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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are the closest community, native or non-native, in the nation to the nuclear plant and stored nuclear
  • Midwest Reliability Organization, or MRO, is one of six regional entities operating under the North American
  • Minnesota but all around the country, are rising and it's hurting everyday Minnesotans and it's hurting Americans
  • Minnesota but all around the country, are rising and it's hurting everyday Minnesotans and it's hurting Americans
  • Minnesota but all around the country, are rising and it's hurting everyday Minnesotans and it's hurting Americans
Keywords: 1183, house
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Mar 5th, 2026

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • will be exempt in one of these categories here: pregnant, postpartum, special needs individuals, American
  • Indians, and Alaska Natives.
  • Adding some clarity around childhood vaccinations, again, for us, aligning with the American Academy
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • There's one in the Monterey area, Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project by Cal Am, California American
  • where these are advanced... in the Monterey Area Peninsula Water Supply Project by Calam, California American
  • My own background: I'm a native Californian, born and raised.
Summary: The Select Committee on Climate Innovation and Infrastructure held a hearing focused on emerging technologies for climate resilience and infrastructure. The first panel discussed the Calistoga Resiliency Center, a utility-driven microgrid that keeps the city powered during public safety power shutoffs using hydrogen fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, and liquid hydrogen storage. PG&E described microgrids as a resilience tool but emphasized that cost remains the main barrier to wider deployment. Energy Vault explained the project’s design, its ability to provide at least 48 hours of backup power on a small parcel of land, and its use of green hydrogen and battery storage to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. A Calistoga councilmember and NCPA representative also discussed the Lodi Energy Center hydrogen project, saying it could help decarbonize power generation and transportation, but that federal and state funding changes, tax credit timing, and other policy shifts have made the project difficult to advance. The Green Hydrogen Coalition supported the Calistoga model as a blueprint and urged policy changes to create demand and reduce barriers for renewable hydrogen, including addressing behind-the-meter rules and recognizing hydrogen in state energy planning. The second panel focused on water resilience and desalination, with the California Desal Association and Oneka Technologies discussing wave-powered desalination for the City of Fort Bragg. Cal Desal said California’s changing hydrology, reduced snowpack, and drought conditions make local water supply options increasingly important, but noted that conventional desalination is expensive and slow to permit. Oneka described its offshore, wave-powered system as a zero-electricity desalination technology that produces drinking water without greenhouse gas emissions and with limited land use, and said the Fort Bragg pilot is intended to demonstrate the technology under California conditions. The company and Cal Desal both stressed that permitting is a major obstacle, with the project requiring multiple agencies and a timeline far longer than in other jurisdictions. They also said the technology’s autonomous operation could improve water resilience because it does not depend on the electrical grid. The final panel featured the Climate Foundation’s marine permaculture proposal, which aims to restore kelp forests and support carbon removal and coastal food systems. The presenter said warming oceans and nutrient loss have devastated kelp forests along the California coast and argued that offshore platforms that raise and lower seaweed to access nutrients and sunlight could help regenerate ecosystems while producing food, feed, fertilizer, and carbon benefits. He said the technology has shown strong growth rates and storm resilience in other regions, but that California permitting remains a major hurdle, involving 17 state and federal agencies. He proposed a streamlined, code-based permitting approach for smaller projects and said the group is seeking matching funds to complete a first California pilot. Throughout the hearing, members and witnesses repeatedly highlighted the tension between innovation and the high cost, complexity, and length of California’s permitting and funding processes.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/25/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • One of the greatest threats to our prairies is the invasion of cool-season non-native grasses such as
  • grasses such as Kentucky non-native grasses such as Kentucky blueg<00:10:15.800> grass<00:10:
  • Prairie um so it's probably native Prairie um so it's probably unlikely<00:19:49.960> that<00
  • <00:19:59.240> Prairie<00:19:59.600> Property<00:19:59.960> Tax this native
  • Prairie Property Tax this native Prairie Property Tax exemption<00:20:01.520> um<00:20:01.720>
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Rep. Heather Keeler departing member remarks 5/18/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • To the younger version of myself, and maybe to the Native youth out there that are listening: keep showing
  • And the leader of this party reached out and asked Melissa to endorse against me, saying, "A queer Native
  • To the Native caucus: be bold, be brave.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: Representative Keeler delivered an emotional farewell speech reflecting on her six years in the House, describing her experience as part of the “Corona Class,” her first day in the chamber, and the challenges of campaigning and governing during the pandemic and after George Floyd’s murder. She emphasized that she came to the Legislature as a mom and community member committed to doing good, and said her work focused on representation, Indigenous visibility, mental health, homelessness, and helping families and children who lacked stable housing or support. She thanked colleagues, staff, and allies for their support, especially Chair Gomez, Melissa, her legislative staff, and others who helped advance work such as the Pathway Home Act and efforts to prevent homelessness. She also spoke about the importance of allyship, tribal-state relations, and the need for more Indigenous and queer voices in public office, saying Minnesota is better because of their presence and urging others to make room for more diverse leadership. Keeler closed with advice to colleagues and future legislators to care for themselves, find common ground across party lines, keep greater Minnesota and remote testimony in mind, and continue working together. The speech ended with thanks to her family, including her children, and a statement that it was time to rest, followed by applause.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

JLCAR Administrative Rules (02/20/2026)

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I was just glancing at the rule, and there's a native lumber grading test and a native lumber grading
  • And in the case of native lumber, that's exactly what is occurring. saves them some bother.
  • :13.280> a just glancing at the rule and there's a just glancing at the rule and there's a native
  • grading<00:23:15.200> test<00:23:15.600> and<00:23:15.840> a<00:23:16.080> native
  • native lumber grading test and a native native lumber grading test and a native lumber<00:23:16.799
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The committee convened after briefly waiting for a quorum, approved the minutes and consent agenda, and then moved through several agency rule items. The Department of Transportation’s outdoor advertising rule filing was approved after staff noted the department had addressed substantive comments, though the rules had been expired since 2021 and the agency said it had been operating under statute. Members asked about a denied digital sign proposal, and DOT said that decision was based on statute rather than the rule. The Department of Safety’s administrative license suspension item was postponed with a waiver so the agency could submit conditional approval materials and resolve issues between its forms and rules. The Board of Architects item was conditionally approved, with the condition that the board later approve updated incorporation-by-reference materials at its April 3 meeting or the matter would return as a preliminary objection. The Department of Agriculture’s expired rules prompted extended discussion. Staff and committee members questioned why the department was seeking to adopt rules that had been expired for many years and whether the statutes already provided enough authority to operate without them. Agriculture officials said they were working through a broader modernization effort, focusing on statutes that use mandatory language and updating outdated rules to match current practices, federal standards, and current products such as apples, cider, eggs, and other agricultural commodities. They said the rules before the committee were part of that effort and recommended approval, but members remained concerned about whether some rules were unnecessary. The committee ultimately granted a waiver and postponed the agriculture item for one month so staff could review the underlying statutes and determine whether rulemaking is actually required. Under other business, the committee took up an emergency Department of Safety rule to update DMV forms to reflect statutory fee changes enacted in the 2025 budget. DMV officials said the new fees were already in effect, but the corresponding forms still showed old amounts, causing confusion for customers and elected officials who were fielding complaints. They argued the forms needed immediate updating because the affected forms are widely used, and they said the department had already tried to treat the changes as editorial before being told full rulemaking was required. The department emphasized it was trying to follow the process while avoiding continued use of incorrect fee forms, and asked the committee to allow the emergency rule to proceed.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/22/2026 - Joint Legislative Audit Committee

Joint Legislative Audit Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • make one clarifying comment here, which is this is not the base funding that is associated with students
  • I get... not the base funding that is associated with students.
  • their school safety allotment with Even Texas, their school safety allotment, with a 5.5 million student
  • If you allow me to, I'd like to introduce myself in my native language.
  • I like to introduce myself in my native language. Um, yatt...
Keywords: 1182, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Fri Mar 20, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • meaningful consultation with Native meaningful consultation with Native Hawaiian<00:18:22.040>
  • The state has a duty to the Native Hawaiian population to support those production goals that they may
  • The state has a duty to the Native Hawaiian population to support those production goals that they may
  • The state has a duty to the Native Hawaiian population to support those production goals that they may
  • The state has a duty to the Native Hawaiian population to support those production goals that they may
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (01/29/2026)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • advocacy organization that supports affordable, reliable, and cleaner energy solutions that benefit all Americans
  • As a lay person and as a native Granite Stater, I think about, you know, the varying degrees of taxation
  • school district has a set number of fixed costs, buses, buildings, etc., regardless of how many students
  • school district has a set number of fixed costs, buses, buildings, etc., regardless of how many students
  • school district has a set number of fixed costs, buses, buildings, etc., regardless of how many students
Keywords: 1189, house, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • Seventy percent of American households are excluded from traditional solar due to cost, roof design,
  • It leaves out about 70% of Americans due to the cost, also not necessarily available to renters.
  • to make things work, and in these negotiations and the laws that we make, we are being left out as Native
  • American, indigenous people, on a lot of these bills.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • restore sensitive ecosystems along the Santa Cruz River, once a lively river near Tucson supporting native
  • Once a lively river near Tucson supporting native wildlife, trees, and plants, our allocation has also
  • if they did... ...have those kinds of stories, they were often stereotypes or inaccuracies about Native
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The Arizona House and Senate held the joint protocol session for the 31st Annual Indian Nations and Tribes Legislative Day, opening with a tribal blessing, presentation of the colors, the national anthem, and the Pledge of Allegiance. House Speaker Steve Montenegro and Senate President Warren Petersen welcomed tribal leaders, elders, and guests, emphasizing the importance of government-to-government collaboration, tribal sovereignty, and the role of Arizona’s 22 federally recognized tribes in issues such as water, energy, infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. The tribal address was delivered by Fort Mojave Chairman Timothy Williams, who focused heavily on Colorado River water rights, drought, climate change, and the need to include tribes in any future river management framework as current guidelines expire. He also discussed tribal economic development, education, public safety, border security, and the importance of protecting culture, language, land, and water. Thana Autumn Nation Chairman Verlin Jose similarly stressed unity, tribal sovereignty, border issues, water stewardship, and the economic impact of tribal gaming, arguing that tribes should be full partners in state and federal policy discussions and opposing a fixed border wall. Dr. Laura Tohi of the Navajo Nation gave a poetry reading and spoke about her background, the importance of language and oral tradition, and her role as Arizona State Poet Laureate. Her poems centered on food, water, weaving, and homeland. The session concluded with closing remarks from legislative leaders thanking participants for their perspectives and contributions, and the joint protocol session was dissolved. No votes or formal legislative actions were taken.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

AEN-TCA-EIG, TCA-AEN, AEN, AEN DEFER Public Hearings 02-05-2025

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • an alternative to, you know, the cat colonies that are establishing and causing a lot of harm to native
  • I mean, these are widespread cat populations that are on the borders of native ecosystems and also, like
  • , attacking native species.
  • species and some of of um harm to Native species and some of our<00:16:09.959> recreating<00:
  • , attacking native species.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint hearing covered SB 1023, which would create a spay-neuter special fund to reduce pet overpopulation and free-roaming cats, with funding sources including an income tax checkoff. The Department of Taxation had no substantive comment, while the Hawaii Invasive Species Council supported the measure but opposed any trap-neuter-release or re-release approach, saying spay-neuter is important but release does not reduce cats on the landscape. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii raised concerns about creating another special fund and tax checkoff, saying the fund may not meet statutory criteria and could create administrative burdens. The Hawaiian Humane Society strongly supported the bill, arguing the state currently provides little funding for animal overpopulation control and that the measure would help nonprofits and align conservation and animal welfare goals. Several other supporters testified, including a cat sanctuary representative who described the need for a dedicated funding mechanism and a possible Oahu sanctuary to remove cats from sensitive areas. After questions about the effectiveness of trap-neuter-release and the need for alternative management tools, the committees voted to recommend passage with amendments, including blanking appropriation amounts, moving them into the committee report, setting the effective date to July 1, 2050, and noting Budget and Finance concerns; the recommendations were adopted in both committees, with some members voting with reservations. The hearing then moved to SB 1120, relating to transportation and a clean fuel standard. The Department of Transportation said it supported the intent but wanted more information on economic impacts. Electrify America and Neste supported the bill, saying a clean fuel standard would help finance EV charging, encourage investment, and expand lower-carbon fuel options such as renewable diesel. In response to questions from senators about rural and agricultural transportation needs, witnesses said the standard could support both electrification where feasible and cleaner liquid fuels in the interim for equipment that cannot yet be electrified. DOT also described county transit efforts and said it was working with Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii Island on assessments for zero-emission bus replacement and charging infrastructure. The committees also heard testimony on SB 586, relating to climate change and zero-emission buses by 2045, with the State Procurement Office supporting the intent but suggesting the language be moved to a different statute; DOT said it was providing pass-through funding to counties and had some zero-emission bus purchases and charging stations on order. The discussion emphasized infrastructure costs and implementation challenges, but no final vote on SB 1120 or SB 586 was described in the transcript excerpt.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference AM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a wide board of chiropractic licensure with chiropractic students clinical training with associated
  • yesterday as well as members Mato present, Morikawa; I believe he was on his way. with chiropractic students
  • clinical with chiropractic students clinical training<00:26:20.000> with<00:26:20.240> associated
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference PM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:08:51.560> of um specific benefits for for students of um specific benefits for for students
  • And then putting student athletes. Mhm.
  • or prospective students and their families.
  • <00:27:31.760> or of this dashboard is for students or of this dashboard is for students or
  • prospective students and their families. prospective students and their families.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 411 Conference PM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting