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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • They don't pay their rental fee. And then the owner of the storage facility has to deal with it.
  • If somebody, if there's an application fee, is there a breakdown in that fee?
  • If somebody, if there's an application fee, is there a breakdown in that fee?
  • So, in many times, there's just a set fee. I haven't personally seen it where it's broken down.
  • Thank you, Senator Osgood. application fees when searching for housing. This is the amendment, Mr.
Summary: The Judiciary Committee considered a long agenda of claims bills, housing and business measures, and court-administration legislation. It reported favorably several claims bills, including SB 20 for J.N., a minor, SB 14 for the estate of Pennial Janvier, SB 10 for Sidney Holmes, SB 8 for Marcus Button, SB 22 for Eric and Jennifer Miles, and SB 26 for Kristen and Leah McIntosh. Members also approved SB 520 on curators of estates, SB 386 on self-storage lien-sale notices, SB 362 on reusable tenant screening reports, SB 316 creating series LLCs in Florida, and SB 1650 and SB 1652 on vexatious litigants and related public-records issues. SB 248, expanding eligibility for private school and homeschool students to participate in FHSAA sports at public schools, also passed after amendment. Most of the claims bills were described as settled cases with amounts above sovereign-immunity limits, and several senators spoke in support of compensating victims of catastrophic injury or wrongful conviction. SB 10 drew comments about the 34 years Sidney Holmes spent incarcerated after a wrongful conviction, and SB 8 prompted discussion about the long delay in resolving Marcus Button’s injuries from a 2006 school-bus crash. SB 26 was presented as an uncontested claim arising from a DACS employee’s fatal crash that severely injured two teenage girls, and the committee adopted an amendment placing funds for the minor claimant into trust. The policy bills drew more substantive debate. SB 386 would let self-storage operators use websites instead of newspaper ads for lien-sale notices, with newspaper representatives opposing the change and storage-industry witnesses supporting modernization and lower costs. SB 362 would let renters reuse tenant screening reports for 30 days, with the sponsor saying it would reduce repeated application fees. SB 316 would authorize series LLCs while adding record-keeping protections, and SB 1650/1652 would broaden Florida’s vexatious-litigant rules and create a public-records exemption for certain stricken filings. SB 248 passed over concerns from private-school and public-education witnesses about instructional time, funding, and fairness in athletic participation. All measures were reported favorably, with recorded votes ranging from 7-2 on SB 248 to unanimous or near-unanimous support on the other bills.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Grain indemnity account modification 3/23/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I will say that that uh it went to help cushion the increases for grain inspection fees of elevators
  • being collected to replenish this fee being collected to replenish this fund,<00:03:56.159> it
  • the increases for grain inspection fees the increases for grain inspection fees of<00:04:17.040>
  • <00:15:06.720> So<00:15:06.880> with uh the fee assessed on farmers.
  • So with uh the fee assessed on farmers.
Keywords: 1183, house
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • This proposal narrows the focus of the fee authority to the transport refrigeration unit and commercial
  • This proposal narrows the focus of the fee authority to the transport refrigeration unit and commercial
  • This proposal narrows the focus of the fee authority to the transport refrigeration unit and commercial
  • This proposal narrows the focus of the fee authority to the transport refrigeration unit and commercial
  • and the undercollection in fees that were assumed as part of SB 158.
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing focused on the governor’s May Revision, especially the proposed extension of the cap-and-trade program to 2045 as “cap-and-invest,” the related greenhouse gas reduction fund (GGRF) spending framework, and several trailer bill proposals. Department of Finance staff outlined budget solutions including a $1.5 billion annual General Fund-to-GGRF shift for Cal Fire that would grow to $1.9 billion by 2029-30, continued support for high-speed rail, climate bond implementation, and various environmental and water-related statutory changes. The administration also described proposals affecting the Delta Conveyance Project, water quality planning, groundwater bulletin timing, Exide cleanup funding, and other agency-specific items, though the chair repeatedly asked staff to keep the presentation high-level and save details for the next hearing. Members from both parties raised strong concerns about the cap-and-invest proposal, arguing that it could reduce or displace funding for transit, affordable housing, active transportation, wildfire prevention, zero-emission vehicles, and other previously committed programs. Several members questioned whether the administration was effectively shifting essential ongoing services like Cal Fire onto a temporary carbon market fund, how the General Fund backstop would work if auction revenues fall short, and whether the proposal would leave enough money for continuous appropriations and future awards. Members also criticized the inclusion of cap-and-invest reauthorization in the budget process and asked for clearer information on the impact to high-speed rail, transit, and other GGRF priorities. The Delta Conveyance Project and related trailer bill language drew significant opposition from members and public commenters, who argued the proposal would fast-track the project, weaken CEQA-related review, and authorize revenue bond financing without sufficient legislative oversight. Public testimony also included support for maintaining or expanding funding for transit, affordable housing, AB 617 community air protection, offshore wind infrastructure, and ignition interlock programs, while environmental and community groups opposed cuts to wildfire prevention, housing, and school climate-related programs. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational, and the chair said the committee would continue the discussion and receive more detailed responses at the follow-up hearing on Tuesday.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Judiciary Mar 19th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE FORGET THAT IS THERE AND THEY DON'T PAY THEIR RENTAL FEE AND THEN TO THE OWNER OF
  • SOME PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOCALLY THERE IS A FEE FOR THE STUDENTS TO PURCHASE PLAY IN THE SPORT.
  • EACH TIME FEES EACH TIME THEY APPLY FOR HOUSING.
  • IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FEE SUCH AS THIS IS FOR SCREENING, THIS IS THE PROCESS YOUR PAPERWORK?
  • MANY TIMES THERE'S JUST A SET FEE. I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY SEEN IT BROKEN DOWN.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human ServicesAudio only. May 8th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It includes a study about facility fees to be conducted by the all-payer claims database.
  • It eliminates the ban on facility fees for all preventive services and provides an exception to the ban
  • It expands the definition of facility fee as proposed by THA to capture insurance-owned facilities and
  • A 90-day notice before the facility fee, or a change in facility fees, per health plan, is added.
  • Uh, added in a 90 day notice before the facility, uh, or provide change for facility fees per health
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met with a quorum and considered several pending bills. The main discussion was on Senate Bill 1232, where the committee adopted a substitute that removed national provider identifier requirements, added an all-payer claims database study on facility fees, narrowed the facility-fee ban, created a telehealth exception when the patient is physically located in the facility, expanded the definition of facility fee, and added a 90-day notice requirement. The author noted the Texas Hospital Association had effectively neutralized the bill, though some nonprofits still opposed it. The substitute was adopted and then reported favorably by a 6-1 vote. The committee then took up multiple House bills, including HB 37, HB 388, HB 879, HB 913, HB 1115, HB 2809, and HB 116, each of which was moved out favorably and recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. HB 37, HB 388, HB 913, HB 2809, and HB 116 were reported with unanimous or near-unanimous support, and HB 879 and HB 1115 were also advanced without recorded opposition. Senate Bill 1782 was also reported favorably on a 7-0 vote, with a brief remark that it involved a criminal offense and would be sent to the floor. The committee also adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 2919 and then reported the substituted bill favorably by a 6-1 vote. After completing the agenda, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Housing Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am

Joint Committee on Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • these ownership changes, we've heard from residents facing steep rent increases, new and confusing fees
  • So, transparency means getting your hands on reports on surprise assessments, increases in condo fees
  • And I have, I'm here to bring some issues a little bit clearer about the monies and fees and special
  • And as I'm looking at it, I'm already being charged maintenance fees. So this is an addition.
  • So you're paying an excise tax fee? Oh, I am, yes.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing held a hearing on a wide range of housing bills focused on manufactured housing, condominiums, public housing, tiny homes, and protections for elderly and disabled residents. Chairs Haggerty and Cyr opened by emphasizing the importance of these housing types and the need to hear from many speakers. Testimony on manufactured housing was especially extensive and sharply divided. Supporters of bills such as H. 1475, S. 990, and H. 1513 argued that out-of-state corporate owners are buying communities, raising rents and fees, reducing services, and exploiting legal gray areas. Residents and lawmakers from affected communities like Taunton, Middleborough, Attleboro, and Oak Point described steep rent disparities, fear of displacement, and the need for stronger protections, while Representative Hawkins urged an omnibus approach and said the bill would create a local board to ensure compliance with existing law. Opponents, including the Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Association and Hometown America’s counsel, argued that current law already provides protections, that the bills would create uncertainty or unfairly restrict owners, and that H. 1475 was intended to clarify the post-Blake legal landscape. The committee also heard testimony on condominium reform through S. 980, with owners describing lack of transparency, surprise assessments, and limited accountability, and urging updates to Chapter 183A and more owner rights. Public housing bills also drew support from housing authority advocates. MassNAHRO backed S. 955, H. 1517, H. 1512, H. 1550, and H. 1551, saying housing authorities need more flexibility to preserve and expand affordable housing. Witnesses supported tax relief for replacement public housing units and streamlined procurement rules, arguing these changes would help projects move faster and make better use of capital funds. Committee members asked questions about PILOT agreements, tax treatment of new developments, and whether state and federal public housing would be treated similarly. The committee also heard from Senator Lovely and advocates for S. 1007/H. 1525, which would prevent and respond to bullying of elderly and disabled residents in housing. Supporters described the bills as a long-needed response to harassment in senior and public housing, calling for building-level plans, staff training, and AG oversight; Jerry Halberstadt said the measure should be strengthened with enforcement and tenant advocacy support. Pamela and other witnesses described severe personal impacts from bullying and management retaliation. Another major topic was S. 1474/H. 1474 on movable tiny houses as permanent dwellings and accessory dwelling units. Supporters, including Representative DeCoste, Vera Struck, Kaylee DeCrease, and Abundant Housing Massachusetts, said tiny homes are a safe, affordable, sustainable option for seniors, workers, and others facing the housing shortage, and urged the committee to legalize them and align state rules with emerging standards. They also discussed tax classification and the need for a clear building code and DMV category. Finally, H. 1476 on pet-friendly elderly housing drew support from animal welfare groups, who said the bill would restore and modernize a prior pet program, expand access across state-aided housing, limit pet deposits, and reduce pet surrender caused by housing barriers. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and questions on the bills.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-04-22 - 1:00PM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If the Department determines that a fee If the Department determines that a fee is<00:25:56.720>
  • program, it must first propose that fee program, it must first propose that fee to<00:26:00.720>
  • At that point, this body can consider whether to enact this fee.
  • propose the fee to the General Assembly. propose the fee to the General Assembly.
  • The Committee whether to enact this fee.
Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The House opened with a devotional in honor of Earth Day, then referred three Senate bills to money committees under House Rule 35A: S. 173 to Appropriations, and S. 232 and S. 327 to Ways and Means. The chamber also adopted JRS 50, a joint resolution setting weekend adjournment so the House and Senate would reconvene no later than April 28, 2026. Several members then made announcements recognizing guests and interns in the gallery, including a homeschooling eighth grader, UVM interns, a constituent shadowing a member, family members, and a Civil Air Patrol delegation. The House next took up S. 89, expanding survivor benefits, and passed it in concurrence with proposal of amendment. It then considered S. 157 on recovery residence certification. The Human Services Committee described the bill as making permanent a temporary framework for certified recovery residences, placing oversight with the Department of Health, requiring standards, data collection, and annual reporting, and preserving resident protections such as written agreements, notice, grievance procedures, and alternative housing arrangements. The committee also said the bill would modernize definitions and repeal the sunset on the current framework. Human Services voted 9-0-2 to recommend the strike-all amendment, and Ways and Means reported the bill favorable 11-0-0, noting no fiscal impact unless a future fee is proposed and enacted. The House adopted the amendment, ordered third reading, and moved the bill forward. The final major item was S. 239, creating a child abuse and neglect reporting working group. The Human Services Committee said Vermont’s mandated reporting system has not been substantially reviewed in over a decade and that the bill would convene experts to review the law and recommend updates. Committee testimony emphasized that Vermont has a very high reporting rate but relatively low rates of substantiation and referral to supportive services, and members said the working group should examine reporting before, during, and after a report, including alternatives when in a child’s best interests. The committee’s strike-all amendment added findings, narrowed and prioritized the working group membership to people with direct child-serving or mandated-reporting experience, set deadlines for an interim report by April 1, 2027 and final recommendations by October 1, 2027, and required the first meeting by August 15. The committee also heard from a wide range of child welfare, education, law enforcement, and advocacy witnesses.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (02/10/2026)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • a month fee. a month fee.
  • , but I it's it's a pretty membership fee, but I it's it's a pretty low<02:37:45.280> fee<02:37
  • <02:37:46.720> I'm low fee that goes back to them. I'm low fee that goes back to them.
  • multiplier based on the membership fee multiplier based on the membership fee if<02:40:40.640>
  • We never got any information at all. collect an initiation fee at closing and collect an initiation fee
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 04/13/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • , significant attorneys' fees that they've had to incur.
  • , significant attorneys' fees that they've had to incur.
  • , reasonable attorney fees, reasonable attorney fees, uh<01:27:10.360> can<01:27:10.600>
  • which or a price fee which or a price penalty?
  • reasonable attorney fees. reasonable attorney fees.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Session Feb 19th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • into a specific radius of the airspace of the airport assessing the fee.
  • When the operation for a fee would be assessed in a landing, including but not limited to, a touch and
  • they might be for, you know, whatever it is, that those fees are...
  • There were concerns about permitting some of these fees in excessive ways.
  • And it was also brought up about the franchise fee. Where is it in the bill?
Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and a series of introductions recognizing guests, visiting groups, and special honorees in the galleries. The chamber then took up committee and executive appointment business, adopting a report confirming 42 gubernatorial appointments by a vote of 36-0. The Senate next considered a long special-order calendar of bills, most of them passing with little or no opposition. Measures included public-records sunset reviews and trade secret/cybersecurity exemptions; a child-abuse reporting statute of limitations bill; commercial driving school oversight; human trafficking training for nurses; a new injunction for protection against serious violence and its related public-records exemption; nature-based coastal resiliency and mangrove protection; a chiropractic trust-funds cap repeal; specialty license plates; a waiver of late financial disclosure fines; public school personnel compensation; the Florida Farm Bill with multiple agriculture, biosolids, and enforcement provisions; homestead exemption clarification for long-term leases; disability presumption clarifications for first responders; reinsurance intermediary manager conformity; patriotic displays in public schools; ADS-B aviation fee restrictions; autism-related law enforcement training and the Blue Envelope program; campus safety reporting procedures for public postsecondary institutions; and veterinary prescription disclosure. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including local vessel restrictions, temporary critical-need practice certificates, and domestic animals. The floor debate featured the most discussion on the farm bill, the HCSM/nonprofit religious organizations bill, the autism law-enforcement bill, and the school athletics bill. The HCSM bill drew extended debate over whether licensed insurance agents should be allowed to market faith-based health care sharing ministries, with supporters emphasizing consumer choice, free speech, and religious liberty, and opponents warning about unregulated products and commissions; it passed 32-5. The athletics bill, prompted by the Teddy Bridgewater/Miami Northwestern situation, would let coaches provide good-faith support to student-athletes while requiring reporting and FHSAA oversight; it passed 38-0. Most other measures passed overwhelmingly, including the autism bill 38-0, the campus safety bill 37-0, the public school patriotic displays bill 36-2, and the farm bill 38-0 after amendments addressing Everglades lands and biosolids timing were adopted.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-06-02 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Miami-Dade, there's a lake belt management fee; there's mobile home licensing fees.
  • There is a history of local discretionary sales surtax levies... ...fees.
  • We are going to fee the citizens of Florida to death.
  • They don't have the ability to have fees.
  • Municipalities can choose to charge a fee, whatever they want.
Summary: The House met in special session, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and adopted the special order report setting the day’s calendar. The chamber then took up CS/House Joint Resolution 1F, the Governor’s property tax proposal, which would raise the homestead exemption for non-school taxes, lower the annual assessment cap on non-homestead property from 10% to 5%, and restrict county and municipal ad valorem revenue to public safety and certain other uses. Sponsor Rep. Overdorf said the measure would return money to homeowners and give local governments flexibility, while opponents repeatedly argued the ballot language was misleading and that the proposal could create large local revenue shortfalls, shift costs to other taxpayers, and threaten local services and debt obligations. Members debated a series of amendments aimed at protecting specific programs from the bill’s effects. Rep. Bartleman’s amendment to exempt Children’s Services Councils and Children’s Trusts was defeated 25-74 after supporters said those entities fund child care, mental health, aftercare, and family support, while opponents said local governments could still choose to fund them. Rep. Cross’s amendment to include water management districts in allowable uses of ad valorem taxes was also defeated, despite testimony that the districts are essential for flood control, water supply, Everglades restoration, and drought response. Rep. Eskamani’s amendment to require the Legislature to backfill public safety funding failed 25-71 after debate over whether the proposal could reduce police and fire budgets and response times. The House then rejected Rep. Woodson’s amendment to require state backfill for senior services, with supporters citing Meals on Wheels, transportation, adult day care, and other aging services, and opponents saying the state already funds senior programs. Finally, Rep. Gant’s amendment to protect veteran services was introduced and debated, with members emphasizing housing, mental health, transition assistance, and homelessness concerns for veterans; the transcript cuts off before the vote on that amendment. Throughout the debate, sponsors and supporters of the main resolution maintained that local governments would retain spending discretion and could use other revenue sources, while critics argued the measure lacked clear backfill provisions and could force cuts or tax shifts at the local level.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Session (02/13/2025)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department to set the fee level.
  • would parallel the existing freshwater habitat fee.
  • , which would parallel the existing freshwater habitat fee.
  • It's a fee, you know, it's a fee. Oh no, we've got to have a roll call on that. You know, I get it.
  • And I'm going to stand up and be a Democrat for a fee.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • , fee structure, and implement fee increases needed to support ongoing operations.
  • This backfill would allow fee discussions to focus solely on what fee levels are required to support
  • But it also, we support ourselves off state appropriation and student fees.
  • But it also, we support ourselves off state appropriation and student fees.
  • But it also, we support ourselves off state appropriation and student fees.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • we we don't have a lot of the extra fees we we don't have a lot of the extra fees that<00:20:56.760
  • And particularly now that we also included in this legislation fees and taxes.
  • And particularly now that we also included in this legislation fees and taxes.
  • for this kind of development and hopefully manage to bring these costs of these fees down.
  • bring these costs of these fees down. bring these costs of these fees down.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
UT

Utah 2025 Regular Session

Government Operations Interim Committee - November 19, 2025

Government Operations Interim Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Don't see any further discussion amongst the committee on the motion to waive the fee.
  • So the first one is just simply on the fee. Okay. Yeah, we can. Mike here. Mike is on.
  • Right, so the motion regarding striking language around the fee.
  • So lines 19 and 20, and then lines 325 to 326, which are with regard to the fee.
  • Potentially the fee. Any discussion to that motion? I don't see any more discussion.
Keywords: 985, all
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALC-PEER Mar 17th, 2026

ALC-PEER

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's supported by utility fees. And B8 is the last letter.
  • It's supported by license and application fees.
  • It's supported by license and application fees.
  • This is just going to cover us for any unexpected fees.
  • fee or an ICF provider fee, but then not transfer it out to be matched.
Summary: The committee considered a series of appropriation, transfer, and review items, approving most requests in Sections B through J. These included temporary appropriations for state technology upgrades, personnel management, court reporters and interpreters, crime victim claims, juvenile sex offender assessments, radiation lab testing, higher education workforce grants, an ARPA grant for the UAFS LPN program, an IIJA grant for geological/critical minerals work, a restricted reserve transfer for 102 State Police vehicles, a transfer to the Arkansas Heroes Program, several cash fund requests for the Real Estate Commission HVAC and AV needs, and overtime appropriations for Emergency Management and Military. One budget classification transfer request from the Commissioner of State Lands for $250,000 to cover operating expenses tied to a new building was discussed at length but failed on the vote after questions about the lease and operating costs. A major portion of the meeting focused on a $25.7 million pay plan appropriation request for 15 agencies. Members questioned why the Department of Human Services had not requested additional pay-plan dollars for human development centers, where DHS acknowledged staffing shortages, high turnover, and heavy overtime but said the issue was not lack of pay-plan funding. DHS was asked to provide a written plan to address staffing problems. The Department of Corrections testified that the pay plan had improved retention and hiring, and committee members asked for follow-up data on vacancies and staffing outcomes. Members also clarified that the pay-plan request was appropriation only, not new funding, and approved it. The committee then reviewed fund reports, including the restricted reserve, Budget Stabilization Trust Fund, Tobacco Settlement, State Central Services, Education Adequacy, Medicaid Trust Fund, IIJA, and Revenue Services transfer reports. DHS and DFA were questioned closely about the Medicaid Trust Fund, with members noting a $90 million February draw and asking about projected year-end balances; DFA and DHS said February was a high-expense, low-revenue month and projected the fund would remain solvent through the fiscal year, ending between $150 million and $200 million, while a second $100 million set-aside is planned for FY27. The committee also discussed a state hospital damage report, where DHS explained that insurance proceeds would not fully cover the repair costs because of depreciation and the age of the buildings; members expressed concern that the state would recover far less than originally expected, and DHS said any additional insurance recovery would be limited and returned to restricted reserve.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 17th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are going to need to work with Senator Collins related to the prohibition of charging landing fees
  • We are going to need to work with Senator Collins related to the prohibition of charging landing fees
  • Senators on tab 6, there is a fee bill attached to the one we just passed. That is CS for SB 602.
  • So, you know, the fees could range from, you know, $50 to $100. ...statute.
  • It says that the fees have to be deposited into the Economic Development Trust Fund.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum present and took up a long agenda of House and Senate bills, many of them conforming or “orphan” measures that were amended with delete-all or strike-all amendments to place them in conference posture. Among those reported favorably were HB 5015 on the State Group Insurance Program, HB 5009 creating the Florida Accountability Office, HB 5013 on state-funded property reinsurance, HB 5201 on state financial accounting, HB 5203 on the Capitol Center, and HB 5501 on documentary stamp tax distributions. The committee also approved SB 1292 on public records exemptions for certain email addresses, SB 1290 on highway safety and motor vehicle agency changes, SB 26 on an uncontested claims settlement, SB 176 and SJR 174 on homestead property assessment for flood-mitigation improvements, and SB 1122 on Florida Virtual School procedures. Several substantive bills drew discussion. SB 924, covering fertility preservation services for cancer patients under the state health plan, received supportive comments from members and was reported favorably. SB 1160 expanded health insurance premium coverage for law enforcement officers and their families when catastrophic injury or death occurs in the line of duty or during official training, and it also passed. HB 1662, the Department of Transportation package, established or revised programs involving the Florida Transportation Academy, transportation research, rural transit, airport and seaport accountability, advanced air mobility, landscaping, and HOV lane changes; it was amended after testimony from the Florida Airports Council about landing-fee language and questions from members about AAM and HOV lane implementation, then reported favorably. The committee also heard and approved SB 600, which codifies a statewide manufacturing office and creates a Florida manufacturing promotional campaign and grant framework, and SB 602, the fee bill tied to that campaign. That pair prompted the most extensive debate, with members asking about grant structure, eligibility, oversight, and whether the program could become a “slush fund”; the sponsor and Florida Makes said the program is aimed at small manufacturers, would be subject to rulemaking, and is intended to support training and modernization. SB 602 passed on a mostly party-line vote with Senator Pizzo voting no. At the end of the meeting, members recorded additional votes on selected bills, and the committee adjourned without further business.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House energy panel considers bill to boost green ammonia industry 3/27/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Davis responded that, while that is true, the intent is also to ensure that when one fee is assessed
  • are assessed and then rebated or credited back against those fees.
  • retire certificates, that incurs fees that<00:13:14.360> we<00:13:14.480> assess<00:13
  • So, as they incur<00:13:19.200> fees<00:13:20.160> then<00:13:20.600> and<00:13:
  • assess one fee on the entire<00:15:30.040> region.
Keywords: 1183, house
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 112 May 5th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The fees that we payment fees, right?
  • So, if you look at it, a $100 bill, $4 in tax, a $4 vendor fee or a $4 fee for swipe fees, roughly.
  • So, if you look at it, a $100 bill, $4 in tax, a $4 vendor fee or a $4 fee for swipe fees, roughly.
  • So, if you look at it, a $100 bill, $4 in tax, a $4 vendor fee or a $4 fee for swipe fees, roughly.
  • So, if you look at it, a $100 bill, $4 in tax, a $4 vendor fee or a $4 fee for swipe fees, roughly.
Keywords: 981, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Higher Education - 03/26/26

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • , with tuition and fees being capped at the maximum in state law.
  • <00:36:59.920> being<00:37:00.160> capped fees with tuition and fees being capped fees
  • uh tuition and fee public institution uh tuition and fee rate.<00:46:26.720> So<00:46:26.880>
  • that dollar um that that tuition and fee that dollar um that that tuition and fee dollar<00:46:40.960
  • <01:14:53.199> um proposal to adjust tuition and fees um proposal to adjust tuition and fees
Keywords: 1187, senate, all