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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Ways & Means Feb 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- capacity, CCA account money, and other cash resources, with an emphasis on housing, clean energy, water
- There's $70 million for human services, and included in that is the Monroe Water and HVAC project, the
- There's $191 million for water conservation, climate resilience, and clean energy.
- These are proactive investments to prevent the most common sources of fire and water damage.
- That number equates to enough water to supply over 21 homes in the area for an entire year.
Summary:
The committee first heard a briefing on the proposed Senate capital budget, Substitute Senate Bill 6003, which would spend about $723 million total using debt-limit bonds, Climate Commitment Act funds, and other cash resources. Staff described major investments in housing and homelessness, human services, local infrastructure, flood response, water conservation and clean energy, K-12 school modernization and seismic work, and higher education projects. Members then took public testimony from a wide range of advocates and project sponsors, most of whom urged the Senate to preserve or increase funding for specific projects in the final budget, including affordable housing, permanent supportive housing, child care facilities, food banks, behavioral health and substance use treatment centers, tribal courthouse relocation, school modernization, community colleges, university projects, floodplain restoration, community forests, and local civic or cultural facilities. Several witnesses also asked the Senate to match or approach House funding levels on items such as the Housing Trust Fund, permanent supportive housing, the Community Forest Program, Floodplains by Design, and CCA-supported clean energy and water projects. The chair noted that amendments to the capital budget were due the next day at noon.
The committee then received a briefing on Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2251, which would restructure Climate Commitment Act accounts by repealing three existing accounts and replacing them with two new accounts: a CCA operating account and a CCA capital account. Staff explained that the bill would preserve most existing uses while changing revenue distribution formulas, capping Ecology administrative costs, expanding allowable uses for EV-related costs, housing, and carbon capture/sequestration, and changing reporting and tribal consultation provisions. The bill also shifts some reporting from annual to biannual and modifies the thresholds for tribal-supported and overburdened-community investments. The fiscal note was described as relatively small, with the main impact being the revised revenue allocation structure.
Public testimony on the CCA bill was mixed. Supporters, including the League of Women Voters, said the restructuring better aligns spending with the intent of the CCA and could improve investments for tribes and overburdened communities. Critics, including the Washington Policy Center, argued the bill still lacks strong requirements to ensure CCA spending is effective and objected to reducing the frequency of the state’s climate-spending report. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Dec 11th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- For Indian water rights.
- One is for regional water planning, and the other one is for the Water Security Planning Act.
- But as I said, there's $130 million here from the State Engineer for water rights.
- I'm seeing struggles with Solemn Waters and Water Districts in Ezequias.
- Chair, sorry, Water Aquifer Monitoring? Yeah. So, Mr.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- But Christian's Law was written for open water, which are natural bodies of water such as ponds, lakes
- The problem I see is that pools are very different than open bodies of water.
- There's water clarity and cleanliness, visible depth markers and signs, roped-off areas indicating water
- Pools are very different than open bodies of water. There is an ongoing debate about life jackets.
- We are some of the leading experts Again, not that we are against water safety by any means.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security heard testimony on several bills, beginning with a major workplace violence proposal for health care settings. Senator Lovely, the Massachusetts Nurses Association, the Massachusetts Hospital Association, and SEIU 1199 all supported legislation requiring hospitals and other health care employers to conduct facility-specific risk assessments, develop violence prevention plans, train workers, and provide reporting and protections for assaulted employees. Witnesses described workplace assaults as frequent and escalating, and committee members discussed balancing worker safety with concerns about criminalizing mental illness; testimony emphasized that the bill targets intentional assaults while preserving treatment and discretion for behavioral health crises.
The committee also heard strong support for bills to strengthen traffic safety, including primary seat belt enforcement, rear-facing car seat requirements, and seat belts on school buses. AAA Northeast, the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts, law enforcement, legislators, and the Massachusetts Insurance Federation all backed the measures, citing crash data, injury prevention, and personal stories of traumatic brain injury. Senator O’Connor testified for school bus seat belts, saying Massachusetts should join other states requiring them, and later Sophia Furzada of the National Transportation Safety Board urged passage of school bus seat belt and child passenger safety bills, saying lap-shoulder belts would reduce injuries and save lives in crashes where compartmentalization is not enough.
Other testimony included support for a bill to make 9-1-1 disability indicator forms more accessible and inclusive, with the witness arguing the form should better reflect mental health, developmental disabilities, language access needs, and a fifth-grade reading level. The committee also heard opposition to a proposal to extend Christian’s Law to swimming pools, with a parks and recreation director warning of unintended consequences for municipal camps and underserved communities. Finally, the committee took testimony on a bill to expand the Forensic Science Oversight Board to include workforce representation, which MOSES said would restore technical expertise to the board. At the end of the hearing, the committee adjourned without taking votes on the bills discussed.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 15th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Delta is a damaged natural resource that provides water to 27 million Californians.
- The Delta is a damaged natural resource that provides water to 27 million Californians.
- The Delta Tunnel has been proposed as a solution to the water problems.
- Renaissance idea, to develop a statewide sustainable water plan to be part of a solution for reliable
- water supply for the remainder of the century.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:13:30.000><c> sewer,</c> intersection improvements, water, sewer, intersection improvements,
- >> Senator Waters.
- >> Senator<00:17:41.520><c> Waters.
- Yeah, I'm you know I had >> Senator Waters.
- </c> it to 450 was second by Senator Waters. it to 450 was second by Senator Waters.
Committee:
Senate Finance
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (03/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Coren then said, “It is not in the water.”
- 29:01.520><c> is</c><03:29:01.680><c> not</c><03:29:01.800><c> in</c><03:29:01.960><c> the</c> the water
- I do it is not in the the water I do it is not in the water<03:29:04.120><c> representative</c><03:29
- :04.720><c> coren</c><03:29:05.239><c> for</c><03:29:05.399><c> the</c> water representative coren for
- the water representative coren for the rescue<03:29:06.319><c> yes</c><03:29:06.800><c> um</c><03:29
Summary:
The Children and Family Law Committee opened its March 4 meeting with procedural announcements, including a deadline for any Minority Report, notice that the committee would not meet the following Tuesday because of town meeting day, and a preview of its March 18 agenda. The chair said that meeting would include hearings and executive sessions on HB 518, requiring DHHS to provide a detailed annual report of DCF costs, and HB 775, directing DHHS to seek proposals for supervised visitation centers; HB 553 was also slated for executive session. The committee also heard an update on Representative Grossman’s son, who remained in the PICU at Mass General.
The main hearing was on HB 493, which would require child abuse and neglect education for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants as a condition of licensure. Representative Alicia Gregg presented the bill and an amendment reducing the required training from two hours to one hour, saying the goal was to improve recognition of abuse and prevent both missed cases and false accusations. Cassandra Sanchez, the state Child Advocate, strongly supported the bill, describing a 2020 review of nine cases of non-ambulatory infants with serious injuries and later system mapping that identified gaps in medical recognition; she said the training should be part of existing continuing education hours and that voluntary uptake had been limited. Dr. Michael Matos of Wolfeboro Pediatrics also testified in support.
Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association opposed legislating the requirement, saying hospitals already train staff and that the legislature should not single out one topic for statutory mandate when other reporting obligations are handled differently. In questioning, committee members asked whether the hour would be part of existing continuing education, whether hospitals already provide similar training, and whether the bill should be placed in the continuing medical education statute instead of child protection law. Bradley said hospital members already provide annual training and collaborate with proponents, but did not support putting the requirement in statute. Sanchez said the bill was intended to use one of the hours already required for training, though members noted that the bill text did not clearly say so. The committee also heard broader testimony about the Family Division of Circuit Court, including a proposal to create a subcommittee to study more difficult issues such as pre-trial counseling, evidentiary practices, and domestic violence-related cases, with the Speaker appointing members to that subcommittee.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> those public community drinking water those public community drinking water systems,<00:49:29.760
- </c> Still Water, the Hastings of the World. Still Water, the Hastings of the World.
- </c><00:51:49.359><c> This</c> and oil um contaminated water. This and oil um contaminated water.
- They are not destroying water. Correct.
- And that number is around Water?
Bills:
HF3220
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
school safety, school security, emergency access, law enforcement access, master key box, secure key box, entry device, school grants, education finance, Department of Education, charter schools, school districts, cooperative units, appropriation cancellation, one-time appropriation, school safety plan, emergency preparedness, public safety, school building security, 1183
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- the I are in the Jordan River and we are either symbolically swimming upstream to the life-giving waters
- If you just try to tread water in a river, the current will slowly take you to the Dead Sea.
- Conservation Commission, to revise provisions regarding the Idaho State Soil and Water Conservation
- Senate, Senate Bill 1265 by the Health and Welfare Committee, an act relating to the Petroleum Clean Water
- It simply removes and updates sections of code related to the Petroleum Clean Water Trust Fund.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 30th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And so let’s debate something really important and maybe lighten the mood: Should we still have water
- Those were water pistols that I grew up with and were prevalent everywhere.
- Those were water pistols that I grew up with and were prevalent everywhere.
- We introduced a CEQA reform bill on water, water storage, and water infrastructure in this state.
- We passed CEQA reform on water infrastructure a couple of years ago.
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a long floor session focused heavily on budget trailer bills, labor agreements, housing, environmental review, and several resolutions. Members also introduced visiting guests, including family members, district staff, Mandela Washington Fellows, and UC Berkeley public policy students. Procedural motions were taken up early, including a successful roll-call vote to suspend rules so certain budget-related bills could be heard without reference to file.
The chamber approved several major budget measures. SB 129, the labor trailer bill, passed 56-4 after supporters said it made technical budget adjustments, funded collective bargaining, supported In-Home Supportive Services, and addressed pension and project-related issues. SB 131, the public resources and housing trailer bill, passed 50-3 after extensive debate over homelessness funding, CEQA exemptions, advanced manufacturing, high-speed rail, rural access to funds, tribal consultation, and environmental protections; multiple members voiced support while also urging follow-up changes. The Assembly also adopted SB 139, implementing agreements for professional and operating engineers, by 69-1, and SB 140, implementing the correctional officers’ agreement, by 71-0. Later, AB 130, the housing trailer bill, was taken up on concurrence in Senate amendments after a successful rule suspension; members discussed tribal consultation protections, CEQA reform, prevailing wage, and vehicle miles traveled provisions, with debate continuing as the transcript ended.
The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 927, extending the Williams inspection window for certain school districts, which passed 70-0. In addition, ACR 16 naming the 10th Street Bridge the POW/MIA Bridge passed 70-0. AJR 9, urging full and consistent federal funding for the National Park Service, drew broad bipartisan support and passed 66-0 after members highlighted California parks’ economic and cultural importance. HR 47, recognizing the Fourth of July and the Declaration of Independence, prompted extended remarks on democracy, civics, immigration, military service, and community celebrations before being adopted by voice vote with 64 co-authors added. The consent calendar was also adopted 64-0.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 62 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reports recommending that the bill authorizing the Massachusetts Water
- Resources Authority to supply water to the Linfield Center Water District within the town of Linfield
- Second reading of the bill: An act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply
- water to the Linfield Center Water District within the town of Linfield, House No. 972.
Summary:
The House received a gubernatorial message returning the fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill (House No. 4244) with disapprovals, reductions, and recommended amendments. The message was filed as House No. 4250, and the portions concerning disapprovals and reductions were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means under Joint Rule 30, with the remaining matter referred to the Committee on Bills and Third Reading.
The House also considered a committee-reported resolution congratulating Fire Chief Brian C. Hickey on his retirement from the Town of Webster Fire Department. After suspension of the rules, the resolution was adopted. In addition, the House took up House No. 972, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Linfield Center Water District in Linfield. The House suspended Rule 7A, ordered the bill to a third reading, and advanced it accordingly.
Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn when it next adjourned until Monday at 11 a.m. Mr. Jones of North Reading then moved immediate adjournment, and the House adjourned to meet Monday next at 11 a.m. in an informal session.
NH
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Waters has his finger near the button.<00:30:37.360><c> Senator</c><00:30:37.679><c> Waters.
- Senator Waters. Yeah. Thank you. button. Senator Waters. Yeah. Thank you.
- </c> They would then go to the drinking water They would then go to the drinking water and<00:33:08.960
- So going back to public water system.
- I'll get your I'm water take home. Okay. I'll get your I'm water take home.
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesotans love to have clean water to drink.
- Motans love to have clean water outside. Motans love to have clean water to<00:02:44.239><c> drink.
- Um, these are projects that would water.
- These are projects that would help ensure Minnesota's waters are better managed for both water quantity
- and quality to support aquatic life, drinking water, recreation, and other uses.
Keywords:
natural resources, environment, sustainability, conservation, outdoor recreation, land acquisition, real property, trust fund, commissioner approval, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, conservation easement, land purchase, state land, public lands, property acquisition, value assessment, tax assessed value, Metropolitan Council, Board of Water and Soil Resources
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/05/2026 - House Rural Economic Development
House Rural Economic Development Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- resources in this state—how water affects the terrain.
- The first one obviously focused on water scarcity.
- It started out flat, and acid rain formed the gullies and then how the water gets down.
- The challenge, of course, is that they're really good at conserving water.
- It only takes about less than a gallon of water a day to grow this amount of food.
Summary:
The Committee on Rural Economic Development met to hear two presentations. Rep. Volk gave a lighthearted but substantive overview of invasive plant species in southern Arizona, focusing on buffalo grass and stinknet, their role in increasing wildfire risk, harming native habitat, and contributing to respiratory irritation. He described current removal efforts such as hand-pulling and volunteer work, and discussed emerging technology including drone-based mapping and targeted herbicide application. Members asked about grazing use, treatment costs, and whether the mapping covered areas farther north; Volk said the red dots represented identified but untreated stinknet locations and noted ongoing coordination with county, museum, and fire-management partners.
The committee then heard from Dr. Vishnu Reddy of the University of Arizona on space defense as an economic enabler for Districts 7 and 17, with discussion of Biosphere 2, water research, food innovation, and the university’s space situational awareness work. He explained asteroid and planetary defense, including how near-Earth objects are tracked, why early detection matters, and how objects can be nudged off course with kinetic impact methods like NASA’s DART mission. He also described the Chelyabinsk meteor event, the far side of the Moon, and the value of university, small-business, and student partnerships in this research ecosystem.
Reddy highlighted Biosphere 2’s visitor revenue, philanthropic support, and federal/state funding tied to these programs, and emphasized workforce development and small-business contracting. The presentation concluded with members handling meteorite, Moon, and Mars samples. No formal bills were considered and no votes were taken; the meeting ended with adjournment.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Agriculture Oct 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Program The Rural and Family Lands Program is so important to Florida just because it protects our water
- And then you must meet one of the four factors that I presented, which are related to habitat, water
- But it's also filtering the water that flows into our aquifer.
- These properties are lifelines for wide-roaming species, recharge areas for our water that's flowing
- There was no place for the water to go other than somebody's front yard or in their front door.
Summary:
The Committee on Agriculture met to hear updates on land conservation and agricultural preservation programs. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services presented on the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, explaining that it protects active agricultural lands through conservation easements while keeping land in private ownership and on the tax rolls. The director said the program requires participants to use agricultural best management practices, noted strong demand with 428 ranked projects for 2025, and reported that consistent legislative funding and partnerships with USDA, DOD, local governments, land trusts, and water management districts have expanded acreage protected, much of it within the Florida Wildlife Corridor. Committee members asked about eligibility, ranking, local government involvement, and how many projects are typically funded each year.
Conservation Florida’s president and CEO testified that both Rural and Family Lands and Florida Forever are critical and complementary tools for preserving working lands, wildlife habitat, water resources, and public access to nature. She warned that uncertainty or cuts in state funding can stall projects, raise land prices, and reduce conservation momentum. In discussion with senators, she said public access is often negotiated case by case and is more common on lands acquired for parks, forests, and other public green space than on conservation easements.
The Department of Environmental Protection then updated the committee on Florida Forever, describing it as the state’s premier conservation and recreation land acquisition program. DEP said Florida Forever uses both conservation easements and fee-simple purchases, with about half of acquisitions done through easements, and emphasized that steady funding is needed to keep projects moving. The deputy secretary reported 60 projects on the current work plan, more than $1.4 billion invested since 2019, and recent acquisitions including new state forest, park, and preserve expansions. Members also raised concerns about payment in lieu of taxes for fiscally constrained counties, local notification of acquisitions, and the need for continued support for agriculture, citrus, roads, and conservation funding. No formal votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after member comments and public testimony.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy May 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Good morning, Julia Hall with the Association of California Water Agencies.
- This is providing essential funding for supporting habitat and water supply projects that are already
- helping with drought Providing essential funding for supporting habitat and water supply projects that
- for the recommendation to reject the special fund position cuts, especially at CDFW and the State Water
- This is a project in state waters, and we have the unique opportunity to take forward California energy
Summary:
The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, and Energy met for a vote-only hearing on the Senate budget plan, with the chair noting a difficult budget year and the need for continued negotiations with the Assembly and administration. Public comment focused on several budget items, including support for $25 million for the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program, rejection of special fund position cuts at CDFW and the State Water Board, redistribution of Proposition 1 funds, support for local conservation corps and job projects, funding for offshore wind, and opposition to the Governor’s proposed Sustainable Aviation Fuel tax credit/incentive on the grounds that it would be costly and could raise fuel prices or benefit out-of-state refineries. There was also support for the safer consumer products program and for preserving vacant staff positions at CDFW.
The committee then took multiple roll-call votes on grouped budget issues. It approved staff recommendations for a first large set of items by a 4-0 vote, a second set by 3-1, and a third set by 3-0. The committee also approved Part B items in three grouped motions, including a 4-0 vote on one group, and additional groups approved by 3-0 votes. During discussion of Part B, the chair expressed concern about proposed changes to the cap-and-invest program and said the budget plan withholds Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations, including continuous appropriations, until specified conditions are met, citing the need to protect legislative priorities such as transit, affordable housing, air quality, and safe drinking water.
The hearing concluded with thanks to public witnesses, the LAO, and the Department of Finance, and the chair invited additional written comments for the record before adjourning the subcommittee.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 8, February 18, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 116, sponsored by Water: Destruction of Water Is Not a Beneficial Use, an act relating to
- water.
- </c> state, and public lands and water state, and public lands and water resources<00:08:05.039><c> to
- </c> house bill 116 sponsored by water house bill 116 sponsored by water destruction<00:08:55.760><c>
- </c> use an act relating to water Mr. use an act relating to water Mr.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The Clean Water Fund is largely the Clean Water Council revised recs.
- The Clean Water Fund is largely the Clean Water Council revised recs.
- That and that's in the clean water fund.
- in the metro that we get in the water in the metro that we get in the water<00:57:27.920><c> you</c>
- </c><01:03:02.079><c> We</c> Sams or the Clean Water Council. We Sams or the Clean Water Council.
Bills:
HF2563
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
Keywords:
HF2563, legacy finance bill, Legacy Amendment, outdoor heritage fund, clean water fund, parks and trails fund, arts and cultural heritage fund, Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, Clean Water Council, Minnesota legacy funds, habitat conservation, prairie restoration, wetland restoration, forest conservation, riparian buffers, water quality, groundwater protection, drinking water, septic systems, watershed planning
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 02/10/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans
Transcript Highlights:
- part of our lake is in the Boundary Waters.
- Um, when we take a group fishing, it's anywhere from 20 to 40 guys that we put on the water.
- Waters Canoe Area.
- </c> capacity but also help protect the water capacity but also help protect the water of<00:21:00.960
- </c> of fall Lake and The Boundary Waters of fall Lake and The Boundary Waters canoe<00:21:03.159><c>
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (02/04/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> the state and um put in some regulations the state and um put in some regulations so<01:11:23.199
- local regulations.
- regulate regulate something<01:42:02.560><c> in</c><01:42:02.800><c> that</c><01:42:03.040><c> manner
- </c> agreeable to the rules and regulations agreeable to the rules and regulations of<03:35:52.560><c
- </c> propose uh regulations or restrictions. propose uh regulations or restrictions.