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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Motion to adopt the committee report. Senators, we have a motion to adopt the committee report.
- Senator, you said that basically it's in rule that it's...
- But if it's just in rule, can they go through the rule-making process and change the rule?
- just change the rule?
- Maybe the rules will change. Maybe we should do something.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce Jul 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 6 requires that rule to be adopted by the end of this year. Through in our rule.
- Do we even need another rule?
- Chairman, members of the committee.
- But I ask this of the committee.
- Good evening, committee.
Summary:
The Senate Business and Commerce Committee held its third interim hearing on Texas electric grid reliability and 765 kV transmission lines/private property rights. Chair Schwertner opened by noting record ERCOT summer demand of 91,089 MW and emphasized the committee’s focus on managing rapid load growth, ensuring adequate generation, and protecting homeowners, businesses, landowners, and ratepayers. The committee also adopted strict two-minute limits for public testimony and planned to hear invited witnesses first, then public testimony.
PUC Chairman Thomas Gleeson, ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas, and OPUC Chief Counsel Benjamin Barclay testified on Senate Bill 6 implementation, large-load interconnection, transmission cost allocation, and market design. Gleeson said the PUC has adopted or is finalizing rules on net metering/co-location, large load interconnection standards, and a transmission cost recovery rule that would move from 4CP to 12CP, lengthen the interval to 30 minutes, and add a minimum demand charge to better allocate costs to large loads. Vegas explained ERCOT’s new batch process for large loads, saying it provides year-by-year capacity allocations, clearer financial obligations, and a transmission plan; he reported 205 GW eligible for Batch Zero, with 65 GW classified as baseload, 25 GW in an intermediate category, and 114 GW as allocated load. Barclay supported the changes as better protection for residential and small commercial customers, while warning that the minimum demand charge may need an exit-fee concept to address stranded costs if large loads leave.
Members pressed witnesses on whether additional market changes are needed to attract dispatchable thermal generation and whether DRS/DRRS Plus could become a capacity-market substitute. Gleeson and Vegas said the current market still favors solar, batteries, and other low-variable-cost resources, and that more incentives may be needed for gas and other thermal generation; Gleeson said the commission’s reliability standard assessment will begin this year and conclude next year with a 2029 outlook. They described DRS as an ancillary service for intraday reliability and DRS Plus as a proposed real-time revenue mechanism for thermal resources during scarcity, not a forward capacity market. Senators also questioned whether 12CP could still be gamed, whether curtailment authority under SB 6 should be expanded from EEA 2 to earlier stages, and whether the batch process should be bifurcated so traditional industrial loads are handled differently from data centers. Witnesses said the batch process is intended to prevent speculative projects from driving transmission costs, that most large-load projects are data centers, and that future rules may need to better distinguish among types of large loads.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee.
- Welcome to committee. Thank you, Chairman, former members of the committee.
- So the rules of UCC Article 8 are...
- I move that we hold HB 702 in committee. Okay, committee.
- Thank you, and Chairman and Committee.
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Human Resources
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, this committee would approve any rule changes or anything like that.
- Even if they recommended rules, that's up to this committee to either approve or reject those rules.
- Turpin: Even if they recommended rules, that's up to this committee to either approve or reject those
- rules.
- committee multiple times.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
UT
Utah 2025 Regular Session
Business and Labor Interim Committee - November 19, 2025
Business and Labor Interim Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Resolution for Standing Committee Duties, and Senate Rules Resolution for Standing Committee Duties.
- ...duties and Senate Rules Resolution for Standing Committee Duties, so those were all opened since
- This was discussed in our last committee meeting and requires additional rules resolutions, so I'm going
- resolutions that the committee chairs... ...here, and I just want to go over briefly two rules resolutions
- A lot of committee bills come out of a committee and then still go through a full committee process.
Committee:
Joint Business and Labor Interim Committee
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- members of the committee.
- We would continue to do what we do, which is we enforce the rules, and there are rules in Arizona.
- Okay, let's reverse the rules.
- It had been those rules, and those rules have been in place for a long, long time.
- Any other questions for members of the committee? Any other questions for members of the committee?
Committee:
Senate Director Nominations
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee, any questions? Senator Kohl: Thank you, Mr.
- Chairman, I move that we hold House Bill 927 in committee. Second. House Bill 927 in committee.
- Any further discussion from the committee?
- Okay, committee, is there any further discussion?
- Committee, any more additional questions?
Committee:
Senate Transportation
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 264, germane, thence referred to the Rules Committee.
- President, your Rules Committee, to whom has been referred Senate Bill 238, has had it under consideration
- and reports same with recommendation that it do not pass, but that Senate Rules Committee substitute
- Senate Rules Committee substitute for Senate Bill 132, do pass. Senate Bill 193 do pass.
- Committee, then the Senate Education Committee.
Summary:
The Senate convened, established a quorum, offered an invocation and pledges, and then spent much of the session on ceremonial recognitions and guest introductions. Certificates and remarks highlighted the 30th anniversary of 529 education savings plans and 4-H Day, with senators praising 529 plans as a family education-savings tool and 4-H as a major youth leadership program in all 33 counties. Members also recognized Scouts in America, including Michaela Kern as the first female Eagle Scout from Eddy County, and heard additional presentations tied to New Mexico State University, the College Assistance Migrant Program, and regional councils of government.
Several senators used the floor to introduce students and community members from across the state, especially 4-H participants, NMSU CAMP students, and local youth leadership groups. Comments emphasized agriculture, leadership development, public service, and the importance of volunteer support. One senator also raised concerns about a prior Indian Day incident involving the Navajo Nation being placed at the back for the pledge, urging better decorum and respect in the chamber.
The Senate then processed a governor’s message authorizing Senate Bill 149 for consideration and adopted multiple committee reports moving bills and memorials through the process, including measures referred to education, health and public affairs, tax/business/transportation, rules, finance, and judiciary committees. The body also introduced Senate Memorials 24 and 25 and Senate Joint Memorial 4. A call of the Senate was ordered after objection to moving to third reading, and the sergeant-at-arms reported Senators Sanchez and Tobiassen missing; the chamber remained under call while other business continued. The session ended with committee schedule announcements and a recess until noon the next day.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 03/31/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There will be an immediate meeting of the Rules Committee in Room 332. >> The Senate will stand at ease
- The Senate will return to order. >> Madam President, there is Report of the Rules Committee at the desk
- All bills reported direct to third reading. >> All in favor of accepting the report of the Rules Committee
- The report of the Rules Committee is accepted. >> Senator Gianaris. >> Please take up the supplemental
- THE REPORT OF THE RULES COMMITTEE IS ACCEPTED. >> SENATOR GIANARIS.
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and then took up a Rules Committee report advancing several bills directly to third reading, including Senate Print 9630, an appropriations extender for government operations, and Senate Print 9631, an extender related to Part U1 of Chapter 61 of the Laws of 2023. The chamber then moved to the controversial calendar and debated the first extender, with Senator O’Mara questioning what the bill covered, how much funding it extended, and the status of budget negotiations. Senator Krueger said the extender covered about $1 billion for payroll and certain payments for agencies including Health, Law, OPWDD, and Veterans Services through April 7, and described the budget talks as still unresolved, with no announced follow-up Joint Budget Conference Committee meetings or table targets. She also discussed utility affordability proposals, including a three-year moratorium on A.I. and crypto data/storage facilities and support for green energy and low-income ratepayer relief. O’Mara argued the lack of urgency and absence of written proposals on climate and utility costs was concerning. Both extender bills were then passed, with the first receiving 59 ayes and the second passing 46-13 after debate over its two-year duration.
The Senate then adopted the resolution calendar, excluding two items initially, and took up two resolutions. Resolution 1821, sponsored by Senator Ramos, recognized Farmworkers Day and highlighted the essential role of farmworkers, the history of organizing for farmworker rights, and concerns about immigrant workers facing fear and retaliation; Senator May added support, noting the importance of farm labor to dairy production and food supply and the impact of deportation fears on farms in her district. The resolution was adopted. Resolution 1823, sponsored by Senator Zellner, proclaimed March 20, 2026 as Behavior Analysis Day in New York, recognizing applied behavior analysis and its benefits for individuals with developmental disabilities, autism, education, healthcare, and other fields; it was also adopted.
The chamber also welcomed a group of students from Queens visiting Albany, with Senator Comrie speaking about the importance of civics education and government engagement. After the introductions and acknowledgments, there was no further business, and the Senate adjourned until Wednesday, April 1, at 11:00 a.m.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- "Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
- And make a ruling.
- Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
- And I think that if our committee was able to do that with good people appointed to your committees that
- Why isn't it a five-person committee?
Committee:
House House Judiciary
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Your Standing Committee on Rules begs leave to report that it has carefully examined the Journal of the
- House Resolution number 67 by the House Rules Committee, the special order calendar.
- for the rules committee.
- Bills on his selection as part of the rules committee selections to have those bills at the forefront
- A lot of that is done in the committee process before it even arrives to rules.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 May 19th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Further discussion on the conference committee report.
- By your collaborative work, it showed every day in committee.
- It was discussed in the Rules Committee, and I urge member support.
- Niska and Long for the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration offer the following resolution
- Niska and Long for the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration offer the following resolution
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair and members of the committee.
- I wasn't on the committee.
- I wasn't on the committee.
- Good afternoon, committee.
- . committee. committee.
Committee:
Senate Elections
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session May 18th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- referred to their respective committees.
- Joint Rule 12 is suspended, and those matters will be referred to their respective committees.
- And I appreciate most the approach that the committee has used, which is customary for the committee,
- It's now in conference committee.
- objection to the rules suspended.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- or an improper ruling.
- Very proud to be on that committee, exciting to be on that committee.
- be on that committee.
- Welcome to the committee. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, committee members.
- Hold in the committee. Okay. Substitute motion is to hold H.J.R. 10 in committee.
Committee:
House State Affairs
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from February 17 and 18 and agreed to hold RS 33446 at the sponsor’s request. It then reconsidered RS 33144, a memorial urging the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit Obergefell v. Hodges. The sponsor argued the issue belongs to the states under federalism and cited Idaho’s constitutional definition of marriage and traditional moral and religious views. Members questioned the need for the memorial given Idaho’s existing constitutional amendment and whether updated public-opinion data should be provided. The committee adopted a substitute amendment removing language referring to the “Anglo-American legal tradition,” and the revised RS 33144 was introduced; the chair later noted noes on the motion for the record.
The committee next introduced RS 33-421, a large-load utility bill aimed at codifying rules for new high-demand customers, such as data centers, so growth pays for growth and existing ratepayers are protected from infrastructure costs. The sponsor said the bill would help prevent rate increases and stranded assets, and members asked about impacts on nuclear development, treatment of existing large-load customers, and whether utilities had been consulted. The motion to introduce RS 33-421 passed.
The main item of the meeting was H.J.R. 10, a proposed constitutional amendment concerning Idaho endowment lands. The sponsor said the amendment would prioritize revenue-generating uses, preserve traditional uses like timber, mining, and grazing, and protect public access without making the public a beneficiary. Supporters, including recreation and outfitter representatives, said it would provide stability and better recognize recreation and other uses. Opponents from logging, mining, ranching, and the Idaho Department of Lands warned it could create legal ambiguity, invite litigation, conflict with the Admissions Act and fiduciary duties, and shift management away from the current trust framework. After extensive testimony and debate, a motion to hold H.J.R. 10 in committee failed 6-8, and the motion to send it to the floor with a due pass recommendation then failed on a 7-7 tie, so no action was taken to advance the resolution.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bills 1269, 1270, and 1271 will all be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing
- In the House of Representatives, House Bill 500 by the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee,
- Senate Bill 1232 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for engrossing, and the amendments
- thereto will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing.
- For engrossing, and the amendments thereto will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the corrected journal, and moved through routine orders and referrals. Senate Resolution 114, concerning review and approval of temporary and pending State Board of Education and Career Technical Education rules, was introduced and sent to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing. Committee reports advanced several measures: Senate Bills 1240, 1248, 1249, and 1251 were reported out with recommendations to pass; Senate Bills 1242 and 1243 were also reported out to pass; Senate Bill 1241 was sent to the 14th order for possible amendment; House Joint Memorial 10 was held for one legislative day; and several House bills were received and referred to the appropriate committees. New Senate bills 1269, 1270, and 1271 were introduced and referred for printing, covering cloud seeding, labeling of alternative animal protein products, and rat abatement.
The chamber then resolved into Committee of the Whole on Senate Bill 1232, which deals with proceeds derived from criminal notoriety. Senator Nichols presented an amendment clarifying that the chapter applies to proceeds from criminal notoriety regardless of expressive content or medium, and deleting and replacing several definitions; the amendment was adopted after brief discussion. The committee then voted to report the bill back as amended without recommendation, and the Senate adopted that report. Senate Bill 1232 was referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for engrossing, and its amendments were sent there for printing.
A special presentation followed from the Idaho State Historical Society in recognition of the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary, featuring the Declaration of Independence, the Brady Powder Horn, and the Idaho Admission Act. Senators and guests were invited to view the artifacts, and remarks emphasized Idaho’s historical connection to the founding era and statehood. During miscellaneous business, senators announced upcoming research project requests, a church service, and a tribal reception, and the Senate adjourned until 11 a.m. the next day.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Great rulers and leaders of the ages have ruled the world, but Your throne has outlasted them all.
- for every single Senator, I pray that You would give them wisdom just as You gave Solomon wisdom to rule
- Meadows to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education is referred to the Committee on Confirmations.
- That just goes to rules? All right, go to rules.
- Hollis is referred to the Committee on Rules. Resolutions. All right, Senator Gudger. Mr.
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Outlining the Impact of Eliminating the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Feb 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- name is Senator Matt Klein, and I serve as the chair of the Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
- So when I got to Congress, I went to the chairman of the committee and said, let's have some hearings
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- The new rules would cap them at $5, or whatever cost is incurred.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services Mar 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Good morning, Chair and committee staff.
- The federal rules that require exemption screening require those screenings to occur at rules that require
- . the minimum nutrition But have to apply the time limit rules.
- When rules change, impacts are immediate as well as widespread.
- Good afternoon, Chair and committee staff.
Summary:
The subcommittee heard an extended briefing on the impacts of H.R. 1 on Medi-Cal and CalFresh, followed by testimony from the Legislative Analyst’s Office and county officials. DHCS described major Medi-Cal changes in H.R. 1, including work/community engagement requirements, six-month redeterminations, reduced federal matching for some emergency services, narrower immigrant eligibility, reduced retroactive coverage, and limits on provider taxes and directed payments. CDSS outlined CalFresh changes, especially the expanded able-bodied adults without dependents time limit, reduced exemptions and waivers, and the new federal-state-county administrative cost split. Both departments emphasized implementation plans, automation, outreach, and county coordination, while acknowledging significant expected coverage losses and administrative burden.
The LAO and an independent policy expert discussed how H.R. 1 could increase demand on county indigent care systems and public hospitals as people lose Medi-Cal. They reviewed the history of county indigent care, 1991 realignment, and AB 85, explaining that counties already rely on a patchwork of funding and that current realignment revenues are often used for public health rather than indigent care. They warned that counties may face large increases in uninsured residents, with wide variation in how counties respond, and raised concerns about equity, financing, and whether a more standardized state-county program should be created. Committee members pressed witnesses on county funding, exemptions, homelessness, older adults, undocumented residents, and the effect of administrative burden versus true ineligibility.
County representatives from Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Tulare, and San Bernardino described the expected local impacts and asked for additional state support. They said H.R. 1 would drive major losses in Medi-Cal and CalFresh enrollment, increase uncompensated care, strain eligibility staff, and worsen homelessness and food insecurity. Several counties urged the Legislature to fund eligibility workers, preserve enrollment, and consider a CalFresh match waiver; Santa Clara and San Bernardino also cited local tax measures and staffing reductions already underway. No formal vote or committee action was taken in the portion provided.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Allocation Committee.
- We have a rule definition when it comes to housing from the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee
- Committee, Mr.
- I think the committee will be accepting the committee amendments.
- Hello, committee.
Summary:
The committee heard a long series of bills, beginning with AB 2026 on groundwater recharge. The author and supporters said the bill would streamline permitting for recharge projects, codify long-standing CEQA exemptions for flood diversions to recharge, and add tribal consultation and other guardrails. Water agencies and local districts supported the measure as a way to capture high-flow water and reduce groundwater subsidence, while environmental groups and some irrigation districts opposed it, warning that the bill’s exemptions and broader diversion authority could harm rivers, Delta resources, and public trust values. The bill was discussed but not voted on because the committee lacked a quorum at that point.
The committee then took up AB 1577 on data center energy accountability, which would require monthly reporting of energy-use data and permit-related estimates of energy and water demand. The author and the Little Hoover Commission argued the bill would improve transparency, help protect ratepayers, and give regulators better information for grid planning. Data center industry representatives opposed it as duplicative, burdensome, and uniquely targeted, while local governments, environmental groups, and some utilities supported it or supported it if amended. The bill was later reported out with a due pass recommendation once a quorum was established.
Members also heard AB 2245 on a producer responsibility program for lubricant products and containers, AB 2170 on CEQA language-access and environmental review protections for overburdened communities, AB 2059 on rural transportation and VMT mitigation, AB 1808 on Western Joshua tree permitting and fee relief, AB 2182 on industrial energy efficiency program changes, and AB 2231 on streamlining two hospital projects. Testimony was mixed on most of these bills: supporters emphasized affordability, local control, environmental justice, or project urgency, while opponents raised concerns about CEQA scope, regulatory duplication, costs, and environmental impacts. Several measures received due pass recommendations and roll-call votes, including AB 2170, AB 2059, AB 1808, AB 2182, and AB 2231, with some members voting no or not voting and some bills left open for absent members.