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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I would say the majority of them are based on bankruptcy. Okay.
- Major observations from our work in the last year...
- In terms of major accomplishments from our work over the last couple years, In terms of major accomplishments
- This could provide a much-needed source for that.
- This water source—is it the transportation cost?
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
Summary:
The committee heard introductory remarks from the new chair and members, who emphasized Texas’ energy leadership and the committee’s focus on natural resources, regulatory certainty, private property rights, and stewardship. The first agency update panel included the Railroad Commission, TCEQ, and the General Land Office. The Railroad Commission reported record oil and gas production, low flaring rates, progress on orphan well plugging, implementation of SB 1150 on inactive wells, new federal primacy for Class VI carbon sequestration permitting, and work on petroleum theft through the STOP theft task force. TCEQ described its broad environmental permitting and enforcement responsibilities, including air, water, waste, emergency response, and implementation of SB 1145 transferring land application permitting for produced water to TCEQ. The GLO discussed management of permanent school fund minerals, lease compliance, orphan well coordination, and emerging opportunities such as lithium extraction from brine and rare earth mining.
Members questioned the agencies about orphan wells, bankruptcy as a cause of orphaning, priorities for plugging wells, contested permits, data center oversight, water rights, and the division of authority between the Railroad Commission and TCEQ. A recurring issue was the need for clearer jurisdictional lines, especially for treated produced water and related treatment, discharge, and land application activities. TCEQ said it was using existing TPDES and T-LAP frameworks, conducting rulemaking, and relying on technical staff and consortium data to develop site-specific permits. The Railroad Commission said it wanted clearer legislative guidance on where its authority ends and TCEQ’s begins.
The committee then took up monitoring charges for SB 1145 and HB 49 on the treatment and beneficial reuse of produced water. Witnesses from the Railroad Commission, TCEQ, the Texas Independent Produced Water Association, the Texas Produced Water Consortium, and the Permian Basin Petroleum Association testified that produced water volumes are large and disposal capacity is tightening due to seismicity and pressure concerns. They argued that beneficial reuse, land application, and surface discharge could help sustain oil and gas production, but only if Texas creates prompt, predictable permitting pathways and liability certainty. TCEQ said it had received and was reviewing multiple discharge and land application applications, while consortium researchers reported that treated produced water can meet high water-quality standards and may be suitable for irrigation, river augmentation, and industrial use. Members pressed for faster permitting, clearer definitions, stronger standards, and more certainty about future capacity and agency roles.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- For most cities, it's the major revenue source.
- But those are not major. auction items.
- But those are not major.
- Building permits and fines are not major sources that fund important services like fire, police, and
- “Or can they come out from an outside source?
Committee:
House Ways and Means
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (10/14/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> to do is say if we make a major to do is say if we make a major investment<00:34:16.399><c> and<
- Those are major Those are jobs.
- So if it was an existing energy source, let’s just say like Hydro-Québec or some other source like that
- </c> energy sources, talks about all sources energy sources, talks about all sources that<00:58:37.119
- that,</c><00:58:48.160><c> that</c> or some other source like that, that or some other source like that
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Select Committee on Hydrogen Energy May 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Heavy-duty transportation is one of the largest sources of emissions in California, especially in ports
- Heavy-duty transportation is one of the largest sources of emissions in California, especially in ports
- It's all sources on deck. It's how we're going to move toward the future.
- So these assets that are idle are a major pollutant.
- They contribute to a majority of the methane emissions in the California sky.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Conservation and Natural Resources Apr 16th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Conservation and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- the exemption from permitting on nonpoint sources.
- the exemption from permitting on nonpoint sources.
- the exemption from permitting on nonpoint sources.
- the exemption from permitting on nonpoint sources.
- Well, currently, CAFOs are considered point source, not non-point.
Committee:
House Conservation and Natural Resources
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Jun 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- revenue sources until the next slide actually.
- that have caused it to become the major source.
- The, I think there was a, a question earlier that one of the major drivers of, uh, the Declines in our
- Chairman, um, has, is DOT, I mean, do you, are you employing any Outside sources or consultants that
- Uh, so the map of the, the, the map of New Mexico and the two major interstates, I-40, I-10.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Finance Jul 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- sources who it appears is living in the household.
- or the majority of the time.
- So the majority of funding was from providers.
- So the majority of funding was from providers.
- This is the majority of our cases.
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee met to hear interim charges on higher education transparency and on preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in state government. The chair emphasized accountability for taxpayer dollars and asked witnesses to address financial reporting, audit practices, and whether more frequent or comprehensive audits would improve oversight. Legislative Budget Board staff described how public university systems and most community colleges respond to requests about internal audit practices, noting that university systems generally follow a similar annual audit timeline and that community colleges use a more varied mix of internal and external audit arrangements. Members focused on gaps in reporting, especially Texas Southern University’s missing submissions for several years and Collin County Community College’s nonresponse to the LBB survey.
The State Auditor’s Office then outlined its higher education audit work, including mandatory statewide single audits, DEI compliance audits, HUB and State Use Program audits, benefits proportional audits, and discretionary audits based on risk. The auditor said the office has released 43 higher-ed audit reports since fiscal year 2021 and has two audits in progress, and explained that internal audit reports from institutions help guide future audit selection. Senators pressed the office on the lack of enforcement authority, the value of internal auditors at each institution, and whether community colleges should have more standardized reporting and audit requirements. The auditor and general counsel said the SAO can refer suspected fraud to law enforcement but cannot itself enforce findings, while several senators suggested stronger clawback authority and more robust internal audit structures.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board explained that it collects annual financial reports, sources-and-uses data, and community college finance reports, and uses them for funding formulas and other reporting. It also trains governing board members and said it has limited regulatory authority, though community colleges must certify compliance annually and can lose eligibility for state funds if they do not. Members questioned the reliability of self-attested data, the adequacy of board training, and whether a single reporting structure would be more efficient. During public testimony, a ScholarShot representative argued for clearer, student-facing financial transparency so students can see total cost of attendance and the gap they must cover before enrolling.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- by the impact of individual well owners' wells going dry and the over-permitting of several water sources
- But the majority would need to go to supply to address the challenges we have today so that we'll have
- First off, I want to say, Senator Perry, this is a really interesting source and use.
- I know the key is water supply; what do you do about water sources?
- Investment and a dedicated revenue source is a great way to accomplish that.
Committee:
Senate Finance
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, contrary to common assumptions, in-prison visitation is not a major source of contraband, and in
- fact, many correctional agencies acknowledge that staff, mail, and official channels are more common sources
- </c><00:06:12.319><c> source</c> prison visitation is not a major source prison visitation is not a major
- </c><00:06:19.360><c> Removing</c><00:06:19.919><c> these</c> more common sources.
- Removing these more common sources.
Committee:
House Public Safety
Summary:
The House Committee on Public Safety met on April 17, 2025, to hear STR20, which urges the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to re-evaluate policies on in-person contact visitation at correctional facilities statewide so incarcerated people can stay connected with loved ones who support rehabilitation. Director Tommy Johnson testified that the department supports the intent of the measure and would review its policies and procedures to see whether contact visits could be restarted at all facilities, noting that some facilities already allow them. The committee also acknowledged 11 written testimonies in support, and one Zoom testifier, Panda Valdono, spoke in favor, arguing that in-person visitation supports rehabilitation, mental health, family connection, and successful reentry, and that visitation is not a major source of contraband.
After testimony, the committee initially lacked quorum and recessed until 3:40 p.m. When the meeting reopened with six members present, the chair recommended passing STR20 as is. The committee voted to adopt the chair’s recommendation, with members Morikawa, Puo, Witson, and Shimizu voting aye and several members excused. The measure was approved and the meeting adjourned.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- It will take a look at some of the sources of funding again.
- The majority of the $11.4 million budget is operating services.
- We'll take a look at the sources of funding.
- We'll take a look at some of the sources of funding.
- So the majority of our students, post-graduation, 65%.
Committee:
House Appropriations
Summary:
The committee met on March 17 to review the FY27 budgets for the Department of Education and several special schools and commissions. Fiscal staff outlined the Department of Education’s roughly $6.4 billion budget, noting that most funding goes to the Minimum Foundation Program and subgrantee assistance. Major changes discussed included the removal of one-time teacher pay stipends, increases for the LA GATOR scholarship program, and projected adjustments in early childhood funding. Members also reviewed the constitutional amendment proposal tied to using about $2 billion to pay down teacher retirement obligations and provide future teacher pay raises.
Dr. Cade Brumley testified that Louisiana’s education outcomes have improved and answered questions on math performance, charter school funding, the LA GATOR scholarship, and the special education Choice program. Members pressed the department on the sustainability and balance of funding between LA GATOR and Choice, the number of applicants and current recipients, and outreach efforts. Brumley said charter schools are funded through the MFP like other public schools, that LA GATOR currently serves about 5,500 students with applications recently reaching about 17,000, and that the Choice program serves about 500 students with a waiting list of about 700 applicants. He also said the department would implement whatever funding levels the legislature approves.
The committee then heard the special schools and commissions budget, including the Special School District, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, Thrive Academy, École Pointe-au-Chien, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, and BESE. Testimony focused on facility needs, enrollment, and program outcomes. LSU? No—LSM leaders described urgent roof and ceiling repairs estimated at about $800,000, while Thrive Academy highlighted student achievement, community service requirements, and economic impact. LPB said it is facing a federal funding loss of about $2.5 million and is responding with higher Passport fees, underwriting, and private fundraising. BESE’s small staff and administrative role were also explained, with members asking about board operations and the use of statutory dedication funds.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Relative to one source of the revenues that we are using, that could not happen by our rules on the floor
- , and it's not because it's some nefarious source of revenue.
- </c><00:02:03.040><c> of</c><00:02:03.280><c> the</c> uh relative to one source of the uh relative to
- one source of the revenues<00:02:04.240><c> that</c><00:02:04.479><c> we</c><00:02:04.719><c> are</c
- It it's u uh uh source of revenue.
Committee:
Senate Taxes
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:41:39.680><c> as</c> a heating source or as a power source as a heating source or as a power
- </c> alternative energy sources. alternative energy sources.
- Simple majority is probably okay. We can do a simple majority for naming a bridge.
- Simple majority is name a bridge. Simple majority is probably<01:05:15.039><c> okay.
- </c> super majority for cutting taxes? super majority for cutting taxes?
Committee:
House Ways and Means
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Nov 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, Albuquerque hosts the largest major event associated with ballooning in the world.
- Additionally, third-party probing data is abundant and provided by various sources.
- Chair and Senator, we try to get the most reliable power sources.
- So let's just pretend that there isn't a major event today. In the state of New Mexico.
- Treatment of vehicles by fuel source.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- One, it's a major project.
- We wouldn't count that, but a major multimodal trail or major... bikeway.
- So that would have to come from a different source.
- And, you know, those are a couple of the major parts.
- Transport is the major source of costs and emissions associated with construction aggregates.
Bills:
HF4807
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- The majority of the APS funding goes to subsidize fossil fuel-powered combined heat and power systems
- Our view is just Mass Save already covers solar thermal and ground-source heat pumps and air-source heat
- Renewable thermal, well, air-source heat pumps, there are 11,995 individual units, air-source heat pumps
- Renewable thermal, well, air source heat pumps, there are 11,995 individual units, air source heat pumps
- It actually, by my count, covers 11 distinctly different technologies: air-source heat pumps, ground-source
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy held a hearing on grid transmission and distribution, green financing, environmental justice, renewable portfolio standards, and clean energy workforce policy. Testimony on H. 352/S. 2268 focused on eliminating or scaling back the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, with Green Energy Consumers Alliance arguing it costs ratepayers about $30 million annually and largely subsidizes fossil-fuel combined heat and power, biodiesel blending, and woody biomass. Committee members raised concerns that a full repeal could affect heat pumps and solar thermal projects that currently receive APS credits, and the witness acknowledged those technologies are the strongest part of the program but said Mass Save would be a better home for them.
Renew Northeast supported H. 3497 on renewable portfolio standard review and clean energy procurements, but urged an indexed renewable energy credit model like New York’s rather than an attribute-only arrangement, arguing it would reduce financing risk and consumer costs. Vote Solar and Senator Liz Miranda testified in support of H. 3540/S. 2303 on clean energy equity, saying environmental justice communities and renters receive too few benefits from clean energy spending and need stronger tracking, tenant protections, and measurable benefit allocation. Miranda described long-standing environmental harms in Roxbury and called for data and accountability to ensure benefits reach environmental justice communities.
A major portion of the hearing was devoted to H. 3475/S. 2276 on just transition and clean energy workforce standards. Labor representatives from the pile drivers, building trades, electrical contractors, SEIU, United Steelworkers, the AFL-CIO, and Climate Jobs Massachusetts Action backed the bill, emphasizing prevailing wage, project labor agreements, apprenticeship requirements, workforce transition plans, and protections for gas workers and other fossil-fuel employees as the state shifts to clean energy. They argued the bill would create family-sustaining jobs, support training, and prevent workers from being left behind during the transition. The hearing concluded after all sign-ups were heard, and the committee voted to close the hearing.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming
Transcript Highlights:
- of heating, such as air-source heat pumps or networked geothermal.
- of heating, such as air-source heat pumps or networked geothermal.
- This is also an important source of business for our gas workforce.
- As I mentioned... ...sources of GHG emissions in the entire Commonwealth.
- What's rare and exceptional here is not majority rule.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on two related issues: gas utilities’ climate compliance plans filed with the Department of Public Utilities and the recent DPU orders reforming the Gas System Enhancement Program (GSEP). Chair Creem and other senators emphasized that Massachusetts must reduce gas use, shrink the gas distribution footprint, and move customers to alternatives such as heat pumps, network geothermal, and non-gas pipeline alternatives (NPAs). DPU Chair Jamie Van Nostrand said the new GSEP orders lower the annual revenue cap from 3.0% to 2.5%, phase it down toward 1.5%, eliminate carrying charges, require more rigorous risk prioritization, and push utilities to consider advanced leak technology, relining, repairs, and NPAs. He also described the climate compliance plans as the start of a longer process covering decommissioning, stranded costs, line extension allowances, integrated energy planning, and targeted electrification demonstrations.
Senators pressed the DPU and utility witnesses on the lack of specificity in the climate compliance plans, especially the absence of numeric goals for gas usage reduction, customer conversions, and near-term deployment of NPAs. Utility representatives from Eversource and National Grid said their plans include NPA frameworks, integrated energy planning, targeted electrification pilots, network geothermal, and workforce transition efforts, but argued that implementation takes time, requires customer participation, and depends on coordination with electric utilities and communities. They said some NPA and electrification projects are being evaluated now, while larger-scale deployment is expected later in the decade. Senators also raised concerns about line extension allowances, with utilities explaining that new customers may be charged based on whether existing ratepayers would otherwise be harmed, while National Grid said it has begun increasing customer contributions to send stronger price signals.
Attorney General Mary Gardner supported the DPU’s GSEP reforms and said the office favors eventually stepping the GSEP cap down to zero by 2030, with repair and replacement costs recovered in base rate cases instead. She argued that the utilities’ plans still rely too heavily on business-as-usual approaches, do not adequately quantify scope 3 emissions, and leave unresolved questions about the obligation to serve and the future of line extension allowances. Advocacy witnesses from the Conservation Law Foundation and Acadia Center were more critical, saying the plans lack the detailed modeling, targets, and transparency needed to show how the utilities will help meet the Commonwealth’s heating and cooling sublimits and broader climate goals. No votes were taken; the hearing consisted of testimony and questioning.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- The vast majority of other states have enacted legislation to protect reporters and sources, and indeed
- Moreover, sex workers have historically experienced police as a major source of harm.
- The majority of Israeli citizens are Jews, about 80%.
- The first major problem with the bill...
- That is a major theme: the problem of majority discrimination against minority communities in democracies
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Summary:
The committee opened with procedural guidance for a very large hearing, explaining testimony limits, written testimony procedures, and rules for maintaining order. Members then heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including proposals to define antisemitism using the IHRA definition, regulate facial recognition technology, restrict weaponized robotics and drone use, expand protections for journalists’ confidential sources, address access to decedents’ email accounts, and create or adjust rules around municipal enforcement and animal cruelty fines. Several sponsors and advocates asked for favorable reports, and committee members asked clarifying questions on implementation, costs, and how the bills would interact with existing law.
On facial recognition, sponsors and advocates described the technology as a threat to privacy, due process, and civil liberties, and urged adoption of the Special Commission’s recommendations, including warrant requirements, notice to defendants, and limits on untargeted surveillance. Support came from legislators, the ACLU, CDT, EFF, and a UMass professor, while committee members asked about current state law and municipal bans. On robotics, Senator Moore and industry witnesses from MassRobotics, Boston Dynamics, and AUVSI supported a bill prohibiting weaponized robots and requiring warrants for certain law enforcement uses, describing it as a public-safety and trust-building measure. On the shield law bill, newspaper publishers, journalists, NEFAC, and the Reporters Committee argued Massachusetts needs statutory protection for confidential sources, citing costly subpoenas and chilling effects on reporting.
The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the right of publicity to cover image and voice, with SAG-AFTRA members supporting protections against AI-driven exploitation and some discussion about viral content and consent. Another bill would allow limited access to a decedent’s email accounts, with one witness describing a family’s inability to use a deceased relative’s email to notify friends. The committee then took testimony on psilocybin-related bills: supporters described medical and personal benefits and argued for narrow decriminalization or study, while an opponent warned of public-health risks, impaired driving, and youth exposure; the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society supported limited, safety-based decriminalization. Finally, the committee heard strong support for a “safe reporting” bill for sex workers and trafficking survivors, with advocates saying immunity would encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of arrest, and members raised questions about how the immunity would work in practice.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/13/2026 - Senate Natural Resources
Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Shamp, LD 29, former Majority Leader representing the West Valley.
- Former Majority Leader representing the West Valley. Senator Carroll. Well, thank you, Mr.
- Senator Frank Carroll, Majority Whip, and representing the West Valley, and professional troublemaker
- They need water from another source.
- As you've mentioned, there will be other sources of funding.
Summary:
The Natural Resources Committee convened for introductions of members, staff, interns, and pages, with members briefly noting their districts and roles. The committee’s only agenda item was a presentation from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) by Director Chelsea McGuire, who outlined WIFA’s mission and recent work financing water infrastructure across Arizona.
McGuire described three major funding programs: the rural water supply development revolving fund, the water conservation grant fund, and the long-term water augmentation fund. She said WIFA has financed nearly $3 billion in water infrastructure over 30 years, awarded about $87.3 million through the rural fund, and allocated $211 million in conservation grants expected to save 6.6 million acre-feet of water. She also said WIFA is out of conservation money and requested continued state support, while noting the revolving funds remain stable even if federal funding declines.
A large portion of the discussion focused on the long-term augmentation fund and its competitive solicitation process. McGuire said WIFA identified a projected 100,000 to 500,000 acre-foot supply gap in 10 to 15 years and selected seven projects for further due diligence after receiving 17 responses, including desalination, reuse, groundwater storage, and exchange-based projects involving private partners. Senators asked about public transparency, project timelines, costs, and the need for state funding; McGuire said public engagement will continue, the projects are intended to match the identified time frame, and state funding is needed both to pay for due diligence and to reduce project risk and cost. No votes or formal actions were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- A tree crop takes years to recover from the kind of impacts that is sustained during a major hurricane
- We are 53% of domestically sourced use.
- and we tried to break the revenue sources, recommendations and findings and 4 categories.
- Many of the districts had no revenue sources. They had very little funding.
- If they had multiple revenue sources, some of the districts had contracts with both.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 01/29/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> inter intermittent renewable sources inter intermittent renewable sources like<00:09:34.959><c>
- I mean, we're receiving hydroelectric power from a number of sources, previously built sources, smaller
- sources.
- </c> nuclear energy is a carbon free source nuclear energy is a carbon free source of<01:22:25.159><c
- </c> affordable and renewable energy sources affordable and renewable energy sources we<01:47:41.639>