into the fund.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- evidence that current fees are insufficient or that fee revenue is even used appropriately for oversight
- Increasing these fees will only exacerbate that problem.
- Increasing administrative fees without accountability or data is not a solution.
- Increasing these fees will only exacerbate that problem.
- about half a million dollars more in authorization oversight fees.
Summary:
The Assembly Education Committee heard AB 84, a charter school accountability measure focused on non-classroom-based charter schools and fraud prevention. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to respond to the A3 charter fraud case and related scandals by strengthening audits, transparency, authorizer oversight, and funding determination rules, while ensuring public education dollars are used for public education. Supporters included FCMAT, CSEA, CTA, and CSBA, who argued the bill would improve oversight and protect taxpayers. Opponents, including the California Charter Schools Association, Green Dot, many charter parents, educators, and charter operators, said the bill was too broad, would impose major new costs and bureaucracy on all charter schools, and could reduce options for families, especially those using flexible, homeschool, or special-needs charter programs. After extensive testimony and committee discussion, the bill passed on a 5-1 vote and was sent to Appropriations, with the item left open for additional votes.
The committee then approved a consent calendar of 11 education bills, including AB 542, AB 563, AB 731, AB 753, AB 784, AB 964, AB 988, AB 1034, AB 1233, AB 1255, and AB 1381, all moving to Appropriations. The consent calendar passed unanimously.
Later, the committee heard AB 1454, a literacy and reading instruction bill authored by Assembly Members Rubio and Revis. The bill would require the state to create professional development resources for evidence-based literacy instruction, update English language arts and English language development instructional materials, and revise administrator preparation standards to include literacy training. The authors and a broad coalition of supporters, including CTA, EdVoice, Families in Schools, Decoding Dyslexia, school administrators, and parent advocates, described the measure as a compromise aimed at improving reading outcomes and addressing California’s literacy crisis. There was no opposition testimony at the hearing, and members voiced strong support for the bill and its collaborative approach.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
SPEED Task Force (STF) - Thu Sept 11, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- need to pay their plan review fee. need to pay their plan review fee.
- breakdown of the various meter fees. breakdown of the various meter fees.
- fee at application. fee at application.
- a $50 minimum fee or 20% of your estimated permit fee, and that's non-refundable.
- collect final um permit fees. collect final um permit fees.
Summary:
The task force held its first meeting, beginning with roll call and introductions of members and participants in the room and on Zoom. The chair emphasized Sunshine Law transparency, noted the meeting was on September 11, and opened public testimony on the orientation report. No one testified in person or on Zoom, and the chair observed a moment of silence in remembrance of 9/11 before moving into the agenda.
The chair then reported on several orientation presentations given statewide between July 18 and September 5, including meetings with transit-oriented development, the Maui Chamber of Commerce, the Kona-Kohala Chamber, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce on Hawaiʻi Island, the Hawaiʻi Island Chamber of Commerce, the Hawaiʻi Island Native Hawaiian Chamber, and the Capo Chamber of Commerce. The main presentation item was a detailed overview from Kauaʻi County on its permitting process. County staff explained that zoning and building permits are handled separately on the outer islands, with zoning focused on form, character, and compatibility, and building permits focused on health and safety. They described a two-tier zoning system: ministerial permits that are automatically approved if not acted on within 30 days, and discretionary permits that go to the planning commission and can become lengthy contested cases if there is intervention. They also discussed special management area review in coastal areas, which can add time, and explained that building permits must conform to what was approved in zoning.
Kauaʻi County staff also outlined the building permit process, including online and in-person submission, coordination with planning, engineering, water, wastewater, health, and fire agencies, and the county’s fully electronic review system using ProjectDox and related software. They noted that applicants are encouraged to check zoning, water, wastewater, and floodplain issues before hiring someone to prepare plans, especially for homeowners. The county shared permit and utility statistics and said the public can check permit history through Click2Gov. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided; after the Kauaʻi presentation, the chair opened a question period for members.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, there is that 2% to 3% fee that the merchants do pay. Yeah, the swipe fee, and Mr.
- Geren will pay that swipe fee.
- fee.
- Oh, your swipe fee will stay the same.
- Geren's question about the fees, they call it swipe fees or merchant fees.
Bills:
HB246, HB796, HB 1056, HB1544, HB1846, HB2001, HB2618, HB2625, HB2869, HB2898, HB3069, HB3114, HB3157, HB3228, HJR98, HB246
Keywords:
federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:48:25.520>
for the out ofstate uh application fee for the out ofstate uh application fee - fee [clears throat] controversial fee [clears throat] part<00:52:43.760>
is <00:52:44.000> - be improved by a higher fee. be improved by a higher fee.
- Senator Marty: Madam Chair, again, if they want the fee or don't want the fee, that's fine.
- Senator Marty: Madam Chair, again, if they want the fee or don't want the fee, that's fine.