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LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment May 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- techniques such as fracking and horizontal drilling, are all being utilized to also provide heating
- into, they'll drill into them, use the appropriate mud mixture to get down to that level, and then do
- drill on your property to gain access.
- You know, offering a lease to drill on your property to gain access.
- was going to come, how many permits we're going to give, where's it going to be, geologically who can
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 480, which would allow anchoring in certain waterways, specifically Oyster Bayou, with restrictions to protect oyster leases and require a person to remain on board. After brief explanation from the sponsor, Representative DeWitt moved favorable and the bill was reported favorable without objection.
House Bill 510, which would have prohibited importation of captured carbon dioxide into Louisiana for sequestration, was discussed briefly. The sponsor said the proposal appeared to conflict with federal law and interstate commerce concerns, and he asked to voluntarily defer the bill. The committee agreed, and HB 510 was deferred. The committee also heard House Resolution 279, urging the state to study geothermal energy policy; after questions about geothermal technology and possible overlap with CCS infrastructure, the resolution was adopted on a 10-3 roll call vote and reported favorable.
The bulk of the meeting focused on House Bill 1152, as amended, dealing with the Carbon Dioxide Geologic Storage Trust Fund and a proposed injection fee for carbon sequestration projects. The amendment would set the fee at 19 cents per ton, with 12 cents going to the state trust fund and 7 cents going directly to affected parishes, while retaining existing fund caps and adding evacuation routes as an eligible local expenditure. Industry groups and local government representatives both testified: industry warned the proposal was rushed, could create uncertainty, and might hurt Louisiana’s competitiveness; parish officials argued locals need a meaningful revenue share, transparency, and bargaining power because they will bear emergency-response burdens. Members raised questions about the fee structure, exemptions for state lands and parish agreements, and whether the local share would continue for the life of a project. The bill remained under discussion at the end of the transcript, with talk of creating an off-session task force or working group to continue negotiations for next year.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appr-Sub-Natural Resources REVISED Afternoon Jan 7th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- And then it would be downloadable to our website if we wanted to include that in our permit information
- Every one of our permits seems to have a water issue, especially the new permits.
- Have to have a water permit through the water sources board.
- Permits. I heard rumors that you were going to raise the fee to $1,700 or $1,800.
- No one's gone down there to tell him he's got to re-drill. Yeah, I'm not sure. We'll check on that.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 20, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- permit the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum to be located within the reserve of the National
- permit the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum to be located within the reserve of the National
- permit the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum to be located within the reserve of the National
- permit the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum to be located within the reserve of the National
- permit the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum to be located within the reserve of the National
Keywords:
H.Res. 1300, HR1300, rules resolution, House Rules Committee, veterans affairs, VA, NICS, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, firearms background check, gun control, veteran privacy, Department of Justice, disability compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, DIC, veterans benefits, Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, National Mall, House procedure, floor consideration
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Be good to say you. You got to be worried. You got to be worried. You got to be worried.
- If we're going to want to compete with Florida and we want to compete with Michigan, then we need to
- I want them to go to LSU. So we're going to go get it.
- I just want to say welcome to committee and to the Capitol.
- He said that two years ago the Legislature permitted charter schools with a corporate partnership to
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
TOPS, education funding, workforce development, postsecondary education, Louisiana Works, tech training, declining enrollment, public schools, school districts, Louisiana Department of Education, state superintendent, school closures, budget cuts, teacher layoffs, school consolidation, education policy, enrollment decline, birth rates, migration, private schools
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture REVISED: SB722 - Link added Apr 6th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- If I'm sitting next to 100 acres and I've got 100 acres and my neighbor drills a well, and then I want
- to drill a well in that same proximity, what's gonna be in the same, is that going to, is that going
- So With regard to whether a new well may be drilled on land next to an existing well, there are currently
- These well spacing rules only apply to permitted wells, which generally are for commercial purposes.
- This is something we want to put in there to try to move this along to see what we can do to protect
Committee:
House Agriculture
Keywords:
water infrastructure, wastewater, investment program, loans, local government, SB1509, groundwater, water wells, well spacing, water rights, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, OWRB, basin, subbasin, maximum annual yield, aquifer management, water allocation, water permits, temporary permits, irrigation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We believe that this change would require us to work with our vendor to customize our permit issuance
- solution for people to be able to use to get from their homes to work, from their homes to the hospital
- as to how to do this.
- to get from people to be able to use to get from their<01:03:25.039><c> homes</c><01:03:25.280><c> to
- to that's going to and that's going to that's going to allocate<01:41:35.520><c> to</c><01:41:35.760>
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
transportation, tow trucks, variable message signs, road safety, emergency service, optometrist, window glazing, motor vehicle regulations, medical prescriptions, transportation safety, infrastructure, construction, appropriation, state project, motorized bicycles, motorcycles, electric vehicles, transportation regulations, safety standards, dealer license
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- That means there's no market to go build this. 35,000 approved pending permits in St.
- Senator, this bill also grants, I think, school board the authority to permit an attorney to represent
- For instance, you're permitted as a school board member to go and talk in public despite the fact that
- eligible to obtain such a permit and repeals the statutory authorization for expectant mother parking
- Many of my barrier islands in Pinellas County did not have the resources to process these permits.
Bills:
S0036 , S0620 , S0796 , S0934 , S1080 , S1096 , S1366 , S1536 , S1548 , S1580 , S1588 , S1620 , S1756 , S7034 , S7044
Committee:
Senate Rules
Keywords:
nursing title, advanced practice registered nurse, advertising, professional standards, disciplinary action, candidate qualifying, federal office, election integrity, regulatory compliance, political candidacy, veterinary medicine, telehealth, veterinary professional associate, animal health, public safety, access to veterinary services, payment bond exemption, Habitat for Humanity, Florida Forever Act, land acquisition
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Wed Feb 18, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
Transcript Highlights:
- If disconnected while presenting testimony, you may be allowed to continue if time permits.
- continue if time you may be allowed to continue if time permits.<00:03:29.120><c> Please</c><00:03:29.360
- ><00:16:14.480><c> in</c> morning just to be here um to testify in morning just to be here um to testify
- to try to tighten up.
- We we bills to try to tighten up.
Keywords:
HB1952, Hawaii agriculture, University of Hawaii, CTAHR, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, Kauai, agricultural research station, extension station, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, appropriation, ADA compliance, Americans with Disabilities Act, certified kitchen, greenhouse, laboratory, field research, cesspool decommissioning, invasive species
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Feb 11th, 2026
Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Transcript Highlights:
- to the bus driver to the CEO.
- I go to work to take children of all of y'alls to go to and from honor the family values that they instilled
- I go to work to take children of all of y'alls to go to and from I go to work to take children of all
- who have all come here to talk to us.
- Members, we're going to go to tab 9.
Keywords:
public records, public meetings, property rights, transcripts, settlement negotiations, Veterans Day, K-12 schools, holiday observance, education, Florida statutes, cybersecurity, local government, grant program, data-sharing, Florida Digital Service, ransomware protection, county administrators, city managers, exemption, privacy
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Specifically for Kaiser Aluminum, our request is that language is added to the bill that permits the
- for a contractor to modify and enhance internal systems for factory-assembled structures permitting
- We think pre-approved plans represent an exciting opportunity to speed up the permitting process.
- Are these permit-ready buildings, or is the permit to put the facilities on a piece of land?
- Permit-ready buildings or does the permit to put the facilities on a piece of land?
Committee:
Senate Ways & Means
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- /c><00:09:06.560><c> office</c> that I got to my letter to my office that I got to my letter to my office
- <c> to</c><00:21:56.559><c> be</c> Somebody's going to have to be Somebody's going to have to be responsible
- I just had to drill one, and there was nothing in there but photographs.
- I just had to drill one u and boxes.
- I just had to drill one u and there<00:54:49.520><c> was</c><00:54:49.760><c> nothing</c><00:54:50.079
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
property, acknowledgment, conveyance, business entities, limited liability companies, state employees, payroll deduction, salary deduction, comptroller, membership association, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, deferred compensation, state payroll, employee benefits, association dues, withholding, Alabama Code 36-1-4.3
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- the United States, home to the challenges I wanted to be a part of, home to where I was supposed to
- The first amendment, labeled D1, permits a private detention facility to deny entry to the Department
- sent to the Secretary of State to be available to the public.
- To be available to the public.
- I'd like to speak to C4.
Bills:
SB6062 , SB6080 , SB6184 , SB6224 , SB6255 , SB6286 , SB6308 , SB6319 , SB5977 , SB5979 , SB6249 , SGA9299
Committee:
Senate Human Services
Keywords:
juvenile justice, criminal offense, minors, rehabilitation, legal provisions, contracts, jails, federal custody, municipal agreements, incarceration, law enforcement, homeless youth, youth services, mental health, support programs, state law, behavioral health, children, support services, poverty reduction
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- to community custody.
- Yield to Representative Davis to move adoption. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- You know, motion needs to be... We do need to roll them in, right?
- and to be available to talk through things.
- to... ...who had lost their loved ones because they had been able to get access to nitrous oxide and
Committee:
House Community Safety
Keywords:
reentry, reentry readiness, recidivism, earned release time, good time credits, graduated reentry, community custody, partial confinement, home detention, work release, electronic monitoring, substance use disorder treatment, mental health treatment, corrections, Department of Corrections, DOC, prison reform, sentencing, release date recalculation, transition services
IA
Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Jan 13th, 2026 at 11:00 am
Health and Human Services
Committee:
Joint Health and Human Services
Keywords:
medical release, incapacitated, terminal illness, serious medical condition, parole, risk assessment, victim impact statement, supervision, care facility, Iowa, minors, medical consent, healthcare services, sexually transmitted infections, privacy, youth healthcare, healthcare decisions, palliative care, hospice care, life-sustaining procedures
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- to introduce it to So I'm really excited to introduce it to all<00:01:42.479><c> of</c><00:01:42.640
- </c><00:42:13.200><c> to</c><00:42:13.599><c> to</c> knowledge, no. specific to uh uh to to knowledge
- then we're going to force employers to force them to comply.
- to report us to from doctors threatening to report us to child<01:12:54.960><c> protection.
- We're here to listen, to inform, to take action, and to make recommendations to improve the lives of
Keywords:
youth intervention, funding, mental health, education, community programs, HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Mar 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Health and Human Services Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- So, who's going to be responsible for putting dosing on the package to tell people how much to take for
- a lot of physicians who want to be able to do this to a right to try on different things that they have
- Would you like to adopt the amendment to the second PCS and the amendment to it? All of the above.
- And we would like for the hygienists in the hotel system to be able to be there to take x-rays.
- We'd love to be able to do that for them.
Bills:
HB3552 , HB2984 , HB4124 , HB3934 , HB3448 , HB3131 , HB4200 , HB4201 , HB3011 , HB1912 , HB3380 , HB3881 , HB3538 , HB3851 , HB3907 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4457
Committee:
House Health and Human Services Oversight
Keywords:
childcare, differential pricing, Department of Human Services, child care subsidy, licensed providers, emergency legislation, child care, subsidy program, annual report, program integrity, overpayments, ivermectin, over-the-counter medication, pharmacy immunity, healthcare access, FDA approval, prescription, public health, dentistry, licensing
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- we may even get to a point where we have to stay at ease for a We may have to wait a little bit as we
- It's hard to find teachers to come to rural Oklahoma, and it's even harder when a school board member
- So, I'm trying to be sure that we reserve that right to have that time to plan.
- So, that's going to be up to the local controlled concept to see how many times.
- We're going to continue to see it go down.
Bills:
SB843 , SB1733 , SB1476 , SB1237 , SB1410 , SB1894 , SB1272 , SB1204 , SB1721 , SB1725 , SB1735 , SB1337 , SB1339 , SB1461 , SB1975
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, child abuse, reporting requirements, sexual misconduct, law enforcement, school personnel, confidentiality, student safety, land office, land exchange, investment, education funding, real estate management, Teachers' Bill of Rights, education, teachers' rights
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Jan 28th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Would the member like to bring members to caucus?
- And with respect to initiatives by the people to the legislature, it— And with respect to initiatives
- , to give effect to these words.
- desk to give precedence to the two initiatives.
- I also rise in opposition to the motion to refer the bill to committees.
Bills:
HB1160 , HB1289 , HB1339 , HB1604 , HB1798 , HB1002 , HB1065 , HB1155 , HB1269 , HB1916 , HB2120 , HB2123 , HB2158 , HB2178 , HB2264 , HB2309 , HB2411 , HJM4004
Keywords:
design review, local government, land use, zoning, project permits, housing density, middle housing, affordable housing, parking minimums, single-family zoning, infill development, growth management, comprehensive plan, permit streamlining, objective development regulations, architectural review, administrative review, transit-oriented development, accessory dwelling units, ADU
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy May 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Happening around oil drilling, we're also going to be seeing more drilling in Kern County, and so having
- And it ranges from permitting people who are trying to get child care license to someone who's trying
- There are permits to be issued on a variety, you know, whether that's water rights permits, groundwater
- recharge permits, to waste discharge permits across all of our program areas.
- Fund to conduct essential water quality permitting enforcement work in response again to the 2023 U.S
Summary:
The subcommittee met to discuss budget issues related to vacant positions across several natural resources and environmental departments, with no votes taken and all items held open for a future hearing. The Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Department of Finance explained the administration’s proposal to eliminate about 6,000 vacant positions statewide, including roughly 293 positions in the departments before the committee, as a way to capture salary savings and reduce flexible funding tied up in vacancies. The LAO recommended retaining special-funded positions, while noting that eliminating General Fund positions would reduce savings. Finance argued that vacancy levels have remained steady statewide, that departments need flexibility to manage operations and hard-to-fill jobs, and that some vacant positions can be reclassified to higher-priority work.
Members raised concerns that many of the proposed eliminations would affect core public-safety, permitting, and environmental-protection functions. The Department of Fish and Wildlife said the cuts would affect permitting, environmental protection, and law enforcement, while State Parks said its proposed ranger reductions were chosen from historically vacant, hard-to-fill positions and would still leave many vacancies to fill through the academy. The Coastal Commission said its positions supported sea-level rise planning under SB 272. The Department of Pesticide Regulation and DTSC said the reductions would affect multiple program areas, though Finance said the special funds involved were not in structural deficit and the cuts could help avoid future fee increases. The State Water Resources Control Board said its proposed reductions were spread across programs, with public-health functions protected as much as possible.
The committee then heard an overview from the State Water Resources Control Board on its responsibilities for water quality, water rights, drinking water, and funding for water infrastructure. Chair Joaquin Esquivel described ongoing work on the Bay-Delta Plan update, the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes voluntary agreements, and the need to actively administer water rights. Members also discussed the board’s response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett decision, which narrowed federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction. The board requested $2.6 million and 12 permanent positions to address resulting permitting and enforcement gaps; the LAO said the request met its high bar for new proposals and was supported by the board’s data and reporting.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- permitted to walk on this waste.
- I think the bill moving it to effectively being a permitted pit would have a requirement that is within
- Okay, so the process is going to be to register and permit these pits? Okay.
- We then used facilities in our company to... ...remove the drill cuttings and recycle the drilling fluids
- And so, it's just the most important document you can get to start, you know, drilling until you have
Committee:
House Energy Resources
Keywords:
surface estate, well plugging, Railroad Commission, landowner rights, liability, strategic reserve, gas supply, petroleum products, disaster response, Railroad Commission of Texas, energy security, emergency planning, oil and gas waste, environmental regulation, waste management, mining pits, groundwater monitoring, regulation, commercial disposal facilities, environmental standards