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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/24/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • removes certain authorities of the ICA and adds the requirement for the ICA to post the schedule of fees
  • There's a few other changes by publishing our fee schedule online.
  • Additionally, it reduces the statutory caps on certain board fees.
  • More than that, we had displaced a lawyer who had just helped us win a construction defect settlement
  • to the legislature and the governor by September 30th of each. ...or underpayment of privileged fees
Summary: The Commerce Committee heard and acted on a long series of bills, with several strike-everything amendments. SB 1421, dealing with restrictions on financial institutions, check cashers, and remittances involving undocumented immigrants, drew strong opposition on constitutional and economic grounds and support from the sponsor as a sovereignty measure; the committee rejected a Villegas affordable-housing striker and gave the bill a due pass recommendation. SB 1254, a continuation/cleanup bill for the Industrial Commission of Arizona and its divisions, was explained as mostly renaming and administrative changes and passed unanimously after adopting the chairman’s striker. SB 1515 created a Public Safety Parity Fund for DPS and corrections retention bonuses funded by investment earnings from the Budget Stabilization Fund; law enforcement witnesses supported it as a needed retention tool, while some members objected to using rainy-day fund interest, and it passed on a split vote. SB 1206 updated homeowner protection rules for adjusters and contractors after disasters, limiting certain conduct during loss events and emergency responses, and passed unanimously after amendment. The committee also approved SB 1563, which continues the Barbering and Cosmetology Board and lowers some fee caps, after testimony that the board protects public health and sanitation. SB 1649 established a Digital Assets Strategic Reserve Fund; a Ripple Labs witness discussed self-custody options for unclaimed crypto, while an Aguilar striker would have required reporting on employers whose workers receive public assistance, but that amendment failed and the underlying bill passed. SB 1290, originally about HOA closed meetings, became a major debate over transparency versus privacy; opponents warned the Carter striker would force disclosure of sensitive member and employee matters, supporters argued HOAs should not take secret action, and the committee adopted both the Aguilar consumer-protection striker and the Carter HOA transparency striker before passing the bill. SB 1670, preempting local contractor licensing and allowing certain journeyman licenses, was amended with a Villegas striker aimed at landlord algorithmic pricing and passed unanimously. The committee continued the Arizona Department of Gaming, Racing, and Boxing/MMA commissions in SB 1671, with the chairman’s amendment narrowing reporting requirements and adding aggregate complaint reporting; the department said it had worked with auditors and supported the bill, which passed. The meeting then moved into SB 1747, beginning discussion of social media application requirements for developers and covered companies, including age verification and parental consent, but the transcript cuts off before further testimony or action on that bill.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • He gets picked up and goes to the towing company and pays, and pays a tower fee, and comes out again.
  • Those fees are set and regulated, but however the record driver can. fees based on their business, when
  • The higher fees proposed in this bill aim to dissuade current and potential repeat offenders.
  • design, bid, build, which got us the low price bid for the construction project.
  • During the construction and the maintenance of the road. I feel like that this.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/16/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • finance charges on guaranteed asset protection waivers and increases the consumer loan origination fee
  • And the fees are doubled.
  • Okay, as far as the fee increase, I do want to speak to that.
  • We're not changing how the fees are calculated; we're changing the fee cap.
  • It's not actually changing overall how the fees are calculated, and the cap also makes sense.
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee approved committee amendments and then heard a series of bills covering consumer lending, health insurance, chiropractic practice, breast cancer screening, insurance claim practices, digital assets, vaccination-based reimbursement, agricultural property inspections, and aviation tax exemptions. Testimony generally split between sponsors and industry or advocacy supporters emphasizing modernization, consumer access, or fairness, and opponents raising concerns about higher costs, tax breaks for wealthy interests, or unclear policy changes. Several bills drew detailed debate over whether they would help consumers or shift costs, and multiple witnesses described personal or industry experiences in support of the health-related measures. SB 1689, which would raise consumer loan thresholds and change interest-rate tiers, was amended but failed on a tied vote after Senator Epstein opposed it as shifting costs to smaller borrowers. SB 1347, requiring coverage for fertility preservation for cancer patients, was amended and passed 4-2 after testimony from the sponsor, a nonprofit representative, and two cancer survivors. SB 1165, eliminating cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams, was amended and passed 5-1. SB 1206, updating rules for public adjusters and contractors after loss events, was amended and passed 5-1. SB 1649, creating a digital assets strategic reserve fund, passed 4-2 despite criticism that it was unnecessary and pro-crypto. SB 1212, barring different reimbursement rates based on vaccination status, passed 4-2. SB 1291, limiting county assessors’ ability to reclassify or inspect agricultural property for four years after a successful appeal, was amended to allow inspections if taxable improvements are made and passed 5-1 over assessor opposition. SB 1516, expanding aviation-related tax exemptions to more aircraft maintenance and repair property, passed 4-1 after supporters framed it as economic development and opponents called it a tax break for private jets. SB 1554, updating chiropractic language from “x-ray” to “diagnostic imaging,” initially failed, was reconsidered after additional questioning, and then passed 3-2 after members said the change mainly codified current practice and reduced liability concerns.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/03/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • fuels necessarily come from out of state, sometimes traveling great distances, and the cost of constructing
  • ADOT or the departmental committee that recommends priorities on transportation facilities and construction
  • projects from recommending a priority for a transportation construction project based on the amount
  • projects from recommending a priority for a transportation construction project based on the amount
  • Things change from when original plants are constructed. We know more.
Summary: The committee heard several energy and transportation bills, with testimony largely split between sponsors, industry groups, local governments, and environmental advocates. HB 2428, dealing with county and ADEQ authority to issue voluntary permits certifying emission reduction credits for mobile and non-road sources, drew neutral support from ADEQ and support from Maricopa County; it was amended and passed 10-0 with a due pass recommendation. HB 2145, which expands who may petition on gasoline supplier alternative standards, also passed, 5-4, with no amendment. A lengthy debate followed on HB 2331, as amended, which would require electric utilities to ensure 85% of generating capacity serving retail load comes from “reliable resources” by 2030. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill was needed to preserve affordable, dependable power and prevent overreliance on intermittent renewables, while opponents from the Sierra Club and Rural Arizona Action said it would effectively favor fossil fuels, raise costs, and limit cleaner energy options. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and the sponsor’s amendment, then passed the bill 6-4. HB 2795, which limits county zoning authority over small modular reactors once federal permitting and certification steps are met, drew strong support from nuclear and business advocates and opposition from county, city, and environmental representatives concerned about local control, safety, waste, and preemption; it passed 6-4 after amendment-related discussion. The committee also passed HB 2340, which allows the power plant and transmission line siting committee to evaluate the plant itself when reviewing transmission line applications, by a 5-4 vote. Finally, HB 2400, an emergency measure to suspend the motor vehicle fuel tax in Areas A and C during summer months and replace the lost revenue with state highway funds, prompted testimony about gas prices, boutique fuel requirements, and transportation funding needs; cities and counties opposed the diversion of highway funds, while the sponsor argued it would help consumers facing higher fuel costs. The Griffin amendment was adopted, and the bill passed with a due pass recommendation after debate on affordability versus road funding.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Vessel registration amends voter registration fees and their distribution. >> Chairman Crawford, welcome
  • When we set it up, we set it up for a $5 fee to be added to the registration that jeopardized Coast Guard
  • Vessel registration amends voter registration fees and their distribution.
  • When we set it up, we set it up for a $5 fee to be added to the registration that jeopardized Coast Guard
  • Up, we set it up for a $5 fee to be added to the registration.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Property Tax Appraisals May 1st, 2025

S/C on Property Tax Appraisals

Transcript Highlights:
  • First, it authorizes appraisal... ...districts to finance the purchase, construction, or renovation of
  • The financing aspect for the acquisition, construction, or renovation of real property doesn't independently
  • need approval from the taxing entity, so long as the acquisition, construction, or renovation of real
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • medical care Like other segments of SH-130, segments 5 and 6 require veterans to pay the full toll fees
  • Authority a transportation authority with reasonable fees under current law municipalities that choose
  • to do so through a citizen vote face significant challenges exit fees are calculated Not based on the
  • Second, it bases exit... fees on actual value, not a population-based share of debt, which makes much
  • And third, it requires annual public disclosure of each city's estimated exit fee.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • would increase general revenue funding for the Texas Department of Transportation's Strategy and Construction
  • Concerns related to toll roads in Texas that continue collecting tolls long after the original construction
  • When the acquisition construction costs have been paid and all bonds are either retired or fully funded
  • , to build and maintain our roads, on top of another $10 billion or so that comes from user fees.
  • This led to ruling that restored the widespread construction of frontage roads, despite clear evidence
OK
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
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Aug 15th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The increase in fees is anti-small business, for example.
Bills: SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 8, the Texas Women's Privacy Act, and heard extensive public testimony both for and against the measure. Supporters, including representatives of Texas Values and Texas Values Action, argued the bill was needed to protect women’s privacy and safety in restrooms, locker rooms, showers, prisons, domestic violence shelters, and other government-controlled spaces, and said it would provide clear, sex-based rules. Opponents, including many transgender Texans, civil rights advocates, clergy, business and public safety voices, and others, argued the bill would invite harassment, gender policing, lawsuits, and invasive inspections, while harming trans, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people as well as cisgender women who do not fit stereotypes. Several witnesses said the bill would conflict with federal law or prison standards, worsen safety in shelters and prisons, and hurt Texas’s reputation and economy. The chair repeatedly noted the compressed special-session schedule and said flood relief remained the session’s top priority. Public testimony on SB 8 was eventually closed, and the bill was left pending. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 6, dealing with consumable hemp product restrictions. Testimony on SB 6 focused on whether the bill went too far in restricting hemp-derived THC products. Opponents argued hemp and THC have medical and economic value, that the bill would criminalize conduct and burden courts, and that regulation—not prohibition—was the better approach. Some witnesses supported tighter rules such as testing, child-resistant packaging, and limits on marketing to children, but still opposed the bill’s broad THC ban, higher fees, and age restrictions. Several speakers emphasized benefits for veterans, chronic pain patients, and small businesses, and warned that prohibition would push consumers toward the illicit market. The committee heard the testimony and then continued with additional witnesses, with no final vote or disposition reported in the excerpt.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Pay the fees. We don't pay the fees to buyboard; the vendors pay the fees to be part of buyboard.
  • low management fee for a vehicle like this.
  • I believe at one point it was, but I haven't looked and compared all of those management fee rates in
  • The management fee. Can we agree on that? Doge committee, are you not? Yes, I am.
  • We're going to pay you a management fee, even though we don't have to. Why?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Mar 5th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, 3430 aims to make the collection process more efficient for the court costs and fines and fees
  • Court costs, fines, and fees collection is actually down a few percent.
  • judgment on fines and costs, what is the percentage that that individual or group would collect as their fee
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Feb 17th, 2026 at 08:30 am

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Raises the DUI assessment fee from $160 to $200.
  • So currently, with the fee structure the way it is, do these fees ever go unpaid, and if they do, what
  • No, those fees would be paid prior to taking the assessment.
  • to $55 fee.
  • Would they pay the fee?
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Jan 29th, 2026 at 02:36 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • So what this bill did in 2020 is create a $100 fee on large pet food manufacturers.
  • This whole question about whether this is a tax or a fee is something that's been in federal court.
  • So that's how it works; it's just a hundred dollar fee. Again, in fairness, Mr.
  • How do the fee structures work to ensure that it's really fair? Just introduce yourself.
  • What is the typical fee for a neuter?
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/27/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • We pay a very substantial franchise fee to the National Park Service.
  • This bill is not necessary in its constructed form.
  • If we're talking about the fees, we can... That's understandable.
  • If we're talking about the fees, we can talk about fees, but if we're talking about redoing the entire
  • If we're looking just at fees, I looked at my APS bill and I had fees of $24 every month.
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several bills. HB 2192, a child influencer bill, would require compensation for minors featured in monetized content to be placed in trust, allow takedown requests for content as minors become adults, and create remedies for sexualized depictions of minors. The sponsor and Google described it as a modern Coogan-trust style protection; some members raised concerns about the age-13 and age-18 provisions, but the bill received a do pass recommendation on a 9-0 vote with two present. HB 2501, an agency bill, conformed Arizona’s definition of appraisal management company to federal law and passed unanimously. HB 2693, which revises bona fide association rules to allow statewide chambers or business leagues to operate self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements, drew support from the Chamber and small-business advocates but opposition from a coalition citing possible federal preemption; it passed as amended on an 8-1 vote. HB 2010, the digital goods disclosure bill, required clearer notice that online “purchases” may be licenses, prorated refunds if access changes, and removed some penalty language in amendment; supporters said it would reduce consumer confusion, while retailers argued federal law already covers the issue. It passed as amended 11-0. The committee also approved HB 2279, which limits liability for Grand Canyon river outfitters for inherent risks of rafting while preserving claims for gross negligence or intentional acts, despite constitutional objections from opponents; it passed 7-4. HB 2690, which tightens unemployment insurance eligibility by adding work-search and fraud cross-check requirements, was opposed by advocates who said it would add red tape and burden eligible claimants, but it passed 7-4. HB 2310, clarifying that qualified marketplace contractor agreements may be terminated unilaterally by the contractor, passed 10-0. HB 2555, requiring retail businesses to accept cash for purchases of $100 or less and banning cash fees, passed as amended 9-1 after debate over consumer access and business flexibility. Finally, HB 2199, which expands required education for RV park managers and shifts some enforcement duties to the Department of Housing, passed as amended 7-0 with three present. The committee then considered HB 2459, which would let mobile home park landlords recover actual utility charges and add an administrative fee for submetering; supporters said it would address overcharges and improve transparency, while opponents warned it could increase costs and confusion. The transcript cuts off before the final action on HB 2459.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Through this study, I believe we can evaluate how establishing a telecom service fee or other types of
  • It is, and I think it's because your bill was a fee.
  • And this is not a fee bill; this bill establishes the trust.
  • So, members, this is not a fee bill. No, it's different than the originally filed bill.
  • It will reflect beds that are either funded or under construction in the available bed count.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 14th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Through this study, I believe we can evaluate how establishing a telecom service fee or other type of
  • And I think it's because your bill was a fee bill, and this is not a fee bill.
  • And I think it's because your bill was a fee bill, and this is not a fee bill.
  • Something like that, probably a telecom fee.
  • Members, this is not a fee bill. It's a little different than the originally filed bill.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of health and human services bills and left each one pending after public testimony. HB 4655 would expand financial literacy instruction for youth aging out of foster care to include credit scores, predatory lending, scams, banking, budgeting, and related consumer topics; the sponsor and Buckner International described the need to protect foster youth from financial pitfalls. HB 923 would add three public members and one physician to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel; supporters said it would improve informed consent and patient voice, while a witness raised concerns about a House amendment requiring a physician majority for decisions and senators questioned scope-of-practice limits. HHSC said the panel is an independent body and the bill expressly bars it from changing scope of practice.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 1st, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're just not requiring them to in the last one was a decrease in late fees on on some of the penalties
  • Additional fees can make that starting point even higher.
  • It's integrated into the construction design. It's much cheaper to do it in that aspect.
  • It's much cheaper and easier to do at the beginning of construction or during planning or before you
  • Construction, that's what I've done all my life.