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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 27th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 630, Allen, from the Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee to the Water Parks. and Wildlife
- provides insufficient funding for Prop 36, provides no additional funding for wildfire prevention and water
- Provides no funding for wildfire prevention or surface water storage, provides no funding for policy
- But we're talking about water, we're talking about fire prevention, we're talking about mental illness
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I need water. He's the lead chair. I'll message him. Thanks. Sorry, Chairman McCovby.
- </c><00:03:34.480><c> I</c><00:03:34.640><c> need</c><00:03:34.799><c> water.
- I need water. He's the lead come back. I need water. He's the lead chair. chair. chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- permits and inspections, which ensure structures are being built as safely as possible and have adequate water
- In the single digit percents, I, I can tell you that the, uh, that between Austin Energy and the water
- Also, the water utilities are even more capital-intensive. They, they do.
- going to be higher than what you see in other cities because we are running an electric utility, a water
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House commerce committee walk-through of omnibus cannabis bill, HF1615 4/2/25
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- construction in our communities and neighborhoods: road expansion projects, transit improvements, water
- Road expansion projects, transit improvements, water and sewer system projects, utility upgrades, flood
- It is with DEP, water management districts, and transportation. So I'll leave it with that.
- Definitely a fish out of water up here. I think I'm the only geologist in this room.
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Tourism
Summary:
The Commerce and Tourism Committee heard and favorably reported several bills. SB 1672 removed duplicative state provisions related to labor pools; CS/SB 940 prohibited third-party sale of restaurant reservations without the restaurant’s consent; and CS/SB 1820 made changes to motor vehicle manufacturer and dealer franchise law, including disclosure of performance measures, anti-retaliation protections, and limits on franchise termination or nonrenewal. The committee also approved CS/SB 324, creating a revolving loan program to help small businesses affected by prolonged public works construction, and SB 936, which creates a recurring three-year study of the effects of AI, robotics, and automation on Florida’s workforce and economy. SB 1322, the Florida Rural Jobs Act, was amended and reported favorably to encourage private investment in rural small businesses through a state tax credit program. The committee also reported favorably on CS/SB 910, which regulates for-profit veterans’ benefit assistance services, and CS/SB 656, which extends protections from extraordinary collection actions to all bill-of-care payment actions by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
The committee spent substantial time on CS/SB 1264, a broad Department of Commerce agency bill. The strike-all amendment added or revised provisions on Secure Florida, the RISE venture capital tax credit program, data center tax exemptions, business development classifications, military land transfers, and other economic development matters, while also repealing regional planning councils from statute. That repeal drew extensive opposition from local officials and regional council representatives, who argued the councils are important for emergency management, grant writing, planning, and support for small and rural communities. Supporters of the amendment said the councils could continue locally without state statutory involvement. After debate, the amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably, though Senators Davis and Smith voted no.
The committee also considered CS/SB 1238, which would tighten reemployment assistance rules by disqualifying claimants who fail to meet job-search requirements or refuse work, and by adding verification and reporting requirements. Supporters framed it as adding guardrails and preventing fraud, while opponents argued Florida’s unemployment system is already difficult to access and that the bill would add unnecessary barriers and costs. Despite opposition from labor and advocacy groups, the bill was reported favorably, with Senators Smith and Arrington voting no. Finally, the committee unanimously recommended confirmation of Alexis Yarborough and John Gilbert to the Board of Supervisors of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- large portable steel containers used in the oil and gas industry to store and transport fluids like water
- And they can be used for storing water and storing fuel.
- going through the droughts and whatnot, people were using these flat-bottom, open-top tanks to store water
- And just to be clear, these fuel and oil commodities are going to be taken over water, correct?
Bills:
HB767 , HB 1242 , HB1373 , HB1404 , HB1708 , HB1936 , HB2041 , HB2198 , HB2270 , HB2315 , HB2415 , HB2427 , HB2455 , HB2457 , HB2522 , HB2523 , HB2686 , HB2763 , HB2775 , HB2944 , HB3034 , HB1683 , HB1695
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
highway designation, memorial, Montgomery County, Paul P. Mendes, transportation, HB 1242, Texas Transportation Code, U.S. Highway 281, Brooks County, Ernesto Soliz Cantu, memorial highway, road naming, TxDOT, road signage, commemorative resolution, memorial markers, county road 304, Huppergate Road, Los Robles Trail, Farm-to-Market Road
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Justice Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- 4 days later Dexter's to capture that body was found by Pinellas County deputies and a bag to the water
- felony of the second felony of the first utility workers play a crucial role in maintaining power, water
- Tanner Warwick, Associated Industries of Florida waives his or Alex Kernan or section of the American Water
- If you want to Jacksonville any purposely try to enter Edward Waters campus, he was denied entry by security
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 5th, 2025
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This includes providing policy guidance to schools on operating during smoke events, private well water
- These include heatwaves, wildfires, poor air quality, severe storms, flooding, water contamination, water
- They do not have flats of water staged. I encourage your support. Thank you.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 1/29/25
Transcript Highlights:
- fleeing police in a reckless manner, and conspiring to damage critical infrastructure like pipelines and water
- 00:02:43.360><c> like</c><00:02:43.599><c> pipelines</c><00:02:44.280><c> and</c><00:02:44.480><c> water
- </c> infrastructure like pipelines and water infrastructure like pipelines and water lines<00:02:46.560
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Regulated Industries Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- REGULATION OF INVESTOR-OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES, INVESTOR OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES, INVESTOR-OWNED WATER
- AND YOU LET IT GO IN THE NEXT MORNING YOU SEE IT AGAIN AND YOU LET IT GO AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WATER
- WE ARE SEEING PAINT PROBLEMS AND WATER INFILTRATION THROUGH THE ROOF AND PARAPET WALLS.
- TO HER POINT BECAUSE OF DAMAGE THAT WAS SUFFERED IN HELENE WHEN THEY HAD 3 FEET OF WATER GO THROUGH THEIR
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the state of Texas, in that if your electricity goes down, you don't pump gasoline, you don't pump water
- the state of Texas, in that if your electricity goes down, you don't pump gasoline, you don't pump water
- We just kind of got to work the electricity side and water and all that stuff.
- For example, maybe they're trying to get that desal plant or some major water facility that has to be
- or some other declared emergency, some international conflict 4842 with water or some other declared
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce held its first interim hearing on securing critical infrastructure and supply chain integrity, with a focus on Texas’s electric grid and the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act. The chair also highlighted Texas’s relatively low electricity prices and welcomed new committee members. ERCOT, the Public Utility Commission (PUC), and the Attorney General’s office were invited to explain how the state screens market participants and grid equipment for ties to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, and how the agencies respond to noncompliance.
ERCOT testified that it has implemented the requirements of three related Senate bills by requiring attestations on corporate affiliations and on critical grid equipment and services. ERCOT said it has processed thousands of attestations, used additional requests for information and third-party verification tools such as Dun & Bradstreet, and terminated nonresponsive market participants. ERCOT also said it has not seen a case requiring direct Attorney General involvement, but it does refer matters to the PUC when needed. The PUC said it can investigate suspected violations and impose penalties of up to $1 million per violation per day, and that most investigations into late or missing attestations have been resolved through compliance, market exit, or removal by ERCOT. The Attorney General’s office said its role is currently limited to audits and court involvement, and that it lacks broad independent investigatory authority under the act.
Members pressed the panel on whether the current system is too reliant on self-reporting and whether it adequately addresses indirect foreign influence, especially through supply chains for batteries, inverters, transformers, and other equipment with routable connectivity. ERCOT acknowledged that the current attestation process has gaps and said it plans to refine definitions of critical grid equipment and grid services, improve information requests, and continue stakeholder rulemaking. The panel also discussed possible legislative changes, including tying prohibitions to the Department of Defense Section 1260H list and the Texas Prohibited Technologies list, clarifying warranty and service access, and expanding the statute to cover grid services more directly. Several senators raised concerns about cost, reliability, and the extent to which foreign-sourced components remain embedded in Texas infrastructure, while others suggested incentives for domestic manufacturing and stronger verification tools, including possible work with national labs such as Sandia.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
PBS Info Briefing - Thu Sept 11, 2025 @ 1:30 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- How does it affect the drinkable water that we have on the island?
- How does it affect the drinkable water that we have on the island?
- </c><00:32:06.799><c> into</c><00:32:08.080><c> uh</c> line so that we could get water into uh line so
- that we could get water into uh the<00:32:08.399><c> area</c><00:32:08.720><c> for</c><00:32:08.960>
- </c><01:52:43.520><c> into</c> contain helps contain flood waters into contain helps contain flood waters
Summary:
The House Committee on Public Safety held an informational briefing with the City and County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management on its hazard mitigation plan and recent emergency events on Oahu. Chair Dela Botti opened the meeting by explaining that the briefing was intended to review the mitigation planning process, the city’s hazard mitigation plan, and lessons learned from recent tsunami and wildfire threats, building on earlier briefings with state emergency management and transportation officials. Director Collins and hazard mitigation staff officer Ian Kio presented the plan, describing it as a five-year FEMA-required document focused on reducing long-term risk to people and property, not an operations plan for active disasters.
Kio outlined how the plan was developed over roughly 18 months with a core team, steering committee, consultant support, and public input, and said it was formally adopted by the mayor’s office and approved by FEMA in July 2025. He said the updated plan was aligned more closely with the state hazard mitigation plan, expanded to cover 15 hazards including climate change and sea level rise, and organized around hazard risk rankings and mitigation strategies. He identified the highest-risk hazards as climate change and sea level rise, floods, health risks, hurricanes, tsunamis, and wildfires, and said the plan includes short-, medium-, and long-term actions such as education, Firewise community planning, flood mapping, and major infrastructure projects like tsunami walls and street elevation work. He also emphasized that the plan will be maintained with yearly updates and ongoing public feedback.
Collins then discussed after-action findings from the July 6 Meli fire and the recent tsunami response, noting that reviews are still ongoing. He said the fire response showed strong initiative and teamwork, including police officers helping with fire suppression support and door-to-door evacuation efforts before firefighters arrived, and a staff duty officer who initiated a wireless emergency alert without waiting for higher-level direction. He said these actions reflected a culture of rapid decision-making when lives are at stake. Collins also urged residents to prepare by making family plans, gathering supplies, checking flood and tsunami risk maps, retrofitting homes, and obtaining insurance before disasters occur. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the informational briefing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/13/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> area infrastructure such a storm water area infrastructure such a storm water ponds<00:14:38.160
- damage by forcing vast, excessive parking lots to be built, which greatly increases soil, air, and water
- </c> if you've been to downtown still water if you've been to downtown still water but<01:03:38.319><
- Still Water also and parking<01:03:49.760><c> is</c><01:03:50.039><c> a</c><01:03:50.599><c> huge</c
- are probably going to stop still water are probably going to stop coming<01:04:09.480><c> if</c><01:
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- , so not only do they have to buy water to drink, but it's actually rusting out their appliances and
- uh so not only undrinkable brown Water uh so not only do<01:20:02.840><c> they</c><01:20:02.920><c>
- have</c><01:20:03.040><c> to</c><01:20:03.480><c> buy</c><01:20:03.800><c> water</c><01:20:04.040><c>
- to</c><01:20:04.239><c> drink</c><01:20:04.639><c> but</c> do they have to buy water to drink but do
- they have to buy water to drink but it's<01:20:04.960><c> actually</c><01:20:05.280><c> rusting</c><
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> would be without heat and hot water. would be without heat and hot water.
- Thanks, You're welcome, Senator Waters.
- Senator Waters. Senator Waters.
- </c> Senator<00:58:19.240><c> Waters.
- So from what I'm hearing Senator Waters.
Committee:
Senate Finance
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:27:40.240><c> their</c> showerhead flow or how much water their showerhead flow or how much water
- It only requires one of several energy options, like energy-saving water heaters.
- </c><00:35:45.359><c> So,</c><00:35:45.760><c> I</c> like energy saving water heaters.
- So, I like energy saving water heaters.
- heater or air conditioner because water heater or air conditioner because we<00:37:43.920><c> know</
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:30 am
A&B Natural Resources Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- the one variable of that is is acreage that is provided through purchases by the federal grant the water
- the water conservation that when there is a requirement but that one actually is an acre per acre which
Committee:
House A&B Natural Resources Subcommittee
Keywords:
tourism, revolving fund, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, real property, fund management, Oklahoma Local Food for Schools, school meals, local food procurement, farm to school, school districts, Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, local producers, meat processors, reimbursement program, agriculture, nutrition, farmers, ranchers, local sourcing
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 8 Feb 12th, 2026
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And while I would have loved to log multiple complaints, such as, there's no water stations, there's
- In fact, it is difficult to drink water and breathe at the same time.
Bills:
HB3880 , HB3263 , HB2970 , HB3043 , HB3044 , HB3078 , HB3940 , HB4117 , HB3428 , HB4275 , HB3257 , HB3901 , HB4298 , HB4260 , HB2981 , HB3695 , HB2960 , HB3967 , HB3968 , HB4339 , HB4341 , HB4342 , HB2940 , HB4295 , HB4196 , HB3134 , HB1016
Keywords:
Oklahoma Today Magazine, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, tourism promotion, advertising sales, commission pay, employee bonus, sales commission, digital publication, print publication, sponsorships, bulk subscriptions, newsstand sales, ancillary products, public records, procurement exemption, administrative procedures exemption, tourism magazine, revenue sharing, executive director, state agency compensation
Summary:
The House convened, the clerk called the roll, and the chamber proceeded with the day’s order of business. Chaplain Ronnie Wilson delivered the invocation, using a personal story about hiking the Manitou Incline to reflect on perseverance and the idea of being “not far from the kingdom of God” from Mark 12. The House then recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
After floor reassignment notices, Representative Cantrell introduced the Long Grove, Oklahoma state championship fast-pitch softball team, noting their back-to-back titles, six straight state tournament appearances, and strong academic and team traditions. Several announcements followed, including committee meeting notices, a birthday acknowledgment for the presiding speaker, and a reminder about the Farm City Festival lunch on the second floor.
No bills were debated or voted on in the portion provided. The only formal action at the end of the session was a motion by the floor leader to adjourn, and the House adjourned until Monday, February 16th at 1:30 p.m.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- We also value the strong economic relationship between Arizona and Israel, particularly in water technology
- HB 2144, child support; HB 2147, landowner; HB 2150, continuation state and land; HB 2151, surface water
Summary:
The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and recorded attendance at 56 present, with two absent and two excused. The Speaker announced temporary committee replacements, and the chamber recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. A.J. Batnagar, along with several guest introductions including members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, Cocopah tribal representatives, and Israel’s Consul General to the Pacific Southwest, Israel Bashar.
The House then moved through second reading of a large slate of bills and measures, including proposals on meetings, child support, landowner issues, water and wildlife management, abortion prohibition, emergency services, education, appropriations, homeowners associations, campaign finance, endangered species, and other subjects. No floor votes on those bills were taken in the transcript; the clerk was directed to record the action and the bills were placed on the House calendar.
During personal privilege remarks, Representative Alma Hernandez criticized a lobbyist for allegedly targeting her and her family with campaign-related signs and a website, calling the conduct inappropriate and unprofessional. Members also made announcements that several committees would not meet, while Appropriations was replaced by a special meeting at 2 p.m. The House later recessed briefly, received Senate messages, announced the Rules Committee and caucus meetings for the next day, and adjourned until 10 a.m. Thursday, January 15, 2026.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Jan 13th, 2026
Water, Parks and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- a very suburban but dense suburban environment, such that land is scarce, and we're surrounded by water
- Again, a very dense space surrounded by water, but to reuse land that we might have, and I know the area