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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/24/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • using that machine.
  • And I believe if you talk to the ADEQ people, they probably have no issue with us using that machine.
  • If you talk to the ADEQ people, they probably have no issue with us using that machine.
  • , special land use permits, five-year disposition plans, rulemaking, collaboration with the Natural Resource
  • So DFFM has all the data that they share with us.
Summary: The committee first received a presentation from the Arizona Water Banking Authority by Dr. Rebecca Burnett. She explained the authority’s role in storing Colorado River water as long-term storage credits, its funding sources, and its obligations to provide backup supplies for CAP municipal and industrial subcontractors, the Hualapai River Indian community, and Nevada. Members asked about future firming for CAP users, recovery of credits, water quality issues, and whether municipalities banking water themselves affects the authority’s supply. Burnett said the authority has no current firming policy for CAP M&I subcontractors, is waiting on Colorado River guidelines, and does not have excess water to bank because no surplus is available. No action was taken on the presentation. The committee then heard and voted on several bills. SB 1445, as amended, allows small municipalities to test bacteriological samples on site with EPA-approved equipment; the sponsor and a rural mayor argued it would save money and improve responsiveness, while some members questioned whether the change was already possible under existing law. The bill passed 6-4. SB 1137, with a Taylor amendment, modernizes Arizona’s 811 call-before-you-dig system by adding large-project coordination meetings, an interactive positive response system, and related procedures; it passed unanimously 10-0. SB 1287, which expands an existing groundwater use allowance for irrigation grandfathered rights from initial AMAs to all AMAs, passed 9-1. The committee also considered SB 1335, as amended, which in its final form addressed a temporary continuation of irrigation tied to the Ag-to-Urban program and groundwater savings credits; DWR said the amendment was still a placeholder and needed cleanup, while supporters said it would help manage timing issues for farmers and developers. It passed 5-4. SB 1336 reauthorized the State Land Department through 2030 and added oversight, reporting, and planning requirements; the department was neutral but raised concerns about the proposed oversight committee and implementation details. After debate over the need for another board and the length of reauthorization, it passed 5-4. Finally, SB 1677 appropriates $3 million to the Department of Forestry and Fire Management for salt cedar mitigation along the lower Gila River corridor. Supporters from Audubon Southwest, the City of Buckeye, and local landowners said the invasive trees increase flood and wildfire risk, consume large amounts of water, and crowd out native habitat; some members raised concerns about herbicide use and wanted more detail on the mitigation plan. The bill passed 9-0. The chair then thanked staff and members, and the meeting adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill will allow the Department of Corrections to use conditional licenses, require corrective action
  • Department of Corrections to use Department of Corrections to use conditional<00:06:48.639> licenses
  • So, Representative Holland, your bill as amended is before us. Please tell us about it.
  • us.
  • Please tell us amended is before us. Please tell us about<00:43:25.680> it.
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from February 25, 2026, and then took up several Department of Corrections-related bills. House File 3768, as amended by the A1 amendment, would extend the DOC’s graduated licensing and enforcement tools to juvenile detention facilities and state-licensed halfway houses, allowing corrective action plans and conditional licenses instead of only revocation. Commissioner Paul Schnell and Dakota County Juvenile Services Center Deputy Director Matt Bower testified in support, saying the bill would improve consistency, stability, and accountability without changing jail licensing. Members asked about costs and sheriff input; the commissioner said the bill is cost-neutral and that sheriffs were informed but did not provide input. The committee adopted the amendment and recommended the bill to the general register. The committee then heard House File 3769, another DOC technical update bill, which would clarify tuberculosis screening procedures when incarcerated people refuse testing, allow mental health units at more than one facility and short-term stabilization at Oak Park Heights when clinically appropriate, and clarify the department’s substance use disorder treatment programs. Schnell said the changes were technical but important for effective operations. Members again asked about county costs and sheriff support, and the commissioner said the bill affects only DOC facilities and is cost-neutral. The committee approved the motion to re-refer the bill to the Health Finance and Policy Committee. The final major item was House File 3405, the chair’s bill, as amended by the A3 amendment. The amendment broadened the definition of federal agents, made the effective date retroactive, and removed a sexual assault investigation section to eliminate the fiscal note. The bill would require the BCA’s use-of-force unit to investigate deaths caused by federal agents in Minnesota, not just Minnesota peace officers. Chair Mohler argued the bill closes a loophole and ensures state-level, independent investigations; Dr. B.B. Newman testified in support, saying it preserves Minnesota’s investigative authority and public confidence. Deputy Superintendent Scott Mueller said the BCA already investigates deadly-force cases and has handled some federal-related cases, but he did not think the bill was necessary and recommended a no vote. Members debated whether the bill was needed given existing practice, with supporters saying the statute should clearly require state investigation and opponents questioning whether it would change anything. The committee adopted the amendment and continued discussion of the bill as amended.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you so much for being with us. Thank you so much for being with us. Welcome.
  • So I did want us to be aware that it has... and it's probably the way you're using it.
  • they may already be using. something they may already be using, which I think goes in line with some
  • So, uh, let me use So, uh, let me use my high school as an example.
  • It can just be used for a one-time expense. It can just be used for a one-time expense.
Bills: HB205, HB226, HB234
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • It conforms to used oil programs to current federal regulations, federal use warrant on emergency funding
  • This just allows us to continue to use the pump tax for the next three years.
  • This is just one tool that we have been using so far that we would like to continue to use.
  • Do you replenish the water that you use?
  • And it allows it to be used.
Summary: The committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Water heard and advanced several bills and memorials focused on water policy, mining, environmental regulation, and professional licensing. HB 2260, a veterinary board measure, HB 2986, an ADEQ cleanup/omnibus bill, and HB 2827, which extends Pinal AMA groundwater fee authority and related fund deadlines, all received due pass recommendations on unanimous 10-0 votes. HB 2078, clarifying that public notice for new aggregate mine reclamation plans applies only to new plans and can be satisfied by certain local notices, also passed 9-1 after testimony from the sponsor and mining industry representatives. HCM 2009, urging Congress to amend the Antiquities Act, address split estate mineral rights, and streamline mining permits, passed 5-4 along party lines and drew support from mining interests and opposition from members concerned about federal land protection and monuments. HCR 2038, supporting a seven-state Colorado River agreement, passed 9-1 with testimony emphasizing the importance of a negotiated river settlement to Arizona’s economy, food supply, and national security. The committee then took up a series of water-management bills that generated more extensive debate. HB 2026, which narrows how ADWR evaluates water availability by focusing on proposed dedicated supplies even if commingled in delivery systems, passed 6-4 despite concerns that it echoed previously vetoed language and could weaken water security. HB 2027, as amended, would limit application of Pinal AMA-style rules in the Phoenix AMA and alter physical-availability review for applicants enrolled in the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District; it passed 6-4 after strong opposition from CAP, municipal water users, and ADWR, who warned it could undermine assured water supply designations and CAGRD obligations, while home builders argued it was a fairness issue for development. HB 2028, removing ADWR’s exemption from appealable administrative-completeness determinations, passed 6-4 over agency concerns that it would turn deficiency letters into formal appeals and add workload, while supporters said it would give applicants the same legal rights as other regulated parties. The committee also approved HB 2031, an emergency measure setting a deadline for filing grandfathered groundwater rights in the Wilcox AMA, on a 5-4 vote, and HB 2094, which would require ADWR to re-review certain assured water supply determinations and retroactively validate some applications using specified models, also on a 5-4 vote; both were described as similar to previously vetoed measures. The transcript ends as the committee begins HB 2095, which would expand the factors ADWR considers in determining groundwater depth and physical availability for assured water supply applications, with an amendment being explained but no final action captured in the excerpt.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources May 7th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • And by removing that, it'll help us be able to meet the demand of growth.
  • The sand mine upstream repeatedly violating its permit, harming our land and water.
  • Thank you again for hearing us out. classes like the large volume category.
  • Water is no longer something we can take for granted, and water's going to cost us.
  • It amends the section relating to the use of the water fund to direct the board to use a portion of the
Summary: The Committee on Natural Resources heard testimony on a series of water, utility, and groundwater-related bills. Early items included HB 5693, which would let Drainage District 7 hold board elections in November of odd-numbered years when a countywide election is occurring, and HB 5671, which would update the Johnson County Special Utility District by clarifying board eligibility, allowing bond issuance, and removing redundant TCEQ approval language to reduce costs and delays. Both bills were left pending after brief testimony from bill sponsors and local witnesses. The committee also heard SB 1504, which would update the Gulf Coast Authority to allow video-conference participation in meetings, and SB 1302, aimed at closing a TCEQ permitting loophole that allowed dischargers with prior denials or suspensions to reapply through an automated process without meaningful review. SB 2692 drew substantial discussion: it would change the signature threshold for outside-city-limits customers appealing municipal utility rates to the PUC by customer class. Valero supported the bill as a way to avoid requiring large-volume users to gather signatures from unrelated residential customers, while the City of Corpus Christi opposed it, arguing that lowering the threshold to one customer could trigger expensive appeals costing $500,000 to $1 million. A PUC witness said such cases are increasing and that the agency would need additional staff under the fiscal note. SB 790, creating a simplified PUC complaint process for small water and wastewater billing disputes, and SB 1663, expanding TCEQ notice requirements for nearby residents when groundwater contamination is discovered, were also heard and left pending. Additional bills included HB 3115, clarifying that the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District cannot require meters on exempt domestic or livestock wells; SB 1055, raising the Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation District’s production fee cap from 1 cent to 7 cents per 1,000 gallons; and SB 1625, requiring private water and wastewater utilities to report cybersecurity incidents to TCEQ and DIR. The committee then took up pending business and adopted a substitute for SB 7, which made several changes to water fund use, eminent domain coordination, and EDAP-related provisions, and voted 10-0 to report it favorably. The committee also adopted a substitute for HB 2347, a county water conservation program bill, and reported it favorably 9-1. HB 5675 and SB 2476 were each reported favorably 10-0. The meeting concluded with adjournment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would align us with that change.
  • This bill would align us with credits. This bill would align us with that<00:01:49.759> change.
  • the bill we have in front of us today. the bill we have in front of us today.
  • um let us know if you'd like to Let us um let us know if you'd like to be<00:43:37.920> part<
  • Uh I'll get used to >> We're Oh, sorry. Uh I'll get used to this<01:05:52.880> eventually.
Bills: HF4234, HF484, HF483, HF2614
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • > flexibility<00:27:50.960> as would provide us that flexibility as would provide us that
  • It gave us stability when everything else felt uncertain, and it allowed us to focus on healing instead
  • It gave us stability when everything else felt uncertain, and it allowed us to focus on healing instead
  • Again, allowed us to focus on healing instead allowed us to focus on healing instead of<00:36:13.760>
  • use, ER visits, etc. use, ER visits, etc.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 29th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • They permit the use of hearing officers, and they provide that the current judges shall serve their full
  • They're taking money from us.
  • And guess what keeps us going? Status conferences also keep us going.
  • Status conferences also keep us going.
  • Could they receive a permit? Yes.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 20, 2026

Minerals, Business & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • be permitted. be permitted.
  • paramutual and simoc casting permits. paramutual and simoc casting permits.
  • it gives us greater deny capabilities. it gives us greater deny capabilities.
  • Don't allow any more permits. Don't allow any more permits.
  • Governments need a clear fallback to granting permitting. Permitting should not be an asset.
Bills: SF0045, SJ0001
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • Klein, for being here with us today and also talking to us about your experience.
  • condition.
  • condition.
  • Cancer already takes so much away from us. It does not need to take this away from us, too.
  • used without authorization.
Bills: AB52, AB76, AB163, AB388, AB483
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So currently, under Alabama law—and used to be also under federal law until— Used to be also under federal
  • So, that brings us to of the questions. So, that brings us to today and what the bill does.
  • Please come forward and tell us what you want to tell us. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • All of us, everyone in what we want. All of us, everyone in this room.
  • They're holding us accountable.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Mar 27th, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Brick and mortar is not the answer for us and other families in Conroe ISD.
  • Let the record reflect that Chairman Dutton is also here on the dais with us.
  • It is when we take away that choice and use virtual learning as a punishment, and when we use virtual
  • I think that it would serve us very well to expand virtual education in Texas.
  • This task force helps us get this work done.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 19th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, would you lead us in a word of prayer? Sorry, problem.
  • So the question was, "Can you give us right now the numbers?"
  • While we're on that subject, I'd like you to let us know what sub… give us that number. let us know what
  • sub… give us that number on that left-hand side document at the… yeah, should be 11.
  • And most always those are permitted events anyway if you have a permit.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 4/15/26

Veterans and Military Affairs Division

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 03-20-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Give us give me some idea. 2.3 billion. Give us give me some idea.
  • by giving us the accurate numbers and just to be honest with us.
  • by giving us the accurate numbers and just to be honest with us.
  • to work with us by giving us the to work with us by giving us the accurate<01:21:45.760> numbers
  • , which included us.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • please state that amendment for us? please state that amendment for us?
  • And so all these people around us really make us look smart.
  • And so all these people around us really make us look smart.
  • make us these people around us really make us look<00:18:46.960> smart.
  • Would it be useful?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Johnson, Lake Elmo requirements to issue water use permits. just on where that ownership is and what
  • Using a 90 gallons per capita per day allotment, the permit amendment would serve over 14,000 people.
  • <00:19:59.600> out sustainable use of the water permits out sustainable use of the water permits
  • permit appropriation. permit appropriation.
  • like us to proceed? like us to proceed?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Property Tax Appraisals Apr 3rd, 2025

S/C on Property Tax Appraisals

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for having us.
  • not ideal options for us.
  • us.
  • to exclude short-term and rental properties, but not require us to use...
  • Being for us overall.