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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPN-EIG, CPN-HHS, CPN DEFER Public Hearings 02-11-2025
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The joint Senate hearing focused primarily on SB 1201, a wildfire measure that would create a wildfire recovery fund and allow securitization for electric utilities. Hawaiian Electric strongly supported the bill, saying it would help protect customers, property owners, insurers, and the broader economy from future catastrophic wildfire liability while improving the utility’s credit profile and lowering financing costs. Support also came from DCCA Consumer Advocacy, the Attorney General’s office on written comments, Ulupono Initiative, Clearway Energy Group, IBEW Local 1260, Par Hawaii, KIUC, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, Plus Power, and numerous organizations and individuals. Opponents or commenters raised concerns about the liability cap, victim compensation process, and fund structure, including the Hawaiʻi Association for Justice, the Hawaiʻi Regional Council of Carpenters, and the Hawaiʻi Insurance Council; Henry Curtis of Life of the Land supported the concept of a fund but questioned the catastrophe threshold and whether the fund would be empty without a prudency finding.
Much of the discussion centered on whether the proposed fund would actually help restore Hawaiian Electric to investment grade, with senators comparing the proposal to California’s wildfire fund. Hawaiian Electric said the bill was only one part of a broader process, alongside physical risk reduction and settlement finalization, and argued that without the bill the utility would not regain investment grade. Senators also questioned the proposed $1 billion fund size, the fairness of ratepayer contributions versus shareholder contributions, and whether customers should pay for consulting and administrative costs; Hawaiian Electric said its proposed amendment would remove those consulting-related charges. The company also said the fund would accrue interest and, if unused, could be returned to customers, and that there would be replenishment and supplemental contribution mechanisms if the fund were exhausted.
The Attorney General’s office said it still had further amendments to discuss, and the departments had not yet resolved where the fund should reside administratively, though Hawaiian Electric said it believed DCCA was the appropriate place but was open to alternatives. KIUC requested two amendments. No vote or final committee action was taken during the hearing, and the measure remained under discussion with questions and proposed amendments still outstanding.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Legislative Oversight Committee for the Education Improvement Program (03/17/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- I guess is there anything more on this part of our docket, because we have one other item on the docket
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because more on this part of our docket because more on this part of our docket - docket for today. today. today.
- And so, well, I I put this on the docket And so, well, I I put this on the docket because<01:40:
- Was that on the docket next door today, or did that already float out of here?
Summary:
The Legislative Oversight Committee met to review statewide education improvement and assessment issues under RSA 193-C:8-a, with the chair focusing on curriculum frameworks, academic standards, and resource elements tied to the state’s adequate education statutes. The chair walked through the statutory relationship between minimum standards for public school approval, academic standards, and local control of curriculum, noting that New Hampshire law requires curriculum frameworks to guide what students should know and be able to do while leaving districts flexibility in instruction. He also raised concerns that some subject areas appear to have current frameworks or standards while others do not, and suggested the committee may need to consider an amendment creating a curriculum frameworks and academic standards coordinator at the Department of Education.
Nate Green, director of the Division of Education Analytics and Resources, explained that the terms “academic standards” and “curriculum frameworks” have evolved over time and are often used interchangeably, but can mean different things depending on the subject area. He said the state’s more prescriptive standards largely developed after No Child Left Behind, especially in math, ELA, and science, while older or less-tested subjects such as arts, physical education, and health often retained looser framework-style documents. Green outlined one possible approach of standardizing terminology, but also said New Hampshire could instead define curriculum frameworks separately as a combination of standards, curriculum, and instructional approaches. He emphasized that state standards must support statewide consistency and assessment, while local districts retain control over how they teach.
Committee members discussed how these distinctions affect different grade levels and subjects, using examples from math and science to show that minimum standards are broad while academic standards are more specific and grade-level based. Green described how science standards are organized by physical science, life science, and earth/space science across grade bands, while math standards are more directly tied to individual grades. No votes were taken and no formal action was reported during this portion of the meeting; the discussion remained informational and exploratory as members considered whether statutory language or departmental organization should be updated.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I saw him earlier this morning. 1831 is one that's on the docket for today, and that's been on finance
- So, we're going to take these bills as they appear on the docket, which was given to us by the calendar
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the - Going to the next bill which we have on the docket here. It’s, um, let’s see, uh... 1826.”
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VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judicial Retention - 2026-03-25 - 10:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a dual docket handling civil cases half the week and specifically contested family cases the other
- How to both give time for parties to be heard and balance and prioritize the docket while not delaying
- It's a dual docket handling civil cases half the week and specifically contested family cases the other
- She has a husband and unfamiliar docket.
- Does some of that staff help with decisions or keeping up with the docket?
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Jun 18th, 2025
Communications and Conveyance
Transcript Highlights:
- There is also a fee that is charged.
- Do you separately list out, like Uber does, the... booking fee, which is the insurance fee, on Lyft?
- So how is it, the insurance fee, currently?
- These are local government fees, insurance, etc. and costs.
- standard fee, but these are pennies compared to insurance.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The updated substitute clarifies that a fee of only 20 percent may be charged if needed to maintain food
- Most of those dockets have been negotiated through settlement and did not actually see the outcome.
- Reviewing line-by-line attorney fees, we might have a more efficient process of settling rate cases.
- It may encourage settlement more so than litigation if there is a known 50% cut to your total legal fees
- Legal fees associated with a full-blown rate case for the six months it's, quote, a litigate in front
Bills:
SB483, SB522, SB783, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1762, SB1856, SB1877, SB1977
Keywords:
utility, proprietary information, customer data, data protection, electric service, customer information, emergency communication, electric utility, privacy, certification, public accountants, interstate licensing, accounting, regulatory amendment, energy efficiency, construction regulations, building codes, Texas, sustainability, cost-effectiveness
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 5, 2025 - 12:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Option two to fund our budgets are fee offices.
- I'm a fee office in Columbia County.
- You renew a tag, we get a fee. We renew your driver's license, we get a fee.
- We get a fee. We renew your driver's license, we get a fee.
- Do the fees cover the work? No, not really.
Summary:
The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee met to review how county budgets are developed and how constitutional officers fit into that process. Davin Suggs of the Florida Association of Counties gave an overview of county budgeting, explaining the statutory framework, the role of property taxes and TRIM notices, the fiscal-year timeline, fund balances and reserves, and the Department of Revenue’s oversight. He emphasized that county budgets include the board’s budget plus the budgets of constitutional officers, and that relationships and communication are critical to resolving budget issues.
A panel of constitutional officers then described their offices’ budget processes and responsibilities: Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons discussed law enforcement budgeting and the importance of negotiated agreements with county commissions; Alachua County Property Appraiser Aisha Solomon explained the June 1 budget deadline, valuation methods, and the appeal process for property assessments; Manatee County Clerk and Comptroller Angelina Coleniso outlined the clerk’s court and finance duties, the county-side budget process, and the clerk’s personal liability under section 129.09 for unlawful expenditures; Leon County Supervisor of Elections Mark Early described the cyclical nature of election costs, staffing, equipment, and the impact of turnout and election law changes; and Columbia County Tax Collector Kyle Keene explained that tax collectors’ budgets are reviewed by the Department of Revenue, with fee offices funding themselves through service charges and budget offices relying on county support.
Members asked about personal liability for unlawful spending, conflicts between clerks and county commissions, property valuation and storm damage adjustments, reserve levels, and whether tax collectors can retain excess fees. Responses noted that clerks must refuse illegal expenditures, property appraisers use market-based assessments with VAB and court review available, counties should maintain healthy fund balances for cash flow and emergencies, and tax collectors generally must zero out year-end balances and distribute excess revenues to taxing authorities. The committee took no votes and adjourned after thanking the panelists for their testimony.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, with that, we have one bill on the docket as Senate Bill 536.
- That's our last bill for the docket.
- That's our last bill for the docket.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- . $390 in fees, a mandated return to court, and most often the cost related to hiring an attorney.
- stuff expunged, even though they qualify for it under the current law, there are not only just the fees
- In a small town, a person had to pay thousands just to cover all these fees for wiping their records,
- Independent authority over their dockets long before this case came along.
- case was frankly probably going to be continued anyways because we were still well down the trial docket
Bills:
HB867, HB1347, HB1801, HB1820, HB2197, HB2617, HB3110, HB3166, HB3330, HB4237, HB4342, HB4629, HB4933, HJR148
Keywords:
criminal case dismissal, attorney discretion, law enforcement misconduct, judicial approval, evidence, judicial consent, transparency, healthcare, Medicare, insurance, elderly, retired, benefits, access, cost, criminal justice, case dismissal, prosecutorial discretion, law enforcement oversight, criminal procedure
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, the second main section adds a $25 fee to complete a delayed certificate of marriage.
- This bill adds a $25 fee for a delayed certificate of marriage, with the fee retained by the city or
- This is an attempt to charge the applicants a fee that roughly pays for the additional work required
- Um I took a minute to look at the old bill docket passed in 2010. So, I've been here so long.
- Um I took a minute to look at the old bill docket passed in 2010. So, I've been here so long.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So, this is cases for the mediator fee and the administrative fee. in time number if we're going to be
- So, this is cases for the mediator<00:16:07.040>
fee <00:16:07.199>and <00:16:07.360> - the<00:16:07.600>
administrative <00:16:08.079>fee. - of the bill are being worked on right now at the Public Utilities Commission, and they opened two dockets
- Currently, retail wheeling is explicitly prohibited by law, and there is an open docket with the PUC
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- program, participate, they pay a fee. program, participate, they pay a fee.
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- The docket fee that goes to various entities within the court, one of which goes to the sheriff's office
- The the there's now a docket fee easy.
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- I know it's a busy docket, a lot on the agenda, and obviously a lot of people that would like to have
- Sangiolo and And I'm very happy with our Newton representatives, Amy Sangiolo and Greg Schwartz, for docketing
- No new taxes, no new fees. That's even after losing the 30% federal tax credit on solar panels.
- No new taxes, no new fees. That's even after losing the 30% federal tax credit on solar panels.
Summary:
The hearing focused on several climate and utility-related bills, especially H. 3449/S. 2292 to expand the municipal fossil fuel-free building demonstration program from 10 to 20 communities and related home rule petitions for Somerville and other municipalities. Witnesses from Somerville, Salem, Worcester, Cambridge, Newton, Arlington, Wellesley, Watertown, and the Massachusetts Municipal Association argued that local governments should be allowed to opt into fossil fuel-free or net-zero building standards, citing climate goals, environmental justice concerns, housing production, and data showing all-electric construction can cost about the same as or less than mixed-fuel construction. Committee members repeatedly pressed witnesses for cost data and asked for written follow-up, while also discussing whether strong environmental standards affect housing supply; witnesses responded that the main housing constraints are financing and that they would provide more data from local projects and state studies.
A second major topic was H. 3564, which would require gas companies to provide municipalities with detailed multi-year pipe replacement plans, allow local review and objections, and limit reimbursement for projects not previously disclosed except in emergencies. Municipal leaders and advocates said the bill would improve coordination of street work, reduce disruption and costs, and help cities plan for electrification, network geothermal, and non-pipeline alternatives. Testimony from Wellesley, Cambridge, Arlington, Newton, and others emphasized repeated problems with last-minute gas main work, the need for advance notice, and the value of municipal participation in planning gas system retirement and alternatives.
The committee also heard testimony on the “tactical transition” bills, S. 2249/H. 3539, aimed at managing the gas-to-clean-energy transition. Supporters from Gas Transition Allies, Rewiring America, and 350 Mass said the bills would require joint gas-electric planning, create an advisory council, eliminate subsidies for new gas hookups, shift investment toward repairs and clean alternatives, protect workers through retraining, and make utility plans more transparent. They argued these changes would reduce ratepayer costs, avoid stranded gas assets, and support orderly decarbonization. In addition, HEET testified on H. 3541, which would update greenhouse gas accounting to better reflect methane’s short-term climate impact, and H. 3543, which would establish a framework for managing shared thermal resources and thermal energy networks; committee members asked several questions about the meaning, ownership, and consumer-cost implications of the proposed “thermal commons.” No votes were taken during the hearing.
US
Transcript Highlights:
- absolute intention is to, once I get there, read into all of the... open litigations that are in the docket
- confirmation and not being in the building I mean my number one priority will be into to read into the docket
- Okay very good I work with Senator Grassley to pass a law that updates corporate merger fees for the
- this discussions opened up is an opportunity for me to talk about that the murder the merger filing fees
Keywords:
nominations, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Todd Blanch, Gail Slater, confirmation hearing
Summary:
The meeting focused on the nominations of Todd Blanch and Gail Slater for the positions of Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, respectively. The committee considered the qualifications of both nominees, with opening statements provided by the nominees themselves. There was an evident emphasis on the rigorous vetting process that nominees undergo before their selection, highlighting the importance of the roles within the Department of Justice. Members of the committee engaged in a structured question-and-answer session to further evaluate the nominees' capabilities and fit for the positions they were nominated for, with each member allotted seven minutes to pose questions.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Committee Meeting Jun 25th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Executive
Transcript Highlights:
- The Supreme Court's docket also addresses the civil struggles of real people.
- The Supreme Court's docket also addresses the civil struggles of real people.
- I'm interested, when you mentioned efficiencies and the volume of the docket, what ways you think maybe
- Chancellor Zurn, in terms of being proactive as a judicial officer, to say, “Hey, look, I’ve got a big docket
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So again, across fee for service and your managed care.
- It's wide open fee for service members.
- It's a sliding fee scale.
- Those waiver services are in fee-for-service.
- What other services are still in fee for service.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services convened to discuss interim charges regarding fraud, waste, and abuse in Texas human services, particularly focusing on Medicaid and childcare programs. The meeting highlighted the importance of preventing misuse of taxpayer funds, with testimony from various stakeholders emphasizing the need for increased oversight and accountability in these programs. Key points included the alarming rise in healthcare fraud in other states, the necessity for Texas to enhance its fraud prevention measures, and the potential financial repercussions of failing to meet federal compliance standards.
Several committee members expressed concerns about the impact of fraud on vulnerable populations, particularly those relying on Medicaid services. Testimonies from experts underscored the effectiveness of Texas's Office of Inspector General (OIG) in combating fraud, yet pointed out existing vulnerabilities, such as inconsistent enforcement and the need for better data sharing among agencies. The discussion also touched on the challenges faced by hospice care providers, with a significant increase in the number of hospices in Texas raising concerns about quality and oversight.
The committee heard from various witnesses, including representatives from health plans and advocacy organizations, who provided insights into the complexities of managing Medicaid and the importance of maintaining program integrity. The meeting concluded with a commitment to further explore legislative solutions to enhance oversight and ensure that resources are directed to those in genuine need.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- license plate issued for such a vehicle until the required civil penalties and any administrative fees
- That is a primary purpose. ...administrative fees have been paid. This bill does that.
- faster and more accessible for married couples and their officiants, and also help free up court dockets
- relates to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, rental payment methods, and prohibited fees
- This bill deals with rent collection fees for basic maintenance and receipts for tenants.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- With no rent paid, it totaled, with legal fees, lost utilities, and damage to the unit, about $56,000
- Appointed pursuant to the Texas Government Code, I specifically sit for eviction dockets.
- That doesn't count the extra $150 in fees that they tack on in the end and all the other things that
- the time decided to break the law, decided to break the rules, and added $1,200 in unauthorized pet fees
- They took my rent payments and put them towards those fees, and then evicted me for non-payment of rent
Bills:
HB32, HB15, HB171, HB421, HB581, HB644, HB745, HB349, HB917, HB204, HB923, HB15, HB171, HB204
Keywords:
eviction, landlord rights, tenant rights, justice court, property law, court procedures, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, deep fake, digital impersonation, age verification, private cause of action, explicit content, consumer protection, HB 581
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- direct the Department of State Health Services and local clerks to issue, upon request and without a fee
- to file a judicial challenge, and when judicial remedies are required... ...allowing for a rocket docket
- The Secretary of State has the authority to use that to assess a fee or even to take them away if necessary
Keywords:
SB 801, birth certificate, birth record, certified copy, homeless, homelessness, unhoused, vital records, state registrar, local registrar, county clerk, fee waiver, identity documents, ID access, housing insecurity, shelter, transitional housing, Health and Safety Code, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part I) Feb 27th, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- ERCOP filed their report their study staff got together and put out a number of questions in the docket
- Examples would require, would be to require payment of, of a significant screen. study fees.
- Those who want to co-locate, and we're putting an additional transmission fee on them.
Keywords:
hemp, consumable hemp, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, cannabidiol, CBG, cannabigerol, delta-8, delta-9, intoxicating hemp, hemp gummies, hemp vape, edibles, cannabinoid regulation, hemp licensing, retailer registration, product registration, QR code labeling, child-resistant packaging, minor access