Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, what this bill does, it creates an interstate warehouser.
• That's when a tobacco company sells a product into the state where there's an interstate wholesaler.
• Replaces interstate warehouser permit and, on line 209, with the correct spelling.
• It says it's taxation tobacco interstate.
• So while well it's tobacco interstate.

Bills: HB117 , HB17 , HB22 , HB153 , HB140 , HB117 , HB17 , HB22 , HB153 , HB140 , SB12 , SB42 , SB93 , SB28 , SB35 , SB134 , SB12 , SB42 , SB93 , SB28 , SB35 , SB134

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:

• Commerce.
• Commerce.
• Commerce, with amendments. Adopted amendments; passed to third reading.
• And I'll be honest fast. consumers, provides for enforcement, rulemaking, commerce with amendments.
• It actually shut down the entire interstate, and after that I spoke to some firemen and first responders

Bills: HR192 , HR193 , HR194 , HCR80 , HCR81 , HCR82 , HCR83 , HCR84 , HCR85 , HR188 , HR189 , HR190 , HR191 , SB134 , SB140 , SB281 , SB331 , SB384 , SB389 , SB415 , SB451 , SB458 , SB479 , SB504 , SB523 , HR38 , HR96 , HR160 , HCR31 , HCR61 , SCR19 , HB316 , HB549 , HB578 , HB646 , HB748 , HB798 , HB824 , HB988 , HB989 , HB1001 , HB1032 , HB1081 , HB1108 , HB1129 , HB1140 , HB1157 , HB1186 , HB1192 , HB1195 , HB1198 , HB1222 , HB1244 , SB73 , SB89 , SB128 , SB149 , SB191 , SB196 , SB238 , SB318 , SB340 , HB225 , HR1 , HR17 , HCR5 , HCR4 , HCR47 , HCR32 , HB362 , HB893 , HB990 , HB1007 , HB1153 , HB1243 , HB12 , HB42 , HB205 , HB222 , HB267 , HB324 , HB325 , HB350 , HB478 , HB610 , HB617 , HB745 , HB749 , HB752 , HB797 , HB807 , HB821 , HB896 , HB979 , HB992 , HB1000 , HB1024 , HB1050 , HB1166 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1207 , HB1218 , HB1223 , SB162 , SB349 , SB350 , SB382 , SB383 , SB127 , SB244 , SB256 , HB911 , HB306 , HB366 , HB1161 , HB1230 , HB59 , HB481 , HB772 , HB897 , HB1003 , HB1008 , HB1112 , HB1180 , HB1189 , HB181 , HB1118 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HB284 , HB393 , HB458 , HB459 , HB525 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB614 , HB682 , HB733 , HB773 , HB864 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1058 , HB1082 , HB1113 , HB1234 , HB1240

Keywords: ACOG, maternal health, healthcare professionals, patient-physician relationship, obstetrics, gynecology, condolences, military service, veteran, community, memorial, visual acuity, student health, de-identified data, longitudinal analysis, education policy, property rights, carbon dioxide sequestration, expropriation, Landowner Bill of Rights

Transcript Highlights:

• When we're going down the interstate or a four-lane facility, it's down the middle of the median.
• Because the interstate would double up.
• When we're going down the interstate or a four-lane facility, it's down the middle of the median.
• Because the interstate would double up.

Summary: The conference committee on House Bill 1053 met to resolve Senate changes concerning a statutory cap on state highway mileage. Members discussed the history of the mileage limit, which was set in 1933, and whether keeping the cap in Century Code still served a useful purpose. House members were split between viewing the cap as an accountability and educational tool for future legislators and seeing it as unnecessary clutter because DOT already reports highway mileage and is separately limited by the 50-mile-per-year rule. DOT Director Ron Hanky testified that the department already tracks and reports mileage for budget and federal purposes, that the 7,700-mile cap is not especially useful to DOT, and that the department would prefer the cap be removed. He also explained how mileage is measured and noted several potential road additions that could be affected by the cap. The committee ultimately could not reach agreement. Representative Dressler moved that the House reject the Senate amendment, and the motion was seconded, but the roll call failed with a split vote: Dressler, Johnston, and Freilich voted yes; Hogan, Rommel, and Corey voted no. With no further motion, the committee adjourned and planned to reschedule another meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• My name is Hannah Risely White, and I'm the director of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission.
• The legislature funded, beginning in 2020, a pilot program for the state through the Interstate Stream
• Last summer Interstate Stream Commission and Office of the State Engineer convened what's called the
• So I'm interested in knowing how, in this day, the Commission balancing interstate obligations with the
• Just briefly, what we are planning to settle are one the interstate compact dispute with.

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Made only in basins that have been designated as priorities by the Interstate Stream Commission.
• I am Hannah Risely-White, Director of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission.
• And I would also just add the funding that the Interstate Stream Commission has.
• It's owned by the Interstate Stream Commission and operated by the Interstate Stream Commission, and
• I want to highlight a very nice study that the Interstate Stream Commission did.

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• alter or restrict interstate movement of hazardous waste.
• Chamber of Commerce, Coalition of Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce, Coalition of Filipino American
• of Commerce, Coalition of Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce, Coalition of Filipino American Chamber
• of Commerce, Philippino-American Chamber Coalition of Philippine American Chamber of Commerce, Filipino
• American Chamber of Commerce Cerritos, Philippine American Chamber of Commerce, San Diego, Middle Eastern

Committee: Senate Environmental Quality

Summary: The committee heard presentations on several energy, environmental, and consumer protection bills while operating at times without a quorum. Senator McNerney presented SB 925, which would direct the California Energy Commission to develop a statewide roadmap for fusion energy, and SB 1350, which would expand the use of green hydrogen in the power sector by allowing renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using hydrogen. Supporters said both bills would help California maintain leadership in emerging clean-energy industries, attract investment, and create jobs. Opponents of SB 1350 raised concerns about greenwashing, resource shuffling, and increased NOx emissions from hydrogen combustion, while supporters said committee amendments added guardrails against those outcomes. Senator Ashby presented SB 1010, a manufacturer-funded extended producer responsibility program for refrigerants in appliances; supporters said it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve recovery, while opponents argued existing laws already regulate refrigerants and that the bill could raise costs and disrupt recycling markets. Senator Grayson presented SB 1145 to streamline CEQA and federal reuse procedures for qualifying projects in the Concord Reuse Project Area, which supporters said would help deliver long-planned housing, jobs, and open space, while one housing group sought stronger affordable-housing guarantees. Senator Cabaldon presented SB 1341, which would give CalRecycle authority to reduce processing fees for wine and spirits bag-in-a-box containers when fee collections exceed program needs; supporters said the current fee increase was abrupt and excessive, while opponents warned against giving the agency too much discretion. Senator Padilla presented SGR 13, urging the U.S. to secure enforceable commitments to eliminate transboundary sewage pollution in the Tijuana and New River watersheds during the 2026 USMCA review, and SB 1033, which would require testing and disclosure of heavy metals in protein products; SGR 13 drew strong support from border and environmental justice advocates, while SB 1033 drew support from consumer and health groups and opposition from industry groups concerned about labeling burdens and scope. Senator Caballero presented SB 1183, requiring a state study of the environmental, land-use, and economic impacts of industrial solar in the Central Valley; farm and land-use advocates supported the bill, while solar industry groups opposed unless amended, saying it should better reflect solar’s benefits and existing state analysis. After testimony, the committee took roll and adopted several measures on a 4-0 or 3-0 basis, with bills including SJR 13, SB 925, SB 1350, SB 1145, SB 1341, SB 1033, and SB 1010 advanced on call to Appropriations or, in the case of SB 1010, already voted with a 3-1 result before being held on call.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm the CEO of the Callaway Chamber of Commerce, located in Fulton, Missouri, and I am a Callawegian.
• Driving on the interstate from Williamsburg to Columbia is a 40-minute drive on I-70, and it takes a

Committee: House Special Committee on Rural Issues

Transcript Highlights:

• to enforce federal immigration laws and... enforce federal immigration laws and also to regulate interstate
• commerce.

Bills: SB210 , SB292 , HB360 , HB233 , HB66 , HB356 , HB164 , HB238 , HB209 , SB223 , HB307 , SB210 , SB292 , HB360 , HB233 , HB66 , HB356 , HB164 , HB238 , HB209 , SB223 , HB307

Committee: House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• farms and citrus producers, and it expands access. ...to employment opportunities for education, commerce
• They were shut down by the interstate.

Bills: SCR5 , SCR13 , SB3 , SB6 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB24 , SB35 , SB57 , SB65 , SB112 , SB284 , SB290 , SB388 , SB400 , SB402 , SB412 , SB495 , SB499 , SB502 , SB509 , SB621 , SB706 , SB740 , SB815 , SB842 , SB854 , SB875 , SB893 , SB917 , SB974 , SB1025 , SB1061 , SB1073 , SB1106 , SB1268 , SB1281 , SB1300 , SB1362 , SB1379 , SB1447 , SB1451 , SB1555 , SB1902 , SJR36 , SJR12 , SCR13 , SCR25 , SCR5 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR24 , SB495 , SB412 , SB10 , SB18 , SB565 , SB372 , SB842 , SB765 , SB62 , SB19 , SB666 , SB707 , SB888 , SB687 , SB706 , SB847 , SB290 , SB13 , SB1248 , SB740 , SB14 , SB1006 , SB504 , SB917 , SB925 , SB388 , SB1902 , SB1121 , SB995 , SB857 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB35 , SB6 , SB815 , SB3 , SB1281 , SB1379 , SB1300 , SB1497 , SB1499 , SB1498 , SB1451 , SB1061 , SB15 , SB65 , SB241 , SB304 , SB402 , SB499 , SB621 , SB974 , SB1023 , SB1024 , SB1025 , SB1106 , SB686 , SB112 , SB371 , SB204 , SB400 , SB609 , SB1447 , SB670 , SB502 , SB427 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1555 , SB1362 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB987 , SB1539 , SB893 , SB447 , SB875 , SB406 , SB509 , SB985 , SB965 , SB17 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB12 , SB24 , SB57 , SB1194 , SB1253 , SB1215 , SB1532 , SB1268 , SB1302 , SB856 , SB650 , SB583 , SB673 , SB840 , SJR57 , SCR8 , SB213 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB1252 , SB378 , SB610 , SB918 , SB1343 , SB608 , SB487 , SB955 , SB957 , SB988 , SB990 , SB1019 , SB1021 , SB1120 , SB251 , SB958 , SB535 , SB761 , SB1 , SB541 , SB315 , SB379 , SB1018 , SB1737 , SB266 , SB1415 , SB3 , SB6 , SB15 , SB35 , SB290 , SB706 , SB842 , SB917 , SB1281 , SB1451 , SB1902 , SB12 , SB13 , SB17 , SB19 , SB388 , SR261 , SR265 , SR276 , SR277 , SR281 , SR286 , SR293 , SCR5 , SCR13 , SB2425 , SB2880 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB388 , SB412 , SB495 , SB2425 , SB2880

Transcript Highlights:

• Learning about Interstate 82 economic development improvements on the east-west corridor.
• with Federal Highways, which requires local improvements to be considered before changes to the interstate
• about the orange area there, which is a river crossing, going over some land and going through Interstate
• between the interstate and the river.
• And then that segregated off the section between the interstate and the river.

Bills: HB2495

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: vehicles, streetcar operation, public safety, urban regulation, transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• One of the things that we have been working on with the Interstate Stream Commission is for their New
• So, it was our first attempt at working with the Interstate Stream Commission.
• What is a typical Interstate Stream Commission?
• So, Madam Chair, we work with the Interstate Stream Commission.
• Madam Chair, that's what the Interstate Stream Commission does, yes. I do not see any questions.

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• commerce and is likely to be found invalid if challenged at FERC or in federal court on basically the
• <02:00:15.679><c> commerce</c><02:00:16.560><c> and</c><02:00:16.800><c> is</c><02:00:17.040><c> likely
• </c><02:00:17.360><c> to</c><02:00:17.520><c> be</c> interstate commerce and is likely to be interstate
• commerce and is likely to be found<02:00:18.159><c> invalid</c><02:00:18.719><c> if</c><02:00:18.960
• </c> Hampshire net metering and interstate Hampshire net metering and interstate wholesale<02:01:01.840

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 261, an act relating to the school psychologist interstate licensure compact.
• House Bill 261, an act relating to the school psychologist interstate licensure compact.
• school</c> an act relating to the school an act relating to the school psychologist<00:20:42.080><c> interstate
• </c> psychologist interstate lensure compact. psychologist interstate lensure compact.

Transcript Highlights:

• And this is for the Western Interstate Commission of Higher Education.
• </c> confirmation to the Western Interstate confirmation to the Western Interstate Commission<00:07:01.360
• And since we are on the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, we're going to go ahead and
• My name is Terry George, and I'm honored to be considered for this service on the Western Interstate
• Commission of Higher Western Interstate Commission of Higher Education.<00:09:50.959><c> Um</c><00:09

Summary: The committee first heard HCR 96, which encourages the University of Hawaiʻi to evaluate and expand student mental health services. University of Hawaiʻi Associate Vice President Farah Marie Gomes testified in support and noted the system’s mental health and basic-needs efforts across all 10 campuses. Members discussed staffing and funding constraints, including that the system had 27 adult mental health positions, 21 filled and six vacant, with one vacancy open for about four years. The resolution was adopted unanimously, unamended. The committee then took up several gubernatorial appointments. GM 785 nominated Wendo Hensel to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), and GM 784 nominated Terry George to the same body. Both nominees testified about the value of Hawaiʻi’s participation in WICHE; Hensel emphasized the importance of sharing policy ideas and best practices, while George highlighted Hawaiʻi’s unique higher education needs and the benefits of learning from other western states. Both nominations were supported and moved forward. The committee also considered multiple appointments to the Hawaiʻi Commission for National and Community Service. Kylie Alakard described wanting to serve as a youth voice and role model, and Ray Galas spoke about his prior volunteer board experience and desire to help people connect through service. Sandra Larson said volunteerism and community service were important to her and that she wanted to give back. The committee then heard GM 771 and GM 772 for Ken Kawahara to the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaiʻi; Kawahara said he would bring business and government experience to help with internal operations, education, and strategic goals, though he acknowledged he was still learning the organization’s details. Members also began hearing GM 624 for Joshua Famuina to the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents, with student caucus testimony in strong support emphasizing his attendance, communication, and engagement with students.

Transcript Highlights:

• opining; I don't know how Jera did this particular thing, but they have not been able to get on the interstate
• further, more comprehensive than what we're discussing right now, and see how we can get them on the interstate
• There's a reason that the feds don't let them on the interstate; it's because they're already loaded
• Our state is already beyond the limits of what the interstate allows, and yet our surrounding states

Bills: SB46

Committee: House Mobile County Legislation

Transcript Highlights:

• commerce issue, but then also when we start talking internationally, how does the University of Minnesota
• this</c><00:23:37.039><c> as</c><00:23:37.360><c> a</c><00:23:38.559><c> uh</c><00:23:38.720><c> interstate
• </c> recognize this as a uh interstate recognize this as a uh interstate commerce<00:23:40.240><c> issue
• :40.799><c> then</c><00:23:41.039><c> also</c><00:23:41.440><c> when</c><00:23:41.679><c> we</c> commerce
• issue but then also when we commerce issue but then also when we start<00:23:42.159><c> talking</c><

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:

• that<01:02:24.880><c> it</c><01:02:25.040><c> is</c><01:02:25.520><c> about</c><01:02:25.839><c> interstate
• </c><01:02:26.400><c> lensure</c> that it is about interstate lensure that it is about interstate lensure
• So there are economic development agencies or departments of commerce in every state.
• </c><01:28:11.840><c> in</c><01:28:12.080><c> in</c><01:28:12.400><c> every</c> departments of commerce
• in in every departments of commerce in in every state.<01:28:13.440><c> Um</c><01:28:14.080><c> there

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, but also it's important to talk about that local, state, federal, and interstate support that we
• uh</c><00:06:24.880><c> and</c> local, state and federal uh and local, state and federal uh and interstate
• 06:26.160><c> that</c><00:06:26.400><c> we</c><00:06:26.639><c> get</c><00:06:26.720><c> in</c> interstate
• support that we get in interstate support that we get in Kentucky.<00:06:27.520><c> And</c><00:06:27.919
• , go to the bank, go to the commerce, go to the bank, go to the grocery.<00:13:04.959><c> So,</c><00:

Summary: The first meeting of the Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force focused on the task force’s mission and on recent Kentucky flooding disasters. The co-chairs described the need to better prepare for increasingly frequent and costly natural disasters, including flooding, tornadoes, wildfires, and ice storms, and emphasized coordination among local, state, federal, and interstate partners. The discussion also stressed the importance of budgeting for mitigation, infrastructure resilience, housing, insurance, and recovery planning, with several members sharing personal experiences with disaster impacts in their districts. Kentucky Emergency Management Director Eric Gibson gave the main presentation, responding to questions about the February and April flooding events. He said the February event affected the entire state, with 11,825 individuals registering for assistance and 1,194 public-assistance projects written so far; he also reported 134 households still sheltered, 190 households moved to permanent housing, and three disaster recovery centers still open after a regional consolidation. For the April event, he said 37 counties had individual assistance, 83 counties were still pending public assistance, and no hazard mitigation had yet been declared; 5,893 people had registered for individual assistance, and 144 households were sheltered, with 83 families already moved to permanent solutions. He noted that counties without public assistance would have to cover expenses locally unless state or federal aid is approved. Gibson also outlined Kentucky Emergency Management’s tools and resources, including a 24/7 state operations center and warning point, embedded National Weather Service meteorologists, five regional warehouses stocked with water, MREs, blankets, and kits, a statewide web-based damage reporting system, laundry trailers, generators, a disaster needs hotline that has received 6,972 calls, and a mutual aid system used to deploy resources such as water tankers. He highlighted ongoing work on urban search and rescue, qualification systems for emergency operations personnel, and aerial documentation of storm damage. No votes or formal actions were taken at this meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• Long-range, interstate, and interregional transmission lines are critical pieces of our energy system
• And we should consolidate signing and permitting authorities for interstate transmission projects in
• the national interest under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, just as they are for interstate
• The Natural Gas Act section 7 gives FERC full siting and permitting authority over interstate natural
• In other words, we don't put a highway patrolman on every car on the interstate.

Committee: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Keywords: environmental review, permitting process, infrastructure, bipartisan legislation, economic growth, Nucor, West Virginia

Summary: The meeting focused on critical discussions surrounding the need for modernizing the federal environmental review and permitting processes. Witnesses from various sectors, including Nucor, provided testimony on the delays and costs associated with current regulations, emphasizing the impact on infrastructure and economic growth. Major projects in West Virginia, such as the Corridor H and Coalfield Expressways, were highlighted as examples of initiatives stalled by excessive permitting hurdles, prompting calls for bipartisan legislation to streamline these processes while maintaining environmental protections. The committee expressed a commitment to address these issues immediately, highlighting the urgency to enhance efficiency in permitting to facilitate economic development.

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 929 will be referred to the Commerce and Human Resources Committee.
• commerce.
• It's really hard in the day-to-day life of commerce.
• It's really hard in the day-to-day life of commerce to decide what is a Canadian Buffalo versus an American
• to expand the bill that we did last year and make it easier for folks to use gold and silver in commerce