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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Apr 14th, 2025

Energy Resources

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  • That's not a supply chain issue; it's a strategic vulnerability.
  • Food supply and keep Texas leading. We need to act now, and hydrogen is how we do it.
  • It dries up and then you have a lithium supply there. It is not.
  • The grid depends heavily on a timely and stable energy supply.
  • The grid depends heavily on a timely and stable natural gas supply.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Apr 14th, 2025

Energy Resources

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  • The monitoring requirement will protect the neighboring landowners and the general groundwater supply
  • And especially right now, members, we are talking so much about the shortage of water supply and how
  • 16 million Texans, and now we have literally doubled the population, and we have reduced our water supply
  • Until it is clarified and the ownership is established, the families supply the probate documents.
US
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  • School meals are an essential school supply. Thank you again for the opportunity to speak.
Bills: SB222
Summary: This meeting of the committee focused primarily on the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, S222, which aims to permit schools to offer a fuller range of milk options, including whole, reduced, and low-fat varieties, that have garnered bipartisan support. Chairman Bozeman opened the session by highlighting concerns over children's nutrition and the obesity epidemic, emphasizing the significance of nutritious school meals in addressing these issues. Experts from various organizations were invited to discuss the implications of this bill as well as the current challenges facing school meal programs, including budget constraints and food supply issues. The meeting included passionate testimonies about the direct impacts of current dietary guidelines and federal funding reductions affecting schools' abilities to provide healthy meal options.
HI
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  • We're not for the Honolulu water supply.
  • Uh given the the border water supply.
  • So just being housing supply and cost.
Summary: The House Housing Committee heard testimony on a series of housing-related Senate bills. SB 2190 SD2 on inclusionary zoning drew support from HHFDC, Hawaii YIMBY, Grassroot Institute, Housing Hawaii’s Future, and Hako Seed Center, with opposition from OHA and Aloha Independent Living Hawaii. SB 2338 SD1, dealing with housing agency personnel authority, received comments from the Attorney General cautioning that the bill should be clarified to avoid conflicts with civil service and collective bargaining laws and recommending removal of a provision limiting employment contracts; HHFDC said its comments addressed those concerns and supported the measure. SB 2424 SD1, concerning HHFDC, received broad support from housing, business, and community groups, with one opposition. Testimony focused on changing the definition of “qualified resident” so people who already own an HHFDC-assisted unit could later purchase another if their housing needs change; HHFDC said the current rule forces people to sell before buying again and that the bill would help people move up the housing ladder and encourage more housing development. SB 2356 on parking also drew broad support from state agencies, housing advocates, business groups, and local officials, with Unite Here Local 5 in opposition. SB 2981 on land use had strong support from many organizations and 67 individuals, with Unite Here Local 5 opposing. SB 3028 SD2 on property conveyance generated the most detailed policy debate. Supporters, including Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Indivisible Hawaii, and others, backed restructuring the conveyance tax into a marginal rate system and urged changes to revenue allocations, including dedicated funding for homeless services, DHHL, and the rental housing revolving fund. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii supported the marginal-rate concept but opposed dedicated special-fund allocations and criticized the bill’s blank sections. Committee members questioned the historical purpose of the conveyance tax, and the Tax Foundation explained it was originally a modest tax tied to property-value tracking when the state still ran the property tax system. The committee also heard SB 3187 SD2 on off-site construction, SB 2378 SD2 on housing permitting, and SB 2398 SD2 on residential housing utilities. OPSD supported SB 3187 but said it preferred the House version and wanted clarification that off-site certification should apply to factories in Hawaii, not out of state, to avoid outsourcing labor; it also suggested starting with a small scope. SB 2378 SD2 drew support from engineering, housing, and labor groups, with testimony that the House version included needed fixes to make the program insurable. On SB 2398 SD2, the Board of Water Supply opposed the bill, saying it could require disclosure of sensitive infrastructure information beyond ordinary water-availability assessments and raise critical-infrastructure and cybersecurity concerns; developers and housing groups supported the measure. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 10, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

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  • Uh, on line three, the project purpose is, in this case, municipal water supply.
  • Creek, an existing diversion off of Medicine Lodge Creek, and an existing canal that would be used to supply
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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 10, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

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  • past year, combined timber sales from Wyoming State Forestry and the Wyoming Forest Service have supplied
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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Aug 6th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

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  • The supply chain data doesn't exist.
  • chain and learn how to their supply chain and learn how to properly<00:42:26.240><c> report</c><00:42
  • And finally, perhaps most importantly, the ongoing uncertainty can influence broader supply decisions
  • And finally, perhaps most importantly, the ongoing uncertainty can influence broader supply decisions
  • </c> PAS information from your supply chain. PAS information from your supply chain.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II): Joint Session Feb 26th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And basic economics tells us that as the supply of legal services goes up, the price will come down for
  • So how do we raise the supply and reduce the cost? the price of legal services.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Feb 24th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some of you will recall the South Plains Water Supply Corporation and the Water Finance.
  • Edwards Aquifer at the same time as making available a future usable water supply source.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water and Agriculture and Rural Affairs convened under the leadership of Chairman Kelly Hancock, who opened the meeting with a prayer in remembrance of Chairman Perry, who was absent due to a personal loss. The session focused on the discussions surrounding SB384, which aims to support the longstanding initiative known as Operation Game Thief. Senator Flores presented the bill, emphasizing its essential role in the fight against poaching through public support. The operation has a successful track record of convictions but is currently dependent on donations and merchandise sales for funding. The committee aimed to vote on multiple bills during this session, contingent on achieving a quorum. Notably, discussions also revolved around fiscal notes on two bills that were set aside for later consideration, indicating the committee's intention to carefully manage their legislative decisions. The meeting showcased a productive atmosphere, with committee members actively engaged in the review and potential advancement of key legislative measures.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ethanol was first blended in our fuel supply to help fight air pollution and smog and a key reason why
  • Ethanol is a key ingredient in our fuel supply that not only acts as an octane booster but also displaces
  • Ethanol was first blended in our fuel supply to help fight air pollution and smog and a key reason why
  • Ethanol is a key ingredient in our fuel supply that not only acts as an octane booster but also displaces
  • in our fuel Ethanol is a key ingredient in our fuel supply<01:34:29.120><c> that</c><01:34:29.440><c
MN
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  • Minnesota-grown and processed renewable fuels like ethanol and ethanol co-products like corn oil are
  • Minnesota-grown and processed renewable fuels like ethanol and ethanol co-products like corn oil are
  • Minnesota-grown and processed renewable fuels like ethanol and ethanol co-products like corn oil are
  • Minnesota-grown and processed renewable fuels like ethanol and ethanol co-products like corn oil are
  • Minnesota-grown and processed renewable fuels like ethanol and ethanol co-products like corn oil are
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee heard testimony on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and Minnesota’s efforts to build a SAF industry. Andrea Veble of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture said the Walz administration strongly supports SAF because it could benefit agriculture, forestry, clean energy, and rural economies. She highlighted the 2023 state SAF tax credit and sales tax exemption for facility construction, describing the credit as a nation-leading incentive designed to stack with federal IRA credits and attract producers and blenders to Minnesota. Jeff Davidman of Delta Airlines said aviation is difficult to decarbonize and that SAF is the airline industry’s best available tool to reach net-zero goals by 2050. He explained that SAF is a certified drop-in fuel that can be blended with conventional jet fuel and used in existing aircraft and infrastructure, and he cited growing global demand and limited supply. He said Minnesota has many potential feedstocks, including used cooking oil, corn, soybeans, and camelina, and praised the state’s SAF tax credit and the Minnesota SAF Hub as important steps toward making Minnesota a leader in the sector. Peter Fros of Greater MSP described the Minnesota SAF Hub as a public-private partnership aimed at building an industrial-scale SAF value chain in Minnesota. He said the state has key advantages, including airport demand, corporate partners, research institutions, and agricultural inputs, and estimated that three SAF biorefineries could create tens of thousands of jobs and significant emissions reductions. He also said the Hub is working on blending infrastructure, private demand commitments, a winter camelina expansion study, and efforts to secure additional refineries before 2030. Members raised questions about how sustainability is measured, and Fros said the Hub relies on the federal GREET model but wants a clearer, transparent, and standardized national method that also accounts for issues like water quality and biodiversity. Amanda Bellik of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association said corn-based ethanol is a strong fit for SAF production through the alcohol-to-jet pathway because it is abundant, affordable, and supported by existing infrastructure. She said SAF development could create a new value-added market for corn without requiring new acres, but emphasized the need for significant capital investment, stable tax policy, and efficient permitting. She also said the group has worked with a consultant on third-party sustainability assessments of corn production practices to help fill data gaps and support the carbon-intensity requirements tied to SAF incentives.