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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Carbon Sequestration Programs Study Commission (03/06/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- Things like wildlife habitat restoration and improvements, soil and water quality improvements, um, and
- </c><00:24:10.800><c> quality</c> and improvements, soil and water quality and improvements, soil and
- water quality improvements,<00:24:12.040><c> um</c> improvements, um improvements, um and<00:24:13.040
- And the state has a right to know whether or not a Chinese company owns a water, okay?
- And and it company owns a water, okay?
Summary:
The meeting began with introductions and approval of the previous minutes, including a small amendment clarifying a note about “leakage” in a prior presentation. The committee then heard a presentation from Sarah Hall of the American Forest Foundation on the Family Forest Carbon Program, which she described as a voluntary carbon and forest management program for smaller landowners. She said the program provides annual payments and technical assistance, requires a forest management plan within two years, and is designed to support improved forest management while still allowing compatible uses such as recreation, hunting, and some harvesting.
Hall emphasized that the program is intended as one tool among many and is not a fit for every property. She said most enrolled landowners did not previously have a forest management plan or work with a forester, and that the program helps bring “unengaged” landowners into active management. She also said the program is compatible with current use and other commitments on a case-by-case basis, and that landowners retain ownership of their land and timber rights while AFF holds the carbon rights for the contract term. She highlighted examples of landowners using the program to support taxes, family ownership, wildlife habitat, timber stand improvement, and continued recreational or business uses.
Committee members asked about registry compliance in New Hampshire and the relationship between carbon markets and the program. Hall responded that AFF handles registry administration for landowners and would follow up on the specific registry count raised by a member. She explained that the program is funded through a mix of carbon market revenue, philanthropy, and grants, and that carbon credits are generated through landscape-level methodology and monitored using randomly selected plots compared with FIA data. She also noted that consulting foresters are key partners in the program and that AFF has paid more than $3 million to consultants nationwide.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I feel like the house is on fire and other people are like, "Hey, we'd like some water for the garden
- And I'm like, "Hi, I don't have water for the flowers cuz I've got a house that is burning down."
- </c><01:04:24.080><c> And</c><01:04:24.200><c> I'm</c><01:04:24.320><c> like,</c> water for the garden
- And I'm like, water for the garden."
- for the flowers "Hi, I don't have water for the flowers cuz<01:04:26.680><c> I've</c><01:04:26.800><
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
home care, licensing, fines, advisory council, grant program, client safety, healthcare regulation, HF3375, Minnesota disability waiver, waiver rate system, human services, individualized home supports, individualized home supports with training, individualized home supports with family training, positive support services, employment support services, employment development services, employment exploration services, billing limits, service authorization year
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- 00:52:07.920><c> the</c> trying to drag this woman out of the trying to drag this woman out of the water
- :09.200><c> life</c><00:52:09.440><c> and</c><00:52:09.680><c> then</c><00:52:09.920><c> bring</c> water
- and save her life and then bring water and save her life and then bring her<00:52:10.319><c> to</c><
- Um, I lived in a basement in an apartment and it often flooded and I'd be standing in ankle-deep water
- and I I be standing in ankle deep water and I I remember<01:27:06.960><c> going</c><01:27:07.120><c>
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
Keywords:
supportive housing, grants, housing assistance, funding, Minnesota Statutes, eviction, rent, nonpayment of rent, landlord-tenant, residential tenant, notice to quit, unlawful detainer, housing, lease violation, late fees, rental assistance, legal aid, tenant rights, Minnesota Statutes 504B.321, pre-eviction notice
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Think heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, smart thermostats, some appliances, and EVs and batteries
- ><00:37:20.560><c> pumps,</c><00:37:20.960><c> heat</c><00:37:21.280><c> pump</c><00:37:21.520><c> water
- </c> Think heat pumps, heat pump water Think heat pumps, heat pump water heaters,<00:37:22.240><c> smart
- By coordinating customers' solar batteries, EVs, smart thermostats, and water heaters to reduce demand
- By coordinating customers' solar batteries, EVs, smart thermostats, and water heaters to reduce demand
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
Keywords:
virtual power plant, VPP, distributed energy resources, DER, demand response, load management, grid modernization, peak demand, peak shaving, battery storage, energy storage, solar photovoltaic, solar panels, electric vehicles, smart thermostats, heat pumps, aggregator, public utilities commission, PUC, rate recovery
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 19 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We are reappropriating in section 29 $25,300,000 for the Capital City Water Project.
- Next up is the Tort Claims Board. for the Capital City Water Project. for the Capital City Water Project
- the Local Provider Innovation Grant Program, $149,876,737 to the Department of Health for the Rural Water
- the Local Provider Innovation Grant Program, $149,876,737 to the Department of Health for the Rural Water
- the Local Provider Innovation Grant Program, $149,876,737 to the Department of Health for the Rural Water
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 4, February 12, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The topics in the meeting will include water, agriculture, energy, wildfires, technology, and more.
- the topics in the meeting<00:10:55.839><c> will</c><00:10:56.079><c> include</c><00:10:56.480><c> water
- ,</c><00:10:56.880><c> agriculture,</c> meeting will include water, agriculture, meeting will include
- Let's get it done and let's get water under the bridge. honesty there's a few of us that could honesty
- </c> let's get water under the bridge. let's get water under the bridge.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a big $5 billion project in the middle of a deep-water harbor. that live in the Baltimore region
- </c><00:34:01.440><c> it's</c> The middle of a deep-water harbor.
- </c><01:40:02.560><c> Department</c><01:40:02.880><c> of</c> include DC Water, Maryland Department of
- include DC Water, Maryland Department of the<01:40:03.199><c> Environment,</c><01:40:04.080><c> the<
- Yeah, we all heard about the plunge into the deep, cold, icy waters, but you thought I forgot that you
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary (11-6-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- He said, "We're here to talk about the water treatment thing, this or that."
- uh prison, we started a in a low uh uh prison, we started<01:21:04.640><c> a</c><01:21:05.280><c> water
- started a water treatment apprenticeship program.<01:21:08.239><c> So,</c><01:21:08.480><c> we</c><01
- </c><01:21:25.280><c> treatment</c><01:21:26.320><c> thing,</c> to talk about the water treatment thing
- , to talk about the water treatment thing, this<01:21:27.120><c> or</c><01:21:27.360><c> that."
Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:09
State of the Judiciary: 00:02:33
The Corrections - KCTCS Reentry Program: 00:49:44
Update on 2022 RS SB 90: 01:27:49, 958, all
Summary:
The Interim Joint Committee on the Judiciary met on November 6, 2025, approved the minutes, and welcomed guests including Kentucky Specialty Courts manager Elizabeth Nichols and Boyle/Mercer Family Court Judge Bruce Petri. The committee then heard the Chief Justice of Kentucky, Deborah Lambert, deliver her state of the judiciary address, focused largely on judicial branch funding, facilities, technology, and specialty court programs.
Chief Justice Lambert said the branch is facing a projected $14.3 million shortfall for fiscal year 2026 and asked lawmakers for supplemental support, access to reserve funds, and higher base appropriations to cover inflation and nondiscretionary costs. She also requested a 15% across-the-board pay increase for judicial branch employees, citing salary gaps with other state workers and declining judicial compensation relative to national averages. She emphasized that the branch has received a clean FY 2025 audit and said the requests were intended to sustain current operations rather than expand them.
A major portion of her remarks covered court technology and facilities. She described the move to Chamberlain during Capitol renovations, the purchase of that building as a cost-saving measure, and the need to fund courtroom audio/video systems and a new statewide case management system. She also discussed courthouse maintenance, flood damage, mold issues, security system upgrades, and the $47 million asset preservation fund created last session, while asking for additional local facilities funding and one-time disaster-related support. Lambert highlighted specialty court and statewide program results, including foster care review boards, family recovery courts, court designated worker programs, drug and mental health courts, and the Judicial Commission on Mental Health. She thanked legislators for prior bills and support, including House Bill 1, Senate Bill 26, and the CES law, and said 2026 recommendations will focus on civil commitment reforms under KRS 202C.
During questions, Senator Wheeler asked whether some courthouses are being overbuilt; Lambert said most facilities are inadequate, though some may be larger than needed, and that future needs and population changes must be considered. She also noted that virtual hearings and technology have improved efficiency. No votes or formal committee actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving the presentation.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25 - Part 1
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Mark Thel, former county commissioner, former soil and water supervisor, and a longtime organic farmer
- Here we are again, more population, more concern about influencing the water and keeping our whole living
- 00:02:29.520><c> and</c> county commissioner, former salt and county commissioner, former salt and water
- supervisor, and a longtime organic water supervisor, and a longtime organic farmer. farmer. farmer.
- and uh keeping our influencing the water and uh keeping our whole<00:05:14.160><c> living</c><00:05:
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The furnace works, the water heater works, they're vented correctly, that sort of thing.
- heater works they're vented water heater works they're vented correctly<00:57:59.400><c> that</c><00
- I find your checklist to be pretty comprehensive, both in terms of the furnace, the water heater, and
- The idea behind the shipment label fee was to make sure that we keep the... the furnaces work the water
- heater works the furnaces work the water heater works the<01:19:19.960><c> plumbing</c><01:19:20.440
Committee:
Senate Labor
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EEP Public Hearing - Tue Mar 11, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Energy & Environmental Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- Hawaiian Electric comes in and says they want a premium for selling renewable electricity, or the water
- company comes in and says they want to sell renewable water produced by solar?
- <01:01:18.839><c> company</c><01:01:19.240><c> come</c><01:01:19.480><c> in</c> electricity or the water
- company come in electricity or the water company come in and<01:01:19.799><c> saying</c><01:01:20.200
- produced by solar this renewable water produced by solar this set<01:01:25.920><c> that's</c><01:01:
Committee:
House Energy & Environmental Protection
Summary:
The committee on Energy and Environmental Protection heard testimony on Senate Bill 897, which would create a Wildlife Liability Trust Fund within DCCA for administrative purposes. The chair opened by noting the hearing had to end by noon because of floor session, and that written testimony would be considered if not all witnesses could speak. Testimony included support from DCCA, the Attorney General’s office, the Public Utilities Commission, Charter Communications, Ulupono Initiative, AES Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric, Clearway Energy Group, Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, Hawaiian Telcom, and IBW Local 1260, with opposition or concerns from the Hawaii Association for Justice and some others. Hawaiian Electric strongly supported the bill and asked for amendments, saying the fund would help address wildfire liability, protect customers and the economy, and support restoration of investment-grade credit; it also proposed a larger shareholder contribution and said the bill was part of a broader effort to raise settlement funds and improve grid safety and resiliency.
Committee members focused heavily on whether the bill would actually lower costs for ratepayers and improve credit ratings. DCCA said there was a nexus between limiting liability, creating a sufficiently large wildfire fund, and transparent mitigation requirements, but acknowledged there was no guarantee of a credit-rating improvement or precise estimate of rate impacts. Members questioned Hawaiian Electric about the assumptions in its cost comparisons, the 30-year securitization structure, and whether funding could be shifted later to shareholders after credit was restored. Hawaiian Electric responded that the bill assumes the fund is paid through securitization, that removing that presumption could undermine the credit-rating benefit, and that its models suggest credit-spread savings could offset the customer charge over time; it also said it would follow up with additional analysis. The company and Ulupono both described the measure as a difficult but potentially necessary way to socialize wildfire risk and avoid a larger crisis later.
The Hawaii Association for Justice opposed the bill’s liability caps and raised concerns about consumer rights, oversight discretion, statute-of-limitations changes, and evidence rules. Hawaiian Telcom suggested amendments to clarify compliance with FCC pole-attachment agreements. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided, and members indicated they wanted more analysis before being comfortable with the bill’s long-term ratepayer impacts.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Tribal Relations, June 16, 2026
Select Committee on Tribal Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- No oil or no gas, no water, no utilities whatsoever.
- No oil or no gas, no water, no utilities whatsoever.
- </c> uh no water, no utilities whatsoever. uh no water, no utilities whatsoever.
- They They're just water infrastructure.
- </c> our roads department, our water our roads department, our water department, department, department
Committee:
Joint Select Committee on Tribal Relations
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, May 5, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><03:27:17.200><c> and</c> large-scale drills in the waters and large-scale drills in the waters and
- No one is clamoring for a newly named body of water. They want lower grocery bills.
- They want a newly named body of water.
- They won't miss the water till the well runs dry.
- </c> miss the water till the well runs dry. miss the water till the well runs dry.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And then running Joe, of course, is the my house down there has no view of water.
- [Laughter] Good afternoon, Senator Waters. How are you today? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- Good<04:55:14.680><c> afternoon,</c><04:55:15.680><c> Senator</c><04:55:16.080><c> Waters.
- </c><04:55:16.560><c> How</c><04:55:16.718><c> are</c> Good afternoon, Senator Waters.
- How are Good afternoon, Senator Waters. How are you<04:55:17.040><c> today?
Summary:
The committee first discussed a budget-related issue involving liquor commission enforcement staff and tobacco enforcement funding. A member explained that proposed cuts to “group two” enforcement positions at the liquor commission could jeopardize the tobacco enforcement money that flows to Health and Human Services, and expressed confidence that the enforcement division would ultimately be preserved.
The main hearing was on Senate Bill 19, which would modernize hotel and motel statutes by repealing outdated requirements. The sponsor and the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association said the bill would remove obsolete rules such as the old guest book/card system and antiquated posting requirements for room rates and motel signs. Members questioned whether the bill would eliminate the requirement to record guest departure dates or affect inspection rights, and the witnesses said the intent was only to remove the book-and-card reference while leaving the rest of the recordkeeping requirement in place. Supporters argued the rate-posting rules are widely ignored, hard to enforce, and outdated in an era of digital reservations and variable pricing; the committee also discussed whether any consumer-protection purpose remained. The public hearing on SB 19 was then closed.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 280FN, which would require food delivery services to have an agreement with a restaurant or food retail store before offering delivery from that business. The sponsor said the bill restores a prior law that had sunset and was intended to prevent third-party platforms from listing restaurants without consent. Restaurant industry testimony strongly supported the bill, describing problems with unauthorized listings, delayed deliveries, and reimbursement disputes, and saying the agreement requirement protects restaurant brands and consumer expectations. Members shared examples of delivery problems and voiced support for reinstating the safeguard.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (03/03/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- I won't go into the details about water hammer, but it causes a lot of damage in steam power plants.
- I asked one question: I said, are water hammers caused by operator error or by equipment failure?
- with this case would be electric water with this case would be electric<01:28:34.040><c> utility</c>
- it</c><01:29:11.000><c> causes</c> details about water hammer but it causes details about water hammer
- </c><01:29:23.040><c> hammers</c> asked one question I said water hammers asked one question I said water
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Stop the bombing of the waters. Stop the bombing of this land, and give this land the rules.
- Stop the bombing of the waters.
- is deep stop the bombing of the waters is deep stop the bombing of the ocean<00:59:07.200><c> stop</
- And how many water sources must be contaminated before you hear us telling you no?
- </c><02:40:23.000><c> power</c> infrastructure um including water power infrastructure um including water
Committee:
House Finance
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> livestock</c> months for failing to provide livestock months for failing to provide livestock water
- water water uh<00:32:27.679><c> which</c><00:32:28.000><c> is</c> uh which is uh which is yeah<00:32
- say for discussion's sake, my misdemeanor that I described as a, uh, failing to provide livestock water
- Um, but if we're looking at that and we say, excuse me, in 2026, we've defined the livestock water as
- Um, but if we're looking at that and we say, excuse me, in 2026, we've defined the livestock water as
Committee:
Joint Judiciary
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
ACT 310, SLH 2025 Nonprofit Grants Program Informational Briefing 10-30-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- TKC has been working on food and water security for over 25 years.
- TKC has been working on food and water security for over 25 years.
- Access Surf Hawaii is to provide life-changing accessible water programs for people with disabilities
- that help people get back in the water, as well as safe beach activities for families and people with
- Both the water safety programs and activity. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, yeah. Okay.
Summary:
This joint informational briefing focused on Act 310 grants and aid, with committee members hearing one-minute testimony from organizations first in person and then by Zoom. At the outset, the chairs explained there would be no Q&A during the briefing and asked testifiers to focus on how federal cuts were affecting their work. The meeting was organized by registration number and included both neighbor island and Oʻahu applicants.
Testimony centered on organizations seeking state support to offset federal funding losses or anticipated reductions. Health and social service providers described impacts from Medicaid, SNAP, ACA subsidy, Title X, and other federal changes, including Aloha Care, Community Clinic of Maui, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, West Hawaiʻi Community Health Center, Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center, Hawaiʻi Youth Services Network, Alcoholic Rehabilitation Services of Hawaiʻi, and Kokua Kalihi Valley. Other groups highlighted losses affecting food security, housing, disaster preparedness, and climate resilience, including the Kohala Center, Feeding Hawaiʻi Together, Hawaiian Lending and Investments, Dynamic Community Solutions, and the Pacific Tsunami Museum. Several arts, youth, and education organizations also testified, including Hawaiʻi Literacy, Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony, Honolulu Theatre for the Youth, Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaiʻi, Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi, Kids Hurt Too Hawaiʻi, and US Vets, each requesting funding to preserve programs and staffing.
No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing. The only action was procedural: the chairs moved through the applicant list, limited testimony time, and then transitioned from neighbor island in-person testimony to Oʻahu and later Zoom participants.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/26/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- So if a provider has municipal water source already testing, a requirement to test for the water source
- These are like little ones that are, you know, 8 inches deep, and you fill them with water when they
- you<00:45:51.079><c> fill</c><00:45:51.280><c> them</c><00:45:51.440><c> with</c><00:45:51.640><c> water
- when they get you fill them with water when they get green<00:45:53.079><c> like</c><00:45:53.359><c
- you know and no one had ever died water you know and no one had ever died from<00:45:57.480><c> a</c
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Nine - Wednesday, May 13
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Environmental Assembly, and they discussed complex global policy issues around water policy.
- Environmental Assembly, and they discussed complex global policy issues around water policy.
- They discussed complex global policy issues around water policy.
- And that means when I say shutting the water off, shutting the firing down. Yes, sir.
- infertility traumas to try to explain to the men in this room and the women who gleefully carry the water
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the House Journal by roll call vote, 123-0. Members then used points of personal privilege to recognize National Police Week, honor fallen officers, and offer extended tributes to departing colleagues and a departing representative, followed by numerous introductions of special guests, interns, students, and visiting groups from schools and universities.
The chamber then received Senate messages and committee reports before taking up House Bill 1839, 2921, and 3015 together. The sponsor described the measure as a technical correction to online age-verification language related to pornography, and members noted the bill had already passed the House and Senate overwhelmingly. The House concurred in Senate Amendment 1 by a vote of 104-30, then adopted the conference/TAFP motion and finally passed the package 112-25.
Members next considered House Bill 2596 in conference committee. The sponsor explained the bill as a small-business health plan measure that also included a negotiated amendment expanding private insurance coverage for contraception from a six-month to a 12-month supply, while removing Senate-added blood pressure cuff language and adding a severability clause. After debate about the process and policy, the House adopted the conference report 120-26 and then third-read and passed the bill 119-27.
The final major item was Senate Bill 905, creating the Missouri Ranger training program to allow school districts, if they choose, to place specially trained personnel with narrow law-enforcement powers in schools. Debate focused heavily on school safety, local control, funding, training, and whether armed personnel in schools would help or harm students. Supporters argued it would provide an optional, low-cost safety tool, especially for districts without school resource officers; opponents argued it would escalate fear, resemble a prison environment, and fail to address mental health and other root causes. The House moved the previous question, adopted the amendment, and continued debate on the bill.