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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- time</c> waste of our time waste of our time today.<00:37:02.640><c> Minnesota</c><00:37:03.200><c> Democrats
- This is a waste of time. And not only is it a waste of time, it's a waste of goodwill.
- This is a waste of time. And not only is it a waste of time, it's a waste of goodwill.
- You're seeing it, Senate Democrats uh endeavor to uh waste Senate Democrats uh endeavor to uh waste time
- Again, I see it as a waste of time.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 15th, 2025 at 10:04 am
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill will increase competition, reduce waste, and deliver efficiency across the board.
- Electronic waste is a particularly rising problem, where Americans throw out 47 pounds of e-waste per
- person per year, and a lot of that e-waste contains toxic materials.
- Only about 20% of e-waste is recycled.
- The best way to responsibly process waste is to limit Thank you so much for joining us today.
Bills:
HB2963, HB3005, HB3287, HB3288, HB3289, HB3290, HB3344, HB3712, HB3862, HB3874, HB4196, HB4308, HB4901, HB4984
Keywords:
digital equipment, repair rights, manufacturers, maintenance, consumer rights, construction contracts, payment regulations, public works, dispute resolution, audit procedures, construction, trust funds, mechanic's lien, contractor, subcontractor, residential properties, disputes, payment obligations, accountability, payment disputes
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 3862, which would restrict social media app use for minors and limit smartphone/social media access in classrooms. Supporters, including representatives from Champions for Childhood, argued that smartphones and social media are linked to addiction, distraction, cyberbullying, and worsening youth mental health, and said the bill would help parents and schools protect children. After testimony, the committee left HB 3862 pending.
Members then heard HB 3712, a construction retainage bill that would stop owners from withholding reserved funds on specially fabricated materials once they are delivered, approved, and warranted, while still allowing retainage for labor and installation. Witnesses from the precast concrete industry said current retainage practices delay payment for years and create financial risk for subcontractors and suppliers. The bill was left pending after closing. The committee also heard HB 2963, a right-to-repair bill requiring manufacturers to provide parts, tools, and information for owners and independent repair providers, with carve-outs for medical devices, vehicles covered by existing repair agreements, trade secrets, and security protections. Support came from consumer, environmental, repair, and policy groups, while one witness from Safelite was neutral and urged removal of the MOU reference for auto manufacturers. HB 2963 was left pending.
The committee also heard HB 4308, which would create county industrial development districts to attract industrial employers and finance infrastructure through local elections and a board structure. Supporters, including the Fort Bend County commissioner, said the bill would help counties diversify tax bases and create jobs; the bill was left pending. Later, the committee took up several pending bills and voted to report HB 74, HB 112, HB 2214, HB 3016, HB 3133, HB 3173, HB 3807, HB 4063, HB 4115, HB 5008, and HB 2652 favorably to the full House, with some sent to the Local and Consent Calendars. The committee also heard HB 3874 on construction contract transparency and HB 4196 on creating a task force to modernize manufacturing, both of which were left pending. Finally, the committee heard HB 3344, which would create a licensing and regulatory framework for re-roofing contractors; supporters said it would curb storm-chasing and protect homeowners, while one roofing contractor opposed it as too restrictive and argued existing fraud laws are sufficient. HB 3344 was also left pending.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Hazardous waste facilities, Representative VanderWaal. Good afternoon, Representative.
- Representative John VanderWaal from District 22, and I have before you RS 33323, which deals with hazardous waste
- So in the past, there was a hazardous waste facility siting act that was created in 1985, and it included
- So DEQ spent some of this summer, this spring and summer, consolidating the Hazardous Waste Facility
- Siting Act into our Hazardous Waste Management Act.
Summary:
The House Environment, Energy, and Technology Committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from February 4, and then considered two request-to-introduce measures. First, Representative VanderWaal presented RS 33323, which would consolidate the old hazardous waste facility siting process into the Hazardous Waste Management Act and shift siting/public notice responsibilities to DEQ if the process is needed again. The committee had no questions and voted to introduce the RS.
Next, Representative Hostetler presented RS 33167C1, a memorial urging Congress to prohibit unauthorized geoengineering over Idaho, especially solar geoengineering such as solar radiation modification and stratospheric aerosol injection. He argued the issue raises environmental and sovereignty concerns and cited federal research documents and media reports; he also emphasized that the memorial is not intended to affect cloud seeding for agriculture. Members asked several questions about that distinction, and Hostetler reiterated that cloud seeding is separate and already addressed in other legislation.
After discussion, the committee voted to introduce RS 33167C1 as well. No other substantive actions were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the two introductions.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Moving on, RS 3332323, hazardous waste facilities, Representative Van der Woude.
- Representative John VanderWoude from District 22, and I have before you RS 333323, which deals with hazardous waste
- So in the past, there was a hazardous waste facility siting act that was created in 1985, and it included
- So DEQ spent some of this summer, this spring and summer, consolidating the Hazardous Waste Facility
- Siting Act into our Hazardous Waste Management Act.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Jun 15th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 881 ensures that surplus agricultural products aren't wasted and instead help feed Californians in
- cost of donating food that might otherwise have gone unharvested, which prevents unnecessary food waste
- SB 881 supports farmers, reduces food waste, fights climate change, and helps Californians get food in
- For these reasons, CAFB is proud to co-sponsor SB 881, along with Californians Against Waste.
- Good afternoon, Kayla Robinson with Californians Against Waste, a proud co-sponsor, and here in support
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Aeronautics and Transportation Mar 2nd, 2026 at 10:00 am
Aeronautics and Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- You've got some funding going on behalf of waste stations. That is correct, thank you.
- I'm not sure what the difference is if that's just $20 million plus $300,000 all going to waste stations
- into play and I noticed that those monies would then go to for waste station improvement.
- Could you share if again we've already passed a $20 million dollars monies to be allocated for waste
- Are you saying that $20 million dollars is not enough as it relates to the waste station improvement
Keywords:
memorial highways, bridge designations, Oklahoma Statutes, commemorative markers, transportation, uninsured vehicles, reimbursement fund, towing services, commercial vehicles, public safety, memorial, infrastructure, dedication, Toby Keith, aviation, aircraft, surveillance, regulations, fees, Oklahoma statutes
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It has six budgetary programs, which span from administration to air quality, water quality, waste management
- fund and the hazardous waste emergency fund and the solid waste regulatory fund, which is the new fund
- would cash flow the program for the first year, and there is an available balance in the hazardous waste
- personnel costs and support the agency's online permitting system, and add $400,000 from the Solid Waste
- Regulatory Fund for solid waste oversight pursuant to House Bill 555 of 2006.
Summary:
The committee first took up the Department of Environmental Quality budget. Staff outlined enhancements for monitoring and maintenance at the Triumph Mine, a transfer for Coeur d’Alene Basin remediation, and a fund shift to move positions from federal funds to the Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program fund. Members also approved language to consolidate certain air permitting and drinking water permitting fee funds, and later adopted additional language related to a solid waste regulatory fund transfer tied to House Bill 555. The DEQ motion passed with do-pass recommendations.
The committee then considered the Department of Lands, focusing heavily on fire preparedness funding for the Forest and Range Fire Protection Program. Members debated whether to restore one-time General Fund money for standby crews in FY 2026 and FY 2027, with some arguing the department had reverted funds in prior years and had other dedicated funds available, while the department explained those funds were legally committed to other purposes and that the standby crews support state firefighting readiness. The FY 2026 supplemental passed, the FY 2027 enhancement initially failed, reconsideration was debated under parliamentary rules, and after reconsideration the FY 2027 fire preparedness funding passed. The committee also adopted language allowing transfers between department programs and approved language restricting the use of General Fund firefighter bonus money to firefighters.
Next, the committee reviewed Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind. The budget included career ladder adjustments, a van replacement, staffing for a new 18-bed residential building in Gooding, replacement items, and an endowment fund adjustment. Members debated a substitute motion that would fund the new cottage staff for the opening of the new dormitory, with supporters emphasizing the need to avoid leaving the new facility unused and opponents noting the budget’s size and the broader constraints on other agencies. The substitute motion failed and the original motion passed, resulting in a do-pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee considered the State Department of Education budget. The agency requested additional spending authority for school bus camera grants, an extended USDA farm-to-school grant, and ongoing child nutrition technology grants. A substitute motion to increase the farm-to-school authority to match the anticipated federal extension failed, and the original motion passed, approving the dedicated and federal fund increases and sending the budget forward with a do-pass recommendation. The committee then adjourned after announcing the next day’s agenda.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Countering Climate Change – Senator Rob Kupec May 26th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, and even our timber industry actually, wood waste products are a huge, uh, work really well to make
- </c><00:02:31.440><c> products</c> industry actually uh wood waste products industry actually uh wood
- waste products are<00:02:32.560><c> a</c><00:02:32.879><c> huge</c><00:02:34.000><c> uh</c><00:02:34.160
- c><00:10:33.440><c> this</c> producing this, you're making this producing this, you're making this waste
- , you have some responsibility for waste, you have some responsibility for it.<00:10:36.640><c> And</
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 11, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, the Trump administration has taken decisive action to combat fraud, waste, and abuse by establishing
- Today's resolution affirms our commitment to combating waste, fraud, and abuse.
- Making excuses, pretending that waste, abuse, and fraud... ...pretending that waste, abuse, and fraud
- Americans work hard for their money, and wasting Americans' paychecks on fraud is just unacceptable.
- I look forward to finding ways to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse on... ...to eliminate waste, fraud
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES Jun 4th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, that particular employee handles a 27-county waste tire district, District 2. Okay.
- business. ...that's in the solid waste management business.
- Do the municipalities and the county have any say in dealing with solid waste management?
- I've always been told the anecdote that 50% of your advertising dollars are wasted.
- I mean, they're being a solid waste management district, correct? Yes, ma'am.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Ways & Means Mar 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It narrows an existing sales and use tax exemption for waste vegetable oil that is used by a person in
- It narrows an existing sales and use tax exemption for waste, vegetable oil that is used by a person
- It also requires a written proposal from the waste-to-energy facility.
- It also requires a written proposal from the waste-to-energy facility.
- Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2416, concerning fair treatment of waste-to-energy facilities.
Summary:
The Ways and Means Committee met in executive session on March 2, 2026, and worked through two large groups of bills, hearing staff briefings, caucusing, and then voting each measure out to the Rules Committee. In the first group, the committee advanced bills on state accounts (HB 2675, with an amendment creating an adult day service facilities account), immigrant worker protections (2SHB 2105, after adopting a striker and Amendment 8 while rejecting amendments that would have changed enforcement and private rights of action), voting rights compliance (E3SHB 1710, with all proposed amendments rejected), AI content provenance and notices (E2SHB 1170, with Amendment 19 adopted to exempt state/local/tribal governments and certain video-game and technical uses), public official protections (2SHB 233, with a technical amendment adopted), WOTEC civil service coverage (HB 2249), JLARC work plan changes (HB 2120), LEOFF Plan 1 termination/restatement (E2SHB 2034, with several amendments adopted including creation of a pension surplus holding account and study directives, while proposals to redirect funds to the Climate Commitment Act or provide a lump-sum payment were rejected or withdrawn), supplemental retirement bargaining (HB 1069, with a striker adopted), port employee retirement exclusions (EHB 2179, with a striker adopted), local government revenue flexibility (ESHB 2442, with Amendment 72 adopted to remove a county public utility tax and other amendments rejected), wildfire mitigation funding (SHB 2089), and timberland REET changes (HB 1983). The committee also noted that it would not take action on some items in the packet, including SHB 1833.
In the second group, the committee advanced bills on local housing tax remittance programs (ESHB 1717), renewable energy tax incentives and grants (E3SHB 1960, with a striking amendment adopted that adjusted rates, timing, and related provisions), nonprofit fundraising hall property tax relief (HB 2431), food bank sales tax relief (SB 6006), local tax increment financing (E2SHB 2451), temporary staffing services for nonprofit behavioral health entities (SB 6297), school and child care-related sales tax exemptions (SSB 6351, with a substitute adopted and the competing amendment made out of order), behavioral health work group extension and leadership council creation (2SHB 2429), Working Connections Child Care changes (SB 6353, with Amendment 43 adopted), language access guidelines for state agencies (SHB 2475), unpaid wage recovery (2SHB 2479), firearms background check fee authority (HB 2521, briefed but not acted on in the portion provided), public employee information sharing (HB 2091, briefed but not acted on in the portion provided), and Office of Independent Investigations jurisdiction changes (ESHB 2508, briefed but not acted on in the portion provided). Throughout the meeting, members and staff discussed fiscal notes, implementation costs, and whether amendments would increase or reduce state impacts, with several amendments aimed at narrowing scope, delaying implementation, or shifting enforcement and funding responsibilities.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- In Idaho, our county serves as a backstop for the disposal and maintenance of waste and trash.
- It also increases transparency, allowing the flow of waste, and it allows them to regulate those streams
- and the likelihood of waste being sent to a non-compliant facility.
- It also increases transparency, allowing the flow of waste, and it allows them to regulate those streams
- and the likelihood of waste being sent to a non-compliant facility.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/08/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- It h it bill it deals with yard waste.
- In that section um it'll waste disposal.
- Yard waste, meaning grass listed in law.
- </c> know, the other types of waste know, the other types of waste explained.<00:22:04.480><c> Um,</c
- the waste, not just you. I would buy the waste, not just you.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- waste and solid waste, and the goal of those programs is to prevent contamination of land, water, and
- </c><00:25:35.600><c> and</c> on the waste side so hazardous waste and on the waste side so hazardous
- That is really the solid waste law and hazardous waste law. 325F, which are some consumer protection
- That is really the solid waste law and hazardous waste law.
- So the regulatory piece is the solid waste, hazardous waste, and above-ground storage tanks work.
Keywords:
human services, Medical Assistance, Medicaid, long-term services and supports, LTSS, public assistance, application process, eligibility determination, customer service survey, wait times, form complexity, lead agencies, Department of Human Services, Department of Children Youth and Families, streamlining, administrative reform, case management, reassessment, intake system, adaptive eligibility form
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Omnibus tax finance and policy bill, HF9, passed in Minnesota House 6/9/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, I don't want to waste anybody's time more than I already have.
- Once again, I look at the wasted opportunities.
- </c><00:19:55.679><c> 17</c> revenues in this state after wasting 17 revenues in this state after wasting
- Once again, I look at the wasted<00:21:40.400><c> opportunities.
- Like I said, I am wasted opportunities.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Investments in technology, IT, to ensure that, again, any misspending, misallocation, fraud, or waste
- General's Office, who, again, with laser-like, nonpolitical focus, goes after cases of waste, fraud,
- . ...in weeding out waste, fraud, and abuse.
- We must waste no time in studying the reality of our education funding.
- We must waste no time in studying the reality of our education funding.
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, adopted two commendatory resolutions honoring the Plimpton Historical Society’s Deborah Sampson Day recognition and Megan’s Light’s Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month observance, and suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to committee. The chamber also briefly recognized Diane Talk of the South Shore Regional Emergency Communication Center on her retirement after 30 years of dispatch service. Later, the Senate passed two local bills to enactment: House No. 4006, authorizing Dartmouth to grant an additional all-alcoholic beverages license, and House No. 473, relating to the charter of Westwood.
The main business was the Senate Ways and Means presentation of the fiscal year 2027 budget, totaling about $63.3 billion. The chair described the budget as balanced, with no new taxes or tax cuts, based on a consensus revenue estimate of $986 million in growth over FY26 (2.4%), and including about $15.8 billion in federal financial participation and roughly $2.7 billion from the Fair Share surtax. The budget emphasized record local aid, including $1.376 billion in unrestricted general government aid, $7.66 billion for Chapter 70 education aid, increased minimum school aid, higher regional school transportation reimbursement, rural aid, and the revival of the Foundation Budget Review Commission. It also highlighted major investments in MassEducate free community college, food security, housing, and support for vulnerable residents.
Members then engaged in extended colloquy on the budget’s major cost drivers and policy choices. Questions focused on debt service, pension and OPEB liabilities, MassHealth caseload and rising per-enrollee costs, child care funding, and program integrity in DTA and other benefit programs. The chair said debt service would be about $2.67 billion, pension payments would be $5.1 billion, OPEB would receive a $150 million payment, and MassHealth enrollment was projected at about 2 million with costs driven by acuity and medical inflation. He also said the budget includes no collective bargaining agreements and no state tax changes. Senators supporting the budget praised its investments in education, local aid, homelessness prevention, public health, libraries, and housing, while minority leaders and others stressed the need for fiscal discipline, transparency, and further work on affordability and municipal support. The Senate also received a House message on House No. 5316, which the House had nonconcurred in, and a conference committee was appointed on the disagreement.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session May 18th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Investments in technology, IT, to ensure that, again, any misspending, misallocation, fraud, or waste
- General's Office, who, again, with laser-like, nonpolitical focus, goes after cases of waste, fraud,
- . ...in weeding out waste, fraud, and abuse.
- We must waste no time in studying the reality of our education funding.
- We must waste no time in studying the reality of our education funding.
Summary:
The Senate first adopted two resolutions commending the Plimpton Historical Society for Deborah Sampson Day and Megan’s Light for recognizing May 2026 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 on several House petitions, referred those matters to committees, and later took up final passage of two local bills: one authorizing Dartmouth to grant an additional off-premises liquor license and another relative to the charter of Westwood. Both bills were passed to be enacted and sent to the Governor.
The main business of the session was the opening debate on the Senate Ways and Means FY27 budget, which was described as a balanced $63.3 billion proposal. The chair and supporters highlighted major investments in unrestricted local aid, Chapter 70 education funding, regional school transportation, rural aid, community college affordability, food security, housing, and health and human services. They also emphasized that the budget was built on the consensus revenue estimate, included no new taxes or tax cuts, did not use the rainy day fund, and relied in part on federal funds and Fair Share revenue.
In extended questioning, the minority leader pressed for details on the budget’s assumptions and cost drivers, including federal participation, Fair Share revenue, debt service, MassHealth caseload and spending, pension and OPEB liabilities, settlement reserves, collective bargaining funding, and controls against waste, fraud, and abuse. The chair responded that federal funds account for about 22% of budgeted revenues, Fair Share revenue is estimated at about $2.7 billion, debt service is about $2.67 billion, MassHealth and related health and human services total about $36.4 billion, pension funding is $5.1 billion, and OPEB receives a $150 million payment. Members also discussed the C-3 child care program, DTA program integrity, and housing permitting reforms, with several senators speaking in support of the budget’s priorities and urging further debate and amendments before final passage.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine S.222, to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole milk. Apr 1st, 2025 at 09:00 am
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I kept a close eye on the milk consumption and waste that we started seeing in about 2012 when the Act
- The amount of waste that we were throwing away each day was disheartening.
- Beiler, in your testimony you highlighted the significant reduction of milk waste.
- There's less food waste and there's more nutrition going into the children.
- The milk that we were ordering increased by 50% and the waste decreased by 95% during the trial years
Bills:
SB222
Keywords:
whole milk, school lunch, school meals, National School Lunch Program, Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, Child Nutrition Act, USDA, nutrition standards, dairy, nonfat milk, low-fat milk, reduced-fat milk, lactose-free milk, nondairy beverages, plant-based milk, milk substitution, parental consent, legal guardian, food allergies, allergic reaction
Summary:
This meeting of the committee focused primarily on the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, S222, which aims to permit schools to offer a fuller range of milk options, including whole, reduced, and low-fat varieties, that have garnered bipartisan support. Chairman Bozeman opened the session by highlighting concerns over children's nutrition and the obesity epidemic, emphasizing the significance of nutritious school meals in addressing these issues. Experts from various organizations were invited to discuss the implications of this bill as well as the current challenges facing school meal programs, including budget constraints and food supply issues. The meeting included passionate testimonies about the direct impacts of current dietary guidelines and federal funding reductions affecting schools' abilities to provide healthy meal options.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House agriculture panel debates bill to ban burning of empty pesticide containers 4/13/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I know there was a question about, you know, waste to energy.
- The label says rinse that container, and once you rinse that container, it's solid waste.
- You referenced the recycling program that you started, and I've had a chance to sit on a county waste
- </c> had a chance to sit on a county waste had a chance to sit on a county waste management<00:03:41.760
- But then, I believe it also has some language for clarifying that the waste pesticide program is there
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment May 19th, 2026
Natural Resources & Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- Like I said in HB 7, this is a waste. There's a big difference there too.
- Why are we burying carbon dioxide waste? You ever asked yourself that?
- Why are we burying carbon dioxide waste? You ever asked yourself that?
- hazardous waste injection well could be located within their parish?
- Waste stream management is something I’m extremely concerned about.