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• Regional Water Board, calculated fines of up to $15 million for Boeing Company for polluting the L.A.
• The problem is, I mean, you kind of expect it from polluters to say that there's no harm to the community
• tools, even though it's our children that are dying, even though it's our groundwater that's being polluted
• , even though it's our air being polluted.
• Because right now, the DTSC is only required to accept polluter-created data.

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• When you build new schools, do you have any kind of monitoring for like toxic pollution?
• purchase of electric vehicles and related charging infrastructure to reduce the use of combustion engines
• that are experiencing disproportionate burdens in climate change, energy, health, housing, legacy pollution

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

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• This can be a huge jobs and investment engine for Minnesota, and I think this effort can should be a
• :02:23.560><c> jobs</c><00:02:24.000><c> and</c><00:02:24.239><c> investment</c><00:02:24.680><c> engine
• As such, it is compelling both as advanced engineering and as a simple mechanical room in a box, and
• engineering providing a simple<00:10:09.399><c> mechanical</c><00:10:09.839><c> room</c><00:10:10.040
• Como Zoo and Conservatory is an economic engine that provides $162 million in economic impact to the

Bills: HF1013 , HF1598 , HF1656 , HF2162

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: energy, economic development, funding, renewable resources, Clean Energy Economy Minnesota, air ventilation, geothermal, school financing, Minnesota Climate Innovative Finance Authority, geothermal energy, renewable energy, construction funding, Como Zoo, energy efficiency, HF2162, Minnesota, planning grants, renewable development account, clean energy, Department of Commerce

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• Beyond the vital role in our modern digital landscape, data centers are significant economic engines
• Beyond the vital role in our modern digital landscape, data centers are significant economic engines
• Beyond the vital role in our modern digital landscape, data centers are significant economic engines
• Beyond the vital role in our modern digital landscape, data centers are significant economic engines
• Beyond the vital role in our modern digital landscape, data centers are significant economic engines

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

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• I'm here on behalf of the operating engineers and the Carpenters unions.
• There have been concerns about water use, pollution, and tax incentives.
• </c><01:31:36.320><c> control</c> process that the pollution control process that the pollution control
• limits we think that come with pollution limits we think that actually<01:33:09.040><c> pollution</c
• </c> be below the limit set by the pollution be below the limit set by the pollution control<01:49:24.119

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

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• device or safety hood that provided safer breathing in the presence of smoke, gases, and other pollutants
• 00:32:23.320><c> gases,</c><00:32:23.800><c> and</c><00:32:23.960><c> other</c><00:32:24.160><c> pollutants
• His inventions continue to be the basis of research by modern-day inventors and engineers.
• Speaker. of research by modern-day inventors and of research by modern-day inventors and engineers. engineers
• . engineers.

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• Our focus is generally to hold polluters accountable when natural resources are injured by releases of
• Our focus is generally to hold polluters accountable when natural resources are injured by releases of
• a river that we can't put a dike in so that we can have a year-round river because the Corps of Engineers
• decides that, or the state engineer decides that, or the state parks decide that, or the Environment
• decides that, or the state engineer decides that, or the State Parks decide that, or the Environment

Bills: HB2 , SB193 , SB132 , SB35 , SB145

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects

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• legislation requires stormwater compliance not just for the flood portion of the problem, but also for pollution
• My name is David Gatterman, and I am the Executive Engineer for the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood
• certainly if it helps the Communities around, and it's also helping the flood control, helping the pollutants
• was one of the issues down in Florida was the entities that come in, and then they do their own engineering

Committee: Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs

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• CAM is undergoing a air pollution.
• ><c> this</c> Permanent engineers may find this Permanent engineers may find this provision<00:08:49.120
• So we've invested in this and we've done this mainly to understand pollution sensitivity.
• ,</c><01:04:31.359><c> permitting,</c> development, engineering, permitting, development, engineering
• </c><01:20:24.320><c> of</c> about 650 ft, making the engineering of about 650 ft, making the engineering

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

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• Assembly Bill 605 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi, an act relating to air pollution.
• putting products, putting contaminants such as phenanthrocene, cryobenzene, all of these nasty pollutants
• We need to keep that engine going. We need to invest in our universities.
• Because again, not only is it great for our workforce, great for the economic engine that it has in so
• Roads are essential in advancing this goal as they condense timelines, minimize planning and engineering

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• state's leading agency for the voluntary abatement, management and prevention of nonpoint source pollution
• Additionally, the board is requesting an FTE for a dam safety engineer in the field for that.
• So if we need a tanker today, if we need a single-engine air tanker today, we are leveraging a federal
• So I love the idea, uh, those single engine air tankers, extremely valuable, particularly when the fire
• We can do the exact same thing with the single engine air tankers and the crop dusters.

Bills: HB294 , HB405 , HB519 , HB294

Committee: House Agriculture & Livestock

Keywords: food production, property owners' association, home gardening, cottage food, urban agriculture, livestock, community standards, renewable energy, ethanol, biodiesel, incentives, agriculture, grants, honey production, beekeeping, food safety, local regulation, energy efficiency, tax exemption, residential properties

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• </c><00:17:50.640><c> and</c> which re relates to water pollution and which re relates to water pollution
• They'd have to hire an energy consultant, at least one, maybe more, and engineers to look at this.
• analysis that we might not engineering analysis that we might not have<01:13:12.320><c> in</c><01:13
• </c><01:13:18.800><c> expertise</c><01:13:19.199><c> that</c> to have the engineering expertise that
• to have the engineering expertise that might<01:13:19.600><c> be</c><01:13:19.760><c> necessary.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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• A device on an engine to limit its output is called a governor. Small g. Governor. Small g.
• AB 617 was a promise made to the pollution-burdened communities throughout California nearly a decade
• AB 617 was a promise made to the pollution-burdened communities throughout California nearly a decade
• all General Fund protection for environmental protection and natural resources, water supply, air pollution
• And so it's puzzling that with that kind of economic power, economic engine, we are facing this kind

Committee: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review

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• So I think Kristiana Darlington with the Placer County Air Pollution Control District was also supposed
• So what she would say is that the Placer County Air Pollution Control District, like other air districts
• According to the Placer County Air Pollution Control District and the California Air Resources Board,
• Hi, I’m Christina Darlington from Placer Air Pollution Control District.
• Renewable hydrogen could thus become a very, very significant economic and job creation engine for the

Summary: The committee heard several energy and utilities bills, with testimony largely focused on wildfire mitigation, affordability, clean energy planning, and utility accountability. AB 706, by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry, would create a fund to support projects that use forest biomass waste from wildfire mitigation and forest restoration; supporters said it would reduce open burning and emissions while providing reliable renewable power, and the bill later passed 13-0. AB 39, by Assembly Member Zbur, would require larger cities and counties to adopt electrification planning strategies for transportation and buildings; it drew broad support from clean energy, labor, environmental, and local government advocates and passed 9-0. AB 1167, by Assembly Member Berman, would restrict investor-owned utilities from charging ratepayers for lobbying, promotional advertising, and similar shareholder-benefit expenses; supporters framed it as an affordability and transparency measure, while utilities argued the bill was overly broad and already covered by existing rules. It passed 7-0, with some members not voting and the roll left open. The committee also considered AB 1417 on offshore wind community funding transparency, which was amended to remove new fees and instead require reporting on developer support for local and tribal community capacity-building; opposition was withdrawn and the bill passed 9-0. AB 367, by Assembly Member Bennett, would require water districts in high fire-risk areas of Ventura County to have backup power, full tanks during red flag warnings, and hardened facilities; water agencies opposed unless amended due to cost and liability concerns, but the bill passed 10-0. The consent calendar, including multiple additional measures, was approved 11-0. Other bills drew more divided testimony. AB 745 would allow securitization to finance utility undergrounding and prohibit a return on equity for undergrounding projects; supporters said it would lower ratepayer costs, while utilities warned it would effectively discourage undergrounding and could raise other rates. The bill passed 7-4 and was left on call. AB 1423 would apply reliability standards to publicly funded EV chargers installed before 2024; supporters said taxpayers should get functioning chargers, while charging-network representatives objected to retroactive requirements and possible conflicts with existing agreements. It passed 13-0. AB 388 would create a narrow exception to utility regulation to facilitate green hydrogen projects using private power lines; supporters said it would unlock low-cost renewable hydrogen and jobs, while utilities raised concerns about customer protections and grid planning. It passed 12-0. The committee also began hearing AB 825, which the author said would address the high cost of financing major transmission and generation buildout, but the transcript cuts off before the full presentation and action on that bill.

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• These levels of air pollution.
• </c><03:32:17.840><c> without</c> drought to drive up pollution without drought to drive up pollution
• A recent study reduce air pollution?
• </c> century, protecting us from pollution century, protecting us from pollution without<03:45:48.560
• This also could not be pollution.

Bills: HR1202 , SB1020 , HB2493 , HB5201 , HB3419 , HB2319 , HB6387 , HR1189 , HR1201

Keywords: H.Res. 1202, HR1202, House resolution, committee assignment, standing committee, House Committee on Homeland Security, Homeland Security Committee, committee membership, committee ranking, seniority, Ms. Mejia, Mr. Walkinshaw, House organization, procedural resolution, internal House rules, congressional committee, hydropower, construction, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, license extension

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• So, with me as well as a city engineer.
• Greg Anderson, the consulting engineer for the city.
• I'm the city engineer for the city of New Auburn.
• I'm a bridge engineer with 40 years of experience.
• </c><01:03:56.400><c> and</c> pre-esign, design, engineering and pre-esign, design, engineering and dredging

Bills: HF2418 , HF1666 , HF232 , HF344 , HF402 , HF431 , HF468 , HF547 , HF583 , HF1476 , HF1711 , HF2787 , HF2788 , HF3207

Committee: House Capital Investment

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• Also add to that, imagine that between your knees is an engine that's emitting heat.
• Because, yes, you've got an engine down there that is helping fry you.
• Funds in that account may be used for engineering and traffic investigations, creation and installation
• Once a zone is established, the establishing jurisdiction or Washdot must conduct an engineering and
• Funds in those account may be used for engineering and traffic investigations, creation, and Zone.

Summary: The committee began with a work session on the Washington State Transportation Commission’s route jurisdiction transfer study. Commissioners and staff said the current state highway system is generally well connected and that wholesale realignment is not needed, but they recommended clarifying statutory criteria, improving the transfer process, increasing interagency coordination, and making data analysis more transparent. Members asked about why transfers occur, who pays for maintenance after a transfer, how often transfers happen, and how the Legislature’s role should be understood. Staff said there have been only 16 RJT transfers since 1991, with a net transfer of about 10 miles of state highway to cities, while DOT abandonments happen more often but are not tracked as consistently. The committee then held a public hearing on House Bill 2172, which would fold longer abandonments and bridge-related abandonments into the RJT process, require pre-request conferences, expand legislative review of costs and risks, and update highway criteria. Tacoma officials, the Transportation Commission, counties, cities, and the Transportation Improvement Board testified in support, citing transparency, local input, and the need to address large bridge and corridor transfers; the bill sponsor said a substitute would allow agreed transfers to proceed without final legislative approval, but send disputed cases to the Legislature. The bill was also described as having an indeterminate fiscal impact, with WSDOT estimating possible added maintenance costs if transfers are delayed. The committee next heard House Bill 1367, which would allow motorcycles to use the right shoulder of limited-access highways under specific congestion conditions. The bill and a proposed substitute would limit shoulder use to wide shoulders, require hazard lights, cap speed at 10 mph over adjacent traffic, and bar passing other vehicles on the shoulder; the fiscal note projected costs for driver education and possible maintenance and signage impacts. The sponsor argued the bill would reduce rider fatigue, heat stress, and rear-end risk in stop-and-go traffic, while opponents from law enforcement and WSDOT said shoulders are intended for emergencies, debris and visibility create safety risks, and the proposal could increase maintenance and enforcement burdens. Several motorcyclists and advocates supported the bill as a safer alternative to lane splitting, while a student and some agencies said it would give riders a more predictable option; the committee then closed the hearing. The committee also heard House Bill 2174, which would create “crash prevention zones” in areas with repeated serious collisions or fatalities. The bill would allow cities, counties, towns, or WSDOT to designate zones after a public hearing, require engineering and traffic studies, increase enforcement, and impose a $73 penalty for certain infractions within signed zones, with revenue dedicated to safety work in the zone. The sponsor pointed to dangerous stretches of Highway 395 and Highway 12 in eastern Washington and said the bill is intended as a temporary safety tool until long-term fixes are completed. Counties and cities supported the concept and asked for liability protections and language from a Senate companion bill; the committee then moved to House Bill 2718, a transportation permitting and project-delivery bill. Staff said HB 2718 would impose timelines and deemed-approval rules for certain state and federal permits, require early outreach to affected governments and tribes, create a public contractor-rating website, and direct WSDOT to report on permit-streamlining options by December 1, 2027. The sponsor said the bill is meant to reduce delays and costs in transportation projects by improving accountability, coordination, and permitting efficiency.

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• community, the SERPs, but also to add additional communities that are suffering because of this pollution
• We can't take care of the pollution that communities are suffering under because now we're going to spend
• The list of communities that are severely affected by air pollution has expanded, and funds are still
• Brendan Tug, on behalf of the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association, we understand money's
• Thank you. ...California Air Pollution Control Officers Association. We understand money's tight.

Summary: The subcommittee heard testimony on the governor’s proposed sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax credit, which would provide a $1 to $2 per gallon credit against the diesel excise tax for SAF sold for use in California from 2026 to 2036. The Department of Finance and CARB argued the credit would help decarbonize aviation, support refinery transitions, and keep fuel production and jobs in California. The Legislative Analyst’s Office recommended rejecting the proposal, saying it is a relatively expensive way to reduce greenhouse gases, could have uncertain or limited climate benefits, and would reduce diesel excise tax revenue that supports highways, local streets and roads, and other transportation programs. A major point of debate was whether the credit would simply shift limited feedstocks from renewable diesel to SAF rather than create new low-carbon fuel supply. Professor Aaron Smith and the LAO said that because feedstocks such as used cooking oil, tallow, and vegetable oils are limited and already used in other fuel markets, the policy could increase SAF at the expense of renewable diesel, with possible increases in fuel prices and little net emissions benefit. Administration and CARB staff disputed that outcome, saying additional waste-based feedstocks are available and that the policy would not meaningfully raise gasoline or diesel prices. Senators focused on feedstock availability, impacts on road funding, fairness to consumers, and whether the proposal was really aimed at preserving specific refineries such as Phillips 66. Public comment was sharply divided. Labor representatives, refinery workers, airlines, Boeing, airports, and some local residents supported the proposal, emphasizing jobs, refinery investment, and aviation’s need for a liquid-fuel decarbonization pathway. Environmental and transportation groups, including the Center for Biological Diversity, World Resources Institute, Earthjustice, California Environmental Voters, counties, cities, and trucking and asphalt associations, opposed it, citing weak net climate benefits, possible fuel-price impacts, and losses to transportation funding. No vote was taken; the chair announced all items would be held open for a future hearing.

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• We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
• attend the University of Vanderbilt or the University of Harding to pursue a degree in biomedical engineering

Bills: SB1265 , SB1198 , SB2046 , SB1415 , SB1714 , SB1962 , SB26 , SB172 , SB260 , SB264 , SB1525 , SB1332 , SB1998 , SB1378 , SB1771 , SB1919 , SB2018 , SB1936 , SB1612 , SB1543 , SB1260 , SB1988 , SB1859 , SB2041 , SB1257 , SB1726 , SB1236 , SB1633 , SB1413 , SB1317 , SB1360 , SB1342 , SB1477 , SB1189 , SB1546 , SB1524 , SB1338 , SB1193 , SB1812 , SB1617 , SB1638 , SB504 , SB2072 , SB1283 , SB1216 , SB1655 , SB2011 , SB1643 , SB1446 , SB1256 , SB1258 , SB1441 , SB1224 , SB1448 , SB1496 , SB1597 , SB1621 , SB1827 , SB2066 , SB2104

Summary: The Senate convened, the clerk called the roll, and a quorum was declared present. The chamber opened with a prayer offered by Senator Peterson, followed by recognitions of the Nurse of the Day, Amanda Fisher, and the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Lee Schaffler, both introduced with brief biographical remarks and applause from members. The Senate also recognized the week’s pages, who introduced themselves and described their schools, assignments, and future plans. Several announcements were then made about upcoming committee and caucus meetings, including Local and County Government, Economic Development, Workforce, and Tourism, Judiciary, the first meeting of the Disability Caucus, and the start of devotion time the next morning. No legislation was debated or voted on during the session. The only formal action was adoption of a motion to adjourn, and the Senate stood adjourned until Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.

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• electric buses, trains, and bikes that will move us around without spewing greenhouse gases and other pollutants
• The second piece I want to talk about is nutrient pollution reduction through septic system work.
• So the reason this is important is nutrient pollution is hampering and destroying our wetlands and salt
• We're restoring 55 acres of cranberry bogs of freshwater wetlands to reduce and attenuate nitrogen pollution
• But recently, the physical scientists and engineers who work on carbon and all that sort of thing have

Committee: Senate Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming

Summary: The committee held a hearing on natural and working lands, carbon sequestration, and related provisions in Governor Healey’s $3 billion Mass Ready Act. EEA officials described the bill’s investments in flooding, land protection, tree planting, wetlands restoration, biodiversity, dams, seawalls, and coastal resilience, along with permitting reforms intended to speed ecological restoration projects. They also outlined current programs on resilient lands, healthy soils, forest climate solutions, forest reserves, and urban tree planting, and said the administration expects natural and working lands to offset up to 7 million metric tons of residual emissions by 2050, while acknowledging that additional strategies will be needed to close the gap to the state’s 10-million-ton offset target. Committee members pressed EEA on the cost of reaching the 30% conservation-by-2030 goal, the loss of a federal USDA grant of about $22 million, the adequacy of current sequestration estimates, and whether the state should consider regional approaches or statutory changes. EEA said current state conservation spending has been about $35 million to $40 million annually, that the Mass Ready Act is intended to help double the pace of conservation, and that federal funding remains uncertain. Senators also raised concerns about PILOT payments for state-owned land, the management of state forests, and the proposed Chapter 91 general license for restoration projects. EEA said the bill’s forest reserve language is meant to create a more durable designation process while still allowing limited active management. Advocates from The Nature Conservancy and Mass Audubon supported stronger investment in land conservation and restoration, saying natural and working lands are a cost-effective climate strategy that also provides biodiversity, water quality, and public health benefits. They urged passage of legislation to increase funding, improve PILOT equity, and strengthen land-use planning and mitigation requirements. They also backed removing Chapter 91 licensing requirements for ecological restoration, arguing that the current process adds cost and delay. In a later panel, a forest scientist and an urban forestry advocate emphasized the carbon and cooling benefits of mature trees, called for greater protection of older forests, and supported bills to expand municipal reforestation and modernize public shade tree law. No votes were taken during the hearing.