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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Halting a project that is halfway underway would waste years of effort, squander hundreds of millions
- It would just be a waste of taxpayer money and time. I just have one question for you.
Bills:
HB9 , HJR1 , SB1331 , SB1375 , SB1443 , SB1578 , SB2251 , SB2519 , SB2553 , SB2655 , SB2764 , SB2907 , SB3030 , SB3033 , SB3035 , SB3036 , SB3037 , SB3043 , SB3047 , SB3050 , SB3051 , SB3056 , SB3057 , SB3063 , HB9 , HB467 , HB331 , HB1244 , HB1399 , HB2559 , HB2730 , HB3307 , HJR1 , HJR99 , SB3048 , SB3052 , SB3053 , SJR78 , HB1327 , HB2723
Committee:
Senate Local Government
Keywords:
HB 9, Texas Tax Code, property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, truth in taxation, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, sales tax revenue, tax rate calculation, tax levy, maintenance and operations, debt rate, unused increment rate, disaster relief rate, taxing unit
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 23rd, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- So, they could spend... and we could be wasting tax dollars while they're analyzing, "Do not drink water
- We can just think about how much paper we're spending, how much time we're wasting on doing that.
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
constitutional amendment, fiscal impact, state budget, ballot measure, transparency in voting, management-to-staff ratio, state agencies, employee regulations, government efficiency, workforce management, public information, governing board, transparency, confidentiality, access rights, privacy, identifying information, state agency, consent, occupational license
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would help prevent completely avoidable confusion, frustration, and wasted time and money by
- institution so that a student desiring to transfer may plan their coursework prior to transferring and not waste
Committee:
Senate Education K-16
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee K-16 resumed public testimony on Senate Bill 735, a Holocaust education bill. Alice Min spoke in support, saying learning about difficult parts of history is important for understanding American history and the experiences of minority communities. Sheila Hemphill also supported the bill but urged broader language to include multiple genocides and more instructional material. After a brief exchange, public testimony on SB 735 closed and the bill was left pending.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 800, which would strengthen higher-education orientation materials on sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking policies, and Senate Bill 2310, which would require public institutions to post clearer online degree and transfer requirements. Both bills were explained by their authors, committee substitutes were adopted, no public testimony was offered, and each bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2055, a cleanup bill for the Texas Leadership Scholars Program, was also heard and left pending after no testimony.
A major portion of the meeting focused on Senate Bill 1069, which would require investigations and mandatory termination for faculty found to have discriminated against students based on religion, with a department placed under conservatorship after a termination. The author said the bill was meant to address religious discrimination and protect students; several witnesses, including Muslim and Jewish law students and other advocates, argued it was too vague, lacked a definition of religious discrimination, threatened academic freedom, and could chill speech. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2972, which would set new limits on expressive activity on public university campuses, including restrictions on encampments, masks, sound amplification, and protests during finals; opponents said it would restrict free speech and protest rights, while the bill was adopted as a committee substitute and left pending. Senate Bill 2815, allowing students to choose the diploma name after a university merger or renaming, was briefly heard and left pending.
Later, the committee took up pending business and voted out several bills. SB 2920, SB 2398, SB 2927, SB 2929, SB 1241, SB 1395, SB 401, SB 1972, and SB 2540 were reported favorably, with some committee substitutes adopted and several placed on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1241’s substitute would have the Higher Education Coordinating Board study standardized test equivalency scores for admissions. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- on appliances and equipment that their citizens depend on, it is still the problem of money being wasted
- but it's designed in a way that uses what y'all typically think of as 500 homes' worth of water and waste
Bills:
HB158 , HB714 , HB 1198 , HB1630 , HB1998 , HB3509 , HB3788 , HB3875 , HB3948 , HB3977 , HB4097 , HB4313 , HB4314 , HB4317 , HB158
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
Keywords:
housing, veterans, surplus government property, affordable housing, funding sources, housing assistance, homeless prevention, landlord incentives, rural housing, domestic violence, community development, tenant readiness, program participants, financial assistance, homelessness, rental support, Texas Tenant Readiness Program, tenant assistance, housing stability, Texas Department of Housing
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- For every individual, our dollar that goes to waste, that's care that could have gone to somebody who
- I think the terms waste, fraud, and abuse sometimes flow together, and they lose their meaning.
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part II) Apr 1st, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- If it turns out we don't need a bill, great, we wasted a little bit of time. Let's not waste more.
Bills:
SB75 , SB715 , SB776 , SB1299 , SB1405 , SB1968 , SB2021 , SB2077 , SB2148 , SB2321 , SB2330 , SB2411
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
Keywords:
electric generation, reliability, ERCOT, Public Utility Commission, penalties, performance requirements, energy policy, construction contracts, compensatory damages, government delays, contractor, legislation, nonprofit donor privacy, membership lists, supporter confidentiality, volunteer privacy, association rights, public records exemption, Texas Public Information Act, government transparency
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF748 approved in House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Transcript Highlights:
- In addition, cities are also reducing waste and energy production through city construction standards
- In addition, cities are also reducing waste and or energy production through city construction standards
Summary:
The committee took up House File 748, a bill revising Minnesota’s transportation greenhouse gas and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) impact assessment requirements for trunk highway projects. The chair first moved and adopted the A2 author’s amendment and then the A3 amendment, which was described as adding implementation time and project exemptions when federal dollars are available. The bill author explained that the measure responds to concerns from stakeholders that the current law can force costly mitigation, delay or stop safety and capacity projects, and create uncertainty because key implementation details are still being developed by a technical advisory committee.
Testimony was split. County and city engineers, county commissioners, the Minnesota Transportation Alliance, and the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities generally supported the bill, arguing that the current requirements can add 20% to 40% or more to project costs, are difficult to administer, and could jeopardize critical safety improvements, congestion relief, and federal funding. They cited examples such as Scott County and Trunk Highway 65, and said VMT mitigation is especially hard to quantify and fund. Opponents, including Move Minnesota and Sierra Club, argued that safety and climate goals are not in conflict, that reducing driving can save lives and reduce pollution, and that the bill would weaken an important tool for cutting transportation emissions. Members also asked about how GHG and VMT are measured, whether the required assessment was ready, and who would be responsible for mitigation assets and costs.
After discussion, the committee held a roll call vote. The bill, as amended, passed 8-7 and was moved to the General Register.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- economic development, and of course our goal is clean air, clean water, and the safe management of water. waste
- Since receiving jurisdiction, we've received six applications for treated produced waste, excuse me.
Committee:
House Natural Resources
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The money you provide for us to pick up surplus products from farmers that would other wise go to waste
- I issued an executive order because that water just being wasted for our farmers to go in and use that
Committee:
Senate Finance
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Aeronautics and Transportation Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Aeronautics and Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- She wastes members. The vote will now occur on House Bill 3147. Clerk, will you call the roll?
Committee:
Senate Aeronautics and Transportation
Keywords:
True Grit Trail, Oklahoma, tourism, signage, Department of Transportation, state parks, historical sites, economic development, motor vehicles, insurance, registration, verification, law enforcement, electronic credentials, Service Oklahoma, digital identification, data protection, driver's license, special license plates, Route 66
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- facility is notorious for letting the person out before the hearing, and all of that effort goes to waste
Committee:
House Legislative Review
Summary:
The committee met without a quorum at first, then heard testimony on House Bill 2516, which would allow a qualified family advocate to participate in a patient’s care during a 96-hour mental health hold. Representative Burns said the bill is intended to prevent facilities from using blanket HIPAA-based policies to exclude family members who often provide critical background, medication history, and discharge support. Members asked whether the bill assumes incapacity based on detention and whether a doctor could still deny family participation; Burns said the goal is to let physicians permit family input and that the advocacy role would end once the patient is released. No one testified for or against the bill, and the hearing was closed.
The committee then heard House Joint Resolution 171, which would count property held in Chapter 100 bond arrangements toward a school district’s bonding capacity even though the property is tax-exempt while under municipal or other government ownership. Representative Faulkner said the change would help districts borrow more and noted an amendment was being considered to include all government entities, not just municipalities. Members raised concern that the proposal would extend school district credit without allowing the district to use the property’s tax revenue to repay the bond, though Faulkner said Chapter 100 projects are temporary and eventually return to the tax rolls. No public testimony was offered.
After a quorum was established, the committee entered executive session and voted on House Bill 3205. The motion to do pass the bill was approved 6-0, with six ayes and no noes. The committee also postponed executive action on another measure until the following week, then adjourned.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am
A&B Transportation Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- And that $20 million dollars for the purpose of waste station construction O&M is going to come from
Committee:
House A&B Transportation Subcommittee
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And then there’s acid waste neutralized.
Bills:
SB1041
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, 1182, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Working on infrastructure to do just that, by making certain that waste does not matter.
Keywords:
Senate Bill 688, Senate Bill 9, equity, meritocracy, social progress, policy reform, public testimony
Summary:
During this meeting of the committee, significant discussions centered around Senate Bill 688 and Senate Bill 9, with members expressing deep concerns over the implications of the proposed legislation. Chair Carol Alvarado initiated the meeting by addressing the audience and highlighting the need for robust dialogue regarding the bills in question. Senator Royce West actively contributed to the discussions, emphasizing the necessity to reform existing policies that some believe would regress social progress in the state. The debate revealed a passionate division among committee members, as they navigated the complexities of equity and meritocracy in legislation.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- That's a waste of time. I mean, there's a waste of time. Yeah. The House line.
- ><01:25:55.040><c> I</c><01:25:55.080><c> mean,</c><01:25:55.160><c> there's</c> >> That's a waste
- I mean, there's >> That's a waste of time.
- I mean, there's >> a<01:25:55.480><c> waste</c><01:25:55.840><c> of</c><01:25:55.920><c> time.
- </c> >> a waste of time. Yeah. >> a waste of time. Yeah.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/25/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota has an abundance of different inputs from which SAF can be made, including agricultural waste
- , forestry waste, biogas from animal agriculture, corn, fortunate to have assembled a village fortunate
- Minnesota has an abundance of different inputs from which SAF can be made, including agricultural waste
- , forestry waste, biogas from animal agriculture, corn, Gas from animal agriculture, corn, soybeans,
- And then the other point is what is the cost of wasted food?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/18/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We're also very clear about what the reporting process is if anyone suspects fraud, waste, or abuse.
- We're also very clear about what the reporting process is if anyone suspects fraud, waste, or abuse.
- We're also very clear about what the reporting process is if anyone suspects fraud, waste, or abuse.
- </c><00:13:03.839><c> Um,</c><00:13:04.240><c> so</c> suspects fraud, waste, or abuse.
- Um, so suspects fraud, waste, or abuse.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I personally don't like to waste money, and I don't want to see the state waste money.
- </c><00:09:51.200><c> money</c><00:09:51.760><c> and</c> personally don't like to waste money and personally
- don't like to waste money and I<00:09:52.240><c> don't</c><00:09:52.320><c> want</c><00:09:52.399><c
- </c><00:09:52.560><c> see</c><00:09:52.640><c> the</c><00:09:52.880><c> state</c><00:09:53.680><c> waste
- </c> I don't want to see the state waste I don't want to see the state waste money.<00:09:55.200><c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- One is for the safe storage of reactive mine waste and the other is going to be for a site-specific standard
- One is for the safe storage of reactive mine waste and the other is going to be for a site-specific standard
- 03:51.040><c> mine</c> for the safe storage of reactive mine for the safe storage of reactive mine waste
- :03:53.440><c> is</c><00:03:53.959><c> for</c><00:03:54.959><c> excuse</c><00:03:55.360><c> me</c> waste
- and the other is is for excuse me waste and the other is is for excuse me uh<00:03:56.000><c> the</c
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/26/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Jail time should not be wasted time.
- Jail time should not be wasted time. them with the opportunity to better them with the opportunity to
- time should in those very settings jail time should not<01:26:00.800><c> be</c><01:26:01.040><c> wasted
- </c> not be wasted not be wasted time<01:26:03.440><c> here's</c><01:26:03.719><c> the</c><01:26:04.360
- </c> not be wasted not be wasted time<01:28:23.880><c> okay</c><01:28:24.199><c> close</c><01:28:24.480
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety