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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 5th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • While the districts in the region have, in some cases, used arbitrary fee schedules and overly strict
  • HB 612 extends cost-based fee protections to include developers, not just retail public utilities.
  • It prohibits water districts from imposing pipeline construction fees on a developer greater than the
  • However, the fee limitations still apply.
  • SB 3058 authorizes the district to use export fees, export fees collected under the current law to fund
Summary: The Senate Water, Agriculture, Rural Affairs Committee heard several bills focused on groundwater management, water infrastructure, and agricultural land conservation. SB 612 would limit certain water districts in Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy counties from charging developers pipeline construction fees above actual, documented costs; the committee substitute removed a developer challenge mechanism to preserve district discretion over construction standards. HB 1633 would require groundwater conservation districts to consider registered exempt wells when reviewing or amending permits, and testimony from landowners, district representatives, and advocacy groups largely supported the bill as a way to protect domestic and livestock wells from drawdown caused by large export projects. HB 1689 would clarify that export fee revenues may be used for well operability, alternative water supplies, and aquifer monitoring, including through interlocal cooperation, and HB 3058 would give the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District authority to use export fees for county road improvements and environmental programs tied to well inspection and groundwater management. HB 2018 would clarify that the Texas Farm and Ranchland Conservation Program is intended to purchase conservation easements only on working agricultural lands, with support from cattle raisers and Farm Bureau representatives. The committee also considered HB 29, which would require large water systems to validate water loss audits and submit mitigation plans; a committee substitute removed the water-loss threshold and adjusted the timeline for more detailed validation. Public testimony on the bills was generally supportive, with several witnesses describing declining well levels, road damage from export projects, and the need to preserve agricultural land and local water supplies. The committee adopted committee substitutes and voted favorably on HB 29, HB 1689, HB 2018, SB 612, and SB 3058, recommending several of them for the local and uncontested calendar; HB 1633 was left pending awaiting a committee substitute.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2026

Judiciary

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Bills: SB293, SB293
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 14th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

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  • And a license is reinstated once all the fees are paid? Witness: Yes.
  • Witness: There isn't a fiscal note, but of course there were fees for the first three late fees, so there
  • I'll ask you online here: is that, I mean, we're raising fees on one.
  • I'm interested in putting a voluntary fee on for litter abatement.
  • So this is all a convenience fee. Somebody agrees to pay this voluntarily.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 5th, 2026 at 04:07 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It updates certain agriculture fees every so often.
  • This gives a list of the fees, a list of where we're at, all the different things.
  • These will, in case you don't know, these fees will go through a board.
  • And so we never have the wherewithal to raise fees.
  • There's a lot of fees in here.
Bills: SB145, SB143
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 5th, 2026 at 10:08 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • now, instead of having nine years to solve our security issues, we have two years.
  • And quantum secure networks are technology that's already available.
  • ... ...together: new capabilities on the compute side, new security on the networking side.
  • So I just want to make sure that we're looking forward to the security part of it too, because we want
  • And so I want to make sure that we're keeping up with our ideas and passion with security too.
Bills: SB145, SB143
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 5th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • While the districts in the region have, in some cases, used arbitrary fee schedules. and overly strict
  • construction requirements to extract fees from developers far beyond their means and actual costs.
  • It prohibits water districts from imposing unreasonable fees.
  • However, the fee limitations will apply.
  • I will say this: the export fee we got in before, and the export fee is...
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB72 is a distinctive tag for firefighters, and we're raising their own fee from $1 to $10, and also
  • The Department of Revenue determined the amount that added the fee, whatever you call it.
  • So, who did the initial designation of the fee legislation? Okay, that's what I was trying to...
  • That was the major catch when we saw that it accidentally levied two additional $10 fees instead of just
  • No, actually, it’s an additional $9, taking it from $1 to $10, so it’ll be an additional $9 fee.
Bills: HB30, HB35, HB72, HB89, HB30, HB35
VA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Other states focus on regulating convenience fees and placing limits or conditions on security deposits
  • or apply the hold fee towards a security deposit.
  • We've kind of covered security deposits. Yeah, so let's go into pets. Pet fees. So pet fees.
  • So pet fees. Security deposits. Yes, let's go on to pets.
  • , utility account setup fee, administrative fee, and the security deposit.
Summary: The workgroup began with introductions and then reviewed staff research on rental fees, including recent Virginia laws on lease transparency, application fees, payment portal fees, security deposits, pet fees, late fees, and maintenance charges, as well as approaches in other states. Members discussed the federal FTC rule on rental advertising and how Virginia’s current laws interact with broader consumer protection provisions. Several participants raised concerns about enforcement, remedies, and whether transparency rules should be placed in the landlord-tenant code to make them easier for tenants to use. The main legislative discussion centered on Senator Van Valkenburg’s SB 349, which would standardize and limit several rental charges. The bill would cap application fees at $50, make application deposits optional, limit administrative and utility-related fees, restrict renewal fees, require earlier disclosure of fees before touring, shorten the security deposit return deadline from 45 to 30 days, prohibit automatic move-out fees, and cap security deposits at one month’s rent. Supporters said the bill would improve transparency, predictability, and affordability for renters, while opponents warned about unintended consequences, especially for landlords in college towns and for tenants with weaker credit or unusual circumstances. There was also debate over whether application deposits are used to hold units off the market or function as a barrier to entry, and whether the bill should instead focus on clearer definitions and timing. Members also discussed application fee practices in Virginia, including whether landlords charge every adult on the lease, whether fees are truly capped at $50 plus out-of-pocket costs, and whether portable tenant screening reports should be considered. On security deposits, there was a sharp divide: tenant advocates argued that a one-month cap would reduce barriers for low-income renters and that larger deposits do not clearly correlate with damage risk, while industry representatives said the current two-month cap helps landlords manage risk and avoid higher rents or litigation costs. The workgroup did not take any formal votes, but the chair indicated that some issues appeared closer to consensus than others and that the application deposit and security deposit provisions likely need further follow-up before any final recommendations.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Fiscal Affairs May 11th, 2026

Revenue & Fiscal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have not adjusted our fees inside of the department, the self-generated fees that we charge when we
  • So they wouldn't have a fee at all.
  • It looks like the electric fee is $110 and the hybrid fee is $60.
  • The fee adjustments are between $5 and at most $35, and not all fees have been adjusted.
  • So we increase this fee.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 10th, 2026

Rules

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  • It revises the athletic fees provision to require that any fee schedule be approved by the district school
  • The amendment removes language specifying that PEP students be charged a fee and instead allows a fee
  • It revises the athletic fees provision to Thank you. more than the highest administrator salary.
  • It revises the athletic fees provision to require that any fee schedule be approved by the district school
  • The amendment removes language specifying that PEP students be charged a fee and instead allows a fee
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with CS for CS for SB 54, which requires district medical examiners to perform toxicology screenings for psychotropic drugs and intoxicating substances in autopsies of violent offenders and report findings to state agencies. It was reported favorably after brief discussion about how the data would be used. CS for SB 176 also passed, requiring public postsecondary institutions to make campus safety reporting and response procedures clearer and more accessible for students, faculty, and staff who receive threats. Both bills were approved without opposition in the meeting. The committee then took up the large Florida Farm Bill, CS for CS for CS for SB 290, which drew extensive testimony and multiple amendments. The bill includes changes to fair associations, a preemption on local restrictions affecting gas- and diesel-powered farm equipment, surplus of certain state-owned lands for agricultural use, a food animal veterinary loan repayment program, permanent authorization for Farmers Feeding Florida, expanded Florida Forest Service training, a ban on signal jamming devices, tougher CDL English-proficiency penalties, protections for food safety inspectors, biosolids provisions, and contractor payment enforcement. Amendments expanded veterinary loan eligibility to equine veterinarians, merged citrus research entities, made technical corrections, and revised contractor payment language; a late-filed amendment removed the bill’s disparagement clause after significant First Amendment concerns and public testimony. A separate amendment delayed biosolids compliance deadlines. The bill was reported favorably as amended. Also approved were CS for CS for SB 834, which repeals a restriction on health care sharing ministries partnering with licensed insurance agents, while adding a disclaimer requirement; SB 936, allowing temporary door locking devices at any height above the floor and directing the Building Commission to add standards to the code; and CS for SB 50, expanding veterans’ courts statewide. Later, CS for CS for SB 1004 advanced with a strike-all regulating dog and cat sales, requiring disclosure of medical records and financing terms, a three-day waiting period for financed purchases, and consumer protections against deceptive pet sales; an amendment removed an appropriation section. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 178, which directs the FHSAA to adopt rules allowing coaches to provide limited good-faith support to student-athletes, and CS for CS for SB 198, regulating virtual currency kiosks with registration, warnings, transaction limits, receipts, and refund protections. Each of these bills was reported favorably by recorded vote.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 12th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety will now come to order.
  • So you have to have things like be able to secure your property, in which some agencies don't have the
  • They would still have to pay the fee to get the new license.
  • HB 674 is a border security bill that increases the penalties for criminal trespass and other similar
  • Not just about enforcement, it is about protecting Texas communities, securing private property, and