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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 24 (2-10-26)

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 183, an act relating to the regulation of proxy advisory services? Senator from Taylor.
  • , uh that can be your collect water, uh that can be your driveway<00:41:50.960><c> or</c><00:41:51.200
  • </c><00:43:27.359><c> lines</c> floods, they've knocked out water lines floods, they've knocked out water
  • to families and uh myself of water to families and uh people<00:43:37.920><c> with</c><00:43:38.160>
  • Senate Bill 178, an act relating to environmental administrative regulations. Senator Elkins.
Keywords: 958, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Jun 30th, 2025

Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is it mountain water? And we go, well, there's this.
  • flowing water in the state of New Mexico of any stream.
  • They're grown with New Mexico water, sun, and by hardworking New Mexicans.
  • There's no regulation, and there's no overs.
  • The agency does oversee hemp and has ability to regulate.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Good afternoon, Vice Chair Stearns, my good friend, Ranking Member Waters.
  • Waters votes nay, without recommendation. Walsh votes nay, do not pass.
  • Further discussion, Ranking Member Waters. We agree, Boe, yes. Should we take?
  • Thank you so much, Chairman, Ranking Member Waters, members of the committee.
  • Thank you, Chair Mena, Ranking Member Waters, and members of the committee.
Summary: The committee heard several bill presentations and took executive action on three measures. House Bill 2249 would remove a civil service exemption for Washington Technology Solutions cybersecurity employees, allowing those workers to be covered by state civil service law; the prime sponsor and a Washington Federation of State Employees representative said the bill would correct an unintended statutory discrepancy and let similarly classified IT security staff organize like counterparts in other agencies. House Bill 2475 would direct the Office of Equity to develop uniform language-access guidelines for state agencies and address interpreter and translator shortages; supporters from the Latino Community Fund, WFSE, and the Office of Equity said the bill would improve access to public services for limited-English-proficiency residents. House Bill 2237 would require deputy state fire marshal salaries to be competitive with comparable local fire agencies and direct a report on whether the State Fire Marshal’s Office should be made independent of the State Patrol; supporters said current pay is too low and hurts recruitment and retention. House Bill 2408 was described as a cleanup bill removing expired provisions and obsolete references to the Department of Personnel and other outdated statutes, and OFM supported it. In executive session, the committee adopted amendments and reported out three bills. Substitute House Bill 2281, concerning tribal traditional cultural places and consultation, was amended to narrow consultation scope, remove a reference to “contemporary” lands, and add a three-year statute of limitations; a proposed amendment to remove the cause of action was rejected, and the bill passed 4-3. House Bill 2309, which limits OFM from treating a postgraduate degree as the only way to show qualifications unless required by law, was reported out unanimously. House Bill 2244, a Sunshine Committee cleanup bill on ethics and public disclosure, was amended to restore exemptions for certain donor records and driver case records and then passed unanimously. The committee also heard House Bill 2352, which would lower the ownership threshold for state ethics conflicts from 10% to 1% to align state law with municipal ethics rules. Representative Paulette argued the current 10% standard is too lax and weakens public trust, but no vote was taken on the bill during the meeting. The hearing on House Bill 2435, which would create a Legislative Office on Indian Affairs to provide training and resources for legislators and staff on tribal affairs, featured strong support from Representative Lekanoff, who said it would strengthen the legislature’s government-to-government relationship with tribes. The committee then recessed and later adjourned after completing the remaining hearings.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 13, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> uh enforce federal laws or regulations uh enforce federal laws or regulations that<00:03:31.840>
  • ,</c><00:52:04.800><c> including</c> federal firearm regulation, including federal firearm regulation
  • </c> &gt;&gt; It's the water bill. &gt;&gt; It's the water bill.
  • &gt;&gt; The<01:26:10.080><c> water.</c> &gt;&gt; The water. &gt;&gt; The water.
  • </c> time in the realm of water supply? time in the realm of water supply?
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Feb 18th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also clears the water; it acts as a natural filter for water, and that clear water helps... ...and
  • that clear water helps all of us.
  • That was Southwest Water, which today I believe they're known as Alabama Water Services.
  • to come under the regulation of the PSC.
  • But does this not force any particular regulation?
Keywords: 1136, house, all
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • For our health, for our waters, and for our lands, to meet Washingtonians' expectations, please support
  • For our health, for our waters, and for our lands, to meet Washingtonians' expectations, please support
  • They’ve been great in working with us, but they could come in and regulate us and penalize us for those
  • How do we regulate that at the front of a store to ensure that only those that are supposed to get that
  • Minnesota also regulates at a 90 parts per million amount. Thank you. Question. Thank you.
Summary: The committee held public hearings on several bills, beginning with SB 5965 on retail bags. Staff explained that the bill would prohibit single-use plastic and reusable film plastic carryout bags, raise the paper bag pass-through charge from 8 cents to 20 cents, exempt certain assistance-program customers from bag charges, and add manufacturer/distributor penalties. The sponsor and supporters, including environmental groups, Seattle Public Utilities, Tacoma, county solid waste representatives, and health advocates, argued the current law has led to thicker plastic bags and more plastic pollution, microplastics, and recycling contamination. Opponents from hospitality, grocery, retail, paper, and plastic bag industries said the bill would raise costs, create checkout confusion, burden food delivery and takeout operations, and amount to a de facto ban on paper bags as well; several urged waiting for more data on the current 12-cent fee. The hearing ended with a reported 1,240 non-testifiers on SB 5965, with 541 pro, 695 con, and 4 other. The committee then heard SB 6030 on plastic bags. Staff said the bill would allow film plastic and paper carryout bags if they meet recycled-content standards, keep the paper bag fee at 8 cents, reduce the plastic bag fee from 12 cents to 8 cents, and remove the minimum thickness standards for reusable film plastic bags while retaining recycled-content requirements and the SNAP exemption. No public testimony was taken on the bill, and the chair noted 208 non-testifiers, with 192 pro, 11 con, and 5 other. Finally, the committee heard SB 5975 on lead in cookware. Staff described it as a third-round update to the state’s cookware lead law, narrowing covered cookware, delaying the 10 ppm lead standard to 2030, and allowing compliance through FDA or European testing methods. Supporters, including some industry representatives, said the current law is unclear and difficult to enforce, that a workable test is still being developed, and that the bill would provide certainty and avoid unintended coverage of safe products. Opponents from Ecology, Health, environmental groups, and consumer advocates argued the bill would weaken Washington’s existing protections, create broad exemptions, and allow high-lead cookware to remain on the market; they also criticized shifting from total-content testing to leach testing. The hearing closed with 609 non-testifiers on SB 5975, with 54 pro and 552 con.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 14, February 25, 2026-PM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:08:02.240><c> bill</c> House Bill 87, omnibus water bill House Bill 87, omnibus water bill planning
  • It just talks about funds expended and where it goes, and then other rules and regulations and the fact
  • </c><00:14:55.519><c> and</c><00:14:55.680><c> the</c> then other rules and regulations and the then
  • I'm not sure if the federal government has the authority to regulate in this situation.
  • </c> actually uh through rule and regulation actually uh through rule and regulation promulgated<01:12
Keywords: 916, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Judiciary Committee Jun 30th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • She ate insect-filled bread inside and moldy sandwiches and drank dirty water.
  • It does not regulate detention decisions... This bill is explicit.
  • It does not regulate detention decisions, security procedures, or custody determinations.
  • than to regulate the federal government itself.
  • than to regulate the federal government itself.
Keywords: 988, house, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 16th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • So just moving the staff time over to the NAB Waters Fund, and it's a NAB Waters Fund that would then
  • for some of those large water system and water system infrastructure grants that the agency oversaw.
  • for some of those large water system and water system infrastructure. large water system and water system
  • But in addition to that, some of our surface waters are used as drinking water sources.
  • And those drinking water sources do have to undergo a certain level of treatment before that water is
Keywords: 989, all
Summary: The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard budget presentations for the Endowment Fund Investment Board, the Department of Lands, and the Department of Environmental Quality. The EFIB presentation emphasized its small staff, low administrative costs, and a modest request for a laptop replacement. The Department of Lands presentation focused heavily on fire suppression funding, the fire suppression deficiency fund, and the agency’s endowment and forest management work. Director Dustin Miller said 2025 fire costs were just over $40 million, noted that the Legislature had previously funded the deficiency account, and warned that current holdbacks could reduce staffing for fire operations, especially in eastern Idaho. He also explained a proposed shift of 1.25 FTE and $160,000 from the Abandoned Mines Lands Fund to the Navigable Waterways Fund, and discussed House Bill 511 as a possible future fire-preparedness funding source. Committee members asked detailed questions about how the fire suppression deficiency fund works, when it can be used, and whether it can cover prevention or only active fires. Staff explained that the fund is for active suppression and that any negative balance would later be settled through a supplemental request. Members also asked about staffing, vacancy rates, and the impact of budget reductions on fire readiness and forest health work. Miller said the agency had filled many key vacancies but still faced recruitment challenges, and he described the Eastern Idaho Forest Protective District and the agency’s growing Good Neighbor Authority work with the U.S. Forest Service. The Department of Environmental Quality presentation covered staffing, water infrastructure funding, loan and grant programs, air and water quality, and solid waste oversight. Director Jess Byrne said targeted pay increases had reduced turnover and vacancies, and that DEQ had distributed more than $835 million in grants and low-interest loans over five years, mostly to small communities. He also said the agency has fewer staff than 25 years ago despite a much larger population, leading to permit backlogs and reduced monitoring. Byrne explained that the Drinking Water Loan Fund is built from federal capitalization grants, state match, and repayments, and that its rising balance reflects awarded but not yet reimbursed projects rather than unused money. He also said DEQ is considering fee increases in air quality and drinking water programs, and supported a proposed solid waste transfer only if it includes a fee structure. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after the presentations and questions.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • Railroads are regulated by the federal government.
  • In the worst possible case, if you had a bottle of water, you could squirt water on it.
  • If the water sizzled off, it was hot.
  • She can't drink any water, can't eat, doesn't get to go to the restroom—just horror.
  • Water, that's why they're hydrated.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 24th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Tab 8, CS for SB 208 on land use and development regulations.
  • and result in an unacceptable outcome for Florida's clean water.
  • This bill... ...and result in an unacceptable outcome for Florida's clean water.
  • On Office of Financial Regulation.
  • Ash Mason, Florida Office of Financial Regulation, waves in support.
Summary: The committee first confirmed six appointees in a single vote, then took up a series of bills, most of them reported favorably. The early debate centered on SB 208, a land-use bill by Sen. McLean that would require development fees to reflect review costs and create more objective compatibility standards for residential development denials. An amendment adding housing-related provisions, including an OPAGA study of urban development boundaries, drew extended discussion over the Everglades and local control; it was adopted, while a late-filed amendment on rural boundaries was withdrawn. The bill was then reported favorably after supporters and opponents, including Miami-Dade and housing groups, weighed in. The committee also favorably reported SB 686 on agricultural enclaves after amendments adding conservation, wildlife corridor, and Everglades-related protections, with one amendment specifically preserving stronger protections in counties covered by the Northern Everglades/Indian River Lagoon plan. Several criminal justice and public records measures also advanced. SB 436 would add resisting an officer with violence as a qualifying prior offense for battery enhancement and include certain felony battery offenses in prison release reoffender status. SB 830 would extend public-records protections to county and city administrators and related family information. SB 990 would authorize protected cell captive insurers in Florida. SB 600, on bail bonds, drew the most debate: an amendment by Sen. Rouson preserved the current treatment of charitable bail organizations’ deposits, with supporters arguing nonprofits help low-income defendants and critics saying the bill should distinguish commercial and nonprofit bonding; the amendment was adopted and the bill reported favorably. SB 914 on dry needling and SB 1434 on infill redevelopment also passed, the latter with an amendment removing a 10% markup requirement for buyback provisions. The committee then moved through a large education and health agenda. SB 1504 would let high school students who complete an insurance/personal finance elective qualify later for a customer service representative license. SB 1718 would expand educator preparation and temporary certification options. SB 7038 was a broad education package covering tuition waivers for Florida State Guard members, residency rules, consumer protections, dual enrollment, grading, and college funding; amendments clarified workforce licensure and exempted certain dental training from new licensure rules. SB 1092 on podiatric medicine added definitions and restrictions for cellular/tissue-based products. SB 1138 on qualified contractors created a pre-application review program for certain local governments, with historic-preservation carveouts. SB 186 on student health and safety required seizure-training and action plans in schools, and SB 560 on child welfare streamlined psychotropic-medication procedures for children in state care while adding youth advisory meetings and insurance-data review. SB 902, a broad Department of Health bill, addressed medical marijuana facility setbacks, practitioner discipline, autism microcredentials, marriage and family therapy licensure, a neurofibromatosis grant program, and family home health aide delegation; it passed after two amendments. Finally, SB 218 on land-use regulations limited hurricane-recovery restrictions to affected counties, SB 1002 expanded child-neglect definitions tied to parental drug abuse, SB 1474 tightened biosolids land-application rules, SB 1708 eased out-of-state veterinary licensure by endorsement, and SB 314 established a Florida regulatory framework for payment stablecoins aligned with federal law. Most measures were reported favorably by committee vote after brief testimony or no debate.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I certainly hope that you'll comply with the plumbing code if you do have water.
  • </c><01:16:43.440><c> quality,</c> factors such as air and water quality, factors such as air and water
  • </c><01:21:14.800><c> This</c><01:21:15.040><c> was</c> drinking water campaign.
  • This was drinking water campaign.
  • I'm Senator David Waters the committee.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 94, which would prohibit municipal amendments to the state building code and move New Hampshire toward a more uniform statewide code. Senator McConi and several supporters, including the Josiah Barlo Center for Public Policy, the State Fire Marshal, the Associated General Contractors of New Hampshire, and the New Hampshire Homebuilders Association, argued that local variations create confusion, raise housing costs, and make compliance harder for builders operating in multiple towns. The Fire Marshal said the goal is a single state building and fire code with only limited administrative amendments at the local level, not technical changes, and noted that municipalities could still seek exceptions through the Building Code Review Board if needed. The chair explained that a similar House bill was already moving forward with fire code and administrative amendment language, and members agreed that retaining SB 94 would avoid conflicting bills. The committee then voted to retain SB 94 by roll call, 13-0, with no minority report. The committee then took up Senate Bill 30, which would designate the Virginia opossum as New Hampshire’s state marsupial. Senator Fenton presented the bill as a light-hearted measure inspired by Chesterfield School fourth graders, who had submitted written testimony and supported the idea. Members discussed the bill in a humorous but mostly supportive way, with one member objecting that it trivialized the legislature, while others said it could help engage students in the legislative process. The committee voted ought to pass on SB 30, 11-2, and agreed to place it on consent with no minority report. Later, the committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 95, concerning youth camp cabins and state fire/building codes. Senator McConi said the bill would exempt new residential cabins in youth recreation camps from sprinkler requirements and allow them to omit electrical, mechanical, or plumbing systems, while requiring any such systems that are present to comply with state code. He said the measure was intended to resolve recurring interpretation problems that have caused expense and uncertainty for camp owners, and he praised work with the Fire Marshal’s office to reach a workable compromise. Representative Schmidt asked about cabin sizes and whether larger cabins with multiple occupants would still be safe; the senator explained that camps typically use counselors, drills, and supervision, and that the people behind him could answer more detailed questions. The transcript cuts off before the hearing concludes or any vote is taken on SB 95.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, moving on to HCR 136 and HR 130, urging the City and County of Honolulu to implement regulations
  • </c><00:40:24.000><c> requiring</c> to implement regulations requiring to implement regulations requiring
  • </c><00:57:03.280><c> requiring</c> from implementing regulations requiring from implementing regulations
  • Uh, my thinking here is that regulations requiring pedestrians to wear reflective gear puts the onus
  • </c> means of transportation includes water means of transportation includes water carriers<01:00:54.319
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The joint Transportation and Public Safety hearing considered HCR 121/HR 117, which asks federal and state transportation and defense agencies to coordinate on expanding Kle Pass as an emergency exit route. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from state departments and community representatives, though one member raised equity concerns about other communities needing similar access solutions. Both committees recommended passage, and the resolutions were adopted in tandem. The Transportation Committee then heard a series of road safety and mobility resolutions. These included HCR 43 on studying highway patrol and speed cameras in speeding hotspots; HCR 52/HR 48 on a sidewalk between Iroquois Point and Ewa Beach; HCR 57/HR 53 on traffic calming around Piywa Street in Waipahu; HCR 112/HR 108 on a pedestrian-first policy; HCR 129/HR 125 on safety and congestion near Haiku Elementary; HCR 131/HR 127 on rural air service and short takeoff/landing aircraft; HCR 136/HR 130 on reflective gear for pedestrians at night; HCR 137/HR 131 on school crosswalk safety at Kipapa Elementary; HCR 177/HR 173 on a summer streets pilot; and HR 43 on an emergency access road on the YNI coast. Testimony was mixed but generally supportive of pedestrian and school safety measures, while some transportation and bicycling advocates opposed the reflective-gear resolution as placing too much responsibility on pedestrians rather than improving the built environment. During decision-making, the committee advanced all measures. HCR 43 was amended to specify the study should include district court impacts. HCR 131/HR 127 was amended to shift the rural air service study from the Legislative Reference Bureau to the Department of Transportation. HCR 136/HR 130 was amended to change the reflective-gear proposal from a requirement to an encouragement. HCR 137/HR 131 and HCR 45/HR 38 were also advanced with technical or clarifying amendments, and the remaining resolutions were passed as is. Several members noted reservations or no votes on the reflective-gear measure, but all recommendations were ultimately adopted and the committee adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25 - Part 1

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Doing so would provide perverse incentives to seek or charge higher rates merely to avoid regulation.
  • Prairie Island had just received electricity and running water a couple years before.
  • Prairie Island had just received electricity and running water a couple years before.
  • </c><00:30:57.080><c> the</c> that XL Energy can dodge regulations the that XL Energy can dodge regulations
  • We all have to drink our waters. We all have to breathe our air.
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Higher Education Apr 22nd, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Facilitates partnerships between institutions and local soil and water conservation districts.
  • This prevents the rain from directly hitting the soil, allows absorption of that water, and again, I
  • It aims to help farmers and ranchers of all sizes improve soil health, retain water, reduce reliance
  • So we have to figure out how to conserve water as Texas farmers. So I like to use the term.
  • , or just regulation, uh, and limited water supplies.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Agriculture Feb 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Regulators Pgr said been around their naturally occurring hormones.
  • So when water conservation districts performance review. But David?
  • Water management districts are created to do the same thing.
  • The district is something that promulgated from water management.
  • But what's not on there is the water and soul districts.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 23rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Department of Water Resources...
  • The Department of Water Resources does support the actions and the directions of the Water Resources
  • The services we provide and the activities we regulate ensure there will be water available to support
  • On good water years, he's loved, and on bad water years, he's not loved.
  • is 475,000 acre-feet of water.
Keywords: 989, all
Summary: The committee first reviewed the Department of Water Resources budget. Analysts and Director Matthew Weaver explained the agency’s staffing, continuously appropriated funds, and the effect of ARPA and other one-time infrastructure dollars on the budget. Members asked about efforts to stabilize the Snake River Plain aquifer, the impact of budget holdbacks, groundwater monitoring, and the status of major recharge and conversion projects. Weaver and Water Resource Board Chairman Jeff Raybould said the state is working to reduce groundwater pumping, expand recharge, and build infrastructure to reach a long-term managed recharge goal of 350,000 acre-feet annually, with current recharge averaging about 251,000 acre-feet and capacity potentially exceeding 500,000 acre-feet in good water years. They also discussed project delays caused by permitting, federal land access, and coordination with multiple landowners, and said the $30 million infrastructure appropriation was fully obligated and largely spent. The committee also discussed water projects in other basins, including the Palouse Basin, Mountain Home, Elmore County, and the Bear River. Raybould said the board is considering a Bear River study to identify storage, recharge, and irrigation opportunities under the Bear River compact, and estimated that some future projects, such as a Moscow-area pump station and pipeline, could be very expensive. Members raised concerns about data centers, water quality in the Snake River Plain aquifer, and the role of private and local matching funds in water infrastructure. Weaver said data center water use is a public-interest issue that depends on scale and location, and that groundwater contamination issues are generally handled by the Department of Environmental Quality. The committee then heard the Soil and Water Conservation Commission presentation, which focused on the proposed merger/affiliation with the Department of Water Resources and on funding for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). Weaver, serving as interim administrator, said a stakeholder review recommended moving the commission’s affiliation from Agriculture to Water Resources while preserving its current duties, nonregulatory mission, and resources. He said related legislation and a concurrent resolution would support that transition and allow time for further code review and a combined budget in 2027. Analysts also explained a supplemental and FY 2027 enhancement for CREP funding, noting that rising land values increased the state match needed for enrolled acres. Weaver said CREP can help reduce groundwater pumping, that about 11,000 of the 50,000-acre statewide cap are currently enrolled, and that full enrollment could significantly aid aquifer conservation. The committee adjourned after thanking the agencies and noting the next day’s agenda.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (02/10/2025)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Nothing to do with solar panels, nothing to do with hiding it in your water bill.
  • </c> hidden fee on I don't know U your water hidden fee on I don't know U your water bill<00:12:33.680
  • But the efficiency is mostly related to the water content in the fuel.
  • . um water content in in in the fuel so um um water content in in in the fuel so um if<01:13:53.760><
  • The responsibility of regulating and approving their very own project for us.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce Apr 7th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And because of that, regulations had to be start putting in place.
  • Fortification is about wind and specifically water.
  • Felt is permeable, where ice and water shield is not permeable.
  • So who's regulating this then? Because like these things... There was no regulation.
  • So who's regulating this then? Because like these things pop up.
Summary: The committee met on April 7, 2026, and first handled several fire marshal-related bills. HB 917, a licensing and regulatory cleanup for life safety and property protection work, was amended with technical changes and reported favorably. HB 565 clarified that the State Fire Marshal, rather than local authorities, would handle fire safety inspections for early learning and child daycare centers; members adopted an amendment limiting the standards to state or federal codes and addressing ventilation and suppression requirements for small facilities, and the bill was reported favorably with amendments. The committee then took up HB 937, which would shift amusement ride setup inspections back to the State Fire Marshal, require licensing and insurance for rides and inspectors, and repeal provisions related to inflatable amusement devices. The author and fire marshal cited a serious festival ride accident in Pointe Coupee Parish as the impetus, and members discussed inspection timing, insurance costs, and whether background checks or public inspection certificates should be required. After technical and agreed-upon amendments, the bill was reported favorably. HB 799, a boiler inspection consolidation bill, was presented as a cleanup measure that would centralize boiler regulation under the fire marshal and rely on licensed inspectors meeting national standards. Stakeholders from industry and the fire marshal’s office described it as an efficiency and safety measure, and the committee adopted a substantive amendment on shutdown procedures and licensing details before reporting the bill favorably. HB 461, which would have allowed parishes and municipalities to adopt fortified roof standards, drew extensive testimony both for and against; supporters argued it could improve resilience and lower insurance costs, while opponents warned it would undermine Louisiana’s uniform building code, add cost, and create inconsistency. The author ultimately moved to voluntarily defer the bill. Finally, the committee began HB 977, a bill on minors’ use of applications that would require age verification, parental consent, and app store/developer safeguards. An amendment clarified definitions, consent rules, data-sharing limits, and a good-faith compliance defense. Members raised concerns about the 45-day cure period, the lack of a private right of action, and whether app stores would become gatekeepers, but the bill remained pending at the end of the excerpt.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Introducing regulations or legislation to restrict what they're doing.
  • I believe these are regulated.
  • There is expressed much concern about lack of oversight and regulation.
  • But the Hospitals that are regulated, in fact, overly regulated, not by just the state government, but
  • Bill 436 allows not-for-profit water systems to convert to rural water districts.