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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- They pollute, they generate a lot of waste, they don't create many jobs.
- A senator told me just recently that he wants to get rid of fraud, waste, and abuse.
- We're ignoring the real waste in our state while we're cutting services that are essential to everyday
- Rio Nuevo is not a waste... Taking it away is irresponsible.
- Rio Nuevo is not a waste, and it is a return on investment. This model grows the tax base.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Proponents of this legislation highlight the waste of resources caused by swatting or false 911 calls
- Proponents of this legislation highlight the waste of resources caused by swatting or false 911 calls
- AB 1872 is Also costly, expensive, and a waste of resources. AB 1872 is unnecessary.
- That often results in trash, bodily waste, drug paraphernalia scattered across the property, and other
- That often results in trash, bodily waste, drug paraphernalia scattered across the property, and other
Committee:
House Public Safety
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 4th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Unified Program Agency Reimbursement Program accomplishes this by funding hazardous materials and waste
- Assembly Bill 998 by Assembly Member Hadwick, an act relating to hazardous waste.
- Assembly Bill 998 by Assembly Member Hadwick, an act relating to hazardous waste.
- AB 998 allows schools to manage confiscated vapes as household hazardous waste and allows hazardous waste
- AB 998 will improve safety in our schools and responsibly manage the vape waste stream in California.
Summary:
The Assembly convened with a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long daily file of bills. Early procedural motions included a failed attempt to suspend the rules for AB 1219, followed by consideration of numerous measures on housing, veterans, education, elections, energy, wildfire prevention, public safety, and consumer affordability. Several bills drew bipartisan support and passed overwhelmingly, including AB 878 on safety accommodations for survivors of violence, AB 948 on school district facility maintenance, AB 81 and AB 88 on veterans’ mental health and student aid, AB 640 on school board fiscal training, AB 660 on housing permit timelines, AB 1048 on workers’ compensation billing disputes, AB 1119 on dual credentialing, AB 1172 on inhalable anti-seizure medication access, AB 1227 on wildfire prevention, AB 1285 and AB 696 on lithium-ion battery safety, AB 1417 on offshore wind transparency, AB 1530 on disaster recovery assistance, and AB 353 on affordable home internet. Some measures drew opposition or more divided votes, including AB 704 on sealing certain misdemeanor records, AB 1249 on early voting access, AB 1280 on thermal energy incentives, AB 1448 on offshore oil protections, AB 380 on price gouging, AB 402 on Cal Grant increases, AB 1074 on CalWORKs reunification, and AB 1084 on expedited gender-change and name-change court orders. The Assembly also granted reconsideration on AB 435, a child passenger safety bill, and passed it after debate on the five-step safety-seat standard.
The floor debate featured recurring themes of affordability, housing, wildfire preparedness, election access, veterans’ services, and public safety. Supporters of the election bill AB 1249 argued it would simply add a Saturday early-voting option in non-VCA counties, while opponents raised concerns about verification and county staffing. AB 30, authorizing E15 gasoline in California, was presented as an urgency measure to lower fuel costs and passed unanimously on the urgency and the bill. AB 1466 on groundwater disputes was also taken up, with the author arguing it would reduce frivolous litigation and better represent all water users; the vote was 42 ayes and 17 noes. After completing the file, the Assembly recessed for lunch, later returned, and continued with additional file items, with many measures passing on strong bipartisan votes.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 2nd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Assembly Bill 599 by Assemblymember Connolly, an act relating to hazardous waste.
- It is wasteful. We do not have the funds for this.
- Assembly Bill 864 by Assembly Ward in accolade to hazardous waste.
- That do not send organic waste to landfills.
- Assembly Bill 70 by Assemblymember Akra Akuri, an act relating to solid waste.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Capital Improvement Committee Meeting Jun 23rd, 2026
Capital Improvement
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 86 requires DNREC to work with the Delaware Solid Waste Authority to transition operations in
- the vicinity of the current yard waste site at Polly Drummond.
- Section 86 requires Denrack to work with the Delaware Solid Waste Authority to transition operations
- in the vicinity of the current yard waste site at Polly Drummond.
Committee:
Joint Capital Improvement
Summary:
The committee met for a fiscal year 2027 capital budget writing session with all 12 members present. It first reviewed and approved the DNREC Resource Conservation and Development drainage project list, which would add projects across New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties and bring the total eligible projects to 1,561. Members offered personal remarks thanking retiring conservation district staff, especially Kevin Donnelly, for years of work on drainage and water issues. The committee then reviewed DelDOT Rule 12 changes, including annual date updates and a reduction in the inflation markup applied to older estimates, and approved the rule as amended.
The committee next adopted DelDOT Appendix A and the FY27 paving and rehabilitation list, including the subdivision street management fund and various road resurfacing projects. DelDOT explained that paving projects are for state-of-good-repair work and that major changes from corridor studies would be handled separately. The committee also approved DelDOT epilogue changes, including updates to authorization amounts, a $25 million increase for toll infrastructure work, changes to subdivision street paving language, and an increase in the subdivision street paving management fund to $30 million. Several sections were placed on hold for later updates.
The committee then moved through boilerplate epilogue sections in the bond bill, approving a wide range of provisions affecting conservation districts, housing, economic development, corrections, DNREC, public safety, transportation, agriculture, fire prevention, education, and other agencies. Many sections were adopted in groups, while some were held for later revisions or deleted as no longer needed. The session included updates to school capital rules, transportation restrictions and reporting requirements, DNREC conservation and land-use provisions, and funding and administrative authorities across multiple agencies. The committee broke for lunch after approving the education-related sections through 147, with additional sections still pending.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Improving Affordability through Tax Relief | Senator Karin Housley May 15th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- it, and especially hearing from constituents, what actually happened to that money when there was waste
- /c><00:02:42.480><c> when</c><00:02:42.600><c> there</c><00:02:42.720><c> was</c><00:02:42.920><c> waste
- ,</c><00:02:43.320><c> fraud,</c> that money when there was waste, fraud, that money when there was waste
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House agriculture panel lays over bill exempting elk from state's Cervidae importation ban Apr 8th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- At this time, there is no validated live test for CWD or chronic wasting disease that would allow us
- c><00:05:02.680><c> CWD</c><00:05:03.360><c> or</c><00:05:03.480><c> chronic</c><00:05:03.800><c> wasting
- </c><00:05:04.120><c> disease</c> test for CWD or chronic wasting disease test for CWD or chronic wasting
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development - 03/31/2026
Housing, Construction, and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- The landfills in our state are at capacity, and this is a very large portion of the waste stream, so
- Right, as Senator May knows, about half of all waste produced in New York is construction and demolition
- expensive to many municipalities, so this could be saving especially local tax dollars or local fees for waste
- budget is trying to get a mass timber supply chain institute at SUNY ESF, and presumably some of the waste
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Housing, Construction, and Community Development met on March 31, 2026, with a quorum present and noted that the Legislature was in budget negotiations and approaching a scheduled break. The committee took up several housing-related bills, with most being reported to Finance after discussion. The first bill, S.3742A, would require information to be provided in new and renewal leases for certain housing accommodations, and it was reported without opposition. S.4659B, the Rental Emergency Stabilization for Tenants Act, generated the longest debate; supporters said it would give local governments outside New York City a more flexible way to determine a housing emergency and opt into rent stabilization, while opponents argued it lacked a clear vacancy-rate standard, could discourage development, and would benefit higher-income tenants. The bill was ultimately reported, with some negative votes and one or more votes without recommendation.
The committee then discussed S.8168, which would create a deconstruction and salvage framework for building materials, including local options, technical assistance, grants, and related code updates. Supporters said it could reduce landfill use, lower disposal costs, and encourage reuse markets, while opponents questioned costs, market demand, and whether the program would raise housing and demolition expenses. The bill was reported, again with some negative or without-recommendation votes. S.8595, dealing with how certain valuations and amounts due are calculated in foreclosure actions, was also reported. S.8672, the Employer-Assisted Housing Matching Grant Act, would provide a state match for employer housing assistance for certain nonprofit human services employers; members raised concerns about scope, possible double-dipping, and whether the program should be expanded to other workers, but the bill was reported with some negative and without-recommendation votes.
The final bill, S.94A, made a minor amendment to the Housing Access Voucher Pilot Program regarding priority applicants and unit inspections, and it was reported as well. Throughout the meeting, members repeatedly emphasized that several proposals were optional for local governments or employers rather than mandates, and many of the exchanges focused on affordability, housing supply, local control, and the fiscal effects of the bills. No floor votes were taken; the committee’s actions were limited to reporting the bills to Finance, with some reported favorably and others reported with negative or without-recommendation votes.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- was probably one of the most significant bills to kind of clean up our welfare system, to root out waste
- and frankly, in the White House, we hoped that that bill's financial incentives for states to fight waste
- who are enrolled in food stamps who are actually eligible and your taxpayers who want to see fraud, waste
- who are enrolled in food stamps who are actually eligible and your taxpayers who want to see fraud, waste
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Retirement and Government Resources Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Retirement and Government Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- How is that balanced when this is an emphasis solely on financial savings and not potentially wasting
- time of business owners or wasting time of others who need help through our services or our programs
- I found this or that, and I felt like I was wasting my time, and no one was listening to me.
- Typically, when we look at government contracts, we're looking at governmental waste or efficiency, but
Committee:
Senate Retirement and Government Resources
Keywords:
nondisclosure agreements, state employment, employee rights, transparency, government accountability, employee suggestions, cost savings, state agencies, incentives, performance awards, efficiency, Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, state procurement, state purchasing, State Purchasing Director, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, OMES, exempt entities, purchasing exemptions, state contracts
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 8 (1-15-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 29, an act relating to solid waste management facilities. Senator Elkins.
- Senate Bill 29, an act relating<00:10:24.240><c> to</c><00:10:24.480><c> solid</c><00:10:24.800><c> waste
- </c><00:10:25.200><c> management</c> relating to solid waste management relating to solid waste management
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Let me say bluntly that bluntly that HB487 is a total waste of money that could be better spent helping
- Uh, I strongly recommend that you amend this bill or kill this bill that's being wasted, uh kill this
- bill that's being wasted, money being wasted on scholarships and use it for veterans who not only need
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation Education
Keywords:
rural health, hospital funding, tax credits, qualified donations, Alabama Department of Revenue, HB273, Hunger-Free Campus Act, hunger free campus, food insecurity, college hunger, student hunger, campus pantry, food pantry, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, basic needs, student food assistance, meal vouchers, meal credits, food vouchers
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, the waste in a timely manner.
- that they are properly processed and redirected into the economy rather than remaining as renewable waste
- incentivizes recycling facilities to ensure that they are responsibly and adhering to protocol when disposing waste
- Making them much easier to transport to facilities where they will be converted from waste to energy
Bills:
HB205
Committee:
House Environmental Regulation
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (02/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- waste waste flow<03:40:12.239><c> and</c><03:40:12.399><c> as</c><03:40:12.560><c> of</c><03:40:12.720
- such waste from landfills, to authorize food waste facilities, provided that said facilities are within
- When the waste is combined with our organic waste, our landfills produce a toxic and complex biological
- </c><03:44:32.680><c> system</c> better management of our waste system better management of our waste
- </c> Hampshire Dees uh I'm in the solid waste Hampshire Dees uh I'm in the solid waste management<03:
Summary:
The committee first heard testimony on House Bill 437, which would change New Hampshire law on undischarged mortgages by creating a shorter period after which certain old mortgages would be treated as unenforceable. Prime sponsor Representative Bill Boyd said the bill was developed with input from bankers, lawyers, realtors, the Attorney General’s office, and the Banking Department, and he noted a drafting correction needed on line 18. He explained that the proposal would replace current law with a new framework modeled partly on Massachusetts, including a five-year expiration after a stated maturity date and a 35-year period for mortgages without an expiration date. Supporters said the bill would help clear obsolete title defects, reduce costly quiet-title litigation, and make real estate transactions easier for consumers, attorneys, and conveyancers.
Representative Mary Hakken-Phillips, Susan Cole of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, and Michelle Coffin all testified in support, describing the bill as a consumer protection measure. They said undischarged or improperly discharged mortgages often surface during title searches, causing delays, legal expenses, and failed or delayed closings. Coffin and Hakken-Phillips emphasized that many of these cases involve old, effectively obsolete mortgages and that the current process often requires expensive court action even when no one contests the title. Cole described a recent transaction in which a title defect caused a buyer to walk away and later restart the financing process, creating costs for both buyer and seller. A committee member asked about notice to mortgage holders; the response was that the lender bears responsibility for recording and extending the mortgage, and that due process rights would remain if a lender later contested the discharge.
Ryan Hill of the New Hampshire Bankers Association said the banking industry had reviewed the bill and was generally comfortable with it, while requesting a delayed effective date so members would have time to adjust their recording practices. He said the bill’s January 1, 2028 effective date reflected that request. After closing the hearing on HB 437, the committee opened a hearing on House Bill 721, the Gold and Silver Legal Tender Act. Representative Juliet Harvey-Bolia introduced it as a bipartisan economic justice bill intended to recognize gold and silver as legal tender, protect against inflation, and address concerns about trust, taxes, and government taking. She argued that gold is a stable store of value and discussed tax treatment in neighboring states, federal history, and digital gold platforms. The hearing on HB 721 was still in progress when the transcript ended, with the chair limiting questions because of time.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- c> money</c><00:12:34.880><c> on</c> City council will waste money on City council will waste money on
- If you want a caveat for waste about.
- </c> produce energy, it produce a waste produce energy, it produce a waste product<02:50:05.200><c> of
- It's a way to get rid of the waste.
- And to uh getting rid of the waste.
Committee:
Joint Select Water Committee
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><01:21:33.160><c> fraud,</c><01:21:33.560><c> and</c> and talked about the waste, fraud, and and
- </c> to the waste, to the abuse? to the waste, to the abuse?
- And it's nauseating to me cuz it feels like this is a waste of our time.
- fraud and abuse because we can waste fraud and abuse because we can have<01:35:29.840><c> things</c>
- </c><01:36:33.680><c> of</c> feels like I it is this is a waste of feels like I it is this is a waste
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
home care, licensing, fines, advisory council, grant program, client safety, healthcare regulation, HF3375, Minnesota disability waiver, waiver rate system, human services, individualized home supports, individualized home supports with training, individualized home supports with family training, positive support services, employment support services, employment development services, employment exploration services, billing limits, service authorization year
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, but, you know, we've been talking about waste, fraud, and abuse overruns again for my nine and a
- And so I'm wondering, with the waste treatment, does the Met Council meet the 10 parts per million?
- and the fraud spending and the the waste and the fraud and<00:59:50.120><c> abuse</c><00:59:50.480><
- </c><01:00:14.720><c> sort</c><01:00:15.000><c> of</c> the waste sort of the waste sort of reminded<01
- treatment does the Met with the waste treatment does the Met Council<01:00:35.720><c> meet</c><01:00
Committee:
Senate Transportation
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- know deferred kind of maintenance<00:02:28.599><c> on</c><00:02:28.760><c> our</c><00:02:28.959><c> waste
- </c><00:02:29.280><c> water</c> maintenance on our waste water maintenance on our waste water um<00:02
- </c> which is to take a look at where wasted which is to take a look at where wasted assets<01:13:11.920
- </c><01:19:57.520><c> Water</c> Hamakua I get two uh Waste Water Hamakua I get two uh Waste Water treatment
- money, wasted effort, and more importantly, our students and our teachers from Maui would have been
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- That's to address health-related issues affecting wildlife, chronic wasting disease, for instance.
- authorizations to private landowners for management of wildlife disease, most recently for things like chronic wasting
- suspicion that a private herd might be infected with some kind of disease and the herd has to be wasted
- So if it was a disease, I'll use chronic wasting disease as an example, we would then work to set up
- So if it was a disease, I'll use chronic wasting disease as an example.
Committee:
Senate Resources and Environment
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I am here representing Waste Forward, which is...
- I am here representing Waste Forward, which is Noelle Gomez. Thank you for having me.
- I am here representing Waste Forward, which is Washington Against Sexual Exploitation Forward, and I
- have passed in previous sessions to protect students from low-quality and fraudulent programs that waste
- students' time and money. ...sessions to protect students from low-quality and fraudulent programs that waste
Summary:
The committee held public hearings on several bills related to higher education, workforce training, student protections, campus encampments, and EMT recertification. HB 2427 would require tattoo artists to complete annual human trafficking awareness training through the Department of Licensing; the prime sponsor and supporters said tattoo artists may be among the few people trafficked survivors encounter and could help identify and refer victims, while one opponent argued the bill imposes compelled speech and burdens small businesses. HB 2458 would expand Washington College Grant eligibility to approved non-degree credential programs; supporters from community and technical colleges, workforce organizations, and employers said it would help low-income students access short-term training tied to high-demand jobs, while one member raised concerns about short-term credentials and their long-term value.
The committee also heard HB 2474, which would strengthen consumer protections when a private institution or program closes by expanding use of the Student Achievement Council tuition recovery trust fund, requiring teach-out or transfer options, and voiding certain student debts if closure rules are violated. The sponsor and agency witnesses said the bill responds to recent closures and gaps in federal oversight, while Independent Colleges of Washington opposed the bill as overly broad and potentially harmful to program innovation, and asked that private nonprofit campuses be excluded. Testifiers from student groups and a national higher-education advocacy organization supported the measure and argued that protections should also apply to public institutions.
HB 2589 would regulate campus encampments at institutions of higher education by requiring advance notice, limiting authorization to registered student organizations or recognized bargaining units, and allowing institutions to impose content-neutral time, place, and manner restrictions to protect safety and access. The sponsor said it codifies existing practice and does not ban protest, but several testifiers described recent encampments as disruptive or unsafe, while others warned the bill could chill student expression and should not apply to private nonprofit campuses. Finally, HB 2540 would extend EMT recertification intervals from every three years to every six years for EMTs certified in Washington for at least 10 years; firefighters and EMS supporters said it would reduce administrative burden without changing training requirements. The committee took no votes and adjourned after hearing all testimony, with a reminder about amendment deadlines for upcoming bills.