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• And I think we should do the same with our air quality and I'm like yourself and other senators from
• And I would imagine that there were there would be air quality testing right to to to that, to see if
• Let's say people are complaining about the quality of the air.
• We really expect the DP to taking calls about people complaining about general air quality, whether
• >> Our weather, our air quality or just, you know, the the solar are solar radiation in any way, shape

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• I'm the air pollution control officer and executive director of the Sacramento Metro Air Quality Management
• My agency is responsible for meeting all air quality standards in the greater capital region to protect
• We seek to reduce air pollution through traditional programs like our cleaner projects, monitoring, permitting
• , is advocating for alternatives because if we don't burn, we are helping improve air quality.
• We believe California needs to embrace a multitude of energy solutions to meet our collective air quality

Summary: The Assembly Natural Resources Committee met with some initial delay while waiting for quorum, then approved the consent calendar items SB 234, SB 484, and SB 839. The committee heard several bills focused on wildfire mitigation, biomass use, climate resilience, and geologic hazard mapping. Members and witnesses repeatedly emphasized the need to balance climate, air quality, public health, and land management goals, with testimony both supporting and opposing biomass-related proposals. SB 88 (Caballero) would direct state agencies to support beneficial uses of forest and agricultural biomass, including biochar and low-carbon energy. Supporters argued it would reduce open burning, improve air quality, and create rural economic opportunities; opponents, including environmental groups, argued woody biomass energy is costly, polluting, and harmful to forests and communities. The bill passed as amended to Appropriations. SB 653 (Cortese) defining environmentally sensitive vegetation management also passed, with supporters describing it as a voluntary framework to align wildfire fuel reduction with biodiversity and habitat restoration; no opposition was heard, and a member requested to be added as a coauthor. The committee also approved SCR 50 (Stern), which urges state climate agencies to define maladaptation and develop criteria for reviewing climate-related policies and investments, and SB 567 (Limón), a pilot program to study converting idle oil wells into gravity energy storage wells. SB 567 drew support from the sponsor and labor/local government witnesses, while the Water Replenishment District opposed unless amended, citing groundwater protection concerns in key basins and asking for additional safeguards. Finally, SB 831 (Limón) passed, clarifying the scope of geologic hazards to include conditions tied to climate change and natural disasters such as post-fire debris flows, subsidence, and coastal erosion. All measures were reported out of committee, with several absent-member votes later added to complete the roll.

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• air quality?
• Top of mind for us is air quality monitoring.
• quality monitoring and $50 million for indoor air... ...$75 million for outdoor air quality monitoring
• and $50 million for indoor air quality monitoring.
• For the outdoor line item, it's for a higher quantity and quality of the air quality monitoring stations

Bills: S2542

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets

Keywords: climate resilience, resilience bond bill, environmental bond, infrastructure spending, flood control, coastal resilience, PFAS, clean water, wetlands, nature-based solutions, housing permitting, flood disclosure, land conservation, biodiversity, forest reserves, municipal vulnerability preparedness, MVP grant program, food security, agricultural resilience, solid waste

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• Prior to starting ventilation operations, we installed nine air quality monitoring stations throughout
• </c> operations, we installed nine air operations, we installed nine air quality<00:32:35.760><c> monitoring
• </c><00:32:54.080><c> quality</c><00:32:54.399><c> monitoring</c> post our hourly air quality monitoring
• Those include air quality monitoring to support the tank ventilation operations and tank cleaning.
• ><c> monitoring</c><00:55:06.800><c> to</c> include um air quality monitoring to include um air quality

Summary: The House Special Committee on Red Hill held an informational briefing at the State Capitol focused on updates from the Navy Closure Task Force Red Hill and NAVFAC Hawaii. Members and Navy officials opened by noting the meeting format, providing public links to tank closure supplement 4 and environmental remediation resources, and thanking Admiral Barnett for attending before his transition. The Navy emphasized that the Red Hill closure effort and the PFAS/PAS environmental remediation effort are separate but coordinated, and that both are long-term undertakings. For the closure effort, Navy officials reported progress on tank cleaning, ventilation, sludge removal, groundwater monitoring, and preparation for pipeline removal. They said supplement 4 to the tank closure plan was submitted in May and outlines the overall closure strategy, post-closure monitoring, and the decision to proceed with closure rather than wait for beneficial reuse decisions. They described completed ventilation of tanks 3 through 8, the start of tank 2 ventilation, removal of 283 gallons of sludge from the first six tanks, and plans to begin pipeline pigging and removal later this year. Officials also said all sludge samples tested so far were non-hazardous and that air monitoring has not shown elevated volatile organic readings during operations. NAVFAC Hawaii then outlined the PFAS/PAS remedial investigation under CERCLA, explaining the cleanup process, the nature of PFAS, and the role of aqueous film-forming foam as a source. The presentation said the Navy began investigating PFAS releases in 2014-2015, that the 2021 Red Hill fuel release led directly into remedial investigation work, and that current activities include quarterly groundwater sampling at 42 monitoring wells, installation of new shallow and deep wells, soil sampling where exceedances were found, fate-and-transport modeling, and human health risk assessments. Officials said data are publicly available on the Red Hill environmental website and that the next restoration advisory board meeting is scheduled for August 27. The Navy also gave a water resiliency update, saying it is upgrading the joint base drinking water system with pump, tank, and cybersecurity improvements and is installing treatment systems for the inactive Navy Aiea and Red Hill shafts ahead of EPA drinking water standards taking effect in 2029. No votes or formal committee actions were taken, as the meeting was informational only.

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• I'm the air pollution control officer and executive director of the Sacramento Metro Air Quality Management
• My agency is responsible for meeting all air quality standards in the greater capital region to protect
• We seek to reduce air pollution through traditional programs like our cleaner projects, monitoring, permitting
• , is advocating for alternatives because if we don't burn, we are helping improve air quality.
• We believe California needs to embrace a multitude of energy solutions to meet our collective air quality

Committee: House Natural Resources

Summary: The Assembly Natural Resources Committee met with an initial quorum delay, then approved a consent calendar including SB 234, SB 484, and SB 839. The committee then heard SB 88, which would direct state agencies to support biomass utilization and biochar/low-carbon energy strategies; supporters argued it would reduce wildfire and agricultural burning emissions and create rural economic opportunities, while opponents said woody biomass energy is dirty, costly, and harmful to forests and public health. The bill was amended and passed to Appropriations on a due-pass vote. The committee next considered SB 653, defining “environmentally sensitive vegetation management” to support wildfire fuel reduction projects that also protect biodiversity. Mid-Peninsula Regional Open Space District and the California Invasive Plant Council supported the measure as a voluntary framework with no new mandates, and a committee member requested to be added as a coauthor. The bill passed to the floor. SCR 50, urging the state to define maladaptation and better evaluate climate resilience policies and investments, was also adopted with no opposition. Later, the committee heard SB 567, a pilot program to convert idle oil and gas wells into gravity-based energy storage wells. Supporters said it could help meet energy storage needs and accelerate well plugging, while the Water Replenishment District opposed unless amended, seeking protections for groundwater basins and stronger leak-notification requirements. Despite those concerns, the bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, SB 831 clarified the Geological Survey’s role in mapping geologic hazards, including those tied to climate change such as post-fire debris flows, subsidence, and coastal erosion; it received support from CalCIMA and passed to Appropriations. The committee concluded by recording votes on absent members and closing the hearing.

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• monitor and maintain compliance with those air quality standards.
• air</c><01:08:55.799><c> quality</c> compliance with those air quality compliance with those air quality
• I wish we could do more air monitoring. Air monitoring is extremely expensive, cost-effective-wise.
• is</c> more air monitoring air monitoring is more air monitoring air monitoring is extremely<01:10:50.159
• Green indicates good air quality. We have good air quality about 90% of the time.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

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• I just want to express support for this measure because our water quality is essential to our everyday
• standard of... ...quality, it's essential to our everyday standard of living, and we have poor water
• quality in Shreveport.
• It would be the same at New Orleans Naval Air Station, because we look at the count that will affect
• And so the chief of personnel at Barksdale and New Orleans Naval Air Station and Fort Polk know how many

Bills: HR118 , HR196 , HR237 , HR285 , HCR85 , HB442 , HB443 , SCR5 , SCR29 , SCR33 , SCR63 , SB25 , SB202 , SB319

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, fallen trees, property damage, insurance, property values, hurricanes, storm damage, local government, homeowners, risk management, committee study, census, military population, Department of Defense, representation, federal funding

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• This substantial gap is based solely on ownership structure, not on differences in quality of care, services
• establishes common-sense guardrails to ensure utilization management works as intended, supporting quality
• establishes common-sense guardrails to ensure utilization management works as intended, supporting quality
• Now we're living to be 80, but it doesn't necessarily mean the quality of life has changed or has gotten

Bills: HB288 , HB403 , HB420 , HB783 , HB815 , HB915 , HB927 , HB933 , HB944 , HB962 , HB971 , HR74 , SCR3 , SCR20 , SB5 , SB34 , SB37 , SB190 , SB255 , SB270 , SB273 , SB314 , SB415

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: medical terminology, documentation, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, healthcare, medical records, billing, Department of Children and Family Services, background checks, child welfare, employee screening, safety regulations, criminal history, vital records, death certificates, financial institutions, confidentiality, state registrar, utilization management, prior authorization

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• foresee that by having a larger volume going out of state that we might be impacted based on the water quality
• Amed Fight, I'm a water quality manager for the Grand River Dam Authority.
• We're in an upstream state has to meet our downstream state's water quality standards.
• I'm involved in water quality issues across the state in GRD GRDA jurisdictional waters, but the Scenic

Bills: SB2122 , SB330 , SB2071 , SB2169 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB2157

Committee: Senate Agriculture and Wildlife

Keywords: poultry, agriculture, out-of-state processing, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, regulation, food safety, elk population, wildlife management, Oklahoma State University, veterinary medicine, ecosystem health, habitat assessment, milk, dairy, dairy farm, milk products, Grade A milk, pasteurization, raw milk, milk inspection

Bills: SB1191 , SB1314 , SB1319 , SB1333 , SB1346 , SB1439 , SB1509 , SB1510 , SB1613

Committee: Senate Energy

Keywords: SB1191, Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act, Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board, low carbon energy, clean energy, energy policy, renewable energy, board repeal, statutory repeal, administrative board, energy committee, natural resources, Oklahoma statutes, 17 O.S. 802.3, groundwater, indemnity fund, well drilling, pollution prevention, regulatory compliance, SB1319

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• Optune Gio is an FDA-approved device that improves survival and quality of life in patients living with
• Optune Geo is an FDA-approved device that improves survival and quality of life in patients living with
• GBM. device that improves survival and quality of life in patients living with GBM.
• Data collected by the EMS information system is used by state, county, and regional leaders to monitor
• The drugs they need and providers the resources they need to keep providing quality care for the most

Bills: SB5904 , SB5915 , SB6025 , SB5933 , SB5990 , SB5981

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: nursing titles, licensure, healthcare professionals, patient safety, professional standards, SB 5915, health technology assessment, HTA, clinical committee, medical technology review, coverage determination, state-purchased health care, Washington health care, RCW, evidence-based medicine, cost-effectiveness, safety and efficacy, Medicare coverage, national coverage determination, clinical guidelines

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• These changes would ensure that the courses maintain the same quality while removing the administrative
• HB 4690 creates the statutory exemption that allows retailers to sell gasoline that meets the fuel quality

Bills: HB 1301 , HB2278 , HB2776 , HB2820 , HB3848 , HB3920 , HB4172 , HB4215 , HB4284 , HB4285 , HB4463 , HB4517 , HB4690 , HB4765 , HB4766 , HB4767 , HB4768 , HB4769 , HB4773 , HB4830 , HB5506

Committee: House Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Keywords: alcohol, beverages, winery permit, restaurant, malt beverages, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, alcohol production, home brewing, family use, craft beverages, massage therapy, licensing, criminal offenses, sexually oriented businesses, public safety, bingo, charitable gaming, operating capital, regulation, funding

Summary: The Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures met with a quorum present, corrected the minutes from April 8, and then took up a long list of pending bills, most of which were reported favorably or left pending after hearing testimony. Early action included HB 1764 (accounting practice for certain out-of-state CPAs), HB 1788 (continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists on recognizing and assisting victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking), HB 2204 (land surveyor regulation), HB 2885 (local option elections on alcohol sales), HB 2996 (gambling offense definitions and prosecution), HB 3250 (real estate appraisals and appraisal management companies), HB 3352 (driver education on work zones), HB 3385 (farm winery permit), HB 3756 (powers of certain nonresident sellers’ permit holders who also hold a winery permit), HB 3816 (cruelty to livestock animals), HB 3913 (real estate licensing), and HB 3928 (electronic notice of towed vehicles), all of which were advanced with unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Several of these bills were reported with committee substitutes, and some were also sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The committee then heard testimony on HB 2278, which would legalize limited home distilling of spirits for personal or family use and add honey as an approved ingredient; supporters framed it as a consistency and freedom issue, and the bill was left pending. HB 3920, a TDLR workforce/CTE bill, and HB 1301, which would allow beer or malt beverages to be sold at certain wineries with on-site restaurants, were also laid out and left pending after discussion. HB 2776, aimed at tightening massage therapy licensing restrictions for people convicted of sexual and trafficking-related offenses and strengthening TDLR enforcement, and HB 3848, which would allow electronic filing of elevator and escalator inspection reports, were both heard and left pending as well. A major portion of the meeting focused on alcohol-related bills. HB 4215 would place delivery network companies under a statewide TDLR regulatory framework; Favor Delivery supported it, and it was left pending after the committee substitute was withdrawn. HB 4172 and HB 2820 would raise bingo reserve limits and update charitable bingo rules; supporters from veterans and nonprofit groups argued the changes would help charities, but both bills were left pending after the substitutes were withdrawn. HB 4463, a broadly supported bill allowing contract brewing and alternating brewery proprietorships, was also left pending. HB 4284 would remove the “excessive discount” prohibition in alcohol sales, HB 4285 would allow airlines to store alcohol within five miles of an airport in the same county, HB 4517 would create a complaint process for Texas distillers not paid by wholesalers, and HB 4773 would let breweries and brewpubs transport their own beer between facilities; HB 4773 drew the most debate, with supporters citing efficiency and opponents warning about unintended consequences and possible effects on the three-tier system, but it too was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending a series of TDLR cleanup bills and other measures, including HB 4765 through HB 4769, HB 4830 on service contracts for lease vehicles, HB 5506 giving civil immunity to ringside physicians at combative sports events, and HB 4690 on gasoline vapor pressure compliance. The meeting ended after all business was completed and the committee adjourned.

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• States Sector Monitor 2024 State Liability Report.
• All grants are monitored at least once over their lifetime, and larger grants are monitored probably
• All grants are monitored at least once over their lifetime, and larger grants are monitored probably
• </c><00:45:45.440><c> them</c> look at um the projects and monitor them look at um the projects and monitor
• </c><01:08:24.159><c> each</c> right now as to how to monitor each right now as to how to monitor each

Bills: HF201 , HF217 , HF314 , HF315 , HF406 , HF408 , HF425 , HF426 , HF730 , HF731 , HF652 , HF761 , HF1079 , HF928 , HF1017 , HF1056 , HF1081

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: HF201, Minnesota income tax, tax subtraction, tax deduction, volunteer firefighter, volunteer fire and rescue, emergency responder, ambulance service personnel, EMR, EMS, search and rescue, canine search and rescue, underwater search and rescue, paid-on-call, part-time volunteer, tax relief, state tax law, section 290.0132, drivers license, identification card

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• Designed to reduce pollution and improve air quality.
• And third, there's no improvements for air quality in Kern County.
• And third, there's no improvements for air quality in Kern County.
• And that's just one of many air quality mitigations.
• Alfredo Redondo, on behalf of the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

Committee: House Natural Resources

Summary: The Assembly Natural Resources Committee heard three major bills focused on California’s energy transition, fuel supply, and climate investments. SB 237 by Sen. Grayson proposed short-term measures to stabilize gasoline supply and prices, including validating the Kern County EIR for new oil and gas permitting with setbacks, a well cap, offshore/pipeline provisions, possible suspension of summer fuel blend requirements, and a study of regional fuel blends. Supporters argued it would help keep refineries operating, protect jobs, and reduce price spikes during a “mid-transition” away from fossil fuels, while opponents said it was a fossil-fuel giveaway that would worsen pollution in Kern County and fail to address refinery-community protections or broader transition planning. The committee approved SB 237 on a due-pass vote, with some members voting no or not voting. The committee also heard SB 352 by Sen. Reyes, which would strengthen implementation of AB 617 by codifying the Environmental Justice Bureau in the Attorney General’s office, requiring at least five years of monitoring in AB 617 communities, and mandating annual reporting by CARB and air districts on program implementation. Supporters said the bill would add accountability and ensure the new continuous funding for AB 617 leads to real emissions reductions, while opponents criticized the process and argued the bill was an end run around separate negotiations and imposed rigid requirements on limited resources. The bill advanced on a due-pass vote after extensive testimony from environmental justice groups, business organizations, and local air districts. Finally, SB 840 by Sen. Limon was presented as the cap-and-invest package, maintaining California’s climate leadership while directing revenues to state and community priorities. Supporters highlighted stronger offset integrity, more frequent protocol updates, continued funding for programs such as AB 617, transit, housing, and other climate investments, and broad labor and local government support. Some witnesses and members noted the bill did not include dedicated funding for zero-emission vehicles or climate-smart agriculture and urged future work on those priorities. The committee passed SB 840 on a due-pass vote as well, and all three bills were later confirmed out of committee on the floor call.

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• Finally, this industry is already subject to stringent state and federal air quality regulations.
• NMED's data for 2024 shows that 70% of facilities are violating air quality standards.
• House Bill 581 would increase compliance, improve air quality, and ensure that we don't reward bad actors
• Dickson, this House Bill 581 is proposed as an amendment to the Air Quality Control Act of New Mexico
• That language was put in there as a restatement of a language that was put in the Air Quality Control

Committee: House House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

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• Then the state is responsible for monitoring air quality and ensuring that we meet those air quality
• Air quality monitoring. This is one of our foundations as to what we do as an agency.
• We monitor air quality across the state.
• . uh air quality that at the end though. uh air quality monitoring.<01:05:32.160><c> This</c><01:05:32.400
• We monitor air quality across agency. We monitor air quality across the<01:05:37.280><c> state.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

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• I've been juggling some balls in the air, but we're good, we're here, we're healthy-ish, and we are ready
• Country Amateur Golf Association have many objectives that include growing the game, providing a quality-of-life

Bills: HB111 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB49 , HB60 , HB108 , HB120 , HB124 , HB145 , HB154 , HB158 , HB164 , HB180 , HB291 , HJR6 , HJR7 , HR1 , HJM1 , HM13 , HM47

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• State agencies have just updated the NRS, and they report that water quality monitoring information has
• </c><00:17:26.640><c> monitoring</c> report that water quality monitoring report that water quality monitoring
• quality standard? We had a presentation quality standard?
• He was with the<02:09:09.080><c> um</c> the um the um um<02:09:10.560><c> air</c> um air um air pollution
• </c> air emissions from landfills. air emissions from landfills.

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

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• monitored on site.
• Also, there is a well installation of two new source zone monitoring wells at Kirtland Air Force Base
• I do have Albuquerque Water Quality Authority and also Curtin Air Force Base here as well, which will
• Locations of monitoring wells, data from those monitoring wells from.
• Water quality data.

Committee: House Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee

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• This rule docket for the hazardous waste rules, and the next two rule dockets for air quality and drinking
• I'm the Air Quality Division Administrator for the Department of Environmental Quality.
• Pending Rule Docket 580101-2501 contains our Air Quality Division's annual incorporation by reference
• This rule docket includes air quality changes made to the federal regulations as of July 1, 2025.
• DEQ has determined that air quality levels throughout the state meet this new standard.

Committee: House Environment, Energy and Technology