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• Um and I I just want to tell you that this is also a national security issue.
• Um and I I just want to tell you that this is also a national security issue.
• Um and I I just want to tell you that this is also a national security issue.
• Um and I I just want to tell you that this is also a national security issue.
• And we have $7,000 in credit card fees.

Bills: SF0102, SF0123, SF0021, SF0099

Keywords: energy transmission, load growth, Wyoming energy authority, transmission planning study, public utilities, regional cooperation, energy, funding, grants, loans, coal, natural gas, mineral processing, economic development, stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation

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• infrastructures are a national security infrastructures are a national security threat.<01:02:35.520
• that handle high security security-wise that handle high security issues<01:12:29.440> and<01
• <01:12:38.560> Um, national security. Um, national security.
• concerned about with high security. concerned about with high security.
• military sensitive national security military sensitive national security areas<02:09:38.719>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first discussed a budget-related issue involving liquor commission enforcement staff and tobacco enforcement funding. A member explained that proposed cuts to “group two” enforcement positions at the liquor commission could jeopardize the tobacco enforcement money that flows to Health and Human Services, and expressed confidence that the enforcement division would ultimately be preserved. The main hearing was on Senate Bill 19, which would modernize hotel and motel statutes by repealing outdated requirements. The sponsor and the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association said the bill would remove obsolete rules such as the old guest book/card system and antiquated posting requirements for room rates and motel signs. Members questioned whether the bill would eliminate the requirement to record guest departure dates or affect inspection rights, and the witnesses said the intent was only to remove the book-and-card reference while leaving the rest of the recordkeeping requirement in place. Supporters argued the rate-posting rules are widely ignored, hard to enforce, and outdated in an era of digital reservations and variable pricing; the committee also discussed whether any consumer-protection purpose remained. The public hearing on SB 19 was then closed. The committee then heard Senate Bill 280FN, which would require food delivery services to have an agreement with a restaurant or food retail store before offering delivery from that business. The sponsor said the bill restores a prior law that had sunset and was intended to prevent third-party platforms from listing restaurants without consent. Restaurant industry testimony strongly supported the bill, describing problems with unauthorized listings, delayed deliveries, and reimbursement disputes, and saying the agreement requirement protects restaurant brands and consumer expectations. Members shared examples of delivery problems and voiced support for reinstating the safeguard.

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• they are doing in the cyber security they are doing in the cyber security field<00:45:01.000>
• recognized by the National Security recognized by the National Security Agency<00:46:44.960>
• <00:51:39.760> The for cyber security workforce. The for cyber security workforce.
• applied doctorate in cyber security. applied doctorate in cyber security.
• security and what's currently going on. security and what's currently going on.

Bills: HF2634, HF2241, HF2649, HF2520, HF2610

Keywords: North Star Promise, scholarship, higher education, Minnesota Office of Higher Education, in-demand jobs, workforce development, career training, job market, high-demand occupations, high-demand industries, college aid, state financial aid, FAFSA, student eligibility, program of study, degree program, certificate program, community college, university, labor market data

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• applied for a social security applied for a social security disability. disability. disability.
• poverty and without financial security. poverty and without financial security.
• And for example with SNAP Security.
• your constituents food secure. your constituents food secure.
• And what we're saying social security.

Bills: HF45, HF1148, HF3624, HF3586, HF777

Keywords: HF45, Lake Benton, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Public Facilities Authority, public infrastructure, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, utility replacement, U.S. Highway 75, road reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, local government grant, Minnesota bonding, capital appropriation, food insecurity, prepared meals

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• Not only that, but they already cashed a check for the boarding fee.
• <00:28:59.559> reimbursements payments committee fees reimbursements payments committee fees
• <00:31:45.840> I'm a check for the boarding fee I'm a check for the boarding fee I'm delighted
• the house chairman of Homeland Security the house chairman of Homeland Security issued<01:01:20.200
• I didn't have to worry about her because we focused on a safe, secure community.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Have illegal or unlawful fees get attached? I'm sorry. Say that again. Representative Mecklland.
• 00:19:49.360> illegal<00:19:49.679> or<00:19:50.240> unlawful<00:19:50.799> fees
• <00:19:51.200> get do illegal or unlawful fees get do illegal or unlawful fees get attached
• , times monetary, usually unlawful fees, times monetary, usually unlawful fees, uh,<00:20:43.840>
• resources for uh general and secure resources for uh general obligation<00:53:05.200> dollars.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And I agree then like maintenance fees. And I agree with<00:25:20.680> you.
• and security is of utmost<00:31:45.560> importance.
• It's not going to actually provide the safety and security that we are intending.
• <01:09:47.160> And<01:09:47.279> so security that we are intending.
• And so security that we are intending.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• useful is depending on the nature of that fee and depending on the amount of that fee, that fee would
• <01:15:55.440> these to be serving you to secure these to be serving you to secure these rights
• the standard wall and they are secured the standard wall and they are secured in<01:29:54.880>
• security number in order to<02:04:41.840> process<02:04:42.239> that.
• This is a huge having secure future.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, and approved the journal. Members then took up Senate Joint Resolution 4, which designates September 20-26, 2026, as Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week in Colorado. The resolution was read at length, with Representative Clifford speaking in support and describing FTD as a devastating, early-onset dementia that affects families during working and child-rearing years. The resolution passed on a 60-0 vote. The chamber also handled scheduling motions, including removing House Bill 1110 from special orders and placing several bills on special orders for March 4. The meeting then shifted into committee-style consideration of House Bill 1205, concerning changes to state law to reflect the federal expansion of good neighbor authority agreements. After a minor committee-report correction adding wildlife habitat language and removing the safety clause, the report was adopted and the bill passed. Sponsors said the measure aligns state law with federal statute and supports recreation projects and cross-ownership coordination in wildfire-prone landscapes. The bulk of the discussion focused on House Bill 1145, concerning water quality in mobile home parks. Sponsors Velasco and Phillips said the bill responds to longstanding water problems in mobile home communities, including discolored, foul-smelling water and contaminants such as arsenic and E. coli, and that it strengthens testing, complaint, and enforcement authority. Two amendments were offered by Representative Richardson and Representative DeGraaf to narrow or clarify the bill’s standards and hearing provisions; both were defeated. The committee report was then adopted and the bill advanced, with supporters emphasizing public health and financial burdens on residents and opponents warning about vague standards, penalties, and possible unintended effects on park owners.

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• If we go back security, and uniformity.
• <01:36:15.760> So, they will have to pay a dollar fee.
• So, they will have to pay a dollar fee.
• <01:36:57.920> Is there would be the same exact fee.
• <04:00:56.080> guard, woman's restroom by a security guard, woman's restroom by a security

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• , while in-state tuition fees are approximately $12,500.
• Students paid 81.6 million in tuition and fees. So just to go to your point.
• If a person is up is paying a fee because they qualify in these minute kinds of law.
• They have these. additional fees, another $1,000.
• This information on the annual contribution and tuition. and fees for undocumented Texans.

Bills: HB232

Keywords: disaster recovery, natural disaster, weather disaster, emergency relief, flood relief, hurricane relief, storm damage, wildfire, tornado, hail, windstorm, extreme heat, ice storm, snowstorm, property damage, personal injury, temporary housing, relocation assistance, lost wages, state emergency management

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• We're all gathered together here this morning, senators, staffers, security inspectors, We're all gathered
• together here this morning, senators, staffers, security, and spectators.
• Senator Middleton replied that not necessarily; the bill does not change current fee structures.
• He said someone could still retain an attorney on a contingency fee basis for a private nuisance claim
• First, it clarifies the fee language to ensure local health departments can assess the maximum fees on

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, recognized a Karnes County Day delegation and the Texas Association of Museums, received a governor’s message on Texas Diabetes Council appointments, and introduced the Doctor of the Day. The chamber then took up several resolutions, including SR 388 honoring the Texas Association of Museums, and adopted SRs 380, 382, and 387 by voice vote. Senator King was excused due to a family death, and the journal reading was dispensed with. The Senate then moved through a series of bills, most of them on expedited suspension of the regular order and three-day rule. Measures passed included SB 868 on Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program funding for high-wildfire-risk areas; SB 264 exempting certain family motor-vehicle transfers from tax; SB 2112 on oyster mariculture penalties; SB 1484 on catfish labeling and marketing; SB 660 on bollards near hospital emergency rooms; SB 1809 creating offenses for gift card fraud; SB 32 and SJR 81 providing business personal property tax relief and a related constitutional amendment; SB 1267 modernizing boat titling and adding disclosure for hidden hull damage; SB 1470 allowing DPS data sharing for voter list maintenance; SB 2406 and SB 2407 implementing Sunset recommendations for the Sabine River Authority and Lower Neches Valley River Authority; SB 609 on school district compliance with legally required policies; SB 921 on ex parte Medicaid eligibility renewals; SB 2320 increasing DWI penalties; SB 1822 requiring disclosure and oversight of AI-based utilization review algorithms; SB 693 on notaries public and deed theft prevention; and SB 664 setting statewide qualifications and oversight for magistrates and related judicial officers. One of the most contested items was SB 779 on common law public nuisance claims, which drew extended debate over whether the bill would limit lawsuits against lawful, regulated activities and whether it would preserve private nuisance and other existing remedies. Despite objections, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment by a 17-12 vote, holding it there. Another debated measure was SB 1008 on state and local authority over the food service industry; after a perfecting amendment, it was passed to engrossment and then to final passage. Several bills were adopted or passed with near-unanimous support, while others, including SB 1267, SB 1470, SB 1822, and SB 2320, saw some opposition but still cleared the chamber.

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• The privilege fees are the taxes that should be going to the state.
• The privilege fees are the taxes that should be going to the state.
• fees.
• privilege fees.
• Thank you. fees that's taxes under our regulated environment privilege fees okay thank you but you did

Keywords: 1182, all

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• 28.200> lease Division also secured nine lease Division also secured nine lease extensions<01:
• Their fee is higher than the local. Uh, there is no local fee, so this is a non-resident fee. Okay.
• Their fee is higher than the local. Their fee is higher than the local.
• uh fee. Okay. uh fee. Okay.
• Where are we and we've secured that.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Representative Robbins: Hemp would have been supposedly secure—securely stored—and you had to get
• fees right now. fees right now.
• We secure a housing support...
• We secure a housing support...
• We secure a housing support...

Keywords: 1183, house

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• He said the department had been looking to increase fees in a couple of areas, including food handler
• fees and grain inspection fees.
• times coming up in the next year or so, and this was not the time to increase fees on anybody associated
• some pretty difficult times coming up in the next year or so, and this was not the time to increase fees
• some other things that I were secured some other things that I would<00:32:58.640> support<00

Bills: HF2446, HF2563, HF2444

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• fee.
• These are habitat fees, an additional fee on top of a license.
• <00:24:33.720> so a fee of some kind or great fees so a fee of some kind or great fees so
• power to waive a fee.
• power to waive a fee.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Division II work session focused on Fish and Game’s budget-revenue proposals and several statutory changes the department said it needs to support its operations. The department recommended raising the fisheries habitat fee and wildlife habitat fee to $5 each, estimating additional annual revenue of about $640,000 and $144,000 respectively. Members clarified that these are habitat fees added on top of licenses, not reduced by senior or youth license categories, and discussed the need for RSA changes to allow the revenue to be transferred into the Fish and Game Fund. The department also said it would work internally on any broader license fee increases through the commission process. The committee then reviewed proposals to cap several dedicated accounts and transfer excess balances to the unrestricted Fish and Game Fund. Those accounts included the fisheries and wildlife habitat funds and the game management account, with the department proposing a $750,000 cap on each and transfer of amounts above that threshold. The department said the cap was based on several years of expenditures and the fact that dedicated funds are often used as match for federal funds. Members asked for reports on fund activity and questioned whether the cap and mandatory transfer language should be “shall” or “may,” with the department indicating it would prefer “may” for flexibility. The committee also discussed a Pheasant Management Program account, where the department said current law limits use of the money to buying and propagating pheasants and it wants authority to use it for broader program management. A substantial portion of the meeting addressed Fish and Game’s environmental review unit and the transfer of ARPA-funded positions to DEES under the governor’s initiative. The department said four positions are currently ARPA-funded, that DEES supports keeping them in place through the end of the year, and that the transition will require time because environmental review work is intertwined across the agency. The department explained that before the ARPA positions, biologists handled the work and that current staffing has helped eliminate a backlog and meet deadlines. Members also discussed a proposal to expand environmental review fees beyond private developers to state, federal, municipal, and local governments, with the department saying it would need rulemaking and stakeholder input. Additional requests included authority to conduct raffles to raise funds, creation of a revolving account for donations and raffle proceeds, and repeal of the obsolete fish food sales statute because the vending machines are no longer functional and the account generates no revenue.

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• And when that happens, retirement security is placed at risk.
• <00:15:08.720> Speaker,<00:15:09.120> I security. And with that, Mr.
• Speaker, I security. And with that, Mr.
• Americans invest to secure a clear.
• dignity, fairness, and economic security dignity, fairness, and economic security to<00:46:27.839

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• It does not forgive any prior failures to file annual reports or unpaid fees.
• The bill also sets the biennial fee at $50 while the annual fee remains $25.
• For limited liability partnerships, the biennial fee is $1,000 while the annual fee remains $500.
• Essentially, for biennial reporting, it just doubles whatever the annual fee was.
• Most importantly, the bill deletes the prohibition precluding fee increases for license and stamp fees

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Government Organization met with a quorum present, approved the minutes, and then considered a series of House bills, most of them related to licensing, local government administration, and agency operations. House Bill 5063 would let county commissions appoint a county commissioner as a voting member of a convention and visitors bureau board, including for multi-county CVBs; it was reported to the full Senate. House Bill 5087 would join the interstate cosmetology licensure compact, allowing licensed cosmetologists to obtain multi-state practice privileges in compact states, and it was also reported. The committee then took up a strike-and-insert amendment for House Bill 4793, which combined provisions affecting barbering/cosmetology apprenticeships and lowered certain age and education requirements; after adopting a Jefferson amendment clarifying the salon training language, the bill was reported as amended. Members next approved a strike-and-insert for House Bill 5638, which clarifies the State Chief Information Security Officer’s duties, changes cyber risk review procedures, and updates references to the Office of Technology head as the chief information officer; it was reported as amended. House Bill 4483, dealing with the Board of Funeral Examiners, was amended to change the effective date for licensee-in-charge requirements and make technical corrections, then reported as amended. House Bill 5653, requested by the Department of Revenue, would expand confidentiality protections to cover audit manuals, guidelines, procedures, algorithms, and related materials to prevent taxpayers from gaming audit selection, and it was reported. House Bill 4452 repeals acreage limits on church property ownership, and House Bill 4801 expands permissible uses of hotel occupancy tax funds to include demolition of unsafe structures and planning or improvement of public property; both were reported. The committee also advanced House Bill 5622, which creates an expedited process for municipalities to conform local election terms and procedures to the state requirement that municipal elections be held with statewide primaries or general elections, and recognizes the Secretary of State as keeper of municipal charter rolls. House Bill 4546 would allow business entities to file reports biennially instead of annually, with higher biennial fees and updated enforcement provisions; its strike-and-insert amendment was adopted and the bill was reported as amended. House Bill 5613 would define and regulate telematics for state fleet vehicles, require reporting on unsafe driving and corrective actions, and include cost-benefit information in annual reports; it was reported. House Bill 5323 would let the Division of Natural Resources adjust license and stamp fees for inflation by removing a prior CPI-based restriction, and House Bill 4819 would revise criminal-record standards for certain non-Chapter 30 occupational licenses, shifting to a direct-relationship standard while preserving existing exclusions for violent sexual offenses; both were reported. The committee then adjourned after closing remarks from the chair and vice chair.

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• One research security officer for Texas Southern, one for the Texas University System.
• Members, the bill relates to student union building fees at the University of Texas, El Paso.
• Voted on that particular fee, and the way that this bill is structured, it's different than others.
• Members, the bill relates to the exemption of tuition and lab fees at public institutions of higher education
• Senator Eckhardt's bill relates to the exemption of tuition and lab fees at public institutions of higher

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• All right, welcome back to the Military Affairs and Border Security Committee.
• Without objection, the Military Affairs and Border Security Committee minutes of February 9, 2026, are
• United States Senate, I worked in the White House, and I worked at ASU, all focused on national security
• Chairman, distinguished members of the Senate Military Affairs and Border Security Committee, thank you
• Ultimately, this bill could turn the Guard into a little more than a state-centric security force and

Bills: SB1047, SB1365, SB1474, SB1618, SB1620

Keywords: National Guard, active duty, combat, Arizona, declaration of war, state law, military service, property tax, exemptions, veterans, disabilities, widows and widowers, Arizona Revised Statutes, immigration enforcement, local law enforcement, federal cooperation, law enforcement training, public safety, military affairs, funding