Video & Transcript : 'nonpotable water' :
Page 118 of 500
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Tourism and Outdoor Recreation (2-19-26)
Tourism & Outdoor Recreation
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, if you're on the water, um, then, um, there's no apparatus or equipment for the law enforcement
- Well, if you're on the water, um, then, um, there's no apparatus or equipment for the law enforcement
- Well, if you're on the water, um, then, um, there's no apparatus or equipment for the law enforcement
- Well, if you're on the water, um, then, um, there's no apparatus or equipment for the law enforcement
- Well, if you're on the water, um, then, um, there's no apparatus or equipment for the law enforcement
Committee:
House Tourism & Outdoor Recreation
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It removes a provision requiring rate, fee, and charge parity when a municipal water or wastewater utility
- provides services to another municipality using a facility or water or sewer plant located within the
- And it provides that a municipal water or wastewater utility may continue to impose a surcharge on customers
- Senate Bill 1014 prohibits a municipality from declining to extend water and wastewater utility services
- is near a main line, defined as a pipe or conduit that transports wastewater or transports potable water
Committee:
Senate Regulated Industries
Summary:
The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and took up four bills. First, it considered SB 1724 on municipal utility services. Senator Martin offered a late-filed delete-everything amendment that would require annual customer meetings for extraterritorial utility customers, cap use of gross utility revenues for general government at 10%, eliminate a 25% surcharge on customers outside city limits, reduce the rate differential cap from 50% to 25%, remove municipal natural gas utilities from the bill, and preserve certain existing bond-related surcharges until debt is retired or refinanced. The League of Cities raised implementation concerns about the July 1, 2026 effective date and the need for rate studies and budget adjustments. The amendment was adopted and the committee reported CS/SB 1724 favorably.
The committee then heard SB 936 on temporary door locking devices from Senator McLean. The bill would define temporary door locking devices, allow them to be installed at any height, require the Florida Building Commission to add standards to the Florida Building Code, and require their use to be incorporated into safety plans, drills, and training. With no opposition or amendments, SB 936 was reported favorably.
Next, the committee considered SB 1014 by Senator Mayfield, which would prohibit municipalities from refusing water or wastewater service solely because a property owner will not annex, and would require service expansion when a property is near a municipal main line, not served by another utility, and the utility has capacity. A committee amendment narrowed the bill to properties near a main line and reduced the distance threshold from 2,000 meters to one-half mile. The Florida League of Cities opposed the bill as amended, citing concerns about property size, annexation conflicts, enclave creation, and possible revenue impacts, but the bill was reported favorably.
Finally, the committee heard SB 1498 on community associations from Chair Bradley. A strike-all amendment revised technical provisions on video conference recordings, turnover inspection reports, SIRS references, and electronic voting, and added two major policy changes: requiring associations to provide records to law enforcement and prosecutors and creating a second-degree misdemeanor for willful refusal, and prohibiting mandatory club or amenity fee schemes controlled by developers or third parties that generate profit beyond proportional expenses. Testimony in support described homeowner disputes involving concentrated board control, lack of transparency, and mandatory fees in communities such as Rosedale. The amendment was adopted and CS/SB 1498 was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, Senator Bracey Davis asked to be recorded voting in the affirmative on tabs 1, 2, and 3, and the committee adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 23rd, 2025
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- AB372, Bennett, rural water infrastructure DoPASS out on an A roll call.
- AB 93, Papan Water Use by Data Centers, do pass. out on a B roll call.
- AB 1313 Pappin water quality permits do pass out on a b-roll call.
- authorize the water board to recover. it's costs via fees.
- And AB 1520, Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife, Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Bill. you
Committee:
House Appropriations
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Mar 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- MY NAME IS ROXANNE GROOVER AND I'M AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE FLORIDA ONSITE WASTE WATER ASSN AND
- WE DEVELOP SOMETIMES AND HIGH SEASONAL WATER TABLES.
- SOMETIMES THEY COME FROM STATES THAT DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SEASONAL HIGH WATER TABLE.
- IT TENDS TO BE YOUR LIMITING FACTOR IN FRESH WATERS.
- PEOPLE SPEND DAYS AND WEEKS ON THE WATER.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate and House Tax Policies Discussion Group - 05/06/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh 20 million dollars for water things.
- Uh 20 million dollars for water quality<00:14:56.280><c> improvements</c><00:14:56.880><c> to</c><00:
- for a PFAS removal water treatment facility.
- for a PFAS removal water treatment facility.
- park, which is adjacent to outdoor water park, which is adjacent to the<00:30:59.560><c> St.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Apr 6th, 2026
Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Erin Martinez, on behalf of Rethink Waste and Clean Water Action, in support. Thank you.
- They're providing air and water quality improvements.
- Motion is due pass as amended to Water, Parks and Wildlife. Chair voting aye. Alanis, no.
- Motion is due pass to Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. Chair voting aye. Berner, aye.
- Motion is due pass to Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. Chair voting aye. Berner, aye.
Committee:
House Natural Resources
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Most recently, heat pumps, electric water heaters, and other clean appliances.
- Most people replace their water heaters or heating systems only when the old ones break.
- heater or reinstall a water heater?
- Did they have to... ...a water heater or reinstall a water heater.
- Yeah, one example is a heat pump water heater when installed in garages.
Committee:
Senate Housing
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Peace, and in this under Waters, um...
- And Senator Waters, this is your baby.
- Senator Waters, Mr.
- CRA Waters Waters. 230. 230. 230. Second, Mr. Chairman. Yes, sir.
- Senator Waters, you got this one. All right, thank you. Senator Waters, seconded by Senator Bell.
Committee:
Senate Finance
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Feb 27th, 2026 at 02:30 pm
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- We're surrounded by water, but we only use it for a few big ferries.
- In between the legs is water, a lot of water.
- So I think it's time that we consider getting off the roads and onto the water.
- For our residents, the expanded Bash on Water Taxi is our...
- For our residents, the expanded Bash on Water Taxi is our only reliable lifeline.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
vehicle ownership, insurance, title transfer, consumer protection, motor vehicle, oil tanker, tank vessel, restricted waters, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Rosario Strait, Admiralty Inlet, Discovery Island, New Dungeness, tug escort, pilotage, marine safety, spill prevention, oil transport, petroleum shipment
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 15th, 2026
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for ensuring that our waters are clean in New Mexico.
- And I was going down, and he was on the shore and he saw me on the water just swimming.
- And we just jumped into the water together and floated down the river.
- And he was on the shore and he saw me on the water just swimming.
- And we just jumped into the water together and floated down the river.
Bills:
HB145 , HR1 , HB80 , SB29 , SB37 , HB206 , SB193 , SB58 , SB64 , HB153 , HB195 , HB234 , HB248 , HB255 , HB279 , HB287 , HB292 , HB303 , HB309 , HB371 , SB30 , SB35 , SB40 , SB43 , SB48 , SB96 , SB143 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM39 , HM29 , HM43 , HM59 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50
Summary:
The meeting opened with prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of announcements and personal remarks. Members then spent a large portion of the session honoring Representative Joanne Ferrary, who announced she will not seek re-election. Speakers from both parties praised her persistence, mentorship, and work on public safety, environmental protection, health care, women’s rights, and advocacy for workers and families. Ferrary thanked colleagues and said she hoped to continue supporting initiatives in the interim and beyond. The House also recognized Representative Matthew McQueen, who is running for commissioner of public lands and will leave the legislature after this term. Members highlighted his work on conservation, land grants, wildlife protection, legislative drafting, and his reputation for principled, detailed review of bills. McQueen thanked colleagues and said he hoped to remain involved in the building in another capacity.
The House then moved to third reading and passed House Bill 371, the House Appropriations and Finance Committee substitute creating a temporary funding source for land grants and acequias from remaining sponge bond revenues. Supporters said it would provide a more stable, long-term funding mechanism for acequia and land grant infrastructure while preserving existing funding streams and requiring legislative appropriation and annual reporting. Some members raised concerns about oversight and the lack of a sunset or review clause, but the bill passed 63-2. The chamber also passed House Bill 248, authorizing $392 million in general obligation bond capacity, by a vote of 65-0.
The House then debated House Bill 153, a committee substitute creating a market-based framework for carbon reduction and economic development. The bill includes an environmental product declaration act, a low-carbon materials rebate, and an industrial carbon reduction grant program. Supporters said it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions while encouraging economic development and new technology at industrial facilities. Members questioned the timing of the grants, anti-donation concerns, and whether companies would receive funding only after making investments, and sponsors explained that entities must pre-certify and then apply after beginning production or retrofits. Debate was ongoing at the end of the excerpt, with no final vote shown on HB 153.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- waterways are enjoyed by millions of residents and visitors each year, from recreational boating to water
- That change improves accountability and supports safer behavior on the water.
- flag when a skier is down, but regulations prevent using that same flag to warn of swimmers in the water
- Driving under the influence on the road and operating a vessel under the influence on the water both
- Driving under the influence on the road and operating a vessel under the influence on the water, both
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on May 13, 2026, and began by taking up a large consent calendar, moving a first group of bills to the floor consent calendar and a second group by due pass. The committee then heard and advanced a series of measures covering housing, public safety, health care, education, and local government issues. Among the bills discussed were AB 2641 on a sales tax exemption for pawnbroker redemptions, AB 2525 on a narrow Surplus Lands Act exemption for Mission Bay Park, AB 1732 and AB 2433 on student housing and the Affordable Homes Bonus Law, AB 2055 on boating safety and enforcement, AB 1579 on children’s crisis residential services, AB 2139 on a Surplus Lands Act amendment for an Inland Empire soccer project, AB 2041 on EMS reporting, AB 1973 on reproductive health scope for advanced practice clinicians, AB 1929 on health plan investment disclosures, AB 2700 on utility rates and wildfire victim compensation, AB 1809 on school job order contracting, SB 73 on election security, AB 2418 on commercial building permit timelines, AB 1970 on step therapy limits for serious mental illness and substance use treatment, AB 2361 on peer-to-peer vehicle-sharing liability, AB 1976 on bike and pedestrian project approvals, AB 2110 on tax increment financing for workforce housing, and AB 2146 on supportive housing documentation and vacancy rules.
Testimony was generally supportive for the measures heard. Authors and sponsors emphasized consumer fairness, housing production, public safety, access to care, and administrative streamlining. Supporters included local governments, housing advocates, school districts, law enforcement groups, health care organizations, and affected individuals. AB 2700 drew especially extensive public testimony from wildfire survivors and local officials who urged stronger compensation for victims of PG&E-caused fires and relief from high utility costs. AB 2034 and AB 1790 were raised during public comment on bills not heard in committee, with several industry groups opposing AB 2034 and both supporters and opponents speaking on AB 1790’s Waters Edge issue.
Most bills were reported out of committee on due pass motions, with several noted as amended or with members not voting on particular roll calls. The committee also read and approved a lengthy suspense calendar, then opened public comment on bills not presented that day before adjourning.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- bills, the water lost, the noise, and the intolerable incessant noise.
- Do you know how much water these data centers will use?
- Developers have not been following the law on assuring the 100-year water supply.
- Developers have not been following the law on assuring the 100-year water.
- Again, electricity, water, and the vote of the people are the most important.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and approval of the journal. The body then extended the session under Rule 27 and agreed to request House consent to adjourn until April 27, 2026. It moved into Committee of the Whole to consider several House bills, including HB 2170 (procurement code-related), HB 2415 (kratom regulation), HB 2700 (housing technology study committee), and HB 2950 (special districts/tourism improvement areas). Amendments were adopted on HB 2170, HB 2415, and HB 2950, and the committee reported HB 2170, HB 2415, and HB 2700 do pass; HB 2950 was later defeated on third read. The Senate also heard a brief welcome for visiting students and a personal privilege statement on Earth Day and environmental issues.
The Senate then entered an additional Committee of the Whole for HB 2035 (child welfare and placement), HB 2249 (parental bill of rights), and HB 2573 (DUI/local referendum-related language). HB 2035 received a Warner amendment expanding the definition of extended family to include adoptive family members; HB 2249 received a Mesnard amendment adding liability and technical changes; and HB 2573 received a Rogers technical amendment. All three were reported out do pass as amended. On third read, HB 2573 passed 20-9, with several senators explaining opposition based on referendum and emergency-clause concerns tied to a Marana data center dispute; HB 2170 passed 17-12; HB 2415 passed 22-7; HB 2035 passed 26-3; and HB 2249 passed 17-12. HB 2950 failed 10-19.
The Senate also considered House Concurrent Resolution 2043, substituting it for the Senate version and sending it to third read. The resolution, which calls for a convention to propose a federal constitutional amendment limiting congressional terms, passed 16-13 after several senators warned about the risks of a constitutional convention and the lack of limits on its scope. The House’s message on adjournment was read, committee meetings for April 27 were announced, and members made personal privilege remarks, including birthday wishes and an announcement about the annual legislative charity softball game. The Senate then adjourned until Monday, April 27, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- And there's those right watered down.
- > the</c><00:07:13.680><c> ponds</c><00:07:14.400><c> uh</c><00:07:14.560><c> at</c> the woods and water
- ><c> where</c><00:07:17.120><c> water</c><00:07:17.440><c> marksons</c><00:07:18.080><c> are</c><00:07
- :18.880><c> is</c><00:07:19.120><c> not</c><00:07:19.360><c> my</c> um where water marksons are is not
- my um where water marksons are is not my favorite<00:07:20.160><c> thing</c><00:07:20.400><c> to</c>
Committee:
Senate Agriculture
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- use of public waters used as drinking water supplies, introduced by Representatives Booten of Berry
- <00:07:28.240><c> use</c><00:07:28.479><c> of</c><00:07:28.720><c> public</c><00:07:29.039><c> waters
- use of public waters used as drinking water supplies.
- Please listen to the first reading of the bill. drinking water supplies.
- Now, the bill drinking water supplies.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Feb 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- FOR HURRICANE DEBBY WE STILL SAW 2018 SHELFSTABLE MEALS BEING DISPERSED, 321,000 PALLETS OF WATER AND
- AS I MENTIONED THE MEALS, WATER, TARPS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY GENERATORS.
- 1 MILLION SHELFSTABLE MEALS WERE PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE HELENE. 1.5 MILLION BOTTLES OF WATER
- DEPLOYED AND THIS TIME WE NEEDED 106 ADDITIONAL PUMPS AND WERE ABLE TO MOVE 1.4 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER
- OVER 1.2 MILLION BOTTLES OF WATER AND 83,000 TARPS DISTRIBUTED. 1.1 MILLION HOT MEALS IN ADDITION TO
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Community Affairs Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- A COMPACT WITH EACH OTHER TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES SO WE DID BRING IN FOR NO WATER
- FLOOD FIGHT EFFORTS ACROSS THE STATE AS WELL AS THE .48 PUMPS AND REMOVED OVER 591 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER
- WE DEPLOYED 106 PUMPS AND PUMPED OVER 1.4 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER AND DEPLOYED A TOTAL OF 581 GENERATORS
- FIGHT AND 235 PUMPS STATEWIDE PUMPED MORE THAN THREE POINT REBALANCE THEIR 3.3 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER
- A LOT OF THESE GRANTS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST THE MOST NOTABLE MIAMI DADE ON SOME SOUTH FLORIDA WATER
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Had they addressed the dry wells and lack of water in the area that you represent?
- Were they taking any action to protect the water for your constituents?
- Were they taking any action to protect the water for your constituents?
- Just a comment: you know, you lose land value and you lose water access.
- For any elected official to put profit over people, over water—water is life—for an elected official
Bills:
HB2109 , HB2168 , HB2198 , HB2226 , HB2415 , HB2440 , HB2665 , HB2805 , HB2811 , HB2825 , HB2857 , HB2874 , HB2966 , HB4067 , HB4117 , HCR2001 , HCR2016 , HCR2051
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Elections
Keywords:
distracted driving, portable wireless communication devices, motorcycles, traffic safety, civil penalties, public nuisance, nuisance abatement, abatement action, injunction, superior court, attorney general, county attorney, city attorney, board of supervisors, obscenity, obscene materials, adult materials, pornography, schools, parks
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Like, is every city and county and water district, is it free for them to have them?
- Their water system overflowed last year, and it wasn't a glitch.
- Dunmoyer talked about the water system issues that happened in Wills Point.
- And Water Conservation Board scheduled for next biennium.
- We have water compacts. Yes. The Rio Grande water compact. 100%.
Bills:
HB146 , HB150 , HB1500 , HB1545 , HB1562 , HB2067 , HB2520 , HB2818 , HB3214 , HB3250 , HB3466 , HB3512 , HB3623 , HB4063 , HB4395 , HB4464 , HB4668 , HB4690 , HB5331 , HB3833 , HB146 , HB150
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
Summary:
The committee took up several pending business items and reported a series of House bills out of committee, including HB 2467, HB 2468, HB 2518, HB 4310, HB 4386, HB 4490, HB 5323, and HB 149. Most of these were advanced on committee substitute motions and sent to the local and uncontested calendar or reported favorably to the full Senate. HB 2467 drew one nay vote, while the others were approved without opposition. HB 4310 and HB 4386 were described as committee-substitute versions with changes narrowing disclosure requirements and preserving attorney-client privilege in certain circumstances.
A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 149, an AI governance bill. The substitute was explained as addressing biometric identifier capture and storage, exempting certain AI uses for security and fraud prevention, clarifying definitions, restricting AI systems that simulate explicit child sexual content, adjusting Attorney General investigative authority, refining sandbox program waivers, reducing Texas AI Council powers and membership, and adding DIR coordination provisions. The committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill favorably.
The committee then heard extensive testimony on HB 1500, the DIR sunset bill. The author said the bill would continue DIR for 12 years, restructure its board, update advisory committees, require regular cybersecurity assessments and penetration testing for state agencies, improve IT procurement training, and transfer the e-grants program to the Comptroller. A Texas 2036 witness supported the bill as a way to strengthen governance, procurement, and cybersecurity. Members asked detailed questions about the bill’s structure and then left HB 1500 pending.
The committee also heard a lengthy presentation on HB 150, which would create the Texas Cyber Command as a component of the University of Texas System, administratively attached to UTSA and located in San Antonio. The author argued the command would centralize cyber threat intelligence, incident response, and digital forensics, and would be able to support state and local entities, with optional services for local governments. Members raised concerns about university mission drift, governance, security, chain of command, procurement authority, gifts and donations, and civil liberties implications of proactive cyber monitoring. Witnesses from UTSA/NSCC and SecurityScorecard testified in support, emphasizing the security of the downtown San Antonio facility, the existing cyber ecosystem there, and the need for a dedicated cyber capability. The bill remained under discussion with no final committee action announced in the excerpt.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Rules Apr 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- MOST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WOULD RAISE YOUR RATES TO COVER THE COST OF THEIR RELOCATION ON WATER, SEWER,
- A 25% SURCHARGE FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICES TO THE RESIDENT IN MIAMI GARDENS.
- BECAUSE THE MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THESE POTABLE WATER LINES ARE BORNE BY THE CITY OF
- THIS CONSIDERS VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS LIKE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS, WATER QUALITY AND RESTORATION
- YOU WOULDN'T FISH IN WATERS POLLUTED WITH INDUSTRIAL RUNOFF.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> desirable, heat resistance, water desirable, heat resistance, water resistance,<00:05:21.360><c>
- </c><00:19:08.480><c> bills</c> additional increases in our water bills additional increases in our water
- </c> earlier where we have drinking water earlier where we have drinking water issues<01:34:19.440><c
- .<01:36:07.120><c> But</c> water.
- But water.