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ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- there's a policy bill that has actually come out that looks to combine your office with the Office of Energy
- This is within the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources.
- For example, our office, because of the endangered species nexus, because every energy transmission project
- And I know the DOGE Committee was looking at, or had mentioned, that the Office of Energy and Mineral
Summary:
The committee heard budget presentations and questions for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the Office of Species Conservation, and the Office of the Attorney General. Fish and Game’s budget was described as largely dedicated and federal funding with no general fund support, with discussion of ongoing and one-time enhancements for fisheries inflation, habitat projects, Good Neighbor Authority work, depredation claims, chronic wasting disease testing, and communications. Director Jim Fredericks also reviewed the new nonresident tag draw system, access challenges on private lands, and the department’s role in habitat work and species management. Members raised concerns about depredation claim shortfalls, survey and advisory committee processes, predator management, and the overlap between Fish and Game and the Office of Species Conservation on habitat and endangered species work.
The Office of Species Conservation presentation focused on its role coordinating state actions for threatened, endangered, and candidate species, mostly through federal and miscellaneous revenue funds. Administrator Mike Edmondson explained that the office often serves as the policy and administrative lead while Fish and Game carries out much of the field work, and he described metrics for sage grouse, salmon and steelhead, and grizzly bear-related efforts. He also said the office has been working with the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources on a possible merger, with some staff reductions under consideration, and answered questions about grizzly bear delisting, wolf litigation, and tribal consultation.
Attorney General Raul Labrador then argued that his office has produced significant results without asking for new money, but said the committee’s proposed reductions would force furloughs or position cuts and asked for $980,000 to be restored. He highlighted the ICAC unit’s elimination of a cyber-tip backlog, increased arrests, consumer protection recoveries, and expanded appellate and civil litigation work defending state laws. Members asked about the source of recovered funds, the office’s flexibility to absorb cuts, and whether the state could work on a framework to transfer incarcerated undocumented offenders to federal custody for deportation. The committee ended by noting upcoming budget-setting work and adjourned until the next morning.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- have data that shows that these large loads do, in fact, increase costs for the other classes of energy
- the other classes of energy consumers. Representative Mickelson. Mr.
- Right now, as it stands, does the land board have a duty to accept a bid from, say, a large energy company
- Right now, as it stands, does the land board have a duty to accept a bid from, say, a large energy company
Committee:
House State Affairs
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Taking Courage from the Interim / Increasing Security at the Capitol / Affordable Housing Efforts Feb 20th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I love the energy in here, and I know we're all excited to get to work, so I just wanted to say thank
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- /c><00:17:27.520><c> and</c><00:17:27.839><c> I</c><00:17:28.079><c> know</c> >> I love the energy
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Joint Legislative Audit and Assembly Business and Professions Committee Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- But in this poster, you see a variety of beverages ranging from 4-ounce sizes similar to energy shot
- unlikely that someone would drink just one-tenth of a can of root beer or one-tenth of a 4-ounce energy
- When enforcement energy is consumed by debating these gray areas in the regulated market, fewer resources
- When enforcement energy is consumed by debating these gray areas in the regulated market, fewer resources
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 23 (2-9-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Health Services, House Bill 538; to Local Government, House Bill 536; and to Natural Resources and Energy
- :32.400><c> and</c> Bill 536. and to Natural Resources and Bill 536. and to Natural Resources and Energy
- </c> Energy, House Bill 535. Energy, House Bill 535.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (1-15-26)
Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- The Division for Energy Management will administer the program by creating the application process, verifying
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AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a letter from the Department of Energy and Environment, Division of Environmental Quality.
- Lauren Ballard, Chief of Staff, Energy and Environment.
- Lauren Ballard, Chief of Staff, Energy and Environment.
- The letter says the project is expected to net a 23% energy reduction.
Committee:
All ALC-PEER
Summary:
The committee met to consider a series of appropriation, reserve transfer, and grant requests. Early items included temporary appropriations for the Department of Education’s Educational Freedom Account program ($32 million), the State Crime Lab ($476,000), and DFA Assessment Coordination ($90,000), along with a $1 ARPA return from the Department of Health. The committee approved these items after brief questions, including a discussion about contract cost increases at Assessment Coordination and a clarification that the $1 ARPA item was simply an unused-funds return.
The most extensive discussion centered on the Department of Education’s EFA funding. Members questioned the growth in participation, the use of one-time funds and restricted reserves, and safeguards against fraud or improper purchases. Agency officials said about 44,000 students were being funded, that purchases are reviewed and flagged for unusual activity, and that homeschool students are not required to buy a curriculum so long as purchases are eligible and approved. The committee approved the EFA appropriation and related reserve transfer, and officials said the governor’s proposed budget would include the program in the RSA going forward.
The committee also approved a DHS reallocation request and reviewed a building authority loan for a data center power supply replacement. In the federal grant section, members discussed a Department of Agriculture request for Central Arkansas Water to acquire land in the Maumelle watershed. Debate focused on the environmental benefits versus local property-tax and development concerns in Perry County, with testimony from the agency, Central Arkansas Water, and Potlatch about watershed protection, public access, and potential development impacts. After extended discussion, the committee adopted a motion to defer the item to the full Legislative Council and asked the department to remove the Perry County portion from the request, limiting the grant-funded purchase to Pulaski County property. The committee then reviewed remaining items, including a Veterans Affairs pay-plan appropriation, and adjourned.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/12/2026 - Senate Floor Session - Opening Day Ceremony
Arizona Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- you've given this state tremendous people, your very own image bearers, formed by you for creativity, energy
- Also an energy developer, which you referenced the need for earlier.
- I'm so grateful for your support and your amazing energy.
- You know, Before us, I'm so grateful for your support and your amazing energy.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Leader Media Availability 6/6/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and in addition, there will be a series of environmental and energy guard rails that will be in the
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NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 2nd, 2025 at 01:00 pm
Nevada Assembly Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- for Senate Bill 132, introduced by Senator Wynn, which makes an appropriation to the Nevada Clean Energy
- Fund for securing and implementing grants for qualified clean energy projects. you've heard the motion
- reading Senate bill number 132 introduced by Senator Wynn makes an appropriation to the Nevada Clean Energy
- Fund for securing and implementing grants for qualified clean energy projects projects the people of
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Prioritizing Public Safety / Proposed Civil Commitment Changes / Supporting Education Pension Reform Apr 13th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Those committees are health and human services, energy, utilities, environment, and climate, elections
- :29.960><c> services,</c> and human services, human services, and human services, human services, energy
- ,<00:26:31.600><c> utilities,</c><00:26:32.240><c> environment,</c><00:26:32.799><c> and</c> energy,
- utilities, environment, and energy, utilities, environment, and climate,<00:26:33.919><c> elections,<
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (3-13-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Next up, we'll take Senate Bill 179, sponsored by Senator Danny Carroll, an act relating to nuclear energy
- 19.680><c> the</c> Senate Bill 179, sponsored by Senator Danny Carroll, an act relating to nuclear energy
- This bill simply establishes the nuclear energy development grant program within the Kentucky Nuclear
- Energy Development Authority.
Summary:
The House Appropriations and Revenue Committee met on March 13, 2025, with a quorum present and took up several Senate bills. Senate Bill 244, relating to Department of Law operations, was presented as a cleanup bill and reported favorably with 18 yes votes and no opposition. Senate Bill 19, concerning moments of silence and reflection, was amended with PHS 1 to add a moral instruction component and related school-district provisions; members raised questions about the research cited, the logistics of student release time, and possible fiscal effects. The bill was reported favorably with 15 yes, 3 no, and 1 pass, and a title amendment was adopted. Senate Bill 63, dealing with street-legal special purpose vehicles, was amended to make local participation optional, clarify motorcycle-style insurance requirements, and address registration and inspection rules; after a committee amendment was rolled into the substitute, it was reported favorably with 18 yes and 1 pass.
The committee also considered Senate Bill 179, which establishes a nuclear energy development grant program within the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority. Testimony explained that the bill sets aside $10 million from an existing appropriation, including $2 million for workforce training at the University of Kentucky’s engineering school in Paducah. The bill was reported favorably with 19 yes votes and no opposition. Senate Bill 25, a housing measure allowing industrial revenue bonds for large multifamily housing, was substantially expanded through PHS 2 and a committee amendment to incorporate provisions from House Bill 9, House Bill 643, Senate Bill 85, and budget-related language; the committee reported it favorably with 16 yes votes and 3 passes, and adopted a title amendment.
Finally, Senate Bill 6, which revises education reporting and funding provisions, was amended by PHS 1 to require reporting of fringe costs in K-12 spending and to modify SEEK funding for virtual schools and English as a Second Language add-ons. Members asked whether the changes affected other funding streams and how the SEEK formula would be applied, and the sponsor clarified that the virtual-school provision applies only to SEEK. The bill was reported favorably with 16 yes votes and 3 passes.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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Committee:
Senate Ways and Means
Summary:
The joint Ways and Means and Judiciary committee met in decision-making mode and took up a long list of measures, mostly recommending passage with or without amendments. Early actions included S.B. 414, which was amended to blank the appropriation, draw funds from the major disaster fund, and change the effective date to 2050, and S.B. 223, which would require fire breaks in hazardous fire areas and create or expand wildland fire prevention and protection programs with blank appropriations for FY 2026 and 2027. The committee also advanced S.B. 1009 on state reserve parking space enforcement, S.B. 1149 on reported hate crime definitions and reporting, S.B. 402 on mooring-line requirements for certain vessels, S.B. 1441 on the Oahu regional health care system transfer, S.B. 1442 on child and adolescent mental health responsibilities, S.B. 1478 on harbor evacuation orders, and S.B. 493 on written notice for emotional support animal sales or verifications.
Members generally raised little opposition, and most measures were adopted without reservations. Some bills drew brief discussion or committee-report notes, including S.B. 1149, which referenced a Hawaii Civil Rights Commission report encouraging policy-level hate crime data reporting, and S.B. 1442, which was amended with a far-future effective date and a committee-report note about whether mental health services should be expressly subject to funding. S.B. 1441 was substantially revised to require a memorandum of agreement between the Oahu Regional Health Care System and the Department of Health by November 30, 2025, with patient care to begin by December 31, 2025, and a report to the legislature before the 2026 session.
The committee also considered several finance and energy-related measures. S.B. 897 on the wildfire liability trust fund prompted questions about whether costs would be passed to consumers; the response was that the proposal contemplated cost sharing and that some amounts were still blank. S.B. 1395 and S.B. 1396 were amended to remove special-fund structures, direct revenues into the general fund, and require the governor to include equivalent amounts in the executive budget for climate-related projects. S.B. 501 was amended to expand step-in agreement provisions for future PPAs and establish a fund outside the State Treasury, and S.B. 1589 was amended so private donations to the stadium authority would go into the NID special fund for stadium infrastructure and sod, with members discussing accountability and the source of stadium-related consultant spending. The committee adopted the recommendations on all measures considered, with some members noting reservations on a few bills, and one item, S.B. 1418, was deferred.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture (2-18-25) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, I knew that Commissioner Shell was going to bring the energy level because Jonathan and I have
- going<00:03:52.280><c> to</c><00:03:52.360><c> bring</c><00:03:52.560><c> the</c><00:03:52.640><c> energy
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- going to bring the energy level because I<00:03:53.760><c> Jonathan</c><00:03:54.079><c> and</c><00:03
Summary:
The committee heard extended testimony from Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell and several senators about using agriculture economic development funds to make Kentucky farms more profitable and attract related businesses. Discussion focused on expanding markets for corn, soybeans, beef, dairy, and other products through biofuels, sustainable aviation fuel, feedlots, processing plants, transportation, and other infrastructure that would keep more value in-state. Members also discussed the profitability pressures on farmers, high land prices, and the need for small-farm support and aggregation programs such as Kentucky Proud, BCAL, KOAP, CAP, food-is-medicine efforts, LFPA, and farm-to-school initiatives.
Senators raised specific ideas and concerns, including raw milk and food-freedom innovation, support for 5-acre and other small farms, and the possibility of a beef processing plant in Kentucky. Shell said raw milk testing is not currently a department function but could be explored with legislative direction, and he emphasized that Kentucky must first prove it can feed cattle at scale before a processor is likely to locate here. He also argued that changing conditions in the West and Midwest, including water limits, workforce shortages, and regulatory pressure, could make Kentucky increasingly competitive for beef processing and feedlot operations.
Several senators shared personal farming experiences to underscore the difficulty of making a living in agriculture and the need for off-farm income or value-added businesses. They cited examples such as grain storage, dairy products, chicken and hog operations, and restaurant or rental income supporting farm operations. Commissioner Shell said the fund is intended to fill gaps and attract businesses that need Kentucky agricultural products, creating premium markets and more local jobs.
After questions concluded, the committee took up the bill, with a motion by Senator Richardson and a second by Senator Nunn. The roll call was taken, and the bill passed unanimously. The committee then moved to adjourn.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Kratom Working Group Aug 7th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- You can die—how many people die in North Dakota every year because they're drinking too many energy drinks
- I had a worker die of consumption of alcohol and energy drinks together.
- I'm not convinced that alcohol and energy drinks should be allowed, but it's legal.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Transportation Committee Apr 13th, 2026
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- AB 2672 requires the California Energy Commission to develop regulations, setting parameters for when
- AB 2672, the motion is due pass to the Utilities and Energy Committee. Call the roll. AB 2672.
- The motion is due pass to the Utilities and Energy Committee. Wilson, aye. Davies, no.
Committee:
House Transportation
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 06:35 pm
Transportation and Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- Cabell County, and I serve as Chair of Environment, Infrastructure and Technology on the Committee on Energy
- Authority testified before us in Environment, Infrastructure and Technology, and I believe later in Energy
- to the second time it was heard in public works and then finally the second time it was heard in Energy
Committee:
Senate Transportation and Infrastructure
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Commerce Mar 9th, 2026
Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- street, whether you're a visitor or you're a resident, you're an office worker, that feeling, that energy
- And those initial investments gave hope, gave energy, and were a catalyst for more investment as we went
- And those initial investments gave hope, gave energy, and were a catalyst for more investment as we went
Summary:
The Commerce Committee held a public hearing on House Bill 3395, sponsored by Representative Christ, which would reauthorize and update the Missouri Downtown Economic Stimulus Act (MODESA) to spur redevelopment in downtown St. Louis and Kansas City. Christ said the program previously helped create Ballpark Village and Power & Light District through a no-upfront-cost, tax-revenue-sharing model, and he indicated a committee substitute would significantly revise the bill language while keeping the same overall concept. Representative Sides supported the bill in principle but said he wanted the final version to read more like standard Missouri statute.
A long line of witnesses testified in support, including representatives of the Cordish Companies, Gateway Arch Park Foundation, the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, Greater St. Louis, Inc., St. Louis City SC, the City of St. Louis, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City, the Kansas City Chamber/Civic Council, the Downtown Council of Kansas City, J.E. Dunn, and the Missouri Chamber. Supporters described MODESA as a proven tool that leveraged private investment, created jobs, increased visitors and tax revenue, and helped revitalize downtown areas. Cordish said the company had invested more than $2 billion in Missouri and would pursue another large mixed-use project, including residential, office, and entertainment components, if the program were renewed.
Testimony focused heavily on two proposed St. Louis projects: redevelopment of the Millennium Hotel site and broader riverfront/downtown connectivity around the Arch grounds. Gateway Arch Park Foundation said it had purchased the Millennium site, was demolishing the old tower, and believed the project would connect the Arch grounds to downtown with a high-rise residential and office mixed-use development. Committee members asked about impacts on taxing jurisdictions, property taxes, retail demand, and whether the bill would benefit communities broadly rather than only developers; witnesses said cities would be applicants, property taxes would still be paid, and the projects were intended to bring new residents and activity rather than simply shift existing development. No opposition testimony was presented, and the committee took no vote before adjourning.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- consider the vote on the gubernatorial appointment of Callie Younger as administrator of the Office of Energy
- Move to send the gubernatorial appointment of Callie Younger as the administrator of the Office of Energy
- Senator Hartog, that the gubernatorial appointment of Callie Younger as administrator of the Office of Energy
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- like this portfolio from urban farm, new generation, specialty crops, all the way down to our wood energy
- , meat processing, ethanol, and biodiesel really all the way down to our wood energy, meat processing
- Some of the programs that the sunsets are removed on is the rolling stock tax credit, the wood energy
Committee:
House Agriculture