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• As currently worded in state statute, it would not be in Compliance with federal law.
• Other states that are considering this have done a hard and fast line.
• Could you kind of address that there are other states that have done this?
• Pregnant mothers, we have so many vulnerable people in our state today.
• I will just say I'm really tired of being in a state where we are asking our state agencies to provide

Bills: HB4422, HB4117, HB4300, HB4298, HB2984, HB3344

Keywords: immigration, public assistance, legal status, food assistance, state benefits, family resource center, community support, employment services, kinship families, social connections, child care, criminal history, background checks, child safety, licensing, Oklahoma laws, advisory committees, daycare, licensed child care facility, child care subsidy

Bills: HB606, HB606

Keywords: HB606, Alabama, Department of Transportation, DOT, public highways, utility relocation, right-of-way, state right-of-way, road construction, bridge, tunnel, toll road, interstate highway, defense highway, utility facilities, broadband, telecommunications, cable, electricity, gas

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• Please state your name for the record.
• And I'm wondering two questions: Is there any cap on those fees, and are those fees exactly for the service
• And we're still trying to get good things passed for the state of Nevada. limos, taxis, the fees, how
• to how those fees are used.
• fees low.

Bills: SB507

Keywords: SB507, Nevada, governmental administration, Office of Nevada Boards Commissions and Councils Standards, Department of Business and Industry, professional licensing boards, occupational licensing, regulatory fees, state account, nonreverting fund, Commission on Postsecondary Education, taxicab, taxi technology fee, Nevada Transportation Authority, Taxicab Authority, transportation network company, TNC, rideshare, Uber, Lyft

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• state and pass House File 3169.
• The state of Minnesota would be at the forefront of a growing proactive approach by state agencies to
• Deputies have always been state.
• I believe, again, as was stated, the language came from admin, from the State Patrol.
• I believe, again, as was stated, the language came from admin, from the State Patrol.

Bills: HF3169, HF3749, HF2605, HF3541, HF4102, HF3513, HF268

Keywords: suicide prevention, transportation, mental health, bridge safety, data collection, state law, bridge inspection, active transportation, truck parking, public safety, vehicle registration, fee structure, full-service providers, Capitol security, emergency management, state buildings, law enforcement, Minnesota State Patrol, State Patrol compensation, trooper salary

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• If the state wants to jump... ...institutions.
• If the state wants to jump in on this, I guess the state can, but I'm going to represent my district.
• This may usurp because this is state law, which is not specific.
• state where I used to work with Mayor Richard...
• or an extension of a... ...new tax or fee or an extension of a tax or fee.

Bills: SB270, SB275, HB264, HB281, SB236, SB247, SB249, SB253, SB259

Keywords: county tax, education funding, capital projects, local government, sales tax, food trucks, mobile vendors, business license, health inspection, statewide regulation, zoning ordinances, vessel registration, boating fees, state funds, regulatory changes, water safety, municipal zoning, zoning board, appeals process, circuit court

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• GLO wants to do it. ...GLO wants to work on it, but it really is a problem across the state.
• What this bill does is fund that by asking for a simple $600,000 a year from the boat registration fees
• There are over 500 boats that pay the registration fees to the state.
• HCR 89 designates the cannon as a state gun. I don't have taxes. There we are, members.
• Back then, it included specific restrictions that stated that the transferred land can only be used for

Bills: HB4538, HCR89, HCR142, SCR1, SB2139

Keywords: vessel registration, derelict vessels, waterways, removal fee, Parks and Wildlife Department, General Land Office, HCR 89, official state gun, cannon, Texas state symbol, Texas Revolution, Battle of Gonzales, Come and Take It, Alamo, San Jacinto, Twin Sisters, Angelina Eberly, Texas history, historical preservation, heritage tourism

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• I want to continue serving the state of Oklahoma.
• Agencies, first responder agencies, from charging a fee to respond.
• Those fees will only be charged to insured drivers.
• Accident fees can be $710 to $1,800 per accident.
• As far as the state goes, there is no fiscal impact to what it would cost the state for this.

Bills: HB3045

Keywords: accident response, motor vehicle, law enforcement, fire department, fee prohibition, 914, all

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• And how much do you know how much we as a state put into energy assistance, weatherization stuff?
• <00:19:57.919> put<00:19:58.160> into you know how much we as a state put into you
• can continue going out from our state can continue going out from our state stuff.<00:20:46.880>
• So, what's the response that state.
• That's a good thing for our state, for our nation, and for our planet.

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• For those reasons, Fresh Energy opposes the increase in the EV fees proposed here.
• Are the laws and fees that the state creates and implements mostly free from personal bias?
• I should point out that there are only 123 refineries in the entire United States.
• I'm the State Policy Director with Health Professionals for Healthy Climate.
• and it's a regional asset that serves the state of Minnesota.

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• Taken together, sales tax, and tab fees.
• We also oppose a EV fees proposed here.
• > further<00:10:27.680> promote these laws and fees further promote these laws and fees
• Are the laws and fees that the feet.
• Are the laws and fees that the state<00:10:47.600> creates<00:10:48.000> and<00:10:48.240

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• We have the second-largest county state aid highway system in the state of Minnesota.
• The total state million per year.
• Our state for the future to come.
• <01:07:15.520> We electric vehicle fee increase. We electric vehicle fee increase.
• is funded across the state for everyone. is funded across the state for everyone.

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• <00:07:19.120> road the state road the state road appropriation<00:07:20.960> and<00
• Uh then for state road program.
• state<00:08:42.880> radio construction or sorry, state radio construction or sorry, state
• county state aid and municipal<00:21:20.640> state<00:21:20.880> aid<00:21:21.120>
• investment revenue from various state investment revenue from various state sources<00:32:04.000

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• the House unanimously, demonstrating broad bipartisan support for the sheriff's offices across the state
• Chair, members, House Bill 2418 appropriates $600,000 from the State General Fund in fiscal year 2027
• Chair, members, House Bill 2418 appropriates $600,000 from the State General Fund in fiscal year 2027
• This bill seeks to prohibit state agency contracts with Chinese-owned and domiciled companies.
• to combine private commerce with the military interests of the party state.

Bills: HB2170, HB2417, HB2418, HB2771, HB2772, HB4018, HCR2059

Keywords: procurement, foreign adversary, China, state contracts, information technology, security, speeding, speed limit, traffic enforcement, driver safety, speed inhibiting device, appropriation, law enforcement, task forces, funding, criminal justice, community supervision, rehabilitation, supervision fee, victim compensation

Summary: The Committee on Public Safety approved the minutes from March 18, 2026, then heard and voted on several bills. HB 4018, which clarifies that a county sheriff has exclusive authority to regulate posse and reserve organizations acting under the sheriff’s authority, passed on a 5-1 vote after supporters said it simply codifies existing authority and improves accountability; one member opposed it as giving too much unchecked power. HB 2417, allowing certain drivers to use a court-ordered speed-inhibiting device instead of a license suspension for specified offenses, passed 6-1, with supporters calling it an optional safety measure and opponents raising cost, privacy, and enforcement concerns. HB 2771, allowing ADCRR to require prisoners to pay reasonable rehabilitation-program costs as a condition of community supervision, passed 5-2, and HB 2772, creating a driver’s-license medical indicator for advance directives such as a DNR, passed unanimously after discussion about implementation, renewal, and cost to applicants. The committee also approved HCR 259, a resolution reaffirming support for county sheriffs and recognizing their constitutional role, on a 4-3 vote. HB 2418, which appropriates $600,000 to be distributed evenly among the five original major incident regional law enforcement task forces in Cochise, Coconino, Navajo, Pinal, and Yuma counties, passed unanimously; testimony said the bill codifies a distribution practice that has already been followed administratively. Finally, HB 2170, the Protection Procurement Act, which bars state contracts for certain Chinese government-controlled companies unless no reasonable alternative exists and imposes penalties for false certification, passed 4-3 after proponents argued it protects Arizona from security and supply-chain risks. The meeting ended with thanks to staff and pages and adjournment.

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• HCR 40 urges Congress to reimburse Texas $11.2 billion fund that this state and its people have paid
• This offense will be a state jail felony.
• Without a, I mean, and again, what's the mental state to determine what's the, to try to change.
• Probably daily in the state of Texas for some minor criminal offenses.
• With that piece, uh, We have people that sell firearms routinely every day in the state of Texas.

Bills: HB 214

Keywords: Texas Women's Privacy Act, HB 214, sex-segregated facilities, bathroom bill, restroom access, locker room, changing room, shower room, single-sex spaces, gender identity, transgender, biological sex, women's privacy, public facilities, state agency, political subdivision, correctional facility, prison housing, jail housing, family violence shelter

Bills: HB62, HB124, HB182, HB193, HB198, HB203, HB223, HB237, HB469, HB486, HB574, HB779, HB796, HB919, SCR2, SB4, SB36, SB38, SB109, SB152, SB168, SB195, SB216, SB221, SB236, SB404

Keywords: Louisiana Women's Policy, gender equality, policy research, commission membership, women's representation, Domestic Violence, judicial experience, legislation, criminal law, family law, HB182, sexual assault, rape kit, forensic examination, forensic medical exam, sexual assault survivor, sexual assault nurse examiner, SANE, emergency department, hospital staffing

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• As you may know, Texas, we have more multi-billion dollar disasters than any other state. other state
• In state after state a lot of these concerns are raised and I want to address a couple of them.
• For example Would a digital ID phone home to the state every time that it was used so that the state
• States citizens.
• of the state.

Bills: HB2034, HB2436, HB3010, HB3033, HB3138, HB3177, HB3426, HB3686, HB3858, HB4176, HB4257, HB4264, HB4804, HCR98

Keywords: groundwater, foreign ownership, national security, water permits, environmental health, deadly conduct, firearm, recklessness, peace officer, prosecution, Penal Code, Texas laws, disaster recovery, infrastructure, rural communities, grants, state funding, emergency management, HB 3033, Texas Department of Public Safety

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• The driver must provide the physician letter and pay the appropriate fee.
• There's 700,000 LASIK surgeries a year in the United States.
• It's a big issue and are part of the state.
• but they're also beneficiaries of state and federal loans.
• But they're also beneficiaries of state and federal loans and state coordination, but not state eminent

Bills: HB647, HB791, HB1242, HB1729, HB2003, HB2029, HB2061, HB2775, HB3751, HB4804, HB3611

Keywords: driver's license, vision correction, medical verification, Texas Department of Public Safety, renewal fees, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates, license plate, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Transportation Code, general revenue fund, With Loyal Hearts, Catholic school, private school, religious school, school spirit plate, commemorative plate

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard testimony and took action on a series of transportation-related bills. Early in the meeting, Senator Hagenbuch presented HB 647, which would let drivers who have had corrective eye surgery update their licenses by submitting physician verification without an in-person DMV visit; he argued it would reduce DMV lines, though a fiscal note estimated setup costs. The committee also heard HB 2029, a cleanup bill clarifying that travel trailers are not subject to safety inspections after prior legislation removed inspections for trailers and all vehicles, and HB 4804, which would remove Texas’s CDL appeals hearing process to align with federal law and avoid jeopardizing highway funds, while also authorizing DPS action related to the terrorist offender registry. All three bills were left pending after testimony, along with HB 2003, which would require annual public reporting by entities with projects in the Texas Rail Plan, especially in light of the Dallas-Houston high-speed rail project and landowner concerns; supporters said it would improve transparency, while opponents warned it would force disclosure of proprietary financial information from a private project. The committee also heard HB 2775, adding Ector County and Odessa to the I-27 Advisory Committee, and HB 791, authorizing a specialty plate for Central Catholic High School in San Antonio; both were left pending after brief discussion and no opposition testimony. The committee then heard several local or commemorative measures. HB 1242 would designate part of U.S. Highway 281 in Brooks County as the Ernesto Solis-Cantu Memorial Highway, and HB 2061 would name a bridge on State Highway 242 in Montgomery County for Lance Corporal Armando Hernandez. Hernandez’s mother testified emotionally in support, describing his military service and the family’s wish to have the bridge mark his return home; members responded supportively. The committee also heard HB 1729, which would impose term limits on Freeport commissioners, and HB 3751, transferring a DPS commercial vehicle enforcement office building in Woodville from TxDOT to DPS. HB 3611, the “bandit sign” bill, was presented as a targeted enforcement measure against illegal commercial signs in medians and right-of-ways, with added safeguards to avoid affecting political signs and to require written notice before fines. All of these bills were left pending after testimony. At the end of the meeting, the committee took up pending business and voted out multiple bills favorably. HB 3751, HB 261/HB 2061, HB 647, HB 791, HB 1242, HB 1729, HB 2003, HB 2029, HB 2775, HB 3611, HB 4804, and HB 2522 were each reported favorably to the full Senate, generally on unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Most were also sent to the local and uncontested calendar, though HB 2029 was ultimately not placed there after an objection. The committee then recessed.

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• The driver must provide a physician's letter and pay the appropriate fee.
• Make that when a private entity is a beneficiary of state federal loans and state coordination.
• When those fees were in place, the money was not used.
• The other is constitutionally mandated by the state constitution.
• Fees will have to be paid in regards to what we're doing.

Bills: HB647, HB791, HB1242, HB1729, HB2003, HB2029, HB2061, HB2775, HB3751, HB4804, HB3611

Keywords: driver's license, vision correction, medical verification, Texas Department of Public Safety, renewal fees, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates, license plate, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Transportation Code, general revenue fund, With Loyal Hearts, Catholic school, private school, religious school, school spirit plate, commemorative plate

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• in the state of Oklahoma?
• Reciprocal fees to make the fees the same for milk from all other states.
• our Grade A status as a state.
• And now, we're adding another fee and doubling that fee.
• of the state?

Bills: SB2122, SB330, SB2071, SB2169, SB2069, SB2095, SB2157

Keywords: poultry, agriculture, out-of-state processing, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, regulation, food safety, elk population, wildlife management, Oklahoma State University, veterinary medicine, ecosystem health, habitat assessment, milk, dairy, dairy farm, milk products, Grade A milk, pasteurization, raw milk, milk inspection

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• The state wants to leave the state unprotected at any level.
• Texas, for the state of Maryland, for the state of Illinois, and for the state to Utah.
• Chairman about this state.
• , a political subdivision of this state, or the United States.
• or the United States.

Bills: HB214, HB626, HB647, HB658, HB668, HB674, HB908, HB214

Keywords: firearm acquisition, gun smuggling, criminal offenses, ammunition, terrorism, public safety, Texas criminal procedure, federal law enforcement, state arrest authority, search and seizure, felony offenses, federal air marshal, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Defense police, military police, Homeland Security, Public Safety, veterans affairs, federal officers, joint law enforcement authority