Transcript Highlights:

• Subsections 3, 4, and 5 are included to ensure that water rights can be appropriately and effectively
• This is language that was included at the request of the Idaho Water Users Association to make sure that
• all those lawful and legally authorized entries for water officials could continue to happen.
• The bill also preserves water administration, weed control, and other lawful functions.
• There has been a lack of regulation and a lack of movement on bills to create an accreditation scheme

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

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• </c> amounts of land electricity and water amounts of land electricity and water thank<00:47:45.680><
• hogs causing both water depletion and water pollution.
• hogs causing both water depletion and water pollution.
• hogs causing both water depletion and water pollution.
• c><01:16:02.719><c> and</c><01:16:02.880><c> water</c> causing both water depletion and water causing

Keywords: 1183, house

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• crosses the border, it must undergo an inspection. to ensure compliance with U.S. agricultural regulations
• Right now, it seems like we're just getting so far-fetched with our HOA law rules and regulations that
• How to stop the cities from not letting them drill water wells.
• the sign, you know, there was irrigation. line ran down the side of the street that we we supply the water
• to we pay the water bill for the right-of-way easement to maintain it and keep it looking beautified

Bills: HB2013 , HB4163 , HB4810

Committee: House Agriculture & Livestock

Keywords: property owners associations, chickens, urban farming, land use, homeowner rights, agriculture, municipal regulation, governmental requirements, farm management, inspections, border control, trade, state funding, 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 1560, CAP water supply development fund. Natural resources.
• SB 1560 CAP water supply development fund. Natural resources.
• SB 1529, water residential drilling units. SB 1530, assured water supply building permits.
• SB 1643, firearms sales regulation. Judiciary and elections.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, confirmed attendance, approved the journal, and welcomed several guests in the gallery, including a veteran and House candidate, a former legislative district chair, and two district guests attending in support of future highway-naming testimony. The chamber also extended well wishes to Senator Farnsworth’s wife, who was reported hospitalized, and announced a temporary committee replacement appointment for Senator Fernandez on the Education Committee. The bulk of the meeting consisted of reading House messages and introducing numerous bills for first reading and committee referral, covering a wide range of topics including transportation, taxation, education, health care, housing, water, public safety, elections, immigration, behavioral health, and appropriations. The Senate also placed many measures on second reading, including bills on school budgets, civics instruction, campaign finance, voter registration, housing, tax deductions, and public safety-related issues. Committee meeting announcements were made for the following day. The chamber then considered a gubernatorial nomination and, on a voice vote, confirmed James McCain to the Arizona Board of Regents for a term ending January 19, 2032. After a recess and return, additional bills were introduced and referred, including measures on corporal punishment in schools, homeless shelter funding, child care waiting lists, community gardens, solar energy requirements, insurance claims assistance, firearms regulation, and crime victim notification funding. The Senate adjourned at the end of the session until Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.

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• Regulation will come to order and the clerk will call the roll. Please, Chair Landgraf here.
• So, uh, I'm gonna call it the House Committee on Environmental Regulation stand at ease for a few minutes
• And water pollution from all the runoff in this is gonna go down to our local creeks and incidentally
• this, the creeks for this area drain into Lake Somerville, which is the water supply for Brenham.
• is no other business to consider, and if there is no objection, the Committee on Environmental Regulation

Bills: HB205

Committee: House Environmental Regulation

Keywords: disaster recovery, economic development, grants, loans, infrastructure support

Transcript Highlights:

• the geography of the systems that provide broadband and also what it might imply for matters of regulation
• background, regulated in terms of where it could provide service.
• AT&T in the old days was a regulated monopoly with defined service territories.
• Computer systems and the internet, not regulated.
• And then finally, I'm going to grab some water here.

Committee: House S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And that was with pipelines, electric utilities, and water lines, so all those combined.
• we all need Is things that like water, right? We all need water.
• We're facing about an $80 million investment in new water wells that are tied to the need for more water
• Most of this is still covered by ratepayers in water and wastewater.
• Water and wastewater has gone up 428% since enactment, and roadways have gone up 272%.

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 5695, which would create the Sayers Ranch Municipal Utility District in Bastrop County between Elgin and Bastrop. Representative Gurdis said Bastrop County commissioners unanimously supported the district. There was no public testimony, the bill was left pending, and later reported favorably to the full House on an 8-0 vote. The main debate centered on Senate Bill 291, which would require condemning entities to pay landowner attorney’s fees if they fail to provide 10 years of appraisal reports with an initial offer in an eminent domain case. Supporters, including Rita Beving and Charles Maley, argued the bill would add an enforcement mechanism and better protect landowners in a process they described as intimidating and lopsided. Opponents, including Tom Zabel and Lisa Kaufman, said current law already provides a remedy through abatement and attorney’s fees under Section 21.047 of the Property Code, and warned the bill could create inconsistency, delay public infrastructure projects, and increase costs. The bill was left pending. The committee also heard House Bill 5699, a simple MUD boundary change in Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 405 that would allow a tract to leave one district and join another. Representative Schofield said the landowner and district agreed to the change and to pay the tract’s share of debt. The committee substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably on an 8-0 vote. Later, the committee considered House Bill 5489, which would impose a four-year moratorium on impact fees. Representative Dyson framed it as an “active study” to test whether impact fees raise housing costs. College Station officials and other opponents argued impact fees help fund infrastructure for growth and that local governments should retain control; supporters said the fees are regressive and add to housing prices. The bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 292, which would update the Landowner Bill of Rights to add information on surveys, require separate offers for property not sought in condemnation, and require the rights document to be delivered with the initial offer. Supporters said it would improve transparency and fill gaps in the current document, while opponents said it was unnecessary because the law already exists and warned against revisiting a 2021 compromise. The transcript ends during that discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:23:19.760><c> utility</c> application made by a regulated utility application made by a regulated
• To our knowledge, this would be a unique approach in U.S. utility regulation.
• </c> energy and you just have the regulated energy and you just have the regulated utility<00:43:39.839
• it</c><01:29:11.000><c> causes</c> details about water hammer but it causes details about water hammer
• </c><01:29:23.040><c> hammers</c> asked one question I said water hammers asked one question I said water

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . >> Senate Bill 13, Senator Henen, Environment, Water, Individual Unit Meters. Favorable.
• <c> unit</c> environment, water, individual unit environment, water, individual unit meters.<01:10:45.280
• environment water environmental environment water individual<01:10:56.159><c> unit</c><01:10:56.719>
• </c> the submeter to provide bulk water the submeter to provide bulk water service<01:11:20.320><c> to
• </c> by January 1, 2028 to adopt regulations by January 1, 2028 to adopt regulations that<01:16:17.840

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 960, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• All of our athletes, you put milk and you put tea, you put water out there, they drink the milk.
• There are complex program regulations that require extensive staff training and support and take away
• Beyond the need for increased reimbursement and simplification of regulations, the programs have benefited
• invest in farm-to-school and local purchasing programs and grant initiatives to streamline program regulations
• Okay, it's basically sugar water. No, because milk is what, is it 80% water, 90% water?

Bills: SB222

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Keywords: whole milk, school lunch, school meals, National School Lunch Program, Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, Child Nutrition Act, USDA, nutrition standards, dairy, nonfat milk, low-fat milk, reduced-fat milk, lactose-free milk, nondairy beverages, plant-based milk, milk substitution, parental consent, legal guardian, food allergies, allergic reaction

Summary: This meeting of the committee focused primarily on the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, S222, which aims to permit schools to offer a fuller range of milk options, including whole, reduced, and low-fat varieties, that have garnered bipartisan support. Chairman Bozeman opened the session by highlighting concerns over children's nutrition and the obesity epidemic, emphasizing the significance of nutritious school meals in addressing these issues. Experts from various organizations were invited to discuss the implications of this bill as well as the current challenges facing school meal programs, including budget constraints and food supply issues. The meeting included passionate testimonies about the direct impacts of current dietary guidelines and federal funding reductions affecting schools' abilities to provide healthy meal options.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:44:51.079><c> to</c> are we considering solar hot water to are we considering solar hot water
• </c> become more efficient and the hot water become more efficient and the hot water maybe<00:45:48.119
• </c> the same amount of or type of regulated the same amount of or type of regulated data<01:24:40.679
• I hope that answers the question. a um water treatment plant that's run by a um water treatment plant
• </c><04:02:36.319><c> system</c> 8111 7c domestic hot water system 8111 7c domestic hot water system

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented its capital budget process and priorities, explaining that it maintains and operates 96 state buildings and uses annual facility walkthroughs, condition assessments, and rough cost estimates to rank projects for the governor’s capital budget. Officials described how requests are triaged, how the governor’s office and Public Works refine estimates, and how the resulting capital budget book serves as legislative intent for approved projects. They also noted that this year the governor’s office asked for estimates on all selected projects, which increased workload but reduced detail. The department highlighted several requested projects, including $1.5 million for the ERP system sustainability fund, which officials said is critical because the state is upgrading its core financial, HR, and budget system to the cloud. Other priorities included courthouse HVAC and boiler work, brick repointing at the State House annex/main building, window replacement at the Spalding building, and elevator replacement on the hospital campus. Officials also said the governor’s proposed capital budget included fewer DAS projects than in past years and asked the committee to consider funding closer to historic levels. The committee then reviewed lapse and reallocation items. DAS said most older projects are still in design, bid, or construction because projects now take four to six years rather than two to three, in part due to ARPA-related workload and post-COVID construction backlogs. Members discussed lapsing $81,000 from the completed Spalding roof project and redirecting small remaining balances from several 2019 projects toward the Hillsboro County South cell block project through the Capital Project Overview Committee. Officials also confirmed ARPA-funded projects are expected to be completed before the December 2026 deadline and explained that the ERP system is the main state IT exception outside DOIT’s usual centralized control, though it still requires DOIT consultation and approval.

Transcript Highlights:

• Committee Substitute for House Bill 2693, sponsored by Representative Steinmeyer, having to do with water
• I now move that House Bill 2732, sponsored by Representative Violet, having to do with water service
• Representative Violet, having to do with water service line fees, be due pass.
• With insurance regulations. We do pass the discussion.
• that, I move that House Committee Substitute for House Bill 3351 and 3371, having to do with public water

Committee: House Rules - Legislative

Summary: The Missouri House Legislative Rules Committee met to consider a long hearing notice of bills and resolutions. Chair Cupps opened by explaining that the committee would proceed through all items on the notice, including a late-added House Committee Substitute for HB 3383, and announced an initial motion to recommit Senate Substitute for SB 889 back to its House committee of origin. He said the bill’s language appeared to be aimed at banning corporal punishment in public schools, and he wanted the originating committee to review it further before the Rules Committee advanced it. That recommit motion passed 9-2. The committee then took up and mostly advanced a large number of measures, including bills on tourism revenue, county health officers, library boards, soil erosion control, child maintenance after DWI fatalities, initiative petitions, foreign law, post-conviction relief, property development applications, local taxation, child care licensing, administrative rules, workforce training grants, water resources, judiciary offenses, water service line fees, hospital zones, prepaid wireless emergency charges, a commemorative day, disabled veterans’ property tax credits, unemployment administration, school district operations, military leave, health care provider networks, mobile food vendors, school emergency response devices, compensation for property owners in certain cities, young driver offenses, insurance regulations, tax credit cleanup, public water supply districts, downtown redevelopment incentives, workplace violence prevention in health care, pass-through entity taxation, county development disability resource board levies, county finances, and a civic recognition resolution. Most of these passed unanimously or with only a few dissenting votes; HB 1734 failed 5-6, and HB 2291, HB 2124, HB 2139/2175, HB 2254, HB 2693, HB 2699, HB 2767, HB 2933, HB 32110, and HB 3220 each drew some opposition or abstentions. Several bills prompted discussion. HB 2933, dealing with school district operations, was explained as banning seclusion rooms and restraints in response to a DOJ probe; it passed 10-1. HB 3174, on emergency responses in schools, would provide wearable panic buttons subject to appropriations, and members discussed funding and whether it created an unfunded mandate; it passed 11-0. HB 2877, on unemployment administration adjustments, was clarified as shifting existing unemployment tax money for administrative funding without adding cost to employers, and it passed 11-0. HB 3383, on nonprofit corporations’ hiring practices and signature gathering for initiative petitions, was described as requiring E-Verify for certain signature gatherers; after questions about burdens on employers and election process concerns, it passed 9-0 with two present. The committee also advanced HCR 52 encouraging participation in America 250 celebrations and HCR 31 creating a Seal of Civic Recognition Award. At the end, the committee took up House Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 1066 and 1088, a property taxation measure, and it was given a due pass recommendation. Chair Cupps thanked the sponsors who stayed through the lengthy hearing and said the committee might meet again later in the week, likely Thursday, before adjourning.

Transcript Highlights:

• Committee Substitute for House Bill 2693, sponsored by Representative Steinmeyer, having to do with water
• I now move that House Bill 2732, sponsored by Representative Violet, having to do with water service
• Representative Violet, having to do with water service line fees, be due pass.
• With insurance regulations. Is there any discussion?
• that, I move that House Committee Substitute for House Bills 3351 and 3371, having to do with public water

Committee: House Rules - Legislative

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• definitions and then essentially create the statutory framework that allows local government to regulate
• definitions and then essentially create the statutory framework that allows local government to regulate
• And that, again, I'm supportive of what we're trying to do, but again, we're muddying the water for judges
• They still maintain their own separate definitions, and this isn't designed to muddy those waters or
• And that, again, I'm supportive of what we're trying to do, but again, we're muddying the water for judges

Committee: House Transportation and Defense

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> generators to things like water generators to things like water treatment<00:15:43.600><c> plants
• improvements for water quality.
• </c> contract water wastewater operator. contract water wastewater operator.
• </c> system improvements for water quality. system improvements for water quality.
• </c> actually look into the Boundary Waters. actually look into the Boundary Waters.

Bills: HF2418 , HF1666 , HF232 , HF344 , HF402 , HF431 , HF468 , HF547 , HF583 , HF1476 , HF1711 , HF2787 , HF2788 , HF3207

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: capital investment, political subdivisions, state assistance, funding, project grants, child care, Slayton, state bonds, economic development, extended time revenue, school funding, state aid, career and technical education, CTE, STEM, secondary credit, after-school programs, summer school, learning year program, extended day

Transcript Highlights:

• That's the federal electric reliability regulator.
• Transparent supply chains and coordination between industry regulators and federal partners will help
• So, for example, NERC is the national reliability regulator.
• We just kind of got to work the electricity side and water and all that stuff.
• For example, maybe they're trying to get that desal plant or some major water facility that has to be

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce held its first interim hearing on securing critical infrastructure and supply chain integrity, with a focus on Texas’s electric grid and the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act. The chair also highlighted Texas’s relatively low electricity prices and welcomed new committee members. ERCOT, the Public Utility Commission (PUC), and the Attorney General’s office were invited to explain how the state screens market participants and grid equipment for ties to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, and how the agencies respond to noncompliance. ERCOT testified that it has implemented the requirements of three related Senate bills by requiring attestations on corporate affiliations and on critical grid equipment and services. ERCOT said it has processed thousands of attestations, used additional requests for information and third-party verification tools such as Dun & Bradstreet, and terminated nonresponsive market participants. ERCOT also said it has not seen a case requiring direct Attorney General involvement, but it does refer matters to the PUC when needed. The PUC said it can investigate suspected violations and impose penalties of up to $1 million per violation per day, and that most investigations into late or missing attestations have been resolved through compliance, market exit, or removal by ERCOT. The Attorney General’s office said its role is currently limited to audits and court involvement, and that it lacks broad independent investigatory authority under the act. Members pressed the panel on whether the current system is too reliant on self-reporting and whether it adequately addresses indirect foreign influence, especially through supply chains for batteries, inverters, transformers, and other equipment with routable connectivity. ERCOT acknowledged that the current attestation process has gaps and said it plans to refine definitions of critical grid equipment and grid services, improve information requests, and continue stakeholder rulemaking. The panel also discussed possible legislative changes, including tying prohibitions to the Department of Defense Section 1260H list and the Texas Prohibited Technologies list, clarifying warranty and service access, and expanding the statute to cover grid services more directly. Several senators raised concerns about cost, reliability, and the extent to which foreign-sourced components remain embedded in Texas infrastructure, while others suggested incentives for domestic manufacturing and stronger verification tools, including possible work with national labs such as Sandia.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> factor in right ofway and storm water factor in right ofway and storm water ponds<00:15:53.440><
• in murky waters should have legal<00:40:29.599><c> means</c><00:40:29.920><c> to</c><00:40:30.160><c
• These are business practices that in any other industry would be regulated and be considered wrong.
• These are business practices that in any other industry would be regulated and be considered wrong.
• industry would be regulated and be considered<00:44:32.319><c> wrong.

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• They are regulated by the state of Florida.
• Finally, under certain circumstances, the bill requires rate parity for municipal water and wastewater
• Committee Substitute for House Bill 4081, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the Eastpoint Water
• Committee Substitute for House Bill 4081, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the Eastpoint Water
• Committee Substitute for House Bill 4081, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the Eastpoint Water

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and included several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, firefighters, and a doctor of the day. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and began taking up a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate measures before final passage. The first major bill, health care patient protection, required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, a pediatric emergency care coordinator, and readiness assessments; it passed 36-0. A public records bill protecting victim identities and temporarily exempting the name of a law enforcement officer who is a victim also passed after questions about access for victims of police misconduct, with a 33-4 vote. The Senate next approved a local government cybersecurity bill creating a state-administered program through Florida Digital Service to help counties and cities strengthen cyber defenses, with priority for rural and fiscally constrained governments; after amendments, it passed 37-0. A clerks of court bill allowing clerks to retain all revenue above projections and, through a House amendment, revising legal notice and traffic citation distribution provisions, passed 38-0 despite debate over impacts on municipalities and law enforcement. The chamber also passed a trademark modernization bill and a septic system permit bill intended to reduce delays for builders; the septic bill was amended to align the House and Senate versions and passed 38-0. The longest and most contested item was the elections bill, which updated citizenship verification procedures using REAL ID and state databases, changed candidate qualification rules, and altered election administration provisions. Numerous amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to exempt certain seniors, preserve student and retirement-center IDs, allow attestations in place of documentary proof of citizenship, and require human review over automated systems. One amendment to delay implementation until July 1, 2027, was also debated. The transcript ends while debate is still underway on the elections measure, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> &gt;&gt; on their water. &gt;&gt; on their water. &gt;&gt; Yes. &gt;&gt; Yes. &gt;&gt; Yes.
• It's crucial because it filters the water. So it works as a natural filter in clearing the water.
• It's crucial because it a a body water.
• So it works as a filters the water.
• </c><00:48:54.720><c> around</c> were coming out of the water around were coming out of the water around

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And if water or the spending policies.
• </c> why didn't why didn't water change? why didn't why didn't water change?
• ><c> taxes,</c> Well, water receives severance taxes, Well, water receives severance taxes, but<00:41
• With that, of the three water accounts.
• </c> [clears throat] there's not enough water [clears throat] there's not enough water in<01:32:26.560

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all