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US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 15, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Rather than accept those conditions, he challenged them.
  • ><00:19:25.919><c> challenged</c> accept those conditions, he challenged accept those conditions, he
  • . conditions. conditions.
  • And conditions that we know are unsafe.
  • </c> trying to do is improve those conditions trying to do is improve those conditions to<04:48:33.520
Bills: HR1156 , HB6398 , HB6409 , HR965 , HR1174 , HR1176 , HCR40
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Transcript Highlights:
  • the fact that I think teachers need more choices and more protections when they're working in the conditions
  • I did I worked in a school where a teacher got sued for a condition that she should never have been placed
  • And then, but it also invests protections if a situation is really bad and poor living conditions, so
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 05:40 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the laws of the land, like anyone else, and the current existing laws provide that under certain conditions
  • I've heard time after time after time in my committees on very important policies, situations, and conditions
  • in which people testify, and it's important due process. ...and conditions in which people testify,
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They don't have to be in binding conditions. They don't have to be in enhanced financial oversight.
  • You've heard a lot about school district hardship, financial hardships, recently binding conditions.
  • There's a level beyond binding conditions, and that's that enhanced financial oversight.
  • another Prescott doesn't happen, or other schools like my Shelton School District that are in binding conditions
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer from Tammy Stamphley, a Presbyterian minister and hospital chaplain. After approving the previous day’s minutes and receiving a Senate message, the chamber moved to second and third reading of several bills, with multiple measures advanced under suspended rules. The first major vote was on Engrossed Senate Bill 5872, which establishes a pre-K-related account to support up to 10,000 additional early learning slots for three- and four-year-olds. Supporters emphasized the Balmer Group’s private funding commitment and the value of early learning and family support; the bill passed 97-0. Substitute Senate Bill 5834, a Department of Retirement Systems request bill changing the fund source for legal, medical, administrative, and fraud-prevention expenses using interest earnings from pension funds, also passed 97-0. Substitute House Bill 2689, dealing with the Working Connections Child Care program, drew the most debate. Supporters said it aligned attendance policy with federal rules, adjusted reimbursement rates, and helped balance the budget while preserving child care resources. Opponents argued it cut support in rural and underserved counties, would worsen child care deserts, and placed budget savings on the child care industry; it passed 53-44. The House then passed Senate Bill 5922, allowing school districts to transfer vehicle depreciation funds with OSPI approval, by 59-38, and Senate Bill 6065, a narrower bill for districts under enhanced financial oversight such as Prescott, by 97-0. The session ended with announcements that both caucuses would meet later in the day.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Summary: The House received a Senate message announcing passage of Substitute House Bill 1570 and then moved several bills from Rules to the second reading calendar, including Substitute Senate Bill 5242 on anaphylaxis medications in schools and Senate Bill 6132 on Inland Port District debt. The chamber then took up a series of bills, beginning with Senate Bill 5988 on Department of Health accreditation fee authority for opioid treatment programs. An amendment to cap the fee at $17,000 was debated at length but failed, and a separate amendment was ruled beyond the scope of the bill. Senate Bill 5988 then passed 62-34. The House next considered Substitute Senate Bill 6309 on enhanced municipal permitting tools for high-capacity transit projects. Several amendments were offered to require written consent from abutting property owners, preserve setback and seismic/critical-area protections, and add transparency provisions, but the scope challenge to the transparency amendment was sustained and the other amendments failed. Supporters argued the bill would streamline permitting for Sound Transit and reduce taxpayer costs; opponents said it gave a large transit authority too much discretion and weakened property-rights and land-use protections. The bill passed 56-38. The House also passed Substitute Senate Bill 5886 on personality rights and digital likeness protections, and Senate Bill 6136 on workers’ compensation transparency, both with strong bipartisan support. After caucuses and a rule suspension to work past 10 p.m., the House took up additional second-reading bills. It passed Substitute Senate Bill 6034 to codify the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs, Gross Second Substitute Senate Bill 5395 on prior authorization and AI in health care, Substitute Senate Bill 6248 creating the Washington Travel Insurance Act, Substitute Senate Bill 5720 on uniform consumer debt default judgments, Senate Bill 5995 on port modernization funding with labor-related concerns, and Senate Bill 6103 affecting rural hospitals and enrollment status subject to appropriation. Later, the House passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6110 on e-motorcycle regulation, Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5156 allowing smaller elevators in some housing, Substitute Senate Bill 6269 updating motor fuel definitions to include hydrogen, Substitute Senate Bill 6189 extending time for Thurston County to pursue an aquatics public facilities district, and Senate Bill 6134 requiring unemployment applicants to acknowledge repayment if retroactive union pay is received. Most bills passed with large majorities, though some drew dissent over labor, property rights, transit governance, or regulatory scope.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, this bill, in 2011, during one of the great droughts, I actually was on the Conservation Commission
  • Members, this bill, in 2011, during one of the great droughts, I actually was on the Conservation Commission
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Conservation and Natural Resources Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Conservation and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • We can also store drought impacts. We can store intense heat. Not just water.
  • We can also store drought impacts. We can store intense heat.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Conservation and Natural Resources Feb 2nd, 2026

Conservation and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • We can also store drought impacts. We can store intense heat. Not just water.
  • We can also store drought impacts. We can store intense heat.
Summary: The Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources heard House Bill 1624, sponsored by Rep. Sassmann, which updates Missouri’s invasive plant law. The bill makes clerical corrections to Latin plant names and extends the existing affidavit requirement, previously applied to nurseries and nursery dealers, to seed dealers so they cannot knowingly sell seeds of listed invasive species. Support came from the Missouri Municipal League, Sierra Club, Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, an individual landowner, and the Conservation Federation of Missouri, all describing the bill as a needed cleanup and expansion of last year’s law. One witness from Armourvine opposed the bill, arguing the plants have medicinal uses and warning against broader restrictions on landowner choice. No vote was taken in the hearing. The committee then heard House Bill 1736, sponsored by Rep. Wellenkamp, a disaster resilience measure focused on parks and flood mitigation. The bill would allow cities and counties to use existing sales tax revenue tied to parks to buy repetitive-loss properties, remove structures, and convert those areas into natural floodways, greenways, or other stormwater management spaces that still function as parks. The sponsor and several members discussed repeated flood damage in St. Charles, St. Louis County, and other river communities, emphasizing that the proposal would help with voluntary buyouts, reduce long-term losses, and avoid expensive concrete infrastructure. Members asked about eminent domain, funding limits, and how the land would be kept from future development; the sponsor said the bill is limited to voluntary sales and local discretion. Support for HB 1736 came from St. Charles County and the Sierra Club, which said the bill would clarify eligible park fund uses, support natural stormwater infrastructure, and protect environmental and economic resilience. Committee members from affected districts described local examples where buyouts and park conversions had worked or where flooded homes remain a burden. There was no opposition testimony, and the hearing concluded without a vote.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP-HSH Joint Public Hearing - Tue Feb 10, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • They also develop a lot of water resources and, as we all know, with the drought conditions throughout
  • They also develop a lot of water resources and, as we all know, with the drought conditions throughout
  • They also develop a lot of water resources and, as we all know, with the drought conditions throughout
  • They also develop a lot of water resources and, as we all know, with the drought conditions throughout
  • They also develop a lot of water resources and, as we all know, with the drought conditions throughout
Bills: HB2284
Summary: The hearing covered House Bill 2284, which would create the Hawaii Home Energy Assistance Program in the Department of Human Services to help qualifying households pay energy bills and direct the Public Utilities Commission’s public benefits fee administrator to provide information and assistance to recipients. Testimony from the Division of Consumer Advocacy, DHS, and the Public Utilities Commission was in support. A committee member asked about how the program would interact with existing TANF-related energy assistance and whether rules could be adjusted to avoid duplicative benefits; DHS said logistics would need to be worked out and that the agencies would make the rules. The committees noted the bill’s $1.5 million appropriation and moved it forward with amendments, including blanking out amounts and noting them in the committee report. Both committees voted to pass HB 2284 with amendments, with the recommendation adopted. The committee then heard House Bill 2486, relating to plug-in or balcony solar. DCCA, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, and the Public Utilities Commission stood on prior testimony in support of the bill’s intent. Multiple advocates and organizations, including Carbon Cashback Hawaii, 350 Hawaii, Bright Saver, Sierra Club of Hawaii, and others, testified in support, arguing that plug-in solar would lower electricity bills, expand access for renters and condo residents, and reduce emissions. Several speakers urged the committee to remove or avoid registration, reporting, feed-in tariff, interconnection fee, and other requirements they said would create barriers. Bright Saver testified that the systems are safe and would not back-feed during outages. No vote was taken on HB 2486 during the excerpt. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1568, which would prohibit the importation or storage of LNG in the state and the construction of related infrastructure. State agencies including the Consumer Advocate, Hawaii State Energy Office, Public Utilities Commission, and Hawaiian Electric opposed the bill, with the Energy Office arguing LNG would perpetuate oil use on Oahu and expose the state to price volatility. Supporters included Life of the Land, Sierra Club of Hawaii, Greenpeace Hawaii, 350 Hawaii, Earthjustice, Our Hawaii, and others, who argued LNG would lock Hawaii into another fossil fuel dependency, create major infrastructure costs and safety risks, and undermine the state’s renewable energy goals. Several testifiers cited climate and affordability concerns and urged the committee to reject LNG. The excerpt ends during testimony on HB 1568, before any committee action or vote is shown.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Aug 21st, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The science that we had when we put together this desired future condition for this particular...
  • GMA stated that under baseline conditions, there's about 45,624 acre-feet of water.
  • Condition, so if there's an over-calculation of approximate export use or development of private water
  • Should the study include the desired future condition since that's what the...
  • That's the beginning of the, towards the beginning of the desired future condition process resulting
Bills: HB24 , HB27 , HB24 , HB27
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 092 Apr 15th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of high school graduation as a condition of high school graduation in<00:41:32.320><c> public</c><00
  • So, there are conditions like that that this impacts.
  • So, there are conditions like that that this impacts.
  • They have conditions like quadriplegia and paraplegia.
  • </c> conditions like quadriplegia and conditions like quadriplegia and paraplegia.<06:47:29.560><c> They
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Tue Jan 28, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
  • We live in a drought, yeah. We're in a drought right now.
  • c><01:41:31.119><c> usable</c> seldom returns lands in a usable seldom returns lands in a usable condition
  • the remediation must be funded condition the remediation must be funded by<01:41:34.639><c> the</c><
  • You know, we're in a drought, and we're unable to... ...is responsible for much of this.
  • You know, we're in a drought, and we're unable to... ...we're in a drought, and we're unable to...
Committee: House Water & Land
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills. HB 114, concerning employment in the State Historic Preservation Program, drew support from DLNR, which said the measure would help retain qualified archaeologists, architects, and other professionals by preserving current pay levels for a limited number of positions. Members raised concerns about expanding exempt positions and the effect on union coverage, and DLNR said it was also working with DEHRD on longer-term reclassification issues. No vote was taken on the bill in the portion provided. HB 12, relating to tort liability, drew strong opposition from the Hawaii Association for Justice, which argued the bill would create overly broad immunity for landowners, conflict with Hawaii’s comparative fault framework, and undermine existing recreational liability law. Supporters said it would reduce liability concerns and encourage landowners to allow hiking, hunting, search-and-rescue training, and firearms-related uses on private land. The committee then moved on without any recorded vote in the excerpt. The committee also discussed HB 29 on counties, but no county representative was present, and members questioned whether the proposal should instead proceed through condemnation if it involved a forced sale. HB 175 on property maintenance received DLNR comments that the bill should be narrowed to noxious weeds and that fire-related provisions were more properly handled by county fire departments and the State Fire Marshal. HB 331 on permits drew support from several state agencies, but the Honolulu Board of Water Supply opposed it unless “repetitive construction” was defined more clearly; members and agencies discussed narrowing the bill to avoid unintended impacts on water and utility infrastructure. The committee also heard strong support for HB 3 on North Shore beach management, HB 309 on fish ponds, and HB 306 on water code penalties, though the Board of Water Supply raised concerns about increased fines and suggested an alternative governor’s bill and clearer administrative rules.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • And because many plants haven't updated in decades and they'll perform consistently in real field conditions
  • And because many plants haven't updated in decades and they'll perform consistently in real field conditions
  • destiny... ...being able to control more of your destiny when there are situations where there's drought
  • with the irrigation is creates reliability that you can control the ability to maintain during a drought
  • It looks at the useful life when unpredictable conditions reduce that functionality.
Summary: The meeting began with approval of the prior minutes and opening remarks from NDSU President David Stewart, who emphasized NDSU’s land-grant mission of statewide service through teaching, research, and extension. He highlighted the university’s role in agriculture, water, soil health, and community outreach, and pointed to examples of research commercialization such as Lilac Agriculture’s work on nitrogen-fixing microbes for crops. He also said he is still early in his tenure and intends to spend time listening and learning across the state. The committee then received a detailed presentation on a state irrigation and drainage study from Tom Bodine on behalf of Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring. The study estimated that North Dakota could develop about 1.3 million additional irrigated acres, with major potential in counties such as McLean, Williams, Sargent, Burleigh, Mountrail, McKenzie, McIntosh, Dunn, and Bottineau. Testimony stressed the economic benefits of irrigation for crop yields, value-added processing, dairy, and potato production, while members also discussed water availability, aquifers, downstream water use, and the need for more flexible permitting. The drainage portion of the study found significant economic benefits from legal drains, and staff explained that the impacts were calculated through increased productivity and related input purchases. Greg Lardy then gave NDSU’s required agriculture update, saying agriculture accounts for more than $41 billion in annual economic activity, one in five jobs, and about 25 percent of state GDP. He reviewed the role of SBAR, the statewide research-extension network, new crop varieties, virtual fencing, AI and weather-network tools, and Extension’s county partnerships and youth programs. He also outlined NDSU’s priorities for the next session: restoring proposed budget cuts, increasing operating support, and addressing deferred maintenance. Members asked about storage shed construction, NDSU’s relationship with Grand Farm, and whether NDSU could help with water-related research tied to drainage and aquifers. The committee also heard from the North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute and a professor on water and data centers, who described graduate fellowships, a water workforce certificate program, and research on data center cooling, water use, and “Legendary Harvest” concepts that would reuse waste heat for greenhouse or aquaculture production. Questions focused on whether the cooling systems were closed-loop, who would own any related production facilities, and whether the project was still only a feasibility study. Finally, North Dakota AgTech described its NSF-funded “engine” project, saying it has brought millions in federal investment to the state, supported startups and on-farm trials, and is focused on commercialization, workforce development, and helping producers lower input costs and improve profitability.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Mar 5th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • some of the first water wells in the state that actually helps. save the King Ranch during a long drought
  • Department of Emergency Services, Emergency Management for their incredible work under the worst fire conditions
  • keeping your thoughts with them as they continue. to work to protect our communities in dangerous conditions
  • for the provision of resources for family violence victims. and collection of information about conditions
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Feb 9th, 2026

Resources and Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's based on current labor market conditions, and we hit 92%, just shy of the goal.
  • And I'll also note the challenging trapping conditions that we've had so far this year.
  • Current conditions include beetles, heavy fuels, and emerging...
  • Current conditions include beetles, heavy fuels, and emerging. For limited treatments.
  • Forest conditions have changed, and so must our approach. Dr.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/04/2026)

Resources, Recreation and Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our water conditioning business has six dedicated people. That's all they do is water conditioning.
  • Our water conditioning business, people.
  • </c> experiencing more common summer droughts experiencing more common summer droughts which<04:18:51.520
  • </c> climate change and long-term drought. climate change and long-term drought.
  • But the northern New growth conditions.
Summary: The committee first took up HB 163FN, dealing with requiring current, verifiable evidence of a species’ presence before land-use restrictions are imposed for habitat protection. Members discussed an amendment that had been worked on with agencies and stakeholder groups. Fish and Game testified that, while the amendment improved the bill, the agency still opposed it because of concerns about citizen science, how the proposal would apply to public versus private property, and how the transition to DES would work. Representative Darby argued the amendment was ambiguous, lacked a full hearing, and did not clearly address record verification or private-property access issues. The amendment passed 8-7, and the committee then voted OTPA 8-7, with a minority report noted. The committee then moved to HB 1752FN, which would create a chain of custody for timber and carbon credits. Representative Davis presented an amendment saying it would help law enforcement investigate timber theft and add transparency to New Hampshire’s carbon registry by identifying buyers of carbon credits. Supporters said the change would impose little burden and align with practices in other states. Opponents, including Representative Darby, Representative Vale, and the state forester from DNCR, said the carbon market is complex, the amendment was not fully vetted, and a hearing with all stakeholders was needed; they also raised fiscal-note concerns. The amendment passed 8-7, and the committee then voted OTPA 8-7, again with a minority report. Finally, the committee opened a hearing on HB 1019, which would add an active water treatment professional to the state water well board. Representative Peter Petrino and Representative Wendy Thomas said the board should include expertise on contamination risks and treatment technologies, citing concerns about arsenic, radon, and PFAS in private wells. The chairman of the Water Well Board testified in opposition to the bill as drafted, saying the board supports the general idea of licensing water filtration work but does not currently have authority or rules to oversee that field and believes the proposal would put “the cart before the horse.” Members questioned whether the board’s current mandate even covers filtration systems, and the discussion ended with those concerns unresolved.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, March 2, 2026

Minerals, Business & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • outside of that and you have water that is outside of that and is not being regulated in that way for drought
  • conditions or compact compliance or whatsoever you may have, or a control area where they're under regulation
  • the concern because our basins, like I said, a lot of them are over appropriated, and we're facing drought
  • conditions here.
  • Basins, like I said, a lot of them are over appropriated, and we're facing drought conditions here.
Bills: HB0116 , HB0056
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans Broadband and Rural Development - 03/12/25

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • is to construction to erosion to to uh is to construction to erosion to to uh drought<01:35:20.679><c
  • Paul campus are a condition where they're basically 78% poor and critical.
  • Paul campus are a condition where they're basically 78% poor and critical.
  • Paul campus are a condition where they're basically 78% poor and critical.
  • </c><01:44:56.639><c> of</c> climatic and soil conditions of climatic and soil conditions of Minnesota