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• Now, North Dakota, we just changed our filing fees for the first time in a long time, and they are a
• A $50 fee for something like this is not usually cost prohibitive. I understand Mr.
• But there are also waivers that people can file for filing fees and other things in the state of North
• provision if folks could not afford this, available to individuals who say they really can't provide the fees
• I don't believe that I could order Parents Forever to waive their fee for a particular person.

Summary: The Child Custody Review Task Force met to approve prior minutes and then worked through draft legislation related to a possible family court study committee. The group discussed the proposed 15-member committee’s makeup in detail, including whether to add parent representation, judges, family law section members, child support, clerks of court, domestic violence advocates, and other stakeholders. The task force ultimately agreed to keep the committee at 15 members, reduce the legislative membership from eight to six, add two judges from different districts, add two family law section members with rural and urban representation, include one parent subject to a custody order, and replace the mental health professional with a clerk of court representative appointed through the trial court administrator’s office. The draft was also revised to keep domestic violence advocacy representation and to clarify that the study could consider juvenile court issues as part of the family court umbrella. The committee voted to approve the revised draft and recommend it to Legislative Management, with one recorded “no” vote from Judge Hovey after the meeting resumed. The task force then turned to a second draft dealing with requiring participation in a family transition program, which was renamed in discussion to a parenting education course. Members debated whether the bill should simply refer to an existing program like Parents Forever or instead specify broader education about the court process, parental rights, co-parenting, and related issues. Some members supported the requirement as a way to reduce conflict and improve understanding of the system, while others raised concerns about vague language, cost to parents, lack of exemptions, and whether the bill was too open-ended or potentially duplicative of other legislation. The discussion became lengthy and unresolved, with the drafter noting that more specific direction would be needed to revise the bill. The transcript cuts off before a final vote or action on this second draft is shown.

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• ISA program, including definitions, program provider requirements, a requirement to have a reduced-fee
• ISA program, including definitions, program provider requirements, a requirement to have a reduced-fee
• ISA program, including definitions, program provider requirements, a requirement to have a reduced-fee
• ISA program, including definitions, program provider requirements, a requirement to have a reduced-fee
• To get your license reinstated, the reinstatement fee is, I believe, $30 in this space.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• You know, general funds are about 38%, dedicated funds from fees and everything is 35%.
• general funds about 38% dedicated<00:03:25.040> funds<00:03:25.360> from<00:03:25.599> fees
• <00:03:25.920> and<00:03:26.159> everything dedicated funds from fees and everything
• dedicated funds from fees and everything is<00:03:26.879> 35%<00:03:28.319> legacy<00:
• So just wanted to remind folks that the fee would not turn into $8 million as well.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture presented an overview of its budget, staffing, and major program areas, including protection services, marketing, and administration. Commissioners also highlighted concerns about federal funding uncertainty after a January letter suspending active and future USDA awards to the department. They said the issue affected about 13% of the agency’s budget, created confusion for farmers, and briefly disrupted poultry lab testing and HPAI-related work, though they later received assurances from USDA leadership that existing programs would continue processing. The department also described its anti-fraud efforts, including internal controls, a compliance coordinator, a grants administrator, review committees, site visits, and participation in the state’s Inspector General Coordinating Council. The committee then discussed several agriculture support programs. For dairy margin coverage, the department said Minnesota’s sign-up is open and supported a bill to extend assistance to farmers who began operations in 2023-2025 and were not covered under the earlier production-based formula. The renamed Farm to Food Security program, formerly LFPA, was described as a state-created local food purchasing effort funded at $700,000 per year. The down payment assistance grant for first-time farm buyers was also reviewed; the department said it has supported 112 farmers so far, with additional awards pending, but noted timing problems when purchase agreements fall through. Members asked whether priority should be given to applicants with signed purchase agreements, and the department said that was under consideration. The grain indemnity account update focused on the Hansen-Mueller facility failure and related claims. The department said the account holds about $10.7 million, has received 19 claims totaling $1.1 million, and that $842,000 of those claims were tied specifically to Minnesota transactions. It explained the difference by noting that some claims involved Minnesota farmers selling in North Dakota and Wisconsin, and that the indemnity account covers grains sold in Minnesota. The committee also heard updates on elk and wolf depredation payments, with the department projecting shortfalls in both funds and noting that payments are being delayed into later months. The agriculture response fund balance was said to be about $2.5 million. Finally, the Rural Finance Authority and the East Grand Forks potato facility were discussed. The RFA reported strong demand for low-interest loans, about $26 million remaining from the prior $50 million authorization, and a new $50 million bonding request in the governor’s proposal to avoid a funding gap. The department said the program has issued 3,951 loans totaling about $390.3 million with very low defaults. It also requested $1.38 million in bonding for building improvements at the East Grand Forks potato facility, which it said is the department’s only owned building and supports a significant potato industry. In response to a question from Rep. Bang, the commissioner said recent ICE activity had affected farms, processing plants, immigrant workers, and some rural food businesses, and that the department had relayed those concerns to the governor’s office and congressional delegation.

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• I'd like to open up the hearing for House Bill 1485 relative to the eligibility and fees for late fund
• late tax return, you get penalized at 5% per month up to five months, you get a 25% penalty or minimum fee
• late tax return, you get penalized at 5% per month up to five months, you get a 25% penalty or minimum fee
• We um House Bill 485 FN, relative to eligibility fees for late fund requests for toll road tolls. >>
• House Bill 485 FN, relative to eligibility fees for late fund requests for toll road tolls. >> I'll make

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Do we work strictly flat-fee basis? Do we work by the hour? What is...? Multiple ways.
• Certain times, you definitely set a set fee. So it does vary.
• If a code, some code, results in an increase in fee, we're typically not going to oppose the code, as
• correct the non-compliant access encountered by their client, and they wanted you to pay attorney fees
• If the court finds the litigation to be abusive, it may award attorney fees and costs back to the business

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• will typically never fully spend our appropriation from this fund, as it's a fund that's dependent on fees
• This means in a down economy we will see less fees into that fund, and we need to ensure we have a balance
• A land sale fee, Madam Chair, Mr.
• Chair, there is a fee on state trust land sales that goes into the trust land management fund.
• But the mineral section geologists, by training, scoffed at the mere $500 application fee that I had

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Joint Natural Resources and House Natural Resources, Energy and Water Committees of Reference heard the Arizona Auditor General’s sunset review of the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board. The audit found the board generally met some licensing requirements, but it did not timely investigate and resolve 49 of 159 complaints in fiscal year 2024, and it did not fully comply with conflict-of-interest disclosure and filing requirements. The Auditor General also identified weaknesses in continuing-education verification and other sunset-factor areas, and the board agreed to implement all 21 recommendations. Board staff said complaint volume has risen sharply since the pandemic, that the board’s process is slower because every case goes through an investigative committee and then the full board, and that it has already corrected some conflict-of-interest issues and is adding tools to improve continuing-education audits. The committee then heard testimony from the board’s executive director and from the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association. The executive director emphasized the board’s public-protection mission, described the shortage of veterinarians and veterinary technicians, and said the board is working to improve efficiency through a new e-licensing system and staff training. Members asked about the shortage of large-animal veterinarians, complaint backlogs, and whether the board could do more to recruit rural practitioners; the board said it lacks direct recruiting authority but supports multiple licensure pathways and loan-assistance efforts. The veterinary association supported the board’s oversight and said it is also working on rural and large-animal workforce issues through partnerships and advocacy. The committee then voted to recommend continuing the board for eight years, until July 1, 2034. The committee next took up the Arizona State Land Department, beginning with the Auditor General’s presentation on the department’s sunset review and prior special audit. The audit found the department had not updated its required five-year disposition plan since 2011, had sold more than 48,000 acres without an active plan, had allowed agricultural rental rates to go unchanged since 2006 despite market increases, and had not consistently inspected mineral-related leases or properly managed reclamation bonds. The Auditor General said these issues created risks of lost revenue, reduced transparency, and public-safety hazards, and recommended 18 corrective actions in the main review plus 34 additional recommendations on other issues; the department agreed to most recommendations but declined to adopt a written policy for commissioner-initiated land sales. Commissioner Robin Sahid said the department is working through audit recommendations, has created a rules team, improved its customer portal, and is pursuing new policies on water use, transportation-basin leases, and disposition planning. Members questioned the department about agricultural leases, groundwater valuation, the Fondomonte leases and reimbursement for improvements, the canceled Coyotes land auction, backlog and processing times, and the use of consultants and administrative funds. The commissioner said the department had over 2,000 applications in queue when she arrived, that it has made progress reducing the backlog, and that it is conducting stakeholder outreach on water-efficiency standards and lease addenda. No final vote on the land department continuation was taken in the portion provided.

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• 4 million for teacher PD, 1.5 million for RECs, 1.5 million for school safety, 1.3 million for test fee
• the Grafton School of Education, and 1.5 million for that program and then your lawsuit sufficiency fees
• So I think when it comes to 144, we're talking about the sufficiency lawsuit fees.
• Chairman, Representative Block, that is just the fees that are associated with the Martinez Yazzie lawsuit
• Almost, it feels like, in my opinion, but what do We think we can expect in the future because legal fees

Keywords: 996, all

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• Twenty-six years old, two young children, and we opened it with a sliding fee scale.
• Sliding fee scale with a mission of affordable, high-quality, and accessible to all.
• Dow, I wouldn't call it a voucher system, so I don't agree with that characterization or the sliding fee
• You might not want to call it a sliding fee scale, but prior to universal, a family making under 400%
• It's okay to have a sliding fee scale or copay, whatever you want to call it.

Keywords: 996, all

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• I'm sorry, then there are testing fees and enforcement.
• Ultimately, Madam Chair, members Of the committee, we did not, we're trying to fund this out of fees.
• So on slide 18, we're acknowledging that there are reporting fees And unavoidable use designation that
• The rest comes from fees and federal funds, and that's been consistent, even though our general fund
• manufacturing program, and those revenues we've now hit a point where we've not been able to raise those fees

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• No, the section that referred to a fee was for your emergency management coordinator's positions.
• They just maybe have a gate and you pay your fee online and you show up and you get the gate code, whatever
• Members, the impact fee credit bill passed unanimously off the Senate.
• for Senate Bill 13, relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees
• for Senate Bill 13, relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees

Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum call, invocation, and approval of the previous day’s journal, then observed a moment of silence after Senator Eckhardt referenced a mass shooting in Austin. The chamber also agreed to postpone reading and referral of bills until later in the day. Early procedural business included a motion not to print Senate Bill 3, which was adopted without objection. Later, Senator Mendez raised a parliamentary inquiry about moving flood relief bills to the top of the calendar, but the presiding officer said the order of business was up to the chair. The main floor action centered on Senate Bill 4, the congressional redistricting bill. Senator King laid out the bill, describing it as the companion to the House version, based on 2020 census data, and arguing it was legal, race-blind, more compact, and likely to elect more Republicans. Senators asked extensive questions about the process, public hearings, and the map’s effects on districts and communities. The Senate voted to suspend the regular order of business and the three-day rule, then passed SB 4 to engrossment and finally passed it, with the recorded votes showing 19 yeas and 2 nays. The Senate also took up Senate Bill 6, relating to abortion and civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs. Senator Hughes argued the bill was needed to stop illegal abortion pills being mailed into Texas and harming women and unborn children. The Senate suspended the regular order of business and the three-day rule, passed the bill to engrossment, and then finally passed it, with the recorded votes showing 18 yeas, 10 nays, and one present not voting. A lengthy discussion followed on the committee substitute for Senate Bill 14, which would standardize law enforcement personnel and departmental files statewide. Senator King said the bill codifies a TCOLE model policy and limits public access to personnel files to substantiated misconduct, commendations, and evaluations, while keeping other records available through other legal processes. Senators Eckhardt, West, Hinojosa, and others questioned how the bill would affect transparency, meet-and-confer agreements, civilian review boards, and access to unsubstantiated complaints. An amendment by Senator Hinojosa of Dallas to narrow the bill to unfounded complaints failed, and SB 14 was then passed to engrossment on a vote of 18 yeas and 10 nays. The final major item was Senate Bill 1, the natural disaster omnibus bill responding to the July flooding. Senator Perry said the bill addresses camp and RV park safety, evacuation plans, emergency rooftop access, lines of succession for local emergency management, annual drills, volunteer management, drone restrictions over disaster areas, small-business recovery loans, and a statewide data hub for flood and weather monitoring. Senators Menendez, Eckhardt, and Kolkhorst asked about autopsies, volunteer background checks, liability, warning systems, floodplain mitigation, and coordination with FEMA and local governments. Perry said the bill focuses on preparation, response, and recovery, while broader prevention and mitigation issues may be addressed later. The transcript ends during this extended discussion, before final action on SB 1 is shown.

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• The amendment prohibits publicly owned airports from charging certain fees for aircraft operations associated
• These provisions include providing tuition and fee waivers for active Florida State Guard members for
• Today's version would still impose severe new restrictions, regulatory barriers, and absurd fines and fees
• Senator Gates mentioned that $10,000 was significant, and it is, but the fines and the fees don't represent
• You add more fines and fees.

Summary: The committee first took up CS for CS for CS for SB 462 on transportation. A substitute amendment was adopted that would require counties receiving transportation surtax proceeds to report how the money is used to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, prohibit certain airport fees tied to collegiate aviation flight training, create a Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority pilot program, and dedicate $10 million annually for a traffic signal modernization program. The amendment also removed several provisions from the bill, including a sales-tax transfer to the State Transportation Trust Fund, a bid-protest-related contracting requirement, and repeal of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. A late-filed amendment was tabled, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS for CS for CS for SB 628, Lucy’s Law, which strengthens boating safety penalties for leaving the scene of a vessel accident and reckless operation. After the sponsor withdrew a pending amendment, the committee heard emotional testimony from Lucy’s parents and others in support, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee next considered CS for CS for SB 700, the Florida Farm Bill, under a strike-all amendment. The bill’s major provisions included removing non-purity additives from public water systems, requiring clearer labeling for meat, milk, poultry, and eggs, criminalizing drone harassment over farmland, updating agriculture disaster recovery programs, creating an honest services registry for charities tied to countries of concern, expanding FFA-related scholarships and school infrastructure, and allowing the state to repurchase certain former agricultural lands converted to solar fields. Testimony included strong support from agriculture and related groups, opposition from the Florida Bankers Association over a private right of action related to financial discrimination, and criticism from speakers opposed to fluoride removal. The bill was amended and then reported favorably despite some opposition. The committee also reported favorably SB 796, which authorizes DEP general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems to replace failing septic tanks. The committee then took up a large strike-all for CS for SB 1618, a K-20 education package. The amendment combined provisions on VPK flexibility, early grade success, agriculture education, financial literacy, reading intervention, teacher assignment transparency, restrictions on spending public funds for political or social activism, emergency opioid antagonists, corporal punishment consent, teacher certification pathways, and other higher-education and workforce items from SB 1624, including guardrails for certain private religious postsecondary institutions. Members questioned the new prohibition on using public funds for political or social activism, with the sponsor saying it was intended to keep public schools from being a battleground for ideology; Equality Florida and the ACLU opposed that section. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee began extensive debate on CS for SB 7016, a major initiative-petition reform bill. The sponsors said the bill responds to fraud and abuse documented in a large Office of Election Crimes and Security report and would impose tighter rules on petition circulators, including Florida residency and U.S. citizenship requirements, training, shorter submission deadlines, stronger penalties, new identification requirements on petitions, and a 25% invalid-signature trigger for investigations by election-crimes officials. Senators raised numerous questions about due process, public records, penalties, the treatment of volunteers and former felons, the verification process, and the practical effect of the new deadlines and thresholds. The discussion was ongoing when the transcript ended, and no final vote on SB 7016 is shown in the excerpt.

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• The amendment prohibits publicly owned airports from charging certain fees for aircraft operations associated
• These provisions include providing tuition and fee waivers for active Florida State Guard members for
• Today's version would still impose severe new restrictions, regulatory barriers, and absurd fines and fees
• Senator Gaetz mentioned that $10,000 was significant, and it is, but the fines and the fees don't represent
• You add more fines and fees.

Summary: The committee first took up CS for CS for CS for SB 462 on transportation, adopting a substitute amendment that would require counties receiving transportation surtax proceeds to report how the money is used, prohibit certain airport fees tied to collegiate flight training, create a Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority pilot program, and fund a traffic signal modernization program with $10 million annually from the State Transportation Trust Fund. The amendment also removed several provisions from the bill, including a sales tax transfer to the trust fund, a bid protest-related contracting requirement, and repeal of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. A late-filed amendment was tabled, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS for CS for SB 628, “Lucy's Law,” on boating safety, which would strengthen penalties for leaving the scene of a vessel accident and reckless vessel operation. Lucy’s parents gave emotional testimony in support, describing the fatal 2022 boating crash and urging stronger accountability. The sponsor withdrew pending amendments, and the bill was reported favorably. CS for CS for SB 700, the Florida Farm Bill, was next; the strike-all amendment covered a broad range of agriculture-related changes, including water fluoridation restrictions, labeling rules, drone restrictions over farmland, disaster recovery programs, an honest services registry, FFA-related provisions, and agricultural land preservation. Testimony included support from agricultural and gun-rights groups, opposition from banking, dental, and local-government advocates, and a lengthy public debate over fluoridation and financial discrimination. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. SB 796 on general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems was reported favorably with little debate. The committee then took up CS for SB 1618 on K-12 education, adopting a delete-all amendment that combined a wide range of education provisions, including VPK flexibility, agriculture education, financial literacy, reading intervention requirements, teacher assignment reporting, restrictions on spending public funds on political or social activism, postsecondary and workforce-related changes, and other school and college system updates. Several speakers opposed the activism-related funding restriction, while the sponsor said the bill was intended to keep publicly funded schools focused on education; the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered SB 7016 on initiative petitions, adopting a strike-all amendment that would sharply tighten petition circulation rules and increase penalties. The proposal would require circulators to be Florida residents and U.S. citizens, impose training and registration requirements, shorten petition submission deadlines, require more identifying information on petition forms, limit sponsors to one amendment per election cycle, and create new enforcement and investigation triggers, including a 25% invalid-signature threshold. Sponsors argued the changes were needed to address fraud and protect the integrity of constitutional amendment petitions, while senators raised concerns about due process, public-records issues, burdens on volunteers, and the impact on voters and sponsors. The bill was not reported in the portion provided, and the discussion remained ongoing at the end of the transcript.

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• Lastly, the amount of scholarship shall not exceed a hundred percent of the tuition and fees funded one
• Law-abiding citizens should not have to ask for permission or pay fees to exercise a constitutional right
• When you take in the state fee, you have a $100 fee, fingerprints for $60, and a class could be anywhere
• bills such as legislation requiring these kinds of firearm safety training, etc., government-mandated fees

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• We talk about provider fees.
• on each add-on transaction and remit the fee to the Youth Mental Health Services Access Enterprise,
• which is created in the bill, and directing the enterprise to use the fee revenue to operate and fund
• and remit the fee to add-on transaction and remit the fee to the<02:57:55.680> young<02:57:56.160
• directing the enterprise to use the fee directing the enterprise to use the fee revenue<02:58:02.399

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• > to<02:02:06.079> pay<02:02:06.360> the<02:02:06.520> ma<02:02:07.239> fee
• <02:02:07.560> for administrator to pay the ma fee for administrator to pay the ma fee for
• /c><02:02:27.679> for<02:02:27.960> service<02:02:28.800> uh pay more than the fee
• for service uh pay more than the fee for service uh rate<02:02:30.159> so<02:02:30.440> in
• related statutes and authorizes the fee related statutes and authorizes the board<02:09:26.239> to

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The fees imposed on those who utilize the system.
• This bill would increase that amount at long last by doubling their fee to $120.
• , or whatever else it may be and fees, or whatever else it may be owed<03:54:37.680> during<03
• This bill would increase that amount at long last by doubling their fee to $120.
• , a fee for freedom.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, January 12, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• One piece that is exempted, which is the purpose of this amendment, is nothing connected to taxes or fees
• particular amendment exempts out from these types of causes of action taxes and other type of use fees

Keywords: 916, all

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• Over 50% of our revenue comes through either air permit fees, asbestos fees, or motor vehicle fees.
• Over 50% dependent on fees as an agency.
• motor permit fees, asbestous fees, or motor permit fees, asbestous fees, or motor vehicles<01
• :00:00.240> fees.
• Uh, those motor vehicle vehicles fees.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• card that a person may use to purchase a consumer good at the establishment, B does not charge any fee
• <00:25:26.720> And charge any fee or required deposit.
• And charge any fee or required deposit.
• Um, House Bill 611 increases annual fees, application fees, and license transfer fees for various alcoholic
• The bill also prohibits a county municipality from collecting development impact fees or excise taxes

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, April 10, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum and began by reading House messages and first-reading bills, including SB 8 on identity fraud and deepfakes and HB 145 on election misinformation and deepfakes, which was referred to Rules. The chamber then handled several concurrence and conference matters. On HB 154, the Open Meetings Act bill for county boards of education, the Senate initially moved to recede from its amendments and accept the House version, but debate centered on a Senate transparency amendment limiting school boards’ ability to censor recordings. A motion to reconsider the amendments was laid over for 15 minutes. On SB 514, a third-degree assault bill, the House refused to recede and a conference committee was appointed. A guest introduction also welcomed a 10-month-old visitor to the gallery. In second-reader business, the Senate adopted committee amendments and advanced SB 504, which strengthens data privacy protections and limits use of personal data for immigration enforcement, and SB 790, the Public Health Reform Act, which revises the Commission on Public Health, updates the Maryland Medical Reserve Corps, adds health equity review processes, and makes related administrative changes. Both bills were reported favorably with technical and conforming amendments and ordered printed for third reading. The chamber then took up HB 191, which would require merchants to accept cash for essential consumer goods and set related rules and exceptions; members questioned its scope, exemptions, and enforcement, and the bill was laid over pending clarification about whether stadiums are covered. Finally, HB 564 on pet cremation and burial services added consumer protection and disclosure requirements for pet cremation providers; its technical amendment was adopted and the bill was ordered passed for third reading.

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• As part of the direct admissions model, we also have waived application fees so students can apply to
• schools without having to incur those college application fees.
• schools without having to incur those college application fees.
• schools without having to incur those college application fees.
• <00:26:20.799> so also have waved application fees so also have waved application fees so

Keywords: 1183, house