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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 22nd, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1341 gives CalRecycle the authority to reduce processing fees for wine and spirits in bag-in-a-box
- We'll be permitting the use of displays on the floor at the request of Senator McNerney on behalf of
- The Gaming Commission, upon the adoption of adjustments of a fee that is deposited into the Gambling
- Control Fund, would maintain a regulation that states the authorized purpose of the use of that fee.
- Senate Bill 920 advances good governance practices that promote greater transparency in fee adoption
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, offered a Memorial Day weekend prayer, and welcomed a third-grade class from Sacred Heart Parish School to the chamber. Members also handled several procedural motions, including suspending blackout-period rules for budget subcommittee hearings, removing certain items from the inactive file and consent calendar, and confirming multiple gubernatorial appointments, all by unanimous or near-unanimous votes.
The body then took up a series of resolutions and bills. Resolutions approved included National Safe Boating Week (SR 102), Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month (SCR 172), World No Tobacco Day (SCR 177), Lupus Awareness Month (SR 107), and the 50th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris (SR 115). Senators used those measures to highlight boating safety, asthma and food allergy risks, tobacco harms, lupus awareness, and the economic and cultural importance of California wine. The Senate also passed SB 1341 on bag-in-box beverage container processing fees, SB 1083 on school employee misconduct procedures, SB 1153 on wildfire preparedness for urban retail water suppliers, SB 1199 on prescription cost-sharing and out-of-pocket accounting, SB 1240 creating an Office of Nonprofit Empowerment, SB 1337 establishing an energy coordination working group, SB 1360 expanding language access for voters, SB 920 on gaming fee transparency, SB 1016 on mental health/Care Court evaluation options, SB 1198 on reckless driving penalties, SB 1213 on reporting prices for subsidized medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, SB 1265 codifying the Go Green financing program, SB 1338 on post-repossession vehicle transport interference, and SB 1135 on wildlife coexistence. Most passed on unanimous roll calls; SB 1265 and SB 1135 drew a small number of no votes.
The session concluded with a lengthy adjournment-in-memory ceremony led by the Veterans Caucus, reading the names of 82 fallen service members and pausing in their honor. The President pro tempore then announced the Senate would recess and return for the next floor session on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
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And license and uh learner's permit. And license and uh learner's permit. - Such vehicles shall be permitted to park at a parking meter without fee.
- Such vehicles shall be permitted to park at a parking meter without fee.
- Such vehicles shall be permitted to park at a parking meter without fee.
- park at a parking meter without fee.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Long Range Capital Planning and Utilization Committee (04/14/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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So <00:08:52.720>dees dock permit, we tear up police. - So dees dock permit, we tear up police.
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is lease fee is lease fee is $12,759<00:09:06.399>a <00:09:06.640>- <00:09:35.440>
Move <00:09:35.600>to fee. Do I have a motion? Move to fee.- the administrative fees as these are<00:11:40.160>
are <00:11:40.560>renewals. - <00:09:35.440>
Summary:
The Long Range Capital Planning and Utilization Committee met to approve the February 24 minutes and complete committee organization by confirming Senator Maki as vice chair. The committee then considered several Department of Safety and Department of Transportation lease requests, along with an informational report from the New Hampshire Council on Resources and Development.
The Department of Safety sought approval for a 15-year lease at 17 Freetown Road in Raymond to relocate DMV operations from Epping. The department said the move was needed because the Epping site had limited parking and inadequate interior space, and that the longer lease was justified by fit-up costs and the need to ensure ADA-compliant accessibility. Members asked about fit-up costs and future DMV space needs, and the request was approved.
The Department of Transportation presented a lease for JCB LLC for a private, non-commercial dock and pedestrian at-grade crossing on the Concord-to-Lincoln railroad corridor in Belmont. Members discussed the private nature of the dock, the role of DEIS approval, and the annual lease fee, which was read into the record before the request was approved. The committee then approved a bundled request covering 18 similar dock and mooring lease renewals in Belmont, Meredith, and Laconia, with discussion focused on the renewal process, waiver of administrative fees, and the standardized lease costs. The Council on Resources and Development item was informational only and required no action. The committee set its next meeting for June 30 at 9:30 a.m. and then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Too often, they're blindsided by hidden fees or...
- We know that there are attorney fees involved, as well as fees related to the documentation.
- So what I'm hearing you say is if we just don't charge a fee at all rather than charging a fee and then
- In terms of what would happen with that service fee if we were to make fee-waived services available
- She only... had her driver's permit.
Bills:
HB2510, HB3589, HB4611, HB4655, HB4665, HB4666, HB4670, HB4700, HB4730, HB4798, HB4838, HB5136, HB5243, HB5302, HB5539
Keywords:
assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25 - Part 1
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It would also allow the MPCA to retain the fees it charged even if it gets the permits done ahead of
- It would also allow the MPCA to retain the fees it charged even if it gets the permits done ahead of
- permit a then permit permit B to work on permit a then permit B<00:53:58.599>
misses <00:53:59.000 - $5 million in permitting fees and environmental review costs borne by our local watershed districts,
- c> review permitting fees and environmental review permitting fees and environmental review costs
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The determination of fees, charges, and rates of certain benefits under Medicaid for the Community and
- requirements, authorizing a fee of creating criminal offenses for the community. related to increasing
- HB 2427 by Canales relating to the route to. of an issuance of a permit for the movement of an oversized
- Cole, relating to the provision. of solid waste disposal services by certain counties authorizing a fee
- HB 2524 by Cook, relating to recovery fees.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (02/02/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- would have this disproportionate fee would have this disproportionate fee where<00:52:18.079>
- a higher fee a higher fee in<00:52:25.520>
even <00:52:25.760>in <00:52:26.000> - Um, we operate on a fee-funded system.
- the revenue so that means license fees the revenue so that means license fees that<01:15:53.520>
- <01:19:59.440>
would massage therapist license fees would massage therapist license fees would
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Current law allows local authorities to regulate sound through permitting systems, fees, and local ordinances
- This includes permitting and fees for basic operational needs like deliveries, critical to keeping doors
- Be required to obtain a separate sound permit or pay a separate fee. This change matters.
- They're not disrupting neighbors, but they are triggering costly fees or new permits in some instances
- It also permits the securitization of estimated system restoration costs.
Bills:
HB246, HB796, HB 1056, HB1544, HB1846, HB2001, HB2618, HB2625, HB2869, HB2898, HB3069, HB3114, HB3157, HB3228, HJR98, HB246
Keywords:
federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information
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.
Keywords:
elder abuse, financial exploitation, inheritance, joint tenancy, conviction effects, off-label, pharmacists, medical treatment, state board of pharmacy, employment protection, sexual extortion, criminal law, felony, threat, blackmail, HB255, Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, ERSA, State Police Tier II Plan, annual leave
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Audit Committee Jun 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The average restitution order before fines and fees is about $10,000.
- CalVCB does not deduct an administrative fee for this process.
- As part of local enforcement, CACs issue restricted material pesticide permits.
- Restricted material permits can be appealed to DPR.
- Since 2019, 20 restricted material permits have been appealed to the department.
Summary:
The committee heard several audit requests and related testimony. The first major item was an audit of Coachella Valley Unified School District’s contract and fiscal management. The author and supporters described long-standing fiscal mismanagement, large budget shortfalls, layoffs, contracting concerns, and questions about the district’s foundation and use of public funds. District representatives and the Riverside County Office of Education said the district is already under fiscal oversight, has a stabilization plan, and is working to reduce deficits and improve student outcomes. After extensive debate and public comment, the motion to approve the audit was put on call because the committee did not have the required votes from both houses at that moment.
The committee then approved an audit of East Bay transit agencies in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Senator Wahab argued the region’s many overlapping transit agencies create fragmentation, duplication, and inefficiency, especially amid a fiscal cliff and possible future tax increases. Transit agencies and labor representatives opposed the audit, saying the agencies already undergo multiple audits, serve distinct local needs, and are implementing regional coordination efforts. After testimony from agency leaders and public commenters, the committee voted to approve the audit.
The next item was an audit of California Community Colleges’ unrestricted reserves. Senator Archuleta and supporting faculty representatives said reserves have grown substantially and may be diverting resources from student services, instruction, and workforce programs. They argued there is little oversight when reserves become too high. The Chancellor’s Office and Calbright College were invited to respond, and the audit objectives focused on reserve growth, reasons for high balances, oversight by the Chancellor’s Office, and effects on students and staff. The transcript cuts off during the Chancellor’s Office response, so the final committee action on this item is not shown.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Apr 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to empower each university to set their own out-of-state tuition fees.
- and sufficient permitting staff to expedite rebuilding and repair.
- or inspection fees for 180 days after a hurricane or tropical storm.
- fee freeze and sufficient permitting personnel, increases the evacuation time for the Florida Keys from
- and license fees, land leasing, management, and mitigation revenue.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee met for Budget Day and heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2025-2026 budget, SPB 25-200, totaling $117.4 billion. Chair Hooper said the plan reduces overall spending from the prior year, keeps strong reserves, includes a 4% pay raise for state employees, maintains employee health care contributions, and makes major investments in water quality, transportation, and education infrastructure. Committee chairs then summarized their budget silos, including K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and agriculture/environment/general government. Members asked questions mainly about school funding, AP and dual enrollment support, voucher and scholarship impacts, and the My Safe Florida Home program.
The committee adopted a large consent package of amendments and then approved three late-file amendments: funding virtual college tours for high school students, funding the FSU Sunshine Genetics program, and providing money for the Port of Fernandina customs facility. The committee then voted to report SPB 2500, the General Appropriations Bill, as a committee bill. It also favorably reported SPB 2502 (implementing bill), SPB 2504 (state employees placeholder), SB 7022 (Florida Retirement System contribution rates and DROP changes), CS/SB 1320 (recreating the Resilient Florida Trust Fund), SPB 2506 (gaming compact revenue distributions, including water projects and rural lands), SPB 2508 (29 new judgeships), SB 7014 (ending the court mediation and arbitration trust fund), SPB 2510 (K-12 conforming bill), SPB 2512 (higher education conforming bill), and SPB 2514 (health and human services conforming bill).
The committee also took up several policy bills. It approved SB 7028 on cancer research, creating grant parameters, reporting requirements, a five-year pediatric cancer research incubator, and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute VisionGen Initiative. It approved CS/CS/SB 170 on nursing home quality, adding resident satisfaction surveys, medical director standards, safety culture reviews, electronic health record requirements, financial reporting penalties, and a study of best practices. It approved CS/CS/SB 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, which expands mental health diversion options, adds Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, expands grant uses, and creates a behavioral health data repository. It also approved SB 114 creating the Florida Center for Excellence in Insurance and Risk Management at FSU and moving the public hurricane loss model there. The committee then began considering SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response, including a late-file amendment, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- and sufficient permitting staff to expedite rebuilding and repair.
- or inspection fees for 180 days after a hurricane or tropical storm.
- fee freeze and sufficient permitting personnel, increases the evacuation time for the Florida Keys from
- and license fees, land leasing, management, and mitigation revenue.
- and license fees, land leasing, management, and mitigation revenue.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2025-2026 budget, SPB 25-200, totaling $117.4 billion. Chair Hooper and committee chairs highlighted major spending priorities including a 4% raise for state employees, continued health insurance contributions, investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and workforce development, along with reductions tied to long-vacant positions. Education funding was a major focus, with increases for K-12 public schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, nursing initiatives, tutoring, and university performance funding. Health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/economic development, and agriculture/environment budgets were also outlined, including Medicaid, mental health, corrections staffing, affordable housing, beach restoration, citrus recovery, and water projects.
Members then questioned several budget choices, especially K-12 funding. Senators Polsky and Smith raised concerns that the Senate’s AP and dual enrollment funding changes could disadvantage public schools, while Burgess argued the budget preserves the money in the FEFP and gives districts more flexibility rather than reducing support. Questions also addressed voucher availability, school stabilization funding, and the My Safe Florida Home program. The committee adopted 171 consent amendments and three late-file amendments, then approved SPB 2500 as a committee bill. It also favorably reported implementing and conforming bills for state employees, retirement, natural resources, judgeships, K-12 education, higher education, and health and human services, along with SB 7022 on Florida Retirement System contribution rates and elected-officer DROP options, CS/SB 1320 on the Resilient Florida Trust Fund, SB 7014 ending the Mediation and Arbitration Trust Fund, SB 7028 on cancer research, CS/CS/SB 170 on nursing home quality and oversight, CS/SB 168 on mental health diversion and behavioral health data, SB 114 creating an insurance and risk management research center at FSU, and SB 180 on emergency preparedness and post-storm recovery. Most bills were reported favorably with little or no opposition, though SB 180 drew discussion about local-government authority after storms and the need to balance recovery speed with local safety and planning concerns.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration May 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It sounds like this unit focuses on reviewing housing permits, building permits of local government agencies
- We have a permitting work group.
- Part of the reason we're here in the May revision is we did have a fee package.
- I'll cover the BCP on the generation and handling fee.
- The prior fee structure was a flat fee of either $75,000 or $100,000 based on two tiers of total tonnage
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/17/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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and <00:20:52.480>environmental permitting - :42.720>
and contractors and permitting and contractors and permitting and qualifying.<00:35:44.079 - It wasn't uh farmer fees. It money. It wasn't uh farmer fees.
- It was wasn't fees on any producers.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jul 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- facilitate the goal of hearing as much from the public within the limits of our time, we will not permit
- Even though individuals who've been buried have paid endowment fees, sometimes endowment fees that were
- I secured permits, followed traffic control plans, and met all city protocols.
- In addition to state fees, we pay outside legal counsel to review our documentation.
- That's permitted under NC-SARA. It provides that California can unilaterally modify the agreement.
Summary:
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard a lengthy agenda of Senate bills, with most measures ultimately advancing on party-line or broad bipartisan votes after substantial testimony and several amendments. Early in the hearing, SB 418 by Sen. Menjivar was presented as a health access bill to codify ACA nondiscrimination protections in state law and require coverage for up to a 12-month supply of medically approved hormone therapy; supporters framed it as protecting continuity of care amid federal threats, while there was no opposition testimony. The committee later also took up SB 456, which would exempt muralists from contractor licensing requirements for commissioned fine art murals; supporters said recent enforcement had chilled mural projects and harmed artists and communities, and the bill passed unanimously to Appropriations. SB 641, part of the wildfire response package, and SB 774, a sunset review bill for the Department of Real Estate and Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers, also advanced with support and no opposition. SB 775 and SB 776, sunset extensions for the behavioral sciences, psychology, and optometry boards, passed after witnesses described technical changes and the need to keep the boards operating. SB 777, dealing with abandoned cemeteries, drew testimony from local governments, industry, and counties; after amendments removed a local takeover mandate and shifted the bill toward a stakeholder working group and study process, opposition softened or was withdrawn and the bill moved forward to Local Government. SB 790, on interstate reciprocity for online higher education, generated the most debate, with supporters arguing California students and institutions need stronger consumer protections and access to the national reciprocity framework, while opponents said the bill’s terms conflicted with the existing compact; it passed as amended to Appropriations after committee members emphasized continued work on student protections. The consent calendar, including SB 389 and SB 861, was also approved, and the committee adjourned after additional vote changes were recorded.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This communication consisted of the application and the required fee that we paid.
- This bill clarifies that permit holders are required to report aquifers tied to the monitoring system
- They're issuing permits and preventing your neighbors from taking your property.
- A district is also empowered under the zone legislation to amend a permit if they need to establish..
- We don't have any permitting authority.
Bills:
HB937, HB2078, HB2080, HB3322, HB3350, HB4212, HB4630, HB4896, HB4951, HB5348, HB5675, SB565, SB971, SB1662, SB2124
Keywords:
special districts, notice requirements, Water Code, government transparency, public meetings, meeting notice, transparency, public engagement, notice, elections, groundwater management, water conservation, joint planning, environmental impact, desired future conditions, groundwater, conservation district, environmental quality, regulatory review, water utility
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Jun 18th, 2025
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?
- Do you separately list out like Uber does the booking fee, which is the insurance fee?
- “Do you separately list out, like Uber does, the booking fee, which is the insurance fee, on Lyft?”
- “These are like the Access for All fee or the Clean Miles Standard fee, but these are pennies compared
Summary:
The hearing focused on transportation network companies in California, with the chair framing it as an informational hearing on the history, regulation, safety, climate, accessibility, and data issues surrounding Uber, Lyft, and smaller or autonomous TNC services. The CPUC described its decade-long regulatory role, including safety rules, background checks, insurance requirements, reporting obligations, and two major legislative programs from 2018: the Clean Miles Standard and the Access for All program. Members asked about complaint trends, data collection and disclosure, program implementation, and how the CPUC uses annual reports for policymaking, compliance, and program oversight.
Uber and Lyft said the statewide framework has supported growth while providing safety and access benefits, but both companies emphasized that insurance is a major cost driver and argued that California’s UM/UIM requirement is unusually high compared with other vehicles. They said the Clean Miles Standard is pushing electrification but faces headwinds from EV affordability and charging infrastructure, while Access for All has expanded wheelchair-accessible service but still needs continued support. They also discussed transit partnerships, wildfire response, and the potential role of autonomous vehicles, with both companies saying human drivers will remain important and that future regulation should account for new technology.
The final panel, including the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and UC Berkeley researchers, presented evidence that TNCs have increased congestion and reduced transit ridership, especially in dense urban areas. They described prior research showing TNCs contributed to congestion growth in San Francisco and noted that this work helped spur local taxes on ride-hailing trips to fund safety and transit improvements. The panel also discussed the CPUC’s evolving data-disclosure decisions, arguing that public access to TNC trip data is important for understanding transportation impacts and informing local policy.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM-GVO, WAM-WLA Informational Briefings 01-13-2026
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Their fee is higher than the local. Uh, there is no local fee, so this is a non-resident fee. Okay.
- Their fee is higher than the local. Their fee is higher than the local.
- uh fee. Okay. uh fee. Okay.
- But you used to permit much. But you used to permit aquaculture,<03:02:23.960>
right? - permits actually come to us. permits actually come to us.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 2438 - Transportation Omnibus - 05/08/25
Transcript Highlights:
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transaction recommendation for no fee transaction recommendation for no fee - Line 397 is for a fee increase to the no-show fee that's currently $20.
- length for commercial learners permit length for commercial learners permit.<00:29:15.120>
Um - Um and that is a governor's permit.
- That is for a fee recommendation.