Video & Transcript Research : 'Texas Utilities Code'
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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The reality is that this bill is going to make utilities and gas cheaper for the people of Arizona.
- And I am all about reducing utility gas rates. She's not answering the question.
- opportunity for our state to create its own bullion reserve, just like many other states have: Utah, Texas
- And I know a lot of these veterans that have served their country, code talkers, that have never got
- their children off at school, commute to their jobs, and balance the rising costs of groceries, utilities
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, guest introductions, and several personal privilege remarks, including a proclamation recognizing March 10 as Cade’s Day in honor of Cade Keller and teen suicide prevention efforts. Members also welcomed guests from local governments, schools, and the medical community, and the chamber received routine committee and Senate messages.
The House then considered several bills in Committee of the Whole. HB 2946 and HB 4018 were amended and given do-pass recommendations, with HB 2946 receiving a floor amendment tied to housing cost concerns. On the main calendar, HB 2083, HB 2308, and HB 2388 were amended and advanced; HB 2389, dealing with energy and environmental review, drew debate over utility costs versus environmental oversight and was also advanced. The House retained HB 4030 and HCR 2052 on the calendar.
During third reading, the House passed HB 2047 on forcible entry and detainer, HB 2127 on special license plates, HB 2344 on local government investment pools, HB 2371 on dissolution of marriage, HB 2140 on state investment in gold and silver, HB 2429 on short-term rentals, HB 2434 on the prescription monitoring program, HB 2437 on emergency medical services, HB 2444 on pharmacy-based testing and treatment, HB 2573 on DUI-related treatment, HB 2601 on state highways and routes, HB 2620 on veterans’ services funding, HB 2781 on solar energy power plants, HB 2914 on long-term care cameras, HB 2968 on child custody evidence, HB 4043 on public schools, HB 4064 on municipal improvement districts, HB 4130 on local government budgets, and HCM 2016 renaming a stretch of US 191 as Chief Barbonsito Highway. HB 2123 on financial institutions failed on reconsideration, and HB 2726 on sleep apnea treatment devices failed. Several measures passed with notable split votes and floor explanations focused on housing, licensing, health care access, veterans, family court reform, and tribal sovereignty. The House then adjourned until Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 1:15 p.m.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- On the last slide, it is a QR code.
- We've analyzed the behavioral health claims over the last year to help each region understand their utilization
- and are already providing those services, what the crisis response system looks like, as well as utilization
- of emergency department and inpatient services. ...as well as utilization of emergency department and
- paying a competitive reimbursement for these mental health providers in at least our regional areas, Texas
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, May 5, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- And you know that she's going of Texas.
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, July 14, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Utilities and relocations, which was a major challenge for us through the last 10 years or eight years
- And we have launched a code development agreement, and accelerate delivery.
- And we have launched a code development agreement procurement to bring in a private partner by 2026,
- So our biggest challenge on this project has been the utilities in the way.
- Texas and Florida produce more clean energy than California. And it's true with high-speed rail.
Summary:
The Senate Transportation Committee held an informational hearing on the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s 2026 draft business plan, with testimony from the authority, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, and the High-Speed Rail Inspector General. Chair Cortese framed the hearing around the project’s recent changes: a new CEO, revised delivery strategy, loss of federal funds, renewed interest in private financing and value capture, and proposed adjustments to the Merced-to-Bakersfield segment. He also raised concerns about statutory compliance, transparency, and whether the draft plan fully reflects required elements and true costs and timelines.
Authority CEO Ian Chaudhry said the project has made substantial construction progress in the Central Valley and is moving toward track installation, with the state’s $1 billion annual cap-and-invest funding providing a stable base. He argued the plan uses design optimization, direct procurement of materials, and revised sequencing to reduce costs and support an early operating segment by about 2032-33. He also promoted broader commercialization of the corridor through real estate, energy, broadband, logistics, and public-private partnerships, saying private sector interest is now real. Several senators pressed him on station locations, tax increment financing, utility relocation authority, permitting delays, transparency, and whether the project can realistically reach Los Angeles and San Francisco on the current timeline and budget.
The LAO and Inspector General were more skeptical. LAO analyst Helen Kirstine said the draft plan assumes major scope changes, including a shorter segment, a Merced station outside downtown, more single-tracking, and several statutory changes that have not yet been enacted. She warned that the plan may not comply with recent legislative requirements, that funding may still be insufficient even for the reduced segment, and that borrowing against future cap-and-invest revenues is risky because those revenues are uncertain and volatile. Inspector General Ben Belknap said the draft plan fails to comply with newer statutory requirements, especially regarding the Merced-to-Bakersfield scope, the funding plan, and missing procurement milestone dates. He said the presentation obscures cost increases and schedule delays and limits the Legislature’s ability to compare current estimates with prior reports.
Committee members generally supported continued oversight and some form of project delivery reform, but several expressed concern that the plan relies on legislative changes that have not been approved and on private financing that may not materialize. Chaudhry said the authority would address the Inspector General’s findings in the final business plan and continue to pursue federal grants, private capital, and corridor commercialization. No vote was taken at the hearing.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas Grants, the Texas Educational Opportunity Grants, and Tuition Equalization Grant. Next slide.
- college admissions in Texas.
- That's all good for Texas.
- My tenure at Texas Southern University will operate with an acute focus on student success utilizing
- from the Texas-Louisiana border. and a border to the Big Bend region of West Texas.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education May 1st, 2025
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Under the Texas Education Code, CTE programs are designed to equip students with academic and technical
- offer robust military leadership programs, and affirms the value of service-oriented education within Texas
- big D of Defense Veterans Affairs, C to the defense industry, which is now number 2 in the state of Texas
- But also look to the health of our bases and in doing so in participation with the Texas Military Preparedness
- military needs as I use for an example, but also for the workforce need, uh, uh, across the state of Texas
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 7th, 2026 at 09:06 am
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I have no utility bills.
- Madam Chair, Representative, We talked a little bit about Texas and where Texas was on some of this,
- And do we know what Texas might think of that?
- We hear about Texas and Texas and Texas is so advanced.
- , right on the New Mexico-Texas border.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In November, the first case was 1,100 miles from Texas. Today, it is 350 miles from Texas.
- , Texas AgriLife, and Texas Parks and Wildlife.
- ranches and Texas feed yards.
- The return of New World screwworms to Texas will be devastating to rural Texas and to all of Texas, in
- Litz with the Texas Wildlife Association? What is the Texas Wildlife...
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Oct 6th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We are based out of Houston, Texas.
- All of our development happens out of Houston, Texas.
- We have been very keen to work with regulators in Texas.
- , Texas, to San Antonio, Texas.
- A lot of Lubbock and Texas travelers use that highway. So those are unfunded.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Nov 3rd, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Utility companies had what we all called the obligation to serve.
- said, "I'm going to need 100 megawatts to run my utility plant," and the utility company figured out
- It's not clear utility companies are going to be able to do that.
- that is kind of Texas to the West.
- Texas is isolated. They've done that. They've done that on purpose over the years.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Senate in Special Session D Apr 29th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It was a color-coded red-and-blue map to detail how red-performing this map is.
- It was a color-coded red-and-blue map to detail how red-performing this map is.
- the map color-coded that you received?
- There were no other codes or colors other than the map.
- It doesn't matter what happened in Texas. It doesn't matter what happened in California.
Summary:
The Senate convened in special session and took up Senate Bill 8D, later substituted with House Bill 1D, both establishing Florida’s congressional districts. The sponsor, Senator Gates, explained that the Governor had transmitted a proposed redistricting plan on short notice and argued that mid-decade congressional redistricting is legally permissible, citing population growth and the Governor’s view that race-based provisions in the Fair Districts Amendment are unconstitutional. He repeatedly said the Legislature was not being asked to prove the Governor’s legal theory, only to consider the proposal, and noted that no amendments were offered.
A lengthy question-and-answer period followed, with senators raising concerns about the rushed process, lack of statewide public hearings, and the map’s effects on minority communities, compactness, communities of interest, and partisan fairness. Senators questioned whether the map cracked Latino and Black communities, whether partisan data was used, whether the Governor’s office had outside consultants, and whether the plan complied with the Florida Constitution, the Fair Districts Amendment, and the Voting Rights Act. Gates generally deferred on legal conclusions, said the Governor’s representatives had testified the map was race-neutral and used political data only as one factor, and emphasized that any constitutional challenge would be for the courts.
After a motion to temporarily postpone failed by a recorded vote of 12 yeas to 23 nays, the Senate continued debate. Senators Rouson, Bernard, and others spoke in opposition, arguing the proposal was rushed, partisan, and harmful to communities of interest and minority voting power. Gates maintained that the Governor had a constitutional prerogative to propose the map and that the Legislature could accept, reject, or amend it. The House companion bill was then substituted for the Senate bill, read a third time, and the chamber moved into final debate on the congressional redistricting plan.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-04-29 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It was a color-coded red-and-blue map to detail how red-performing this map is.
- It was a color-coded red-and-blue map to detail how red-performing this map is.
- the map color-coded that you received?
- There were no other codes or colors other than the map.
- There were no other codes or colors other than the map.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/02/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, the definition that is included there comes out of the Uniform Commercial Code.
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adult understand, kind of utilizing adult understand, kind of utilizing adult - less discriminatory alternatives are utilized.
- Minnesota and the Louisiana and Texas.
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less they explore and utilize less they explore and utilize less discriminatory
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Mar 24th, 2025
Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact
Transcript Highlights:
- And in this data, what we're counting are mortgages, rents, utility bills, home maintenance.
- So energy... energy costs are felt in home utility bills.
- Our mortgage rates have increased, our insurance costs have increased, utility costs have increased,
- If it's not housing, it could be utilities, it could be health care.
- California Jobs First Council, a council of eight agencies and the Public Utilities Commission.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't have the exact education code section off the top of my head, but... Okay, well, I...
- For Finance, is there a requirement for reporting on the utilization of the funds?
- Utility increases are up over 200% over the last decade.
- Schools, outside of staff, often have utilities as the next highest single cost.
- It's influenced by Tennessee, Texas, Kansas, and California.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 24, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- facilities, and critical utility facilities, and critical utility repairs. repairs. repairs.
- So, um, the plan is to utilize the dollars to ensure the project reaches completion.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 28th, 2026
Administration of Criminal Justice
Bills:
HB85, HB94, HB276, HB323, HB374, HB586, HB656, HB998, HB1204, SB42, SB46, SB51, SB87, SB110, SB154
Keywords:
animal abuse, registry, law enforcement, felony offenses, public notification, firearms, due process, confiscation, law-abiding citizen, government funding, self-defense, bail, contradictory bail hearing, Gwen's Law, pretrial detention, criminal procedure, child sexual abuse, child rape, sexual battery, oral sexual battery
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- members, SCR 69, requesting the state auditor conduct a performance audit of the Hawaii State Building Code
- members, SCR 69, requesting the state auditor conduct a performance audit of the Hawaii State Building Code
- members, SCR 69, requesting the state auditor conduct a performance audit of the Hawaii State Building Code
Bills:
SCR173, SCR78, SCR114, SCR162, SCR48, SCR160, SCR87, SCR28, SCR74, SCR20, SCR32, SCR55, SCR69
Keywords:
ticket scalping, task force, consumer protection, event accessibility, local economy, menstrual health, menstrual cycle, period education, period poverty, menstrual products, menstrual dignity, health education, sexual health curriculum, DOE, Department of Education, public schools, school health, reproductive health, puberty education, hygiene education