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FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Health Policy Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Typically, states' health care boards are funded through revenue from practitioner licensing fees and
- In In contrast, health care boards in some states have direct access to fees and fines revenue without
- For example, in Nevada, the Board of Medical Examiners and Board of Osteopathic Medicine deposit fee
- Other states have a mixed model of funding from fees and fines as well as general fund appropriations
- Of practitioner-related fees and fines.
Summary:
The Senate Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and considered several health-related bills, most of them focused on drowning prevention and public safety. SB 428, by Senator Yarborough, would expand Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7. The sponsor and supporting testimony from a pediatric emergency physician and YMCA representatives emphasized Florida’s high drowning rates, especially among very young children, and argued that swim lessons can significantly reduce risk. Senator Harrell noted the need to revisit the funding allocation as eligibility expands. The bill was reported favorably.
The committee also heard SB 606, by Senator Smith, which adds drowning prevention and safe bathing practices to postpartum education provided by hospitals, birthing centers, and, after amendment, no longer requires home birth providers to maintain proof of compliance. A parent who lost a child to drowning and Senator Berman spoke in strong support, stressing that the bill would educate new parents at a critical time. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute.
SB 162, by Senator Davis, would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. The sponsor said the equipment is relatively low-cost and already used in many facilities, while several witnesses supported the bill as a worker-safety measure. Other senators raised concerns about the lack of data, possible rural hospital impacts, and whether the mandate could add costs without clear evidence of harm. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also passed SB 340, by Senator Harrell, requiring nursing students to complete a two-hour human trafficking course before licensure, after amending the bill to shift the requirement from nursing programs to the students themselves. Testimony from a trafficking survivor and nursing advocates supported the measure, and it was reported favorably as a committee substitute. Finally, SB 192, presented by Senator Trumbull on behalf of Senator Martin, removed the $1,500 cap on advances chiropractic physicians may collect for examinations or treatment; chiropractic industry representatives supported the change, and the bill was reported favorably.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 02/20/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- If I was running behind on a payment, there were late fees in addition to compounded interest.
- At one point, I paid $690 in interest and over $1,000 in late fees and charges, all for a $280 loan.
- there were late fees in addition to<00:26:44.520>
compounded <00:26:45.080>interest <00 - A large luxury development went up last year.
- A large luxury development went up last year.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I would also like to address the tuition and fee cap in this bill.
- Also, some history on the tuition and fee cap.
- Uh, were we to simply put a very small fee, uh, not tax, excuse me, uh, require a very small fee for
- You said tax and then changed it to fee, but it's a tax.
- It is actually a fee because it's optional.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So with developers, frequently it's a cost-driven development.
- So with developers, frequently it's a cost-driven development.
- of Travel and Tourism Development, and the Division of Planning and Community Development.
- of Travel and Tourism Development, and the Division of Planning and Community Development.
- Development Corporation. Development Corporation.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Through NDI's New Mexico's Youth Development Works, they prepare a young person to meet the challenges
- NDI New Mexico is a unique blend of performing arts, physical education, and youth development.
- , enacting the Strategic Economic Development Site Readiness Act, making an appropriation.
- Senate Bill 175, introduced by Senator Berghmans, an act relating to economic development, amending the
- Wells Fund, depositing money collected from the produced water fee into the Plugging and Remediating
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So those locals had planning, design, and funding elements that they were developing.
- We receive feedback in the development of what will the conditions of this grant be.
- So we're going to ask our staff to be trying to work with you to develop those things.
- We're not developing any new programs or guidelines.
- With that, there is a recognition about fees that I think has been called out.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- To fund pre-development costs for any government affordable housing development project through interim
- SB 3029 SD1 HD1, relating to community development.
- So this would be to develop the plan for that program.
- Agribusiness Development Corporation in support.
- And you don't see fines without fees.
Keywords:
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So we use a combination largely of the Clean Water Fund, the water management fees that are generated
- So we use a combination largely of the Clean Water Fund, the water management fees that are generated
- So we use a combination largely of the Clean Water Fund, the water management fees that are generated
- a strategic plan and work, we developed a strategic plan and we<00:09:15.760>
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MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 5 March, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- or interchange fees. or interchange fees.
- they have those fees, charge those fees. they have those fees, charge those fees.
- there's been a fee appealed. there's been a fee appealed.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with an invocation by Dr. Ryan Wade and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then handled routine business by dispensing with the reading of the journal and committee reports. Several guests were recognized, including Leadership Jackson County, Farm Bureau members, a doctor of the day, adult educators, and other visitors in the gallery. Senator Brumfield also announced support efforts for Senator Warren Barnett, asking members to contribute to him through Ms. Anita Jackson.
The chamber then considered a series of House bills, most of them taken up with strike-all amendments and passed by use of the morning roll call. Measures included HB 1390 on personal services funding allocations, HB 1571 on ARPA funds and unexpended balances, HB 1655 on the State Aid Road Construction director’s personnel status, HB 1650 on dormant state accounts and pooled investments, HB 1651 on state agencies using other agencies’ facilities and charging 50% of fair market value, HB 1345 on administrative forfeiture of illegal cigarette and vaping products, HB 1386 on allowing sidewalks as an eligible use of municipal infrastructure funds, HB 671 on alcoholic beverage delivery responsibility ending when retailers transfer possession to delivery services, and HB 1385 on eliminating paper-original homestead exemption submissions. Members asked questions on several bills, especially about whether the fairgrounds language in HB 1651 would affect youth livestock shows and whether HB 1386 or other measures would change county revenue; sponsors generally said the bills were intended to address state-agency use, municipal reporting, or administrative efficiency rather than alter those programs.
The Senate also advanced HB 898, creating a sales tax diversion study committee to review misallocated municipal sales tax revenues, assess impacts, examine technology and oversight, and recommend reforms by the 2027 session; Senator Hill questioned whether counties should be included, but the sponsor said that would be a separate policy decision. Later, the Senate reconsidered HB 1265, the Mississippi Debt Management Services Act extended repealer, adopted an amendment to remove the repealer instead of extending it, and then passed the bill. The body also took up SB 2632, the local governments disaster recovery emergency loan program, and voted not to concur and to invite conference. Finally, HB 1142 on bench warrant notices was called up; the sponsor explained a strike-all that would replace certified mail with personal service or electronic transmission and include a reverse repealer for further conference work.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- So, and you get to return the qualifying fee.
- So the Secretary of State will return the qualifying fee, existing nominating petitions be canceled.
- It requires the Department of Health to develop a statewide quality oversight initiative for nursing
- That's done by these companies, they receive $4.75 for their part of the inspection fee.
- There is a lab school in development underway for UOL. Any questions? I move final passage.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (03/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And then there’s one other fee, and it’s called the all-other oil fee in the bill or in the statute,
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Summary:
The committee first held a public hearing on HB 660, which would require historic horse racing facilities to provide 10% of HHR winnings to host municipalities as mitigation. Representative Om said the bill was intended to offset local costs associated with large gaming facilities, noting that prior gaming measures included opt-in provisions and that this proposal would leave charities and the state whole while taking the 10% from the operator’s share. Members questioned why 10% was chosen and whether municipalities were currently experiencing added costs; Om said the amount was meant to address projected future impacts, not broader municipal budget issues, and cited a study on casino-related community costs. Opponents from the New Hampshire Charitable Gaming Operators Association argued the bill unfairly singled out one industry and said gaming facilities do not impose more municipal burden than other entertainment venues. The hearing closed without a vote, and a member clarified the bill would apply to existing and future casinos/facilities.
The committee then opened a hearing on HB 658-FN, which raises the cap on reimbursements from the Oil Discharge and Disposal Cleanup Fund and makes related changes to the Oil Pollution Control Fund. Representative Malloy introduced the bill, and Representative Aly described the funds as an insurance backstop for oil spill cleanup and low-income tank replacement, saying the program helps prevent environmental hazards and satisfies financial responsibility requirements. Bob Scully of the Energy Marketers Association supported the bill but noted that fee changes are ultimately passed on to consumers. Department of Environmental Services officials Robert Bishop and Jennifer Marts explained that the bill would change reporting deadlines, raise the reimbursement cap for low-income homeowners, extend the fee collection period for 10 years, and adjust petroleum import fees based on an actuarial review. They said the funds cover spill response, prevention, and tank replacement, and that the fee structure was designed to keep the funds solvent while balancing costs across fuel categories.
Committee members asked about the actuarial basis for the fee changes, why some fees would rise while others would fall, and how the funds are used. DES said the review used 10 years of claims and exposure data and that the fuel oil fee would otherwise need to rise sharply, so the board proposed a smaller increase and rebalanced other fees. Members also asked about the scope of covered oil imports, and DES explained that the fee applies to oil destined for use in New Hampshire, not merely passing through the state. The discussion also covered home heating oil spills, which DES said are often discovered by homeowners or fire departments and are usually caused by tank corrosion, piping, or overfills. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair noted that the policy committee had already approved the bill before the finance-focused review.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- These water fee increases are needed to improve the Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) permitting
- The water use fees have not been increased since 2008.
- Furthermore, as we testified previously, state park permit fee increases are necessary to keep pace.
- The park permit fees were last increased in 2018.
- I'm Lisa Barajas, the Executive Director of Community Development at the Metropolitan Council, where
Bills:
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This one is to reflect the required eligibility changes in H.R. 1. per fee and and that's an increase
- This is the governor's proposal to establish a fee schedule for the all-payer claims database.
- This is the governor's proposal to establish a fee schedule for the all-payer claims database.
- that would be revenue fund for the fees that would be paid. paid. paid.
- Um sometimes people go embryo developed.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- So in the fiscal note, I did note it used to be a flat fee for the fines.
- It used to be just a $40 flat fee.
- It used to be just a $40 flat fee.
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Summary:
The House convened with 124 members present, offered prayer, approved the previous day’s journal by consent, and then moved through introductory matters and a ceremonial resolution recognizing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated for its 113 years of sisterhood, scholarship, service, and social action in Maryland. Members welcomed visiting sorors and applauded the recognition. The chamber later confirmed 131 members present and proceeded to third reading bills.
Several bills were passed without opposition, including House Bill 7, authorizing limited music therapy licenses; House Bill 42, revising the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners; House Bill 164, on yard waste collection and disposal; and House Bill 177, on bicycles, play vehicles, and unicycles at crosswalks. House Bill 55, which would expand speed camera authority to local jurisdictions statewide for certain roads and areas, drew the most debate. Supporters argued it would give counties and municipalities local control to address speeding and safety concerns, while opponents raised concerns about local autonomy, revenue use, and whether camera fines supplement or supplant public safety funding. The floor leader clarified that the bill would extend authority now limited to three counties, that existing notice and public hearing requirements would remain, and that revenues must still be used for administrative costs and public safety.
During debate on House Bill 55, members asked about the speed threshold, fine structure, whether citations go to vehicle owners, and whether the bill would change how local governments use camera revenues. The floor leader said the bill itself does not alter the existing rule that revenues after administrative costs must go to public safety, and that local jurisdictions could still further restrict use of funds. After debate, House Bill 55 passed 98-35. House Bill 164 passed 96-38, while House Bill 7 passed 133-0 and House Bill 42 passed 132-0.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/18/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
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- We developed a cost-effective aware.
- In 2024, the fee-for-service pharmacy dispensing fee, which is intended to cover the cost associated
- And unlike non-specific formulary fees.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Aug 18th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And then about 18% of that is administrative fees.
- to collaborate with the Economic Development Department to connect the economic development initiatives
- Development Program.
- Like a private developer that's building, developing land.
- So, as of right now, we are incorporating licensing fees and annual renewal fees for both the custom
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (7-24-25) - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
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Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:26
Approval of Minutes 00:02:27
LIHEAP Presentation and Public Hearing 00:02:42
Conservation Opportunities in Kentucky 00:29:52, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first took up a public hearing and presentation on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Shannon Hall of the Department for Community Based Services and Rick Baker of Community Action Kentucky explained that LIHEAP is a 100% federally funded block grant that helps low-income households pay heating and cooling bills, avoid utility disconnects, and support weatherization. They outlined the program’s components, eligibility limits, seasonal application periods, and recent participation figures, including tens of thousands of households served through the summer cooling, fall subsidy, winter crisis, and spring subsidy components. They also described weatherization priorities, the partnership with Kentucky Housing Corporation, and the role of Community Action agencies in administering the program statewide.
Members asked about Assurance 16, the balance between need and available funding, summer cooling assistance, weatherization measurement, renter versus homeowner participation, and whether federal changes could affect LIHEAP. Hall and Baker said Assurance 16 supports energy-burden reduction through education, case management, and conservation strategies; that funding has generally been sufficient in recent years but crisis funds have sometimes been exhausted quickly in the past; and that summer assistance is primarily electric utility support. They also said weatherization uses return-on-investment testing and that Kentucky still has a large backlog of homes needing service. On federal funding, they said the recently passed federal bill did not directly cut LIHEAP, but future appropriations could still affect it, and any major reduction could leave a gap the state might need to consider filling. The committee approved the minutes and later approved the LIHEAP finding of fact; no members of the public signed up to testify.
After concluding LIHEAP, the committee heard a presentation from Heather Jeff of The Nature Conservancy on conservation opportunities in Kentucky. She described the organization’s voluntary land-protection work and highlighted the Cumberland Forest project, a conservation easement on about 55,000 acres in Bell, Knox, and Leslie counties supported in part by a $3.875 million state appropriation. She also reported on mine-land reforestation, elk habitat work, and the rapid allocation of a $2 million appropriation for the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund. Jeff emphasized the economic value of conservation for tourism, hunting and fishing, agriculture, forestry, bourbon, and flood protection, and said the group is finalizing a Kentucky conservation needs assessment and related feasibility research.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 11:34 am
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- For many parts of West Virginia, especially our rural counties, economic development often begins long
- Engrossed House Bill 5323, relating to indexing and license and stamp fees.
- The bill removes the prohibition precluding fee increases for license and stamp fees after January 1,
- This change will allow DNR to adjust its fee schedules for inflation. I urge passage of the bill.
- Proper notice and protection so that coal mining, gas development, and gas storage are not adversely
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 18th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- These penalties include denial of future application for licensure and an administrative fee not to exceed
- Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 800 imposes progressively higher fees for subsequent offenses of
- Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 800 imposes progressively higher fees for subsequent offenses of
- The program will be funded through engineering licensure fees and fines, and that is the bill, Mr.
- These changes include clarifying that the network or exchange fees paid by DFS must not exceed fees that
Keywords:
payment stablecoin, financial regulation, anti-money laundering, state oversight, digital currency, financial services, Florida lottery, state lottery, lottery tickets, lottery retailer, Department of the Lottery, Division of Security, ball machine, lottery vending machine, instant tickets, online lottery tickets, major procurement, vendor disclosure, performance bond, retailer bond
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several bills related to engineering regulation, cybersecurity, financial services, and state administration. CS/SB 800 would increase penalties for repeated unlicensed engineering practice and create an engineering student loan assistance program funded by licensure fees and fines; it was reported favorably after questions about whether it would reimburse victims of unlicensed practitioners, with the sponsor noting it would not and that affected individuals would need to pursue complaints and private legal action. CS/SB 576 created a local government cybersecurity protection program administered by Florida Digital Service, with state purchasing of cybersecurity services and priority for fiscally constrained counties; it received support from local government and industry groups and was reported favorably. CS/SB 1078 set transition requirements for gubernatorial administrations, including liaisons, briefing books, office space, IT access, and controlled access to agency records under a memorandum of understanding, and it also passed favorably.
The committee also approved CS/SB 314, which creates a regulatory framework for payment stablecoin issuers in Florida, and CS/SB 530, which updates lottery operations, security, retailer rules, and bonding requirements. CS/SB 1614, after adoption of a technical substitute amendment, would limit local governments’ eligibility for certain state funding if they have excess funds, have recently been audited by the legislative audit committee, or fail to affirm expenditure of prior funds; the sponsor said it would give the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee more enforcement leverage, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 990 authorizes protective cell captive insurance companies to expand insurance market capacity and potentially lower premiums, while CS/SB 1588 is a step toward implementing last session’s gold and silver legal tender law; both were reported favorably.
Additional bills passed included CS/SB 1440, which adds cybersecurity-related exemptions and reporting provisions for financial institutions, loan originators, and money service businesses, and CS/SB 1568, which creates a Florida Stable Coin Pilot Program allowing DFS fees to be paid with approved stablecoins. The stablecoin bill was amended to add guardrails, including fee limits, website notice requirements, and restrictions if no approved issuers are available. The committee also received a brief budget overview highlighting major funding items such as Florida Forever, Everglades restoration, water quality, Farmers Feeding Florida, citrus recovery, school lunches, state parks, and law enforcement and staffing items, and members later recorded additional votes before the committee adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- would extend the license renewal grace period from 30 to 90 days with a one-and-a-half times renewal fee
- . ...fee and clarify that a person whose license has been expired for at least one year may not renew
- Municipal solid waste permits can be used to propose a landfill in a now densely developed residential
- Between development and the community, and protection for environmental oversight.
- Development builds around it, and I can tell you, some of the areas around it...
Keywords:
occupational licenses, renewal, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, registration, license expiration, HB 2663, inactive well, plugging extension, Railroad Commission of Texas, RRC, oil and gas, orphan wells, well cleanup, well plugging, abandoned wells, surface equipment removal, electric service termination, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, Section 89.029