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US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's subsurface.
  • It's subsurface.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM Public Hearing 02-19-2026

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • utility and it concluded<00:16:10.959> nothing.
  • But having to do with a bill to have an agency, uh, a utility company, without giving us what’s going
  • decisions on how the utility is set up. decisions on how the utility is set up.
  • <00:22:10.720> company to have an agency uh a utility company to have an agency uh a utility
  • What are the best practices for partial deregulation of their utilities?
Summary: The Committee on Ways and Means met for decision-making only and adopted recommendations on a long list of Senate bills, with no oral testimony taken. Early actions included SB 99 to pass unamended, SB 585 to pass with a date correction to 2015, SB 2060 to pass with amendments involving public project lists, legislative approval for fund transfers, and removal of certain appropriations, and SB 2069 to pass with amendments extending a sunset date and requiring transit-oriented development zoning. The committee also advanced several other measures, including SB 2110, SB 215, SB 2259, SB 2382, SB 2442, and SB 2485 unamended, while SB 2152, SB 2315, SB 2446, SB 2919, SB 2577, SB 2580, and SB 2861 were moved with various amendments, mostly date changes, appropriation blanks, or technical clarifications. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on SB 2211, where Department of Human Services officials explained how the department was covering costs by using restricted funds and shifting Med-QUEST funding, and noted a need for $14 million plus support for $16.5 million in ACA enhanced tax credit subsidies. The chair indicated the bill would move forward with amendments, including blanking the appropriation pending more information on lapses, and the recommendation was adopted. SB 2544 was also amended to remove a specific appropriation and replace it with a blank cap on funds from DUR, and SB 2342 was amended to require projects to be in transit-oriented development zones and to reflect prior committee concurrence. The most extended debate was on SB 3326, which would address utility restructuring. One senator opposed the bill, arguing it could raise rates, worsen reliability issues, and disrupt an existing utility without a clear plan, especially given island-specific conditions. Supporters argued the bill would separate generation from transmission and distribution, create competition, protect union jobs, and respond to aging infrastructure and financial weakness in the utility sector. After recesses and discussion of the Public Utilities Commission’s role, the chair changed the recommendation from pass unamended to pass with amendments requiring the PUC to conduct a study, provide an interim report before the next session, and a final report the following session. That amended recommendation was adopted, and the meeting then adjourned with no further business.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This project, which utilizes no funding from the state of Texas, is critically important.
  • This bill uses standard template language for creating a municipal utility district.
  • This bill would create the Travis County Municipal Utility District number 40.
  • Municipal Utility District.
  • It proposes the creation of Montgomery County Municipal Utility District 259.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Agriculture (02/10/2026)

Environment and Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • Where is the amount or the measurement that has to be present for this fund to be utilized?
  • this<05:26:05.920> fund<05:26:06.160> to<05:26:06.320> be<05:26:06.560> utilized
  • <05:26:07.680> there for this fund to be utilized? there for this fund to be utilized?
  • moratorium on land applications, would create significant unintended consequences for wastewater utilities
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Environmental Policy Subcommittee took up HB 1621, which would require a baseline environmental impact study before development of certain manufacturing and storage facilities. Members said the concept had merit, but they could not resolve major drafting and implementation issues, including how to define covered facilities, what the study would require, and how enforcement would work at the municipal or county level. Several members expressed concern about unintended consequences and said the proposal was not ready; the subcommittee voted unanimously to recommend inexpedient to legislate (ITL), and the full committee later adopted that recommendation on a 16-0 roll call vote, placing the bill on consent. The committee then discussed HB 1053, involving electronically submitted pesticide use reports. Representative Comtois presented an amendment creating a department database and protecting confidential information, but said she still needed to check whether it was germane and to review administrative issues with the Department of Agriculture. After hearing from David Russo of the Division of Pesticide Control, the committee agreed to continue work on the amendment and took no action that day. The committee also reviewed HB 1186 on egg labeling and producer exemptions. Representative Comtois offered an amendment exempting small producers from most requirements except labeling, but Commissioner Sean Jasper asked for more time to review the impact and suggested the state might not need the existing egg law at all if federal USDA rules already cover the field. Members agreed to hold action until the following week. Finally, the committee began discussion of HB 1780 on penalties for violations involving seeds, plants, and nursery stock, focusing on labeling rules and germination-date requirements; testimony from industry and department representatives indicated they were working toward a compromise that would allow multiple relabelings, add production dates, and set a 36-month sale limit, but no final action was taken in the portion provided.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-07-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 24th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Whatever money is not utilized for this program though not utilized for this program though not utilized
  • But some of that will move back based But some of that will move back based upon the what's not utilized
  • by the upon the what's not utilized by the upon the what's not utilized by the choose act.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 24th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill describes transparency for utilities. Do we have any amendments?
  • CS for CS for House Bill 1533, a bill entitled an act of utility services.
  • As you know, the City of Tallahassee funds a lot of our services off of utilities.
  • UTILITIES AUTHORITY.
  • THE GAINSEVILLE REGIONAL UTILITIES...
Summary: The Florida House of Representatives conducted legislative business including prayer, pledge, and voting on multiple bills. Key legislation included HB 1105 expanding Florida Bright Futures Scholarship eligibility, HB 443 on charter school regulations (passed 83-23), and HB 1539 on materials harmful to minors (passed 81-29) after extensive debate about book challenges in schools. Other bills addressed education funding, law enforcement benefits, parole guidelines, and various local issues. The Speaker announced budget negotiations with the Senate have stalled, with disagreements over spending levels and tax cuts. The House will not meet this weekend as originally planned. Session adjourned until tomorrow at 10 AM.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 24th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 29 seeks to enhance accountability and efficiency among those large municipally owned utilities by
  • These utilities already submit an annual audit.
  • Article 145 aims to strengthen wildfire risk management for electric utilities.
  • First of all... ...it allows utilities to self-insure against wildfire-related damages if the Public
  • Utility Commission... finds that commercial insurance is insufficient or unavailable.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Public Works and Highways (03/10/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • The system utilizes approximately 110 personal transmitters, which transmit a signal to the prison's
  • The original $10 million that was passed by Government Council, we are utilizing engineering firm DRR
  • They've done a complete evaluation of the site, up and back, test boring, utilities exploration, and
  • For instance, we have the fund we utilize very heavily to upkeep the infrastructure.
  • We utilize the Veterans Affairs VA grant that enables us to receive a majority of our payments.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee heard a Department of Corrections capital budget presentation on HB 25, focused largely on urgent maintenance and security needs at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men and other DOC facilities. DOC officials described the governor’s proposed priorities: boiler surge and radiator tank replacements, electronic controls and camera upgrades, and replacement of HVAC units using R22 refrigerant. They also outlined additional requested projects totaling $15.4 million, including a body alarm/man-down system at Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility, steam line and trap repairs, fire alarm replacements, and removal of an underground diesel tank in favor of above-ground storage. DOC testified that many systems are well beyond their expected service life, including 40-year-old boilers, outdated analog cameras, and HVAC equipment using discontinued R22 refrigerant. They said the men’s prison is relying on a leased temporary boiler, has significant steam leaks causing major water loss and reduced boiler efficiency, and is dealing with frequent fire alarm faults and deteriorating wiring. On the body alarm system, they said the vendor no longer supports the equipment and replacement parts are no longer available. On the diesel tank, members questioned whether it could be abandoned in place or whether fuel could be reused; DOC said it had not explored all alternatives and would follow up, while noting the tank is underground and tied into the warehouse system. Members also asked whether some current investments could be reused in the planned new men’s prison. DOC said some items, such as air handlers, might potentially be moved, but most projects are needed to keep the current facility operational and would not be practical to transfer. Questions were also raised about the leased boiler arrangement, the use of the man-down system by staff and visitors, and whether the kitchen project could be converted to a modular unit. DOC said the modular kitchen approach is necessary because the existing kitchen cannot remain fully operational during repairs. The committee then moved to lapse extensions, and DOC identified several projects no longer needing extensions, including items numbered 64, 65, and 66 in HB 25, with the chair noting those balances would be deleted and that the lapse amount was $550,500.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 16th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • program that comes with a sunset in 2032, and so if no money is used, if we are wrong about the utilization
  • addition, the state is also now paying for one statewide screener that all school districts will be utilizing
  • House Bill 4056 authorizes the Oklahoma Capital Improvement Authority to utilize $21,215,000 from the
  • Further, the bill authorizes the Oklahoma Capital Improvement Authority to utilize $27,500,000 from the
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 1st, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so what my amendment does here is it takes out the utility excise taxes.
  • look at the amendment, it changes on, uh, lines 13 on the first page, 13 14, it takes excise tax, utility
  • Uh, so it's a simple amendment and Senator, if I'm not mistaken, the last time I checked, the utilities
  • it takes excise tax, utility excise tax. it takes excise tax, utility excise tax.
  • last time I checked, the utilities last time I checked, the utilities receipts<00:18:51.200>
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 29th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • started their family in Texas, where Bill began... a company that he later sold to one of the biggest utilities
  • A utility that overpumps a GCD permit to meet customer demand, despite raising rates consistently with
  • Contingency Plan, the committee substitute authorizes, but does not require, the court to have the utility
  • relieving budget pressures like skyrocketing insurance premiums, TRS costs tied to teacher pay raises, utilities
  • For our teachers, like utilities, food, and transportation, is lower than the basic allotment increase