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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Nominations May 19th, 2025

Nominations

Transcript Highlights:
  • , it's semi-independent in its financial. the revenue of, it's semi-independent in its financial structure
  • Those fees have always been negotiable. We've always been informed.
  • So as far as different oversights, obviously the structure of ERCOT has changed greatly since prior to
  • Any increase in rates that are going to happen to the consumer for their fee, which is not a... it’s
  • a nominal fee, but it still makes a difference on a person’s bill.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Nominations held its final nomination hearing of the session and considered three nominees: J.B. Goodwin for the Texas Real Estate Commission, Courtney Yaltman for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and Thomas Gleason as PUC chairman. Goodwin described his long career in real estate and charitable work, and senators questioned him extensively about the Real Estate Commission’s self-directed, semi-independent status, housing affordability, institutional homebuyers, property insurance costs, disclosure issues, and the Burnett v. National Association of Realtors case. Yaltman and Gleason were questioned about PUC oversight of ERCOT, post-Winter Storm Uri reforms, utility resilience and vegetation management after Hurricane Beryl, water and telecommunications oversight, staffing and transparency, and rising infrastructure and utility costs. Much of the discussion focused on housing and utility affordability, with several senators urging the nominees to keep consumer protection and public trust at the forefront. Goodwin said housing affordability and large-scale investment purchases were not within the Real Estate Commission’s direct purview, though he supported further study. Yaltman and Gleason said the PUC had increased oversight of ERCOT, improved communication and accountability with utilities, and was working on resiliency plans, rate-setting issues, and infrastructure planning while trying to avoid overburdening ratepayers. The committee first voted to favorably report nominees left pending from the May 5 agenda by a 6-0 roll call vote. After public testimony was opened and closed, the committee then voted on the nominees heard that day and favorably recommended all three to the full Senate for confirmation by a 7-0 vote. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Banking and Insurance Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Banking and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • These two fees apply to employers. Alabama.
  • fees to Alabama employers, insurers, and consumers.
  • These new fees will go... consumers.
  • These bills impose a $10.64 fee on every prescription filled. $10.64 fee on every prescription filled
  • Yeah, so I think some kind of structure from us needs to be put here or... ...structure from us needs
Keywords: 923, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Judiciary Committee Jul 1st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • This provides the structure. It provides oversight.
  • It provides accountability so that This provides the structure. It provides oversight.
  • So that is increased permit fees for the regulated community.
  • SB 769 is a well-structured financing mechanism and governance structure predicated on solving problems
  • SB 769 is a well-structured financing mechanism and governance structure predicated on solving problems
Summary: The committee met as a subcommittee without quorum at first, then later established quorum and continued hearing several bills. SB 27, the annual CARE Court cleanup bill, would require courts to consider CARE referral for certain misdemeanor defendants found incompetent to stand trial, combine some hearings, allow limited data sharing among licensed medical professionals, and expand eligibility to include mood disorders with psychotic features. Supporters said it would clarify the meaning of “clinically stabilized,” streamline the process, and help more severely ill people receive treatment; opponents argued it would expand CARE Court too broadly, strain county resources, and divert attention from housing and voluntary services. The bill passed to the Health Committee on a roll call vote and was placed on call. SB 82, dealing with so-called “infinite arbitration clauses,” would limit consumer contract arbitration provisions to disputes arising from the product or service actually purchased. The author and supporters said the bill would stop companies from forcing arbitration in unrelated claims and would not ban arbitration itself. Opponents from business and banking groups argued the language was too restrictive, could create litigation over related transactions, and should be clarified as prospective only. The committee approved the bill and placed it on call after a roll call vote. The committee then heard two reparations-related bills. SB 437 would direct CSU to develop a genealogical methodology and framework for verifying descendants of enslaved people, with oversight, reporting, and guardrails tied to recently allocated state funding. Supporters said the bill would create a fair, evidence-based process; opponents, including professional genealogists and reparations advocates, argued the work is already well understood, the bill is unnecessary, and it could delay action. SB 518 would create a Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery within state government, with divisions for genealogy, property reclamation, outreach, and legal affairs. Supporters framed it as needed infrastructure to implement reparations recommendations; opponents objected to locating it in the Department of Justice, warned about data privacy and law enforcement control, and criticized the inclusion of broader communities. Both bills were moved to Appropriations and placed on call. The committee also heard SB 52, the End AI Rent Hikes Act, which would prohibit the use of algorithms to collude on and artificially inflate rental prices; the author and supporters described it as a response to AI-assisted rent fixing in California’s housing market.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, um increase our fees um quickly.
  • So, I'm I'm saying if it's a<00:26:37.679> fee a fee a fee because<00:26:39.120> of<00:
  • could be a fee. could be a fee.
  • becomes a fee. Yes, that's possible. becomes a fee. Yes, that's possible.
  • camping fees. camping fees.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee first heard HB 649, which would create a small boat harbor commercial vessel special fund and raise mortgage fees on commercial vessels to fund harbor improvements. DLNR stood on written testimony in support, while the Ocean Tourism Coalition, Activity and Attractions Association of Hawaii, Calypso Charters, and a local commercial operator all opposed the bill, arguing that the fee increase would burden thin-margin businesses without fixing procurement and staffing problems and that the bill’s fee language and fund allocations were too vague. A DLNR witness also noted a prior bill, HB 2477, had sought to broaden the fee base to more ocean operators statewide rather than increase the percentage. No vote was taken on HB 649 during the portion shown. The committee then heard HB 2599 on aquatic protection, which would prioritize ecosystem integrity and use of best available science in managing aquatic resources and set coral reef resilience goals. DLNR supported the measure, and a testifier from the public urged stronger coral goals for Oahu and a broader framework including water quality, herbivore management, fishery management, enforcement, and coral restoration. There was no opposition or vote shown on HB 2599 before the committee recessed to a joint hearing. In the joint Economic Development and Tourism / Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts hearing, members heard HB 2118 on transferring the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission from DAGS to DBED, HB 2474 on authorizing non-binding international cooperative agreements, HB 1863 on creating an honorary ambassador to Canada, HB 1943 on out-of-state DBED offices and export promotion, and HB 2604 on a performing arts ticket surcharge. Testimony was generally supportive for HB 2118, HB 2474, HB 1863, and HB 1943, with questions focused on agency placement, sister-state relationships, and the rationale for overseas offices. HB 2604 drew opposition from the Tax Foundation and others, who argued the surcharge functioned as a tax and would make arts participation more expensive; the chair recommended deferring it. During decision-making, both committees passed HB 2118, HB 2474, HB 1863, and HB 1943 with amendments, including technical changes and revised effective dates. For HB 2474, the amendments were described as clarifying definitions for sister-state and international cooperative agreements, allowing relationships with national governments, and preserving legislative approval and transparency. HB 1943 was amended to require an office in Laoag City, Philippines, rather than a non-existent DBED Philippines office. HB 2604 was deferred. After the joint session, the Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts committee resumed and heard HB 2395 on permits for taking marine deposits and HB 2361 on administrative support for the Kahului Bay Regional Council, both of which drew only DLNR written testimony and no further action in the excerpt. The committee then began HB 1823 on Coastal Zone Management Act exemptions, with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs testifying first, but the transcript cuts off before further testimony or action.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 21, 2026 - 04:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that new organizational structure is kind of being developed, and they've had some challenges with
  • One of the sources of that operating trust fund is an administrative fee we charge on all the taxes we
  • So, if you're a local government and we are administering your taxes, we have a fee.
  • We have not adjusted, requested, or made any effort to increase that share of fees that are coming from
  • Now, could we come in and say, 'Now's the time to go into local government and raise those fees to get
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/06/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm here to provide you some general updates related to the new office's structure, its stand-up, in
  • its stand up uh in addition to structure its stand up uh in addition to providing<00:10:47.600> you
  • hospital with that and incur those fees hospital with that and incur those fees there<00:28:45.000
  • changes some of these the structural changes some of these concerns<01:13:38.280> were<01:13:
  • So we tried to create a structure that allows DHS to bring back to us outcomes as they're working on
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee met on February 6, 2025, for an update on emergency medical services (EMS) policy and implementation. Senator Seberger described the work of the EMS Task Force, which traveled statewide to hear concerns from providers about staffing, reimbursement, and retention. She said the task force led to the Sprint Medic model and two innovation zones in Otter Tail and St. Louis counties, and she urged continued monitoring and possible reconstitution of the task force to evaluate what is working and what could be expanded statewide. She also said future EMS work should continue to explore alternative response models and telemedicine, but that the most immediate need is additional funding, especially to address unpaid non-transport calls. Dylan Ferguson, director of the newly formed Minnesota Office of Emergency Medical Services, gave a detailed update on the office’s structure and priorities after the transition from the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board. He described the office’s three divisions, the appointment of deputy directors, the first meetings of the advisory councils, and work on a statewide EMS strategic plan. He also reviewed the $24 million emergency ambulance aid program, explaining its 40-40-20 formula, the emphasis on rural services, the reporting and spending deadlines, and the positive response from ambulance providers. He noted that the $6 million Sprint paramedic grant program is underway, with Otter Tail County moving forward and St. Louis County still finalizing its application. Ferguson also outlined the office’s budget request for modest staffing and contract-cost increases, two rulemaking efforts to update outdated ambulance vehicle standards and expand medication options for basic life support services, and ongoing data collection on workforce needs, violence against EMS providers, and ambulance crashes. He highlighted the paramedic scholarship program administered by the Office of Higher Education, saying nearly 300 scholarships have been awarded. Members and Senator Seberger praised the EMS reforms and emphasized that non-transport calls create significant unreimbursed costs, especially for rural and volunteer services, but no votes or formal committee actions were taken during the meeting.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • That is the corporate family structure side. Okay.
  • From the corporate affiliate structure. Yeah. Just doesn't matter.
  • , and then financial security for system upgrades, and which fees are refundable?
  • When you look at study fees, that is the fee that is required for ERCOT and the TDUs to do the work that
  • That's the ideal kind of market structure that we should be trying to find.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Special Committee on Property Tax Reform Jan 20th, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Special Committee on Property Tax Reform

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think this year we need to think about whether we raise the per parcel fee.
  • So we need to look at what this does to our structure of timeline for people to get their assessments
  • As far as the hotels go on the Airbnb, our stance is this: regardless of what the structure looks like
  • , it's the use of the structure that should make the determination.
  • My understanding is that there is no application fee associated with the letter of intent.
Keywords: 959, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So how does this change the price of existing structures if there's changes of building code?
  • So how does this change the price of existing structures if there's changes of building code?
  • Well, I would just say. structures if there's changes of building code. Sure.
  • to see the bill expanded to also include special districts to ensure that there is transparency in fees
  • we are all aware as we are trying to create new development in the state of California what those fees
Summary: The committee heard a series of housing and wildfire-recovery bills, with members repeatedly framing the package as a response to the Los Angeles fires and the state’s broader housing affordability crisis. AB 306, by Assembly Member Schultz, would place a six-year moratorium on new residential building-code updates and local code modifications except for health-and-safety emergencies. Supporters argued it would reduce costs and provide certainty for rebuilding and new housing production, while opponents from environmental, clean-energy, and labor groups warned it would freeze beneficial code improvements, delay innovation, and limit local control. Despite those concerns, several members said they would support the bill while seeking amendments, and the committee voted it out on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. The committee also approved AB 301, which would require state agencies to follow shot-clock style deadlines for reviewing building permits, and AB 253, which would allow licensed third-party professionals to conduct certain post-entitlement permit reviews if local departments take more than 30 days. Supporters said both bills would reduce delays, lower costs, and speed rebuilding and housing production; some members emphasized that safety reviews must remain intact. AB 301 passed on a due pass vote to Appropriations, and AB 253 passed 8-0 to Local Government. AB 462, by Assembly Member Lowenthal, would exempt accessory dwelling units in Los Angeles County’s coastal zone from coastal development permit requirements, with the goal of speeding ADU construction for disaster recovery and housing supply. Supporters said ADUs are a proven tool and that the bill would help displaced residents and future coastal disaster areas; one member of the public opposed the bill, arguing ADU proliferation can change neighborhood conditions. The committee sent AB 462 to Appropriations on an 8-0 vote. The final bill discussed, AB 299, would let disaster-displaced families stay in hotels, motels, and short-term rentals for more than 30 days without triggering landlord-tenant rules, mirroring an earlier homelessness-related law; the transcript ended as the author began presenting the bill and its support.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (04/21/2026)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • department would be best suited to oversee and administer the registration system; and recommending a fee
  • structure sufficient to fully fund administration without reliance on general funds.
  • the scope and structure of a registration<00:05:08.800> system.
  • <00:05:17.759> structure system. and recommending a fee structure system. and recommending
  • a fee structure sufficient<00:05:18.560> to<00:05:18.800> fully<00:05:19.039> fund<
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 4/13/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This title and structural modernization will better reflect the responsibilities of the position and
  • ><00:10:58.560> will title and structural modernization will title and structural modernization
  • <00:34:48.800> After<00:34:49.119> the costs and fees to reinstate.
  • After the costs and fees to reinstate.
  • <00:40:58.000> while the traditional federal structures while the traditional federal structures
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a roll call establishing a quorum, and approval of the previous day’s journal. The body then moved through routine business including committee reports, second readings, first readings of a large batch of House files, and receipt of Senate File 3958 for comparison with a House companion. Several noncontroversial motions were adopted without objection, including referral and re-referral motions later in the day. The chamber then took up a series of bills, many of them veterans, commerce, mortgage, liquor, elections, and financial institutions measures. House File 3544, a veterans housekeeping bill updating state law to conform with federal standards and clarifying benefit forfeiture language, passed 133-0. House File 3467, authorizing MDVA to use nonmonetary support to collaborate on veteran services such as food insecurity, homelessness, and suicide prevention, also passed 133-0. House File 3437, clarifying that certain mortgage lending protections apply to consumer home loans rather than commercial loans, passed 133-0. House File 3479, clarifying homeowners’ rights to postpone foreclosure sales in several edge cases, passed 128-5. The annual liquor bill, Senate File 2511, drew the most discussion. Members described provisions addressing the so-called “Granny Happy Hour” in senior facilities, University of Minnesota liquor-related flexibility, and other local liquor-law changes. An author’s amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 129-1. House File 4118, allowing state-chartered credit unions to use private deposit share insurance subject to state oversight, passed 131-2. House File 4241, a local government/elections omnibus addressing disclosure rules, Hennepin County medical examiner appointment procedures, and Rochester School Board election structure, passed 124-9. House File 3699, changing a license plate contest to feature the Lake Superior agate and requiring a Minnesota artist, passed 110-22. Later, the House adopted motions to send House File 4668, an Explore Minnesota film tax credit bill, and House File 4319, a Lake City port authority bill affecting local taxing authority, to the Taxes Committee. The chamber also approved a motion to recall House File 1234, the payment transparency bill, from Ways and Means and place it on the General Register after a zero-cost fiscal note was reported.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm going to provide just a few comments on the overall budget structure.
  • In other words, there is a structural deficit.
  • These include all claim payments as well as associated administrative fees.
  • proposal among states that charge fees.
  • Only seven states had lower 911 state fees than California.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The subcommittee met to review May Revision proposals for several departments and emphasized that no votes would be taken that day. The Legislative Analyst’s Office opened with a warning that the state budget is balanced only through one-time resources and still has structural deficits, recommending that the Legislature avoid new ongoing spending and instead preserve reserves and other solutions. The Judicial Council then presented proposals for language access and interpreter services, appellate court security, a backfill to the state court facilities construction fund, and an extension of the lactation-room mandate; Finance supported the language access item with reporting language and supported keeping the court facilities backfill. Members raised concerns about judicial pay freezes, judge vacancies, and uneven judge allocations across counties, and also asked about the cost and completion of courthouse lactation rooms and remote-hearing infrastructure. The Board of State and Community Corrections items focused on $10 million one-time grants for missing and murdered Indigenous people and for a human trafficking vertical prosecution program. The LAO suggested the Legislature consider whether the Tribal Nations Grant Fund could support the MMIP work, while Finance said it preferred General Fund support and wanted more review before any fund swap. On the human trafficking grant, Finance said the need was clear based on reported cases and California’s share of hotline reports. Members strongly supported MMIP funding and discussed whether ongoing funding would be needed beyond the one-time proposal, while also debating whether BSEC or OES should administer the prosecution grants. The Department of Justice presented antitrust litigation funding, Medi-Cal fraud and elder abuse staffing, organized retail criminal enterprise case completion, and a continuous appropriation for the Victims of Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund. The LAO raised concerns about the Unfair Competition Law Fund’s solvency and recommended rejecting that portion unless DOJ could show the fund could support it without General Fund repayment, and it opposed the continuous appropriation in favor of more legislative oversight. Finance said the fund would remain solvent under current projections and defended the continuous appropriation as necessary to pay victims promptly. Members also clarified that the Medi-Cal fraud unit targets providers, not beneficiaries, and asked about delays in restitution payments. A lengthy portion of the hearing covered CDCR’s May Revision package and the Boston Consulting Group cost-savings effort. CDCR described revised savings from workforce optimization, workers’ compensation, and procurement, but members repeatedly expressed frustration that the promised savings had fallen far short of earlier estimates. The LAO recommended deeper cuts to some parole positions, more detail on proposed eliminations and contract changes, and caution about counting unallocated future savings. CDCR also presented population projections showing continued declines and the LAO again urged the administration to close a prison to reduce ongoing costs. The committee also heard proposals on workers’ compensation, Corcoran honor housing, incarcerated firefighter pay, agricultural food purchasing requirements, menopause care, mental health receiver staffing, resource teams, crisis intervention teams, medical classification staffing, and AI note-taking in electronic health records, with the LAO generally recommending limited-term approvals and reporting requirements while Finance defended ongoing funding and said it was open to additional reporting language.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-29 (9:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The approval by the BOG as it relates to out-of-state fees for nonresidents is ministerial only.
  • tuition and fee costs after other federal, state, and institutional gift aid is applied.
  • The approval by the BOG as it relates to out-of-state fees for nonresidents is ministerial only.
  • tuition and fee costs after other federal, state, and institutional gift aid is applied.
  • tuition and fee costs after other federal state and institutional gift aid is applied.
Keywords: 998, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 25th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Article III

Transcript Highlights:
  • Item 1 of Section 3 explains the basic funding structure and mechanisms by which the HRIs are funded.
  • The table on page 8 provides information on the structure of the PBRO formulas, including the amount
  • It was established to assist public institutions to offset the way of tuition and fee revenue from the
  • Annual Hazelwood appropriations increased to cover 73.9% of waived tuition and fee revenue.
  • For many years, tuition and fees have been for public institutions and taxes.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NJ

New Jersey 2026-2027 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Jun 23rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Secondly, what the bill does is it assigns $50 billion worth of fees to be paid by companies.
  • municipality or the mall license fee, both.
  • , including any type of court fees or attorney fees, could go back to the tenant, and that's if the case
  • And then now we want to add an additional fee.
  • This fee, and that... ...of correctional services is subject to a fee.
Keywords: 1146, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

General Laws Jan 14th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

General Laws

Transcript Highlights:
  • This law helps recover defense fees and potentially punitive damages.
  • That's before legal fees, settlements, monitoring, and defense costs are even considered.
  • So all these fees are all attorney fees. None of it goes to...
  • So all these fees are all attorney fees.
  • I think that maybe that's structured to try to address that, and maybe it's just not... Okay.
Keywords: 959, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • So let's waive the fees.
  • You know what my fee is? Zero.
  • So when we looked at an agreement to have no fees, no fees. I think TMA was looking at that.
  • Of the fees.
  • Regarding the delegatory fees, if we remove the fees, are you concerned?
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-17 (1:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, we're going into structured debate on CS/CS House Bill 919.
  • Members, that concludes structured debate.
  • Members, we're going into structured debate on House Bill 191.
  • Members, we're going into structured debate on CS for House Bill 1073.
  • Members, we're going to go into structured debate on CS for House Bill 103.
Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Joseph Di Alessandro, the Pledge of Allegiance, and announcements confirming a quorum. Members also adopted the special order report and recognized several guests in the gallery, including former Speaker Dan Webster and law enforcement and civic visitors. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar of bills, mostly on third reading, with several measures passing unanimously or by wide margins. Among the bills considered were measures on civil procedure and estates, including C.S. HB 1407 on commencement of civil actions, HB 895 on trustee settlement and discharge, C.S. HB 1337 on estates, HB 131 on curators of estates, and C.S. HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over military installations. The House also passed C.S. HB 441 on conservation lands, which would lengthen notice and increase transparency for land swaps involving conservation property, and C.S. CS HB 919 on commercial service airports, which created a statutory definition for major airports and preempted local naming authority for several airports. HB 919 drew extensive debate over the proposed naming of Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald J. Trump, with amendments to delay or alter the naming failing before the bill passed. Other bills approved included HB 409 requiring K-12 schools to observe Veterans Day, CS HB 461 allowing certain students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours, CS HB 1115 creating grants for genetic counseling education, HB 569 revising forensic client services, CS HB 505 regulating virtual currency kiosks to address fraud, and HB 271 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers. The House also passed HB 191 on re-employment assistance eligibility verification after extended questioning about its effects on benefits, appeals, and suitable work standards. One bill, CS HB 243 on electric bicycles, was temporarily postponed, and CS HB 1073 on school districts was also postponed.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 34 (2-25-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, they wanted to be sure that these fees went straight to them.
  • Uh, they wanted to be sure that these fees went straight to them.
  • Uh, they wanted to be sure that these fees went straight to them.
  • departments need limited structured departments need limited structured flexibility<01:30:53.040
  • House Bill 758, Representative Deetsz, an act relating to occupational license fees.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The House convened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum with 96 members present. The chamber excused absent members, suspended rules to allow bill and resolution co-sponsorship and vote modifications, approved the previous day’s journal, and received Senate messages announcing passage of Senate Bills 101, 129, 162, and 170. The clerk then reported second-reading bills and favorable committee reports, which were ordered to first reading and placed on the calendar. The House then took up several bills on third reading. House Bill 521, relating to stalking, was presented as a modernization of Kentucky’s stalking laws and passed 95-0 after debate; a motion to reconsider was tabled. House Bill 220, relating to pension spiking in the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority systems, was amended by House floor amendment 1 to move the effective date back to July 1, 2021 to capture additional employees, then passed 95-0 and the clincher was applied. House Bill 510, relating to organ donation safety, passed 97-0 after explanation that it would require a pause and restart if anyone in the process believed there were indications of life. House Bill 467, relating to real property, passed 96-0 after adoption of a committee substitute; it creates a process for local governments to identify abandoned or underutilized state-owned property and sets procedures for review, notice, and disposal. House Bill 190, relating to licensed child care centers, passed 96-0 after a committee substitute that adjusts square-footage calculations for certain school-aged child care areas and excludes infants and toddlers. House Bill 141, relating to type 1 diabetes, passed 96-0 after a committee substitute removed an annual distribution requirement and instead made informational materials available in school offices; members spoke in support, including one describing a family experience with the disease. House Bill 518, relating to collection of local business taxes and fees, passed 91-3 after a committee substitute that allows electronic filing while preserving local control, creates an advisory committee, and phases in implementation through July 2029. House Bill 497, relating to post-secondary tuition waivers, was explained as addressing waiver costs to universities and was amended with House floor amendment 3 to expand and clarify eligibility, including up to 128 hours for eligible students and additional provisions for certain groups; discussion was underway when the transcript ended. The meeting also included committee reports on bills covering wildlife depredation, light pollution, limited commercial driver’s licenses, prison educational programs, civil rights, respiratory care, dietitians, temporary structures, controlled substances prescribing authority, the Athletic Trainer Compact, children of military families, local boards of education, youth health services, and class sizes for exceptional children and youth.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-01 - 11:30AM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • from a registration fee to a licensing fee.
  • Does not increase the fee. It just changes the name of it.
  • and changes the fee from a registration<01:17:38.200> fee<01:17:38.680> to<01:17:38.920
  • registration fee to a licensing fee. registration fee to a licensing fee.
  • It just Does not increase the fee.
Keywords: 927, senate, all