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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Patrick Boss, I'm here today on behalf of the Port of Quincy in Grant County and the Port of Warden in
- They can save tens of millions of dollars for utility customers, and we're particularly supportive of
- One of the technical tweaks we'd like to see on this moving forward is that one of the requirements of
- maintenance or repair work on the utility's equipment due to the installation of the customer's device
- Meyer is chair of the Equity Task Force of WPSR. Dr.
Summary:
The committee heard public hearings on four bills. SB 5982 would expand Clean Energy Transformation Act coverage to include port districts and certain single-customer utilities, and would revise definitions for market customers and affected market customers. Supporters, including environmental groups, Commerce, Ecology, and some port and utility representatives, said it would close loopholes and ensure large loads such as data centers and port-based generation are subject to CETA. Opponents from ports, PUDs, business groups, and industrial consumers argued the bill could sweep in existing single-customer utilities and burden smaller ports or industrial projects. No vote was taken; the chair closed the hearing after noting substantial pro, con, and other testimony.
SB 6008 would create a statewide residential battery incentive and flexible demand program administered through Commerce, with higher incentives for low- and moderate-income customers and requirements tied to utility flexible demand programs. Supporters said it would improve grid resilience, lower bills, and help deploy virtual power plants and distributed storage. Utilities and some advocates supported the concept but asked for changes on funding, low-income verification, compensation, deadlines, and program design. No action was taken beyond the public hearing.
SB 6050 would allow portable plug-in solar devices and one meter-mounted device per premises, while restricting utilities, landlords, and HOAs from blocking them and setting safety and certification conditions. Supporters called it a low-cost way to expand distributed solar access, especially for renters and lower-income households. Opponents, including labor, utilities, and safety-focused witnesses, raised concerns about fire risk, backfeeding, lack of existing electrical code standards, utility worker safety, and the need for interconnection review. The committee then heard SB 6056, which would direct Ecology to exempt utility service vehicles from certain clean vehicle emissions standards; Ecology said it was already pursuing a similar rule and flagged the bill’s broad definition and potential policy implications, while utility associations supported the exemption for emergency response vehicles and environmental advocates opposed the statutory approach. No votes were taken on any of the bills.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 4, 2025 - 12:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- get out of control, could the federal government give funding to kind of Going to kind of get out of
- One of the issues has been a lot of denials and a higher rate, possibly a higher rate of denial than
- of indemnity at the end of the day back in the worst time, the worst of the worst.
- Now, this was as of September 30 of 2024, we had 14%.
- One of them is taking care of the customer.
Summary:
The Insurance and Banking Subcommittee received a lengthy presentation from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation CEO Tim Serio, with Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworski also answering questions. Serio reviewed Citizens’ role as Florida’s insurer of last resort, its statutory funding structure, eligibility rules, depopulation program, reinsurance obligations, and the surcharge/emergency assessment mechanisms that can be used if Citizens runs a deficit. He emphasized that recent legislative reforms, combined with lower litigation and improved market conditions, have helped the private market recover and reduced Citizens’ policy count from a peak of about 1.41 million in 2023 to 936,182 at the end of 2024, with a projected drop to about 771,000 by the end of 2025. He also said the reforms reduced Citizens’ rate need and helped avoid an emergency assessment after the 2024 storms.
Members asked about Citizens’ rate increases, why Citizens still seeks higher rates despite lower litigation, how the 20% eligibility threshold works, whether Citizens should be wind-only, and whether the state or federal government could help with deficits. Serio explained that Citizens is still charging below actuarially sound rates in most areas, that rate filings reflect reduced litigation and lower reinsurance exposure, and that assessments on all Florida property policyholders are the reason Citizens tries to build surplus and depopulate. He said the depopulation program is working better than in the past, with less than 2% of takeout policies returning to Citizens, and that the Office of Insurance Regulation has been vetting takeout companies more carefully.
A substantial portion of the discussion focused on claims handling after Debby, Helene, and Milton, including flood-versus-wind disputes and Citizens’ use of the Division of Administrative Hearings for some claim disputes. Serio said Citizens had received 76,625 claims from the three storms and had paid nearly $823 million in indemnity and expenses as of January 7, 2025. He said many closed-without-payment claims were either below deductible, withdrawn, duplicate, or flood-only, and that Citizens had asked its internal audit function to independently review the claims data and denials. He also described Citizens’ storm outreach, catastrophe response centers, managed-repair program, and claim review process, and said the corporation remains focused on paying valid claims while minimizing the risk of assessments on the broader Florida market.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- of all of the Do you have a breakdown of all of the nonprofits?
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- of Hawaii, Office of Department, County of Hawaii, Office of the<01:54:46.560><c> Prosecuting</c><01
Committee:
House Finance
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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- <c> housing</c><00:29:53.880><c> of</c><00:29:54.039><c> all</c> of housing of all of housing of all
- from New Hampshire DOT and expands the use of the trail repair funds to cover both existing and future
- of the trail repair expands the use of the trail repair funds<01:04:07.079><c> to</c><01:04:07.200><c
- </c><01:49:26.480><c> in</c> Trail repair funds so that's kind of in Trail repair funds so that's kind
Committee:
Senate Transportation
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Jul 7th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- It covers the south half of Curry, the north half of Roosevelt County, all of Dubuque, all of Guadalupe
- We have a lot of cutting of fence that goes on.
- It's going to take to repair with the H&H studies, hydrology, hydraulics on the upsizing of culverts,
- XTERRA—most of you have heard of XTERRA.
- So, all of that said, we've done a lot of work.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- hearing on last year that many of you are very familiar with instead of any elimination of the sunsets
- And so the repairs part of it, though, is where you get the tax credit, right?
- And so the repairs part of it, though, is where you get the tax credit, right?
- of service.
- those lines as a lessee, and then they're going to take advantage of the repairs that you made.
Committee:
House Agriculture
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, members. >> Next we'll hear Cs for HB 47 by Representative Eskamani repair of mobility devices
- They have a lot of they have a lot of restrictions in place. They stamp out a lot of fraud.
- The threshold of $500 and then $1000 we completely shut them out of business in the state of Florida
- thousands of instances of fraud throughout the state and of all kinds.
- There's a lot of other safety concerns beside this Graham, all with a grocery bag full of $30,000 of
Committee:
House Commerce Committee
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 19th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- or roof repair or whatnot.
- of the proposed bond.
- of this nature.
- out of.
- The imposition of a monetary fine or penalty for a violation of a money service business's terms of service
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 210; 20 January, 2026: 8:45 AM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:02:49.360><c> of</c> about a thousand containers uh of of about a thousand containers uh of of
- </c> year, somewhere in the area of of 3%. year, somewhere in the area of of 3%.
- We have to do repairs on some of those gates periodically because they're not opening and closing as
- We have to do repairs on some of those gates periodically because they're not opening and closing as
- </c> repair of the dam at Archusa Equipment. repair of the dam at Archusa Equipment.
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/04/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- Some Habitat affiliates offer home repair programs, age-in-place, a variety of different things in that
- Some Habitat affiliates offer home repair programs, age-in-place, a variety of different things in that
- Some Habitat affiliates offer home repair programs, age-in-place, a variety of different things in that
- of emergency repair and strengthening of emergency repair and illegal<00:59:55.760><c> law</c><00:59
- I think also the level of infrastructure repair that's needed is very profound when you start talking
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Transportation - 02/24/2026
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Senator Jeremy Cooney, Chair of Senate Transportation.
- We're joined, of course, by Senator Oberacker, our ranking member.
- Okay, so we have a total of eight bills to be considered by the committee.
- to repair shops and there's information that's not there.
- Lots of good coverage. The bill is reported. He's blushing.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Summary:
The Senate Transportation Committee met with a quorum and considered eight bills. Members discussed measures on motor vehicle repair shop disclosure requirements (S.516-A), the Rider Representation Act for public authorities (S.1148), community input in reviewing repair shop applicants (S.2329), driver education (S.3249), Blue Star Mother and Family distinctive license plates and a related support fund (S.7720), disabled person’s plates for those transporting severely disabled persons (S.7763), license suspension for failure to pay fines for impaired driving violations (S.8692), and dedicating part of the state and county highway system to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway (S.9057). Several members spoke in support of the repair-shop disclosure bill as a consumer-affordability measure, and Senator Cooney noted the driver education and impaired-driving bills as part of the agenda.
Most bills were advanced by committee vote. S.516-A, S.1148, S.2329, S.3249, S.7763, and S.9057 were reported. S.7720 was approved by the committee but referred to Finance because it created a support fund. S.8692 was approved and referred to the Codes Committee. Senator Oberacker recorded opposition on S.1148 and S.2329, while the other measures were approved without recorded opposition.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 26, 2026 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- No DRs, stayed out of trouble and that kind of stuff.
- It was a damning indictment of the practices of the PBMs.
- Now, that's nothing to the state of Florida, but that kind of attitude is what's driving my class of
- parts of it.
- of plan type.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Kurt Johansen, Mayor of the City of Hendrum.
- Along with the aging system, it's required a lot of continued maintenance and repair needs, which is
- And replacement of some of our water and sewer lines.
- The vast majority of the infrastructure was installed in the 1930s and requires immediate repair or replacement
- Almost one-third of the population of Douglas County resides within the city of Alexandria.
Bills:
HF568 , HF433 , HF1689 , HF3135 , HF3137 , HF3145 , HF2887 , HF2819 , HF2802 , HF2664 , HF2267 , HF799 , HF800 , HF3049 , HF296 , HF580 , HF1438 , HF1237
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
special education, education funding, construction, Minnesota, regional educational programs, HF433, Cloquet Area Fire District, fire station, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, general obligation bonds, public safety, emergency services, fire protection, local infrastructure, Minnesota capital budget, DEED grant, municipal facilities, station construction
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 14, 2026 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- I know each of you has read every word of this 327 page Bill.
- So it's a lot of technical changes and not a lot of substantive changes.
- We did a lot of repairs and installations of he.
- The a lot of times poll contractors will hire an HVAC contractor to come work to troubleshoot repair
- I know you've heard a lot of testimony today so I'll try to be brief and not repeat of a lot of things
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- President, and of course, members of the Senate.
- President, I'm really concerned there because that is a big deal for all of the people of the state of
- process of doing so, I'm kind of confused there, Mr.
- Is that north of I-40? Is that north of— I don't know what crossroad could that be north of?
- How do we have evidence of the vehicle being non-repairable? Mr.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- In April of 25.
- But some of us are getting tired of waiting and hoping.
- care of now.
- reserve fund as of the end of last month.
- And so the state of Arkansas was asked to help them come up with the money so they could start the repair
Committee:
All ALC-PEER
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- to repair.
- We are currently shut down because we are in the process of trying to repair one bridge that needs attention
- We have public ownership of the line, proof of concept of the line's viability, and a generation of community
- I broached the subject with the district attorney about allowing the use of forfeiture funds to repair
- And so one of the core functions of government is infrastructure, and we still have a ton of roads in
Bills:
HB1589 , HB2208 , HB2297 , HB2560 , HB2725 , HB3080 , HB4417 , HB4473 , HB4520 , HB4662 , HB4888 , HB4905 , HB4906
Committee:
House S/C on Transportation Funding
Keywords:
HB 1589, toll road, toll project, toll project entity, voter approval, local control, county election, commissioners court, Transportation Code, Chapter 372, road construction, highway funding, infrastructure, public referendum, ballot measure, transportation policy, Texas toll roads, regional mobility, toll collection, vehicle registration
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- c> have a track record of quite a bit of have a track record of quite a bit of regional<00:14:50.720>
- And almost two-thirds of the renters living in large landlord homes reportedly noticed the need for repairs
- </c> of why we have um high cost of housing. of why we have um high cost of housing.
- </c> the other book end of of my career here. the other book end of of my career here.
- It robs us of our peace of mind.
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
Keywords:
housing, infrastructure bonds, funding, appropriation, Minnesota Statutes, HF2687, single-family homes, corporate landlords, corporate ownership, real estate investment trust, REIT, landlord registry, landlord database, tenant transparency, housing affordability, homeownership, deed tax, transfer tax, property tax, affordable housing
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee (12-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Next is Department of Parks Lake Barkley State Resort Park Emergency Repairs Project appropriation increase
- exterior repair project appropriation increase in the amount of $23,900 funded from the 201618 maintenance
- Next is Department of Parks Lake Barkley State Resort Park Emergency Repairs Project appropriation increase
- exterior repair project appropriation increase in the amount of $23,900 funded from the 201618 maintenance
- Next is Department of Parks Lake Barkley State Resort Park Emergency Repairs Project appropriation increase
Summary:
The committee first received several information items, including University of Kentucky reports on medical and research equipment purchases, five school districts’ planned bond issues, and a School Facilities Construction Commission list of prior debt issues. Members then heard and approved an appropriation increase for a federally funded University of Kentucky project at the Central Kentucky Regional Airport in Richmond. The project will construct a terminal building and is tied to EKU’s airport operations and planned flight school; members asked about the public funding, the role of EKU, and possible aviation expansion, and the item was approved by roll call.
The committee next approved a University of Kentucky lease purchase for an 85,000-square-foot facility at 415 West Sun Street in Morehead for $6.4 million. UK said the property, formerly the Rowan County Board of Education site, is directly across from UK St. Clair and will be used for multiple purposes; members questioned the quarterly payment structure and why the county preferred not to receive the full amount upfront, but the item was approved. The committee then heard three appropriation increases in the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet: a Fish and Wildlife pump project at Ballard Wildlife Management Area and two Lake Barkley State Resort Park repair projects. Finance staff explained the Lake Barkley increases were mainly to cover construction contingencies after bids came in close to available funding, and the committee approved the action items.
Janice Thomas then presented four pool projects requiring no action: HVAC upgrades at the Future Farmers of America Leadership Training Center in Hardinsburg, geothermal and HVAC work at the Kentucky School for the Blind, a Brady Hall HVAC project at the Kentucky School for the Blind, and a renovation of Shanti Hall at Kentucky State University for the School of Engineering Technology. Members asked no substantive questions on those items. Finally, Natalie Broner presented a new CHFS lease in Wayne County and a Transportation Cabinet lease modification in Christian County. The Wayne County lease drew the most discussion, with members questioning the rent, the lack of other bids, and whether another county location might be preferable; CHFS said it maintains county-seat offices statewide and that the Wayne County site would replace an existing office. The Christian County item was described as a replacement site for driver licensing services with renovation costs largely absorbed by the lessor. Both lease items were presented for action after the discussion.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee Jan 20th, 2026 at 09:30 am
A&B Transportation Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- of it, and then the locality funding 15% of it.
- OK, so all of the above, all of them are on trailers.
- repair.
- joint seal, only about 250 square yards of panel replacement, but 6,000 cubic feet of spa repair.
- 10,000 square yards of panel replacement, and 2,200 cubic feet of small repair.
Committee:
House A&B Transportation Subcommittee