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• And then the RFP development started and they have worked on solicitation.
• started and um then the RFP development started and um they<00:03:05.280> have<00:03:05.440><
• This allows reasonable attorney fees on appeal for appeals from district court to the court of appeals
• This allows reasonable<00:14:54.399> attorney<00:14:54.880> fees<00:14:55.760> on
• <00:24:51.760> upon reduced civil marriage license fee upon reduced civil marriage license

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• That's the only reason we're not developing...
• How much was that fee?
• It was a $10 fee for voters and a $5 fee for seniors in kayaks and... ...a $5 fee for seniors in kayaks
• , and there was a dollar fee for magic.
• As far as the boat launch, you brought up the fee to use it.

Bills: HB471, HB473

Keywords: water authority, sewer management, fire protection, local governance, board of directors, local officers, water recreation, public access, water bodies, recreational use, water commissions, 1136, house, all

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• Because their kids' brain grows and develops the most from birth to five years old.
• This is horrible for children's early childhood brain development.
• We're now one of the foremost destinations for data center development in the world.
• For some increases in the recognition that fees might need to go up to account for inflation.
• House Bill 2946, amending Section 9-463.05, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to development fees.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• uh that includes 85% annual visitor fee uh that includes 85% of<00:39:42.760> visitors<00:39:
• I'm a program officer at Resources Legacy Fund, where I develop and implement strategies and projects
• Right now, we have the opportunity to follow other already successful models of visitor fee programs
• increases for the boat then use the fee increases for the boat harbors<01:07:18.400> to<01:07
• related to the tourism development related to the tourism industry<03:45:51.040> we'll<03:45:

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• the fee.
• <00:13:03.320> are retake fee um and all these fees are retake fee um and all these fees are
• The filing fee is...
• the driver's license agent fee-sharing account collecting revenue from those filing fees.
• They collect that fee now.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• an administrative fee for up to $5,000. an administrative fee for up to $5,000.
• <00:20:53.520> There's<00:20:53.760> multiple with a $5,000 fee.
• There's multiple with a $5,000 fee.
• <00:32:19.600> promised they say, "Well, the developer promised they say, "Well, the developer
• <00:36:54.160> directly payment of an examination fee directly payment of an examination fee

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation by Reverend Jod Gun, whose prayer was journalized by unanimous consent. The chamber then recognized several guests, including representatives from the National Alliance on Mental Illness, who were present for a resolution honoring Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week, as well as former Delegate and physician Dan Moheim, Towson University students, a veteran guest, and parents and young children visiting for Maryland Family Network’s Day in Annapolis. The Senate adopted a resolution recognizing the National Alliance on Mental Illness for its advocacy on tardive dyskinesia screening, early detection, and treatment, and designated May 5–9 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. The resolution was read and adopted without objection. The chamber also unanimously welcomed the guest groups and thanked them for their service and advocacy. In second-reader action, the Senate advanced several bills with committee amendments adopted without objection. Senate Bill 113, the Longevity Ready Maryland Act, was amended to refine aging-related planning, website reporting, and Commission on Aging membership, then ordered to third reading. Senate Bill 123 updated the membership of the Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in nursing homes and assisted living facilities and was also sent to third reading. Senate Bill 336 extended the Task Force on the Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances for one year and added an HBCU representative. Senate Bill 394 expanded expedited partner therapy to bacterial vaginosis and added licensed certified midwives as authorized practitioners. Senate Bill 444 changed certificate-of-need requirements for certain intermediate care facilities, and Senate Bill 461 conformed the SNAP Heat and Eat Program to federal eligibility rules; both were advanced to third reading. The Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee then took up Senate Bill 108, which would authorize the Maryland Department of the Environment to impose administrative penalties for certain water, wetlands, dam, and riparian-rights violations and expand administrative enforcement tools. Several senators raised concerns about the scope of the bill, its effect on shoreline restoration, dams, stormwater and wetlands enforcement, and whether it could allow penalties without adequate process or encourage payment instead of correction. The floor leader responded that the amendment requires notice, an informal meeting, and consideration of good-faith efforts before penalties are imposed in certain cases, and said the bill does not change permit requirements. The debate continued as members sought clarification on how the bill would apply to private dams, HOAs, farmers, and shoreline projects.

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• No. 1, after working with the city stakeholders, strikes a prohibition on municipalities charging fees
• submission, review, or approval of applications or permits, as well as striking the prohibition of fee
• with the cities that, at least some of them, we struck the prohibition on municipalities charging fees
• What those 20 lines did, they had prohibitions against municipalities like Dallas charging fees related
• No oil and gas development means less high-paying jobs in Texas, and it means a higher cost of living

Summary: The Senate took up and passed Senate Bill 945, which concerns political shareholder proposals by insurers and insurance holding companies. Senator Hughes argued the bill would protect Texas-based insurers from activist shareholder pressure, especially proposals aimed at limiting insurance coverage for oil and gas companies for ESG or political reasons. The motion to suspend the regular order was adopted over objection, and SB 945 passed to engrossment on a 20-10 vote with one present not voting. The chamber also passed Senate Bill 1117, allowing any Texas-licensed dentist to administer botulinum toxin in oral or maxillofacial regions for aesthetic purposes, and House Joint Resolution 98, renewing Texas’s application for an Article 5 Convention of States to propose amendments on fiscal restraints, federal power limits, and term limits. Both measures advanced after debate and roll-call votes; SB 1117 passed unanimously after suspension of the three-day rule, and H.J.R. 98 was adopted on a 17-14 vote. Members then approved several other measures, including the committee substitute for House Bill 142 on HHSC’s Office of Inspector General and Medicaid overpayment recovery, Senate Bill 2373 on AI-enabled financial fraud and deepfake/phishing schemes, Senate Bill 2221 on fraudulent UCC financing statements, and Senate Bill 2681 on the basis for third-party voter-registration challenges. The Senate also adopted a resolution authorizing a Texas Life Monument replica at the Capitol complex, and passed S.J.R. 59 creating funds for Texas State Technical College capital needs. The body debated and passed Senate Bill 946, which would bar credit discrimination against organizations based on social, political, religious, or similar value-based considerations and require credit decisions to rest on creditworthiness. Senators raised concerns that the bill could create a special protected class for non-human entities or conflict with existing state policies, but the bill advanced to engrossment on a 20-11 vote. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 2477 to ease office-to-residential conversions in large cities after adopting an amendment negotiated with municipal stakeholders, and began consideration of Senate Bill 715 on ERCOT reliability requirements for generators, including existing generation, with extensive debate over impacts on renewables, power purchase agreements, and grid reliability.

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• OK, we have a long list developing. Let's go ahead. Well, Mr.
• Is this a tax or is this a fee on the industry? Deputy Secretary: Mr.
• A fee would be more like OCD collects a filing fee, but then OCD spends the money on administration of
• I think that's where I'm getting lost here because it's an industry fee.
• All of that we, we can develop if you, Mr. Chair of the committee, want us to develop those things.

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• A few big ones that we're waiting for are the fees.
• And then the fee for the newspaper publication was $2,046.65. The other fees are...
• The fee for the newspaper publication was $2,046.65.
• The other fees associated with this were, with our lawyer fee, $1,250.85.
• If I may, it looks like the total fees may not exceed $300 per player.

Summary: The Administrative Rules Committee met on June 11 and first approved the March 12, 2026 minutes by voice vote. It then granted the Board of Medicine an extension of time to implement rules tied to recent legislation, including North Dakota’s participation in the physician assistant licensure compact and a new physician nutrition continuing education requirement. The Board said it was waiting on compact rules and fee information before finalizing its own changes. The committee heard a lengthy presentation from the Office of Management and Budget on broad personnel rule revisions, including salary administration, recruitment, leave, sick leave, funeral leave, service awards, appeals, and shared leave. OMB said the changes modernize HR language and implement recent legislation such as enhanced annual leave for hard-to-fill positions and new hire leave. Members questioned the hard-to-fill leave provisions, but OMB and counsel said those standards come from statute, not the rules. The committee also heard and accepted rule packages from the Lottery, the Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, the State Electrical Board, the Industrial Commission, PERS, and Health and Human Services, with each agency describing mostly technical, clarifying, or statutory-conforming changes and noting the public notice and comment process. The most significant action came during the Gaming Commission rules presentation. After questioning whether the commission had authority to raise the poker tournament buy-in limit from $300 to $1,500, members moved to void Section 99-01.3-09-01 on the ground that the agency lacked statutory authority for that change. The motion passed on a roll call vote. The committee also discussed several gaming-related issues, including online raffles, kiosk use, advertising restrictions, and the broader policy question of whether charities should be allowed to own bars, but took no further formal action on those topics.

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• courts can place a hold on one's driver's license so that it cannot be renewed until the fines or fees
• there's a hold on my license when I go to renew it. my license, I can't because I haven't paid the fee
• With one fine and fee, but if you don't get to it, it compounds, and it can go on forever.
• What doesn't happen is what you're talking about, this ongoing compounding of fines and fees that you
• I waived all the fines and fees. He didn't pay the Omni fee. He was released from Omni.

Bills: HB1455, HB1777, HB2101, HB2136, HB2609, HB3142, HB3552, HB3846, HB4155, HB4514, HB4879, HB4995, HB5014, HB5139, HB5228, HB5436, HCR40

Keywords: mental health, jail diversion, law enforcement, reporting requirements, criminal justice, data collection, criminal justice reform, intellectual disability, mental illness, data reporting, public safety, reporting, substance abuse, sex offender, driver's license, identification, gunshot detection, unreported gunshots, municipal police, crime investigation

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• engineering expertise to develop engineering expertise to develop infrastructure<00:42:25.440>
• <00:43:14.319> a Chicago where she has developed a Chicago where she has developed a successful
• offers secondary career development offers secondary career development resources<02:19:51.920><
• I want to pay more fees to big banks.
• We believe big bank overdraft fees.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Chris Stewart, American Resort Development Association, waves in support.
• Barney Bischick, Economic Development Commission of Florida Space Coast.
• Fees, Florida Manufacturing Promotional Campaign.
• The fees portion of this requires the Department of Commerce to assess an annual fee, not exceeding $100
• Barney Bishop, Economic Development Commission of Florida Space Coast, waves in support.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard a lengthy agenda of bills, with the chair limiting public testimony to about one minute per speaker. Early action included passage of HB 203, which allows certain counties to opt back into transportation concurrency, as amended to narrow the bill to small counties. The committee also favorably reported CS/HB 43, allowing renters to reuse tenant screening reports for 30 days, and HB 897, a timeshare-related strike-all that clarified timeshare governance provisions and annual board meeting requirements. The committee then approved HJR 1,215, proposing a constitutional amendment to eliminate tangible personal property tax for farmers and agricultural businesses, with support from agriculture and business groups. A major portion of the meeting focused on the committee’s hemp package. Members discussed the committee bill PCB for HAT-25-01, which would create a regulatory framework for hemp-derived intoxicating products, including licensing, packaging and labeling restrictions, testing, and sales limitations. Testimony was mixed: industry representatives and distributors generally supported regulation but urged changes on branding, packaging, milligram limits, and sales locations; convenience store and petroleum marketers opposed restrictions that would exclude gas stations; and consumer-safety and addiction advocates supported tighter controls, including bans on synthetics, online sales, and child-appealing packaging. The committee also heard and approved PCB for HAT-25-02, a companion tax bill imposing excise taxes on hemp consumables and beverages, despite concerns raised about possible triple taxation and higher compliance costs. The committee next passed HB 211, expanding the definition of farm products to include edible and non-edible plants and clarifying agricultural preemption on bona fide farm operations. It also favorably reported PCS for HB 561, creating a chief manufacturing officer role within the Department of Commerce, a workforce development grant program, a voluntary manufacturing promotion campaign, and required reporting, along with PCS for HB 563, which adds an annual fee of up to $100 for participants in the promotional campaign. Both manufacturing bills drew broad support from industry and economic development groups. Finally, the committee took up HJR 1257 and its conforming bill HB 1259, which would create property tax benefits for long-term rental properties owned by Floridians with a separate homestead. Supporters argued the measure would encourage long-term rentals and investment in Florida, while opponents from counties and cities warned it would shift tax burdens and reduce local revenue. After debate, the joint resolution passed 9-4 and the implementing bill also passed 9-4, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were completed.

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• First item on the agenda is HP 422 HD1 SD2, related to school impact fees.
• Next item is HB 1409 HD1 SD1, related to transit-oriented development.
• Corporation, stricter area median income requirements, or a reduction in fee waivers to housing development
• Corporation, stricter area median income requirements, or a reduction in fee waivers to housing development
• Counties may also define what constitutes a 60-day period and set fees for expedited permits.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• All right, members, the Transportation and Economic Development Budget Subcommittee will come to order
• The amendment requires that the Secretary of State, in coordination with the supervisors, develop an
• to assess an annual fee, not exceeding $100, for those who register to participate in the voluntary
• It will be updated every three years and developed in partnership with business, academia, and local
• It will be updated every three years and developed in partnership with business, academia, and local

Summary: The Transportation and Economic Development Budget Subcommittee met and first took up CS/HB 567, a broad transportation bill by Rep. McFarland. The bill, as explained, covered a range of transportation policy changes including higher speed limits, local regulation of e-bikes and e-scooters, parking accommodations for pregnant women, advance land acquisition for DOT projects, changes to FDOT contracting, elevation of roads in capacity projects, MPO quality metrics, and repeal of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. Two amendments were adopted: one added a prohibition on driving too fast through flooded roads and creating excessive wake, and another updated language to allow for future technology in traffic management systems. The strike-all removed several items from the original bill, including utility-right-of-way language, private-public-use airport funding, and an electric vehicle tax redirect, and added MDX board changes. The bill then passed favorably on a recorded vote. The committee next considered CS/HB 1535, also by Rep. McFarland, a lengthy hurricane recovery and preparedness measure. It requires local governments to post storm-preparedness and recovery information online, expands special needs shelter information, mandates emergency management training, improves debris removal planning, and adds provisions for fiscally constrained counties. It also addresses shelter access, rebuilding rules, permitting timelines and fees after storms, homestead rebuilding limits, and election flexibility after disasters, including a process for supervisors of elections to request emergency changes through the Secretary of State. Members asked several questions about local rebuilding ordinances, election “super sites,” and the request/approval process. The bill drew support from several groups, including disability advocates, builders, waste and recycling interests, crane owners, and restaurant and lodging representatives, and it passed favorably. The committee then heard CS/HB 561 and CS/HB 563 from Rep. Cobb on manufacturing. HB 561 would elevate a chief manufacturing officer within the Department of Commerce, create a voluntary Florida manufacturing promotional campaign, and require biennial reporting on manufacturing efforts; an amendment removed the grant portion of the program, and the bill passed favorably with support from industry groups. HB 563 established an annual fee, capped at $100, for participants in the voluntary manufacturing promotional campaign and also passed favorably. Finally, Rep. Spencer presented HB 827, which directs a statewide study on the impact of automation and artificial intelligence on Florida’s workforce, to be updated every three years and developed with business, academic, and local input; it too passed favorably. The meeting then adjourned with notice that the subcommittee would meet again the following week.

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• You have to pay a filing fee, you have to fill out some paperwork, and you can do it.
• You have to pay a filing fee, you have to fill out some paperwork, and you can do it.
• You have to pay a filing fee, you have to fill out some paperwork, and you can do it.
• You have to pay a filing fee, you have to fill out some paperwork, and you can do it.
• You have to pay a filing fee, you have to fill out some paperwork, and you can do it.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So workforce development, as Senator Roy said, is very important to me in economic development.
• So workforce development, as Senator Roy said, is very important to me in economic development.
• I’m sure you heard Senator Hinojosa’s questions regarding the IOLTA fees and the reduction in those fees
• A court where filing fees are paid.
• We also get a little fee from lawyers in terms of their licensing, and then there is a fee on surety

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee convened for its first hearing of the 89th regular session, confirmed a quorum, adopted committee rules by a 15-0 vote, and began review of Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-27. Chair Huffman outlined the committee’s organization, introduced staff, and described the budget as conservative and focused on one-time investments. She highlighted major SB 1 priorities including property tax relief, full funding for public education formulas, teacher pay, school safety, border security, Medicaid growth, dementia research, energy and water infrastructure, transportation, wildfire suppression, and other capital and public safety needs. Comptroller Glenn Hager presented the biennial revenue estimate, saying the state has $194.6 billion available for general-purpose spending in 2026-27, with a projected $23.8 billion ending balance from the current biennium. He cautioned that revenue growth is returning to more normal levels and that lawmakers should avoid committing short-term surpluses to ongoing expenses. He also explained that the Economic Stabilization Fund is projected to hit its constitutional cap, meaning an estimated $5.6 billion in severance tax and related revenue would remain in general revenue in the upcoming biennium rather than flow into the fund. Senators discussed whether to raise or rename the fund and the implications of keeping more severance-tax revenue in general revenue. The Legislative Budget Board then gave an overview of SB 1 and the budget’s major funding changes. LBB staff explained that the bill is essentially flat at $332.9 billion in all funds, but includes large method-of-finance shifts and major property tax relief. They detailed how prior property tax relief enacted in the 88th Legislature grew from an estimated $18 billion to $22.7 billion because of higher property values and hold-harmless provisions, and said SB 1 continues that relief with a total of $51 billion in ongoing and new property tax support. Members asked extensive questions about the automatic growth in school tax compression, the constitutional homestead exemption, COVID-era federal funding, Medicaid assumptions, and the sunset of the non-homestead circuit breaker. No additional votes or final budget actions were taken beyond adoption of the committee rules.

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• So I urge a no vote. style claims, fees shifting, i.e. The style claims, fees shifting, i.e.
• In my industry, especially in construction, for new housing developments and industrial development,
• kind of drives a potential fee kind of drives a potential fee reduction.<03:11:13.200> Um
• <03:12:20.240> if enterprise board to reduce the fee if enterprise board to reduce the fee
• I would urge a yes on this because it keeps the fee at a fee instead of making it a fee and cheap clothing

Keywords: 981, all

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• But we can also use those groundwater withdrawal fee credits for CAP M&I subcontractors.
• However, there are other steps needed for developers to finalize a deal and start on the housing development
• This leaves farmers and developers in a state of limbo: the development can't proceed yet, but farming
• The development can't proceed yet, but farming must stop.
• Smarter long-term land use decisions that benefit both development and conservation.

Bills: SB1137, SB1176, SB1287, SB1335, SB1336, SB1445, SB1677

Keywords: underground utilities, utility locating, dig safe, call before you dig, 811, excavation safety, damage prevention, one-call center, locate request, white lining, large project coordination, buried infrastructure, subsurface utilities, utility marking, locator wire, locator strip, interactive positive response system, landlord duties, apartment community, mobile home park

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• But on the legal fees, I think that could be a concern. I also have a concern about...
• I appreciate the comment, and basically I'll say I'm willing to work on the consultant fee, including
• This bill, the Clean Energy Safety Act of 2025, ensures the safe development and operation of battery
• It says that the developer will pay the cost of that inspection.
• It also prohibits the development of battery storage in indoor combustible facilities to prevent what

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy met without a quorum at first and began as a subcommittee, then later established quorum and heard several measures. The main policy bills discussed were SB 24, which would restrict investor-owned utilities from using ratepayer funds for political advertising, lobbying, and efforts against municipal utilities, and SB 283, the Clean Energy Safety Act of 2025, which would strengthen safety standards for battery energy storage facilities after the Moss Landing fire. The consent calendar also included SB 80, SB 491, SB 593, SB 804, and SCR 25, which were taken up without debate. SB 24 drew strong support from consumer and environmental advocates, who argued that ratepayer money should not be used for political or promotional activity and that current rules lack meaningful consequences. Opponents from the utilities and business community said the bill was too broad, could interfere with shareholder-funded advocacy and legal work, and might unintentionally affect public service communications and expert consulting. Several committee members shared support for the bill’s goal but raised concerns about its breadth, especially around legal fees and communications; the author said he was willing to work on amendments, including on consultant fees, and accepted committee amendments. SB 283 received broad support from firefighters, local governments, utilities, labor, and business groups. Supporters said the bill would improve fire safety, require fire authority consultation and inspections, and prevent battery storage from being sited in unsafe indoor combustible facilities. The author described the Moss Landing fire and said the bill would add standards based on NFPA guidance while preserving local governments’ ability to adopt stricter rules. No opposition testimony was presented. The committee voted SB 283 out 16-0, and SB 24 was also approved after a roll was held open and later closed, ultimately passing 11-1. The consent calendar passed 16-0, and the meeting adjourned after the final roll calls were completed.

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• Even small regulatory fees can add up over time.
• Even small regulatory fees can add up over time.
• Even small regulatory fees can add up over time.
• It not mean that you are paying a fee.
• So, um we fee and that's what happens.

Keywords: 981, all