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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- our local communities and directly contributes to city, county, and state general funds from prize fee
- You're the only judge that we've ever gotten attorney's fees awarded for when they violate a possession
- Instead of this heavy, unenforceable burden, the state can allow police reports to replace the contempt
- And so what happens in the majority of cases is the court doesn't award the attorney's fees.
- The bill says, The bill says, third strike, the court has to award attorney's fees.
Keywords:
local government spending cap, expenditure limit, political subdivision, property tax, ad valorem tax, budget cap, taxpayer protection, spending restraint, inflation adjustment, population growth, voter approval, supermajority vote, county budget, municipal budget, school district finance, junior college district, hospital district, special district, attorney general enforcement, local fiscal limits
Summary:
The Senate Committee on State Affairs heard several House bills and took no final votes, leaving each bill pending after testimony. HB 272 would align venue and evidentiary rules for fraudulent use or possession of credit/debit card information with existing credit card abuse law; the sponsor said it would improve prosecutions, and the Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center supported it. HB 1661 would increase penalties for certain election-related offenses, including failure to distribute election supplies and early release of election results; no substantive opposition was heard. HB 551 would protect the residential addresses of people who receive campaign expenditures on public Texas Ethics Commission reports, similar to donor privacy protections, and a witness from Texas Eagle Forum later indicated support for the privacy change.
The committee also heard HB 2820, which would raise the amount charitable bingo organizations may keep in operating capital from $50,000 to $100,000. The sponsor and a Texans for Charitable Bingo representative said inflation and operating costs have made the current cap too low and that the bill would help charities maintain stable operations without expanding gaming. HB 3181 would impose stronger consequences for repeated denial of court-ordered child possession and access, including limiting probation and requiring attorney’s fees after multiple contempt findings; a family court judge and a parent testified in support, while another witness argued the bill should be paired with stronger criminal enforcement and that parents already face high costs. HB 4157 would update Texas law for commercial spaceflight by recognizing liability waivers and preserving workers’ compensation rights; no one testified against it.
The committee also heard HB 4145, which would let health care providers satisfy a timely billing requirement by sending bills to a patient’s legal representative in a personal injury case, closing what supporters described as a loophole in letter-of-protection situations. Finally, HB 46, relating to the Texas Compassionate Use Program, drew the most extensive discussion: supporters said it should expand access for legitimate medical cannabis patients and add more delivery methods and conditions, while opponents warned against broader marijuana expansion and questioned adding chronic pain and other conditions. The sponsor said he still supports the program and wants a balanced, regulated expansion, but noted the bill is still being worked on. All bills were left pending at the close of the hearing.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Housing Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Housing
Transcript Highlights:
- that landlords are not able to, like application fees, background check fees, and credit check fees.
- fees.
- fees.
- , holding fees, payment portal fees, and internet and cable fees—fees that were likely undisclosed at
- It eliminates the following fees: holder fees, lease renewal fees, amenity fees, renter's liability insurance
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Housing held a hybrid hearing on a broad slate of landlord-tenant and home rule bills, with most testimony focused on rent stabilization, tenant opportunity to purchase (TOPA), tenant fees, access to counsel, algorithmic rent fixing, and tenant protections in subsidized housing. Chairs Cyr and Haggerty outlined the hearing procedures and noted that written testimony could also be submitted. Several members and invited speakers emphasized that the committee was hearing from both local officials and residents affected by housing instability, especially in Somerville and other communities facing high rents and displacement.
Supporters of rent stabilization and local-option rent control argued that Massachusetts needs tools to prevent displacement while new housing is built. Senator Eldridge, Senator Jalen, Somerville officials, tenant organizers, and residents described steep rent increases, no-fault evictions, and the loss of naturally occurring affordable housing. Somerville’s home rule petition was described as allowing annual increases tied to CPI plus 2%, capped at 5%, with exemptions for owner-occupied two- and three-family homes and a 15-year exemption for new construction. TOPA supporters said it would let tenants or their designees buy buildings before speculative buyers, preserving affordable housing stock; opponents, including small landlords and property managers, argued rent control would reduce supply, discourage investment, and that TOPA could delay sales and harm properties.
The committee also heard testimony on bills to curb junk fees and regulate tenant charges, including limits on late fees, lease renewal fees, payment portal fees, attorney’s fees, and other add-on charges. Advocates said these fees can add hundreds of dollars a month and disproportionately harm low-income renters and renters of color. Another major topic was algorithmic rent fixing: Senator Moore and Representative Sabadoza said landlords should not use software such as RealPage to coordinate pricing, citing federal antitrust actions and arguing that competition is essential to lowering rents. Additional testimony supported a statewide right to counsel in eviction cases, with legal services providers saying representation dramatically improves outcomes and can save the state money, and a bill to create an office of tenant protections to better enforce sanitary code violations. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- pharmaceutical benefits, amending the Pharmacy Benefits Manager Regulation Act to restrict the types of fees
- supporting faculty, increasing the amount of an award in an amount not to exceed 100% of tuition and fees
- responsibilities, creating new requirements for insurance policies offered under the Fair Plan Act, prescribing fees
- Article 12 of the Constitution of New Mexico by repealing Section 6 and adding a new Section 6 to replace
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Government Contract Review Committee (7-8-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- So that they get their monthly administrative fee. >> Is that monthly administrative fee based on the
- We're billed per service. flat fee of uh $459. Uh and so there's a flat fee of uh $459.
- <00:06:23.600>
schedule approximately 23 uh point fee schedule approximately 23 uh point fee - Dentists do not have fee schedule.
- health fee schedule.
Summary:
The committee first approved the June 9 minutes, then reviewed a deferred personnel contract involving workers’ compensation claims administration. Staff explained that the roughly $50 million figure included about $48 million for claims payments and up to $1.45 million per year for administrative services, with billing based on a fee schedule for specific services rendered. Senator Meredith raised concerns about the vendor’s history, the scoring and bid process, and prior allegations involving the company; the administration responded that the procurement had been conducted under 45A through open competition, with outside scorers and no finding of wrongdoing tied to this contract. Meredith moved to disapprove Contract 167, Hart seconded, and the committee voted 5-2 to disapprove it.
The committee then deferred a Western Kentucky University personal services contract because the vendors were still not registered with the Secretary of State’s office. Hart moved to defer the contract until the August 2026 meeting, Meredith seconded, and the motion carried. The committee also approved the agenda covering the various contract lists and deferred items.
Next, the committee heard from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on several personal services contracts for medical staffing and related services. Secretary Steven Stack and staff explained that staffing shortages often require outside vendors, that the contracts were competitively bid under 45A, and that the cabinet uses a streamlined vendor pool for specialized needs such as actuaries, auditors, and technical consultants. The committee approved Contracts 52 through 55 without objection. Discussion then began on Contract 61, with Meredith expressing concern that the committee lacked enough detail to judge whether the services could be performed in-house or whether the exchange of resources was appropriate; Stack said the contract was intended to provide efficient access to specialized outside expertise. The transcript cuts off before a final vote on Contract 61 is shown.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- local spending, we spend over $10 billion a year from general taxpayer funds, not gas taxes or vehicle fees
- , to build and maintain our roads, on top of another $10 billion or so that comes from user fees.
- lanes of our existing highways as long as they construct at least one non-toll frontage road as a replacement
Keywords:
high-speed rail, Texas Department of Transportation, TxDOT, public-private partnership, comprehensive development agreement, CDA, Interstate 35, I-35 corridor, Dallas, Waco, Austin, San Antonio, intercity passenger rail, rail infrastructure, private entity, transportation infrastructure, rail corridor, passenger rail, infrastructure finance, vehicle registration
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Contract Review Legislative Oversight Committee Mar 6th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The College Board will also offer fee reductions for eligible students, and this is tied to the budget
- were provided in order to not only have Advanced Placement courses but also to help pay for the exam fees
- This contract that we have in front of you today will allow us to procure an architect for a roof replacement
AL
Transcript Highlights:
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- Replace lines 91 through 96 on page 4 with the following.
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can <02:37:12.000>have <02:37:12.080>an - Replace lines 27 through 28 on page one with the following.
- Replace line 63 on page three with the following. Mr.
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and roll call, establishing a quorum and adopting routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports to be received throughout the day. The chamber also welcomed several guests, including members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and other visitors in the gallery.
The Senate received multiple House messages, referring several House bills on taxation, local legislation, and the entertainment industry to committee, and concurred in House amendments to Senate Bill 259 on counties and Senate Bill 228 on the Alabama Space Authority. Committee reports then advanced a number of bills, including favorable reports from Judiciary, County and Municipal Government, and Local Legislation committees, with several bills receiving substitutes or minor dissent. The Senate also re-referred Senate Bill 333 to Local Legislation, Mobile County, and Senate Bill 292 to County and Municipal Government.
Members adopted several commemorative resolutions, including Senate Joint Resolutions honoring Lt. Col. Jonathan David Schultz, Honda’s 25 years of operation in Alabama, Mrs. Kelly Fischer as Alabama High School Principal of the Year, and Peggy Sers Benson on her retirement from the Alabama Board of Nursing. The Senate also adopted a Rules Committee report setting a special order calendar that included bills on ground ambulance services, counties and municipalities, solid waste collection fees, public schools, and public assistance.
On the floor, the Senate passed local bills including Senate Bill 324 on Tallapoosa County, House Bill 485 on Clark County, House Bill 479 on Cusa County, House Bill 410 on Limestone County, and House Bill 412 on Limestone County. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 254 on parole, adopting an amendment offered at the request of district attorneys to clarify the Pardons and Paroles Board’s discretion, and passed the bill 26-2. The Senate also debated Senate Bill 269 on ground ambulance services, with the sponsor describing it as a pilot bill addressing reimbursement, surprise billing, reporting requirements, and “treat in place” options; Senator Stutts raised concerns that it would shift costs to a smaller group of payers and increase premiums, while the sponsor argued it could reduce unnecessary transports and save money. The transcript ends during that discussion, with no final vote on SB 269 shown.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Jul 16th, 2025
Communications and Conveyance
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's reflected on rider receipts as the booking fee.
- An internet lifeline program to replace the federal.
- There are six of them supported by an access line fee.
- When the access line fee was put into place in April of 2020.
- That very same month, my Comcast bill, an internet bill, showed up with an access line fee.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The commissioner may also establish a fee schedule.
- The commissioner may also establish a fee schedule.
- well I can give you examples of the fee well I can give you examples of fees<01:33:08.840>
uh - The Internal Revenue Service's fee structure begins at a couple hundred dollars and includes fee amounts
- unlikely that a specific or capped fee unlikely that a specific or capped fee amount<01:56:10.159
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/20/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- fees, and cutting back on maintenance. fees, and cutting back on maintenance.
- should not be responsible for late fees should not be responsible for late fees related<00:48:30.720
- The provision on 32 limiting a late fee for delinquent rent not to exceed 8%—we don't have a concern
- The provision on 32 limiting a late fee for delinquent rent not to exceed 8%—we don't have a concern
- The provision on 32 limiting a late fee for delinquent rent not to exceed 8%—we don't have a concern
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation May 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, the May Revision proposes statutory changes to authorize a fee
- implement the animal care program and comply with Proposition 12 due to challenges with collecting fees
- Again, there's some proposals here where you could think about doing that, raising fees, for example,
- , like, parking, but I have never seen exorbitant fees at East Bay Parks.
- Most of our proposals are going to be on field office replacements.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (01/28/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:22:21.840>
and increasing certain mooring fees and increasing certain mooring fees and - The original bill adds a $25 per mooring fee registration for, um, private moorings.
- Second wishes to speak. $25 fee addition which um while the um $25 fee addition which um while the um
- It imposes a mandatory $100 a year fee It imposes a mandatory $100 a year fee on<00:43:19.920>
- now as it ages and has to be replaced now as it ages and has to be replaced where<05:29:27.600><
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This resulted in higher profits through Unnecessary facility fees but not improved outcomes.
- Up to the Medicare fee schedule amount.
- from us, and then for each event you're going to get a $40 fee from MDH.
- I just was the testifier said they have to pay the $40,000. dollar fee.
- I thought it was an annual fee, but then they have to pay it repeatedly.
Keywords:
health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Mar 24th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- This amendment caps the guardian training fees at the actual cost to the sheriff.
- It replaces the requirement for the Office of Safe Schools to partner with safety specialists with a
- It replaces the requirement for the Office of Safe Schools to partner with safety specialists with a
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K through 12 Education met with a quorum present and took up three bills. SB 1618, by Senator Calatayud, was presented as a broad education package affecting VPK through grade 12. It included changes to VPK enrollment flexibility, repeal of the Council for Early Grade Success, agriculture and financial literacy curriculum updates, reading intervention requirements, limits on certain public-school spending, corporal punishment consent, educator certification and screening provisions, and changes to the school recognition program. A late-filed technical amendment clarifying prior legislation for certain private schools in Brevard, Clay, Sarasota, and Bradford counties was adopted. Senator Osgood raised concerns about the bill’s school recognition provisions and the impact on paraprofessionals and other support staff, and the sponsor said she would continue those discussions. SB 1618, as amended, was reported favorably.
The committee then considered CS for SB 1058, which would update Florida references from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in state, district, and charter school materials beginning after July 1, 2025, without requiring existing materials to be changed. The bill was presented by Senator Calatayud on behalf of Senator Gruters and was reported favorably without amendment or opposition.
Next, the committee heard CS for SB 1470 on school safety, which would align school security guard training with guardian program requirements, refine locked campus and classroom rules, and improve panic alert and digital map coordination. Several amendments were adopted, including a late-filed amendment capping guardian training fees, creating a stakeholder work group for a Florida Institute of School Safety, adjusting locked-zone requirements and exceptions, requiring substitute teachers to receive safety protocol training, and a funding amendment providing $450,000 in recurring funds for a centralized panic alert and digital map system. Support was voiced by school district, sheriff, and safety representatives, and Senator Osgood praised the recurring funding as avoiding an unfunded mandate. The committee also passed SB 1472, linked to SB 1470, extending a public records exemption to school security guards’ records held by FDLE, with the exemption set to sunset in 2030 unless renewed. President Gaetz questioned the need for the exemption, and Senator Burgess responded that it was intended to protect school safety personnel from exposure of personal information after an incident. All three bills were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- , all the fees that have gone up, what's the DNR saying?
- question is how much um of certain fees question is how much um of certain fees for<00:43:08.040
- That's where revenues from daily and annual passes would go and camping fees, possibly.
- That's where revenues from daily and annual passes would go and camping fees, possibly.
- That's where revenues from daily and annual passes would go and camping fees, possibly.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (03/10/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- We didn't really think about a management fee. I mean, the HOA has various billing that they do.
- The HOA pays for those, and each individual resident pays their share by paying their HOA fee.
- So wouldn't that cover these meter fees, these well and septic fees?
- The HOA pays for those, and each individual resident pays their share by paying their HOA fee.
- I wasn't asking them to replace all the meters, so we just have to read the bill.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
JLARC – Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee May 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So is it a fee-based system with the...
- So hospitals are being assessed a fee by DOH to perform that work.
- fees in order to have better performance?
- they also raised fees in 2019.
- fees in order to have better performance?
Summary:
At the May 14, 2025 JLARC meeting, members approved the January 9 minutes and adopted the 2025–27 biennial work plan with a minor typo correction. Staff reviewed the new work plan studies, including a drug take-back program fee/expenditure review due in December 2025 and a state energy performance standard compliance review due in June 2027, and noted JLARC’s recent session activity, including several bills passed related to JLARC work and recommendations.
The committee then heard a preliminary cannabis market study showing Washington businesses likely produced two to three times more cannabis than retailers sold in 2023. Staff and RAND said LCB’s data systems are incomplete and unreliable, limiting regulation, tax verification, and diversion tracking; they recommended that LCB submit a plan by year-end for collecting accurate data by the end of 2026. Members and LCB discussed the long timeline for a new traceability system, the causes of missing sales and weight data, overproduction, diversion, and the social equity program’s effect on producer licenses.
JLARC also presented a preliminary hospital oversight report concluding that the Department of Health is late on many hospital inspections, does not verify third-party inspection standards, does not review adverse health event correction plans, and could make hospital data more accessible. The committee discussed fee funding, language access, and inspection timing, and DOH said it would work on a strategic plan and continue coordinating with JLARC. Members also heard a preliminary report on the public records survivor exemption, which found agencies are using it but need more guidance; JLARC recommended keeping the exemption and having the Attorney General provide additional training. Finally, the committee approved the DDA processes and staffing final report for distribution, which recommended performance metrics, stronger data quality controls, and workforce planning; DDA concurred. JLARC also introduced proposed study questions for a future DCYF juvenile rehabilitation review focused on safety, security, programs, staffing, education, and contraband, and the meeting adjourned after members asked about scope and facility conditions.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- >> Trying to understand what you mean by replace all. >> I think I understand.
- disposition of this bill into replace disposition of this bill into replace all<01:50:14.560>
- replace all. replace all.
- fee or tax. tax. tax.
- myriad as you know replacement of many. myriad as you know replacement of many.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Their unique product can replace plastics that was once used in food packaging.
- Their unique product can replace plastics that was once used in food packaging.
- replace pasas and plastic containers<00:01:47.119>
the <00:01:47.280>pulp <00:01:47.880 - It's very simple: these nutrients, if they're removed, they need to be replaced.
- uh if if you don't need to be replaced uh if if you don't replace<00:20:07.240>
these <00:20:07.400
Keywords:
HF1621, CelluComp, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, appropriation, grant, commercialization, fiber-based barrier packaging, packaging materials, PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, plastic reduction, sustainable packaging, environmental health, materials innovation, bio-based packaging, food packaging, agriculture finance, one-time grant, state subsidy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/05/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- So it's very simple: these nutrients need to be replaced.
- So at a minimum, farmers agree they need to replace as many nutrients as the previous crop removed.
- as many nutrients as the need to replace as many nutrients as the previous<00:34:01.200>
crop - I think, oh, I'm sorry, I have the wrong—okay. amendment uh replaced must with May on amendment uh replaced
- <01:42:53.360>
with synthetic nitrogen use and replace with synthetic nitrogen use and replace