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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Proposed $3 million grant considered to study turning waste water heat into energy 4/14/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many wastewater treatment facilities already recover some waste heat internally for their own processes
  • treatment facilities already<00:01:56.760><c> recover</c><00:01:57.280><c> some</c><00:01:57.640><c> waste
  • </c><00:01:57.920><c> heat</c> already recover some waste heat already recover some waste heat internally
  • <00:03:40.000><c> effort</c><00:03:40.239><c> to</c><00:03:40.320><c> capture</c><00:03:40.720><c> waste
  • </c><00:03:41.000><c> heat</c> Paul, an effort to capture waste heat Paul, an effort to capture waste
Keywords: 1183, house
OK
Summary: The committee opened with prayer and then took up a series of health and human services bills, most of them moving forward on do-pass motions. Senate Bill 1645 would set audit procedures for Medicaid providers, with discussion focused on protecting providers from penalties for scrivener’s or typographical errors while still holding them accountable for fraud or failure to provide services. Senate Bills 1796 and 1806 addressed foster care, including a 72-hour cap on informal care and extending foster care to age 21 for youth continuing their education. Senate Bills 1423, 1425, and 1502 all repealed outdated advisory councils or programs that were no longer active or needed. SB 206, as amended, expanded licensed ambulance services as essential services to help them access more federal funding, and SB 500 sought to prevent pharmacy benefit managers from delaying payments to pharmacists. These measures were reported out with unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1503, which would allow certain nonprofit pregnancy-support organizations without an Oklahoma physical address to apply for Choosing Childbirth grants. Members questioned whether state dollars could go to out-of-state personnel and how telehealth and reporting requirements would work. The bill was laid over for further amendment work. Senate Bill 1557 would place certified behavioral analysts under the State Board of Examiners of Psychology, and members raised questions about how it might interact with a separate bill affecting board authority; it passed after discussion. Senate Bill 1894 gave the podiatry board authority over continuing education, and SB 1984 was a cleanup bill for the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, including authority over certain licensure and telemedicine-related review issues; both passed after questions about scope and reciprocity. Later, the committee considered several pharmacy and insurance-related bills. SB 1344 created an insulin access and affordability program to partner with manufacturers of low-cost biosimilar insulin, and SB 1380 required Medicaid eligibility checks against death records, with an amendment discussed to protect long-term care facilities from retroactive nonpayment when eligibility is delayed. SB 1572 would commission a feasibility study on dissolving the Department of Mental Health and temporarily allow the Health Care Authority commissioner to oversee both agencies. SB 2007 required PBMs to reimburse pharmacists at actual acquisition cost when reimbursement falls below cost, with escalating fines for noncompliance. SB 2074 would impose a mandatory dispensing fee tied to the Medicaid rate; it drew extensive debate over whether costs would be shifted to employers, employees, or the state, and over the impact on pharmacy closures and rural access. The committee ultimately reported the bills out, with SB 2074 passing after lengthy discussion and a final vote.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 29

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The problem isn't revenue; the problem is wasteful spending.
  • 57:50.359><c> is</c> problem isn't revenue, the problem is problem isn't revenue, the problem is wasteful
  • </c> wasteful spending. wasteful spending.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • The DOJ is an office within the White House, led by Elon Musk, to eliminate wasteful government spending
  • To fulfill its mission and review wasteful government spending, the DOJ and its staff, including Elon
  • I would note that in just a matter of a couple of weeks, they've already found considerable waste, fraud
  • Cutting waste and fraud is one thing, and this committee could do that, by the way.
  • We could vote out wherever we see waste and fraud. That's what this committee is set up for.
Bills: SB161 , SB195 , SB216 , SB245 , SB246 , SB257 , SB258 , SB260 , SB278 , SB281 , SB283 , SB93 , SB98 , SB99 , SB306 , SB314 , SB315
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environmental Quality Committee Apr 15th, 2026

Environmental Quality

Transcript Highlights:
  • California has been a national leader in reducing waste and advancing a circular... ...economy.
  • With me in support, I have Kayla Robinson on behalf of Californians Against Waste.
  • Kayla Robinson with Californians Against Waste here in support of SB 1031.
  • But if the SERP is not followed, then we've wasted all of our money. Okay.
  • Kayla Robinson, with California Against Waste, in support. Thank you.
Summary: The committee heard several bills related to environmental quality, housing, transportation, and waste policy. SB 1375, by Senator Cortese, would create a narrow CEQA exemption category for certain transit and rail projects that have already undergone extensive environmental review. Supporters, including VTA, the City of San Jose, BART, Caltrain, MTC, and Climate Reality Silicon Valley, said it would reduce duplicative review and speed projects like the Diridon Station modernization. Committee members emphasized added amendments requiring displacement, construction-impact, and natural resources plans, and the bill passed 5-0 as amended to Transportation. The committee then took up SB 1031 on compostable plastics labeling. The author and supporters such as Californians Against Waste and the California Compost Coalition argued the bill would reduce consumer confusion, curb contamination in compost and recycling streams, and direct OEHHA to study health and environmental impacts. Opponents including manufacturers, BPI, retailers, and other industry groups said the bill would effectively ban compostable products in California, harm businesses, and fail to fix the underlying National Organics Program issue. After extensive discussion about labeling, composting capacity, and costs, the bill passed 2-2 on call to Appropriations. SB 958, relating to the Midway Rising redevelopment project in San Diego, was presented next; supporters said it would help move forward a large housing and mixed-use project on city-owned land after years of review and voter approval, and it passed 3-0 on call to Local Government. SB 1075, the Clean Air Promise, drew the most extensive debate. The bill would strengthen implementation and enforcement of AB 617 community emissions reduction plans and local plans in overburdened communities. Environmental justice advocates and youth supporters backed the measure, while local governments, business groups, air district representatives, and industry groups warned it would create uncertainty, add land-use constraints, and act as a housing and cost driver. The author accepted several committee amendments and said the bill was still being worked on, but the motion to pass it to Local Government resulted in a 2-2 tie and the bill remained on call. SB 1064, by Senator Dahle, would reduce clean truck check testing frequency for low-use heavy-duty vehicles and equipment from twice a year to once a year. Agricultural and trucking witnesses supported it as a practical, cost-saving change, while air quality advocates opposed weakening a program they said prevents excess emissions and protects public health. The bill passed 4-0 on call to Transportation. Finally, SB 1258 was presented as a revised measure on remediation of hazardous waste sites on the Cortese list. The author said the committee amendments replaced the bill’s original approach, but he continued to argue that remediation should be aligned with housing development so contaminated infill sites can be cleaned up and built on more efficiently. Developers and environmental consultants supported the concept, saying current timing rules create risk and leave sites idle, while the committee continued to hear testimony as the transcript ended.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environmental Quality Committee Apr 15th, 2026

Environmental Quality

Transcript Highlights:
  • With me in support, I have Kayla Robinson on behalf of Californians Against Waste.
  • Kayla Robinson with Californians Against Waste here in support of SB 1031.
  • But if the SERP is not followed, then we've wasted all of our money. Okay.
  • But nonetheless... ...then we've wasted all of our money.
  • Kayla Robinson, with California Against Waste, in support. Thank you.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • It does nothing to reduce waste, fraud, or abuse.
  • It does nothing to reduce waste, fraud, or abuse.
  • It just reduce waste fraud or abuse.
  • </c><00:33:33.440><c> Uh</c> eliminate waste fraud and all that.
  • Uh eliminate waste fraud and all that.
Bills: SB61 , SB8 , SB58 , SB60 , SB167 , SB61 , SB8 , SB58 , SB60 , SB167
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Environment and Natural Resources Mar 11th, 2025

Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • but we'd like for it to be a more robust program and certainly try to stem any challenges that our waste
  • Keena Corey, and you are recognized to speak for the Florida chapter of the National Waste and Recycling
  • I'm here on behalf of the Florida chapter of the National Waste and Recycling Association.
  • Lance Lozano, who is waiving in support from the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority.
  • It also clarifies the intent of solid waste credit for eligibility purposes and corrected a previous
Summary: The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources considered several environmental and infrastructure bills, most of them sponsored or presented by Senator McLean, along with measures on stormwater, wastewater, brownfields, marine facilities, and a confirmation package. SB 492 on mitigation banking would allow mitigation credits to be purchased outside an impact area when local credits are unavailable, with distance-based multipliers and a statutory credit release schedule; Senator Smith raised concerns about how far credits could be moved from the impacted ecosystem, while supporters said the bill would preserve net environmental benefit and provide predictability. The bill was reported favorably, with Senator Smith voting no. SB 800 would update Florida’s battery recycling program and require manufacturers to support more robust recycling and disposal information, prompted by testimony from waste, recycling, and industry groups describing truck, landfill, and facility fires caused by batteries. SB 1228 would advance a spring restoration project for Kentucky Springs and the Santa Fe spring flows by allowing JEA to amend a compliance plan to deliver more than 35 million gallons per day of reclaimed water to replenish the aquifer; it was reported favorably without debate. SB 796 would create a general permit for distributed wastewater treatment systems to help local governments address failing septic tanks, and SB 736 would update the Brownfields program with technical changes, revised definitions, and a change allowing smaller ownership interests to participate in cleanup efforts; both were reported favorably after supportive testimony. SB 810 on stormwater management required annual inspections of local government waterways and drainage works before hurricane season, motivated by flooding after recent storms. Senators Harrell and Smith questioned who would be responsible for inspections and repairs, the scope of structures covered, and the fiscal impact, and the sponsor said the bill would be refined to better define responsibilities and possibly narrow the scope to higher-risk infrastructure. The bill drew opposition from the Florida League of Cities and the Florida Stormwater Association, but also strong support from senators who emphasized the need for better preparedness; it was reported favorably. SB 1162 on water access facilities would add a clean marine manufacturer designation, provide a lease fee discount, and include parking for boat-hauling vehicles and trailers in the grant program; it was reported favorably. The committee also unanimously recommended confirmation of five Florida Inland Navigation District appointees, and Senator DeSantis? no, Senator DeCeglie recorded affirmative votes on SB 492, SB 800, and SB 1228 before adjournment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 10th, 2025

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hundreds of millions of dollars lost to waste, fraud, and abuse in government programs.
  • In total, more than $600 million in taxpayer dollars have been lost to waste, fraud, and abuse in state
  • Let's demand accountability for waste, fraud, and abuse. Members, vote Green.
  • So, you know, you're saying that, "Oh, we're wasting money." Well, you know what?
  • I would note for the record that the original definitions of this bill for waste, fraud, and abuse were
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 18 Jan 29th, 2026

Idaho House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill No. 555 by the Local Government Committee, an act relating to solid waste facilities.
  • Amending Section 39-7401, Idaho Code, to revise legislative findings and purposes of the Solid Waste
  • Repealing Section 39-7408, Idaho Code, relating to site certification procedures for commercial solid waste
  • Code, by the addition of a new section 39-7409, Idaho Code, to establish provisions for co-located waste
  • Repealing Section 39-7408 Idaho Code relating to site certification procedures for commercial solid waste
Summary: The House convened with 69 members present and one absent excused, heard prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the House Journal from January 29, 2026. It then received committee reports and referred a large slate of newly printed measures, including House Concurrent Resolutions 23 and 24 and House Bills 540 through 551, to the appropriate standing committees or to second reading. The Education Committee reported House Bill 515 do pass, sending it to the second reading calendar. The chamber also introduced several new measures. These included House Joint Memorial 12 and House Concurrent Resolution 25, both sent to Judiciary, Rules and Administration for printing, and House Bills 552 through 561, covering topics such as motor vehicle records and resident licensing deadlines, abatement districts, solid waste facilities, county jail housing costs for state prisoners, local anti-discrimination ordinances, federal benefits for children in state custody, tax code updates and research credits, jury service exceptions and volunteer election service, and restrictions on flags flown by governmental entities. House Bill 514 was moved to the third reading calendar, and House Bill 493 was held on third reading until Monday by unanimous consent. No floor votes on substantive legislation were taken beyond the journal approval and routine referral actions. The House also heard announcements recognizing guests from hospitals and the Council of State Governments, birthday acknowledgments, and introductions of interns and a page. Committee meeting notices were read, and the House adjourned by motion until 9 a.m. on Friday, January 30, 2026.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • And I think maybe they don't want to stop the waste, fraud, and abuse.
  • To suggest that this caucus wants waste, fraud, and abuse to go on is imputing our motives.
  • And so to impugn us by saying we want waste, fraud, and abuse, that's going a little far because...
  • We want waste, fraud, and abuse.
  • We want waste, fraud, and abuse.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Appropriations, Transportation and Technology heard HCR 2048, as amended by a strike-everything amendment. The amendment would constitutionally prohibit the state from confiscating scholarship account monies from children of military families who are eligible for education scholarship accounts (ESAs) and can use the funds for tuition and fees at eligible postsecondary institutions. It also would make any later bill or voter-approved measure that violates that prohibition void in its entirety, with no severability, for measures enacted or approved on or after November 1, 2026. Representative Way, the sponsor, said the measure was intended to protect military families from having education funds taken away and argued that military children face unique disruptions because of deployments and frequent moves. Supporters including Matt Beinberg of the Goldwater Institute, Kevin Beasty of the Arizona Christian Education Coalition, Peter Gentala of the Center for Arizona Policy, and Senator Rogers said the amendment was needed to safeguard military families and preserve their ability to use ESA funds flexibly, including for college savings. Opponents, including Senators Alston, Fernandez, Kuby, and Epstein, argued the proposal was unnecessary, overly broad, and an attempt to preempt or invalidate a pending ESA-related citizen initiative. They also raised concerns about ESA accountability, public school funding, and constitutional issues involving voter initiatives and judicial review. After debate, the committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and then voted on HCR 2048 as amended. The final committee vote was 6 ayes, 4 noes, and 1 not voting, giving the measure a do-pass recommendation.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 5th, 2026 at 04:07 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not going to compromise any kind of fraud, waste, and abuse.
  • We see very little fraud, waste, and abuse from small local public bodies.
  • When auditing decreases, the risk of fraud, waste, and abuse naturally increases.
  • doing it and not making sure that there's not fraud and waste?
  • And it's not going to open anything up to fraud, waste, and abuse.
Bills: SB145 , SB143
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 5th, 2026

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not going to compromise any kind of fraud, waste, and abuse.
  • We see very little fraud, waste, and abuse.
  • When auditing decreases, the risk of fraud, waste, and abuse naturally increases.
  • , how are other states doing it and making sure that there's not fraud and waste?
  • So I do not believe that it would open up for additional fraud, waste, or abuse.
Bills: HB2 , SB145 , SB143
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 143, which would raise caps on certain agriculture fees so they can keep pace with inflation. Senator Woods explained that the bill only adjusts fee ceilings, not automatic increases, and an amendment was adopted to tie the caps to the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the U.S. Department of Labor. There was no public support or opposition testimony, and the bill was then passed on an 8-0 do-pass vote, with several members excused. The committee then took up Senate Bill 145, which would change the state audit system by raising thresholds for smaller local public bodies and creating a statewide federal single audit for state agencies. The State Auditor and DFA said the bill was intended to streamline audits, reduce delays, and align New Mexico with federal rules and other states, but multiple CPA and audit witnesses opposed the statewide single-audit concept, warning it could reduce transparency, weaken accountability, and increase the risk of fraud, waste, and abuse. Committee members pressed for clarification on how the audit structure would work, which agencies would be covered, and whether DFA or independent auditors would conduct the work; the sponsors said amendments were needed to clarify the bill and remove problematic language, including the appropriation and references to gifts and donations. The committee adopted an amendment striking the appropriation language and then continued questioning without taking final action in the excerpt. The final portion of the meeting shifted to the House Bill 2 budget presentation. Committee members reviewed the Senate Finance version of the budget, which included about a 2.7% increase in recurring spending, 30% reserves, and major investments in health care affordability, early childhood, public education, housing, clean energy, water, and agriculture-related priorities. Members asked about water testing needs, water settlement funding, career technical education funding, and the contingency fund/disaster reserve structure. The presenters said some items still needed technical work and that additional adjustments would be made before final passage.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, and then lastly, our forest and ag waste are those potential feedstocks for this?
  • We did look at publicly available data on waste feedstock availability.
  • So this question about whether there is enough waste feedstock is a good question.
  • Yeah, if you're using the waste feedstock.
  • Waste oils that would otherwise be going to the landfill. SAF builds on that progress.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Community Affairs Mar 31st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • This amendment changes the bill's title to waste management.
  • means of solid waste disposal.
  • means of solid waste disposal.
  • Waste to energy is critical infrastructure for Florida.
  • Joe Kilsheimer, Executive Director of the Florida Waste to Energy Coalition, continued: “Waste is critical
Summary: The committee first took up CS/SB 1730, a Live Local Act bill on affordable housing. The sponsor described it as a set of technical and policy adjustments to strengthen implementation, including changes to zoning, height, parking, moratoriums, attorney fees, and related land-use rules. An amendment by Senator Claudio was adopted, adding provisions such as a 10-story height limit near single-family neighborhoods, exclusions for certain protected areas, and changes to fee and use definitions. The committee then reported the bill favorably. Members next considered CS/SB 1674 on unrated bonds for Israel bonds, with a clarifying amendment adopted to make clear the bill applied only to Israel bonds. CS/SB 140 on charter schools was also approved after debate over parent-led conversion of public schools, municipal job-engine charter schools, and surplus school property; opponents warned about local control and impacts on teachers and communities, while the sponsor said the bill preserved district authority and created new school-choice and economic-development options. The committee also passed SB 96, a claims bill for Jacob Rogers, and CS/SB 954 on recovery residences, after strike-all amendments that addressed zoning, ADA concerns, bed caps, staffing ratios, and limits on operation in certain multifamily settings. Senators expressed support for expanding treatment housing but also raised neighborhood and staffing concerns. The committee then approved CS/SB 1714 on local housing assistance plans, which would allow SHIP funds for limited lot-rental assistance for mobile-home owners and require local plans to address mobile-home park closures. SB 658 on standardized construction lien release forms was reported favorably despite testimony from contractors and lawyers warning about possible effects on lien rights and the separate House proposal. The committee also reconsidered and then approved CS/SB 482 after a late-filed amendment addressing local government art fees and a key issue over defining “extraordinary circumstances,” with counties and cities saying more work remained. Finally, the committee passed SB 24 and CS/SB 4, both local claims bills, CS/SB 712 on synthetic turf and related construction rules, SB 952 repealing the emergency firearms/ammunition restriction, CS/SB 1164 allowing email notice delivery in landlord-tenant matters with opt-in safeguards, and SB 202 on municipal water and sewer rates, which drew extensive opposition from North Miami Beach and Miami Gardens officials over utility surcharges and revenue impacts. The meeting ended with SB 202 still under heavy questioning and testimony about the fairness and financial consequences of the surcharge structure.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Finance (05/12/2026)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And statewide benefits and burdens of major solid waste facilities.
  • </c> major solid waste facilities. major solid waste facilities.
  • if the public benefit of a solid waste facility outweighs the adverse impacts.
  • </c><00:38:31.760><c> facility</c> benefit of a solid waste facility benefit of a solid waste facility
  • </c> against the public need for solid waste against the public need for solid waste disposal.<00:44:
Committee: Senate Finance
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/11/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Human waste and waste from the dairy must be kept separate.
  • Human waste and waste from the dairy must be kept separate.
  • Human waste and waste from the dairy must be kept separate.
  • </c> facility human waste and waste from the facility human waste and waste from the dairy dairy dairy
  • and the Industrial Residential Waste and the Industrial Waste<00:59:37.480><c> and</c><00:59:37.599>
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/26/26

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • Truck hauling waste to our facility have started on fire.
  • These impacts extend beyond solid waste facilities.
  • </c><00:23:33.760><c> stream</c> materials are lost in the waste stream materials are lost in the waste
  • Counties are being asked waste stream.
  • <c> remain</c><00:24:29.280><c> significant</c> and broader e-waste remain significant and broader e-waste
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - Part 1 - 04/28/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So when I go through the spreadsheet, there'll be two lines that talk about e-waste expenditure and e-waste
  • </c><00:05:11.759><c> part</c> that deletes it's with the e-waste part that deletes it's with the e-waste
  • um expenditure and talk about e-waste um expenditure and e-waste<00:05:22.840><c> revenue.
  • Um, line 36 dealt with the old e-waste e-waste e-waste program.<00:13:03.920><c> That's</c><00:13:04.240
  • Next, we go to the uh e-waste.
Committee: Senate Finance
Keywords: 1187, senate, all