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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Travers for LD 12, West Chandler, South Tempe, Ahwatukee, and part of the Gila River Indian
- River Valley, and the Little Colorado River Plateau.
- Thorium can be mined more safely, with fewer environmental impacts and a lower cost than uranium.
- that China is rapidly moving ahead in next-generation nuclear, specifically thorium-fueled molten salt
- Last year I lowered it also $2 million.
Keywords:
brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, braille, disability access, education funding, state corrections, inclusion, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- fiscal outlook, the wells are running dry, and I've never heard of a case where tax cuts lead to a river
- This conformity includes an increased SALT deduction that will cost the state nearly $80 million in tax
- “I'm using your SALT, so the misinformation about billionaires and millionaires—let's just be polite
- I think it was raised earlier where the SALT was capped at, remained capped at $10,000 as opposed to
- Um, I think it was raised earlier where the SALT was capped at, remained capped at $10,000 as opposed
Keywords:
individual income tax, subtraction, Arizona Revised Statutes, retirement benefits, adoption costs, charitable contributions, health insurance, premium payment, Arizona State Retirement System, contingent annuitant, long-term disability, benefits limitations, disability compensation, social security, retirement system, elected officials, ASRS, eligibility waiver, age 65, taxation
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/20/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- contamination since many of these cesspools are located among the waterways through Heala County, including Salt
- River, Tunnel River, and Bertie River, and those kinds of waterways.
- systems are much safer and provide a much cleaner system of getting rid of the waste, therefore lowering
- in place that we could utilize to assess the income of these homeowners to make sure that it's the lower-income
- If there's enough land, there's what they call a conventional system, which is much lower in cost, and
Summary:
The House Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Water heard three bills related to the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) and water conservation funding. HB 2029 would require grant applicants to provide additional information about how water-conservation grant funds will be used, including expected long-term water savings, efficiency improvements, or reliability benefits. WIFA testified neutral, saying most of the information is already collected in agency policy and that the program is voluntary and reimbursement-based. The bill passed 9-1 with a due pass recommendation.
HB 2030 would remove education and research programs from the list of allowable uses for the water conservation grant fund. Committee discussion focused on how much funding had gone to education/research projects and whether those projects still produced meaningful water savings. WIFA said about 15 projects with education or research components received roughly $10.5 million and were associated with an estimated 180,000 acre-feet in savings, though those savings were projections and the projects were not purely educational. Several members opposed removing those categories, but the bill passed 6-4 with a due pass recommendation.
HB 2096 would expand WIFA financing to include remediation, closure, or replacement of cesspools that threaten groundwater, surface water, or public health, and would allow counties to use revolving-fund financing and income-based assistance for such projects. County and association witnesses supported the bill, describing the public health risks of aging cesspools and the need to help homeowners afford replacement systems; ADEQ was neutral. WIFA said the bill clarifies county authority to enter loans for this purpose and noted the funding would come from existing federal revolving-fund resources. The bill passed unanimously, 10-0, with a due pass recommendation, and the meeting adjourned.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/20/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- River, including, you know, Tunnel River and Bertie River and those kinds of waterways.
- systems, which are much safer and provide a much cleaner system of getting rid of the waste, therefore lowering
- typically through their community services department where we issue HUD housing vouchers and other lower
- in place that we could utilize to assess the income of these homeowners to make sure that it's the lower-income
- If there's enough land, there's what they call a conventional system, which is much lower in cost, and
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
water conservation, grants, infrastructure, environmental protection, sustainability, grant fund, Arizona water law, A.R.S. 49-1332, water efficiency, water reuse, education programs, public outreach, rainwater harvesting, gray water, graywater, drought-resistant landscaping, xeriscaping, turf removal, groundwater recharge, aquifer health
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 4th, 2025
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- looks to be along Bear Creek on the Gila River.
- And I can go talk to the River Valley Authority. River Valley Authority.
- In the north, in the Chama River, I think most people know, we saw that river go off course in the matter
- The whole river went off course.
- But when the river drops lower, we fall into what they call called the PNP, prior and paramount Pueblo
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community also has limestone mines, cement manufacturing, and aggregates
- But the last one is Gila River Sand and Gravel on the Gila River Indian Community.
- Salt River Pima, Maricopa, Indian Community.
- But the last one is Gila River sand and gravel on the Gila River Indian community.
- The Colorado River does not produce water.
Summary:
The committee took up a series of water, mining, and regulatory bills. HB 2260 and HB 2986, both cleanup/technical measures, were passed unanimously with due-pass recommendations after brief staff presentations and no opposition. HB 2827, extending Pinal AMA groundwater fee authority and related fund timelines to support irrigation district infrastructure, also passed unanimously after testimony from district representatives about using the fees for wells, piping, and conservation projects tied to the loss of CAP water.
The committee then heard HCM 2009, which urges Congress to amend the Antiquities Act, address split estate mineral rights, and streamline mining permitting. Mining industry testimony emphasized Arizona’s copper and critical mineral production and the economic and national security importance of access to mineral resources; opponents argued the memorial would undermine protected lands and conservation. The memorial passed on a 5-4 vote. HCR 2038, supporting a seven-state Colorado River agreement and Arizona’s position in ongoing negotiations, drew broad support from water interests and passed 9-1.
HB 2078, clarifying that expanded public notice for aggregate mine reclamation plans applies only to new plans and not existing mines, passed 9-1 after the sponsor and industry witnesses said it was meant to match prior legislative intent. HB 2026, HB 2027, HB 2028, HB 2031, HB 2094, and HB 2095 were then considered as water-management bills. HB 2026 and HB 2028 passed 6-4 over concerns from ADWR, while HB 2027 passed 6-4 after adoption of a Griffin amendment despite strong opposition from CAP, municipal water users, ADWR, and several cities who warned it could weaken assured water supply protections and CAGRD replenishment obligations. HB 2031 and HB 2094 also passed on narrow 5-4 votes. HB 2095 was still under discussion at the end of the transcript, with opposition testimony from municipal water interests arguing that groundwater availability should be evaluated regionally rather than by a single-well or site-specific approach.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- SALTS.
- I'm the program director at Friends of the River.
- San Francisco Bay, the San Joaquin, Sacramento Delta, and the rivers of the Central Valley.
- And so this would be for the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced rivers that we adopted.
- And today, it's four cents lower than that.
Committee:
Senate Rules
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 11th, 2026
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Their bid was so much lower that they're cutting some corners.
- My concern is the discharge of the salt that you’re taking out.
- They are very sensitive to salt because oysters, if they grow in salt water, get a parasite that lives
- in the salt water.
- My information was it started out at 50 and it got lower to 30 because the bay couldn't handle 50.
Committee:
Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Feb 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- These numbers even were lower because we experienced hurricane Dalia that here in our farmers in the
- We do different things like the SALT program in our high school to help teach our next generation of
- amount of reduction that occurs from the surface to the spring that could change depending on the salt
- of those 3 other ones in addition to UF Ifas would be fdacs Office of AG Water Policy, the Suwannee River
- And so if the Suwannee River River turns blue, I know where they're going to be coming because I've been
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 10th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- , Tijuana River and the Rio Grande.
- And it's really caused a lot of severe. issues not only for the valley, but along from the river from
- This is surface water, rivers, creeks, streams, and even the hijacking of water trucks.
- The water levels are low in the Rio Grande River, and that's the only source.
- In the west, we have Mission, Palmhurst, Palmview, Salt Lake City.
Committee:
Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation May 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- gap the budget problem that the May revision solves this problem arose from both a combination of lower
- From our rivers to send more water and money to commercial water interests.
- We're going to go to item 11, various salt and sea proposals.
- You want salt and sea? You want me to do a circle of ones you want me to do? Thank you.
- But how about the salt and sea lithium fund? Can you give us an update?
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- These numbers were even lower because we experienced Hurricane Idalia that year, and our farmers in the
- We do different things like the SALT program in our high school. ...about our Florida aquaculture industry
- We do different things like the SALT program in our high school to help teach our next generation of
- But I do... ...the Suwannee River Water Management District and the Florida Department of Environmental
- If the Suwannee River ever turns blue, I know where they're going to be coming because I've been doing
Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Agriculture met with a quorum present and heard three presentations focused on Florida aquaculture, agricultural nutrient reduction, and land preservation. First, clam farmer Tim Solano of Cedar Key described the economic and environmental importance of the state’s clam industry, noting Florida’s strong national production, the industry’s recovery role after the net ban, and the severe damage caused by recent hurricanes and red tide. He said the Dislocated Workers program helped farmers return to work and asked that existing state programs be written more broadly to include aquaculture. Oyster producer Canaan Greg of Pelican Oyster Company then discussed the growth of off-bottom oyster farming, the losses his industry suffered from Hurricane Michael and the pandemic, and the need for better access to recovery loans, student internships, local seed production, and waterfront protection. Members asked questions about leases, production, predators, and storm resilience, and the presenters emphasized that aquaculture is a sustainable, year-round industry that filters water and supports local economies.
The committee next heard from UF/IFAS regional extension agent Dr. Bob Hockmouth on education, research, and extension efforts to reduce nitrogen in the Suwannee Valley Basin Management Action Plan area. He explained that the region’s agricultural load reduction target has increased from about 4.2 million to 5.8 million pounds of nitrogen, and that extension programs are helping farmers adopt practices such as precision fertilizer placement, soil moisture sensors, controlled-release fertilizer, petiole sap testing, and irrigation automation. He highlighted corn and watermelon as major examples, saying on-farm demonstrations and cost-share programs are essential because the equipment and technology are expensive. He reported substantial reductions from participating farms and said growers are generally cooperative when funding is available.
Finally, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services presented an update on the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program. The program acquires development rights through voluntary conservation easements to keep working agricultural lands in production, protect water resources and wildlife habitat, and preserve taxable land without transferring ownership. The presenter said the program has expanded rapidly in the last two years, with more acreage acquired, faster application review, and more properties in the Florida wildlife corridor. He noted new online application and monitoring tools, a shortened review timeline, and stronger partnerships with federal and defense-related programs. Committee members asked about long-term maintenance responsibilities and the Board of Trustees approval process, and the presentation closed with support for continued funding and efficiency improvements before the committee adjourned without objection.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (03/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- In the governor's capital budget, they gave a recommended $4.6 million for the salt shed.
- We'll just do fewer of the salt sheds.
- The salt and sand sets that are in more dire need are the ones we would prioritize.
- It's a technical fix to the note around the Winnipesaukee River Basin.
- It's the Winnipesaukee River Basin revolving or Recovery Fund.
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing and work session on House Bill 25/25A, the capital improvements budget. Representative David Mills introduced HB 25A, which makes appropriations for capital improvements for the biennium and extends certain lapses from prior appropriations, noting it is based on Governor Ayotte’s budget. The hearing then focused on requests to add or restore funding for several projects, including community college capital needs, Veterans Home ADA and safety upgrades, career and technical education renovations in Milford, and airport infrastructure funding.
Shannon Reed of the Community College System of New Hampshire asked for an additional $2.6 million for IT infrastructure, critical maintenance, and energy management systems, citing failing boilers, roof work, cybersecurity needs, and a recent costly water damage incident at Lakes Region Community College. John Graham, representing the New Hampshire Veterans Home, requested $1.5 million for ADA compliance and safety improvements such as floor replacement and wider doors, saying the work would help the home before an upcoming VA inspection and protect federal funding. Lance Whitehead testified for Milford CTE, asking the committee to keep $9.9 million in the budget for a scaled-down renovation; members discussed the town’s failed vote, the need for local matching funds, and the possibility of another vote next year. Tim Thompson of Concord and Margaret Burns of NHMA urged restoration of airport matching funds, arguing that about $3.6 million in state money would leverage roughly $62 million to $65 million in federal FAA funds for safety and infrastructure projects. Trisha Lambert and Andrew Pomroy of the Bureau of Aeronautics and airport management association explained the airport program, the 12 federally funded airports, and how projects are selected through airport master plans and a capital improvement program.
After public testimony, the committee closed the hearing on HB 25A. In the work session that followed, staff distributed supporting documents, including cost breakdowns and comparison sheets. The chair indicated the committee would work from the governor’s $143 million capital budget as a baseline and proposed reducing it by about $10 million, largely by removing the Milford CTE item because both towns had voted it down and would not have another vote for a year. The chair said the goal was to bring the overall budget to about $133 million and then repurpose the remaining funds through straw polls and further committee action.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Jul 1st, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- has scoured and gone lower, and their head gate is actually high and unattainable.
- , and what it meant in California to actually take dams down and return rivers, or restore rivers, both
- South of the mine, the San Juan River flows to the west. is fed by the Animas and La Plata Rivers upstream
- of the mine and the Chaco River downstream of the mine.
- Potential off-site receptors include the San Juan River and water supply wells located along the river
Committee:
House Water & Natural Resources Committee
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/04/2026 - House Ways & Means
House Ways & Means Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- fiscal outlook, the wells are running dry, and I've never heard of a case where tax cuts lead to a river
- This conformity includes an increased SALT deduction that will cost the state nearly $80 million in tax
- I'm using your SALT.
- The SALT cap remained capped at $10,000 instead of jumping to $40,000, and the monies saved by doing
- of the State, which was no tax on tips, we gave her that; no tax on overtime, we gave her that; no SALT
Summary:
The committee took up House Bill 2785, a major Arizona tax conformity measure that would align state law with the Internal Revenue Code as of January 1, 2026 and apply retroactively to tax year 2025. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would make Department of Revenue tax forms legal, provide certainty to taxpayers already filing under those forms, and deliver about $440 million in tax relief through provisions such as no tax on tips and overtime, a larger standard deduction, a $6,000 senior deduction, and changes to deductions and the SALT cap. Opponents argued the bill would significantly reduce state revenue, disproportionately benefit higher-income taxpayers, and should not move forward without a broader budget plan. After an amendment addressing retroactivity and foreign dividend language was adopted, the committee approved HB 2785 on a 5-4 vote.
The committee then heard several Arizona State Retirement System technical cleanup bills. HB 2089, clarifying the health insurance premium benefit subsidy, passed 9-0. HB 2090, changing the disability timeframe for long-term disability benefits, passed 8-1. HB 2092, allowing certain employees over age 65 to waive ASRS participation within 30 days of eligibility, also passed 8-1. These measures were described by staff and the sponsor as simple corrections, with little opposition.
Finally, the committee considered HB 2477, which conforms Arizona’s 529 education savings plan to federal law, expands allowable uses, and adds rules for 529-to-Roth IRA rollovers and ABLE transfers. Supporters called it a cleanup bill that would simplify administration for families, while some members raised concerns about the Roth rollover and possible use of funds transferred from ESA accounts. The bill passed 5-3 with one member voting present. The committee then adjourned.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- It shackles the hands of the legislators rather than lowering taxes.
- I said before, I'm a lower middle income... ...I said before, I'm a lower middle income, maybe even lower
- If we pass this bill, the Missouri citizen, especially the lower and lower middle income wage earners
- And the Missouri citizens need to be the ones to decide. citizen, especially the lower and lower middle
- For all those reasons, just remember, we did SALT, For all those reasons, just remember, we did SALT,
OK
Bills:
SB1936 , SB1612 , SB1543 , SB1260 , SB1988 , SB1859 , SB2041 , SB1257 , HB4272 , HB3277 , HB3148 , HB3651 , HB3323 , HB4287 , HB4105 , HB3304 , HB3345
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
Keywords:
forfeiture, criminal offenses, law enforcement, Class D1 offenses, property seizure, SB1612, mandatory reporting, violent injury reporting, gunshot wound, stab wound, poisoning, burn injury, explosive injury, medical reporting, healthcare providers, law enforcement notification, evidence preservation, patient video records, confidentiality waiver, misdemeanor penalty
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not about lowering standards.
- In my opinion, lowering or moving the population thresholds would strengthen SB 6181 and represent a
- This is not about lowering standards.
- In my opinion, lowering or moving the population thresholds would strengthen SB 6181 and represent a
- or fresh waters ...obstruct or change the natural flow or bed of any of the salt or fresh waters of
Bills:
SB6132 , SB6181 , SB6154 , SB6189 , SB5903 , SB6037 , SB5983 , SB5995 , SB6016 , SB5820 , SB6064 , SB6077 , SB6101 , SB6013 , SB6066
Committee:
Senate Local Government
Keywords:
indebtedness limits, inland port districts, federal funding, infrastructure improvements, economic development, city incorporation, local governance, municipalities, state law, government structure, culvert replacement, fish passage, hydraulic project approval, Department of Fish and Wildlife, stream crossing, bank stabilization, flood control, erosion control, emergency permit, expedited permit
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Oct 6th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Of course, my vehicle is lower to the ground than one of these larger trucks would be.
- It has been a tough road for a lot of these residents that live next to the river.
- We're going to have to find a way to capture the floodwaters that come in from the salt fire.
- These are lower type treatments, not full reconstruction.
- It took out a lot of material and went down to the lower. foundation, and we built up.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Sep 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a photograph of the release into the Animas and San Juan rivers.
- Finally, I want to highlight a Cimarron River project.
- or floodway, then we need to get them off of the river.
- It's about bailing people out that chose to live on the river.
- to do a trade-out on the river, and the state owned the river, and possibly trade out because, you know