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AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/02/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Military Affairs and Border Security
Transcript Highlights:
- And I believe that this is truly a waste of time.
- offices that they were using were just open and no one was using them, and that money just went to waste
- “But people first, humanity first, and yes, as we talk about what’s needed in our country, this wasteful
- and not have ignorant and just uncaring and unhumane legislation that puts money in places that is wasteful
Committee:
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Keywords:
immigration, public benefits, asylum, verification, Arizona Revised Statutes, appropriation, public safety, detention, unauthorized aliens, local government funding, border security, fencing, appropriations, southern border, local government, immigration enforcement, probation, law enforcement, court notification, civil rights
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment & Energy Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Environment & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Wasted energy is lost economics for the companies. That's not tolerated for them, right?
- So there are certain emissions that are entirely excluded, such as those from agriculture, waste management
- burners, pumps, and lighting, as well as industry-leading practices such as enhanced control systems and waste
- burners, pumps, and lighting, as well as industry-leading practices such as enhanced control systems and waste
Committee:
House Environment & Energy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- this represents Bojani's bill extending whistleblower protections to Employees reporting fraud and waste
- It's a tremendous waste of taxpayer resources and time. Thank you for your testimony.
- Why are you wasting... Tax dollar money with something like that.
- We are requesting that you add some language about ensuring they are also trained in radioactive waste
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They needed to be audited—wasteful spending, diversion of funds—and I'm too am really pleased that, with
- He founded McCreakin & Associates and is co-owner of Texas Waste.
- So that was a sludge license that I obtained annually with a waste company. would get, and so we've had
- and I. and my attorney, and so we had a register for sludge license, just the license to haul sludge waste
Committee:
Senate Nominations
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Commerce and Tourism Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- WE HAVE HAD IS PEOPLE ARE DISPOSING OF SOME LARGE BATTERIES AND THROWING THEM INTO THE GARBAGE AND WASTE
- SOME MORE ON THE PACKAGING AND SAY HEY THIS BATTERY NEEDS TO BE RECYCLED AND DO NOT THROW IT INTO THE WASTE
- I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL WASTE AND RECYCLING ASSOCIATION FLORIDA CHAPTER.
- SIZE NEW SIZE BATTERIES THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO BE RECYCLED NOT THROWN INTO THE WASTE
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EEP Public Hearing - Thu Feb 13, 2025 @ 10:15 AM HST
Energy & Environmental Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- some cover crops, some agroforestry, doing some work to get composting made out of, you know, food waste
- food waste um we are doing some food waste um we are doing some reforestation<01:09:55.440><c> projects
- battery manufacturing industry, a lithium-ion battery recycler, a collector, a representative from the waste
Committee:
House Energy & Environmental Protection
Summary:
The Energy and Environmental Protection Committee met on February 13, 2025, after a brief recess for a concurrent hearing. The committee heard testimony on several measures, including HB 332 on recycling and lithium-ion batteries, HB 256 on environmental protection and federal air standards, HB 348 on single-use plastics in lodging establishments, HB 810 on noise pollution and helicopter-related civil actions, HB 505 on Red Hill coordination, HB 975 on carbon sequestration incentives, and HB 974 on utility financing and step-in agreements. Testimony was generally supportive on HB 256, HB 348, HB 505, HB 975, and HB 974, while HB 332 drew both support and opposition, including concerns from the Consumer Technology Association about battery recycling policy. On HB 975, OPSD supported the program but urged language to prevent use for carbon offsets, and the committee discussed how the program would be monitored and reimbursed. On HB 974, the chair summarized extensive amendments addressing reserve fees, revenue definitions, trust funds, default procedures, and customer credits, while noting the Consumer Advocate’s changed view that a reserve fee may not be constitutionally required.
In decision making, the committee adopted amendments and recommended passage for HB 332, converting it into a working group to study recycling of small- and medium-format lithium-ion batteries, with members from state agencies and industry and a note that an appropriation may be needed. HB 256 was passed with amendments to clarify compliance with federal law unless standards become more stringent. HB 348, HB 810, and HB 505 were each passed as is. HB 975 was passed with amendments, including language to prevent use of the program for carbon offsets and a note that dollar amounts would be blanked out and addressed in the committee report. HB 974 was also passed with amendments after the committee reviewed the proposed changes and discussed the reserve fee issue. The committee additionally noted that HB 1476 had previously been deferred and would remain deferred, and the meeting concluded with adjournment.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part II) Mar 27th, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- energy storage systems currently being built and planned will produce tens of thousands of tons of waste
- It's possible to recycle some of that waste, including the lithium metal, but it's difficult and most
- entire chapter of Title 30 of the Texas Administrative Code devoted to regulating coal combustion waste
- the National Repository for Nuclear Waste from around the country.
- I just know that there are concerns about the waste management of that, so... Sure.
Bills:
SB458 , SB819 , SB1238 , SB1642 , SB1643 , SB1644 , SB1791 , SB1810 , SB1824 , SB1825 , SB758 , SB1455 , SB1706
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/22/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- more time and not having wasting more time and not having anything<02:10:26.040><c> happen</c><02:10
- I just don't want to waste a lot of your time if that's okay with you.
- </c> specifically I just don't want to waste specifically I just don't want to waste a<02:16:52.880><
- HB 416 addresses one of these actions by prohibiting the intentional disposal of yard waste into New
- into New Hampshire Waters yard waste into New Hampshire Waters this<03:35:39.479><c> practice</c><03
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:53:16.640><c> system</c><00:53:17.359><c> that's</c><00:53:17.680><c> out</c> disposable waste
- system that's out disposable waste system that's out there. there. there.
- in and suspended be able to store waste in and suspended solids<00:53:51.920><c> then</c><00:53:52.160
- water for waste water for storm<00:58:21.440><c> warm</c><00:58:21.839><c> water.
- </c><01:36:49.679><c> is</c> got so municipal solid waste is got so municipal solid waste is completely
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with a prayer by Pastor Jeremy Ward and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Sophia Woods. A quorum was established with 27 senators present, and the Senate adopted routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the previous day’s journal, and allow bills and committee reports to be introduced throughout the day. The chamber also referred Executive Message 69, appointing Brandy Williams to the Alabama Fire College and Personnel Standards and Education Commission, to the Committee on Confirmations.
The Senate received several Judiciary Committee reports. House Bills 41 and 149 and Senate Bills 230, 87, 169, 238, and 233 were reported favorably, with amendments on Senate Bills 87, 169, and 233. Those measures received second reading and were placed on the calendar for the next legislative day. The Senate also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 31, commending Mackenzie Grace Stigel, and Senate Joint Resolution 32, recognizing the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science for its national ranking; guests from the school were welcomed in the gallery.
The Rules Committee report was then adopted by a 33-0 vote, setting a special order calendar that included Senate Bill 71 on administrative rules, along with several other bills on dredging, county subdivisions, legislative matters, public corruption, rural hospital investment, minority affairs, campaign finance, and natural resources. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 71, the “sound science” bill, which would limit state agencies from adopting environmental rules more stringent than federal law and require science-based standards where federal law is absent. Senator Coleman-Madison offered an amendment to preserve stronger scientific and causal standards, arguing the bill could weaken protections in heavily burdened communities; the amendment failed on a roll call vote of 25 nays to 1 yea. Senators then continued debating the bill’s effect on ADEM’s authority, emergency rulemaking, federal standards, and environmental enforcement in Alabama.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 01/30/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm absolutely committed to rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse.
- I'm absolutely committed to rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse.
- I'm absolutely committed to rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse.
- I'm absolutely committed to rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse.
- I'm absolutely committed to rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Rep. Jon Koznick Press Conference 3/25/26
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't need to waste billions. So with that, we'll open it up for any questions if you have.
- We<00:21:01.120><c> don't</c><00:21:01.360><c> need</c><00:21:01.520><c> to</c><00:21:01.600><c> waste
- </c> We don't need to waste billions. We don't need to waste billions.
- We're already wasting a ton of money currently. It's not going to get funded.
Summary:
The meeting focused on opposition to the proposed Blue Line light rail extension in the West Broadway/North Minneapolis corridor and support for alternatives, especially arterial bus rapid transit. Committee members and invited speakers argued that the rail project would cost about $3.2 billion to $3.5 billion to build, require roughly $57 million a year to operate and maintain, and could burden Hennepin County taxpayers if federal funding does not materialize. They promoted House File 3507, which would direct $30 million toward bus transit in the corridor, and House File 3441, which was described as highlighting the operating costs of light rail.
Testimony from community leaders and residents emphasized concerns about displacement, business disruption, safety, and neighborhood impacts. Speakers said the project could require demolition of homes and businesses, reduce parking and traffic access on West Broadway, and harm a predominantly Black business district in North Minneapolis. Several compared the project to past rail impacts such as Rondo, and said bus rapid transit would be more flexible, less expensive, and better aligned with community needs. One speaker also raised concerns about the placement of stations and the effect on residents who rely on transit for work, shopping, and access to services.
Representative Kristin Robbins and others framed the issue as a budget priority, saying Hennepin County should focus on transit options that cost less and on funding for HCMC, which they said faces a serious deficit. In response to questions, the bill supporters said the effort was bipartisan, that federal funding for the rail project was uncertain, and that the legislature should move money toward bus service now rather than wait for a future federal agreement. No vote or formal committee action was taken in the excerpt, but the members indicated they would continue making the case for the bills and follow up with the community.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Select Committee on California's Wine Industry Mar 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Bossess waste shop. Finery, state law. Binary, they're forced to halt.
- the water boards, we implement the California Water Code, which requires that a person discharging waste
- or proposing the discharge of waste that could affect the quality of waters of the state file a report
- the California Water Code, in January 2021, what we did at the State Water Board was adopt a general waste
- So winery costs and fees to discharge winery waste to land do depend largely on the age of the facility
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Combatting Fraud with Training / Studying Seclusion in Schools / Lowering Costs for Communities Feb 27th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We depend on people to do a great job and we have failed under fraud and or waste to do the basics in
- We depend on people to do a great job and we have failed under fraud and or waste to do the basics in
- under</c><00:03:19.680><c> fraud</c><00:03:20.239><c> and</c><00:03:20.560><c> or</c><00:03:20.879><c> waste
- </c> we have failed under fraud and or waste we have failed under fraud and or waste to<00:03:22.239>
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation Jan 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- These factors can reduce construction timelines, reduce material waste, and can also enhance employee
- safety during the construction process. ... ...waste and can also enhance employee safety during the
- housing can lead to emissions reductions through energy-efficient manufacturing and less material waste
- additional funds for those delivering housing more quickly and cost-effectively, contributing less waste
- additional funds for those delivering housing more quickly and cost-effectively, contributing less waste
Summary:
The committee held its second hearing on housing construction innovation, focusing on factory-built and modular housing as a way to lower costs, speed delivery, and expand housing supply. The chair framed the effort as a search for practical innovation paired with land use, financing, and regulatory changes that could make housing more affordable for working families. Government witnesses from HCD, the Strategic Growth Council, and the tax credit and bond allocation agencies explained how factory-built housing is regulated, how California standards and third-party approvals work, and how state programs are trying to build regional demand and financing pipelines for modular production.
Testimony from investors and developers emphasized both the promise and the risks of modular construction. JP Morgan Chase and the Housing Accelerator Fund described projects that achieved meaningful time and cost savings, but said lenders still see elevated risk because of manufacturer solvency, upfront deposits, transportation and installation issues, and the need for standardized designs and experienced teams. They urged more standardization, more local factories, better alignment between financing timelines and construction schedules, and state support such as backstops, top-loss capital, and scoring preferences in tax credit and bond programs. Several speakers noted that recent federal changes to the 4% tax credit program increased production capacity, but warned that without continued state investment the pipeline could face a future funding cliff.
The workforce panel, including union contractors, factory supervisors, and labor representatives, said modular construction can support good jobs if it is paired with union labor, training, and fair standards. They described benefits for workers such as steadier schedules, less commuting, improved safety, and better work-life balance, while also stressing the need for wages, health coverage, retirement benefits, and apprenticeship opportunities. Union representatives supported a model that keeps both factory and on-site work unionized and said the industry could create more jobs overall if California builds more factories and develops a stable, long-term demand pipeline. No formal votes or actions were taken during the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 5th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not about tightening belts or trimming waste.
- make sure that we're doing exactly that: that this healthy food that we grow, and that there isn't waste
- but we are also seeing an emphasis on making government work better, cutting the fraud, cutting the waste
- the Congress and the administration, that we stand willing to work with this administration to cut waste
- California kids and farmers are not waste, fraud, and abuse.
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then held its Latino Spirit Awards ceremony. Members adopted House Resolution 16, proclaiming May 4–11, 2025 as Cinco de Mayo Week, after supportive remarks from several caucuses emphasizing Mexican history, women’s contributions, LGBTQ solidarity, Black and Brown unity, and AAPI and Jewish community support. The chamber then recognized 11 Latino Spirit honorees for achievements in human rights, business, arts, public service, community empowerment, health and science, environmental justice, philanthropy, and entertainment.
After the ceremony, the Assembly returned to floor business and approved a series of measures. AB 60, banning synthetic nitro musks in cosmetics and personal care products, passed 56–3. AJR 6, urging Congress to protect federal school meal and local food funding, drew extensive debate and broad bipartisan support; members cited child hunger, farm economies, and local food systems, and it passed 76–0 with 73 coauthors added. Other measures adopted included AB 679 on state park land acquisitions, AB 681 expanding Dream Loan Program caps for undocumented graduate students, AB 1224 on substitute teacher continuity, AB 831 on gaming technical changes, AB 259 extending Brown Act teleconferencing flexibility, AB 467 extending Los Angeles Neighborhood Council teleconferencing authority, and AB 519 targeting deceptive puppy mill sales.
The chamber also passed AB 1522, an urgency Judiciary Committee bill protecting attorneys from politically motivated discipline and creating an expedited licensing path for some former federal attorneys, and AB 263, which extends temporary water flow requirements on the Shasta and Smith Rivers; that bill drew sharp disagreement over water rights, tribal participation, and impacts on farmers, but ultimately passed 51–16. Additional measures approved included AB 428 on pooled insurance for water corporations, AB 492 requiring notice to local jurisdictions when recovery treatment facilities are licensed, and AB 536 preserving colorectal cancer screening coverage. The Assembly also adopted a motion to suspend file notice so Appropriations could hear AB 379 on May 7.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine defense innovation and acquisition reform. Jan 28th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel
Transcript Highlights:
- of coordination may result in poor coordination among officers and could introduce duplication and waste
- Sankar, how can we eliminate this waste of tax money?
- It's slowing down the government, it is creating waste, and it is keeping us from getting the best technologies
- We view that as wasteful. Why can't we just pick the right answer up front?
- And all these things, because they're wasting taxpayer dollars.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- on, and it deals with the TCEQ issue where the TCEQ can cancel permit issuance on a municipal solid waste
- the provision that the TCEQ may not approve the subsequent permit application for a municipal solid waste
Bills:
SB3074 , HB49 , HB2440 , HB3556 , HB3619 , HB3866 , HB4042 , HB4112 , HB4271 , HB4413 , HB4426 , HB5033 , HB49
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (03/31/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- facility</c> waste and hazardous waste facility waste and hazardous waste facility owners. owners. owners
- waste facility owners.
- SB 644 requires background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners.
- :56.360><c> management</c> director for the waste management director for the waste management division
- </c> solid waste management bureau. solid waste management bureau.
Committee:
House Environment and Agriculture
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The House bill changes the formula that would trigger termination for economic waste in a way that many
- Committee Substitute for House Bill 1609, a bill to be entitled an act relating to waste incineration
- It was waste incinerators. It was single-use plastics. And, you know, this is not a good bill.
- And by the way, I haven't even said anything about the waste incinerators.
- But yesterday, there was a part of the bill added about waste management, The incinerator.
Summary:
The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, and a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. After routine business, the Senate took up several special-order bills.
The first major bill, transportation offenses involving death, increased penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide offenses. An amendment added penalties for refusal to submit to breath or urine testing and required law enforcement to notify suspects of those penalties. The bill passed 37-0. The Senate then passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours and holiday access to care and setting network standards for Medicaid managed care plans, also by a 37-0 vote.
The chamber next considered a major condominium and cooperative associations bill responding to post-Surfside safety and financial concerns. Senators described the measure as balancing building safety with financial relief, extending reserve-study deadlines, allowing temporary reserve relief after inspections, tightening oversight of managers and inspectors, and adjusting voting, resale, and reserve rules. After extensive debate and praise from members for the bill’s sponsors and staff, the bill passed 37-0.
The longest discussion centered on a constitutional amendments/petition process bill aimed at curbing fraud in citizen initiative petitions. Sponsors argued that the 2024 petition process was plagued by fraud and identity theft and proposed tighter rules for circulators, faster submission deadlines, voter notification, penalties, and limits on petition handling. Senators offered and adopted multiple amendments, including changes to petition-circulator definitions, invalid-signature thresholds, and voter notification procedures. After a substitute amendment was withdrawn, the Senate continued debating the underlying amended bill, with members split between concerns about election integrity and worries that the bill would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizen initiatives to qualify.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-30 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The House bill changes the formula that would trigger termination for economic waste in a way that many
- The House bill changes the formula that would trigger termination for economic waste in a way that many
- It was waste incinerators. It was single-use plastics. And, you know, this is not a good bill.
- And by the way, I haven't even said anything about the waste incinerators.
- But yesterday, there was a part of the bill added about waste management, ...the incinerator.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a remembrance of former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special order bills. CS/HB 687 on transportation offenses involving death was substituted for SB 138, amended to add warnings and penalties for refusal of breath or urine tests, and passed 37-0. CS/SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours access and network availability for Medicaid enrollees, also passed 37-0.
The Senate then took up CS/CS/HB 913 on condominium associations, a major post-Surfside reform bill. Senator Bradley explained that the measure was intended to provide financial relief and flexibility while preserving safety and accountability. The bill was substituted for SB 1742, amended several times to limit milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies to buildings three habitable stories or more, and then passed 37-0 after extensive debate. Senators from both parties praised Bradley, Pizzo, Garcia, and staff for years of work on condo safety and affordability, with several members describing the bill as a balance between protecting residents and avoiding financial hardship.
The final major item was CS/HB 1205, the bill on amendments to the state constitution and citizen petition drives. Sponsors Gates and Grohl argued the bill was needed to combat fraud, identity theft, and misuse in the petition process, citing a lengthy Office of Election Crimes and Security report. The House bill was substituted for SB 7016, and the chamber considered a long series of amendments and substitute amendments addressing petition circulator registration, volunteer participation, submission deadlines, invalid-signature thresholds, voter notification, and fiscal impact statements. Several amendments were adopted, while others were debated over whether they would protect access to the citizen initiative process or strengthen election integrity. The transcript ends during debate on the main substitute amendment, before final disposition on the bill is shown.