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• vehicle fee by moving the the electric vehicle fee by moving the blackout<00:28:55.320> plates
• starts on line 66 where the delivery fee starts on line 66 where the delivery fee is<00:36:18.280
• uh delivery fee um these Transportation uh delivery fee um these Investments Investments Investments
• that fee that fee uh<01:19:25.679> then<01:19:25.920> you<01:19:26.199> you
• <01:26:57.679> to we're just using this delivery fee to we're just using this delivery fee

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It repeals school impact fees, abolishes and transfers unencumbered balances of the school impact fee
• So once we impact fees from 2007.
• <00:34:11.520> So fee? I don't have the number. Okay. So fee? I don't have the number.
• don't get the fee for at least a month. don't get the fee for at least a month.
• option they wouldn't be charged the fee. option they wouldn't be charged the fee.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees heard several housing-related bills and resolutions. HB 1298 HD3 would create a government employee housing revolving fund and a government employee 99-year leasehold rent-to-own program; testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC, labor groups, and the Maui Chamber, with the Tax Foundation and Budget and Finance raising concerns about the revolving fund. The committees recommended passage with non-substantive amendments for clarity and consistency, and the motion was adopted. HB 741 H2, which would exempt certain affordable housing projects financed by a certified nonprofit CDFI from prevailing wage requirements, drew support from housing advocates and opposition from several construction unions; the chairs said they were concerned about the labor objections and deferred the measure, with the labor committee agreeing to defer it as well. The housing committee then took up HB 417 HD1, which creates a housing efficiency and innovation subaccount in the rental housing revolving fund and allows HHFDC to transfer funds between the subaccount and the main fund without legislative approval. Testimony was largely supportive. The chair described a series of amendments, including changing the funding-efficiency standard, adding perpetual affordability language, allowing any land tenure type, broadening eligible financing tools, adding priority criteria for mixed-income projects and government-employee projects, and inserting blank appropriations tied to a requested $75 million per year and a $75 million subaccount appropriation for the HCDA 99-year leasehold project. The committee recommended passage with amendments, and the recommendation was adopted. HB 422 HD1, which would repeal school impact fees and move remaining balances to the school facilities special fund, drew broad support from housing and taxpayer groups and opposition from the Department of Education and some individuals. The School Facilities Authority and DOE argued the current system had not produced enough usable land or school sites and suggested narrowing the exemption to government housing projects’ construction costs instead of repealing the fee entirely. Members pressed DOE and SFA on how much land had actually been obtained and whether the fee had been effective; the discussion highlighted concerns about unused balances, school overcrowding, and the role of the Land Use Commission and county zoning in securing school sites. The committee did not take final action on the bill in the portion shown. The committee also heard STR 60/SR 45, urging HHFDC to develop a plan to meet housing demand, and STR 77/SR 60, addressing continued eligibility for housing credits for certain projects after repeal of Act 31; both sets of resolutions had HHFDC support, with DHHL supporting STR 77/SR 60 and Johnny May Perry opposing both.

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• You're assuming that the building permit fees already include the inspections fees in it.
• the inspector's fee, but there's no discount from our $350 building permit fee.
• We charge a flat fee for residential, and we charge a flat fee for commercial.
• the fee. the fee.
• . fees. fees.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• grain fees even though those fees grain fees even though those fees overwhelmingly<00:12:05.200>
• The fees used to be a dual fee system. It is now a single tiered system.
• The fees used to be a dual fee system. It is now a single tiered system.
• The fees used to be a dual fee system. It is now a single tiered system.
• Now, filing fees.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• filing fee on a criminal defendant, and the courts may not adopt any new fee, fine, surcharge, or assessment
• filing fee on a criminal defendant, and the courts may not adopt any new fee, fine, surcharge, or assessment
• So a couple of years ago, we worked on juvenile fees legislation eliminating these fees.
• Chair and Senator Leach, the county these fees come from... ...these fees come from county general funds
• And then other counties like Navajo and Coconino do charge this fee... ...but the fee only makes up less

Bills: HB2056, HB2057, HB2224, HB2257, HB2265, HB2311, HB2352, HB2367, HB2369, HB2446, HB2532, HB2592, HB2752, HB2809, HB2957

Keywords: brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, special plates, centennial, Arizona Department of Transportation, vehicle registration, commercial discounts, Arizona Centennial, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding, Arizona, boating, watercraft licensing, law enforcement

Summary: The committee approved the March 10, 2026 minutes and then considered several bills. HB 2056, appropriating $100,000 for an Arizona Department of Water Resources feasibility study on brackish groundwater desalination, passed 6-3 despite concerns that it could encourage more groundwater pumping and worsen subsidence or impacts to tribal lands. HB 2057, which lowers the Arizona Centennial Special Plate renewal fee from $25 to $20, also received a do-pass recommendation, 7-2, with some members objecting to the special plate’s focus and the reduced fee. HB 2224, appropriating $1 million annually to DES for the produce incentive program, drew strong support from nonprofit and food-access advocates who said the Double Up Food Bucks program helps families, farmers, and local markets; it passed 9-0. HB 2257, changing the allocation of watercraft registration revenues among the Watercraft Licensing Fund, Lake Improvement Fund, and boating safety/law enforcement funds, passed 6-3 after criticism that the bill was heard without a sponsor present and concern about shifting money away from Game and Fish. HB 2265, barring courts from charging defendants for public defender or court-appointed counsel costs and related criminal-case fees, passed 7-1 amid debate over constitutionality, cost shifting to counties, and whether the bill should be amended to offset lost revenue. The committee then took up HB 2311, which imposes disclosure, content, parental-control, and self-harm response requirements on publicly available conversational AI services for minors. The sponsor and supporters framed it as child protection, while opponents warned about privacy, surveillance, and overbroad definitions; an Epstein amendment expanding the bill to broader conversational technology was rejected, and the bill passed 7-2. HB 2752, moving authority over international trade offices from the Arizona Commerce Authority to legislative appropriations and reporting, passed 6-3 after a proposed data-and-research amendment was also rejected. Finally, HB 2957, requiring ADOT to continue offering non-REAL ID licenses and limiting biometric collection and data sharing, prompted extensive testimony for and against; supporters emphasized privacy and choice, while opponents warned it could conflict with federal CDL and REAL ID requirements. The transcript cuts off during the discussion of HB 2957, before a final vote is shown.

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• And they charge fees, and usually these fees are adopted by rule.
• fees are charge fees and usually these fees are adopted<00:37:38.600> by<00:37:38.840> rule
• almost every other fee.
• fee.
• The handling fee.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• <01:14:15.360> Uh semantics of a fee or a tax. Uh semantics of a fee or a tax.
• Laramie is about to tell you about how they suspended fees and then reduced their storm water fee.
• <01:19:09.520> and fee.
• Cheyenne is reducing its fee and fee.
• a normal fee? a normal fee? >> Mr.<01:27:37.600> Mayor, >> Mr.

Bills: SF0099, SF0116, SJ0006

Keywords: easement, electricity delivery, public utility, prescriptive easement, landowner rights, surface water, drainage utilities, municipality, elections, environmental management, shared parenting, family law, joint custody, child well-being, parental rights, 916, all

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• on line 631, HMO regulatory fees on line 638, and X-ray radiation inspection fees on line 640.
• <00:42:37.119> For adjustment and a fee increase. For adjustment and a fee increase.
• some of these costs is the facility fee. some of these costs is the facility fee.
• fees in the past. fees in the past.
• This provision would cost fees.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And, Madam Chair, facility fees are fees that we're seeing increasingly on consumer health care bills
• We also know that these fees don’t... ...facility fees make it more confusing and expensive.
• So if you go in and they say the facility fee is twice what the fee is, you can say not today and they
• So these are fees that these hospitals are claiming for overhead fees.
• Representative Lord asked whether the facilities cannot charge the fee or must let the fee be known.

Keywords: 996, all

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• And there's kind of different fees.
• Some fees are related to maintaining conditions of adjudication, think like probation fees, but there
• And there's kind of different fees.
• Some fees are related to maintaining conditions of adjudication, think like probation fees, but there
• . fees. fees.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, yes, for that fee schedule, the ones that are on the Medicare fee schedule are reduced by 25%.
• Medicare fee schedule are reduced by 25% Medicare fee schedule are reduced by 25% and<00:34:22.480>
• fee schedule. fee schedule.
• fee SC or<00:36:53.920> Medicaid<00:36:54.320> fee<00:36:54.560> schedule.
• the fee schedule rate setting. the fee schedule rate setting.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board meeting began with a roll call and approval of the October 7 meeting minutes. The chair then reordered the agenda to hear the item on Medicaid reimbursement rates and network adequacy first because of scheduling issues. Dr. Steve Robertson of the Kentucky Dental Association was sworn in and testified at length about Kentucky’s dental Medicaid program, arguing that reimbursement rates are unsustainably low, have been largely flat for decades, and are often below the cost of providing care. He said Kentucky ranks near the bottom nationally in oral health, dental Medicaid rates are often 60% or less of commercial rates, and the program’s share of the Medicaid budget has effectively remained around 2% despite growth in enrollment and services. Dr. Robertson said the low rates are contributing to provider losses, rural access gaps, longer wait times, dental deserts, and greater use of emergency rooms for preventable dental problems. He cited examples of office costs exceeding reimbursement for basic procedures, noted that many dentists are small private businesses, and said the state is struggling to recruit and retain dentists because of low payment levels and high student debt. He also pointed to disparities with neighboring states and said recent increases in some oral surgery and cleaning codes were not enough to address the broader problem. His recommendations included completing the rebasing study, increasing dental reimbursement in the upcoming budget, tying future reviews to inflation and cost data, aligning benchmarks, and prioritizing preventive and restorative care to improve workforce stability and access. Board members asked about the size of the needed increase, the effect of private insurance on dental practice finances, and what a new dentist might expect to earn. Dr. Robertson said the association is working on an appropriations request and that private insurance pressures are part of the problem as well, since many plans are HMOs or PPOs with limited provider control over rates. He also said the association can no longer conduct reimbursement surveys because of FTC restrictions, but would try to obtain current ADA data. In response to questions about the future of the program, he warned that without significant changes it could become unsustainable and cited Ohio and Missouri as examples where higher reimbursement improved provider participation and access. The board then heard from Mr. Bowman of Baldwin Consulting, who discussed outpatient behavioral health providers, including ABA therapy and mental health/substance use disorder services. He said these providers face similar issues of rising costs, flat reimbursement, and access problems. He reviewed Kentucky’s network adequacy standards, including travel-time standards, 30-day appointment limits, and newer federal requirements that will require services within 10 business days by 2029. He said wait times for outpatient behavioral health, especially children’s services and ABA, have grown substantially, sometimes to more than a year, and emphasized that the Medicaid department must enforce these standards.

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• , park dedication fees, and infrastructure impact fees.
• , state and local taxes, permit fees, state and local taxes, permit fees, infrastructure<00:58:56.680
• <01:03:24.360> in you might also want to include fees in you might also want to include fees
• taxes and fees taxes and fees Well,<01:03:34.720> I<01:03:34.760> guess<01:03:34.960
• fees, including park dedication, trails dedication, and similar fees.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They still have to pay an enhanced fee.
• It's a gate fee to the company, and they have to pay for the tow.
• Yeah, I'm not changing anything with the fees.
• I'm not doing anything with the fee structure. The fee structure is there.
• tow fee.

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present and first took up Senate Bill 431 by Senator Foil. As amended, the bill requires tow companies handling non-consensual private-property tows to have someone available to release vehicles within 90 minutes on weekends if they want to charge storage fees for Saturday and Sunday. Senator Foil and Louisiana State Police explained the bill was narrowed to address weekend access to towed vehicles while not mandating businesses stay open; if a company does not provide weekend access, it cannot charge weekend storage fees. Committee members asked about how the process would work, and a representative from Riverside Towing opposed the bill, citing safety concerns, the burden on office staff, and the bill’s limited application to private-property tows rather than police-initiated tows. Despite the opposition, the committee adopted a motion to report SB 431 favorably without objection. The committee then considered House Concurrent Resolution 96 by Representative Adams, which urges the Office of Motor Vehicles to provide educational materials on proper roundabout use. Representative Adams said the resolution was intended to help drivers in smaller parishes and growing areas where roundabouts are common but confusing to many motorists. Representative Spell supported the measure, noting similar issues in his district, and Representative Phelps asked whether roundabout instruction is included in driver education. The committee reported HCR 96 favorably without objection. At the end of the meeting, members made brief personal remarks recognizing a new DOTD staff member and a visitor from the Florida Women’s Republican group. The committee then adjourned without objection.

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• It's analogous to a user fee.
• Streaming services would now not have to pay the franchise fee.
• dollars in fees.
• PEG fees, public access television fees.
• That's five billion per year in right-of-way fees and another million in the PEG fees.

Bills: HB2838, HB2964, HB3213, SB924

Keywords: broadband, internet access, digital equity, tax reduction, government funding, rural counties, fiber-optic, state funding, infrastructure, digital divide, economic development, fiber-optic cable, excavation, utilities, civil penalties, municipal regulations, video services, regulation, public right-of-way, franchise authority

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• Uh we're also increases in fees.
• Section 31 increases the fees for solicitors. Section 32 increases the fees for multiple locations.
• reshuffleling kind of fees a little bit? reshuffleling kind of fees a little bit?
• 1st, but it's going to be rolling in over... uh fees are. they change uh the fee uh fees are. they change
• We are uh uh going to be fees.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We saw no data that supported any type of advanced discovery fees.
• A 33% increase in attorneys' fees is going to put pressure on the pool.
• To entitle me to get a fee, and the fee is typically 20% of the recovery.
• An attorney fee that was paid or if it was a discovery advancement.
• They will ultimately pay it, but half of the fee comes from the worker.

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• <00:18:10.080> any housing a town could assess a fee any housing a town could assess a fee
• not built is not like a $10,000 fee. not built is not like a $10,000 fee.
• So that would be the fee.
• , with a cap on that fee at $40.
• It does not mandate a fee.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I'm here to talk about the sheriff's<00:04:06.640> fees. sheriff's fees. sheriff's fees.
• There's a fee for summoning another.
• There's fee for summoning grand case.
• Is it fee increases, inflation? volume? Is it fee increases, inflation?
• Back and these fees to be reimbursed.

Keywords: Call to Order: 00;15 Approval of Minutes: 01:22 Update on Generator replacement: 01:52 Update on Sheriff Fees: 13:28 Adjournment: 25:22, 958, all

Summary: The committee met for its fourth budget subreview session focused on personnel, public retirements, and finance. Members approved the minutes from the prior meeting and then heard from Finance Cabinet staff on two main items: a $7.5 million request related to generator systems and a sheriff’s fees budget request. The generator request was described as a preventive, life-cycle replacement and capacity-enhancement effort for 26 generators serving Frankfort-area state buildings, intended to protect continuity of government and expand beyond basic emergency power to support continuity of services. Members asked detailed questions about how many generators would be replaced, the cost per unit, the scope of the study, and whether the work could be phased. Staff said the $7.5 million would cover a full evaluation and any resulting engineering/replacement work, but the exact number of replacements was not yet known. They estimated the initial study would cost about $500,000 to $750,000, would take six to nine months once funded, and would produce building-by-building recommendations. Staff also said typical generator life cycles vary widely, often around 15 to 20 years but sometimes longer depending on run hours and usage. The committee then reviewed sheriff’s fees, with the Division of Local Government explaining that the state reimburses counties for several statutory sheriff-related costs, especially court security, which accounts for more than 90% of the claims. Staff said the current budget base is about $20 million, while actual spending has been running above $23 million, leading to a $3.5 million growth request to align the base with projected spending and reduce the need for non-general fund expenditure (NGE) adjustments. Members asked about claim volume, county participation, reimbursement controls, and whether the request reflected growth or underfunding; staff said all 120 counties submit claims, volumes have been fairly steady, and reimbursements are governed by statute and signed monthly certifications. No votes were taken on the requests, and the meeting adjourned after questions concluded.

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• um the renewal fee is refundable or not. um the renewal fee is refundable or not.
• R2 the athletic fee. Um I know chair um R2 the athletic fee.
• change course on the athletic fee. change course on the athletic fee.
• program to cover these fees? program to cover these fees?
• student fee roughly? student fee roughly?

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The conference committee received a nonpartisan walkthrough of the House and Senate side-by-side for higher education-related legislation, with staff identifying Senate-only, House-only, identical, and technical-difference provisions. Topics included paid blood donation leave for Minnesota State employees, a revised higher education attainment goal, athletic fee restrictions, developmental course disclosures, American Indian Scholars Program eligibility, protections and definitions for pregnant and parenting students, online program management contracts, student aid reporting, work-study and dual training grants, private and out-of-state postsecondary education regulation, private career school licensing and data privacy, college savings plan changes, and several University of Minnesota-related provisions. House-only items also included an unemployment insurance aid adjustment, a $1.5 million ongoing appropriation for an identity verification system to combat enrollment fraud, and $5,000 for Bemidji State University reforestation; Senate-only items included Board of Regents appointment language, limits on for-profit control of medical school curriculum, and reporting on for-profit funding in medical education. After the walkthrough, the committee moved to adopt the same and similar provisions and direct staff to make technical corrections. A senator asked about proposed adjustments to the pregnant and parenting student language, and the chair said amendments would be considered after adopting the same and similar provisions. The motion to adopt prevailed. During public testimony, Sydney Spre of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees supported the Senate’s paid blood donation leave language, saying it would create parity for Minnesota State employees and encourage blood and plasma donation. Commissioner Dennis Olsen of the Office of Higher Education thanked the committee for adopting most of the agency’s proposed language and said he was available to help clarify remaining differences. In response to questions, he explained the Senate’s higher education attainment goal proposal, saying it would extend and broaden the existing goal, raise the target from 70% to 75%, expand the age range, and use additional metrics and partner agencies; he also said the overall attainment rate had been 63.5 under the prior goal. The transcript ends as the commissioner was being asked whether the proposal would require additional appropriations.

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• infamous fee.
• But at the end of the day, the whole idea of the fee being involved and what the fee is, and what we
• <00:35:51.040> the<00:35:51.240> fee discussion was around uh the fee the fee discussion
• was around uh the fee the fee that<00:35:52.160> fee<00:35:52.480> the<00:35:52.640>
• > and<00:35:56.000> and that fee the infamous fee and um and and that fee the infamous

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee first took up an amendment to a bill dealing with digital assets, zoning, utilities, and noise. Members discussed removing the “private key” language, clarifying that the bill would prohibit state or local governments from treating digital asset mining differently from other industrial uses, and narrowing several provisions based on feedback from the Municipal Association. There was also discussion about electricity use, rate schedules, and whether the bill would allow payment of electric bills in Bitcoin; members clarified that bills would still be paid in dollars and that discriminatory rates were not allowed. The amendment was approved on a straw vote, and the committee then voted 7-1 to adopt the amended bill. The committee then considered a separate bill related to a paint stewardship program. The sponsor explained that the amendment would remove references to a fee structure that had troubled him in public hearing, while still preserving the plan and oversight by the Department of Environmental Services. Members discussed whether the bill’s liability and disclosure language affected antitrust concerns, and a representative from the American Coatings Association testified that the program’s environmental management practices and liability provisions were intended to ensure responsible handling and cleanup. The committee ultimately voted 7-1 to adopt the amended bill. Later, the subcommittee moved to liquor-related business. It first voted unanimously, 7-0, to retain a cannabis-related item. It then discussed a tavern license bill that would create a 21-plus tavern category, with the Liquor Enforcement Division explaining that the restriction was tied to alcohol-only venues and the potential for late-night entertainment and nightclub-style operations. Members raised concerns about local control and public safety, and the discussion referenced existing cocktail lounge rules and the possibility of towns opting into such a license. The transcript cuts off before a final vote on that item is shown.