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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 3rd, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Water Caucus and the Texas Water Foundation.
  • And we appreciate water.
  • That's an nominal idea in it, that they can actually pump water when they get water. Yes, sir.
  • Texas Water Code.
  • water, Especially as our state water supply, infrastructure, treatment, groundwater, and surface water
Bills: SB480 , SB767 , SB790 , SB971 , SB1066
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met on Texas Water Day and limited public testimony to two minutes. The chair emphasized the need to move quickly because of scheduling conflicts with other committees and noted the importance of water policy and related stakeholders. The committee heard several bills focused on water administration, rural utilities, emergency response, and public works contracting. Senate Bill 790 by Senator Alvarado would let the Public Utility Commission create a simplified process for resolving tenant complaints over water or wastewater bill discrepancies; it was described as a way to avoid lengthy contested-case hearings for small disputes. Senate Bill 971 by Senator Sparks would clean up conflicting statutory definitions of “rural political subdivision” so Texas Water Development Board programs are applied consistently; Texas Rural Water Association testified in support. Senate Bill 767, also by Senator Sparks, would expand and improve a statewide database of fire-response equipment so departments, including volunteer and rural departments, can locate and share resources more effectively during emergencies; fire service witnesses supported the bill and suggested annual updates to keep the database current. Chair Perry laid out Senate Bill 480 to clarify that local governments and special districts may enter interlocal agreements for water-related planning and research, including aquifer management and flood/water planning. He also presented Senate Bill 1066, which raises payment and performance bond thresholds for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department public works contracts to $150,000, arguing the change would reflect inflation and help smaller vendors on lower-risk projects. Witnesses were heard on the bills, with no opposition recorded in the transcript. The committee voted out all five bills favorably. SB 1066, SB 480, SB 767, SB 790, and SB 971 each received unanimous committee approval and were recommended to the local and contested calendar, with SB 767 noted as amended by a suggested annual-update requirement for the equipment database.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's the National Environmental Policy Act, where we do the analysis of the project.
  • However, we do need to go through the full National Historic Preservation Act process to determine what
  • I found a secondary way in and brought in resources and water and other items, but those residents were
  • It formally recognizes this failure as an emergency and grants the authority necessary to act quickly
  • Local government has been forced to act without a roadmap.
Bills: SB5987 , SB6170
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Water is called to order. Can you guys hear me?
  • I'm a water attorney, and I work regularly with recharge topics.
  • to be recovered is Colorado River water?
  • This essentially creates a water mound in the aquifer, saying there's more water here because it's been
  • , whether that's surface water effluent.
Bills: SB1202 , SB1287 , SB1418 , SB1785 , SCM1007
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • And Representative Gress, this is a nice, clean million dollars into the litigation fund.
  • Trent Blomberg, chief legislative liaison with the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
  • The 2007 agreement mandated a series of reductions as water levels decreased, measured by water levels
  • Water is number one issue or one of the top issues this year and will continue to be.
  • on what is or is not appropriable water.
Bills: HB2053 , HB2116 , HB2148
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 26th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a clean bill.
  • It also cleaned up, it cleans up some language on what you can do with surplus campaign funds when you
  • Now, many parents have concern about Act 260. This is a 2015 act, about 40 pages long.
  • Acting Speaker.
  • Acting Speaker Pro Tem.
Bills: HR320 , HR321 , SCR55 , SCR69 , SCR75 , SCR77 , SCR78 , SCR79 , SB259 , SB295 , SB312 , SB348 , SB444 , SB485 , HR73 , HR118 , HR144 , HR196 , HR237 , HR249 , HR260 , HR267 , HR272 , HR278 , HCR85 , HCR100 , HCR105 , HCR107 , HCR114 , HR245 , SCR5 , SCR29 , SCR33 , SCR37 , SCR63 , SCR30 , SCR40 , HB62 , HB193 , HB210 , HB220 , HB246 , HB364 , HB420 , HB475 , HB584 , HB622 , HB772 , HB784 , HB949 , HB953 , HB1043 , HB1070 , HB1092 , HB1134 , HB1162 , HB1176 , HB1196 , HB1214 , HB119 , HB129 , HB233 , HB283 , HB538 , HB789 , HB850 , HB870 , HB1236 , HB1241 , HB54 , HB137 , HB321 , HB368 , HB386 , HB414 , HB431 , HB552 , HB555 , HB578 , HB590 , HB593 , HB618 , HB638 , HB670 , HB692 , HB707 , HB708 , HB715 , HB718 , HB732 , HB741 , HB748 , HB776 , HB796 , HB807 , HB822 , HB848 , HB856 , HB887 , HB888 , HB917 , HB921 , HB1082 , HB1243 , HB1246 , HB378 , HB509 , HB1090 , HB1259 , SB80 , SB131 , SB143 , SB251 , SB254 , SB279 , SB367 , SB384 , SB388 , SB389 , SB398 , SB408 , SB431 , SB468 , SB469 , SB496 , SB4 , SB52 , SB57 , SB83 , SB145 , SB152 , SB194 , SB276 , SB319 , SB333 , SB448 , SB450 , SB465 , SB484 , SB501 , SB509 , SB149 , HR168 , HB463 , HB998 , SB123 , SB353 , SB479 , SB495 , SB82 , SB97 , SB283 , SB326 , SB518 , SB197 , SB268 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HCR98 , HB284 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB625 , HB646 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1191 , HB1240 , HB1255 , SB89 , HB74 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB956 , HB1117 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB78 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB379 , SB382 , SB387 , SB401 , SB441 , SB449 , SB487
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Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 4507 by Hilbert of the House, an act relating to sports HP 4507 is hereby assigned to rules
  • House Bill 2979 by Banning of the House and Alakhar of the Senate, an act relating to motor vehicles.
  • The clerk will act. Machine sergeants announces roll call in the hall. Roll call is now in.
  • House Bill 3790 by Adams of the House and Thompson of the Senate, an act relating to contracts.
  • House Bill 3790 by Adams of the House and Thompson of the Senate, an act relating to contracts.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

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

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • prohibited for storage in this act, from both Colorado River water and CAP water to just CAP water.
  • It specifies that, for this act, stored water does not include transported groundwater or other water
  • We understand the need to act in the wake of the declared water shortages in the Colorado River.
  • may need that water for economic reasons, so it would allow the water to flow.
  • And I know the holy people are with us today, providing us clean water as we speak, and we have to respect
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 16th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • these water rights to the Texas Water Trust.
  • , and the water we save is, again, the cheapest water that we get in this state.
  • Water Plan here shortly.
  • Can't live without water. Can't live without water.
  • Can't live without water. Can't live without water.
Bills: HB4530 , HB4931 , HB5559 , HB5560 , HB143
Summary: The Committee on Natural Resources met with a quorum present and first took up several pending bills for reconsideration and committee substitute adoption. House Bill 2692, relating to codification and clarification of local laws concerning the San Antonio River Authority, was reported favorably to the full House and sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars by an 11-0 vote. House Bills 1407, 1520, 1535, 2970, 4153, 291, 3663, and 3915 were also reconsidered or laid out as pending business, with committee substitutes adopted where needed and each bill reported favorably, generally by unanimous vote, to the full House and then to Calendars or Calendars/Calendars-related referral as applicable. The committee then heard House Bill 4530, which would expand the Texas Water Trust framework to include groundwater rights, require Texas Water Development Board review and approval of groundwater dedications, and notify local groundwater districts when groundwater rights are placed in the trust. The bill’s author and witnesses from the Environmental Defense Fund, The Nature Conservancy, and Chispa Texas supported the measure as a conservation tool and a way to create a clear process for voluntary donations; a Texas Water Development Board witness testified neutrally. The bill was left pending. House Bill 4931, relating to an aquifer storage and recovery project in Medina County, drew support from the author, the Medina County judge, and a regional water alliance witness, who described severe stress on the Edwards Aquifer, low levels at Medina Lake, and the need for a local water-supply tool. The bill was left pending. House Bill 5559, which would clarify enforcement of drought contingency plans for investor-owned water utilities and involve the PUC in model plan development, received support from groundwater district representatives but also concerns from water company and utility witnesses about enforcement authority, approval procedures, and potential conflicts with existing obligations to provide continuous service; the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. House Bill 5560, which would raise the maximum civil penalty for certain groundwater conservation district enforcement actions from $10,000 to $25,000 per violation, prompted debate over whether current law is already sufficient; supporters said the higher cap would better deter overpumping, while opponents argued existing penalties are already severe. That bill was also left pending, and the committee adjourned subject to call of the chair.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 24th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Taken from us by a truly senseless act.
  • House Bill 710 by Representative Bamber, withdrawals of surface water, withdrawals from Lake Bissano,
  • House Bill 49 by Representative Gadberry, Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act, provides
  • This legislation proposes to repeal Act 194's $25 fine. You have a right to close.
  • Thank you, Acting Speaker Carver in the bow tie.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 31st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Mar 19th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • , highlighting the need for water. water funding and flood funding this legislative session.
  • Simply put, water equals jobs.
  • new water supplies take time.
  • investment in water.
  • Our drinking water and clean water state revolving funds.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Mar 19th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sherryland Water Supply Corporation, which is a water corporation near Mission and McAllen.
  • You're a rural water company, retail water utility, and you've invested a lot of money in a water plant
  • So, you've invested in the water plant, you build the water plant, then you get decertified.
  • Some have cleaned up.
  • To safeguard our water...
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 7th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • They also provide a Navy cleaning kit, which they box up.
  • For example, if there were a contract to do cleaning services, it could apply there.
  • So you already have that act there that's already covering you.
  • will be the MJ 911 Act.
  • The act will be the MJ 911 Act.
Bills: HB82 , HB143 , HB145 , HB160 , HB222 , HB430 , HB445 , HB490 , HB603 , HB619 , HB670 , HB672 , HB763 , HB773 , HB781 , HB810 , HB874 , HB981
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, January 21, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I rise in support of H.R. 187, the Modernizing Access to Our Public Waters Act, or the MAP Waters Act
  • I rise in support of H.R. 187, the Modernizing Access to Our Public Waters Act, or the MAP Waters Act
  • Act.
  • Act.
  • Act.
Bills: HR187 , HR186 , HR375 , HR165 , HR204 , HR197 , HR207
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, last year we did the RAISE Act, which basically did not change the foundation program, but
  • the Teachers' Retirement System with a minimum of 25 years of service on the effective date of this act
  • the Teachers' Retirement System with a minimum of 25 years of service on the effective date of this act
  • the Teachers' Retirement System with a minimum of 25 years of service on the effective date of this act
  • the Teachers' Retirement System with a minimum of 25 years of service on the effective date of this act
Bills: HB151 , HB152 , HB138 , SB221 , SB190 , SB69 , SB225 , SB272 , HB151 , HB152 , HB138 , SB221 , SB190 , SB69 , SB225 , SB272
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Restores title and acting clause with appropriate signatures.
  • Would you know if your ICE agents who have committed unlawful acts who Continued to wear masks.
  • riots, would this bill pertain to those ICE agents who are acting unlawfully?
  • I move to amend House Bill 3972 by restoring the title and an acting clause.
  • House Bill 3972 cleans up the issue that came about last year when Pose 'nay.'
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/10/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have a contract called a compact, and it obligates the upper basin states to forward X amount of water
  • But I do know that they just bonded for additional monies, but they're looking at additional waters to
  • And it sends a message to the upper basin states that we're serious, that we want to protect the water
  • But they're charged with the responsibility of bringing in more water.
  • And so to throw this... ...for the responsibility of bringing in more water.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lake, just like they want clean water.
  • Lake Py is Birmingham Water Works' secondary water supply.
  • We all want clean water; it doesn't matter where you live—what state, city, or whatever.
  • The citizens have come to rely on the fact that clean drinking water is available without compromise,
  • But when it comes to not allowing clean drinking water to be provided to those who... ...water to be
Bills: HB471 , HB473