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Transcript Highlights:
- with remembering that cost is obviously a... ...remembering that cost is obviously a concern in healthcare
- We need to make sure that healthcare providers... Yeah, a little closer so everyone can hear you.
- This bill just wants to make sure that healthcare providers are not... ...that healthcare providers are
- not gagged in any way and can talk freely about the costs and alternatives regarding healthcare choices
- Quality and accessibility are the main drivers in healthcare with providers, and we want to make sure
Committee:
House Health
Keywords:
midwifery, licensed midwives, State Board of Midwifery, licensure fees, professional liability insurance, complaints investigation, emergency care plan, out-of-hospital care, HB491, public schools, K-12, school nutrition, school lunch, cafeteria, artificial dyes, food additives, food coloring, synthetic dyes, Red Dye No. 3, Red Dye No. 40
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Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- prohibits an attorney representing an injured worker or the worker's beneficiary from charging any fee
- pay health care benefits anymore, and 100% of it is going to the injured worker, then no attorney fees
- I just believe that if we allow attorney fees to be taken out of the health care benefits, the injured
- I just believe that if we allow attorney fees to be taken out of the health care benefits, the injured
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
transparency, industrial insurance, insurance rate increases, financial disclosure, regulatory oversight, unemployment, electronic notices, compensation, digital communication, order processing, workers' compensation, occupational disease, firefighters, fire investigators, law enforcement officers, first responders, heart disease, cardiac conditions, respiratory disease, cancer presumption
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Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Mar 10th, 2026
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Bills:
SB143 , SB144 , SB145 , SB152 , SB153 , SB154 , SB162 , SB226 , SB146 , SB143 , SB144 , SB145 , SB152 , SB153 , SB154 , SB162 , SB226 , SB146
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
SB143, solid waste, garbage collection, trash fees, refuse collection, municipal fees, county fees, fee exemption, veterans benefits, veteran household, disabled veteran, VA benefits, Social Security exemption, low-income households, poverty level, county commission, municipal governing body, Alabama solid waste law, certificate of exception, public health
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Transcript Highlights:
- Awards cover the cost of tuition and fees, minus any state-funded grant, scholarship, or waiver assistance
- Awards cover the cost of tuition and fees. four-year tuition to students from low-income families.
- and instead requires the private security company employing the applicant to pay the fee.
- It also removes the fee for an applicant who is transferring a license from one employer to another.
- Or we think that this bill is not, it should be, or the fee should be paid by the employee.
Committee:
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Keywords:
nursing education, nursing program standards, board of nursing, state board, national accreditation, accreditation body, nursing school, nurse educator, clinical simulation, simulation director, lead nurse educator, NCLEX, licensure exam pass rate, corrective action plan, technical assistance, higher education, program approval, Washington RCW, professional development, nursing licensure
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Transcript Highlights:
- and a $95 annual renewal fee.
- Paying these licensing fees means starting a job in debt just to remain employed.
- And during that time, I paid the licensing fees myself because they were the right thing to do.
- That wasn't just a fee. That was food, rent, its ability to take away from my family.
- My question is, if these fees are so burdensome and you... ...question is, if these fees are so burdensome
Bills:
HB2438 , HB2422 , HB2525 , HB2586 , HB2337 , HB2311 , HB2286 , HB2324 , HB2363 , HB2098 , HB2088
Committee:
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Keywords:
education, scholarship, early childhood, funding, higher education, early education, support, degree seekers, private security, security guard, armed security guard, security company, licensing fees, license renewal, endorsement fee, fingerprints, background check, workforce retention, low-wage workers, public safety
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Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 31st, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Same assessment fee. Any questions from the committee?
- willing to do this willing to do this >> same<00:08:43.120><c> assessment</c><00:08:43.519><c> fee
- 43.839><c> Any</c><00:08:44.080><c> questions</c><00:08:44.399><c> from</c> >> same assessment fee
- Any questions from >> same assessment fee. Any questions from the<00:08:44.800><c> committee?
Bills:
SB146 , SB143 , SB144 , SB145 , HB224 , SB152 , SB153 , SB154 , SB162 , SB226 , SB146 , SB143 , SB144 , SB145 , HB224 , SB152 , SB153 , SB154 , SB162 , SB226
Committee:
House Ways and Means General Fund
Keywords:
supplemental appropriation, FY2025 budget, general fund, Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy, Unified Judicial System, court automation, advanced technology and data exchange, judiciary funding, transportation debt service, highway bonds, bridge bonds, Alabama Department of Transportation, ALDOT, public highways, federal matching funds, state appropriations, bond principal and interest, special funds, budget amendment, SB143
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a focus for us on this, and so it would add a $5 tag fee.
- I know people call ours different prices, but $5 is a nominal fee.
- But I don't want us to levy a fee and have everyone… want us to levy a fee and have everyone opt out
- We're not talking about different fees, are we?
- Are we talking about everybody having the same fee or different fees for different counties?
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
income tax, CHOOSE Act, education funding, ABLE account, tax credits, poverty threshold, legislative funding, HB89, Medicaid, pregnant women, pregnancy, prenatal care, ambulatory prenatal care, presumptive eligibility, temporary Medicaid coverage, Alabama Medicaid Agency, maternal health, low-income women, health coverage, eligibility determination
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- And I do agree that DOH should be able to recover fees for what the fee is supposed to go to.
- And I do agree that DOH should be able to recover fees for what the fee is supposed to go to.
- And I do agree that DOH should be able to recover fees for what the fee is supposed to go to.
- And I do agree that DOH should be able to recover fees for what the fee is supposed to go to.
- And I do agree that DOH should be able to recover fees for what the fee is supposed to go to.
Bills:
SB5420 , SB5877 , SB5868 , SB5109 , SB5832 , SB5922 , SB5944 , SB5988 , SB6065 , SB6103 , SB6151
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
veterans, military spouses, service members, uniformed services, National Guard, reservists, active duty, qualifying discharge, veterans preference, hiring preference, public employment, state benefits, license renewal, professional licensing, retirement service credit, pension, public retirement system, Washington RCW, military leave, reemployment rights
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Committee:
House Health
Keywords:
business regulation, nonprofit entities, electronic filing, merger agreements, limited liability companies, partnerships, property transfer, termination fees, SB84, agricultural nonprofit, farm bureau, nonprofit agricultural organization, health benefits, member benefits, family coverage, health insurance exemption, insurance regulation, Title 27, Alabama insurance code, risk transfer
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Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/25/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- would, that fee would be. have a license with a fee that would be self-sustaining.
- Fees from time to time really make a lot of sense.
- Those come out of nurses' fees. There is funding for that.
- Um, so the impact fees, I just first want to be clear that the impact fees are not the big bad city charging
- Just to give you an example of some of these fees.
Bills:
HB2072 , HB2251 , HB2279 , HB2308 , HB2323 , HB2342 , HB2400 , HB2408 , HB2456 , HB2660 , HB2697 , HB2868 , HB2873 , HB2877 , HB2910 , HB2946 , HB2955 , HB2991 , HB4001 , HB4010
Keywords:
Cesar Chavez, public holiday, state law, holiday repeal, Arizona Revised Statutes, midwifery, medication administration, healthcare, patient safety, advisory committee, licensed midwives, river trips, liability, outfitter, Grand Canyon, negligence, risk management, contractual waiver, dental practice, business registration
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- It has had about a 9% per year return on investments and currently has about a 0.39% expense fee that
- The CEF at the University of Washington has had an annualized return of about 7% net of fees, and an
- expense fee of about 0.9%, a portion of which is directed to the University of Washington Advancement
- Pringle pointed out, and you can see in the staff report, the Investment Board's internal expense fee
- I was four years old the last time the clerks had their fees adjusted.
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
investment, gifts, grants, University of Washington, funding, higher education, recycling, waste reduction, environmental policy, sustainability, municipal regulations, HB 2254, Washington, Health Care Authority, partnership access line, psychiatric consultation line, first approach skills training, behavioral health, mental health, assessment
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Assuming that the fee would be increased as a result of the provisions of this bill and the fee increase
- The Quality Assurance Fee program requires each private ambulance transport provider to pay a fee per
- House Bill 2543 relates to county clerk fees.
- Under current law, that fee is $20 for a CD.
- Under the bill, that fee has been combined and will be a flat fee of $25 per court date.
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
recycling, waste reduction, environmental policy, sustainability, municipal regulations, preK, education funding, childcare, youth development, state budget, HB 2441, line of duty death, survivor benefits, medical insurance premium reimbursement, surviving spouse, domestic partner, dependent children, public employee death benefits, retirement system, Washington State
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Transcript Highlights:
- Achievement Council to establish rules to determine the time period and amount for which tuition and fees
- Achievement Council to establish rules to determine the time period and amount for which tuition and fees
Committee:
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Keywords:
education, scholarship, early childhood, funding, higher education, early education, support, degree seekers, private security, security guard, armed security guard, security company, licensing fees, license renewal, endorsement fee, fingerprints, background check, workforce retention, low-wage workers, public safety
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Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Jan 14th, 2026
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, it's going to change the licensing fees where right now water well contractor license with the state
- designed software used by hundreds of thousands of people in Alabama and around the world, including healthcare
- the of people in Alabama and around the world,<00:15:37.920><c> including</c><00:15:38.320><c> healthcare
- </c><00:15:38.800><c> workers</c><00:15:39.120><c> and</c> world, including healthcare workers and world
- , including healthcare workers and patients,<00:15:40.160><c> banks</c><00:15:40.399><c> and</c><00:15
Committee:
House State Government
Keywords:
firearms, possession, Class 1 municipalities, criminal penalties, federal law, stolen firearms, prohibited persons, HB114, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset bill, Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama, dental board, dental licensing, dentist regulation, professional licensing, occupational licensing, healthcare regulation, licensure board, state agency continuation, agency sunset review
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, so we first have to apply for a license, pay your fee, and after you get your license, you're allowed
Committee:
Senate Healthcare
Keywords:
healthcare, advanced practice nursing, nurse collaboration, medical board, nursing board, committee structure, midwifery, licensed midwives, State Board of Midwifery, licensure fees, professional liability insurance, complaints investigation, emergency care plan, out-of-hospital care, hemp, hemp beverages, psychoactive cannabinoids, psychoactive hemp products, delta-8 THC, delta-9 THC
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 6th, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
HB386, food tax, grocery tax, sales tax reduction, use tax, Education Trust Fund, state revenue trigger, tax cut, consumer tax relief, Alabama sales tax, Alabama use tax, groceries, retail tax, revenue growth threshold, county and municipal tax, fiscal trigger, sales tax, food taxation, local government, financial growth
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Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Agriculture and Forestry
Transcript Highlights:
- It doesn't increase any fees or, uh, in the old days, you know, if you wanted a burn permit, you called
- They do have an amendment to correct some of the fees on the permitting. We just got to fix that.
- They do have an amendment to correct some of the fees on the permitting.
- If they already have one, would they have to pay a bill of fee later or what is that?
- You don't pay us another fee. >> Any other questions? >> Is there a motion on the bill as amended?
Committee:
House Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
HB267, Alabama, minor consent, medical consent, mental health, school counseling, parental rights, parental consent, parental access to records, health information, health records, vaccine consent, school mental health services, student counseling, youth healthcare, adolescent health, emancipated minor, pregnancy care, sexually transmitted infections, STI treatment
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- HB72 is a distinctive tag for firefighters, and we're raising their own fee from $1 to $10, and also
- The Department of Revenue determined the amount that added the fee, whatever you call it.
- So, who did the initial designation of the fee legislation? Okay, that's what I was trying to...
- That was the major catch when we saw that it accidentally levied two additional $10 fees instead of just
- No, actually, it’s an additional $9, taking it from $1 to $10, so it’ll be an additional $9 fee.
Committee:
House Ways and Means General Fund
Keywords:
elections, post-election audit, election audit, risk-limiting audit, ballot audit, election integrity, voter confidence, Secretary of State, judge of probate, canvassing board, poll watchers, ballot containers, manual tally, recount, county election, statewide election, general election, absentee ballots, provisional ballots, election transparency
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Retailers themselves have indicated they are not opposed to licensing or reasonable fees as proposed
Committee:
Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords:
interest arbitration, parks and recreation, public employees, labor relations, employee rights, laid-off employees act, WARN notice, mass layoff, business closure, plant closing, worker adjustment and retraining notification, employment security department, employee notice, layoff notice, worker protections, job loss, employment loss, public records exemption, privacy, employee names and addresses
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Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 11th, 2026
State Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:15:57.600><c> means</c> collecting the fees it's just the means collecting the fees it's just
- We'll take a for you for a fee.
- </c> paid your fees? paid your fees?
- </c> fees that never landed at the airport. fees that never landed at the airport.
- And so appropriate to use for for fees.
Committee:
Senate State Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
expungement, nonviolent felony, criminal record, restoration of rights, human trafficking, SB271, Alabama, municipalities, city fees, town fees, franchise fees, utility franchise, natural gas, manufactured gas, gas utility, public streets, public places, right-of-way, municipal consent, gross receipts tax