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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> infrastructure of a system is the water infrastructure of a system is the water well<00:19:11.240
- Cloud's green hydrogen project at the Nutrient Energy Water Recovery Facility is an excellent example
- Representative Jones, yes, we do have solar on site, and we do have water.
- Representative Jones, yes, we do have solar on site, and we do have water.
- Representative Jones, yes, we do have solar on site, and we do have water.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce Jul 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- closed-loop cooling and zero water.
- Zero water.
- Initial charge, which we don't use city water for, then after that it's zero water for the cooling loop
- I have a water well on the front part of my property for the cattle, but it doesn't provide enough water
- Irrigation water, my 300 pecan trees will die.
Summary:
The Senate Business and Commerce Committee held its third interim hearing on Texas electric grid reliability and 765 kV transmission lines/private property rights. Chair Schwertner opened by noting record ERCOT summer demand of 91,089 MW and emphasized the committee’s focus on managing rapid load growth, ensuring adequate generation, and protecting homeowners, businesses, landowners, and ratepayers. The committee also adopted strict two-minute limits for public testimony and planned to hear invited witnesses first, then public testimony.
PUC Chairman Thomas Gleeson, ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas, and OPUC Chief Counsel Benjamin Barclay testified on Senate Bill 6 implementation, large-load interconnection, transmission cost allocation, and market design. Gleeson said the PUC has adopted or is finalizing rules on net metering/co-location, large load interconnection standards, and a transmission cost recovery rule that would move from 4CP to 12CP, lengthen the interval to 30 minutes, and add a minimum demand charge to better allocate costs to large loads. Vegas explained ERCOT’s new batch process for large loads, saying it provides year-by-year capacity allocations, clearer financial obligations, and a transmission plan; he reported 205 GW eligible for Batch Zero, with 65 GW classified as baseload, 25 GW in an intermediate category, and 114 GW as allocated load. Barclay supported the changes as better protection for residential and small commercial customers, while warning that the minimum demand charge may need an exit-fee concept to address stranded costs if large loads leave.
Members pressed witnesses on whether additional market changes are needed to attract dispatchable thermal generation and whether DRS/DRRS Plus could become a capacity-market substitute. Gleeson and Vegas said the current market still favors solar, batteries, and other low-variable-cost resources, and that more incentives may be needed for gas and other thermal generation; Gleeson said the commission’s reliability standard assessment will begin this year and conclude next year with a 2029 outlook. They described DRS as an ancillary service for intraday reliability and DRS Plus as a proposed real-time revenue mechanism for thermal resources during scarcity, not a forward capacity market. Senators also questioned whether 12CP could still be gamed, whether curtailment authority under SB 6 should be expanded from EEA 2 to earlier stages, and whether the batch process should be bifurcated so traditional industrial loads are handled differently from data centers. Witnesses said the batch process is intended to prevent speculative projects from driving transmission costs, that most large-load projects are data centers, and that future rules may need to better distinguish among types of large loads.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- urging the Congress of the United States to authorize a reliability report on Marine Highway 65 and the Water
- marine highway 65 reliability report on marine highway 65 and<00:13:57.680><c> the</c><00:13:57.839><c> water
- ><00:13:58.079><c> resources</c><00:13:58.560><c> development</c><00:13:58.959><c> act</c> and the water
- resources development act and the water resources development act of<00:13:59.440><c> 2026.
- urging the Congress of the United States to authorize a reliability report on Marine Highway 65 and the Water
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 18th, 2026
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- So anything that uses any pivot system that waters or electricity is used. >> Irrigation. >> So irrigation
- So anything that uses any pivot system that waters or electricity is used. >> Irrigation. >> So irrigation
- So anything that uses any pivot system that waters or electricity is used. >> Irrigation. >> So irrigation
- So anything that uses any pivot system that waters or electricity is used. >> Irrigation. >> So irrigation
- We are adjourned. >> Any pivot system that waters or electricity is used. >> Irrigation. >> So irrigation
Keywords:
sales tax exemption, use tax exemption, diapers, baby supplies, baby formula, baby bottles, baby wipes, breast pump, breast milk pumping equipment, lactation, nursing bra, nursing pads, maternity wear, pregnancy clothing, postpartum clothing, menstrual products, tampons, sanitary napkins, panty liners, menstrual cups
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-01-13 (11:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- TOGETHER WE HAVE MORE THAN QUADRUPLED THE FUNDING FOR EVERGLADES RESTORATION AND WATER QUALITY.
- WE HAVE COMPLETED A RECORD NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND TRIPLED THE WATER STORAGE CAPACITY THROUGHOUT THE GLADES
- NOW AS THE SEMINOLE WIND BLOWS FROM THE OKEECHOBEE UP TO MICANOPY WATER FLOWS SOUTH FROM FLORIDA BAY
- WHERE'S FLORIDA WATERS ARE BETTER AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES ARE PROTECTED FROM THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTED
- WATER INTO THE SURROUNDING ESTUARIES.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Children and Youth Health
Transcript Highlights:
- He said, "I can now socialize and not feel as an outcast drinking water when I go out to a James Beard
- Um, so the metabolism—this particular oil and water don't mix.
- there are new sciences that have been developed to emulsify the particles in the oil with a lot of the water
- A lot of the manufacturers just put the oil in with the water, and it kind of separates and so forth.
- It's water soluble and it is ready for consumption.
Bills:
SB274
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AEN-EDT DEFER, AEN DEFER Public Hearings 02-12-2025
Agriculture and Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- Starting off with Senate Bill 547, relating to water conservation.
- It incentivizes the installation and use of gray water recycling systems and atmospheric water generators
- establish a rebate program and requires the State Building Code Council to adopt certain standards on gray water
- recycling systems and atmospheric water generators in the state.
Summary:
The committee met on February 12 in Room 224 and via videoconference to consider several measures. First, it heard Senate Bill 547 on water conservation, which would create an income tax credit for gray water recycling systems and atmospheric water generators, along with a rebate program and building code standards. The chair recommended passing the bill with amendments from DOA and the Department of Health and deferring the effective date to July 1, 2050; the recommendation was adopted unanimously by the members present.
The committee then considered Senate Bill 1633, a Green Building tax credit measure tied to the use of Hawaii-grown hemp in primary structures, and also addressing hemp and cannabinoid product regulation, including age limits, packaging requirements, THC limits, and a separate hemp program within the Department of Health. The chair recommended passing the bill with DOA amendments and a further amendment allowing hemp processors to sell certain edible or beverage cannabinoid products with limited THC content, plus a deferred effective date of July 1, 2050. The motion passed with five votes in favor.
Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 391 on recycling, which would expand the Electronic Device Recycling and Recovery Act to cover certain lithium-ion batteries and require manufacturers to ensure their safe collection and recycling. The chair instead recommended amending the bill into a working group under the Hawaii State Energy Office to study battery end-of-life management, costs, safety, environmental impacts, in-state versus out-of-state recycling options, and related feasibility questions, with a report due before the 2026 regular session and dissolution on June 30, 2026. That amended approach was adopted unanimously, and the hearing concluded.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- He is red running into water, born for water flows together.
- Prohibiting the use of water other than recycled or reclaimed water to irrigate non-functional turf on
- Bill 85, having been read twice by title, is ordered printed and referred to the House Agriculture, Water
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Jun 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- approach is overbroad, given that there has been no analysis on which of these laws, ranging from water
- And the water board actually sits in on that process.
- However, protecting our land and water and making it accessible, it's not good enough if the access is
- However, protecting our land and water and making it accessible is not good enough if the access is only
- However, protecting our land and water and making it accessible, it's not good enough if the access is
Summary:
The committee heard a series of Senate bills on environmental, climate, recycling, wildfire, outdoor access, and clean transportation policy. SB 958 would clarify CEQA treatment of impacts tied solely to increased building height, and SB 1230 would increase penalties and create CalRecycle support tools for repeat commercial illegal dumping. SB 1341 would revise how processing fees are calculated for bag-in-a-box wine under California’s recycling program. All three measures received due-pass recommendations to Appropriations, with roll calls showing majority support and the bills left open for absent members.
Members then took up SB 1300, which would create a more permanent legislative role in California’s international climate cooperation and establish a climate secretariat at UC; SB 1370, which would codify and streamline wildfire fuel-reduction permitting with added safeguards, geographic and size limits, and pesticide-related amendments; and SB 1260/1268, which would codify the Outdoors for All initiative and the Deputy Secretary for Access position at the Natural Resources Agency. Each drew support from environmental, utility, business, and local-government witnesses, while SB 1370 also drew opposition from environmental and advocacy groups concerned about reduced CEQA review and herbicide use. The committee discussed amendments at length, especially on SB 1370, and all three measures advanced with due-pass recommendations.
The committee also heard SB 1213, the Clean Truck Transparency Act, requiring baseline pricing disclosure for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission trucks tied to state incentives and directing agencies to explore alternative financing. Support came from clean-air, business, and environmental groups, and the trucking/manufacturing opposition moved to neutral after amendments; the bill advanced on a due-pass vote. Finally, SB 1075, the Clean Air Promise, sought to strengthen AB 617 implementation and clarify community emission reduction planning, but it generated substantial opposition from air districts, business groups, and others over enforceability, funding, and the distinction between formal SERPs and community L-SERPs. The author described additional pending amendments to narrow L-SERP provisions, and the bill also received a due-pass recommendation to Appropriations.
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 USDA Forest Service says 53% of the nation's water supply originates on forested land.
- Every tree in the forest is a water fountain, sucking water out of the ground by its roots, pumping it
- through the trunk, branches, and leaves, and releasing the water as water vapor through pores in its
- The water retention in many services of Earth's forests cannot be provided by solar panels.
- And as food supplies become more compromised in other regions by poor forest and water management, we
Summary:
The hearing focused broadly on solar policy and several related bills, especially S. 2269, S. 2270, H. 3520, H. 3521, and related measures on distributed energy resources, municipal solar caps, permitting reform, and tax credits. Testimony from the Air Force supported S. 2232, which would exempt federal military installations from renewable energy production caps and net metering limits to support energy resilience at bases like Hanscom. Most other witnesses argued that Massachusetts needs to speed up rooftop, municipal, and community solar deployment to address high electricity prices, federal tax credit rollbacks, grid reliability, and climate goals.
A major theme was streamlining permitting through automated or “smart” solar permitting, including a statewide platform managed by DOER. Permit Power, SEIA, Vote Solar, 350 Mass, and others said current local permitting is fragmented and costly, and that instant permitting could reduce soft costs and speed installations. Several witnesses also urged changes to interconnection rules, including flexible interconnection, remote inspections, and faster utility approval timelines. Some speakers raised concerns about small towns lacking staff to meet short deadlines and suggested a state-hosted platform to reduce the burden on municipalities.
Another major topic was lifting caps on solar deployment. Municipal officials from Lexington and Cambridge said the 10-megawatt municipal cap and regional caps are blocking shovel-ready projects and should be removed, including for behind-the-meter municipal solar and MBTA-community housing. Other witnesses described additional limits on project size, net metering, and residential tax credits, and called for making the state residential solar credit refundable and larger. Several speakers also supported virtual power plants, distributed energy resource targets, solar canopies, microgrids, and expanded access for affordable housing, tenants, and low- and moderate-income customers.
No votes were taken. Committee members asked questions about permitting timelines, grid modernization, the rationale for caps, balcony solar, and interconnection delays, and witnesses said they would follow up with additional information where needed. The hearing ended with broad support from industry, municipal, environmental, and advocacy groups for advancing the solar and distributed energy bills, while some witnesses opposed provisions they viewed as overly restrictive, such as mandatory SMART participation for all solar projects.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Rep. Joe Schomacker (R - Luverne) departing member remarks 5/18/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We needed that water project to be in Luverne so that we had a safe and reliable source of water.
- that they can because they have the water that they need.
- ,</c><00:07:09.600><c> my</c> to get that, now we have water, my to get that, now we have water, my cleaning
- </c> have the water that they need. have the water that they need.
- It’s great for our relationship because we don’t—it’s oil and water most of the time, but it’s also a
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Ours is a little bit watered down from these other states, just from trying to get through the process
- On average last year, they lost $19,861 for electric and $17,970 on water.
- But also, when you look at specifically water, water's on a tiered system.
- because we're not... ...of the homeowners, they might never reach that second tier of water.
- They have a master meter, whether it's water or electric.
Summary:
The Commerce Committee heard and acted on multiple bills. HB 2192, a child influencer bill, would require compensation for minors featured in monetized content to be placed in trust, create a process for minors or adults to request takedown of content, and add restrictions on sexualized depictions of minors. The sponsor and Google supported it as model legislation; members raised questions about compliance, age 13 access to earnings, and removal rights at 18. It passed 9-0 with 2 present. HB 2501, an agency bill conforming Arizona’s appraisal management company definition to federal law, also passed unanimously 11-0. HB 2693, which revises bona fide association rules to allow self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements through statewide chambers or business leagues, passed 8-1 after an amendment; one member cited possible federal preemption in opposing it. HB 2010, the digital goods disclosure bill requiring clearer “buy/purchase” language and prorated refunds when access changes, passed unanimously after amendment, with supporters calling it a consumer protection measure and retailers warning about compliance burdens and possible preemption.
The committee then considered HB 2279, which would exempt commercial river outfitters in Grand Canyon National Park from liability for injuries or deaths arising from inherent risks of river trips, while preserving liability for gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Supporters said it aligns Arizona with other western states and reflects existing federal oversight; opponents argued it could violate Arizona’s anti-abrogation clause and improperly define inherent risk. The bill passed 7-4. HB 2690, which would tighten unemployment insurance eligibility by requiring more work-search actions, weekly reporting, and pre-claim data cross-checks, drew strong opposition from advocates who said it would add red tape and harm eligible claimants; supporters said it would reduce fraud and encourage work. It passed 7-4. HB 2310, clarifying that qualified marketplace contractor agreements may be terminated unilaterally by the contractor, passed 10-0.
The committee also approved HB 2555, requiring retail businesses with physical locations to accept cash for purchases of $100 or less and prohibiting cash fees, after an amendment exempting rentals and mobile home vendors; supporters emphasized access for unbanked consumers and small purchases, while one member objected that businesses should self-govern. It passed 10-0. HB 2199, which requires RV park managers to complete education on landlord-tenant laws similar to mobile home park managers, passed 7-0 with 3 present after testimony from homeowner advocates and park groups in support. Finally, HB 2459 was introduced at the end of the meeting; it would allow landlords to pass through utility charges actually imposed by providers and add an administrative fee for submetering, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or a vote on that bill.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Jul 21st, 2025
Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- You could have water utility improvements. You could have MAFGA improvements.
- One is water, and then the other one is insurance cost.
- Committee, that is roads, sewage, water, electricity—all kinds of crazy stuff.
- access to that water...
- And our water controllers, our water skilled laborers—those are part of the trades that we're not talking
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 5th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Water from federal reservoirs under false pretenses.
- Several months ago, federal water managers released 2 billion gallons of California water from Success
- This bill addresses the misuse of California's water.
- AB 1146 ensures that the State Water Board has the authority to intervene when water is released under
- We'll see if this is a successful way to protect our public infrastructure like waters.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on SF3045 5/19/25
Transcript Highlights:
- The third provision allows a public water and sewer system to install water and sewer lines within a
- The third provision allows a public water and sewer system to install water and sewer lines within a
- That is the water and sewer lines trunk highway provision.
- have the A41, which is the township, county, or state provision with the installation of also the water
- Is there any also the water and sewer.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-09 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I said, you got to tell me when Joe gets out of the water, because that's the gap I'm going to have
- The rule applies to water users in the North Florida Regional Water Supply Partnership Area and consists
- reporting for large water users and a 75-gallon-per-day residential per-capita goal.
- reporting for large water users and a 75-gallon-per-day residential per-capita goal.
- water use that were demonstrated in 2025 demand.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development, February 16, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:27:21.840><c> There</c> want to try to preserve water. There want to try to preserve water.
- Turquoise hydrogen is the one water.
- </c> zero water. zero water. >> Followup?<00:27:47.200><c> No.
- The timing of air quality permits and water permits would be around 120 days normally.
- We will close public testimony. water either in our process, but we water either in our process, but
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It's about saving in sanitary and storm sewer costs and water lines.
- lines so it that's sewer costs and water lines so it that's a<00:51:26.160><c> broad</c><00:51:26.880
- </c> washouts droughts impacting Water washouts droughts impacting Water Resources<01:24:10.120><c> high
- is 18 miles that' be seven more water is 18 miles that' be seven more Gateway<01:29:38.760><c> trails
- </c><01:29:41.560><c> you</c> Gateway trails to still water so you Gateway trails to still water so you
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- If you start thirsty for some water and somebody else thirsty for some water, what they tell you on the
- If you start thirsty for some water and somebody else thirsty for some water, what they tell you on the
- If you start thirsty for some water and somebody else thirsty for some water, what they tell you on the
- If you start thirsty for some water and somebody else thirsty for some water, what they tell you on the
- </c> water right here. water right here.
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, confirmed a quorum, excused absent senators, and adopted the previous day’s journal. The chamber also recognized guests, including members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and employees of the Central Alabama Electric Cooperative. A senator then delivered a Black History Month-style presentation highlighting James Weldon Johnson, A. Philip Randolph, Jan E. Matzeliger, and Percy Lavon Julian for their contributions to civil rights, labor, industry, and science.
The Senate received House messages referring two Archives and History board appointments to the Committee on Confirmations, then took up numerous committee reports. Several bills from Finance and Taxation, Judiciary, Education Policy, Agriculture, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Healthcare, Tourism, Veterans and Military Affairs, State Government Affairs, and Local Legislation received favorable reports, some with amendments or substitutes, and were advanced to second reading and placement on the next legislative day’s calendar. The chamber also recommitted Senate Bill 266 to the Tourism Committee.
The Senate confirmed multiple appointments, including Llaya McNair to the Alabama Trust Fund Board, several members to the Credit Union Administration Board, and Elizabeth Smithart, Leslie Sanders, and Wayne Sers to the Alabama State Board of Human Resources. It then adopted several resolutions, including commendations and memorials, such as resolutions honoring Mary Francis Holland, the Stanhope Elmore boys bowling team, and Alicia Cannon for more than 50 years of service to the Alabama judicial system. The Senate also adopted a resolution creating the Study Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Children’s Internet Safety, after discussion about its purpose, membership, and duties; an amendment to the commission resolution was adopted before the resolution itself was adopted.
NH