Video & Transcript Research : 'replacement fees'
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WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Health Insurance Affordability Task Force, June 18, 2026
Health Insurance Affordability Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- They are paid on a fee schedule.
- PPS hospitals get paid on a physician or on a fee schedule, which is set by Medicare.
- But the actual fee schedule itself is set, if that makes sense.
- Basically, let's take a total knee replacement for the patient.
- Representative Larson, as I thought about using the knee replacement, it seems to me that you... ...replacement
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/02/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #23
Transcript Highlights:
- House, House Bill 2096 allows WIFA to award financial assistance to counties for the remediation, replacement
- Lastly, it replaces vapor products with alternative nicotine products in statutory provisions relating
- Lastly, it replaces vapor products with alternative nicotine products in statutory provisions relating
- filing reports, adds a requirement for certain committees to file a termination statement in order for fees
- filing reports adds a requirement for certain committees to file a termination statement in order for fees
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (01/28/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- He said the department now has to replace that gear, and replacing a set of turnout gear costs between
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- um so now our department has to replace um so now our department has to replace that<03:29:48.319
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gear meeting to be able to to replace gear meeting to be able to to replace
Summary:
The Environment and Agriculture Committee held a hearing on HB 566, which would require permit applications for new landfills to include a detailed leachate management plan. The bill sponsor said the measure was prompted by recent reporting on leachate problems at New Hampshire landfills, including alleged violations at a Bethlehem facility and deficiencies at other sites, and argued the bill is meant to improve public health protections without dictating specific treatment methods or hindering innovation. The sponsor also said the proposal was developed with input from the Department of Environmental Services (DES) and industry representatives, and that a forthcoming amendment would revise the bill’s language to better fit the permitting process.
The sponsor explained that the amendment would move several requirements out of the contract section and into the planning section, change references such as “permit for construction” to “operating approval,” include landfill expansions, and remove language that could be read as requiring long-term contracts. Questions from members focused on whether the bill would create enforceable consequences if a plan is not followed, whether it would limit operators’ flexibility, and whether existing DES rules already cover the subject. The sponsor said enforcement details should be addressed by DES and emphasized that the bill would not lock operators into any particular contract or technology.
The Business and Industry Association testified in opposition to the bill as introduced, saying it appeared unnecessary because DES already regulates leachate through existing rules, including Env 806.53, and has authority to update those rules as technology changes. The witness argued that putting the requirements into statute could freeze the regulatory framework, create conflicts with future rulemaking, and make it harder for DES to respond quickly to new treatment methods or operational issues. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.
TX
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Transportation and Public Works Jan 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- in statute, receives distributions from what I believe is a petroleum... it's the petroleum delivery fee
- The PPL fee, Petroleum Delivery Fee, something like that.
- bottom of that table, striping, contract trucking, field supplies, and some burial message boards to replace
- Some of these items include garage door replacements and a septic system replacement. and roofs, floors
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
JLCAR Administrative Rules (02/20/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- So obviously, registration fees, different application fees, were increased.
- So obviously um for all fees.
- registration fees uh different registration fees uh different application<00:41:05.359>
fees< - We're changing a fee.
- We're changing a fee.
Summary:
The committee convened after briefly waiting for a quorum, approved the minutes and consent agenda, and then moved through several agency rule items. The Department of Transportation’s outdoor advertising rule filing was approved after staff noted the department had addressed substantive comments, though the rules had been expired since 2021 and the agency said it had been operating under statute. Members asked about a denied digital sign proposal, and DOT said that decision was based on statute rather than the rule. The Department of Safety’s administrative license suspension item was postponed with a waiver so the agency could submit conditional approval materials and resolve issues between its forms and rules. The Board of Architects item was conditionally approved, with the condition that the board later approve updated incorporation-by-reference materials at its April 3 meeting or the matter would return as a preliminary objection.
The Department of Agriculture’s expired rules prompted extended discussion. Staff and committee members questioned why the department was seeking to adopt rules that had been expired for many years and whether the statutes already provided enough authority to operate without them. Agriculture officials said they were working through a broader modernization effort, focusing on statutes that use mandatory language and updating outdated rules to match current practices, federal standards, and current products such as apples, cider, eggs, and other agricultural commodities. They said the rules before the committee were part of that effort and recommended approval, but members remained concerned about whether some rules were unnecessary. The committee ultimately granted a waiver and postponed the agriculture item for one month so staff could review the underlying statutes and determine whether rulemaking is actually required.
Under other business, the committee took up an emergency Department of Safety rule to update DMV forms to reflect statutory fee changes enacted in the 2025 budget. DMV officials said the new fees were already in effect, but the corresponding forms still showed old amounts, causing confusion for customers and elected officials who were fielding complaints. They argued the forms needed immediate updating because the affected forms are widely used, and they said the department had already tried to treat the changes as editorial before being told full rulemaking was required. The department emphasized it was trying to follow the process while avoiding continued use of incorrect fee forms, and asked the committee to allow the emergency rule to proceed.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill does not dismantle, replace, or weaken the Capitol Police, the Highway Patrol, or other law
- It's not just simply a replacement. It's not just simply a replacement of the bridge as it is.
- Not only that, the city of Jefferson City has, I believe, increased meter fees, and I also definitely
- believe... ...has, I believe, increased meter fees, and I also definitely believe that they have increased
- It seems like they play ball, and it's a revenue-type fee issue.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank industry from this delivery fee.
- Most of our delivery delivery fee.
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while the only the business pays a fee while the only the business pays a fee - this fee was an unintended consequence. this fee was an unintended consequence.
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covered exemptions in the delivery fee covered exemptions in the delivery fee
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Feb 7th, 2026 at 09:05 am
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't want to replace the current codes.
- We don't want to replace the current codes.
- The top says Medicaid fee schedule versus legislative proposal.
- We are really trying to revise and mandate MCOs to pay fee schedules that would normally be bundled,
- And this is not in replacement with the current system.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Wildfire Prevention Jun 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We have now since gone through a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to redesign all of those and replace
- Yeah, we have offered reduced permitting fees for rebuilds since 2017.
- It's a challenge in terms of government services being funded by fees.
- So if we're taking in less fees, where is that coming from?
- Partnering with private organizations to replace gymnasiums, to replace any building that you need with
Summary:
The hearing focused on lessons from the 2017 Tubbs Fire and how Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, and local partners have changed wildfire prevention, recovery, and rebuilding practices since then. Assemblymembers emphasized that the region has become a model for the state, with a shift from suppression to prevention, and panelists described improvements in defensible space, home hardening, vegetation management, alerting, and community coordination. The discussion also highlighted the continuing importance of sharing Sonoma County’s experience with other wildfire-impacted communities across California and beyond.
Fire officials and local leaders described specific prevention measures now in place, including Santa Rosa’s vegetation management ordinance, ignition-free/Zone Zero requirements in rebuilding, restrictions on certain mulches, removal of dead and dying trees near roads and defensible space zones, and expanded prescribed burning authority. They also stressed the importance of community organization through block captains, Firewise/COPE-style networks, and the Mark West Area Community Fund. Speakers said these networks helped residents navigate recovery, avoid fraud and bad contractors, coordinate with local agencies, and support neighbors, but they argued that such efforts need more formal structure and stable funding.
Water and permitting officials discussed how the fires changed their work. Santa Rosa Water described new regional coordination, generator and backup power upgrades, emergency training, and lessons learned about wildfire-related contamination in water systems, including the need to restore pressure, flush, and test quickly after a fire. Permit Sonoma said rebuilding was balanced by streamlining permits while still requiring safer, more resilient construction, and noted that reduced fees and one-stop permitting helped speed recovery. United Policyholders described helping residents maximize insurance proceeds, organize information, and avoid scams, while warning that insurance availability and affordability remain major barriers and that insurers are increasingly rewarding risk-reduction measures.
Across the panels, the main policy requests were for faster and more flexible grant processes, more stable long-term funding for prevention and community programs, stronger support for home hardening and defensible space, better training and tools for local governments and legislative staff, and continued attention to insurance and utility-related resilience. No formal votes or actions were taken in the transcript excerpt; the hearing was informational and ended with a transition toward public comment and further discussion of remaining statewide wildfire policy needs.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Water Topics Overview Committee Jun 10th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Water Topics Overview Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- For replacement projects, Deloitte is recommending a cost share percentage.
- and replacements now being eligible for a state cost share.
- Another option on the topic of replacements: one option that has been discussed is, could replacements
- , sewer fees, city sales tax, and more often we're seeing more creativity...
- City sales tax, and more often we're seeing more creativity with fees as well.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Department to set the fee level.
- would parallel the existing freshwater habitat fee.
- , which would parallel the existing freshwater habitat fee.
- It's a fee, you know, it's a fee. Oh no, we've got to have a roll call on that. You know, I get it.
- And I'm going to stand up and be a Democrat for a fee.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (02/17/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm going to replace all. I'm going to replace all.
- the bill. the bill. by<00:24:55.360>
replacing by replacing by replacing the<00:24:57.279 - nodding of the head that the the fees nodding of the head that the the fees are<01:28:44.960>
- There is no fee for that. We have no bills or anything that would require a fee for that.
- There is no fee for that. We have no bills or anything that would require a fee for that.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Community Affairs Nov 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And also on the fee provision, you're going to work on some changes to that. Yes.
- use is essential to livable, sustainable communities, and yet Senate Bill 208, as written, would replace
- use is essential to livable, sustainable communities, and yet Senate Bill 208, as written, would replace
- the concerns that have been brought up and are working with other stakeholders on the development fees
- Number one, the development fee piece of this bill, which is what I would call maybe the second half
Summary:
The Committee on Community Affairs met with a quorum present and heard three bills. First, the committee considered Senator Osgood’s home hardening products bill (CS/SB 78). The sponsor offered and the committee adopted a strike-all amendment that changed the sales tax exemption for impact-resistant doors and windows into a refund program. The refund is limited to homeowners with site-built homesteads valued at $700,000 or less, requires application to the Department of Revenue with proof of eligibility, caps the refundable tax at $500,000 per property, and runs for two years beginning July 1, 2026. The bill, as amended, was reported favorably after a roll call vote.
The committee then took up Senator McLean’s land use and development regulations bill (SB 208), which would redefine compatibility, define infill residential development, allow administrative approval in certain cases, and set standards for local development-related fees. Members and stakeholders discussed concerns about the compatibility definition, the scope of administrative approval, and whether 100 acres is too large to qualify as infill. Testimony came from Audubon Florida, the Florida Association of Counties, the Florida League of Cities, Highland Homes, 1,000 Friends of Florida, and others, with supporters emphasizing housing supply and affordability and opponents warning about sprawl, reduced public participation, and impacts to rural lands and the Florida Wildlife Corridor. The sponsor said he would continue working on the language, and the bill was reported favorably.
Finally, the committee heard Senator Truenow’s bill on special assessments for recreational vehicle parks (SB 118). The bill clarifies that if a local government levies a special assessment on an RV park space or campsite, the assessment may not exceed the maximum square footage allowed for an RV site. An amendment clarified that maximum as 400 square feet, resolving confusion about the cross-reference in current law. After brief discussion and one appearance form in support, the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- You can, for a fee, get a mobile driver's license that would go on your phone.
- You can, for a fee, get a mobile driver's license that would go on your phone.
- This effort is financed through the $5 boat decal fee.
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that have any leakage uh from the fees that have any leakage uh from the fees - So the $5 fee for the decal, every boat owner that registers a boat must pay that $5.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Jun 10th, 2026
Housing and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- with the Mitigation Fee Act.
- and prohibiting impact fees on ADUs that are 750 square feet or smaller. and prohibiting impact fees
- Because many times they're avoiding impact fees, school fees, and they're already having to pay.
- ADU and you have a 4,000-square-foot house, the fee for the ADU would be one-quarter of the fee for
- So your fee under current law would be 25% of whatever the fee is, right? Yes.
Summary:
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard several housing-related bills, with most of the discussion focused on streamlining housing production, preserving affordable housing, and reducing barriers to ADUs and EV charging in HOAs. SB 457 would direct HCD to develop statistical formulas based on historical development data to help cities complete housing element site inventories; supporters said it would replace costly parcel-by-parcel analysis with a more realistic, data-driven approach, while the California Building Industry Association raised concerns. SB 1091 would create a Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Program to help acquire and preserve unsubsidized affordable rental housing; it drew broad support from housing nonprofits, local governments, and committee members who emphasized prevention and preservation, and it was advanced with a motion and second. SB 1117 would clarify that ADU impact fees above 750 square feet are charged only on the portion above that threshold; supporters said current practice creates a fee cliff that discourages ADUs, while cities, counties, special districts, and fire groups opposed it over infrastructure and service funding concerns. The committee members were split, but the bill ultimately advanced on a 10-0 vote with two not voting.
The committee also considered SB 904, which would codify and expand reporting and coordination practices used after wildfire disasters to speed rebuilding and identify permitting or code barriers. The author and supporters argued that future wildfire recoveries should not depend on ad hoc executive orders, while some members questioned whether the bill was duplicative of existing streamlining laws; it passed on a roll call after discussion. SB 1267 would require EV charger installers in HOAs to indemnify associations during installation and make homeowners liable for costs arising from use of a privately owned charger; HOA representatives and EV advocates supported it, the California Association of Realtors said it would remove opposition once amendments were in print, and the bill advanced unanimously. SB 1361 would prevent local governments from taking actions to avoid SB 79 transit-oriented housing requirements at existing or planned transit stops; L.A. Metro, labor groups, and housing advocates supported it as protecting transit investments and jobs, while the City of Burbank opposed it, and it was approved on a 9-0 vote. The committee also took up consent items SB 722 and SB 1426, which were approved without controversy.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25 - Part 1
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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it <00:10:35.839>with injectors and replaces it with injectors and replaces - "Direct fee-for-service carve-out management models have their critics.
- Thank you. $28,560 again with a $0 dispensing fee $28,560 again with a $0 dispensing fee for<01:13:25.199
- So um unlike the fee for dipping.
- The offset to that would be the dispensing fees would increase to the fee-for-service dispensing fee.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 20, 2025 - 02:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- It brings us back to one-way fees.
- If I win, my fees get paid.
- It is basically a written offer that can be inclusive of fees or exclusive of fees.
- How are the fees determined?
- That is one-way attorney's fees.
Summary:
The committee met to hear five banking and insurance-related bills. HB 1549, an Office of Financial Regulation agency bill to help more efficiently regulate financial institutions, was amended to match Senate companion language and then passed unanimously. HB 1231 would extend physician payment and prior-authorization protections similar to a prior dental law, including limits on virtual credit card payments as the sole payment method; physicians and medical groups supported it as a way to reduce fees and retroactive denials, while insurers were not heard in opposition, and the bill passed unanimously.
The committee then heard HB 999, which would make gold and silver legal tender and allow transactions in bullion through electronic debit mechanisms. The sponsor and several proponents framed it as an inflation hedge and economic freedom measure, while questions focused on definitions, transaction costs, and vendor participation. The bill passed on a mostly party-line vote, with one member voting no. The committee also approved HM 4363, a memorial urging Congress to establish a sovereign wealth fund; the sponsor described it as a way to steward national wealth, and the memorial passed with one dissenting vote.
Finally, the committee took up HB 1551, which would create a prevailing-party attorney fee framework in insurance contract disputes. The sponsor argued it would restore balance, deter meritless litigation, and help consumers with valid claims recover fees, while insurers, business groups, and defense attorneys warned it would revive one-way fee shifting, increase litigation, and raise premiums. Consumer advocates and some members supported it as necessary to give policyholders meaningful recourse. After debate, the bill passed favorably, with one member voting no.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (03/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- If the inspection fee is $100, do you think the inspection fee is adequate? Hard to say.
- So let's talk... double the fee so yes okay anybody else double the fee so yes okay anybody else want
- want to represent if the inspection fee want to represent if the inspection fee is<00:11:46.760>
- is $100 do you think the inspection fee is $100 do you think the inspection fee is adequate<00:11
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are that but again uh these these fees are that but again uh these these fees
Summary:
The committee first heard from the Department of Labor on several House Bill 2 sections. Members discussed raising the annual elevator certificate fee, which had been $50 since at least fiscal year 2014; the commissioner said the Inspection Division generates more revenue than its costs, and members agreed to amend the fee to $75 and later voted unanimously to accept Section 137. The department also explained a proposed change to civil penalty/warning language in Section 139 to align enforcement across labor laws; that section was accepted unanimously. The commissioner then gave a detailed overview of the second injury fund, describing how it is financed by assessments on insurance carriers, how claims are reviewed for reimbursement, and how the fund is intended to reimburse certain workers’ compensation costs. Members questioned whether the program still serves its original purpose, whether it is revenue-neutral, and whether it should be sunset; the department said the fund is a mixed bag for the state and industry, but no sunset language was adopted. Sections 140 and 141 were then accepted unanimously.
The committee next heard from the Judicial Council on Sections 125 through 127. The witness said the changes would streamline payment for indigent defense services other than counsel, reduce the number of bills requiring judge review, and expand the council’s ability to contract with providers for services such as translation and evaluations. He also explained a proposed fail-safe allowing the executive director to decline to process questionable invoices and send them to a judge instead. Members generally supported the streamlining, and Sections 125 through 127 were accepted unanimously.
Toward the end of the discussion, members asked about the cost impact of changing the misdemeanor/felony threshold from $1,000 to a higher amount. The Judicial Council said felony cases are significantly more expensive than misdemeanors because they involve more hearings, more discovery, and more attorney time, with assigned felony cases costing several times more on average. No action was taken on that question in the excerpt.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (01/13/2026)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- would this be a replace all amendment? would this be a replace all amendment?
- happened uh in the replacement. happened uh in the replacement.
- is is that we didn't feel that state fee is is that we didn't feel that state fee ownership<03:33
- It's fee ownership that is the issue for us, and that's the important distinction. public fee ownerships
- . public fee ownerships.