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Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized Eileen Cooper Grubbs as Nurse of the Day. The chamber then took up several procedural items, including second-reading referrals of Senate Joint Resolutions 50, 52, and 53 to Administrative Rules. Speaker Hilbert also announced the House would continue working despite uncertainty about action in the other chamber, and members were told dinner had been ordered for a long day of floor work. On legislation, the House rejected Senate amendments to House Bill 1728 and House Bill 3021 and requested conference on both. It adopted Senate amendments to House Bill 2137, a criminal procedure bill, and then passed the bill. The House also approved a motion by Speaker Hilbert to override the governor’s veto of House Bill 4432, with a recorded vote of 68-15, allowing the bill to become law notwithstanding the governor’s objections. The House then adopted House Concurrent Resolution 1028, which authorizes the House or Senate to modify legislative deadlines for the remainder of the 60th Legislature. Members discussed that the change was intended to keep legislation moving while the Senate was not meeting and to preserve the ability to hear bills and return them between chambers. The resolution passed after a recorded vote of 77-4. Finally, the House suspended certain rules for the rest of the session by a 68-15 vote and recessed until 1 p.m., with a reminder that the rural caucus would meet in Room 206.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • But they may charge fees or cover...
  • But they may charge fees or entry fees and stuff like that to cover the cost.
  • For instance, they shall not require a fee or other payment from statewide professional...
  • Wouldn't it make more sense then to just tell the districts they have to have the same access fees for
  • I think it's probably a good idea that schools don't get in the business of charging fees to vendors
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, this measure, as I see, consolidates and updates much of the old language.
  • That special fund is funded by all the fees that restaurants and other manufacturers pay in.
  • Our intention, and I can check... um updates um much of the old language. um updates um much of the old
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  • that restaurants and other fees that restaurants and other manufacturers<00:44:04.200> pay<00
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 847, which would create a Kauai pilot program allowing qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications. The Board of Psychology supported the bill’s intent but asked for amendments to delay the effective date or extend the pilot so rules could be written first, and to clarify the education/training language. Supporters, including the Hawaii Psychological Association, Hawaii Mental Health Coalition, and several psychologists, argued that prescribing psychologists have long safety records in other jurisdictions and that the pilot could improve access to care on Kauai, especially amid ongoing mental health needs and storm-related stress. They cited studies and examples from New Mexico, Louisiana, the Department of Defense, and other places. Opponents, including the Hawaii Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Queen’s Medical Center, and a Department of Health representative, said the bill needed substantial work, raised concerns about training, liability, and workforce impacts, and urged a team-based model with psychiatrist oversight rather than independent prescribing. Some testimony also referenced a GAO report, with witnesses disagreeing over its meaning and cost-effectiveness. No vote was taken during the discussion, and members asked questions about how the bill would address the workforce shortage and whether a psychiatrist on Kauai could already meet the need. The committee then moved to SB 2271 on hospital licensing and SB 2272 on home health care licensing. The Department of Health, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported both measures, which were described as streamlining and clarifying licensing oversight by relying on accreditation or certification reports. A member asked whether the bill language on hospital accreditation reports was duplicative, and the response was that the second provision was intended to strengthen enforcement by requiring hospitals to provide the actual report to DOH. The committee did not take final action in the portion of the hearing provided, and the chair noted that all bills on the agenda would later be considered for decision-making.
HI
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several health-related bills. HB 1864, which would require health insurance coverage for standard fertility preservation services for people undergoing medically necessary treatment, drew broad support from SHIPA, the Department of Health, HMSA, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, and others. Testifiers emphasized that fertility preservation is routine coverage on the mainland and important for patients facing infertility from cancer or other treatment; one patient described incurring more than $20,000 in costs. The Insurance Division flagged possible Affordable Care Act issues, a potential conflict in the bill’s language about using patient history to determine limits, and a mismatch with state medical-necessity standards. Committee discussion also focused on whether the bill should apply to all women of childbearing age rather than a narrower age-based category. HB 2305 would require nutrition and metabolic education as part of physicians’ continuing medical education. The Hawaii Medical Board opposed the measure, arguing that CME should remain flexible and tailored to each physician’s specialty and warning that topic-specific mandates can expand over time. The Office of the Governor supported the bill, saying it would help the state’s rural health transformation application and could improve federal funding prospects, though the exact impact was unclear. Members questioned whether nutrition is already covered in medical training and whether the requirement should be limited to primary care physicians; the board said Hawaii currently has no topic-specific CME mandates and that physicians can already choose relevant courses. The committee also heard strong support for HB 1597, which would establish an Alzheimer’s disease research center at the University of Hawaii. Supporters from the university, the Alzheimer’s Association, AARP, and others said the center could attract federal research dollars, expand clinical trials, and help address the state’s high Alzheimer’s-related health costs. HB 2159, which appropriates funds for health care workforce development, also received broad support from the University of Hawaii, health systems, and advocacy groups, with no opposition noted. Finally, HB 2121, which would prohibit the sale and distribution of disposable electronic smoking devices, drew support from the Department of Health, youth advocates, and public health groups citing youth addiction, environmental waste, and fire hazards; the department said a separate bill, HB 1573, would be more comprehensive and better defined for enforcement and penalties. The committee ended with HB 1913, creating a veteran services mental health coordinator position at Tripler Army Medical Center, which was supported by veteran services officials and others who said veterans need better navigation and coordination for behavioral health care.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is land bank updates.
  • Um, it exempts the land banks from fees and taxes that are for redevelopment.
  • This is, uh, land bank<00:55:53.920> updates.
  • Uh and basically what this bank updates.
  • Um it exempts the land banks from<00:57:44.799> fees<00:57:45.359> and<00:57:46.160>
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Jan 21st, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • 00:11:08.079> industry<00:11:08.480> to fees from the insurance industry to fees from the
  • Ain't there a $1,000 fee in the bill? Ain't there a $1,000 fee in the bill?
  • That's a license fee of $1,47 yourself. That's a license fee of $1,47 and<00:17:56.400> change.
  • > fees.
  • license fees. license fees.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill includes updates and references to the appropriate agency.
  • HB 2282 by Representative Janie Lopez is an arrest warrant fee increase.
  • The current $50 fee was set over 30 years ago.
  • I urge you to support this bill and bring this fee into modern era. Thank you for your time.
  • Warrant fees make tickets much more expensive only for those who do not have the money to pay.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation May 8th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, uh, House Bill 4868 just amends, uh, Chapter 551 of the Transportation code to update.
  • People don't pay attention to the updates in law.
  • The state collects up to 3 fees for vehicle owners, registration fee, safety inspection fee, and emissions
  • The objective of House Bill 4192 is to repeal the fee, or at least limit it as much as possible.
  • But once we do this, it's like the fees were exorbitant to the point where you couldn't do it.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 8th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • People don't pay attention to the updates in law.
  • The state proposes up to three fees for vehicle owners: a registration fee, a safety inspection fee,
  • and an emissions fee in 17 urban counties.
  • So this bill simply updates the statute to prohibit signage between U.S.
  • HB 4669 is a local bill that will update the monthly fees for hard-working individuals in the Port of
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The senate companion bill is an update to the Alabama business and nonprofit code.
  • They keep a standing committee that looks at this every year and makes recommended updates to it.
  • Really, all this is, even though it's a lot of pages, primarily it's technical updates.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 5th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 194 updates state law along with federal law.
  • The last comprehensive permit fee adjustment was in 2016.
  • The comprehensive permit fee adjustment was in 2016.
  • The largest fee increase will be an annual air criteria pollutant fee, which will bring Louisiana's fee
  • The largest fee increase will be an annual air criteria pollutant fee, which will bring Louisiana's fee
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