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WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Just to kind of continue along this line of questioning, how do we improve the lines of communication
- How do we improve the lines of communication in our processes?
- Eighty percent of that's coming from sewer heat.
- Eighty percent of that's coming from sewer heat.
- Bottom line, I agree. They're smart. Next thing. Please raise your hand if you like pie.
Committee:
House Capital Budget
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Feb 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And sewer lines to some of the residents that were affected by this, but that does not solve the root
- The intermediate fix is that we are going to be extending water and sewer lines to about 50 households
- The intermediate fix is that we are going to be extending water and sewer lines to about 50 households
- So the intermediate step, the extension of sewer and water lines, what's the timeline for that?
- Our goal is to construct water and sewer lines for those 50 neighbors that Mike mentioned.
Summary:
The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee met on February 4, with public hearing and executive action on several bills. The main public hearing was on House Bill 2668, as proposed substitute, which would direct the Department of Fish and Wildlife to identify and pursue relocation of the Bob Oak Game Farm and to plan remediation of the current site. Testimony from the bill sponsor, Centralia city officials, Lewis County public health staff, a tribal member, and residents strongly supported relocation, citing nitrate contamination in a sole-source aquifer, risks to drinking water for Centralia and nearby households, and the need for long-term public health protection. The committee also heard that interim mitigation measures such as point-of-use filters and water/sewer extensions were underway, but witnesses said relocation was the only durable solution. The bill was added to the day’s executive session as an unusual late addition, then later passed out of committee on a voice vote with a due pass recommendation.
During executive session, the committee also acted on House Bill 2598, creating a Salmon Advisory Commission; House Bill 2619, creating a legislative task force to reduce regulatory stress in agriculture; House Bill 2199, dealing with derelict vessels and disposal timelines; House Bill 2463, which revises agricultural donation and farm-to-food pantry programs; and House Bill 1735, which prohibits force-feeding birds and related foie gras sales. Amendments were considered on several bills, including a DNR amendment to the vessel bill and a narrowing amendment to the force-feeding bill, which failed. The committee approved House Bill 2598 by a 6-5 vote, and House Bill 2619, House Bill 2199, House Bill 2463, House Bill 1735, and House Bill 2668 all received due pass recommendations, with some on voice votes and others by recorded roll call. The chair noted that moving House Bill 2668 in executive session the same day as public hearing was highly unusual and done because of the bill’s urgency and bipartisan support.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
Transcript Highlights:
- , and my question goes to line item 0640-1008 for $385 million.
- sewer, and those projects cost a lot of money.
- Our members are on the front lines of this work every day.
- Our members are on the forefront lines of this work every day.
- With that in mind, we are asking for line item amendments, including a $200 million increase in line
Summary:
The committee held a hearing on S.2542, the Mass Ready Act, a $3 billion environmental bond bill aimed at climate resilience, water infrastructure, conservation, and related permitting reforms. Secretary Rebecca Tepper and administration officials described the bill’s major investments in flood control, coastal resilience, DCR roads/bridges/dams and parks, drinking water and wastewater upgrades, PFAS remediation, land conservation, food security infrastructure, and expanded Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness funding. They also explained proposed streamlining measures for environmental permitting, flood risk disclosures, a Connecticut River Resilient Commission, and a new Resilience Revolving Fund to provide low-cost financing for municipal resilience projects. Committee members asked about affordability, useful life of projects, how the revolving fund would be capitalized, and how the bill would help communities such as Lawrence, Methuen, and coastal towns; officials said the fund would initially use existing trust resources, not new fees, and could later support special obligation bonds once it has a track record.
Several witnesses supported the bill but urged larger authorizations or additional provisions. Boston Harbor Now asked for more funding for MVP and the state’s resilient coast plan, and supported permitting reforms for nature-based and hybrid solutions. The Massachusetts Rivers Alliance urged inclusion of drought-management language from separate bills, plus a statewide flood buyout program and a water reuse commission. Green Roots called for dedicated funding for outdoor and indoor air quality monitoring and indoor air quality improvements, especially in environmental justice communities affected by traffic and airport pollution. Conservation and forestry advocates requested more funding for urban tree canopy, local nurseries, and workforce training, while also raising concerns about PFAS impacts and the need for clearer municipal reforestation language.
Agriculture and water infrastructure groups focused on food security and drinking water needs. The Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership and the Mass Food System Collaborative backed the food security infrastructure grant program and farmland protection funding, warning that the program needs continued support in fiscal 2027 and that farmland loss is accelerating. The Massachusetts Waterworks Association said the bill does not go far enough on drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure, citing large statewide capital needs and PFAS compliance costs, and asked for recurring funding and broader eligibility for climate resilience grants. A Product Stewardship Council representative also urged funding for a waste reduction needs assessment, citing growing landfill constraints and rising disposal costs. No votes were taken during the hearing."}{
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Winnipegasi River Basin sewer. Winnipegasi River Basin sewer.
- </c> I'm not a uh professional sewer person. I'm not a uh professional sewer person.
- </c> sewer side, not the potable water side. sewer side, not the potable water side.
- </c> Yeah.<03:06:26.399><c> Line</c> Yeah. Line Yeah.
- Line three of >> line three of the bill.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES Feb 12th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Transcript Highlights:
- and Sewer Department for December 31, 2023 and 2022.
- The remaining were paid from water and sewer funds in 24 and 23 respectively.
- On page 16, the next six reports are private water and sewer reports.
- On page 16, the next six reports are private water sewer reports.
- Dover Municipal Water and Sewer System.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> line replacement. line replacement.
- Recently, we added three bus rapid transit lines: Gold Line, B Line, E Line.
- extension, Gold Line extension, and G Line.
- Line,</c><01:44:42.520><c> lots</c><01:44:42.960><c> of</c> Gold Line, B Line, E Line, lots of Gold Line
- , Gold Line Green Line extension, Gold Line extension,<01:45:12.520><c> and</c><01:45:12.640><c> G</c
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, June 5, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- a line?
- or just part of the cost of a a line or just part of the cost of a line?
- line? line?
- <c> line</c><01:54:06.000><c> 15</c> uh line 15 uh line 15 then<01:54:08.080><c> Mr.
- Chairman, page four, line 17. then Mr. Chairman, page four, line 17.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- INCLUDED SOME ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS PROHIBITING NEW SEPTIC TANKS IN THE B MAP AREA WHERE CENTRAL SEWER
- IS AVAILABLE OR IF CENTRAL SEWER IS NOT AVAILABLE INSTEAD OF USING TRADITIONAL SEPTIC TANKS REQUIRING
- WILL SEE THE INCREASE BUT WE WANT TO SEE THE OVERALL GENERAL TREND DECREASING DOWN AND THE DASHED LINE
- AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU AS YOU GET YOUR CITY TO COME TO YOU AND SAY HEY WE HAVE A GREAT SUBJECT TO SEWER
- SO, TO GO OVER THE PROJECT TYPES IT'S WHAT I SAID PREVIOUSLY SEPTIC TO SEWER OR SEPTIC UPGRADES FROM
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- We're not trying to affect anybody's bottom line.
- The bottom line is, though, The bottom line is, though, people do make mistakes.
- Think of roads, think of repairs, think of water and sewer.
- Water and sewer, if you just give one-time money for water and sewer projects on the front end... ...
- I mean, Milton Friedman would say competition needs to be fair at the start line.
Committee:
All HOUSE RULES
Summary:
The committee first considered House Resolution 1016, which would have allowed introduction of a bill by Representative Richmond addressing disclosure and restrictions for certain real-estate arrangements where buyers purchase interests in entities rather than direct ownership of property. Richmond said the measure was aimed at transparency, consumer protection, and preventing private tribunals or discriminatory practices, while several members questioned whether it would affect homeowners associations, hunting clubs, arbitration clauses, or duplicate existing law. After discussion, the committee voted down the resolution.
House Resolution 1006, sponsored by Representative Schultz, proposed increasing the Homestead Tax Credit by $75, from $600 to $675, using a fund created by Amendment 79 and supported by sales tax revenue. Schultz argued the fund could support the increase now and that families needed relief amid high prices. The committee approved the resolution. The committee then heard House Resolution 1007, presented by Senator King and Representative Eaton, which sought to change how turnback funds are distributed to counties, with a focus on giving counties more predictable annual funding for roads, jails, water, sewer, public safety, and other infrastructure. Members raised concerns about taking $150 million off the top of sales tax revenue and about whether the bill should be handled through budget language instead; the resolution failed.
House Resolution 1008, by Representative Wooten and Senator King, would have amended the LEARNS education program to reduce costs, limit or change eligibility, and add performance-based requirements and reporting for certain school-choice funding. Supporters said the program was financially unsustainable and needed accountability, while opponents argued the proposal would create larger problems and that the issue should be handled in the regular session. The resolution failed after a point of order prevented reading a supporting letter into the record. Finally, House Resolution 1009 and House Resolution 1013, both tied to Senator Bryant’s proposals on local control over crypto mines and data centers, were discussed together with testimony about water use, energy demand, and local opposition; both failed. House Resolution 1015, which would have amended the IDEA economic-development bill to remove eminent domain authority and address board accountability, also failed after members said more concerns remained to be worked out.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> page two, lines six and seven. page two, lines six and seven.
- Um, page five, uh, starting on line nine through line 13.
- Page one, line 14. taking my question. Page one, line 14.
- </c><01:03:36.880><c> that</c><01:03:37.039><c> the</c> sewer lines and it requires that the sewer lines
- </c> two years is read line by line, word by two years is read line by line, word by word,<01:26:38.159
Committee:
Senate Commerce
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 14th, 2026 at 10:35 am
House Taxation & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- If you're here in support of HB 248, please form a line in the center, and our sergeants will hold the
- If you wish to make public comment, please come up from the line, and our attendant will hold a mic for
- Patali, just to have the most technical lines. I just have the most technical answer.
- infrastructure, green space, water and sewer infrastructure, and then traffic calming on San Pedro,
- And this is for perhaps some sewer, some water, and some other things.
Committee:
House House Taxation & Revenue
Keywords:
general obligation bonds, GO bonds, capital projects, bond election, property tax levy, state debt, state finance, capital outlay, senior centers, senior citizen facilities, aging services, long-term services, libraries, library acquisitions, broadband for libraries, higher education, university capital projects, community colleges, tribal schools, special schools
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Jan 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- There's a line by line of the starting fiscal year base budget for all of our departments, the base budget
- A lot of these projects are going to be, you know, large septic to sewer projects, advance waste treatment
- of 3 milligrams per liter of nitrogen and one miligram per year leader of phosphorus, the septic to sewer
- But we see anything from 20 to 50 1000 to hook up a septic system from central sewer.
- Those who want to seek out a line fish do not need a fishing license in Florida and we'll continue to
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Public Works Assistance Account this year to secure a grant or a loan to fund improvements to our sewer
- We hope to work with our local legislators this session to fund a solution specific to our sewer plant
- Nisqually project that was next on the list in the 2025-27 budget, falling just below the funding line
- We hope to work with our local legislators this session to fund a solution specific to our sewer plant
- Please hold the line in your conversations with the Senate to fully fund those planning grants.
Bills:
HB2295
Committee:
House Capital Budget
Keywords:
Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Finance, Personnel, and Public Retirement.(7-1-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> help us get this over the finish line. help us get this over the finish line.
- </c> line of duty death benefits, sir. line of duty death benefits, sir.
- They received funding to install new sewers.
- </c><00:50:14.960><c> system</c> access to a municipal sewer system access to a municipal sewer system
- Sturgis replace those water lines Sturgis replace those water lines and<00:51:36.360><c> that's</c><00
Summary:
The committee received a budget and program update from Kentucky Emergency Management on the state’s urban search and rescue buildout. Eric Gibson and Doug Hargrave said the legislature’s funding was used to create FEMA-type urban search and rescue capacity, including Kentucky Task Force 1 and 2, the incident support team, and the helicopter aquatic rescue/hoist team. They emphasized that the effort is not just equipment purchases but also training, credentialing, warehouse and training-facility development, canine program expansion, and coordination with local search and rescue agencies across the Commonwealth.
Gibson reported that the agency executed 99.4% of the $16.175 million appropriation by the end of the fiscal year and said the team met its readiness target ahead of schedule, with equipment already being deployed in recent flood response operations. He also said $500,000 per year was set aside for local search and rescue grants, with about $482,000 awarded to 29 teams in one year and $490,000 to 36 teams in the next, averaging about $20,000 per grant. Several members urged the committee to consider increasing support for local responders in future budgets, noting rising equipment costs and the importance of local teams as first on scene.
Members asked about staffing, coverage, and benefits. Gibson explained that the task force is a mixed workforce of full-time fire personnel loaned from local departments, professional service staff such as doctors and engineers, and temporary deployment staff, with workers’ compensation coverage provided through KYEM and/or home agencies depending on the arrangement. He also said local search and rescue members are not currently included in line-of-duty death benefits. In response to questions about coverage and deployment, he described the two task force locations as designed to keep resources within roughly 100 miles of every Kentuckian.
The discussion also turned to recent flood response and disaster recovery. Gibson said the state had mobilized up to 24 teams over the weekend, documented roughly 60 to 80 water rescues or assisted evacuations, and was seeing significant damage in counties such as Cumberland, Clinton, and Metcalfe, including agricultural losses. He said several counties were meeting FEMA public assistance thresholds and that the state was preparing a broader relief request that could include FEMA, SBA, and USDA assistance. He also updated members on efforts to claw back and reallocate unused “strained fiscal liquidity” funds by the statutory deadline, saying notices were sent and funds were redirected where possible to unmet local needs.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Which line? And you're adding a few 16. Which line?
- Line 14 including the bill already.
- All deletion of lines 7 through 12. Yes.
- </c> they could expand their water or sewer. they could expand their water or sewer. um<00:40:38.800>
- Um so, system and a sewer system there.
Committee:
Senate Commerce
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So House Bill 765 deals with boundary lines for districts and departments.
- Initially, one... ...boundary lines for districts and departments.
- That's all we have lined up on our public testimonies, Senator Kahnowitz.
- Starting on line 15, it specifically says what these costs do not include.
- And we have already blurred that line some.
Committee:
Senate Local Government and Taxation
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Local Government Jun 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- A population of 1,282 that was part of the Auburn and Kent boundary line, where I think Kent absorbed
- You know, we have to extend sewer and provide sewer services in these urban areas, usually higher expectation
- And finally, just kind of a parting thought on the front lines of implementing these changes.
- And finally, just kind of a parting thought on the front lines of implementing these changes.
- Sewers installed.
Summary:
The committee held a work session on local government issues, beginning with an update from the State Building Code Council on four legislatively mandated code amendments now in CR-102 rulemaking: temporary emergency shelters, reduced minimum dwelling unit size, multiplex housing up to three stories and six units, and single-exit apartment buildings up to six stories. Council staff also described a separate embodied-carbon appendix proposal that remains under public review, with testimony both supporting and opposing it. Members asked about the rationale for some of the code limits, including the restriction on connecting multiplex buildings.
The committee then heard a panel on annexations from MRSC, Pierce County, and the Association of Washington Cities. Witnesses reviewed annexation methods, including petition, election, and interlocal agreement approaches, and said larger annexations are increasingly using interlocal agreements because they can address infrastructure, revenue sharing, and public process concerns. They described barriers such as inconsistent local standards, the cost of infrastructure, referendum risk, census requirements, and the difficulty of persuading residents and local officials to support annexation. Members asked about the five-year restriction on residential zoning changes in one annexation method and whether a hearing examiner could reduce political pressure on local decision-makers.
A second panel discussed subdivision reform. The Master Builders Association urged raising the short-plat threshold within urban growth areas to 30 lots as a simpler first step, citing permitting delays and added housing costs. The City of Spokane described implementation problems with recent housing laws, including uncertainty about how to review plats under HB 1110, lot-splitting administration, and added notice requirements for unit lot subdivisions. AWC said there was broad agreement that subdivision decisions should be more administrative, but public hearings remained a point of disagreement. The committee also heard from FutureWise, the Washington State Association of Counties, and Lewis County on county development regulation and enforcement, with witnesses emphasizing underfunded code enforcement, inconsistent standards between counties and cities, and the need for better coordination, incentives, and possibly stronger enforcement tools. No votes were taken; the chair said the committee would continue working on possible solutions in future sessions.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And with one additional line item that just makes sure that you can't adjust or modify the projects after
- Senator Taves, I see that in your first paragraph on line 13, you define starter home subdivision.
- access, you're not going to be able to build a denser product because you need sewer.
- access. this area that we want to locate this subdivision doesn't have sewer access.
- You're not going to be able to build a denser product because you need sewer.
Committee:
Senate Local Government and Taxation
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- areas where residents are unable to connect to centralized wastewater treatment systems or public sewers
- So if you are in the other counties that... ...they are authorized to operate a sewer system, so if you
- are in the other counties that would only apply to Pima, they're the only ones that operate a sewer
- We've had permanent on-site wastewater systems with RV parks; those lines were collapsed.
- Yes, I'll echo quickly along those same lines.
Keywords:
water conservation, grants, infrastructure, environmental protection, sustainability, cesspool remediation, cesspool replacement, forgivable principal, forgivable loan, wifa, water infrastructure finance authority, clean water revolving fund, drinking water revolving fund, wastewater infrastructure, on-site wastewater system, septic system, groundwater protection, public health, nonpoint source pollution, county water projects
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Jan 19th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- Scott Hazelgrove on behalf of the Washington Association of Sewer Water Districts in support of the bill
- Sewer water districts are local governments, but unlike many local governments, they do not have taxing
- only that opportunity for broadband utilities, but for all of these what I call classic utilities—sewer
- Something along those lines, but quite frankly, when a lot of us go home on weekends, I rent a house
- Very soon we will open the first light rail line in the world to cross a floating bridge.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
electric vehicles, charging fees, state facilities, sustainability, infrastructure, regional transit authority, RTA, transit bonds, general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, bond maturity, debt limit, 25-year cap, regional mobility grant program, public transit financing, transportation funding, Washington RCW, bond issuance, municipal finance, infrastructure finance