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LA
Transcript Highlights:
- This is how I got into the industry. This is how my career progressed, and...
- Bring more business and industry here.
- made up of dealers, refiners, wholesalers, miners, and all of these other industries.
- So there are a number of sectors within this total industry.
- within a much larger industry.
Bills:
HB12 , HB42 , HB205 , HB222 , HB324 , HB325 , HB350 , HB416 , HB482 , HB610 , HB749 , HB797 , HB807 , HB821 , HB979 , HB992 , HB1193
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
survivor benefits, law enforcement, reserve officer, auxiliary officer, public safety, phased retirement, Teachers Retirement System, faculty retention, administrative fees, public postsecondary education, Medicaid, dental coverage, healthcare access, medical necessity, Louisiana Department of Health, judicial salaries, judges, judiciary compensation, cost of living adjustment, COLA
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- and currently employed in the industry.
- He does work in the industry.
- , petrochemical industry, are 90,000 plus.
- Industry, petrochemical industry, are $90,000 plus.
- We see this industry coming.
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
teacher certification, certification appeals, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Teacher Certification Appeals Council, educator licensure, teaching license, teacher licensure, appeals process, certification denial, administrative appeal, special meeting, board president, retroactive application, education board, Louisiana teachers, Department of Education, statutory entities, re-creation, termination date
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 2nd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- The need in the industry is glaringly obvious.
- We have a cultural change we need to address in the industry.
- The construction industry is in crisis, as you heard.
- We see it in our industry. We see it.
- In 2024, our industry sold over 8.5 million edibles.
Bills:
SB6053 , SB6134 , SB6147 , SB6106 , SB6045 , SB6135 , SB6128 , SB6282 , SB6068 , SB6303 , SB6290
Committee:
Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords:
SB 6053, domestic workers, domestic worker rights, labor protections, minimum wage, overtime, private household employment, nanny, home care worker, personal care provider, housekeeper, cleaner, cook, gardener, household manager, wage theft, retaliation, anti-discrimination, immigration status, privacy rights
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 21st, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, I think because, of course, it's a big industry.
- Having volunteered hundreds of hours for professional associations, I am passionate about keeping our industry
- But what you'll want to understand is that when you have an ethics complaint against you in our industry
- Senate Bill 2713 has sent shockwaves across the real estate industry already.
- In Central Texas, over and over again, the industry is changing, and you do not have to be a member of
Keywords:
SB 1361, Texas disaster recovery loan, small business loan, micro-business loan, community development financial institution, CDFI, economic disaster assistance, post-disaster financing, business recovery fund, Texas Economic Development Bank, zero-interest loan, working capital, payroll support, health benefits, job retention, declared disaster, small business relief, microenterprise, franchise exclusion, private equity-backed business
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Finance and Taxation Education
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation Education
Keywords:
utility tax, poultry industry, energy consumption, agricultural exemption, tax exemption, HB24, Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Program, EMS, emergency medical services, EMSP, paramedic training, EMT training, tuition reimbursement, scholarship, workforce development, volunteer rescue squad, volunteer fire department, ambulance service, nonprofit ambulance, Alabama Department of Public Health
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill does not hurt our oil and gas industry in any way. It's a good industry.
- We've met with several people in the industry, and the people from the industry really looked at aspects
- Its primary focus is against oil and gas, but that affects every industry because every industry needs
- That is, unless you literally shut down all industries.
- Yes, any sector of the extraction industry.
Committee:
Senate Senate Conservation
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Once Again, I'm pleased to carry the nomination of Kevin Roman to the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- found him to be just a good, thoughtful, and considerate guy who is respected in his community and industry
- It will prevent the cost from being passed on to residential, industrial, agriculture, and commercial
Committee:
Senate Energy
Keywords:
HB2992, Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma utilities, ratepayer protection, data centers, artificial intelligence computing, AI data centers, cryptocurrency mining, large load customer, electric rates, utility tariffs, cost causation, rate design, public power utility, municipal utility, electric cooperative, investor-owned utility, load growth, interconnection
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/03/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #8 and #9
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Witt, members, House Bill 4025 establishes the Gas and Petroleum Refinery Study Committee to study
- the feasibility of constructing gasoline and petroleum facilities to address the availability of gasoline
- and petroleum.
- The bill is on the third-read consent calendar. ...to address the availability of gasoline and petroleum
Summary:
The meeting was a caucus-style review of two packets of bills, with staff reading summaries and members briefly explaining several measures. Topics included appropriations for pregnancy resource centers, home- and community-based services for the elderly and people with disabilities, veteran specialty courts, child care grants and infrastructure, language acquisition services for deaf or hard-of-hearing infants and toddlers, ambulance service regulation, short-term rental rules, tourism improvement areas, manufactured home installer licensure, CPR/AED training in schools, veterans’ park fee exemptions, and multiple child welfare and family-court bills. Several Senate bills were also reviewed, including optometry standards, behavior analyst licensure transfer, virtual mental health hearings, and assisted-living residency rules.
Members speaking for bills emphasized themes such as supporting aging in place, improving rural ambulance access and reporting, protecting children in DCS cases, preventing poverty alone from being treated as neglect, and expanding access to health screenings and services. Other sponsors described measures to help veterans, strengthen school safety, and create local funding or improvement mechanisms for tourism and child care. Some bills were described as technical or administrative changes, such as post-nuptial agreement rules, tax lien procedures, and local government contract posting requirements.
No formal votes were taken in the transcript excerpt, but many bills were noted as being on the consent calendar or third-read consent calendar, while a few had been removed from consent or were not yet on a calendar. The meeting concluded after the final bill on the second packet, HB 4025, was summarized as creating a study committee on gasoline and petroleum refinery feasibility.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/03/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #8 and #9
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Witt, members, House Bill 4025 establishes the Gas and Petroleum Refinery Study Committee to study
- the feasibility of constructing gasoline and petroleum infrastructure to address the availability of
- gasoline and petroleum.
- calendar, and with that, I’m available for questions. ...to address the availability of gasoline and petroleum
Summary:
The meeting reviewed two caucus packets covering a wide range of bills, with most items described by staff and then passed over without questions. Topics included appropriations for pregnancy resource centers, home- and community-based services for seniors and people with disabilities, veteran specialty courts, child care grants and infrastructure, emergency shelter grants, language acquisition services for deaf or hard-of-hearing infants and toddlers, and uranium contamination monitoring. Other measures addressed utility plant replacement, local government investment pools, task-order contract posting, ambulance reporting and certificate-of-necessity changes, short-term rental regulation, tuition waivers for dependents of disabled veterans, memorial authorization, manufactured home installer licensing, CPR/AED training in schools, national park fee exemptions for military members and veterans, and a tourism improvement area funded by lodging businesses.
Several bills focused on child welfare and family law, including expanded kinship placement notification, a neglect definition change tied to poverty, evidence rules in custody and dependency matters, DCS investigations when a protective parent is involved, and parenting-time supervision requirements. Health-related bills included midwife practice changes, controlled substance monitoring program updates, interstate EMS licensure, prostate cancer screening coverage, sleep apnea coverage, and resident electronic monitoring in care facilities. Judiciary and property-related bills included enhanced trespass penalties, post-nuptial agreement rules, tax lien excess proceeds procedures, and unlawful entry into residences occupied by vulnerable adults.
A few members briefly explained or defended selected bills, including the child protection measures, the CPR training requirement, the ambulance reporting bill, the tourism improvement area bill, and the bill moving inter-facility transports away from police. The sponsor of HB 2950 emphasized it was a voluntary, opt-in lodging assessment with local approval and statutory guardrails. No roll-call votes were described in the transcript, and most bills were noted as being on consent or third-read consent calendars, with several removed from consent or not yet on a calendar.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- committee, for the record, my name is Ryan Roud, and I'm a registered lobbyist with the American Petroleum
- committee for the record, my name is Ryan Roud, and I'm a registered lobbyist with the American Petroleum
- I'm the executive director for the Missouri Petroleum and Convenience Association, and my members are
Committee:
House General Laws
Summary:
The committee first met in executive session on House Bill 2748. Members considered a committee substitute and adopted a House committee amendment that restored recess language and clarified age-appropriate physical activity provisions. After rolling the amendment into a new substitute, the committee voted the bill do pass by a roll call of 6 ayes, 4 noes, and 1 present.
The committee then held a public hearing on House Bill 2774, which would prohibit the state or political subdivisions from restricting the sale or use of equipment, vehicles, tools, or similar items based on fuel source. Representative Knight presented the bill as a short measure aimed at preventing fuel-source restrictions. Testimony in support came from the American Petroleum Institute, Missouri Petroleum and Convenience Association, Missouri Propane Gas Association, Missouri Soybean Association, Missouri Farm Bureau, and Missouri Golf Association, with supporters emphasizing consumer choice, free-market fuel policy, and economic benefits for biofuels and related industries.
During questioning, a member asked whether the bill would affect homeowners associations banning gas-powered lawn equipment; the witness said it would not, unless the HOA were a political subdivision. No opposition testimony was offered, and the hearing on HB 2774 was concluded before the committee adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- He said that before that he was in the petroleum industry, on the small-employer side, where they are
- He said he was in the petroleum industry before that, on the small-employer side, where they are all
- He said he was in the petroleum industry before that, on the small-employer side, where they are all
- He said he was in the petroleum industry before that, on the small-employer side, where they are all
- <00:09:37.560><c> all</c><00:09:37.760><c> in</c><00:09:37.959><c> the</c> petroleum industry um so I
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- tests through the system, like they always do for safety purposes, and they sent those into the Petroleum
- and hazardous materials safety administration. the petroleum and hazardous materials safety administration
- for Wenden Water Department, La Paz County Planning and Zoning Commissioner, and La Paz County Industrial
- chair for weddon water department la paas county planning and zoning commissioner LaPaz County Industrial
- Development Authority board member Zoning commissioner, La Paz County Industrial Development Authority
Bills:
HB2014 , HB2031 , HB2078 , HB2102 , HB2103 , HB2117 , HB2261 , HB2262 , HB2264 , HB2278 , HB2428 , HB2494 , HB2756 , HB2758 , HB2762 , HB2782 , HB2932 , HB2933 , HB2986
Keywords:
air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, water rights, groundwater, Willcox, active management area, certificate of grandfathered rights, Arizona legislature, aggregate mining, reclamation plans, environmental protection, public safety, land use, domestic water, improvement district, water delivery, water hauling
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- committee, for the record, my name is Ryan Roud, and I'm a registered lobbyist with the American Petroleum
- committee for the record, my name is Ryan Roud, and I'm a registered lobbyist with the American Petroleum
- I'm the executive director for the Missouri Petroleum and Convenience Association, and my members are
Committee:
House General Laws
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, May 21, 2026 - PM
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, let's hear from industry. I know industry is here in the space. A couple friends of mine.
- Chairman, this is a topic that the mining association, the trona industry, and the petroleum association
- </c> industry, and the petroleum association industry, and the petroleum association requested.<00:02
- Chairman, and Representative Johnson, we as is not just the trona industry, the mining association, petroleum
- ><c> industries,</c> industrials, your extractive industries, industrials, your extractive industries
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Once again, I'm pleased to carry the nomination of Kevin Froman to the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- found him to be just a good, thoughtful, and considerate guy who's respected in his community and industry
- . a good, thoughtful, and considerate guy who's respected in his community and industry.
- It will prevent the cost from being passed on to residential, industrial, agriculture, commercial rate
Committee:
Senate Energy
Summary:
The committee first handled several executive nominations. It unanimously advanced Richard Allier to the Environmental Quality Board, Kevin Foreman to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, Gary Keel to the Air Quality Advisory Board, Megan Langley to the Oklahoma-Arkansas River Compact Commission, Jacob Bull to the Air Quality Advisory Council, and Tommy Colwell to the Oklahoma Mining Commission. In each case, the nominating senator described the appointee’s background and qualifications, and the committee voted to send the nomination to the full Senate without opposition.
The committee then considered House Bill 2992, with Senator Green offering a technical amendment to correct drafting errors. The amendment passed 8-0, and the bill itself passed 9-0. Green said the measure would require large-load data centers and crypto mining facilities to pay their share of electric infrastructure costs so those costs would not be shifted to other ratepayers. Senator Boren asked whether municipal utilities and co-ops would be affected, and Green responded that the bill was aimed at the corporate shareholder utility model.
House Bill 4338 was also heard and passed, though the roll call showed one no vote. Green explained that the bill concerns produced water and would create a framework for extracting elements from it, with House changes clarifying that it is not retroactive, adjusting flexibility for the produced water unit size, and allowing processing of brine before corporation approval. The committee also advanced House Bill 417, which addresses theft of copper fittings on oil rigs and related cleanup damage by making certain conduct a misdemeanor; it passed 10-0. The meeting ended after the committee approved the remaining nominations and adjourned.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment & Energy Jan 13th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Environment & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- and to better reflect federal regulations, which just means that we can better measure and ensure industry
- There are many commercial and industrial facilities that have cogeneration in their sites.
- Obviously, cost is always a huge issue for our industry; you hear that quite frequently.
- So the prices will go down, just like any other industry.
- Nuclear energy is the most regulated industry in the United States for safety.
Committee:
House Environment & Energy
Keywords:
nuclear energy, renewable energy, energy strategy, sustainable development, state energy policy, climate change, fuel regulations, compliance obligations, sustainability, environmental policy, consumer-owned utilities, clean energy, port districts, market customers, energy transformation, ski areas, winter sports, terminology update, recreation, regulatory changes
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 23, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, we saw what happened when we had an administration that was adverse to our legacy industries.
- I mean, we saw what happened when we had an administration that was adverse to our legacy industries.
- Pete Obermueller, Petroleum Association of Wyoming. Um, boy, oh boy, Mr.
- Pete Obermueller, Petroleum<00:37:36.800><c> Association</c><00:37:37.280><c> of</c><00:37:37.320><c>
- </c><00:37:38.280><c> Um</c> Petroleum Association of Wyoming. Um Petroleum Association of Wyoming.
Bills:
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm here in support of creating a new preventative reimbursement option within the Minnesota Petroleum
- Tank Release Cleanup Fund, commonly known as the petroleum fund. association represents 300 licensed
- </c><00:03:06.400><c> Tank</c><00:03:06.720><c> Release</c> The Minnesota Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup
- Fund, commonly known as the petroleum fund, is widely regarded as a gold standard in our country.
- It primarily helps with reimbursement cleanup costs after a petroleum spill or leak has already occurred
Committee:
House Ways and Means
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Electricity as Vehicle Fuel Working Group 01/05/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Right now, uh, the trucking<00:42:14.640><c> industry</c><00:42:15.040><c> paid</c><00:42:15.599><c>
- 32%</c><00:42:16.400><c> of</c><00:42:16.560><c> all</c><00:42:16.800><c> taxes</c> trucking industry
- So whether it's compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum or propane or whatever it is, we figured
- So whether it's compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum or propane or whatever it is, we figured
- or propane or whatever it is, petroleum or propane or whatever it is, we<00:47:29.119><c> figured</c
Summary:
The working group approved the prior meeting minutes with one correction to reflect Laura Ziggler’s attendance. Staff then outlined the report due February 13, 2026, which must summarize the group’s activities and include findings and recommendations adopted by the group; the report will go to the governor and legislative transportation leaders. The chair emphasized that the group’s charge is broad and includes analyzing electricity used as vehicle fuel infrastructure opportunities and barriers, developing policy and funding recommendations for sustainable transportation funding, and reviewing other states’ laws and policies.
Discussion focused heavily on how to replace declining gas tax revenue as more vehicles become electric. The chair framed the issue as a fairness and implementation challenge, noting that EVs are a growing share of the fleet and that the group should consider both policy and funding, not just one or the other. Members and guests raised several ideas already submitted, including a road user charge, changes to the EV charging tax, ending or modifying the EV surcharge, broadening the tax to publicly owned charging stations, reducing the charging level threshold to level 2, ending sales tax on electricity, addressing off-road use, and expanding the definition of auto parts to include charging equipment.
Representative Elkins argued that charging based on electricity used at home is impractical for most vehicles, that public charging is already much more expensive than home charging, and that the current sales tax plus surcharge amounts to double taxation for public-charging users. He said a mileage-based user charge modeled on Utah’s approach is workable, could be phased in, and could preserve privacy by allowing a voluntary or alternative method for home charging estimates. Senator Howe responded that home electricity use can be estimated similarly to mileage deductions on taxes and said the state should tax all electricity used as fuel, regardless of charger level, if it can be identified. Other speakers echoed that all road users should pay a fair share and that the main challenge is implementation. Tony Kis of Quick Trip asked that a late letter be included in the record and urged clarification of the sales, use, excise tax, and collection rules to avoid double taxation and reduce administrative burden, noting the current monthly collection date and suggesting the group should streamline collection methods. No final policy decisions or votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Transportation, Highways and Public Works Apr 13th, 2026
Transportation, Highways & Public Works
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, we're just adding better definition to the aeronautical industry that way.
- Yeah, I mean, it would be within those ranges that are typical for this industry.
- I'm going to—there's a gentleman, a petroleum engineer that's a friend of mine.
- There's a gentleman, a petroleum engineer that's a friend of mine. Let me turn my phone back on.
- He talks about him being a petroleum engineer. He said he likes data.
Bills:
HB345 , HB502 , HB511 , HB655 , HB667 , HB713 , HB714 , HB730 , HB743 , HB777 , HB803 , HB836 , HB871 , HB1037 , HB1167 , HB1174 , HB1175
Summary:
The committee heard several transportation and aviation measures. HB 1175, by Rep. Turner, updated aeronautics-related definitions and was reported favorably without objection. HB 655, by Rep. Brough, authorized DOTD to use cost-plus contracts for operation and maintenance of state ferry systems, with Secretary Glenn LaDay explaining it was intended to give DOTD flexibility for possible privatization or contracting of ferries such as Cameron; it was also reported favorably. HB 1037, by Chairman Borek, shifted certain DOTD operational responsibilities to a chief operating officer and was reported favorably, and HB 1174, also by Chairman Borek, recreated DOTD and was reported favorably as a cleanup measure. HB 714 and HB 502 were voluntarily deferred.
The committee then considered several port-related bills. HB 871, by Rep. Carver, would have added two St. Tammany Parish appointees to the Port of New Orleans board, but the author asked to voluntarily defer it, saying the timing was premature given ongoing work on the Louisiana International Terminal and related access projects. HB 345, by Rep. McMakin, expanded the Rail Infrastructure Improvement Program to include rail infrastructure at ports and was reported favorably. HB 713, by Rep. McCormick, would cap the Caddo-Bossier Port executive director’s compensation at the statewide average of the top ten port directors; after extensive debate and testimony from the port, the Port Association, and Caddo Parish opposing the bill, the committee voted 12-1 to involuntarily defer it. HB 667, also by Rep. McCormick, would change Caddo-Bossier Port commissioners from appointed to elected; witnesses argued it would politicize the board, create election costs, and conflict with the port’s current structure, and the committee again voted 12-1 to involuntarily defer the bill.
The committee also advanced local infrastructure and flood-protection measures. HB 743, by Rep. St. Blanc, creating the Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport District in St. Mary Parish, was reported favorably after testimony that the district would help the parish manage the airport as an economic development asset. HB 836, by Rep. Hilferty, would reconfirm members of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority East by Senate confirmation; after concerns that the original August 1 date could interfere with hurricane-season operations, the committee adopted an amendment moving the reconfirmation date to December 1, 2026, and then reported the bill favorably by substitute. Finally, HB 730, by Rep. Cruz, was presented to prohibit the use of ADS-B aircraft tracking data to assess taxes or fees on aircraft owners, with an amendment narrowing the bill to smaller aircraft; the discussion continued into questions about enforcement and exemptions for carrier airports.