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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- entered into development agreements with those large estates. invested over $250 million in running water
- working as a denied their well permit, citing local ordinances and the fact that they already had water
- Concerned about water quality and contaminants, they were devastated until they learned of SB 2038 two
- Chairman, members, Texans rely on municipally owned systems for services like water and wastewater.
- Texans rely on municipally owned systems for services like water, wastewater, and electricity.
Bills:
HB103
Committee:
Senate Local Government
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We proceed to Senate Bill 27, relative to dwellings over water. know move to recommend passage I will
- 00:03:35.959><c> dwellings</c><00:03:36.400><c> over</c> Senate Bill 27, relative to dwellings over water
- So the amendment was drafted to specify that there'd be no new penetrations of the water, which I thought
- in the hearing people had worried that the landing for the stairs would become a new deck over the water
- </c> would become a new deck over the water would become a new deck over the water and<00:05:05.560><
Committee:
Senate Commerce
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Our Office of Water Policy, again, is something that has had great success in signing farmers up for
- are enrolled in a program to make sure that their nutrient loads are not leaving their farm, their water
- On the water policy that you had mentioned, how are the farmers...
- On the water policy that you had mentioned, how are the farmers taking advantage of the best management
- practices to address their water needs?
Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Summary:
The Florida Senate Committee on Agriculture convened with a quorum present and heard two presentations. Commissioner Wilton Simpson, head of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, outlined department accomplishments and funding needs, including IT modernization, expansion of the Rural and Family Lands program, updated best management practice manuals, growth of the Fresh From Florida marketing campaign, hurricane recovery loans for farmers, clearing concealed-weapons permit backlogs, construction of the Conner Complex headquarters, forestry equipment upgrades, and youth agriculture programs such as FFA and 4-H. Senators asked about water policy, citrus greening, FAMU partnerships, staffing efficiencies, and interdiction stations used to stop invasive species, stolen goods, and diseased or banned agricultural products from entering the state.
Dr. Krista Court of the University of Florida/IFAS presented a preliminary economic assessment of the 2024 hurricane season’s agricultural impacts from Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton. She explained that the estimates are based on wind, rainfall, flooding, crop location, and survey data from extension agents, industry groups, FDACS, and producers, and that the figures do not include many asset losses, supply-chain effects, forestry losses, or some insurance-covered damages. Her preliminary estimates placed total 2024 agricultural production losses between about $402.3 million and $975.8 million, with the hardest-hit commodity groups including field and row crops, vegetables, melons, potatoes, greenhouse/nursery products, and animals and animal products.
Members discussed the importance of accurate survey participation and baseline data, including use of USDA Farm Service Agency information, to improve future disaster estimates and federal relief decisions. Several senators emphasized agriculture’s importance in their districts and statewide. No bills were considered and no formal votes were taken; the only action was adjournment by motion of Senator Burton.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- for any kind of energy project that is concerned about remediation of soil and the conservation of water
- So as this industry, ...and the conservation of water.
- years, I think that all of this will, you know, become so normed and you'll see how our land and our water
- And our water and our ag production will be preserved over time. With that, Mr. Chair, I yield.
- We have seen cattle put up in portable panels in August on asphalt with no water or feed.
Committee:
Senate Agriculture and Wildlife
Keywords:
landowner, energy negotiation, agricultural preservation, orphaned wells, renewable energy, raw milk, unpasteurized milk, milk products, dairy, pasteurization, food safety, consumer warning label, health warning, farm sales, direct-to-consumer sales, ungraded milk, goat milk, raw milk cheese, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, agricultural regulation
Summary:
The committee first laid over Senate Bill 1573, then took up Senate Bill 2173, which would create a landowner/energy negotiation and agriculture preservation education program through OSU and Langston Extension, and authorize but not require the Corporation Commission to establish an energy land-remediation fee of up to $25 per acre on disturbed land, with a 50% credit for dual-use projects. Members discussed whether the fee would fall on landowners or projects, the role of county extension offices, and the bill’s lack of a fiscal impact after revisions. The bill was amended, title struck, and passed 12-0.
Senate Bill 2028, as amended and worked from committee substitute, would allow advertising of raw milk and raw milk products, require labeling, and raise the incidental sales limit to 1,500 gallons per month while still barring commercial store sales. Senators debated whether warning labels should include health risks, especially for pregnant women, and whether the gallon limit was arbitrary. Supporters argued for consumer choice and parity with other risky foods, while opponents raised public health concerns. The bill passed 11-2.
The committee then passed Senate Bill 2127, which creates an Oklahoma Department of Food and Forestry advisory council on product classification, by a 11-2 vote. Senate Bill 2117, dealing with contamination of grain and assigning responsibility to the Department of Agriculture after a sewage-related wheat contamination incident, passed 13-0 after members noted the need for clearer definitions of contamination. Finally, Senate Bill 2134, addressing livestock safety and humane treatment after truck wrecks by directing ODAF to develop rules and training for emergency responders, also passed 13-0. The meeting then adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Julia Hall with the Association of California Water Agencies.
- Chair and members, Beth Olaso, on behalf of Water Reuse California, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, and
- Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley Advocacy Fund, I want to echo the comments of my colleague
- With this exemption, Proposition 4 funding will be treated like other past water and climate bonds.
- slow in California, so it's critically important that we not create new barriers to voter-approved water
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Committee held an informational hearing on two early-action budget bills. AB 107 would make mostly technical corrections to prior budget acts, including extending deadlines, fixing fiscal language, moving $20 million for California travel and tourism promotion from Visit California to GoBiz, and making changes related to Proposition 4 climate bond funding. A key provision would exempt development of program guidelines and selection criteria for certain 2025 climate bond appropriations from the Administrative Procedure Act, which supporters said would speed implementation of wildfire prevention and other projects. Members raised concerns about oversight, competitive bidding, and whether vendors and safeguards were sufficient, while public commenters from water, climate, and conservation groups strongly supported the APA exemption and urged similar treatment for future allocations.
AB 117 would authorize up to $590 million in short-term loans for four Bay Area transit agencies: BART, Muni, Caltrain, and AC Transit. Finance explained that the loan would be administered through MTC using Bay Area TIRCP funds that have been awarded but not yet allocated, making the structure cost-neutral to the state. The loan would run 12 years, with the first two years interest-only, and repayment would be secured through state transit assistance funds if needed. Several members questioned whether the proposal amounted to a bailout, whether it was fair to prioritize the Bay Area, and whether the structure adequately protected other projects, especially BART to Silicon Valley Phase 2; Finance and committee staff said safeguards and monitoring provisions were included and that no state funds were at risk.
Public testimony was largely supportive of both bills. Transit agencies and local officials said the loan would provide bridge financing as ridership remains below pre-pandemic levels, while allowing service improvements and major events to continue. San Jose representatives and some members asked for possible cleanup language to better protect large regional capital projects. The chair said the committee anticipated hearing the bills on the floor later in the week, and the hearing was adjourned after public comment.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- for the protectorless, a guide for those who travel on the road, and for those who wish to cross the water
- tax; HB 496, appropriation diminished value; HB 4099, child care state lottery; HB 4100, municipal water
- tax; HB 496, appropriation diminished value; HB 4099, child care state lottery; HB 4100, municipal water
- Speaker, your Natural Resource Energy and Water Committee.
- House Bill 2389 is withdrawn from the Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Water and additionally
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and a series of guest introductions and proclamations, including recognition of Arizona Statehood Day and National Ballet Day honoring Phoenix Ballet and artistic director Slawomir Wozniak. Members also announced committee substitutions and several bills were placed on the House calendar after second reading.
On third reading, HB 2190, which would add an article relating to the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants, failed on a 20-38 vote after debate over whether it was needed to support licensure compacts and workforce access. HB 2206, relating to SNAP and rulemaking, passed 33-25 after a brief dispute over whether it improperly delegated authority to the executive branch. HB 2396, also relating to SNAP and restrictions on purchases, drew extended debate over food deserts, personal choice, public health, and whether the state should limit what low-income families can buy; it passed 34-25.
After announcements about upcoming committee meetings and events, members moved to reconsider the failed HB 2190 vote, and the motion carried. The House then recessed and reconvened later in the day, where it handled additional committee substitutions, withdrew several bills from committees for reassignment, and read HB 2999 for the first time before adjourning until February 17, 2026.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate, Senate Bill 1265 by the Health and Welfare Committee, an act relating to the Petroleum Clean Water
- Trust Fund Act, to revise a provision regarding the Board of Trustees of the Petroleum Clean Water Trust
- Act, to revise a provision regarding the Board of Trustees of the Petroleum Clean Water Trust Fund, to
- sexual assault kits, skilled nursing homes, state police and public safety, schools, teacher pay, water
- You know, it's uncomfortable to not have heated water, right, to use for showers and things.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the previous day’s journal. Leadership announced that the day’s only substantive floor item would be House Bill 559, along with routine committee reports and first- and second-reading referrals for several measures, including Senate bills on retirement, insurance investments, short-term rentals, rural health transformation, foster care, Medicaid, and alcoholic beverages, plus House Concurrent Resolution 24 honoring fallen firefighters and House Bill 557 on human rights/local anti-discrimination ordinances.
House Bill 559, the annual tax conformity bill, was brought up under suspension of the rules and debated at length. Supporters said it was needed so Idahoans, businesses, accountants, and the Tax Commission could file returns using the updated federal tax provisions, and they highlighted individual benefits such as no tax on tips and overtime, car loan interest deductions, senior-related deductions, and an increased grocery tax credit. Opponents argued the bill would worsen an already strained budget, create administrative burdens, and force future cuts to schools, transportation, and other services; some urged full conformity or a later effective date instead of retroactive conformity to January 1, 2025.
After debate, the Senate passed House Bill 559 on a roll call vote of 28-7, with one paired vote noted, and approved the title for return to the House. A minority report on the bill was also ordered spread upon the journal. The Senate then moved through miscellaneous business, including introductions of visiting youth leaders from Bonneville County and family members in the gallery, and adjourned until Monday, February 9, 2026.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate, Senate Bill 1265 by the Health and Welfare Committee, an act relating to the Petroleum Clean Water
- Trust Fund Act, to revise a provision regarding the Board of Trustees of the Petroleum Clean Water Trust
- Fund. ...Act, to revise a provision regarding the Board of Trustees of the Petroleum Clean Water Trust
- you know, you're going along, budget's doing good at home, and all of a sudden something like the water
- You know, it's uncomfortable to not have heated water, right, to use for showers and things.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- and Environment Committee is a concurrent resolution stating findings of the Legislature regarding Water
- supporting various Committee, a concurrent resolution stating findings of the Legislature regarding Water
- Resources and Environment Committee, a concurrent resolution stating findings of the Legislature regarding Water
- remove an outdated reference; repealing Chapter 66, Title 39, Idaho Code, relating to Big Payette Lake Water
- cities and declaring an effective repealing Chapter 66 Title 39 Idaho Code relating to Big Payette Lake Water
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- prohibits establishing a family burial ground within 100 feet of an existing well source of drinking water
- or 200 feet of an existing spring source used for drinking water.
- substitute prohibits establishing a family burial ground within 100 feet of existing well source of water
- of drinking water or 200 feet of an existing spring source used for drinking water the existing spring
- source used for drinking water the bill currently makes it a civil infraction to a violation of the
Summary:
The Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee heard and acted on five bills. House Bill 2548, dealing with hospital and provider material change transactions, was presented with a proposed substitute that added disclosure requirements, quarterly AG website notices, filing fees, and nonprofit-related notice provisions while removing several original enforcement sections. Members debated the 25% ownership threshold and concerns about market effects, but the substitute passed 7-6 with a due pass recommendation.
House Bill 2453 would allow board-certified psychiatric pharmacists to sign certain involuntary commitment and treatment-related petitions and opinions. Members said the bill was intended to expand access to treatment while preserving court decision-making authority, and it passed 8-5. House Bill 2640, addressing unauthorized UCC filings, would let the Department of Licensing refuse or terminate filings made to harass or defraud debtors; members described it as a Department of Licensing request bill, and it also passed 8-5.
The committee then considered House Bill 2095 on vulnerable users of public ways. The proposed substitute created a rebuttable presumption of negligence against drivers, expanded protected areas, excluded motorcycles from the definition, and adjusted damages and education provisions. Members adopted several amendments, including an emergency-vehicle exemption and a reporting clarification, but rejected amendments that would have removed attorney fees, limited joint liability, or replaced the presumption with a direct civil action. The substitute passed 8-5. House Bill 2386, which removes statutory garnishment answer forms and directs the Washington Pattern Forms Committee to develop a form, passed 12-1. Finally, House Bill 2239, authorizing family burial grounds on private land, passed unanimously after a substitute added setbacks from water sources, local remediation procedures, burial reporting requirements, relocation permits, and seller disclosure language.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- These lands supply clean water to 60 million Americans and support more than 1,600 species.
- exploration in places like Sibbonite at the headwaters of the East Fork of the South Fork Salmon River, waters
- Waters where our ancestors fished for millennia.
- Public demand for wilderness, clean water, and intact landscapes drives the recreation economy.
- Public demand for wilderness, clean water, and intact landscapes drives the recreation economy.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 21, 2026 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Our children are surrounded by water pools, canals, lakes, ponds, and beaches.
- Children love to play in water and they're often attracted to our many pools, ponds and other bodies
- of water.
- Even very young children can learn the fundamentals of staying afloat and not panicking in the water.
- I don't know if anybody else has had this experience actually was a and I know lifetime a water safety
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- bill has brought support from, uh, a wide variety of stakeholders including the Coronado Soil and Water
- It's allowing people in high places going to desperate and dangerous measures to keep water away from
- I would like for everybody to understand water sources for these animals are being.
- The the animals are being kept away from the water sources.
- That's why they're going to the people that are providing water sources for them.
Committee:
Senate Senate Judiciary
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR OFFICE WATER POLICY, AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS HAD GREAT
- , THEY ARE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THE NUTRIENT LOADS ARE NOT LEAVING THE FARM IN THE WATER
- , HOW ARE THE FARMERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO ADDRESS THE WATER NEEDS?
- FARMERS, AND ALL DIFFERENT CROPS, IF YOU GO BACK 30 YEARS AGO, WE USE 50 – 70%, 80% IN SOME CASES LESS WATER
- TODAY TO GROW MORE FOOD THAT WE DID 25 YEARS AGO. 80% IN SOME CASES LESS WATER TODAY TO GROW MORE FOOD
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN-WAM Joint Info Briefing - Mon Jan 26, 2026 @ 1:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And the sensitivity on water and the conversation about water and our survival about water and all of
- If you look at our Sand Island water.
- </c> in waste water in waste water is<01:16:00.000><c> definitely</c><01:16:00.400><c> there,</c><01:
- </c> valleys with the water coming down. valleys with the water coming down.
- on potable water.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Are we seeing changes in all large bodies of water like the Gulf of Maine?
- Warming waters are also causing lobsters to migrate north and farther offshore to waters that are colder
- </c><00:41:30.520><c> causing</c> water warming waters are also causing water warming waters are also
- </c><00:41:35.079><c> that</c><00:41:35.240><c> are</c> offshore to Waters that are offshore to Waters
- , the conservation of the waters of Great Bay, because a healthy oyster farm filters the Great Bay waters
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Feb 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, Jeff Olson, staff to the committee, Substitute House Bill 2343 is regarding water quality and
- In the substitute bill, it directs the Department of Fish and Wildlife to obtain a water discharge permit
- To obtain a water discharge permit from Ecology when operating any publicly owned facilities where certain
- producers and directs that task force to review regulations related to land use and zoning, stewardship of water
- . and directs that task force to review regulations related to land use and zoning, stewardship of water
Summary:
The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee reviewed several House bills in executive session. Staff briefed bills on aviation assurances for wildland fire response (HB 2104), derelict vessels (HB 2199), irrigation district director spouse employment conflicts (HB 2223), statewide food security strategy (HB 2238), water quality and game farms (HB 2343), timber sales efficiencies (HB 2348), treaty reserve fishing rights and repeal of Initiative 456 (HB 2554), and a task force on reducing regulatory stress in agriculture (HB 2619). Members noted that HB 2238 had been heard previously as a striker but was now being considered as the engrossed substitute. Several bills had no amendments and little or no fiscal impact, while others carried modest fiscal notes.
The committee took action on most bills: HB 2104, HB 2199, HB 2238, HB 2348, HB 2554, and HB 2619 all received due pass recommendations and were sent either to Ways and Means or Rules, with votes recorded by voice and no opposition noted. The committee took no action on HB 2223 or HB 2343. Members also thanked staff and acknowledged departing senators for their service.
In the work session, the Washington State Department of Agriculture presented an overview of the 2024 local farms, workers, and food overtime reimbursement grant. WSDA described how it used targeted outreach, cross-agency coordination, and a streamlined application to administer the one-time program, which reimbursed qualifying overtime wages for hand-harvest vegetable farms selling to local markets and schools. The agency reported that 24 farms received about $213,000 total, and members asked about lessons learned, including how the experience might inform future grant design and broader agricultural support programs.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Together, we have more than quadrupled the funding for Everglades restoration and water quality.
- We've completed a record number of projects, tripled the water storage capacity throughout the Glades
- Now, as that seminal wind blows from Okeechobee all the way up to Micanopy, water flows south to Florida
- the healthiest in decades, and coastal communities are protected against the discharging of polluted water
- Coastal communities are protected against the discharging of polluted water into the surrounding estuaries
Summary:
The Florida House and Senate met in joint session to receive the Governor’s annual message. After opening formalities, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the appointment of a committee to notify the Governor that the Legislature was ready, the chamber recognized special guests and then received Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis.
In his address, the Governor reviewed what he described as seven years of major accomplishments in Florida, emphasizing fiscal restraint, tax relief, economic growth, education reforms, environmental restoration, disaster response, public safety, and immigration enforcement. He highlighted a larger rainy day fund, reduced debt, record job and business growth, universal school choice, higher teacher pay, Hope Florida, Everglades restoration, stronger hurricane response, and tougher laws on crime and illegal immigration. He also warned about property tax burdens, called for a constitutional path to property tax relief, urged informed consent in medical policy, and raised concerns about artificial intelligence.
The Governor pointed to several bills already filed and urged lawmakers to send him legislation eliminating DEI in local government, further discouraging illegal immigration, expanding Second Amendment rights, and blocking the spread of Sharia law. He closed by asking the Legislature to continue advancing his agenda. After the address, the joint session voted to dissolve.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Together, we have more than quadrupled the funding for Everglades restoration and water quality.
- We've completed a record number of projects, tripled the water storage capacity throughout the Glades
- Now, as that seminal wind blows from Okeechobee all the way up to Micco-sukee, water flows south to Florida
- the healthiest in decades, and coastal communities are protected against the discharging of polluted water
- into the surrounding... ...coastal communities are protected against the discharging of polluted water
Summary:
The transcript is of a Florida Legislature joint session convened to receive the Governor’s annual message. After the House and Senate were received, a committee was appointed to notify the Governor that the joint session was ready, and the Governor and First Lady were introduced. The Senate President presided, a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance were offered, and the joint session then recessed to await the Governor’s arrival.
Governor Ron DeSantis delivered a lengthy address reviewing his administration’s record over the past seven years. He highlighted fiscal restraint, larger reserves and rainy-day funds, debt reduction, tax cuts, business and job growth, school choice expansion, education reforms, higher teacher pay, civics initiatives, environmental restoration efforts in the Everglades, hurricane response improvements, public safety and immigration enforcement, and opposition to DEI and other ideological policies. He also urged lawmakers to send him bills on issues such as eliminating DEI in local governments, further restricting illegal immigration, expanding Second Amendment rights, and addressing what he described as the creep of Sharia law.
The Governor additionally called for property tax relief through the constitutional amendment process and for legislation emphasizing informed consent in medical decision-making. He warned about risks posed by artificial intelligence and said new technologies should align with American values. No substantive votes were taken on policy matters during the session; after the Governor’s remarks, the joint session adopted a motion to dissolve.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special 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've completed a record number of projects, tripled the water storage capacity throughout the Glades
- Now, as that seminal wind blows from Okeechobee all the way up to Miccosukee, water flows south to Florida
- the healthiest in decades, and coastal communities are protected against the discharging of polluted water
- Coastal communities are protected against the discharging of polluted water into the surrounding estuaries
Summary:
The transcript captures a Florida legislative joint session convened to receive the Governor’s annual message. After the House and Senate formally received the Lieutenant Governor, Cabinet, and Supreme Court, a committee was appointed to notify the Governor, and the Governor was introduced and delivered a lengthy address. The Governor framed Florida as a model of conservative governance and highlighted accomplishments over the past seven years, including budget reserves and rainy day fund growth, debt reduction, tax cuts, economic growth and job creation, universal school choice, teacher pay increases, civics education, higher education reforms, Everglades restoration, hurricane response, public safety measures, immigration enforcement, and opposition to DEI and COVID-era mandates.
The Governor also outlined priorities for the coming session, urging lawmakers to send him bills on issues such as eliminating DEI in local governments, further discouraging illegal immigration, expanding Second Amendment rights, and blocking Sharia law. He additionally called for action on property tax relief, saying homeowners should not pay “perpetual rent” to government, and asked the legislature to place a tax-relief measure before voters. He emphasized emerging concerns about artificial intelligence and medical freedom, arguing for informed consent and ethical limits on new technologies.
After the Governor concluded, the joint session took up a motion to dissolve. The motion was approved, and the joint session adjourned.