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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 18th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

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  • experience in this, and would not necessarily want to be thrown out with the bath... ...with the bath water
  • Vegetation, it's a little... a little water humor there.
  • What this deals with is seagrass that grows under the water, and this bill is primarily focused on Mobile
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 2/27/25

Capital Investment

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  • an engineering firm to conduct a water an engineering firm to conduct a water and<00:20:38.679><
  • recommended replacement of the water recommended replacement of the water main<00:20:46.480>
  • <00:50:44.400> treatment water treatment water treatment facilities<00:50:46.599> we<00
  • I go to the grocery store and I'm in the water aisle, and are you drinking bottled water because it's
  • The conversation continues: Is it safe to drink our water? Do you drink the water?
Bills: HF919, HF1192, HF212, HF214
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations REVISED Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have a lot of bills out there related to water infrastructure and the need that has been very well
  • This is in order just to keep the conversation going on the need for water infrastructure and water infrastructure
  • So, all of those things remain as part of the overall discussion as it relates to water.
  • And again, reflective of the OwRB water requests, there is a, in their request, there is a REA funding
  • On page two, it talks about incentivizing regional water system planning grants.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/12/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm calling the Natural Resources, Energy and Water Committee to order.
  • They still own the property around it where the water comes from.
  • They own the well that supports and supplies water.
  • In 1983, there was a chunk of water that was given to the State Land Department from CAP.
  • sources and making sure we're using that water source.
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2150, which would continue the State Land Department until July 1, 2030. Members discussed a Griffin amendment requiring quarterly updates from the commissioner, a public hearing on the department’s strategic plan in 2028, changes to conceptual land use plans and five-year disposition plans, and legislative findings. The hearing focused heavily on State Land Department practices, including whether it is subject to state agency statutes, the department’s internal ASAP application review process, backlog levels, appraisal and consultant use, audit findings, privileged documents in the Fondomonte matter, Proposition 207 notices, and the Coyotes land auction. Members also raised concerns about land sales, leases, special use permits, and the department’s compliance history. The amendment was adopted and HB 2150 was passed as amended on a 6-4 vote. The committee then considered House Bill 2975, which would suspend the department’s solar scoring map and require new mining and housing resource maps, with a Griffin amendment extending the mapping deadline to ten years or earlier and requiring website posting. Supporters argued the bill would restore neutrality, improve planning, and maximize trust revenue; opponents said the solar map is only a guidance tool and that removing it could reduce transparency and harm solar development. The State Land Department said it was neutral but noted the solar layer is used as guidance and that additional staff or consultant support might be needed to create the new maps. The bill passed as amended on a 6-4 vote. House Bill 2781 followed, proposing county or municipal decommissioning standards and financial assurance requirements for solar energy power plants, along with a remediation fund. A Griffin amendment narrowed local authority to decommissioning standards only and limited applicability to projects receiving permits after the effective date. The sponsor and several witnesses from Pinal County planning and zoning supported the bill, saying solar projects should be required to post real financial assurance so land can be restored if operators go bankrupt or abandon sites. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2781 as amended on a 6-4 vote. Finally, the committee began House Bill 2267, which would classify certain renewable energy projects within four miles of residential property as a public nuisance, with a Heap amendment narrowing it to new utility-scale wind or solar farms and preserving existing projects. The sponsor argued the bill responds to concerns about large wind and solar projects near homes, property values, and wildlife impacts. Testimony and questioning centered on nuisance standards, property value effects, and environmental and health concerns, but the transcript cuts off before final action on HB 2267.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

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  • local governments, and the challenges for them to keep up with their infrastructure, meaning their water
  • recognize that it's an ambitious ask, but I Know statewide we have huge financial challenges around water
  • infrastructure, and so I absolutely want that to be in the conversation when we talk about water budgets
  • This is one of many water bills we are seeing this year.
TX
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  • Wilson: As it's identified by the Texas Water Development... Mr. Wilson: Board, that is correct.
  • And that's what your bill is seeking to do because now the Texas Water Development Board will mandate
  • I guess they're going to Water... Mr.
  • The Texas Water Development Board will basically award... Mr.
  • water conservation, will this implementation be within the confines of this bill?
Bills: HB8, HB12, SB 3, HJR1, SB 11, SB 16, SB 14
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:51:36.079> or contribute to the high nitrate water or contribute to the high nitrate water
  • <00:52:28.720> quality focusing primarily on the water quality focusing primarily on the water
  • <01:31:53.080> standard water standard water standard um<01:31:55.119> that<01:31:55.280
  • Next would be water infiltration.
  • from their ability to increase water from their ability to increase water infiltration<01:41:22.679
TX
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  • The risk of their participation in water park activities.
  • To ask for protection from frivolous lawsuits for water parks.
  • The water park is... the start of these emerging journeys.
  • She stated that the water was spraying from the water fountain.
  • And it was, which would also refute that there was no water in the pool.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WLA DEFER, WLA Public Hearings 02-13-2026

Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

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  • Also looking at water quality, how healthy is the ecosystem in terms of water quality or sedimentation
  • is the the ecosystem in terms of water is the the ecosystem in terms of water quality<00:24:50.720
  • And the program will water quality.
  • Resources Management regarding Water Resources Management regarding current<01:04:25.440> water
  • and infrastructure shall include water and infrastructure shall include water lines<01:05:47.039
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to hunting, trespass enforcement, conservation banking, coral reef resilience, and search and rescue. SB 2130 would require DLNR to increase the percentage of public land acreage designated for public hunting areas; DLNR offered comments, the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council expressed concern, and a Game Management Advisory Commission member urged adequate funding for both study and maintenance of any expanded hunting areas. SB 2128 would require forfeiture to the state of firearms or motor vehicles used in hunting trespass on private land; the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council supported the bill, and another signer testified without additional detail. The committee also heard SB 3053, which appropriates funds to DLNR’s Division of Aquatic Resources for mangrove removal and shoreline/stream maintenance in the Westlock and Middleock shorelines and watersheds. DLNR supported the measure and noted staff involved in mangrove removal work; no other testimony was offered. On SB 20005, which authorizes conservation banks for compensatory mitigation in habitat conservation plans and incidental take licenses, DLNR supported the bill but said a House measure, HB 1802, would place key safeguards in statute rather than administrative rules. Earthjustice opposed SB 20005 for lacking statutory safeguards and said it would support incorporating the House language, while CARES supported the bill as a modernization that could reduce permit processing time and provide more predictable costs. A lengthy discussion followed on SB 3201, which would direct DLNR to prioritize coral reef resilience and set performance targets for coral cover and herbivore biomass. DLNR said it supported the intent but wanted more flexibility because outside factors such as climate and emissions policy affect reef conditions; the Nature Conservancy shared that concern and asked for more flexible language. For the bill, For the Fishes strongly supported stronger protections and suggested adding abundance as a metric, while NOAA and DLNR discussed the difficulty of setting universal benchmarks because reef conditions vary by location. Randy Kosaki and CARES supported the bill, emphasizing coral decline and the need for measurable goals, while committee members asked about restoration projects, benchmarks, and whether the bill’s deadlines were meant to require a plan rather than immediate achievement. Finally, the committee took up SB 2937, which would create a search and rescue card program and special fund to reimburse state, county, and volunteer search-and-rescue operations. DLNR’s wildlife division said it stood on its written testimony, and the Hawaii SAR Alliance supported the concept but said Hawaii first needs a stronger search-and-rescue framework, including a state coordinator, before implementing such a program. No votes or final actions were taken on any of the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Aug 21st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That floodplain itself had a 17-mile-an-hour water front and was seven miles away from the camps.
  • Because you can't outrun the water, and everyone needs to be up.
  • Members, the floor amendment number... to allow for still water.
  • They are a dammed-up water facility. They don't have flash flood events.
  • Destroyed cabins, the empty beds, the water line 30 feet high, the nearby trees.
Bills: SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, SB 1, HB4, HB4, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB1, SB2, SB5
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means May 5th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • source of drinking water for the region.
  • our water 100%.
  • We had infamous taste and odor issues in our drinking water.
  • Helping Texans save water is crucial.
  • The same is true for water. The water that we save is cheaper than any water we can provide.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 29th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Garcia family was the only restaurant that was still open after they had received an initial flood of water
  • sources or mitigate water losses, all in order to mitigate the potential for future violations.
  • but does not require, the court to have the utility collect payment via a line item on customers' water
  • Fund for 20 years and authorizes the legislature to allocate the dedication in favor of new water supply
  • Members, along with Senate Bill 7, H.J.R. 7 represents a generational leap in the history of Texas. water
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • property's appraised value that is attributable to the installation of a rainwater harvesting or gray water
  • Senate Bill 3029 creates a defined area in the Texas Water Code to allow for additional financing of
  • Having to testify against my chairman, and as his staff said, yes, water is water. And so, Mr.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1175 by Caldwell of the House and Hall of the Senate. an act relating to the Oklahoma Water
  • Members, this is a limits bill on the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.
  • to the Rural Economic Action Plan, and there is also $2 million allocated for a northeast regional water
  • House and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.
  • They're developing some competitive loans to be used by these worn down water systems to help improve
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 20th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Department of Environmental Quality to evaluate water
  • the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Department of Environmental Quality to evaluate water
  • Senate Bill 268 by Senator Duplessis, water systems, provides with respect to municipal water systems
  • to provide quarterly reports to the House Committee on Natural Resources on the efforts to improve water
  • to provide quarterly reports to the House Committee on Natural Resources on the efforts to improve water
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 20th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Department of Environmental Quality to evaluate water
  • the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Department of Environmental Quality to evaluate water
  • Commerce and House Ways and Means Committees to study the establishment of a state income tax credit for water
  • Senate Bill 268 by Senator Duplessis, water systems, provides with respect to municipal water systems
  • to provide quarterly reports to the House Committee on Natural Resources on the efforts to improve water
Summary: The House convened with prayer, pledge, and a quorum, then spent much of the day on recognitions and commemorative resolutions. Members honored coach Jeffrey Craig Whittington, tourism and the Louisiana Oil Makers Association, Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, the Tangipahoa Parish Fair, Washington Parish festivals, ACOG’s 75th anniversary, Louisiana Tech women’s basketball, and Memorial Day. A major Memorial Day presentation commended Lane Frenchy Boudreau for helping recover the body of Army Sgt. First Class James H. Moore in Vietnam; the House observed a moment of silence and presented a flag to Moore’s family. The chamber also received Senate messages, enrolled bills, and committee reports, and introduced several new resolutions on topics including Pope Leo XIV, orphan wells, scenic rivers, Teche water quality, and the LaMelle family’s pilgrimage to Rome. The House then took up numerous resolutions and bills, often adopting them without objection. Among the measures adopted or advanced were studies on neighborhood crime prevention districts, parish solid waste and disaster resiliency in Washington Parish, the Louisiana Climate Action Plan, the Louisiana Maneuvers museum/trail, cash-rounding practices after penny production ends, residential construction costs and inspection practices, roundabout education, Taiwan relations, TSA worker loan assistance in Shreveport, human growth and development standards, and the state income tax credit for water utility customers. The chamber also adopted or concurred in several Senate amendments on bills dealing with financial disclosure, video voyeurism, personal information protections, online child safety, STEM advisory council changes, dual enrollment tuition, fleet vehicle registration, menhaden fishing rules, recording fees, amusement ride insurance, drone footage authentication, garbage and trash contracts, insurance prescription periods, retirement system changes, juror qualifications, fireworks, inspection stickers, employment discrimination, and inactive boards and commissions. Several measures drew discussion or division. H.B. 1199, requiring coverage for genetic testing and treatment for SCN2A-associated disorders, passed 94-0 after being discharged from Appropriations. H.B. 302, which would prohibit vape sales within 300 feet of schools, passed 86-4. H.B. 84, encouraging an interest-free loan program for TSA workers at Shreveport Regional Airport, passed 64-27. H.B. 1054 on self-authentication of law enforcement drone footage passed 78-12, and H.B. 1137 limiting employment discrimination protections to state employees passed 71-23. The House rejected Senate amendments on H.B. 468 (residential real property wholesaling), H.B. 1117 (insurance contractual payments and prescriptive periods), H.B. 956 (fireworks dates), and H.B. 74 (Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism), while concurring in or adopting amendments on many other bills. The session ended amid continued consideration of Senate Bill 56 on the West Bank/Lafitte levee governance structure, including an adopted amendment to ensure Lafitte-area representation on the board, with extended remarks about the history and accomplishments of the existing levee authority.