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Secretary of State proposes fee hikes to fund new business platform; committee approves fee bill 9‑0
Summary
Secretary of State Monet Johnson presented the office’s FY2026 budget and requested statutory changes in House Bill 10‑24 to raise certain business filing fees and fund a new business platform; the appropriations committee voted 9‑0 to give the bill a due pass.
Secretary of State Monet Johnson and her senior staff appeared before the House Appropriations Committee to present the office’s FY2026 budget and to introduce House Bill 10‑24, a package of fee changes intended to finance a new business filing platform and add an additional staff position.
Johnson said the office operates three divisions — general services, business services and elections — and is asking statutory changes that would raise selected business filing fees so that ongoing hosting and maintenance for an upgraded business platform are covered by the filing fee fund rather than the general fund. The committee voted to give House Bill 10‑24 a due pass on a 9‑0 recorded vote.
Key details presented to the committee: - Platform upgrade and maintenance: The office cited an estimated $2,250,000 initial cost to…
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