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ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Budget Section Human Resources Division Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And so project barriers, as I mentioned, an existing air handler unit needed replacement.
- finance, through capital spend as of May 31st, 2026, total capital spend of roughly $900,000, A&E fees
- Again, now with the existing hospital on the right side, our replacement hospital in the background,
- The total project costs with architectural fees is $69,948,928.40.
- These items include site costs, professional service fees, procured furniture, fixtures, and equipment
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the March 18 minutes, and then received a series of updates on health-related projects and Department of Health and Human Services budget matters. Representatives from CHI St. Alexius in Bismarck and Williston, and Altru in Grand Forks, reported progress on behavioral health expansion projects, including demolition and construction milestones, updated timelines, funding status, staffing plans, and barriers such as an unbudgeted air handler replacement in Williston. Members asked about original completion dates, use of telehealth, recruitment of psychiatrists and other staff, and whether the new beds might reduce the need for patients to travel to Jamestown State Hospital. The projects were described as on track overall, with completion expected in 2027 for the larger builds and earlier openings for some phases in Williston.
The committee then heard from HHS leadership on technical line-item transfers and the Salaries and Wages Block Grant. Donna Ockland explained that recent transfers were administrative corrections to place spending in the proper budget lines and did not involve new spending, and she reviewed FTE counts and vacancies across the department. Questions focused on behavioral health staffing changes and the use of consultants in the Rural Health Transformation Program. Pat Rainer outlined the rural health program’s first-year grants and priorities, including workforce retention, rural rotations and housing, community wellness initiatives, behavioral health promotion, safety net services, hospital equipment, suicide prevention training, technology, and EMS support. He said North Dakota’s plan was drawing positive national attention, but the department still needed to obligate roughly $199 million by September and was working with CMS on timing and compliance.
The committee also received an update on certified community behavioral health clinics from Elena Zeller. She said North Dakota had been accepted as a demonstration state, with certification efforts underway in Williston, North Central, Fargo, and Dickinson. Members asked about care coordination, service growth, staffing, and whether certification would expand to all clinics; the department said it was still collecting baseline data and evaluating impacts before making future recommendations. Finally, Rebecca Askins reviewed SNAP payment error rates, explaining that the 2025 rate was finalized at 9.89 percent and that the department is working on training, system changes, and quality assurance steps to get below 6 percent. Members pressed on the causes of monthly variability, the performance of the SPACES system, and accountability for ongoing errors, and the department said it expects improvement over the next 6 to 12 months.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance May 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, the, the, uh, 8th recommendation on slide 16 was to conduct a feasibility study on potential fees
- Um, I, I will say we have grown and diversified our annual revenues by charging a fee for specific extension
- Is there any plans to replace it?
- Yes, as, as an NMSU employee, there, there is a savings on the enrollment fees, um, and so that is a
- Um, we've replaced that with a temporary tank and we're working on the process now of, uh, looking at
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- the vicinity is easily available without the vicinity is easily available without a<00:15:57.120>
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sites - it as far as the restrictions replace it as far as the restrictions go?
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the language, which would be replacing the language, which would be replacing
Bills:
HB2611, HB2102, HB1710, HB1868, HB1920, HB1812, HB1733, HB1715, HB1723, HB1724, HB1727, HB1711
Keywords:
HB2611, Hawaii antitrust, rental housing, rent price-fixing, algorithmic pricing, algorithmic rent-setting, property management software, pricing algorithms, rent coordination, price-fixing, collusion, cartel, multifamily housing, landlord software, occupancy levels, lease terms, Attorney General, public education program, consumer protection, housing affordability
Summary:
The committee first took up HB 2611, which would prohibit algorithmic price-setting in Hawaii’s rental market, require public education by the Attorney General, and establish fines and penalties. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, saying its language was too unclear and could expose landlords and agents to criminal and civil liability for ordinary rent-setting practices based on public information or assistance from property professionals. Members asked about antitrust standards, tacit agreement, and whether using county-published affordable-rent schedules would be unlawful; the AG said that would not be unlawful if based on public information and without collusion. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Realtors with comments, 50501 Hawaii and General Strike Hawaii, Haloha Project, 13 individuals, and one opponent.
The committee then heard HB 2102, which clarifies that residential projects involving ground disturbance in high-risk areas remain subject to state historic preservation review and removes an exemption for lands presumed nominally sensitive. The Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and the Department of Planning and Permitting supported the measure, saying it would improve clarity and ensure review focuses on projects most likely to affect historic properties or iwi kupuna, while also urging language refinements to better define sensitive sandy-soil areas and balance preservation with housing timelines. NAP Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing it would undo progress made last session and that the current process already includes protections for inadvertent discoveries and efficiency for lower-risk areas.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs strongly supported HB 2102, explaining it was responding to beneficiary complaints about late-added language in last year’s law and saying the nominally sensitive-area language should be removed because it was adopted without sufficient stakeholder input and could be harmful to iwi kupuna protections. Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and several individuals also supported the bill. Committee discussion focused on how “nominally sensitive” areas are determined, whether project proponents could self-certify areas as exempt, and how high-density residential projects should be treated; SHPD said it uses survey and monitoring data to map sensitivity, that highly sensitive areas like Kīauea are not nominally sensitive, and that some high-density projects should remain exempt if they do not involve new ground disturbance. The hearing included no final vote in the portion provided, but the chair noted 48 individuals in support and continued questioning on the bill’s definitions and implementation.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the disclosures and other requirements concerning virtual currency kiosk transactions authorizing a fee
- regulation of outpatients behavioral health centers authorizing civil and administrative Imposing fees
- Assures to employment authorizing a fee refer to the committee on public health HB 2853 by Perez of El
- HB 2867 by Gates relating to the late payment fees He's charged by municipality owned water utility for
- And requiring a license application fees or for the committee on state affairs issue or 138 by elders
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion is do pass as amended to remove provisions restricting fee revenue usage.
- SB 1341, beverage container processing fees.
- The motion is do pass as amended to replace the floor for processing fees.
- SB 1062, Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act Fees. The motion is due pass.
- The motion is due pass as amended per author to remove automatic COLA adjustments for fees and penalties
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications - 05/06/2026
Energy And Telecommunications
Transcript Highlights:
- , an act in relation to the State Energy Planning Board to conduct a study on the timeframes for replacing
- discontinuance and/or abandonment of utility gas infrastructure and imposing a moratorium on new energy taxes, fees
- opportunity to stop charging ratepayers an extra $400 million to $500 million a year, and an extra fee
- This would remove one of those fees that is on people's bills.
- Consumer Protection often deals with bills where businesses are being heavy-handed, adding new taxes and fees
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications considered a large agenda focused mainly on energy affordability, the CLCPA, utility rates, and renewable energy siting. Senator Mattera and other Republican members argued that the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act has driven up utility bills, harmed reliability, and imposed costs on ratepayers, while Democratic members pushed back that rising costs are also driven by natural gas markets, infrastructure costs, and broader economic factors. Several bills sought to repeal or pause CLCPA-related policies, create a CLCPA task force, impose studies or moratoriums on new energy taxes and fees, and increase transparency around utility surcharges and state energy spending. Supporters framed these measures as ratepayer relief and accountability; opponents said some proposals would undermine clean-energy policy and existing consumer-benefit programs.
The committee defeated S.1167, which would have repealed the All Electric Building Act, and S.1173, which would have created a CLCPA task force. It also failed S.5250, a bill to study CLCPA costs and impose a moratorium on new energy taxes, fees, or regulations, and S.7075, which would have prohibited the system benefits charge on utility bills. Several other bills advanced, including S.1236A on virtual access and electronic filing for Public Service Commission proceedings, S.1552 establishing reduced residential rates for low-income electric and natural gas customers, S.2484 directing a study of replacement timeframes for battery storage and renewable facilities, S.2638 on carbon allowance auction proceeds, S.3247 on electric vehicle charging stations, S.3553 requiring utilities to post promotional and educational materials on their websites, S.4571A creating a floating solar incentive education program, S.5518 shifting Public Service Commission funding to legislative appropriation, and S.6412A requiring itemized ratepayer disclosure of surcharges. S.9251, on labor-related legal costs, was referred to the Labor Committee. S.7710, which would have restricted energy storage systems near schools and homes in New York City, failed after concerns and support were debated. The committee adjourned after completing the agenda.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The current statute also opens up practitioners to costly legal fees.
- And patients can see costs before treatment and prevent surprise fees, billing, gouging, etc.
- So, for example, in knee replacements, places like this charge about $1,000 in Austin, whereas other
- Hidden costs and fees bring in millions for equity investors who control so much of healthcare, and the
- So the surgeon provides, you know, we provide the service as far as the facility fee.
Keywords:
e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/08/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Just the replace-all was easier.
- There's fee and pricing disclosures, so the fees are clearly displayed, paid to the user, so they know
- 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.
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.
AZ
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/19/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
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- The part on the fees is not the only mess in there.
- These plants pay state and local property taxes, business taxes, and water user fees.
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- There'll be complete removal and replacement of our existing HVAC systems.
- There'll be complete removal and replacement of our existing HVAC systems.
- There'll be complete removal and replacement of our existing HVAC systems.
- There'll be complete removal and replacement of our existing HVAC systems.
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of Improvement repair or replacement of Improvement repair or replacement of
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- efforts is a challenge, but we are encouraged by suggestions such as looking at increasing the EV annual fee
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some <01:26:36.159>of <01:26:36.400>- Representative Craft, I actually am authoring that wetland replacement bill.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- If I know the HB 431, as amended, replaces a good bill to involve knowledgeable educational professionals
- If I know the HB 431, as amended, replaces a good bill to involve knowledgeable educational professionals
- Do you know what the regret rate for hip replacements is? 4.8%.
- But we aren't trying to ban hip replacements, are we?
- She said they are not trying to ban hip replacements.
UT
Utah 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee - November 19, 2025
Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And then also if it's sold out of state, we don't collect the fee on that.
- should be assessed on, how to calculate the fee amount, the process for collecting the fee, and where
- The report outlines a range of options associated with the fee.
- And then we also plan that if there was a fee, any fee collected would be distributed as grants.
- It says that the fee may not have a direct nexus between the fee and the service received in each system
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 54 May 7th, 2026
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Consumer Protection Bill that we passed off the House floor overwhelmingly earlier this year, we have replaced
- prohibits schools from telling one organization that if it wants to bring materials in, it has to pay a fee
- prohibits schools from telling one organization if you want to bring materials in you have to pay a fee
- The repeal of constitutional sections and the enactment of statute to replace these constitutional provisions
- Yes, members, what we are doing here is we are taking out the language in Senate Bill 833 and replacing
Bills:
SB1090, SJR49, SB633, HR1059, SB650, SB2063, SB122, SB1614, SB1884, SJR52, SJR53, HJR1101, SJR50, HB3021, HR1058, SB514, SB382, HB3320, SB740, SB833, SB2143, SB1209, SB244
Keywords:
SB1090, Oklahoma Homeowner Repair Contract Protection Act, home repair, home solicitation contract, cooling-off period, right to cancel, consumer protection, contract rescission, certified mail cancellation, home solicitation sales, contractor regulation, home improvement scams, public finance, State Treasurer, Invest In Oklahoma, OCAST, venture capital, private equity, growth funds, direct investment
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including the Nurse of the Day and a guest pastor, on the National Day of Prayer. Members also made announcements about prayer activities in the Capitol and welcomed former Speaker Charles McCall to the gallery. The chamber then moved through a long floor calendar of Senate bills, joint resolutions, and a conference committee report, with several measures amended on the floor before final passage.
Among the bills passed were SB 1090, a consumer protection measure aimed at giving homeowners time to cancel contracts with predatory door-knocking roofers and contractors; SJR 49, repealing a Wildlife Conservation Commission rule on surety for oil and gas leases; SB 633, a juvenile code measure described as protecting children from fentanyl poisoning; SB 650, a public utilities bill tied to transparency and accountability for state employee salary increases; SB 263, amended to include a “lemonade stand” provision; SB 122, a transportation-related bill on proof of insurance; and SB 1614, creating a teacher induction program, which also received emergency passage. SJR 52 and HJR 1101, both dealing with agency rules, also passed, as did SJR 53 on Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority rules.
The most debated item was SB 1884, which would strengthen equal access for school employees to teacher professional organizations and related membership/dues procedures. Supporters argued it would clarify existing law, ensure fair access, and give teachers more choice and legal support; opponents said the problem was compliance with current law, not a need for new statute, and warned against duplicating existing protections. After extended debate, the bill failed 47-44. Members then took up SJR 50, a major Medicaid expansion-related resolution revising earlier trigger language; supporters said it preserved expansion unless federal funding changed and gave lawmakers flexibility, while opponents argued the state had not done enough fiscal analysis before proposing changes. SJR 50 passed 69-18. Finally, the House adopted a conference committee report on HB 3021, consolidating graduation requirements into the ICAP framework and clarifying related school rules, and the bill passed with emergency status.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Jul 7th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- It allows us to charge a fee, although it would be our...
- maintenance, personnel costs, and so on, those costs, as well as long-term capital outlay, and replacement
- And had a fee structure and a tariff structure that would absolutely work with their customers to make
- only saving water, you're saving a whole heck of a lot of money, too, because you're not having to replace
- Perhaps you only have to replace a hundred feet of water line.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Indian Affairs Sep 25th, 2025
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- On the next page, the regulatory fees.
- The regulatory fees per the compact are the fees that the tribes have agreed to pay the state in lieu
- Fees, but that, again, that's a separate fee from the revenue-sharing fees.
- Is that the regulatory fees? Revenue share, sorry, the revenue share, OK.
- So how do we replace that?
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill also lowers the examination fee for new commercial bank charter from $15,000 to $7,000.
- The bill also lowers<00:53:18.560>
the <00:53:18.680>examination <00:53:19.640>fee - So, when you pay your credit card, you see that fee on it.
- Second amendment replaces technical.
- requirement replaces an existing requirement replaces an existing requirement<02:03:34.480>
that
Summary:
The Senate convened on March 10, 2026, established a quorum, and began with an invocation by Reverend Damien Flowers, which was journalized without objection. The chamber then recognized several guests and honorees, including Dr. Courtney Glickman for being named 2025 Play Therapist of the Year, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Dr. Sonja B. Santelises for her leadership of Baltimore City Public Schools, students shadowing legislators, Navy Alliance representatives, the Maryland Alliance for Advocacy for Sickle Cell, and Ms. Kimberly Body for her lupus advocacy. The Senate also journalized prior remarks about the 6888 regiment.
The Finance Committee report then moved several bills forward. Senate Bill 348 would allow hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to contact, rather than only call, patients after high-risk pregnancies; its amendments were adopted and the bill was ordered to third reading. Senate Bill 390 on Wicomico County liquor licenses was laid over under the rule. Senate Bill 492, addressing massage therapy advertising and prohibiting misleading sexual-service advertising, was amended and sent to third reading. Senate Bill 562, concerning pharmacist-prescriber agreements for opioid use disorder treatment, was amended and advanced. Senate Bill 773 would let pharmacists order certain vaccines, including intranasal flu vaccines, for self-administration and was advanced without amendment. Senate Bill 53, on Maryland Port Administration land acquisition notice in Anne Arundel County, was amended and advanced. Senate Bill 428 would bar cost-sharing for collaborative care model services under Medicaid and private coverage and was advanced without amendment. Senate Bill 473 would require human trafficking awareness training for for-hire and transportation network drivers; its amendments were adopted and it was sent to third reading. Senate Bill 585 would shift administration of the human relevant research fund from Health to Agriculture and was advanced. Senate Bill 606, the Easy Pass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act, would require an MDTA report on commuter plans and unused trips; its amendment was moved as the transcript ended.
During debate on Senate Bill 917, which would expand the definition of audiology practice to include certain screenings and non-radiographic imaging, a senator questioned whether the bill would make Maryland the only state restricting a health occupation from performing Medicare-required screenings. The floor leader said the committee had heard that claim in testimony but had not verified it, and the senator moved to special order the bill for amendment, which was granted without objection. Most other bills were reported favorably, with committee amendments adopted without objection and several bills ordered printed for third reading.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- policies, expending government funds to support, implement, or advance net zero policies, imposing taxes, fees
- school districts and the county commissions, many have already completed the process for renewing or replacing
- They are currently assessed as a commercial property and the assessment fee is 10 percent a year.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 23, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman and Senator Cooper, the original proposal, the maximum amount of the fees and collateral was
- And the proposer was amenable to negotiating those fees and the collateral.
- If they go get shy, then they're still paying 3% to 5% on top of that for a fee every year.
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and <00:08:31.520>collateral fees and collateral fees and collateral uh< - <00:09:07.120>
every to 5% on top of that for a fee every to 5% on top of that for a fee every
Bills:
SJ0001
Keywords:
mineral leasing, federal lands, Wyoming, energy policy, local control, federalism, 916, all