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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Feb 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Heather Trim with Zero Waste Washington.
- And they have these huge rollers that go in the landfill and roll all the waste down.
- Heather Trim with Zero Waste Washington.
- Clothing and textiles are a fast-growing part of our waste stream, and the impacts of that waste are
- part of our waste stream, and the impacts of that waste are an increasingly serious environmental concern
Summary:
The Senate Environment, Energy, and Technology Committee held public hearings on two producer-responsibility bills and then a work session on consumer electrical equipment. On SB 6271, which would create an extended producer responsibility program for mattresses, staff explained the bill’s requirements for a producer responsibility organization, collection and recycling targets, reporting, and enforcement. Senator Hunt said the measure would reduce landfill burden and illegal dumping while creating recycling jobs. Local governments, a recycler, and environmental advocates testified in support, citing landfill capacity concerns, high disposal costs, and the potential to recover most mattress materials. Retail and industry groups said they support the goal but opposed the bill as drafted, arguing it differs from existing state models and could create unnecessary cost and administrative burden. The hearing closed with 459 signed in support and 172 opposed.
The committee then heard SB 6174, a proposed substitute on textile producer responsibility that would first require a needs assessment and the creation of a coordinating organization. Supporters, including the sponsor, environmental advocates, Seattle Public Utilities, and a student testifier, described textiles as a fast-growing waste stream with major landfill, pollution, and global labor impacts, and said the needs assessment is an important first step. Opponents from retail, business, apparel, and hospitality groups said they support continued stakeholder work and the needs assessment concept, but raised concerns that the bill still presumes a future EPR program, could impose fees and penalties, and may sweep in retailers and company uniforms in ways that create burdens for small businesses. The hearing closed with 1,253 signed in support and 364 opposed.
In the work session, Jeremiah Miller of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory briefed the committee on codes and standards for grid-connected and portable solar equipment. He explained how the National Electrical Code, UL certification standards, and IEEE interconnection standards work together, and described newer supplemental standards such as UL 3141 for power control systems and UL 3700 for portable or plug-in solar. Members asked about safety, certification timing, and how Washington could allow these products while ensuring proper installation and consumer protection. Miller said UL 3700 is very new and not yet widely certified in the market, but that the current code framework can accommodate certified products while standards continue to evolve. The committee took no votes and adjourned after the work session.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
FULL INTERVIEW: Saving Our Safety Net by Stabilizing HCMC | Senator Rich Draheim Apr 24th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We should all be focused on how do we make sure we don't have the fraud, waste, and abuse in our programs
- them loopholes, but I think when you talk to the average Minnesotan, they're going to call it fraud, waste
- So, you've mentioned waste, fraud, and abuse as a way to kind of help shore up the system for now, at
- , fraud, and abuse, and um waste, fraud, and abuse, and um re-evaluating<00:09:54.520><c> the</c><00:
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AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES Mar 12th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Transcript Highlights:
- However, it does not appear the water department transferred the payments received to the solid waste
- and over $65,000 in the general fund for '23 and '22 respectively, the general fund owed the solid waste
- However, it does not appear the water department transferred the payments received to the solid waste
- Additionally, $3,600 due to the street fund from the solid waste fund as of December 31, 2023, excuse
- And then on the solid waste billing, we have reached out to the county regarding those five businesses
Summary:
The committee approved the February 12 minutes and then received updates on delinquent municipal water and sewer reports, noting substantial progress in bringing cities back into compliance. Several items were deferred at the request of local officials, including Fargo’s municipal accounting code report, Jericho’s misuse of street funds matter, Biggers, Holly Grove, Gilmore, and several private water and sewer reports lacking proper responses. The committee also filed a number of reports with no questions or with resolved findings.
A lengthy portion of the meeting focused on repeat audit findings and management responses. The City of Strong’s mayor described corrective steps on undeposited funds, improper use of solid waste funds, unsupported spending, IRS payroll tax issues, accounting controls, restricted fund transfers, and budget overruns; the committee commended the city’s efforts and filed the report. Calhoun County’s report, involving improper county spending for an appreciation banquet and altered receipts in the collector’s office, was also filed after discussion about educating local officials on constitutional spending limits. Other reports filed included Salem, Briarcliffe, Compton Water Association, and Montgomery County Regional Public Water Authority, while several private water reports were deferred or referred to prosecutors and the Attorney General.
The committee reviewed a major regional solid waste management districts report, with significant findings for Pulaski County and Faulkner County involving unapproved payroll items, missing documentation, vehicle and cell phone use, lack of competitive bids, and weak internal controls; Benton County had fewer issues, and several districts had no findings. On motion, the Pulaski County report was deferred so district representatives could answer questions. The committee also heard from Nevada County, where unauthorized withdrawals and interlocal landfill agreement problems were discussed; the county judge said the issues were being corrected, and the report was filed. Later, the committee heard from the City of Grubbs about long-standing IRS debt and from Cross County Rural Water System about overdue audit posting and water quality problems; both witnesses described corrective efforts and ongoing funding or infrastructure projects, and the committee filed the reports after extensive discussion.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Those detail wasteful spending.
- That doesn't mean we should sit back and let waste and abuse take place.
- But here in New Mexico, we have no idea what that level of waste and fraud is.
- There's a lot more that we can find here that is wasteful spending.
- We have over about 300 active cases of fraud, waste, and abuse.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology and Medical Technology Oct 27th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So while the aerobic systems... ...is high carbon, and the last one is more waste.
- So we've also been monitoring the bio-waste production rate.
- process is making only negligible bio-waste.
- So we can reduce more than 90% of the bio-waste production rate by having our system.
- So with this improvement in the energy and bio-waste sectors... ...system.
Summary:
The Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology and Medical Technology held an informational hearing on the role of biotechnology industries in wastewater treatment, hosted at Bakar Labs on the UC Berkeley campus. Opening remarks emphasized California’s water scarcity, the rising cost of wastewater infrastructure, and the need to reuse and clean contaminated water. Committee members framed the hearing as a look at both current treatment challenges and emerging technologies that could improve water quality, affordability, and resilience over time.
The first panel focused on statewide wastewater challenges. BACWA Executive Director Laurie Fono described wastewater plants as part of a broader circular economy, noting their roles in recycled water, environmental enhancement, biosolids management, carbon sequestration, and renewable energy generation. She highlighted major challenges including aging 1970s-era infrastructure, nutrient reduction mandates, sea level rise, evolving regulations, and PFAS source control. She said Bay Area agencies face about $11 billion in nutrient reduction costs, with rate increases, state revolving funds, WIFIA loans, and bonds as the main financing tools. Members asked about regional differences, energy revenue opportunities, smaller decentralized plants, and agricultural collaboration.
The second panel featured researchers and lab experts discussing biotechnology solutions. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s Dr. Romine Chakarvati described using microbial communities and machine learning to help break down PFAS and treat produced water. CEL Analytical’s Dr. Yigi Dearborn explained pathogen testing for direct potable reuse, wastewater monitoring, and the need for larger sample volumes and more funding to validate methods for viruses and protozoa. Stanford’s Dr. Chunhung-Shin presented an anaerobic membrane system that turns domestic wastewater into clean water and energy with less biosolids and lower operating costs. Committee members asked about AI, assay development, scaling technologies, and funding priorities. Public comment from the California Association of Sanitation Agencies stressed the need to balance scalability, reliability, and affordability, and the hearing adjourned without any formal vote or action.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 11, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- But when you want to ...seek out waste, fraud, and abuse in state government.
- But when we see the implementation now, it is not that. ...in fraud, waste, and abuse.
- Fortunately, this bill is a waste of time.
- I'm a Floridian myself that has a lot of time on my hands to waste.
- This is a waste of time. This legislative session so far has been a waste of time.
Summary:
The Government Operations Subcommittee heard several measures focused on government structure, oversight, and public policy designations. The most debated bill was HJR 1325, which proposed a constitutional amendment to create a statewide Commissioner of Government Efficiency, abolish the lieutenant governor office and the Government Efficiency Task Force, and eliminate the constitutional requirement for an Auditor General appointment. Sponsors said the new commissioner would be a watchdog over waste, fraud, and abuse across state and local government, while opponents raised concerns about cost, single-subject issues, lack of implementation details, and whether existing oversight structures were sufficient. After extensive debate, the resolution was reported favorably by a recorded vote.
The committee also approved HB 575, which redesignates the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in Florida statute, and HB 1445, which requires certain state officials and agency heads to have stronger ties to Florida and, for some positions, to live in the county where their agency headquarters is located. HB 1445 drew questions about practicality and whether a proximity standard would be better than a strict county requirement, but the sponsor said he would continue working on that issue. Both bills were reported favorably, with HB 1445 passing unanimously.
In addition, the committee unanimously approved HB 259, designating August 21 as Fentanyl Awareness and Education Day, with supporters emphasizing the need for public education about fentanyl overdoses. The committee also passed CS/HB 29, the public records and meetings bill linked to the social work licensure compact, which creates confidentiality and meeting exemptions needed for the compact to operate. Public testimony on that measure was supportive, and it too was reported favorably without opposition.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Jun 23rd, 2026
Natural Resources and Water
Transcript Highlights:
- lot will have to be done mechanically and will generate tens of millions of tons of forest biomass waste
- This work is absolutely critical, but we must figure out sustainable ways to use forest biomass waste
- Without using this waste productively, it will be piled and burned or left to decay as kindling during
- This bill is about making sure we have the resources to use forest waste in ways that are beneficial
- So we're on track to create a lot of forest biomass waste.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/27/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- for electronic and battery waste.
- We know that there are other ways to deal with food waste and organic waste than ending up in landfills
- We know that there are other ways to deal with food waste and organic waste than ending up in landfills
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- Pet Land restoration and food waste and Pet Land restoration and food waste and treatment<01:23:31.840
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Our next agenda item is on fraud, waste, and abuse in HHSC services.
- On any cases and any suspected fraud, waste, and abuse.
- This includes providing some additional fraud, waste, and abuse training.
- A lot of times you hear this 10% number for fraud, waste, and abuse.
- If it seems to you, it's an obvious fraud, waste, or abuse situation.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 3/10/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:01:53.680><c> and</c> question of how much fraud waste and question of how much fraud waste and
- The slogan of waste, fraud, and abuse is...
- Waste and abuse seems to be...
- Fraud and Abuse again I'm sorry I waste Fraud and Abuse again I'm sorry I wasted<01:35:46.719><c> so
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- A municipal solid waste to energy facility Apra Pyro Missus facility, a solid waste disposal facility
- Waste to energy speaking against.
- Waste energy technology is safe, reliable and proven. It operates at the scale.
- They're solid waste within the boundaries of their respective jurisdictions.
- Waste to energy is cleaner than natural gas.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (05/20/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, before us today is SP 302, requiring background checks for solid waste facility owners.
- and hazardous waste facility owners.
- division for our orders and actions to be appealed to the waste council.
- </c><00:15:54.079><c> management</c> statutes in the waste management statutes in the waste management
- </c><00:17:14.240><c> management</c> constitution of the waste management constitution of the waste management
Summary:
The committee met in executive session on SB 302, a bill requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners. Members discussed and adopted amendment 2025-2219H, which incorporated language from prior Senate and House amendments, including provisions related to the siting evaluation committee and changes affecting landfill expansions and additional cells. The amendment also folded in language from HB 616, the animal cruelty/due process bill, which members said clarifies probable cause, imminent danger, temporary protective custody, and the role of the state veterinarian or designee in animal seizure decisions. Several members emphasized that the bill does not bar seizure of animals in emergencies or prevent nonprofits from fundraising, and that the changes are intended to strengthen due process and reduce conflicts of interest.
The committee voted 12-0 to adopt the amendment. It then voted 12-0 to give SB 302 an OTPA recommendation with the amendment included. After the vote, the director raised a concern that the amendment appeared to eliminate the waste management council and related appeal provisions in the governing statutes; members acknowledged the issue and said it was intentional or at least acceptable to address later in committee of conference, where they expected further changes. The committee then agreed to place the bill on the consent calendar.
After concluding the executive session, the committee discussed an afternoon field trip to research farms in Lee and Durham. They also accepted an invitation to visit a farm in Fremont on May 30 at 10:00 a.m., with the address provided as 63 South Road, Fremont, New Hampshire.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environmental Quality Committee Jan 13th, 2026
Environmental Quality
Transcript Highlights:
- It drastically reduces existing hazardous waste protections for communities. Please.
- Hazardous waste and other pollutants from this facility get into San Francisco Bay.
- Local governments, as has been said, are charged with managing solid waste and household hazardous waste
- We run local household hazardous waste collection facilities.
- Mandy Strella on behalf of Rethink Waste in support.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Environmental Quality heard four bills. SB 299 by Senator Cabaldon would extend a CEQA exemption for child care facilities to those located in residential zones, with committee amendments adding guardrails excluding sites on protected lands and within 3,200 feet of oil wells or refineries. Support came from child care, local government, planning, county, and rural county groups; one environmental opposition witness raised concerns about broader CEQA issues. Members generally praised the bill as a needed correction to last year’s CEQA changes and noted its importance for child care access and community-serving facilities.
SB 58 by Senator Padilla would update the state’s approach to hydrogen sulfide by strengthening monitoring and response standards based on current science and public health impacts, especially in the Tijuana River Valley and Salton Sea areas. Testimony in support emphasized serious undercounting of exposures and health harms in low-income, Latino, Indigenous, and immigrant communities; air district representatives said they would review amendments, while business and industry witnesses expressed concern about late amendments and possible implications for geothermal operations. The committee discussed the bill as a statewide framework rather than a district-specific response, and the author accepted committee amendments.
SB 811 by Senator Caballero would create a statutory framework for regulating metal shredding facilities, clarifying DTSC enforcement authority and incorporating prior negotiated environmental justice and fire-safety amendments. Supporters from the recycling industry and labor said the bill would reduce legal uncertainty, protect jobs, and preserve an important circular-economy sector; opponents from community, environmental, school, and local government groups argued it weakened hazardous waste protections and did not adequately address pollution and fire risks, especially in West Oakland. SB 501 by Senator Allen would expand California’s battery extended producer responsibility program to include medium-format batteries such as e-bike and outdoor equipment batteries; local governments and recycling groups supported it as a common-sense response to fire and disposal problems, while one battery recycler sought further discussion on implementation. All four bills were voted out of committee and sent to Appropriations, with SB 58, SB 299, and SB 811 passing unanimously and SB 501 passing on a 5-2 vote after additional members joined the committee.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (01/20/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that that waste facilities.
- </c><00:13:33.200><c> I</c> waste site evaluation committee. I waste site evaluation committee.
- or hazardous waste facility permits.
- or hazardous waste facility permits.
- 53.600><c> for</c><00:29:53.760><c> New</c> waste management division for New waste management division
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Apr 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- As local governments, we're charged with managing solid waste and meeting the state's solid waste and
- organic waste diversion and recycling goals.
- David Krieger, for Waste Connections, in support.
- John Moffat, for Waste Management, in support.
- waste stream.
Summary:
The committee heard a series of bills focused on environmental policy, public infrastructure, housing, and energy. AB 1812, dealing with compostable plastics and compost contamination, drew strong support from farmers, composters, counties, cities, and waste companies, while manufacturers and compostable-product companies opposed it unless amended, arguing it would undermine compostable packaging and SB 54 goals. AB 2216 to expand the Delta Conservancy’s service area also received broad support and no opposition. AB 2481, which would allow leftover glass quality incentive funds to support recycled glass used in fiberglass insulation and other products, was supported by insulation manufacturers, recyclers, and waste advocates and passed with no opposition. AB 2152, streamlining fire station construction and tying CEQA relief to project labor agreement requirements, was supported by firefighters and construction trades but opposed by contractors and wildlife groups over the PLA mandate and environmental review provisions; the committee discussed amendments and sent it forward. AB 1536, the Save Our Shores Act, aimed at offshore oil and gas safety and decommissioning, was supported by coastal and environmental groups and opposed by the petroleum industry, with members debating pipeline safety, drilling risks, and carbon intensity before advancing the bill. AB 1849, a study bill on decarbonized gaseous fuels, split supporters from hydrogen, bioenergy, and propane interests against environmental and justice groups who said it favored biomethane and hydrogen without clear definitions; the author said it was only a study measure, and it moved ahead. AB 1732, which would expand CEQA streamlining for public university and community college housing projects, was backed by students, UC representatives, housing advocates, and labor, with no opposition heard; members raised concerns about environmental impacts and evacuation planning, but the bill was approved. Several measures were taken on consent and others were held open for absent members or quorum issues, with multiple bills receiving due pass recommendations as amended.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Apr 13th, 2026
Natural Resources
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's not a tax, a franchise fee on solid waste. So that is 48% of our general fund budget.
- Uh, Chris Maycomb, on behalf of Waste Management of Texas Inc. for the bill. Is that correct?
- I'm the governmental affairs director for Waste Management of Texas.
- Uh, this legislation will promote transparency and municipal waste contracting.
- municipal authority to conduct to contract with solid waste service providers.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the Waste Management and Remediation Division Administrator for the Department of Environmental Quality
- This rule docket for the hazardous waste rules, and the next two rule dockets for air quality and drinking
- The only other change... ...uses to track hazardous waste shipments.
- Quality, explained that docket 58-016-2501 is the solid waste management rules.
- These rules regulate solid waste and solid waste management facilities in Idaho.
Summary:
The Environment, Energy and Technology Committee met to consider a series of Department of Environmental Quality rule dockets, beginning with an overview of program primacy and incorporation by reference of federal rules. DEQ explained that Idaho adopts federal hazardous waste, air quality, and drinking water rules to maintain primacy and keep state rules aligned with federal requirements, while committee members asked about timing, notice of federal changes, and why the rules are not written out in full. The committee approved the hazardous waste docket 580105-2501 and the air quality docket 580101-2501 after brief presentations describing annual federal updates and examples such as e-manifest, sulfur dioxide standards, and emissions reporting changes.
The committee also approved drinking water docket 580108-2501, which incorporated revised federal Consumer Confidence Report and Lead and Copper rules, and docket 580108-2502, a narrow technical correction restoring prior static pressure language for public water systems with an early effective date of sine die. DEQ then presented docket 5801-2-2501 on water quality standards, describing administrative updates to align Idaho rules with EPA actions, including removing arsenic from a hardness-based table and updating references to federal approvals; the committee approved it. The committee next approved docket 5801-13-2501, a temporary and pending rule for cyanidation ore processing updated to conform to Senate Bill 1170, with DEQ noting further negotiated rulemaking is underway for more substantive revisions.
Later, the committee approved docket 58-016-2501 on solid waste management rules, which DEQ said was part of zero-based regulation and focused on removing redundant language and improving clarity. Docket 58-0116-2501 on wastewater rules was also approved after DEQ described modernization changes, clarification for aquaculture facilities, and updates from public comment. The committee then approved docket 58-0112-2501 on administration of wastewater and drinking water loan funds, which reorganized affordability criteria into tiers for disadvantaged communities, clarified ineligible costs, adjusted professional liability insurance flexibility, and simplified waiver provisions. Finally, the committee approved docket 58-111-2501 on groundwater quality rules with an exception for two sections related to unresolved federal PFAS standards, after DEQ said those portions should wait for federal clarity; members also discussed the meaning of “shall,” “must,” and “will,” and one member noted a wastewater reuse pilot project before adjournment.