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• So when you think about every direct dollar spent on the project in-state, the actual total in-state
• There are states that have tended to be... ...we could engage with the states.
• for state benefit.
• for state benefit.
• For example, one of my staff actually created a nuclear curriculum at Roane State University, which is

Summary: The committee met to hear a series of presentations on advanced nuclear economics, workforce, community impacts, and financing. Nucleon Energy’s William Bridge presented a report estimating the economic impacts of hypothetical 200-megawatt and 600-megawatt SMRs, including construction and operating jobs, local spending, tax revenue, and the private-sector conditions needed to attract investment. He said the report used nth-of-a-kind cost assumptions, discussed security and water siting considerations, and argued that early community engagement and permitting work should be timed to when projects are closer to being economic. Committee members questioned cost assumptions, security staffing, transmission and water siting, and whether large reactors or SMRs are more likely to be financed in the near term. Lori Brady of the Nuclear Energy Institute then outlined national nuclear workforce needs and NEI’s strategic workforce planning. She described declining labor-force demographics, the need for hundreds of thousands of new energy workers by 2050, and six workforce priorities: career awareness, pipelines, training and qualification, policy support, retention, and non-traditional pipelines. She highlighted the Nuclear Works career website, the Nuclear Energy Academic Roadmap, the new federal Energy and Natural Resources career cluster, and the Nuclear Uniform Curriculum Program for community colleges. Members asked about AI, robotics, and when training should begin relative to future plant construction; Brady said AI is not expected to replace workers broadly and that training timelines depend on the specific project and staffing plan. Red Wing, Minnesota Mayor Gary Yako described hosting the Prairie Island nuclear generating facility. He said the plant provides a large share of the city’s property tax base, supports well-paid jobs, contributes to local emergency preparedness, and is a strong community partner through donations and employee involvement. He said the city supports relicensing, has regular emergency drills, and has had no issues with dry cask storage. The committee also heard from NEI’s Benton Arnett, who reviewed the current financing landscape, including federal tax credits, DOE loan authority, offtake agreements, and the shift toward project developers and special-purpose vehicles. He said early projects face high first-of-a-kind costs, but federal support and long-term power purchase agreements are helping make projects financeable. Finally, DOE’s Julie Kazeraki described the Office of Energy Dominance Financing and its role in supporting new nuclear, restarts, uprates, and supply chain investments, emphasizing that federal loan and tax-credit tools are intended to reduce upfront risk and improve project affordability.

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• I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands
• Two hundred fifty years ago, on July 3, George Washington took command of the Continental Army.
• Idaho as a formal part of the United States.
• signing the law a bill admitting Idaho as a formal part in state in the United States.
• So while we part in state in the United States.

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Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several routine matters. It adopted an emergency preamble for H. 4182, a sick leave bank bill for Jato Charlotton of the Department of Transportation, and later passed that bill to be enacted and sent it to the Governor. The Senate also adopted resolutions honoring the 14th Dalai Lama and congratulating two Eagle Scouts, Jack Geyser and Windsor Sheppler. The chamber then considered H. 4103, establishing a sick leave bank for Stephen Forget of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office. The bill was taken up out of the orders of the day, ordered to a third reading, and passed to be engrossed. A House bill, H. 4230, establishing a sick leave bank for James Caruso of the Department of Transportation, was also advanced when the Senate suspended the rules and ordered it to a third reading. The Committee on Rules reported a petition and bill from Pavel Payano to expand access to the family self-sufficiency program in Massachusetts. The Senate suspended its rules and Joint Rule 12 so the matter could be referred to the committees on housing. At the close of session, the Senate adopted an order to reconvene on Monday at 11:00 a.m. and to dispense with printing a calendar, then adjourned.

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• 30 states.
• 30 states.
• This article explains that once tax breaks were given in Washington state, the goalposts kept moving.
• </c><00:52:32.920><c> kept</c> in Washington state the gold posts kept in Washington state the gold posts
• ><c> across</c><00:53:06.359><c> the</c> play out in state after State across the play out in state after

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• Thank you, state engineer.
• Gebhardt, Wyoming state engineer. Gebhardt, Wyoming state engineer.
• </c> southwestern western part of our state. southwestern western part of our state.
• </c> states, within our states. states, within our states.
• </c> uh up in Washington. uh up in Washington.

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• . >> The Speaker's Rooms, Washington, D.C., July 6, 2026. I hereby appoint the Honorable Craig A.
• prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Daniel Carson, Saint Peter's Catholic Church, Washington
• THE CHAIR WILL NOW I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic

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• </c> businesses here in the state. businesses here in the state.
• </c> states.
• So, we have six other states states.
• </c> Bearbrook State Park. Bearbrook State Park.
• </c> service to the state. service to the state.

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• The Clerk: The Speaker's Rooms, Washington, D.C., February 4, 2025.
• The Clerk: The Speaker's Rooms, Washington, D.C., February 4, 2025.
• There is widespread support for H.R. 43 within the State of Alaska.
• In my home state, the great state of Tennessee, it takes its name from Tenasee, a historic Cherokee Overhill
• United States Black Hawk helicopter.

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• agency or state authority.
• The state population. Where is the vast majority of the state population?
• Imagine, you know, a doctor at one of our state universities is performing surgery on a patient and is
• As I said previously, we represent state agencies and state officials.
• Ohio State University has agreed to pay $100 million in damages to 279 former students who said a campus

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• And the economy of not only the state of Texas and Houston, from the, but the United States of America
• We focus on federal and state policy, but mostly state policy.
• The state resources benefit everybody, so I guess that's my general approach would be to say the state
• Um, expand state-backed funding.
• Other states are investing billions to leverage ports as an economic tool for their state.

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• We have a 2022 state water plan.
• and the economy of not only the state of Texas. in Houston, but the United States of America, and also
• All led efforts in Congress and the state legislature to create federal and state development of water
• Throughout the state.
• Other states are in... investing billions to leverage ports as an economic tool for their state.

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• for the state of Idaho.
• The Idaho state laws are as determined and as strict as any state in the union.
• And in case you're wondering, there are 10 states that have state guns.
• Yes, there are states. Mr. President, yes, there are states that use a one-month look-back.
• It's critical to the United States. So where does the United States get its tungsten?

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• coming out of those states.
• state to do anything to them.
• A license doing the same thing in Virginia or Washington State or even Hawaii.
• The state does not say.
• to affect our state.

Bills: HB 43, HB 3364, HB 3469, HB 3479, HB 43, HB 3364, HB 3469, HB 3479

Keywords: agriculture, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, veterinarian, veterinary medicine, veterinary telemedicine, telehealth, telemedicine, veterinarian-client-patient relationship, VCPR, animal health, livestock, pets, remote care, electronic means, telephone consultation, controlled substances, prescription drugs

Summary: The second bill, House Bill 3469, was introduced to address pest control regulations concerning nuisance birds. Representative Campos explained how the bill proposes non-lethal methods to deter these birds, such as the use of laser lights and sounds, which avoids conflict with both state and federal regulations. The committee heard impassioned testimonies from members of the public who shared firsthand experiences regarding the adverse effects of these birds on property and public health. The meeting concluded with both bills being left pending, reflecting a desire for further deliberation among the committee members.

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• If the state has taken over a well because the owner has abandoned it, then the state should take responsibility
• We are running out of state funding.
• .state as well as rural locations as well.
• And as was stated, I will support it today.
• But we have staffing issues in our state.

Summary: The committee heard a long housing agenda with several bills presented before quorum was established. AB 1725, as amended, would require disclosure of nearby oil wells and methane monitoring issues in a specific district; the author and community witnesses described serious health and safety risks in Vista Hermosa Heights, while the California Apartment Association, California Building Industry Association, and California Chamber of Commerce opposed, arguing the bill targeted the wrong industry and that the state should instead fix abandoned wells directly. AB 2110, a local finance tool to create tax increment districts for workforce housing for education, health care, manufacturing, and public safety workers, drew no witnesses in support or opposition and was presented as a way to help workers live closer to jobs. AB 1732 would expand CEQA streamlining for public university and college housing projects; UC and several housing and labor groups supported it, while housing advocates raised concerns about amendments affecting existing 100% affordable housing exemptions. AB 1771, amended into a study bill, would direct HCD to report on the long-standing resident manager requirement for apartment buildings with 16 or more units; the rental housing industry supported studying the issue, while the chair emphasized the need to consider tenant protections and the impact on current resident managers before changing the law. The committee also heard AB 2185, which would direct state affordable housing programs to update guidelines to better support factory-built housing; it drew broad support from housing, labor, technology, and local government groups, with no opposition. AB 2748 would delay new EV-readiness requirements for 100% affordable housing developments, keeping the prior 40% standard through 2035; supporters said the higher standard would add significant costs and threaten project feasibility, while clean air and transportation advocates argued the code changes are modest, important for equity, and should not be rolled back. Members split along those lines, with some emphasizing housing production and others urging more public subsidy for EV infrastructure rather than delaying the code. SB 417, a proposed $10 billion affordable housing bond for the November ballot, received extensive support from housing organizations, local governments, labor, and business groups, but Habitat for Humanity and the Los Angeles mayor’s office asked for specific allocations for CalHome and interim housing; the bill was ultimately moved to Appropriations on an 8-0 vote, with members noting ongoing negotiations over funding priorities. Finally, AB 1740 would create an urban multimodal community designation for Santa Monica, allowing local approval of certain low-impact coastal-zone activities—such as some housing, bike and bus lanes, outdoor dining, and building changes—without Coastal Commission review. The author and Santa Monica officials said the bill would reduce delays and uncertainty for infill housing and local economic recovery while preserving protections for sensitive coastal resources; supporters included housing, business, and city groups. The Coastal Commission and environmental organizations opposed, saying the bill would carve out broad exemptions, weaken public access and appeal rights, and bypass the local coastal program process that Santa Monica has not completed. Committee members debated the Commission’s role, with some criticizing it for opposing legislation and others arguing the bill was a common-sense way to modernize coastal permitting. A motion and second were made on AB 1740, and the bill was left pending with the committee’s action to be taken when appropriate.

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• system of state control operations.
• But the other two states, Minnesota and Washington, did that, followed our lead on that.
• State Pipe Trades Council, the California Coalition of Utility Employees, Western States Council of
• But if there's a state prevailing wage, which also applies if there's any state money, the state prevailing
• If there's no state money, if there's state money, then it's the state prevailing wage. Okay. Okay.

Summary: The committee hearing covered a long agenda of local government and housing-related bills, with the chair repeatedly noting the committee was operating without a quorum for much of the meeting. Several measures were heard with no opposition, including AB 2639 on Merced County flood control coordination, AB 1788 on allowing best-value contracting for general law cities and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, AB 2058 on reducing duplicative permitting and inspection costs for factory-built housing, AB 2576 on clarifying historic resource protections in a housing law, AB 2568 on increasing the compensation cap for water district board members, AB 2224 on updating county recorder fees and requiring electronic recording, AB 2469 on water-supply review and cost responsibility for data centers, and AB 2397 on requiring local governments to justify denials of certain housing-finance decisions. Most of these bills were presented as targeted fixes to improve efficiency, reduce delays, or modernize outdated statutes, and the authors generally requested aye votes and noted committee amendments where applicable. The most extended debate centered on AB 1751, which would streamline approval of qualifying townhome projects while setting a $28 hourly minimum wage floor for construction workers on covered private projects. Supporters argued the bill would expand homeownership opportunities, raise wages for largely non-union residential workers, and preserve existing prevailing wage law while adding enforcement tools and developer liability. Opponents, including several building trades and labor organizations, argued it would undercut prevailing wage standards, create a race to the bottom, and potentially affect wage-setting more broadly. Committee members asked detailed questions about land-use barriers, the relationship to prevailing wage, and whether the bill would affect unionized work; the author and supporters responded that it applies narrowly to private for-sale townhome projects and does not alter prevailing wage requirements. AB 2469 also drew a substantive split. Supporters said data centers should be required to provide water-supply assessments before approval, pay for infrastructure they trigger, and account for impacts on overdrafted groundwater basins and local ratepayers. Opponents from the Chamber of Commerce, Data Center Coalition, counties, and tech groups argued existing law already covers water planning, that the bill imposes unique and burdensome requirements on one industry, and that some reporting provisions could raise security concerns. The author responded that the bill is about front-end planning and local accountability, not daily reporting, and emphasized the hyperlocal strain data centers can place on small water systems. No final votes were taken during the hearing because the committee lacked a quorum, though members repeatedly indicated support or intent to vote aye once a quorum was present.

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• And with additional state support, Lakewood can deepen our work, And with additional state support, Lakewood
• You know, for a lot of other states, it's the largest city in that state.
• Bright red Louisiana, the poorest state in the United States, with a total state budget of just $12 billion
• You see a state like California that has a budget of over $300 billion, it's up to the state to prioritize
• You see a state like California that has a budget of over $300 billion, it's up to the state to prioritize

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• . >> The Speaker's Rooms, Washington, D.C., February 26th, 2026.
• Office of the Senate Chaplain, Washington, D.C. >> Let us pray.
• I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands

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• But the point is I don't represent Washington. I represent the state of Alabama.
• But the university is the largest graduate of social workers in the state.
• >> I don't know the answer except that every other major university in the state and across the country
• I know one that worked at UAB, graduated from Jacksonville State University, came to the University of
• I know one that worked at UAB, graduated from Jacksonville State University, came to the University of

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• Other states and countries have established state-sponsored mechanisms to address natural catastrophe
• Other states and countries have established state-sponsored mechanisms to address natural catastrophe
• and said this is not universally true in every state that what falls into the liability...
• This is not universally true in every state that what falls into the liability bucket in California is
• and State Street in Boston.

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• The United States still has...
• , as you stated.
• The state has a state implementation plan that is submitted to the EPA, and there are a lot of roundabout
• states have taken into consideration how the Yeah. other states have taken into consideration how the
• Are we looking at other states, other areas? What have other states been doing?

Summary: The committee took up several energy, transportation, and land-use bills. HB 2428, dealing with county and ADEQ authority to issue voluntary permits certifying emission reduction credits for mobile and non-road sources, received neutral testimony from ADEQ and support from Maricopa County; the committee adopted the Griffin amendment and passed the bill 10-0 with a due pass recommendation. HB 2145, which expands who may request certain gasoline fuel reformulation actions and is contingent on EPA approval, also passed on a 5-4 vote after brief staff explanation and no amendment. The committee then considered HB 2331, a strike-everything amendment requiring electric utilities to ensure 85% of generating capacity serving retail load comes from “reliable resources” by 2030. Supporters, including the sponsor and Arizona Free Enterprise Club, argued it would protect affordability and grid reliability by favoring dispatchable power; opponents, including the Sierra Club and Rural Arizona Action, said it would effectively favor fossil fuels, raise costs, and limit cleaner resources. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill 6-4. HB 2795, which would bar counties from using zoning to block small modular reactors once federal permitting conditions are met, drew strong support from the sponsor and industry advocates who framed it as pro-property-rights and pro-nuclear, and opposition from county, city, and environmental groups who raised preemption, local control, safety, waste, and siting concerns; it passed 6-4. The committee also passed HB 2340, which allows the Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee to evaluate proposed generating facilities along with transmission lines, on a 5-4 vote. HB 2400, an emergency measure to suspend the motor vehicle fuel tax in Areas A and C during part of the year and replace the lost revenue through state highway funding, drew opposition from cities and counties over transportation funding impacts but support from the sponsor and some members focused on gas affordability; the Griffin amendment was adopted and the bill passed 6-4. Finally, HB 2401 was introduced as a requirement for ADEQ to conduct a biennial review of available fuel formulations and their air-quality impacts in Areas A and C, but the transcript ends before testimony or action on that bill is completed.

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• Most states do; almost all states do.
• And Christopher, if you can state if you represent an organization, if you can state the name of the
• Removing or altering universal acceptance on a state-by-state basis would lead to regulatory fragmentation
• States which protect transferability have almost twice as much savings as states that don't.
• Department of State, has stated that occupational licensing is not a solution to human trafficking.

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Summary: The committee opened a hearing of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure and reviewed a broad agenda including credit card fees, event ticketing, music therapy licensure, senior psychologist licensure, CPA pathways, school mental health licensure, and a bill regulating alternative healing therapies. The chairs explained hearing logistics, including three-minute testimony limits and submission of written testimony, and noted that more than 70 people had signed up to testify. Legislators and advocates were heard out of order throughout the day. A major portion of the hearing focused on credit card surcharge and interchange legislation. Restaurant owners, the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, NFIB, and other small-business witnesses supported bills allowing merchants to add convenience fees and, in one proposal, preventing card companies from charging fees on tax and tip portions of transactions. They argued that swipe fees are a major and growing cost, especially for restaurants, and that Massachusetts is one of only two states that bars surcharges. Opponents from the Cooperative Credit Union Association, the Electronic Payment Coalition, and the Electronic Transactions Association warned that the proposals would create compliance burdens, fragment the payment system, raise legal preemption issues, and disrupt a system they described as efficient and secure. The committee also heard competing testimony on ticket transferability and ticket resale. Supporters, including the National Consumers League and Sports Fans Coalition, said bills on ticket transferability would protect consumers who cannot attend events and would increase competition and savings in the secondary market. Opponents, including United Musicians and Allied Workers and theater owners, argued that mandatory transferability would weaken artists’ and venues’ ability to prevent scalping and predatory resale, and that some ticket sellers should be exempt from the broader ticketing regulations. Separate testimony supported music therapy licensure, senior psychologist licensure, and new CPA education pathways, with witnesses saying these measures would expand access to care and strengthen the workforce while maintaining professional standards. The hearing also drew extensive opposition to S.261 on alternative healing therapies, with practitioners and clients arguing it would overregulate spiritual and holistic practices and was not an effective response to human trafficking concerns.