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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • appropriate guardrails to ensure Arizona's youth have the appropriate disclosure and are supported in utilizing
  • appropriate guardrails to ensure Arizona's youth have the appropriate disclosure and are supporting the utilization
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Feb 3rd, 2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • It provides sales tax and use tax exemptions for certain electric aircraft components and electricity
  • You know, there are airplanes now, believe it or not, that are electric.
  • This bill seeks to clarify the rules for the storage of electric vehicles in towing yards.
  • We do, Fee for the proper storage of electric vehicles that have been involved in an accident.
  • They must set an administrative fee for electric vehicles.
Bills: S0260 , S1220 , S1352 , S1362 , S1370
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 1362 on advanced air mobility. Senator Harrell described the bill as a framework for vertiports and eVTOL aircraft, but an amendment removed the sales tax exemptions and narrowed the sovereign immunity provisions to vertiports co-located at airports. Supporters said the bill would help Florida lead in emerging aviation technology, while opponents and some members raised concerns about safety, local control, and extending immunity to unproven facilities. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also considered SB 260 on storage of damaged electric vehicles. The bill, as amended, would allow local governments to set a daily administrative fee of up to three times the normal rate for storing EVs with visible battery damage or saltwater intrusion, reflecting fire-safety spacing requirements. Testimony from insurers, towing interests, and fleet operators focused on whether the fee was justified, whether cleanup language could lead to cost shifting, and whether more data reporting should be required. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. Members then approved SB 1352, which creates a secure online portal for license plate seizures and related DMV functions, preserves disabled veterans’ plate designations, prohibits license plate covers that obscure plates, and routes online license and ID renewals through county tax collectors. SB 1370 was also reported favorably; it closes a loophole so drivers who never obtained a license can still face habitual traffic offender penalties after repeated offenses. Finally, the committee took up SB 1220, a broad FDOT transportation package. After amendment, it retained provisions on trails, SunTrail, seaports, airports, drone delivery, autonomous vehicle protections, and FDOT coordination on federal funding, while removing the digital driver’s license provision and the rapid rail compact language. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Jan 19th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Environment & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Emissions from a coal-fired electric generation facility in operation on or before July 22, 2011, are
  • a standard that is inconsistent with the current greenhouse gas emissions standard for baseload electricity
  • But there, as you know well, there's still a need for new electricity generation in our state, and that's
  • But there, as you know well, there's still a need for new electricity generation in our state, and that's
  • I'm Maggie Euse with Seattle Public Utilities.
Bills: HB2421 , HB1652 , HB2367 , HB2284
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Jan 14th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • In addition, we executed a contract for three new vessels and delivered our first hybrid electric ferry
  • This is the largest hybrid electric vessel in America.
  • Work is starting soon on the first ship, and a new hybrid electric 160 class is expected for delivery
  • If all 21 of ferries' boats were hybrid electric, If all 21 of ferries' boats were hybrid electric, that's
  • Triple that for hybrid electric propulsion.
Bills: HB2306
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Finance Jan 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • As I was looking at this, I was curious about if a county issues bonds utilizing the revenue stream from
  • As I was looking at this, I was curious about if a county issues bonds utilizing the revenue stream from
  • Battery electric storage system means a commercially available technology that is capable of Storage
  • electric storage capacity, and the local rate is $4,000...
  • per megawatt of battery electric storage capacity.
Bills: HB1960 , HB2194 , HB2089
Committee: House Finance
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Look at this place: the taxpayers rightly provided our elected officials a place to be, with electricity
  • So if there were electrical upgrades needed or a roof needed, or any of those kinds of things, that could
Bills: HF51 , HF1161 , HF2201 , HF2786 , HF1053
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/18/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • the penalty on people who conspire to trespass or damage critical infrastructure such as pipelines, utility
  • the penalty on people who conspire to trespass or damage critical infrastructure such as pipelines, utility
  • 00:04:42.600><c> such</c><00:04:42.800><c> as</c><00:04:43.000><c> pipelines</c><00:04:43.840><c> utility
  • </c> infrastructure such as pipelines utility infrastructure such as pipelines utility lines<00:04:45.199
  • The law since 2002 to trespass on property containing critical public service facilities, utilities,
Bills: HF7
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 22nd, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Allow and cooperate with reasonable assessments by the controller or the controller's designated assessor
  • this does is allow local, county, and state elected officials to be able to serve on water, sewer, utility
  • , or fire boards in... ...sewer, utility, or fire boards in their communities.
  • the rural communities, I have one in particular that is a city council woman who has served on the utility
  • board for... ...has served on the utility board for a number of years.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And isn't our first priority electrical needs in our state? It is.
  • of electric transmission service facilities with the united Mexican states.
  • El Paso electric into the ERCOT grid, right?
  • House bill 3896 by Raymond relating to generation of electric power for sale by water.
  • utility or a water and sewer.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 24th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • a well site or certain surface facilities in accordance with the National Electric Code.
  • Yes, ma'am, a physical attack on our electric grid would be a negative thing, to be sure.
  • And I suppose that could manifest... ...electric grid would be a negative thing, to be sure.
  • In our electric grid.
  • SB 1856 by Creighton, relating to the capacity cost recovery rider for certain electric utilities.
Bills: SB37 , SJR84 , SJR87 , SJR27 , SB8 , SB10 , SB227 , SB261 , SB15 , SB12 , SB25 , SB57 , SB127 , SB293 , SB441 , SB3059 , SB512 , SB241 , SB1718 , SB140 , SB2055 , SB2075 , SB2018 , SB1534 , SB1567 , SB785 , SB1233 , SB1580 , SB1663 , SB413 , SB447 , SB519 , SB467 , SB1579 , SB1191 , SB1021 , SB1838 , SB2807 , SB2835 , SB546 , SB2121 , SB2167 , SB2035 , SB2024 , SB1032 , SB1049 , SB1266 , SB1400 , SB1302 , SB401 , SB1596 , SB1281 , SB1242 , SB1343 , SB310 , SB1346 , SB2753 , SB2703 , SB2221 , SB1719 , SB2177 , SB800 , SB790 , SB748 , SB571 , SB1957 , SB1923 , SB1896 , SB1760 , SB1335 , SB2368 , SB2477 , SB2587 , SB2972 , SB2986 , SB2965 , SB1563 , SB1467 , SB1164 , SB1137 , SB614 , SB705 , SB961 , SB918 , SB955 , SB869 , SB850 , SB863 , SB1610 , SB1055 , SB2206 , SB457 , SB2337 , SB1362 , SCR9 , SB2405 , SB2406 , SB2407 , SB2166 , SB2148 , SB535 , SB777 , SB827 , SB1141 , SB1330 , SB1352 , SB1664 , SB1862 , SB1936 , SB1453 , SB1448 , SB1398 , SB2137 , SB2111 , SB53 , SB226 , SB1677 , SB1723 , SB1839 , SB36 , SB38 , SB815 , SB1856 , SB552 , SB646 , SB37 , SJR84 , SJR87 , SJR27 , SB8 , SB10 , SB227 , SB261 , SB15 , SB12 , SB25 , SB57 , SB127 , SB293 , SB441 , SB3059 , SB512 , SB241 , SB1718 , SB140 , SB2055 , SB2075 , SB2018 , SB1534 , SB1567 , SB785 , SB1233 , SB1580 , SB1663 , SB413 , SB447 , SB519 , SB467 , SB1579 , SB1191 , SB1021 , SB1838 , SB2807 , SB2835 , SB546 , SB2121 , SB2167 , SB2035 , SB2024 , SB1032 , SB1049 , SB1266 , SB1400 , SB1302 , SB401 , SB1596 , SB1281 , SB1242 , SB1343 , SB310 , SB1346 , SB2753 , SB2703 , SB2221 , SB1719 , SB2177 , SB800 , SB790 , SB748 , SB571 , SB1957 , SB1923 , SB1896 , SB1760 , SB1335 , SB2368 , SB2477 , SB2587 , SB2972 , SB2986 , SB2965 , SB1563 , SB1467 , SB1164 , SB1137 , SB614 , SB705 , SB961 , SB918 , SB955 , SB869 , SB850 , SB863 , SB1610 , SB1055 , SB2206 , SB457 , SB2337 , SB1362 , SCR9 , HB5560 , HB762 , HB 107 , HB 114 , HB300 , HB138 , HB4386 , HB2495 , HB581 , HB3348 , HB5323
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, heard an invocation and pledges, and approved several routine motions, including excuses for absent members, permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, and postponements of some bills. The chamber also received a Senate message listing measures passed by the Senate and adopted a memorial resolution honoring the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, with remarks entered into the House Journal after a moment of silence. The House then took up a long third-reading calendar and passed a series of Senate bills on topics including criminal justice and corrections sunset provisions (SB 2405, 2406, 2407), election equipment testing (SB 2166), electric grid reliability and attack-preparedness exercises (SB 2148), firefighter collective bargaining (SB 777), DFPS and foster care procedures (SB 1141 and SB 1398), Medicare durable medical equipment billing (SB 1330), property tax administration (SB 1453), probate cleanup and record transfers (SB 1448 and SB 1839), mental health filing procedures (SB 53), school residency for children in safety placements (SB 226), diabetes-related amputation study (SB 1677), rapid DNA analysis (SB 1723), utility rate transparency and capacity cost recovery (SB 1664 and SB 1856), community supervision eligibility (SB 552 postponed), and other measures. Several bills passed with broad support, while others drew notable opposition and narrower margins, including SB 777, SB 2137, SB 2111, SB 1677, SB 1936, SB 1453, and SB 38. Two bills drew especially extensive debate. SB 2148, dealing with electricity supply chain reliability and tabletop exercises for critical facilities, was discussed as a grid-security measure aimed at coordinating utilities, law enforcement, ERCOT, and the PUC in the event of physical attacks; it passed unanimously. SB 1936, changing how LSD is measured for criminal prosecution from dosage-based to weight-based calculations, prompted extended discussion about lab consistency, carrier mediums, and fairness in charging, with supporters saying it would help crime labs and law enforcement and opponents warning it could distort penalties depending on the medium used; it passed 108-26. The House also passed SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, after questions about overlap with TDEM and the cost of adding personnel. Late in the day, the House debated SB 38 on eviction procedures, with supporters saying it targeted squatters and streamlined removal of unauthorized occupants, and opponents arguing it would make evictions too easy and worsen homelessness; it passed 85-44. The chamber also began debate on SB 37, a major higher-education governance bill that would expand governing-board oversight of curriculum, hiring, and faculty senates; members raised concerns about academic freedom, faculty governance, and the impact on humanities programs, and debate was still underway at the end of the transcript.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 4/1/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Look at this place: the taxpayers rightly provided our elected officials a place to be with electricity
  • So if there were electrical upgrades needed or a roof needed to be fixed or any of those kinds of things
Bills: HF51 , HF1161 , HF2201 , HF2786 , HF1053
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/24/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we may need your cooperation at some other opportune moment. So, thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • Uh, and uh, we may need your cooperation<00:49:49.440><c> at</c><00:49:49.839><c> some</c><00:49:50.400
  • ><c> other</c><00:49:50.800><c> opportune</c> cooperation at some other opportune cooperation at some
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 23rd, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Committee, Representative Shoaf, CS for House Bill 1137, a bill to be entitled an act related to utility
  • By Committee and Representative Shoaf, CS for House Bill 1137, to be entitled an act relating to utility
  • If I have A's and in your bill it says if the school is under 50 percent enrollment utilizing under 50
  • The School of Hope is going to utilize non-instructional services, so they must pay the school then,
  • , and make sure these schools the taxpayers built are being utilized to their full potential.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 23rd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, members, instead of requiring prospective students to wait 10 years before utilizing— academic
  • HB 14 by Harris relating to funding mechanisms with the office of the governor and Texas Public Utility
  • of the electrical transmission service facilities with the United Mexican States.
  • Speaker. on both existing and potential interconnections between our electrical grids, I move passage
  • In many cases this portion of electrical infrastructure is not clearly assigned to any one party is not