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• John 404 by Representative Barkas would add an allowable use to the carbon emissions reduction account

Summary: The committee took up a series of transportation-related bills and proposed substitutes, with most measures advancing after discussion and roll-call or voice votes. House Bill 2092, creating a Washington State Amtrak Cascades Passenger Rail Advisory Committee, was amended by a proposed substitute that broadened membership and duties, and it passed 20-6. House Bill 2114, allowing fee waivers for replacement defective license plates, passed unanimously. House Bill 2172, clarifying route jurisdiction transfers and abandonments for highways and local roads, also passed unanimously after a substitute requiring agreements or legislative action for longer highway abandonments or those involving bridges. House Bill 2251, which restructures Climate Commitment Act accounts and revenue distribution, drew the most amendment activity. Two amendments were adopted to adjust forest carbon language and clarify Ecology administration funding, while amendments to redirect revenue to transportation infrastructure and to split excess revenue differently failed. The bill then passed 18-8 as amended. House Bill 2374, which redefines e-bikes and electric motorcycles and creates a work group on enforcement and safety, passed unanimously after a substitute added stakeholder representation and asked the work group to explore civil infractions and penalties. House Bill 2410, creating a Commercial Truck Safety and Education Council and increasing a safety fee, passed 25-1 after a substitute changed appointment authority, membership, and other council provisions. House Bill 2552, authorizing WSDOT and a regional transit authority to use MATOC contracting, was amended to add apprenticeship, prevailing wage, and notification requirements and then passed 16-10. House Bill 2588, expanding ferry district authority beyond passenger-only ferries, passed 16-10 amid concerns about taxing authority and voter input. House Bill 2718, setting timelines and processes for permit streamlining and originally including contractor ratings, had the contractor-rating section removed by amendment and then passed unanimously. House Bill 2722, increasing the vehicle weight threshold for transportation benefit district fees from 6,000 to 10,000 pounds, passed 17-9. House Bill 2727, creating an educational transit access grant program for community and technical college students, passed 21-5 after supporters emphasized student access and equity, while some members raised rural access concerns.

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• would have a chilling impact on policies that are cost-effective but also reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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• SB 1119, state birth emission fees for exemption. Government and ATT.

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• And of course, once they get it across into Mexico, fuel emissions are about three times more than what

Bills: SB290 , SB2949

Committee: House Energy Resources

Keywords: LP-gas, property owner notice, natural resources, gas installations, safety notification, motor fuel, fuel transport, fuel export, transloading, export fuel transloading facility, fuel terminal, terminal operator, comptroller, Texas Tax Code, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, Department of Public Safety, DPS, border security, ports of entry

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• BIOLUMINESCENCE AND THAT IS WHAT THIS SENSOR SYSTEM IS ALL ABOUT SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT THERE'S THE EMISSIONS

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• Witness: We're trying to prevent the influx of chronic wasting disease.
• It also highlights vehicle-related services such as registration, titles, inspections, emissions, and
• It also highlights vehicle-related services such as registration, titles, inspections, emissions, and
• </c><03:44:17.760><c> and</c><03:44:17.920><c> then</c> rust or Tire issue or emissions and then rust
• or Tire issue or emissions and then if<03:44:18.479><c> they</c><03:44:18.600><c> are</c><03:44:18.880

Summary: The Division 2 Finance Committee heard an overview and budget presentation from New Hampshire Fish and Game, led by new Executive Director Stephanie Simi and Business Division Chief Kathy Leonti. The agency described its mission to conserve and manage fish, wildlife, and marine resources, and emphasized growing pressures from disease, climate impacts, habitat change, and increased public demand. Simi said the department is largely funded by hunting and fishing license revenue and federal grants, is reviewing staffing and internal processes, and faces critical needs including permanent funding for environmental review staff, infrastructure and IT modernization, and possible service reductions if additional support is not found. Members asked about specific program and policy issues, including chronic wasting disease in deer, hemorrhagic disease in rabbits and hares, moose population decline, and a proposed bait-disease bill. The department said it is actively monitoring diseases and did not see a need for the bait bill at this time. Legislators also discussed the Hike Safe program, which the department said has grown from an expected $100,000 annually to more than $300,000, and a possible boating version of that program, which the department said remains under consideration but would involve complex logistics and multiple agencies. Questions were also raised about rescue costs, out-of-state hikers, and whether boat registrations could be used as a revenue source; Fish and Game said boat registration is handled by the Department of Safety, though the department receives $5 per registered boat for the public boat access program. The budget discussion focused on revenue projections, use of unrestricted Fish and Game funds, and dependence on federal reimbursements. Leonti said the department met the governor’s general fund target but not the Fish and Game fund target without using surplus unrestricted funds, leaving only about $100,000 in the fund by the end of the biennium. She said the budget uses more than $18 million in Fish and Game funds annually against about $14 million in unrestricted revenue, and that five of 193 full-time positions remain unfunded. The department warned that if federal grants were halted, it could cost about $5 million over five months and force the Fish and Game fund to cover the gap. Committee members also requested that future presentations be sent electronically in advance, and the department agreed to do so.

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• to 30 minutes of the day and<03:36:30.640><c> then</c><03:36:30.800><c> it's</c><03:36:31.120><c> wasted
• /c><03:36:31.520><c> capacity</c><03:36:32.000><c> for</c><03:36:32.160><c> the</c> and then it's wasted
• capacity for the and then it's wasted capacity for the rest<03:36:32.479><c> of</c><03:36:32.560><c>
• Enhance transit options, reduce traffic congestion, lower carbon emissions, and promote equitable access
• Enhance transit options, reduce traffic congestion, lower carbon emissions, and promote equitable access

Committee: House Transportation

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• They are the global leader for a world without waste.
• But I like my land grant committee, my interim committees, and I also actually like my radioactive waste
• committee, I like my land grant committee, my interim committees, and I also actually like my radioactive waste
• Because I'm in radioactive waste and hazardous materials.

Bills: HB145 , HB164 , HJR6 , HR1 , HB20 , HB65 , HB66 , HB80 , HB166 , HB295 , HB306 , SB29 , SB37 , HB99 , HB206 , HB213 , HB270 , HJR5 , SB104 , SB193 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM39 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50

Keywords: high-wage jobs, tax credit, job creation, New Mexico, economic development, lobbying, transparency, public records, government oversight, accountability, constitutional amendment, legislative sessions, veto override, New Mexico legislature, session length, House Resolution 1, HR1, House investigatory subcommittee, special committee, legislative investigation

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• Going to do, and so you'll see the biggest changes are that they are to take any complaints of waste
• just ensuring that the Water Sources Board has some resources to make sure whenever those audits and waste
• I think if you look at what the definition of waste is in there, that's anything that just Results in
• waste of water would apply to any permitted user, and I don't think that there's different carveouts

Bills: HJR1088 , HJR1090 , HJR1091 , HB1370 , SB2154 , HJR1092 , HJR1093 , HJR1095 , HJR1099 , HJR1100 , HB3021 , SB893 , SB206 , SB248 , SB259 , SB423 , SB563 , SB604 , SB633 , HJR1077 , SB667 , SB1224 , SB1257 , SB1264 , SB1319 , SB1360 , SB1437 , SB1531 , SB1543 , SB1806 , HB3004 , SB1572 , HB4342 , SB1618 , SB2 , SB237 , SB1632 , SB1687 , SB1726 , SB1859 , SB1894 , SB1461 , HB4432 , SB1948 , SB1589 , SJR52 , SR46 , HCR1030 , SB2071 , SB2182 , SB1451 , HJR1088 , HJR1090 , HJR1091 , HJR1092 , HJR1093 , HJR1095 , HJR1096 , HJR1099 , HJR1100 , SB2185 , SB893 , HB3021 , SR46 , SB206 , SB237 , SB248 , SB259 , SB423 , SB563 , SB604 , SB625 , SB633 , SB667 , SB1224 , SB1257 , SB1264 , SB1319 , SB1360 , SB1378 , SB1437 , SB1531 , SB1543 , SB1572 , SB1618 , SB1632 , SB1687 , SB1726 , SB1806 , SB1859 , SB1894 , SB1948 , SB2071 , SJR52 , HB1370 , HJR1077 , SB2 , SB1451 , SB2182 , HCR1030

Keywords: education rules, administrative rules, joint resolution, Oklahoma State Department of Education, higher education, State Regents for Higher Education, Teachers' Retirement System, charter schools, Statewide Charter School Board, career and technology education, CTE, OEQA, rule approval, legislative oversight, permanent rules, school governance, teacher retirement, education agencies, Oklahoma Register, Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry

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• 05:21.039><c> or</c> and occasionally in include errors or and occasionally in include errors or emissions
• .<01:05:22.160><c> When</c><01:05:22.400><c> assumptions</c><01:05:22.880><c> and</c> emissions.
• When assumptions and emissions.

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• systems are the clearest example, but the same structure is often used for wastewater, sewer, solid waste
• </c> purpose applied for without waste. purpose applied for without waste.
• That black tint is from the residual hydrocarbon, we call them emissions, that remain in the produced
• </c><02:00:08.560><c> uh</c> decent amount of uh water uh uh waste uh decent amount of uh water uh uh
• waste uh generation.<02:00:09.679><c> Uh</c><02:00:10.000><c> next</c><02:00:10.159><c> slide</c><02

Committee: Joint Select Water Committee

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• To me, in my opinion, it's a severe waste of taxpayer time and money. I encourage a no vote.
• To me, in my opinion, it's a severe waste of taxpayer time and money. I encourage a no vote.
• It modifies the conditions and jurisdictions of the counties for issuing a permit to certify emission

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, guest introductions, and several ceremonial proclamations, including recognition of Dr. Joseph Torkelson for his service in pediatric oncology and military medicine. Members also introduced guests connected to Arizona Bleeding Disorders, charter schools, and a suicide-prevention effort tied to HB 2665 (“Cade’s Law”). The chamber then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a large number of bills and resolutions. On the first calendar, the House gave do pass recommendations, mostly as amended, to HB 2117, 2744, 2751, 2917, 2939, 2957, 2970, and HCR 2038. The amendments addressed topics such as natural resource conservation district boundaries, manufacturing and jobs, Real ID/non-Real ID data privacy, and Colorado River conservation and tribal/community representation. The House then adopted the Committee of the Whole report and sent the measures for engrossing; a later motion to amend the report to include the defeated Villegas amendment on HB 2667 failed by roll call vote, 22-32 with 6 not voting. In the next calendars, the House advanced HB 2015, 2129, 2327, 2439, 2533, 2667, 2793, 2873, HCR 2044, and others, with several floor or committee amendments adopted. Debate focused on homelessness coordination in HB 2533, homebuyer assistance and corporate ownership concerns in HB 2667, annexation and local control in HB 2793, and a proposed constitutional referral in HCR 2044 aimed at closing loopholes for discrimination in public programs. The House also considered HB 2044 and HB 2076 in the Judiciary calendar, with debate over the scope of a homicide-disposal statute in HB 2044 and school safety/teacher firearms issues in HB 2076; both bills advanced as amended. The final calendar covered natural resources, energy, and water bills. The House advanced HB 2014, 2055, 2145, 2185, 2267, 2340, 2428, 2696, 2798, 2955, 2975, and 2986, with amendments on drought definitions, emissions permitting, mineral district mapping, and environmental enforcement authority. HB 2267 drew the sharpest debate, with opponents arguing it would hinder solar and wind development and supporters arguing for diversification toward coal, gas, and nuclear; after a division vote, the bill still received a do pass recommendation. The session concluded with the Committee of the Whole rising and reporting, and the House adopting the report and assigning the measures accordingly.

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• To me, in my opinion, it's a severe waste of taxpayer time and money. I encourage a no vote.
• To me, in my opinion, it's a severe waste of taxpayer time and money. I encourage a no vote.
• It modifies the conditions and jurisdictions of the counties for issuing a permit to certify emission

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• We- wasted a couple $2 billion. Mr. Chair, Mr.
• Like to see if there are methane emissions, things like that. Deputy Secretary: Mr.

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• That was a wasted joke, Mr. Speaker. I don't know where they went. 100th bill party. Thank you.
• One, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

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• It will also improve efficiency and eliminate unnecessary steel, waste, and cost.
• It will also improve efficiency and eliminate unnecessary steel, waste, and cost.
• efficiency and eliminate<04:05:51.120><c> unnecessary</c><04:05:52.000><c> steel,</c><04:05:52.800><c> waste
• ,</c><04:05:53.680><c> and</c> eliminate unnecessary steel, waste, and eliminate unnecessary steel, waste
• investments enabled by the bipartisan infrastructure law allow TARTA to modernize its fleet, add zero-emission

Bills: HB1531 , HB6644 , HB3190 , HB3390 , HB3682 , HB5616 , SB3705

Keywords: Taiwan, China, banking organizations, financial regulators, national security, Burma, sanctions, foreign relations, accountability, economic oversight, military accountability, discount window, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Act, Board of Governors, liquidity, bank liquidity, emergency lending, lender of last resort, financial stability

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• as biologically derived methane gas from anaerobic digestion of organic materials such as landfill waste
• c> the</c><00:12:18.720><c> city</c><00:12:19.519><c> of</c><00:12:19.760><c> Lebanon</c> landfill waste
• Um the city of Lebanon landfill waste.
• The report also discusses emissions, carbon, and other air pollutants, as well as impacts on electric
• </c><05:55:55.920><c> and</c> and it also goes on uh for emissions and and it also goes on uh for emissions

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

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• It accelerates the transition to lower-emission manufacturing while keeping production in the state with

Summary: The Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee heard a series of bills focused on nonprofit tax status, housing, tribal land return, tax relief, economic development, journalism, reparations, manufacturing investment, and pawned property sales tax. The chair explained the committee’s suspense file process and noted that only AB 2270 and AB 2641 were eligible for immediate votes; other measures were referred to suspense after presentation. AB 2084 (Bauer-Kahan) would give the Franchise Tax Board discretion to delay or review revocation of state nonprofit tax-exempt status when federal status is revoked, and AB 2167 (Macedo) would clarify that tribally chartered corporations are eligible for existing tribal conservation land return tax exemptions. Both drew support from nonprofit and tribal representatives and were sent to suspense. AB 2270 (Arambula) sought to improve farmworker housing access to low-income housing tax credits by adjusting scoring criteria to reflect rural agricultural realities. Supporters said current amenity-based scoring disadvantages projects near farmland; the bill passed the committee 4-1 and was sent to Housing and Community Development. AB 2336 proposed excluding the first $25,000 of overtime pay and pension income from taxation; supporters framed it as affordability relief, while an opponent warned of major General Fund losses and a member raised the lack of an income cap. AB 2205 would reinstate the New Employment Credit to encourage hiring in high-unemployment areas, and AB 2222 would create refundable tax credits for local news organizations hiring journalists; both received strong support from business, labor, and media advocates and were referred to suspense. The committee also heard AB 2186, which would exclude future reparations payments from state income tax, with supporters arguing reparations should not be reduced by taxation; it was sent to suspense. AB 2377 would accelerate depreciation deductions for manufacturing equipment, with a larger benefit in high-need areas, and AB 2641 would extend the sales tax exemption for people repurchasing their own property from pawnbrokers, with the author agreeing to a five-year sunset amendment. AB 2641 passed 4-0 and was sent to Appropriations. After taking up the remaining roll calls for absent members, the committee adjourned.

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• It accelerates the transition to lower-emission manufacturing while keeping production in the state with

Committee: House Revenue and Taxation

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• mobilized neighbors to demand protective action, including helping win the nation's strongest landfill emission