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• Second reading of Senate Bill 1076, referred to the Committee on Energy and Environment.
• Bills that are sitting in front of this chamber for months to save the Upper Peninsula from bad energy
• The U.P. is already paying the highest energy costs in the country, and the mines are Already paying
• the highest energy costs in the country.
• So you can make political points. already paying the highest energy costs in the country.

Summary: The Senate convened with 30 members present, heard the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, and approved several temporary excusals. The chamber received gubernatorial appointments to multiple boards and commissions, then recessed and later took up resolutions and legislation. It adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, a tribute memorializing former Senator and Representative Robert Geake, after remarks honoring his long legislative career and public service; the resolution was adopted and all members and the Lieutenant Governor were added as co-sponsors. The Senate also adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 14, which approved an extension of a state of emergency related to gasoline prices through Labor Day. Senator Camilleri argued the extension would help lower fuel costs for residents, while Senator McBroom later criticized the resolution as political theater and urged action on substantive energy legislation, including a pending Upper Peninsula-related bill. The resolution passed by roll call, 36-1. In floor action, the Senate introduced and referred several bills, including measures on the Income Tax Act, Michigan Trust Fund Act, road classification, the Food Law, Motor Fuels Quality Act, and automated decision tools in employment. The chamber then passed three bills on third reading: Senate Bill 480 on child care organization licensing and regulation, Senate Bill 517 amending the Revised School Code, and Senate Bill 278 amending the State Housing Development Authority Act of 1966. The Senate adjourned after statements and a final motion to adjourn until June 25 at 10 a.m.

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• years the Commission requires power companies to study and make one of these reports on how much energy
• They consider things like the impact on energy demand and other issues about being able to meet those
• years the Commission requires power companies to study and make one of these reports on how much energy
• and do. impact energy demand and other issues about being able to meet those and do planning.
• So now we understand the argument that future energy supply information can be seen to relate directly

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• My name is Anjali Bains, and I lead the transportation team at Fresh Energy.
• Fresh Energy is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization with over 30 years of experience developing practical
• yet bold clean energy policies that benefit all Minnesotans while helping the state meet our climate
• For those reasons, Fresh Energy opposes the increase in the EV fees proposed here.
• By diversifying our transportation energy sources, Minnesota citizens will receive the added benefit

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• Senate Bill 1912 by Eckhardt relating to contracting with companies that boycott certain energy companies
• Senate Bill 1915 by Eckhardt, Johnson, and Menendez relating to energy efficiency goals for electric
• Eckhardt and Menendez relating to the use of a load management program to meet an electric utility's energy
• Senate Bill 1979 by Hall relating to renewable energy generation facilities to Business and Commerce.
• Senate Bill 2050 by Birdwell relating to the recycling and disposal of consumer energy storage modules

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• People are interested in u energy People are interested in u energy efficient<04:22:11.680> homes
• And I think that the energy codes have changed significantly and people's understanding of energy, um
• understanding of energy understanding of energy um<04:24:48.319> and<04:24:48.479> how
• um and how you know you deal with energy um and how you know you deal with energy in<04:24:50.239
• The state of New Hampshire does have an energy code. It's just the 2018 energy code.

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• I KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT ENERGY GROUPS BUT WE NEED ENERGY AND I GET THAT.
• AND CUT THE COST OF THE ENERGY FOR THE ENERGY USERS INSTEAD OF MAKING IT MORE PROFITABLE FOR THE ACTUAL
• WE UNDERSTAND RENEWABLE ENERGY HAS LONGER TERM BENEFITS TO OUR SOCIETY AND SOME TO OUR LOCAL AREA.
• I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AND DUKE ENERGY HAVE BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS AND THEY CONTINUE
• REFLECT THE CHARACTER AND WAY OF LIFE OF THESE COMMUNITIES, WHILE STILL RESPECTING OUR NEED TO PRODUCE ENERGY

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• Whereas Gilbert Hortman had an infectious energy and love of people that led him to change his career
• Melissa was central to dozens of historic legislative accomplishments, including a trailblazing solar energy
• 02:14.720> a<00:02:15.040> trailblazing<00:02:15.760> solar<00:02:16.160> energy
• including a trailblazing solar energy including a trailblazing solar energy standard<00:02:17.440

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• Uh, we have Christopher Kellaher, the fiscal and energy environmental policy analyst.
• Kellaher,<00:01:18.400> the<00:01:18.560> fiscal<00:01:18.960> and<00:01:19.200> energy
• Kellaher, the fiscal and energy Kellaher, the fiscal and energy environmental<00:01:20.240> policy
• Mary's counties, living shorelines and non-structural shoreline stabilization measures, education, energy

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate held a brief pro forma session with a quorum present. The presiding officer noted Holocaust Remembrance Day in Maryland and emphasized the importance of anti-hate efforts, and also welcomed representatives from the Council of State Governments who were visiting despite the snow. The chamber processed one bill introduction, Senate Bill 368 by Senator Bailey concerning living shorelines and non-structural shoreline stabilization measures, and referred it to the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee. One bond initiative, sponsored by Senators Hettleman, Ishivas, Torres, and Simcha, was also read and sent to the Capital Budget Subcommittee. During announcements, the Majority Leader invited members to a Council of State Governments reception at Harry Brown’s at 6 p.m. The Senate then completed a quorum call and adjourned, with notice that another pro forma session would be held the next day.

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• Department and rig the system against one industry that's creating lots of jobs, and that's renewable energy
• Creating lots of jobs, and that's renewable energy.
• It's not about better planning; it's about trying to pick winners and losers when we know that solar energy
• Why do we want to undermine our energy future, especially when it's oppositional to what the people want
• There's a time, very much a time, of rising energy demand.

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• I'm not sure about, I know there's different energy groups, and we need energy. I get that.
• for the energy users instead of making it more profitable for the actual companies that are operating
• We understand renewable energy has longer-term benefits to our society and some to our local area.
• I'll have to say that Florida Power and Light, Duke Energy have been good neighbors.
• Duke Energy have been good neighbors. They continue to be, and I think they will strive to do that.

Summary: The committee began by postponing SB 1742 on condos until the following week, then took up SB 1298 on building construction. Senator Simon said the bill would require continued education for long-licensed building professionals, clarify interagency sharing of building officials, limit residential inspectors to one- and two-family homes, revive a paid internship for residential planning examiners, modernize permit signatures, and clarify contractor responsibility when work changes hands. The bill drew supportive waivers and was reported favorably. Members then considered SB 940 on third-party restaurant reservation platforms. A delete-everything amendment was adopted to target bots and unauthorized resale of restaurant reservations, while preserving direct restaurant-platform relationships and requiring consumer contact information when reservations are made through noncontractual platforms. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association and Booking Holdings supported the measure, and CS/SB 940 was reported favorably. SB 638 on home inspectors also passed after the sponsor explained it would raise education requirements from 120 to 200 hours, add instruction on building code, wind mitigation, four-point and insurance inspections, and require $300,000 in errors-and-omissions coverage; it was reported favorably. The committee next approved SB 960 on elevator accessibility, allowing additional shorter support rails while keeping the existing 42-inch rail requirement. SB 196 on foods containing vaccines or vaccine materials was amended to address mRNA language and cosmetics safety standards, with the committee adopting amendments and then reporting the bill favorably. SB 1418 on heated tobacco products was amended to clarify the definition of heated tobacco products and exclude other forms such as hookah; it also passed favorably. The committee also recommended confirmation of a block of board and commission appointees. Finally, SB 1262 on construction contracting was amended to add contractor continuing-education topics, strengthen penalties for unlicensed activity, create a standardized disciplinary reporting system, and require timely refunds and project completion standards; it was reported favorably with support from the Florida Home Builders Association. SB 1304 on solar facilities was then approved after extensive testimony from rural county commissioners and local officials who argued that utility-scale solar on agricultural land has grown without sufficient local oversight and that decommissioning rules are needed to protect farmland and communities. The bill would repeal the current by-right treatment of solar facilities on ag land and authorize counties to adopt decommissioning ordinances; it was reported favorably after a technical amendment.

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• This bill has received a lot of energy.
• This bill will accelerate California's clean energy build-out.
• Assembly Bill 2505 by Assembly Member Carrillo, an act relating to energy.
• allows electric customers to access affordable clean energy and helps take control of their energy costs
• allows electric customers to access affordable clean energy and helps take control of their energy costs

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• Energy, which is being passed out. Energy, which is being passed out.
• Are you ready for the and Energy. Are you ready for the question? question? question?
• Energy. Energy.
• President, the Committee on Natural Resources and Energy recommends concurrence with hopefully we can
• <00:29:29.440> recommends<00:29:30.000> that Energy recommends that Energy recommends that

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• So we're right now in the process of integrating at LSU what was the Center for Energy Studies.
• LSU Energy Institute through legislation this session.
• We're in the process of integrating the Louisiana Geological Survey, as well as the Center for Energy
• Studies, as well as what's called the Institute for Energy Innovation, into this one LSU Energy Institute
• The geological survey will continue to be a standalone unit within the Energy Institute.

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Summary: The committee took up a series of natural resources, wildlife, environmental, and infrastructure measures. HCR 79 by Chairman Butler, which memorializes Congress and the U.S. Forest Service to allow dog hunting in Kisatchie National Forest, drew testimony in support from hunters and a former NRCS official describing it as a rural Louisiana tradition, and opposition from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation, which said it supported hunting with dogs generally but opposed the deer/hog hunting portions while favoring the recovery-of-wounded-deer component. The committee reported HCR 79 favorable. It also reported favorable on SB 419, allowing pre-charged pneumatic devices for deer during primitive firearms season, and on SCR 29, creating a study committee on Atchafalaya Basin water quality and sediment impacts, and SB 111, setting black bass and crappie bag and size limits in the basin, with Wildlife and Fisheries saying it would monitor the effects through sampling and creel data. Several resolutions and bills focused on environmental management and state property. SB 174 authorized transfer of certain state property in Caddo Parish from Louisiana Tech University to the Caddo Parish School Board and was reported favorable. SB 189, a preemptive ban on intentional release or dispersion of fuels or chemicals to affect temperatures, was also reported favorable after discussion of geoengineering-related additives. SB 99, which updates DEQ communications to allow optional electronic notices for permits and public notifications, was supported by DEQ and reported favorable. HCR 104, from Rep. Coates, asked the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Louisiana Geological Survey to study and recommend improvements to subsurface data collection and access; testimony described efforts to modernize core and well-log records and build a statewide 3D subsurface model, and the resolution was reported favorable. The committee also considered river, boating, and wildlife-related measures. SB 331 would temporarily remove portions of the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act for five years to allow work on the lower Pearl River, including dredging and channel realignment, while prohibiting commercial development and reservoir construction; environmental groups opposed it as a bad precedent and urged a shorter sunset, but the bill was reported favorable. HCR 54 urged a federal study of flooded corn and migratory waterfowl behavior and was reported favorable after support from the Flyway Federation and Louisiana Wildlife Federation. HCR 94 would require annual Wildlife and Fisheries reports on boating safety data, and HCR 87 expressed support for a U.S. senator’s correspondence on migratory flyways; both were reported favorable. SB 505, dealing with the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Dedicated Fund, was reported favorable after testimony that it would expand grant capacity, create a two-cycle application process, and address LLC-related issues. The committee also advanced several measures on public policy and cleanup issues. HCR 85 created a task force on illegal dumping; after amendments added Keep Louisiana Beautiful and the Louisiana Police Jury Association, members discussed statewide tire dumping problems, DEQ staffing, and cleanup funding, and the resolution was reported favorable as amended. HR 216, as substituted, was changed from a repudiation of the Louisiana Climate Action Plan to a resolution authorizing the committee to hold a hearing and receive input from agencies and stakeholders on the plan; after reconsideration and adoption of the substitute amendment, it was reported favorable. One item, SB 243, was voluntarily deferred.

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• So we're right now in the process of integrating at LSU what was the Center for Energy Studies.
• LSU Energy Institute through legislation this session.
• We're in the process of integrating the Louisiana Geological Survey, as well as the Center for Energy
• Studies, as well as what's called the Institute for Energy Innovation into this one LSU Energy Institute
• The geological survey will continue to be a standalone unit within the Energy Institute.

Summary: The House Natural Resources Committee met with a quorum and took up a series of hunting, wildlife, environmental, and property measures. It reported favorably HCR 79, which urges Congress and the U.S. Forest Service to allow deer hunting with dogs in Kisatchie National Forest, after testimony emphasizing the cultural importance of dog hunting and opposition from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation, which supported only the wounded-deer recovery component. The committee also reported favorably SB 419 on using pre-charged pneumatic devices during primitive firearms season, SCR 29 creating a study committee on Atchafalaya Basin water quality, and SB 111 setting black bass and crappie bag and size limits in the basin, with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries saying it would continue sampling and monitor impacts. Members then approved SB 174 transferring state property in Caddo Parish from Louisiana Tech University to the Caddo Parish School Board, SB 189 prohibiting intentional release of fuels or chemicals for temperature-affecting purposes, and SB 99 modernizing DEQ communications to allow optional electronic notices. They also reported favorably HCR 54 requesting a federal study of flooded corn and migratory waterfowl behavior, and HCR 94 requiring annual boating safety reports from Wildlife and Fisheries; witnesses supported the reporting idea and suggested adding a 10-year average for context. The committee next approved HCR 104, which asks the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Louisiana Geological Survey to study collection and access to subsurface data, with LSU’s Greg Upton describing ongoing modernization of core samples, well logs, and 3D subsurface mapping. It also passed SB 331, which temporarily removes a section of the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act for five years to allow work on the lower Pearl River; conservation groups opposed the bill, warning about precedent, flooding, erosion, and habitat impacts, while the author said the measure was narrowly tailored to address severe silting and channel problems. Finally, the committee created a task force on illegal dumping in HCR 85 after amending its membership, adopted a substitute for HR 216 to authorize a committee hearing on the 2022 Louisiana Climate Action Plan, and reported favorably HCR 87 supporting a U.S. senator’s migratory flyway correspondence and SB 505 revising the Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund grant process and related tank requirements.

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• Department of Energy, U.S.
• So we also have the global laboratory energy. management and manufacturing.
• Renewable energy, cybersecurity research and education, we do a lot on research and education. education
• When we get somebody from DOD or Department of Energy or even Homeland out there, they're really excited
• DOD and Department of Energy directed resources.

Bills: HB 1105, HB1527, HB1787, HB1972, HB2081, HB3296, HB3976, HB4071, HB4234, HB4438, HB4701, HB5092, HB5150, HB5180, HB5265, HB5333, HJR203

Keywords: tuition exemption, paramedics, higher education, laboratory fees, emergency medical services, peace officers, criminal justice, law enforcement, degree programs, public institutions, HB 1787, HPV, human papillomavirus, college health, university health, student health, public health education, prevention program, screening, early detection

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• Those funding sources include the federal government from HUD and the Department of Energy.
• We also get some private funds, mostly from Some of the utility companies for weatherization or energy
• We go in there and we weatherize and make the homes more energy efficient, and it's not just putting
• I also wanted to talk about two opportunities from the New Mexico Rural Energy for America Program.
• Assessments for businesses in rural areas that might be facing very high energy costs.

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• Energy bills continue to climb. Property taxes remain at an all-time high.
• Energy bills keep going up. Property taxes are at an all-time high.
• Energy bills keep going up. Property taxes are at an all-time high.
• conservation and renewable energy production.
• Seeing none, I direct the Secretary to open the machine, please. ...renewable energy production.

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• They decided they wanted to try that and see about saving some energy.
• It was for oil and energy savings. It was strictly just for that.
• For one, our energy costs—energy costs have skyrocketed when we've tried this in the past and when other
• For one, our energy costs—energy costs have skyrocketed when we've tried this in the past and when other
• And so while the original intent may have been energy savings, what energy were you talking about there

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Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal, and a long series of special guest introductions. Guests included the Tipton Lady Cardinals girls basketball state champions and coach Jason Colpepper, Clayco executives and a construction career nonprofit representative, FCCLA and FBLA students, Missouri FCCLA members, legislative interns and shadow students, Missouri Rural Water Association members, medical students from Kansas City University in Joplin, and family members of members. The chamber also recognized legislative assistants for their work and noted Earth Day/Arbor Day seedlings available in the rotunda from the Department of Conservation. Committee reports were received on several measures, and the House then took up multiple bills for third reading. House Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bills 3068 and 3049 passed after debate over its broad public-safety contents, including AI restrictions, trafficking training, psilocybin trials, DWI-related provisions, fire and life safety standards, and a disputed anti-trans provision; it passed 117-10 with 17 present. Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 914, dealing with lateral fields and soil analysis for sewage-related purposes, passed 108-34 with one present. Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1142, a Secretary of State measure on certificates of good standing for series LLCs doing business in other states, passed 142-0 with one present. The House then perfected House Bill 1758, a daylight saving time “trigger” bill. Supporters argued it would protect Missouri from neighboring states forcing a switch to permanent standard time, help tourism and outdoor recreation, and avoid the health and safety problems associated with changing clocks. Opponents argued the bill was constitutionally problematic, multi-subject, or the wrong policy choice, with some favoring permanent standard time instead. After extensive debate, the House ordered the bill perfected and printed. The session ended with announcements, including committee meeting notices, and a point of order raised over a member wearing tennis shoes.

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• They decided they wanted to try that and see about saving some energy.
• It was for oil and energy savings. It was strictly just for that.
• For one, our energy costs—energy costs have skyrocketed when we've tried this in the past and when other
• For one, our energy costs—energy costs have skyrocketed when we've tried this in the past and when other
• And so while the original intent may have been energy savings, what energy were you talking about there

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal, and a long series of introductions recognizing student groups, interns, visiting families, and guests, including the Tipton Lady Cardinals girls basketball state champions, FCCLA and FBLA students, Missouri Rural Water Association members, and legislative assistants. Members also highlighted Earth Day and National Arbor Day by promoting free tree seedlings from the Department of Conservation. The chamber then considered several committee reports and moved to third reading on House Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bills 3068 and 3049, a broad public safety package. Supporters described it as a vehicle for multiple bipartisan provisions, including driver’s education, human trafficking training for paramedics, psilocybin trials, intoxicated driving accountability, fire and life safety updates, AI restrictions, and protections involving explicit images of children. Opponents objected to anti-trans language and argued the bill was overly broad and constitutionally problematic. The bill passed 117-10 with 17 present. The House also passed Senate Bill 914, dealing with lateral fields and moving from perk tests to soil analysis, by a vote of 108-34 with one present, after supporters said it would help keep sewage out of rivers and drinking water. Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1142, a Secretary of State measure on certificates of good standing for series LLCs doing business in other states, passed 142-0 with one present. Members then took up House Bill 1758, a daylight saving time trigger bill. The sponsor and many supporters argued it would protect Missouri from neighboring states forcing a switch to permanent standard time, help tourism and outdoor recreation, and reduce health and safety problems associated with changing clocks. Opponents favored permanent standard time instead, citing research on circadian rhythms, health effects, school bus safety, and energy use, and some questioned the bill’s federal-law implications and state sovereignty issues. Debate was ongoing when the transcript ended, with no final vote shown on that bill.

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• , Committee on Transportation and Energy, Committee on Transportation and Energy, after<00:29:04.159
• Energy costs are real.
• Energy costs are real.
• Energy costs are real.
• Energy costs are real.

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