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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But we have uses that they also look at that we haven't utilized.
- Instead of reaching this cap, actually utilizing it like we do for the State Highway Fund, funneling
- And if our cap is $24.6 billion, our floor utility... $11.2 billion.
- I could think of a lot of things that we could utilize some of this money for.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- putting together a thoughtful bill to make sure that we protect more people and ensure that they get to utilize
- day, Californians are struggling with their ability to pay rent, to be able to pay for essential utilities
- day, Californians are struggling with their ability to pay rent, to be able to pay for essential utilities
- digital equity activities within the state, which currently are split between the California Public Utilities
Summary:
The Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee met to adopt its 2025-2026 rules and hear three bills. The committee first adopted the rules on a roll call vote, then heard AB 1303 by Assemblymember Valencia, which would clarify that a Social Security number is not required to apply for California Lifeline and would restrict sharing subscriber information with immigration enforcement absent a court warrant or subpoena. Supporters said the bill would help vulnerable Californians, including undocumented residents, domestic violence survivors, unhoused people, and identity theft victims, access essential communications services; there was no opposition. The bill passed on a due pass motion and was re-referred to Judiciary.
The committee next heard AB 1271 by Assemblymember Bonta, which would require broadband providers to report pricing and speed-performance data to the Department of Consumer Affairs and make the information publicly available, with privacy protections and a standardized reporting template. Supporters argued the bill would improve transparency and help consumers, local governments, and the state understand what broadband service Californians are actually receiving; testimony highlighted disparities in speed and pricing in low-income communities. The bill was amended in committee and passed on a due pass as amended motion to the Committee on Business and Professions.
Finally, the committee heard AB 693 by the chair, Assemblymember Boerner, which would consolidate broadband and digital equity functions into a new Department of Broadband and Digital Equity and create an 11-member commission with decision-making authority. Supporters said the current split between agencies creates delays and coordination problems, while members discussed governance, geographic representation, and whether the proposal would require follow-up constitutional or statutory changes. The bill passed 9-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations. Afterward, the committee added AB 1303 and AB 1271 as later add-ons, both of which were also reported out, and the meeting adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's light enough for them to actually handle, to carry, to utilize.
- It's much easier to maneuver and much easier to utilize whether it is hunting or self-defense in either
- Um, it's light enough for them to actually handle, to carry, to utilize.
- It's much easier to maneuver and much easier to utilize whether it is hunting or self-defense in either
Keywords:
elections, Election Code, poll workers, election clerks, presiding judge, alternate presiding judge, polling place, central counting station, county chair, political party, gubernatorial election, vote counting, election administration, Texas elections, precinct officials, ballot counting, county election officials, election integrity, election fraud, Attorney General
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 1596, which would remove short-barreled rifles from the list of prohibited weapons in the Texas Penal Code. The author, Sen. Hagenbuch, said the bill would align state law with federal realities and argued that the current prohibition is arbitrary and unnecessary. Supporters, including representatives from Gun Owners of America and Texas Gun Rights, said the bill would reduce confusion, protect lawful gun owners, and preserve the ability to use shorter firearms for self-defense, hunting, and for smaller shooters. One supporter also described a recent case in which an AR pistol was mistaken for a short-barreled rifle and led to a state charge that was later dismissed.
Public testimony was split. Supporters said stabilizing braces and shorter firearms can improve accuracy, safety, and accessibility for women, children, and smaller-statured shooters. Opponents, including Texas Gun Sense and two Santa Fe shooting survivors, argued that short-barreled firearms are more concealable and dangerous, and pointed to the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting as evidence of the risks of easier access. They urged the committee to keep the existing restrictions in place to protect public safety.
After public testimony closed, the committee took up pending business. Senate Bill 1505, relating to the Compassionate Use Program, was reported favorably to the full Senate on an 8-0 vote. Senate Bill 17, relating to the acquisition of real property by certain aliens or foreign entities, was first amended by adopting a committee substitute and then reported favorably to the full Senate by a 7-1 vote. The committee then recessed until after the Senate’s adjournment or final recess.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They are districts, they're non-taxing, they're river authorities, they're special utility districts.
- We have over 900 utility members and 200 responded, they do not have computers.
- improvement districts, underwater, uh, water conservation districts, freshwater supply districts, municipal utility
- Self-liquidating navigation districts, special utility districts, stormwater control districts, and I'm
Keywords:
HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- State Penitentiary utility State Penitentiary utility infrastructure,<00:48:35.280>
the <00 - Uh, and I think it would behoove of us in the Commonwealth to utilize this type of program because, uh
- Uh, and I think it would behoove of us in the Commonwealth to utilize this type of program because, uh
- Uh, and I think it would behoove of us in the Commonwealth to utilize this type of program because, uh
- Uh, and I think it would behoove of us in the Commonwealth to utilize this type of program because, uh
Bills:
HB60
Keywords:
geoengineering, weather modification, environmental safety, atmospheric pollutants, criminal pollution, Meeting Start: 00:00:02
Roll Call: 00:00:08
26 RS HB 60 - AN ACT relating to geoengineering: 00:01:35
Department of Corrections Update: 00:32:59
Kentucky Parole Board Update: 01:19:21, 958, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- That level is utilized by us to make sure that products that make it to our market are done in a safe
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products <01:10: - Um, right now you have to utilize for direct shipping, you must utilize a licensed carrier to get your
- direct shipping, you have to utilize for direct shipping, you must<01:18:48.480>
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KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Health Services (11-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- This is an act relating to utilization controls for non-opioid analgesics in the Medicaid program.
- is an act relating to utilization is an act relating to utilization controls<00:03:29.000>
for - The only border state that continues to utilize the term supervision is Ohio, while all others utilize
- Supervision laws add cost and delay the hiring of and the utilization of a PA.
- PAs within their on how to utilize PAs within their interprofessional<00:19:04.520>
team.
Summary:
The committee opened its sixth and final interim meeting with roll call, quorum confirmation, approval of the prior minutes, and a brief change in agenda order to preserve quorum and accommodate presenters’ schedules. Members then moved through several proposed health-related items with limited discussion, and the chair noted the committee would reconvene in January for further conversation.
The first substantive item was a proposal relating to utilization controls for non-opioid analgesics in Medicaid. Senator Gerald Neal and Tara Hyde of People Advocating Recovery argued that pain parity is needed so patients can access non-opioid options without prior authorization or step therapy barriers, especially in acute pain situations and for people in recovery. Senator Berg supported the concept and suggested expanding the approach to other prescriptions by allowing physicians to explain why step therapy is inappropriate at the time of prescribing; another member cautioned against unintended cost increases if non-opioid drugs are used as add-ons to opioids.
The committee then heard a proposal on physician assistants from Senator Scott and Andrew Rutherford of the Kentucky Academy of Physician Assistants. They described a shift from a supervisory to a collaborative practice model, with practice scope set at the practice level, limited Schedule II prescribing authority under guardrails, and permission for PAs to perform driver’s license vision testing. Supporters said the changes would improve rural access, reduce administrative burden, and align Kentucky with neighboring states; a question from Representative Bratcher focused on experience requirements and how the proposal compares with nurse practitioner rules. No vote was taken.
Finally, Representative Nancy Tate, Adia Wuchner, and Representative Jason Nemes introduced a 2026 proposal aimed at “protecting vulnerable people.” They described a broad package focused on abortion pill trafficking, marketing to minors, commercial surrogacy, assisted suicide, and organ procurement safeguards, arguing that current law leaves gaps and that additional criminal and civil penalties are needed. The presentation was informational only, with no action taken before the meeting ended.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Air Mobility & Aviation Economic Development Task Force (10-28-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Looking at better utilization of existing tank assets to used for storage and blending of AAF.
- Looking at better utilization of existing tank assets to used for storage and blending of AAF.
- Looking at better utilization of existing tank assets to used for storage and blending of AAF.
- Looking at better utilization of existing tank assets to used for storage and blending of AAF.
- utilize those aircraft in our state. utilize those aircraft in our state.
Summary:
The task force approved the October 14, 2025 meeting minutes and then heard a presentation from Austin Kaylor of WSP on alternative aviation fuels. Kaylor described an ongoing feasibility study focused on Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and the other four commercial airports in Kentucky, with an eye toward both near-term use of alternative aviation fuel in existing supply chains and longer-term in-state production using local feedstocks. He said Kentucky’s current jet fuel use at the five airports is about 609 million gallons annually and could approach 1 billion gallons by 2050, and he outlined potential feedstocks such as soybeans, corn, and waste oils, along with existing logistics assets like river terminals, trucking, rail, and some pipelines. He also discussed federal and state policy support, including renewable fuel credits and the recent 45Z tax credit extension, and said the study suggests significant economic-development potential if Kentucky can leverage existing infrastructure and incentives.
Members asked about the cost of sustainable aviation fuel, whether taxpayers would be subsidizing it, and whether food crops would be diverted from food use. Kaylor responded that the market is increasingly using second-generation and waste-based feedstocks, that federal incentives can cover much of the price differential, and that SAF is a direct substitute for conventional jet fuel with some efficiency benefits. He said demand comes from both U.S. and foreign carriers, including major U.S. airlines that have made emissions-reduction commitments. Members also raised the possibility of locating production in Appalachia to create jobs closer to feedstock sources; Kaylor said that approach has worked in other states and could fit Kentucky’s logistics network.
The committee then heard from Leif Elder of the Utah Department of Transportation, who introduced himself and said he would discuss advanced air mobility legislation in Utah. The transcript cuts off before his substantive presentation, and no further votes or actions were recorded after the question-and-answer discussion on alternative aviation fuels.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Housing Task Force 2025 (7-28-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Works, I mean affordable housing is obviously the big challenge here, but by virtue of utilizing some
- and all of roads electrical utilities and all of that.<00:57:24.079>
Uh <00:57:24.319>if <01:31:41.520>- Revolving loan funds for workforce housing, we would absolutely utilize that.
- We would absolutely<01:31:40.880>
utilize <01:31:41.199>that. Workforce absolutely utilize that. Workforce absolutely utilize that.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:07
Roll Call 00:00:14
Discussion of Pro-Growth Housing Policies 00:02:01
Discussion of Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit 01:11:13
Adjournment 01:40:27, 958, all
Summary:
The Kentucky Housing Task Force met and heard first from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, which presented findings from a housing study done with the Home Builders Association. The chamber said housing is now a major economic-development issue, citing survey results that 90% of community leaders said their region could not absorb a major job announcement and 66% said housing is holding back Kentucky’s economy. The chamber described Kentucky’s housing shortage, rising home prices, declining permits since 2008, and the need for more production to support growth. It urged policy changes including zoning and land-use reform, tax incentives, regional approaches, and especially a residential infrastructure fund modeled on Indiana’s low-interest loan program to help communities finance roads and other infrastructure needed for new housing. Members asked about the severity of the problem, workforce shortages in permitting and construction, the loan interest rate, repayment, and whether Kentucky could replicate Indiana’s results; the witness said the issue is a crisis and that the program would be a revolving public-private partnership, likely around 3% interest, with implementation details still to be worked out.
The Kentucky Bankers Association then testified that the housing gap is especially acute for households at 80% of area median income and below, which it said represents about 70% of Kentucky’s housing need. It emphasized that the shortage affects both urban and rural counties and pointed to examples such as Rowan County, where workers at major employers must commute long distances because local housing is unavailable or unaffordable. The bankers said high interest rates remain a major barrier and proposed a $20 million bank commitment for a revolving fund tied to tax credits to finance new housing, not refinances. They cited Hope of the Midwest as an example of a successful tax-credit housing model with a long track record and no defaults, and said the proposal would leverage public-private partnerships to create new units.
Committee members questioned how the proposed fund would compare with industrial revenue bonds and whether it could be structured like Kentucky’s tobacco settlement fund, with seed money, a review board, scoring criteria, and possible population thresholds to ensure smaller communities benefit. The bankers said the proposal would be another tool for cities and counties, specifically tied to residential infrastructure, and that larger cities should not be able to capture all of the resources. No formal votes or actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, when the legislation was drafted several years ago, um, the funding is utilized to secure critical
- Direct deposit is one option that students can use to utilize the funds, but there are others as well
- can use to utilize the funds but<00:43:05.599>
there <00:43:05.680>are <00:43:05.920>- For much of its staff units, it utilizes the state's contract; the two largest are ASE and MAPE, which
- <01:41:40.560>
identified we have utilized identified we have utilized identified $465,000
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- What expansion of services were utilized with this new funding?
- What expansion of services were utilized with this new funding?
- What expansion of services were utilized with this new funding?
- What expansion of services were utilized with this new funding?
- What expansion of services were utilized with this new funding?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Operating costs, like fuel and utilities and legal services.
- them, and we're utilizing health.
- them, and we're utilizing health.
- to utilize them and we're utilizing to utilize them and we're utilizing health<01:19:55.120>
- this because they don't have utilizing this because they don't have those<01:20:15.520>
providers
Summary:
The committee met for a Health and Finance Policy hearing, began with member and staff introductions, and noted that Representative Keeler was participating as a non-voting member. The chair outlined committee rules on decorum and then introduced the day’s first agency presentation from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), with Commissioner Cunningham appearing to present the department’s budget priorities.
Commissioner Cunningham described MDH’s broad public health role and emphasized that public health is underfunded relative to health care, with significant reliance on federal dollars. The department’s main budget request was for infectious disease prevention and response to offset anticipated federal funding losses. MDH also outlined several fee increases tied to public water systems, wells, licensing and certification, assisted living and health care facilities, HMO regulation, food/pools/lodging inspections, radioactive materials, X-ray equipment, and asbestos abatement. The commissioner said these changes were needed because costs, workload, and regulatory complexity have increased, while many fees have not been updated in years.
MDH also presented budget-neutral proposals, including continuing the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Advisory Committee, converting the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force into a standing advisory committee, restoring some local and tribal public health cannabis and substance misuse prevention grants, creating direct American Indian Health Special Emphasis Grants, reauthorizing the State Trauma Advisory Council, and extending firefighter PFAS biomonitoring work. The department also requested an operations adjustment for rising employee, insurance, fuel, utility, and legal costs, and referenced additional Clean Water Legacy Fund proposals. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided. Representative Bierman then offered supportive comments, praising MDH’s work and backing the funding and fee proposals, especially the restoration of local public health prevention grants.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Jun 16th, 2026
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
Transcript Highlights:
- Andrea Abregel with the California Municipal Utilities Association in support. Good afternoon.
- Chair and members, Debbie Michael, on behalf of East Bay Municipal Utility District, in support; also
- The motion is do pass as amended to the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee. Connolly: Aye.
- The motion is do pass as amended to the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee.
- The motion is do pass through the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee. Connolly: Aye.
Summary:
The Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee heard several bills, with SB 811 pulled by the author and deferred to a later hearing. The committee first took up SB 501 by Senator Allen, which would expand California’s battery extended producer responsibility program to include medium-format batteries such as those used in e-bikes, scooters, lawn equipment, and portable power systems. Supporters from local governments, stewardship organizations, and recycling groups said the bill would reduce fire risks, worker hazards, and disposal costs; opposition was limited, with some industry groups seeking clarification or expressing neutrality after amendments. The bill was moved out of committee on a do-pass vote, with one no vote recorded from Assemblymember Ellis and later additional ayes added after quorum was established.
The committee then heard SB 1125 by Senator Menjivar, which would create a statewide low-income drinking water rate assistance program administered by the State Water Resources Control Board, contingent on funding. The author and supporters argued that many Californians face water debt and that public water systems lack a statewide affordability program because of Proposition 218 constraints. Water agencies, environmental justice groups, and local governments testified in strong support, and there was no opposition. The bill passed the committee on a do-pass vote, again with one no vote from Assemblymember Ellis and later additional ayes after quorum.
SB 1259 by Senator Blakespear, as amended, would require petroleum refineries to provide advance closure, cleanup, and cost information to the state to improve planning for refinery transitions and site remediation. Supporters, including the City of Benicia and environmental groups, said communities need transparency and early planning to avoid leaving local governments and workers with cleanup and redevelopment uncertainty. Opponents, including the Western States Petroleum Association, the State Building and Construction Trades Council, and business groups, argued the bill was burdensome, duplicative of existing regulation, and could send the wrong signal to remaining refineries. After extensive discussion, the committee approved SB 1259 on a do-pass-as-amended vote to the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee. The consent calendar, including SB 1253 and SJR 13, also passed.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee Mar 30th, 2026 at 10:00 am
A&B Transportation Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- That was the terminal building, the hangar, the utilities, and the taxiway roadway access.
- hangars, taxiways, in the new development areas, our terminal buildings, our fuel systems, or our utilities
- development perspective, it may have been a little bit prohibitive when it comes to bringing water and utilities
- And so, at the end of the day, those utilities are a big piece and something a lot of our airports are
- We have 6 new Six new utility projects are bringing water and wastewater to areas of airports that previously
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/26/2026 - House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
Transcript Highlights:
- analytics: we're looking at things like how to get physicians answers quicker and more efficiently, utilizing
- What if we could utilize algorithms based on instruments that we're already using to test your specimens
- bunch of blood and, with those biometrics in that secure electronic health record, we're able to utilize
- So the cytology platform that we utilize is actually called Whole Logic, and it's the only platform that
- at things like pharmacogenetics, those are definitely areas that we have been exploring already utilizing
Bills:
SB1786
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- generation of workers, anchor the next generation of companies, and make sure that the first time a utility
- But I think that is the next question: can we utilize? Are not yet.
- But I think that is the next question: can we utilize a percentage of this future tax revenue to reinvest
- , about the ramifications of certain industries and their impact on our air, on our water, and on utility
- focus on pulse plasma fusion—the Z machine that Sandia developed, which folks like Pacific Fusion utilize
Keywords:
corporate income tax, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, tax credit, tax deduction, controlled foreign corporation, CFC, bonus depreciation, interest expense, apportionment, unitary group, high-wage jobs tax credit, local journalism, news media, newspaper printer, physician incentive, health care workforce, affordable housing, multifamily housing, construction materials
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Military and Veterans Affairs Aug 13th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Can we utilize these beautiful homes that were built for our veterans?
- So this is something. that our residents utilize daily.
- We've improved and turned it into a coffee bar, so the table that you see there is now being utilized
- Doors are utilized by housekeeping, so housekeeping keeps certain supplies in there that are needed for
- You’re right, we have that National Nuclear Museum outside, and the public can utilize it.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations Apr 15th, 2025 at 02:00 pm
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- allowed to exceed that except for increases in caseload, additional coverage consistent with 1959 utilization
- Except for increases in caseload, additional coverage consistent with 1959 utilization rates and reduction
- We budget based on not the number of people eligible for it, but on the projected utilization.
- Section 31, the department will review the amount, duration, coverage, utilization rates, medical necessity
- So there are other uses that the other property could be utilized for.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 1012, the Department of Health and Human Services budget. Senator Dever walked through the amended budget, highlighting a roughly $5.85 billion all-funds total, major one-time items for IT, child care, housing, behavioral health, juvenile justice, rural EMS, and supportive housing, along with funding for Medicaid expansion, CCBHCs, opioid settlement uses, and several studies and reporting requirements. Members discussed the provider inflation increase, with Senator Mathern urging a 2%/2% rate instead of 2%/1.5%, but the committee adopted the subcommittee amendment and then passed the amended bill 15-0 with a do-pass recommendation. Senator Dever was named as carrier.
The committee then considered House Bill 1540, a school choice/education savings account-style bill. Senator Shibley explained the subcommittee amendments, including clarifying the Bank of North Dakota as administrator, adding a means test at 400% of the federal poverty guideline, and adjusting the fiscal note to about $21.7 million for the second year. In debate, members raised concerns about the bank being assigned duties outside its normal role, the lack of DPI involvement, and whether the means test should be tiered rather than a hard cutoff. The committee rejected a do-not-pass motion 5-10-1, then approved a do-pass motion on the amended bill 9-6-1, with Senator Wobama noted as the likely carrier.
The meeting ended with the chair announcing the committee would adjourn and reconvene the next morning.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Elect Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota Statute 222.37, which is attached in my notes, allows certain utilities to install infrastructure
- One of the things that we have to deal with is the public right-of-way, just as other utilities like
- to get easements parallel and adjacent to the road right-of-ways, a 30-foot easement, where other utilities
- Parks, or the head of transportation, the head of utilities, and they are having many different roles
- Louis County, and Representative Roehrig's bill dealing with statutory cities and the Public Utility
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Another area that we're able to do was to was to utilize create revenue grant funding.
- transparency and accountability as well as being able to understand where you're you, sources are being utilized
- deportation, the different agencies. >> You have you have DP and they have grants and things that you can utilize
- your study so that we could this mask Lee keeping in figure out whether or not we could actually utilize
- nrcs and what these cost share programs to ensure that these best management practices are being utilized