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Panel backs bill requiring agencies to report full cost bases for fees

Senate Government Operations & Political Subdivisions Standing Committee · February 23, 2026
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Summary

House Bill 318 would require executive-branch agencies to report comprehensive cost information for fees — including overhead and internal service fund charges — to improve legislative oversight; the committee favorably recommended the bill.

Representative Kristofferson presented HB 318 as a transparency measure to help legislators and fiscal analysts understand the true cost basis for agency fees.

He described learning that some fees were approved…

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