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• Some cities charge $40,000, $50,000, or $60,000 per unit for their park mitigation impact fee, and in
• I want to reiterate, SB 499 does not create new fees or increase the amount charged.
• those parks some cities charge 40 50 $60,000 per unit for their park mitigation impact fee and in my
• I want to reiterate, SB 499 does not create new fees or increase the amount of charge.
• While local agencies retain the ability to assess impact fees, SB 358 ensures that those fees are actually

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed visiting students from De La Salle High School and a guest for Assembly Member Kalra, and then moved through a lengthy concurrence and third-reading agenda. Early actions included concurrence on ACR 21 honoring fallen Galt Police Officer Herminda Grewal, followed by a series of mostly noncontroversial bills on utilities, reclamation districts, housing, wildfire relief, mobile homes, environmental quality, health care coverage, and local government. Several measures were presented as technical, clarifying, or urgency bills, and many passed with unanimous or near-unanimous votes; notable items included AB 238 (wildfire mortgage forbearance), AB 571 (Southern California Veterans Cemetery permitting/CEQA exemption), AB 574 (health care coverage), AB 696 (lithium-ion battery safety advisory group), AB 1150 (airport car rental facility maintenance), AB 1154 (ADU parking standards), and SB 499 (impact fee deferrals for emergency-related parkland and utility infrastructure). SB 499 drew the most debate, with supporters emphasizing disaster resilience and dual-use parkland and an opponent arguing it would worsen housing-related fee burdens; it ultimately passed after a call was lifted. The chamber also adopted SJR 4 urging restoration of NIH funding, and passed SB 230 expanding workers’ compensation presumptions to additional firefighters, SB 92 tightening density bonus law to curb loopholes, SB 782 creating disaster relief financing districts, SB 40 capping insulin copays at $35 and limiting step therapy, SB 362 strengthening small-business financing disclosures, SB 513 requiring workers access to training records, SB 489 requiring public agencies involved in housing approvals to post requirements online, SB 31 promoting recycled water use, SB 551 introducing normalization and dynamic security concepts in corrections, SB 639 extending flood-protection deadlines for Sacramento/Yuba projects, SB 653 defining environmentally sensitive vegetation management, AB 652 on air pollution, and SB 221 updating stalking law to include threats to pets. Several bills received recorded opposition or split votes, including SB 551, SB 439, SB 782, and SB 499, but most measures passed comfortably. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments on AB 516 and AB 1523, and later lifted the call on SB 499 to complete passage. The session included an adjournment in memory of Rick Bryson of Long Beach, with Assembly Member Lowenthal highlighting Bryson’s athletic, business, and civic contributions. The day ended with reminders to secure floor managers for pending bills, a notice of the next day’s 10 a.m. floor session, and adjournment until Thursday, September 4th.

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• I am co-coordinator of Debt Free Justice, the national campaign to eliminate youth fees and fines.
• Um, this committee has already heard Senate Bill 1028, which seeks to eliminate youth fees and fines
• In the absence of assessing fees and fines and the alternative to charging fees and fines, youth could
• and<00:17:53.840> financial Conduct a social and financial assessment of proposed mandatory
• 96, requesting the State of Hawaii to require that any individual or group that administers the mandatory

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs held a resolutions hearing on April 1, 2025, and considered a series of measures largely focused on housing, domestic violence, corrections, Native Hawaiian issues, and public safety. Early items included HCR 158 HD1 and HR 153 HD1, which request a Judiciary-led working group to improve landlord-tenant code provisions to increase housing supply; Hawaii Realtors testified in strong support, and there was no opposition. The committee also heard HCR 55 and HR 51 on studying the effectiveness of domestic violence, restraining order, and stalking laws. The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office said some requested data may exceed judicial authority but that useful Judiciary data exists, while the Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence supported the intent but urged broader, better-funded, survivor-inclusive analysis across all counties and islands. Members asked for clarification on the proposed draft, and the witness emphasized narrowing the scope, including stalking, and extending the timeline. The committee then took up HCR 23 HD1 on the new Oahu Community Correctional Center. The Public Defender supported adding a courtroom but objected to language about transporting released detainees away from residential communities or public spaces as unconstitutional; the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation supported the measure and said one multipurpose courtroom would be sufficient, and that most released inmates are picked up by family or programs, with others transported to a bus depot. HCR 174 HD1/HR 170 HD1, on in-school based learning programs for youth in the juvenile legal system, drew strong support from Debt Free Justice Hawaii, which said the resolution was youth-led and could help replace fees and fines with community service and rehabilitation opportunities. HCR 185, on an audit of proposed mandatory health insurance coverage for Native Hawaiian healing and cultural practices, received comments from Pāpa Lokahi supporting the concept but warning that reimbursement issues are complex, that the community should restart broader conversations, and that the measure should not be rushed or unfunded; members questioned whether the resolution was the right vehicle and whether it could affect ACA implementation. Several Native Hawaiian and community measures were also heard. HCR 147/HR 147, creating a legislative working group on Department of Hawaiian Home Lands funding, had support from DHHL and the Democratic Party of Hawaii. HCR 193 HD1/HR 186 HD1, on transferring Native Hawaiian burial site management to OHA, was strongly supported by OHA, which also proposed adding recognized lineal and cultural descendants to the working group membership; the committee noted multiple supporting testimonies and no opposition on the House draft. HCR 8/HR 8, urging DOJ inclusion of Hawaii in the missing and murdered indigenous persons outreach program, was supported by OHA, which cited a task force report showing Native Hawaiian women and girls make up over 40% of missing persons cases despite being about 10% of the population. HCR 124 HD1/HR 120 HD1 on Hawaiian language resources had no testimony. HCR 180 HD1 on collaborative homelessness response drew comments from the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions and three support testimonies. HCR 72/HR 65 on county ethics standards also drew support only. HCR 100/HR 96 on competency in LGBTQ+ and culturally specific gender identity training received support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and the Hawaii State LGBTQ+ Commission, which stressed the need for training that reflects Native Hawaiian and other Polynesian understandings such as mahu and fa’afafine. The committee continued with additional measures that were mostly noncontroversial. HCR 30/AHR 29 on enforcement against out-of-state vehicles had support from the Department of Transportation. HCR 43 HD1, studying highway patrol and speed cameras, had one opposition testimony. HCR 119 HD1/HR 115 HD1, endorsing Taiwan’s international participation and a U.S.-Taiwan trade agreement, was supported by DBEDT. HCR 62 HD1 and HR 57, on flying the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia flag year-round at the Capitol, had no testimony, though DBEDT supported the related measure. Throughout the hearing, members generally asked few questions, and the transcript reflects testimony, comments, and stated positions rather than any final committee votes or deferred actions.

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• , the docket fee.
• <02:20:57.359> We're the fee, the docket fee. We're the fee, the docket fee.
• , court fees.
• more and more fees more and more fees through<02:25:32.560> the<02:25:32.800> courts
• <02:26:21.760> at<02:26:22.000> all charging these fees at all charging these fees

Keywords: 981, all

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• law enforcement staff to work mandatory law enforcement staff to work mandatory overtime<00:08:46.959
• significant increase in mandatory significant increase in mandatory overtime,<00:40:58.400> further
• This fee was just increased in July $20.
• The FCC 911's fee diversion approach.
• Is that card you get hit with a fee.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• They're not charging guardianship fees.
• They're not charging guardianship fees.
• charging guardianship fees. charging guardianship fees.
• those ongoing fees for that guardian.
• If Family Services for those legal fees.

Bills: HB0101, HB0062, HB0109

Keywords: guardianship, monitoring, ward protection, financial independence, case management, governmental claims, liability limits, inflation adjustment, public safety, local government insurance, property tax, tax exemption, homeowner, armed forces, residency requirement, 916, all

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• What would their fees be?
• um and can the the their fees be?
• the fees fee amounts or any the fees fee amounts or any proportionality<01:45:22.000> standard
• [clears throat] impact fees. [clears throat] impact fees.
• the fees. the fees.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It also, on the other end, does away with the minimum mandatory sentence if you're convicted on one part
• sentence if you're convicted mandatory sentence if you're convicted on<00:46:59.440> one<00:46
• And then the healthcare workers, I assume, I think, are mandatory reporters, and there would then be
• Representative Muse said, is that at the point of registration, we somehow put extra registration fees
• <01:27:39.040> on somehow put extra registration fees on somehow put extra registration fees

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• strategies to identify and penalize the thousands of local businesses currently operating without mandatory
• And that person is in a worse situation because now they have a towed vehicle and they have to pay fees
• They have a towed vehicle and they have to pay fees at a towing facility, very different than that immediate
• ZEVs through the driver assistance fund, even though that fund was created several years ago, and fees
• suspension of the driver's license. ...and mandatory suspension of the driver's license.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So the way that Medicaid works is for managed care, which there's fee-for-service, which is predominantly
• Study the state of Connecticut and see if we can look at how well they're doing only on fee-for-service
• This is the electronic medical record for the state, but it's not mandatory, and it costs money.
• So, again, I'm putting it out there that I'm going to run a bill this year to have it be mandatory and
• Mexico as in the United States. ...other regional states, and they continue to rise with no cap on fees

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• category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory
• A mandatory 90 day license suspension extension, and a 2-year conditional suspension of both their license
• less than 2% of the time, and there is no possibility of waiver for the $200 in DPS reinstatement fees
• not or forgot to pay, and the fines associated with those late penalties, warrants, cape processing fees
• creating problems for a lot of people, and I would love to work with you on the, on the fines and the fees

Bills: HB316

Keywords: Medicaid, healthcare, affordable care act, medical assistance, federal funding

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• Uh, I, I think that's just good policy, uh, ought to be mandatory policy and, and, um, so I, I applaud
• We do not, and we actually have to legislatively authorize you to do that for the mandatory, like when
• these people are going through a mandatory registration process, now we need to authorize your agency
• So there's a, OK, so there's a mandatory portion of your continuing that's civil, and then you get to
• Uh, proposes to create a new training regime, make that training regime mandatory, and failure to comply

Bills: HB1, HB 2, HB18, HB19, HB20

Keywords: youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license

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• Is there a fee for parking when individuals come to any event at the African American Performing Arts
• The promoters have an opportunity to pay a flat fee and build that into the cost of their ticketing.
• However, both recommendations include slight increases solely for risk rate increases that are mandatory
• The executive increases personnel costs for mandatory rate increases.
• Just a reminder that that other revenue consists of user fees, license leases, and interest.

Keywords: 996, all

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• c> for some of the in and Institute fees for some of the in and Institute fees for inspections<02
• I want to know what is the plan on prevention now and on mandatory...
• I want to know what is the plan on prevention now and on mandatory...
• I want to know what is the plan on prevention now and on mandatory...
• handle on the situation as a mandatory handle on the situation as a mandatory versus<02:20:46.160

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard budget testimony first from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Director Tommy Johnson outlined short-term goals to reduce overcrowding, improve living and working conditions, fill vacancies, expand mental health services, and update the correctional master plan. He said the department is still dealing with severe overcrowding at facilities such as OCCC and HCCC, with 947 people at OCCC against a design capacity of 628, and noted 938 inmates are currently housed on the mainland because of temporary repairs at Halawa. He also reported progress on staffing, saying the correctional officer vacancy rate has dropped from 34.3% to 24% through expanded recruitment. The department’s major budget request was $30 million for planning and design for a new Old Triple C project, along with other requests for re-entry services, identification documents, security systems, radios, sink-toilet modules, and trauma-informed care. Members asked about the timing and scope of the OCCC project, courtroom space in new facilities, and the department’s plan to use the funding to improve re-entry and reduce recidivism. The committee then heard from the Department of Law Enforcement on a wide range of priorities. The department described requests to expand agricultural crime enforcement, traffic enforcement, illegal fireworks enforcement, and facilities such as a police building at the DKI airport, a state training center, and new police facilities in central and Leeward Oahu. It also discussed a major IT request for a statewide law enforcement and critical infrastructure notification platform, plus funding for grants management, the Wahiawa Civic Center and court complex, the prescription monitoring program, narcotics enforcement operations, and the narcotics lab. A significant portion of the discussion focused on a proposed traffic enforcement program for commercial vehicle inspections, speeding, and DUI enforcement, which the department said would be funded with federal dollars and would operate concurrently with county police. Committee members questioned whether the effort duplicated county jurisdiction and how the program would be trained and staffed. Members also pressed the department on salary disparities for deputy sheriffs and related vacancies, and the department said the administration was working on a supplemental agreement and placeholder funding to address the issue. Additional discussion covered agricultural crime staffing, the Silver Alert program, and expansion of the forensic lab to handle explosives, firearms, and related evidence. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the meeting moved from the corrections presentation to the law enforcement budget review with questions and answers throughout.

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• <00:05:26.720> for So this slide represents our fee for So this slide represents our fee for
• And the top diagnosis codes for individuals in our fee-for-service program.
• The previous one was fee-for-service.
• What's funded is our fee-for-service mandatory and optional services.
• Those is what makes up those two budgets. fee for service mandatory and optional fee for service mandatory

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:36 Department for Medicaid Services 00:01:44, 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met for an overview of the Department for Medicaid Services budget. Commissioner Lisa Lee and CFO Steve Beal described Kentucky Medicaid enrollment at about 1.4 million members, including more than 600,000 children, and said the agency’s 2025 total budget was $20.6 billion. They reviewed enrollment trends before, during, and after the COVID-19 public health emergency, noting that redeterminations begun in 2023 reduced enrollment from its peak but that total membership remains above pre-COVID levels. They also explained the difference between the fee-for-service population, which includes long-term care and waiver members, and managed care members, and gave examples of the kinds of services and diagnoses seen in each group. A major focus was the governor’s recommended Medicaid budget and the department’s forecast process. Lee said the budget is split into benefits and administration, with benefits covering fee-for-service services, managed care capitation, transportation, and Medicare premiums, while administration covers contracts, personnel, operating costs, and IT-related advanced planning documents. She said the department uses a consensus forecasting group and actuary input, and that its forecasts have been within 1% of actual spending in recent years. The department also said the governor’s budget includes new waiver slots to address waiting lists, a 2% staff COLA, and a 10% phase-down on state-directed payments beginning in January 2028. Much of the discussion centered on House Resolution 1 and the funding needed to implement its Medicaid-related provisions, including community engagement requirements, six-month redeterminations, and future cost sharing. Lee said the department requested about $35 million in total funds for fiscal 2027, including about $8.2 million in general funds for system changes to the integrated eligibility system, claims processing, notices, and monitoring; and about $11 million in fiscal 2028 for ongoing maintenance, with about $1.6 million in general funds. She said the department expects to seek federal APD matching funds for the IT work. In response to questions, she explained that community engagement would apply to Medicaid expansion members, with qualifying activities including work, school, volunteering, or equivalent income, and that certain groups such as pregnant women, children, caretaker relatives, and some people with chronic disease or substance use disorder would be excluded. She said the department identified roughly 70,000 expansion members who could be subject to the requirement. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• It started with the mandatory reporting statute, in which all adults in our state are mandatory reporters
• <04:44:13.160> reporting it started with the mandatory reporting it started with the mandatory
• all adults in our state are mandatory all adults in our state are mandatory reporters<04:44:20.280
• abuse and neglect and that mandatory abuse and neglect and that mandatory reporting reporting reporting
• But it's not mandatory. So I took that out.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We've added a penalty for mandatory minimum sentencing on first-degree human trafficking.
• money will hopefully allow the court to implement something automated so people can possibly pay a fee—an
• annual fee or something like that—to have access to those court documents, so they're not making a trip

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• That pole standards are governed by the National Electric Safety Code, but they are no... minimum mandatory
• As a result, rate case expenses, which include legal and technical expert fees, ultimately show up on
• example, utilities could be required... are to pay for half of any rate case expenses, like attorney fees

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• We were the second state in the... ...and we were the second state in the country to pass a mandatory
• stuff, and copy... ...code, and they copy this stuff and paste it on the plan and charge you a nice fee
• That represents the last, I think, indicated the cost of engineering fees.

Bills: HB324, HB252, SB80, HB241

Keywords: sheriffs, term of office, Alabama law, local government, election, residential construction, architectural approval, engineering approval, home building, single family residences, 1136, house, all

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• recover from the pandemic as they struggle with inflation and incredibly high credit card processing fees
• Restaurants are asking for help with things like skyrocketing credit card fees.
• H. 351 is a bill that would create a fee on the transfer of a license that could be up to 25% of the
• literally kicking somebody in the teeth when they've been forced out of business when you create this fee
• actually were the key driving force in making sure that the towns that we were in all had some sort of mandatory

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on alcohol licensing, sales, and consumption issues affecting bars, restaurants, package stores, and local communities. The chair outlined hybrid hearing procedures, including three-minute testimony limits and instructions for written testimony. The committee heard a local bill for Milford, H. 4169, authorizing an additional off-premises all-alcohol license for Charlie’s Mini Mart, with the understanding that the existing wine and malt license would be surrendered if the new license is granted. A major topic was the long-running debate over happy hour. The Massachusetts Restaurant Association opposed bills such as S. 217, H. 349, and H. 443, arguing that discounted alcohol would intensify competition, create pressure on restaurants to participate, and potentially raise liquor liability and insurance costs. In contrast, Senator Julian Cyr testified in support of repealing the happy hour ban through a local-option framework, saying the bill includes safeguards such as no discounts after 10 p.m., fixed pricing during promotions, and advance posting requirements, and that it could help downtowns and seasonal businesses without creating a public health risk. The Massachusetts Package Stores Association testified on a broad package of bills, opposing measures to reinstate happy hour, allow supplier control over retail shelf space (H. 350), impose a transfer fee on licenses (H. 351), authorize alcohol coupons or discounts (H. 381 and S. 219), and permit Thanksgiving alcohol sales (H. 428). It supported bills requiring beverage alcohol training for off-premise licensees (H. 344), restricting self-checkout for alcohol (H. 366), changing Section 15 grocery-store license rules (S. 213), and several other regulatory changes. The Distilled Spirits Council supported H. 350 on private label spirits, while acknowledging concerns about disclosure and preferential treatment; package store witnesses defended private labels as lawful products they create with manufacturers, and the council argued the bill should address consumer confusion and unfair competitive advantages. The hearing concluded with Chair Chan announcing committee poll results on other bills, including a number of favorable reports and study orders, and the committee then voted to close the hearing.

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• supervision, we provide parole. supervision for those released approved by the parole board on parole or mandatory
• and Paroles is to determine determine which inmates should be released on parole or discretionary mandatory
• provide, we consider over 64,000 cases for paroling. role in nearly 15,000 cases for discretionary mandatory
• There's local fees, but we also fund the counties for $180. Okay. Roger that.
• In death penalty cases, this review is mandatory, it's also essential.

Keywords: 1184, house, all