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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation Apr 24th, 2025

Environmental Regulation

Transcript Highlights:
  • For that reason, we are going to limit testimony to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to speak
  • So before we get to the first bill to be laid out, we're going to take up very quickly some pending items
  • HB3071 is Chairman Guerin's bill relating to the cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits
  • to explain the bill.
  • But private investment is not going to be enough to create a...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Mar 26th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to be clear that this legislation is only designed to apply to the issuance of new permits; it's
  • not designed to apply. to amendments or renewals of permits, and the goal of this legislation is to
  • If it's uneconomical, they don't pursue it. to have to grant that permit.
  • TCEQ has granted these permits even where the city had the ability and the willingness to serve.
  • So we're going to avoid, through that effort, a total of six different permits that were either already
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Mar 26th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • They need to have their permit cut, and it needs to be reduced by the amount of volume that's in excess
  • If they're going to waste that water anyway, then their permit needs to be cut, and it needs to be cut
  • To grant or deny a permit, they need to pay attention to those landowners and to those property rights
  • It just adds clarity to the permitting process for districts when they're evaluating the permits.
  • and transport permits to projects utilizing state funds or bonds, which result in total permitted volumes
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 29th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • He was going to come to the table today, but I want to acknowledge him.
  • We're kind of to the point now where more or less you almost have to have 30 years to even make it to
  • I don't think it's fair to the families of those incarcerated to have to drive hours away just to visit
  • Yeah, I'm going to waive a closing, but I do want to speak to that.
  • to her satisfaction, but to the extent there is a problem, I want to be able to catch it.
Bills: HB146 , HB333 , HB517 , HB828 , SB87 , SB93 , SB98 , SB118 , SB125 , SB199 , SB277 , SB294 , SB306
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Mar 31st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are you, have you had to deny permits by...
  • In statute, what we're hoping to do is for them to have to get a permit through DSHS.
  • We put it, the idea, again, was making them have to go through DSHS to get a permit.
  • So if they said the coordinator needs to be able to have not only a permit to, I guess, offer the raw
  • Operation to obtain any type of license or permit or pay any fee.
Committee: House Public Health
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are you open to a way to move forward with amendments that do something to lessen the effect?
  • Now we're looking to add this to.
  • Can you speak to me with regard to enforcement?
  • we're trying to get to, which is to stop illegal employment.
  • Intent was to address that one in this one bill as well to permit.
Bills: HB3725 , HB3260 , HB3660 , HB3369 , HB3370
Committee: House Business
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 5th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've drilled a water well a while back to 400 feet, cost about $40,000 personally, and it dried up.
  • out these landowners to make sure that they continue to have access to groundwater.
  • how to help.
  • to force developers to have the questions answered.
  • , but you also have to be fair to that landowner.
Bills: HB2018 , HB1633 , HB1689 , SB612 , SB3058
Summary: The Senate Water, Agriculture, Rural Affairs Committee heard several bills focused on groundwater management, water infrastructure, and agricultural land conservation. SB 612 would limit certain water districts in Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy counties from charging developers pipeline construction fees above actual, documented costs; the committee substitute removed a developer challenge mechanism to preserve district discretion over construction standards. HB 1633 would require groundwater conservation districts to consider registered exempt wells when reviewing or amending permits, and testimony from landowners, district representatives, and advocacy groups largely supported the bill as a way to protect domestic and livestock wells from drawdown caused by large export projects. HB 1689 would clarify that export fee revenues may be used for well operability, alternative water supplies, and aquifer monitoring, including through interlocal cooperation, and HB 3058 would give the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District authority to use export fees for county road improvements and environmental programs tied to well inspection and groundwater management. HB 2018 would clarify that the Texas Farm and Ranchland Conservation Program is intended to purchase conservation easements only on working agricultural lands, with support from cattle raisers and Farm Bureau representatives. The committee also considered HB 29, which would require large water systems to validate water loss audits and submit mitigation plans; a committee substitute removed the water-loss threshold and adjusted the timeline for more detailed validation. Public testimony on the bills was generally supportive, with several witnesses describing declining well levels, road damage from export projects, and the need to preserve agricultural land and local water supplies. The committee adopted committee substitutes and voted favorably on HB 29, HB 1689, HB 2018, SB 612, and SB 3058, recommending several of them for the local and uncontested calendar; HB 1633 was left pending awaiting a committee substitute.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Aeronautics and Transportation Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Aeronautics and Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • On the agenda, we are going to lay over a couple of items.
  • Is there any cost to this program to the state? Thank you for the question, Mr. Chairman.
  • This would be in addition to a physical credential.
  • If you'd like them to address that question, they're certainly willing to.
  • What will that generate in terms of capital for you all to be able to use that money?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, y'all, I need to get with y'all. To carry it. I couldn't even get it heard in committee.
  • Vice Chair, since you're open to amendments, what would be your thoughts on requiring ODOT to notify
  • drive a long way around to get to a bridge.
  • So, yeah, there is good constituent support for this bridge. ...around to get to your bridge.
  • Anyone wishing to change your vote? 7 aye, 4 nay. I declare the bill to have passed.
Bills: HB3443 , HB2123 , HB3757 , HB2445
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 23rd, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • One thing I want to make sure that everyone understands is that, in addition to being bracketed to Webb
  • The only way that we got to the table to even get a little bit of color on this project was for me to
  • to do to the aquifer they want to know what this is what what kind of benefits would Bastrop County
  • in the Texas Special District Local Laws Code to ensure that the district's permitting. aligns with
  • And so since the district's beginning to issue permits, over half our new permits have been landscape
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 23rd, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the source, cost of the source, the ability to get a permit, because as you know, the federal permitting
  • We are opposed to allowing brackish groundwater of any TDS level to be exempt from permitting.
  • And if we don't have permitting in place to help curtail that, and we're relying on monitoring, ...to
  • The fresh groundwater of those that are permitted, and they're going to have to answer to that in the
  • Right now, just keep it permitted. It's already set up in 101.5 to expedite.
Summary: The Committee on Natural Resources heard House Bill 2109, which would remove certain long-proposed reservoir projects from the state water plan after 50 years without progress. Chairman Van Deaver and many landowners, local officials, timber interests, and conservation advocates testified in support, arguing that the Marvin Nichols Reservoir has burdened Northeast Texas landowners for decades with the threat of eminent domain, depressed property values, and uncertainty over homes, farms, ranches, schools, churches, and cemeteries. Supporters also said the project would flood tens of thousands of acres, require extensive mitigation, harm timber and agriculture, and that Texas now has better alternatives such as conservation, reuse, aquifer storage and recovery, and desalination. Several members expressed sympathy for the affected families and questioned whether a project could remain in the plan indefinitely without progress. Opposition came from North Texas water interests, including the North Texas Commission, Tarrant Regional Water District, and the Texas Water Association, who argued that the bill would interfere with the state’s long-term water planning process and remove needed future supply options for a fast-growing region. They said Region C faces major projected shortages by 2070, that conservation and reuse have already delayed the need for new supplies, and that reservoirs remain one tool in the state’s water-planning toolbox. TWDB staff explained the existing inter-regional conflict process and noted that the substitute would affect several unique reservoir sites, not just Marvin Nichols. After testimony, Chairman Van Deaver closed by urging passage of the bill, but the committee withdrew the substitute and left HB 2109 pending. The committee then took up House Bill 5188, a brackish groundwater bill. The author said the bill would reduce permitting burdens for wells in designated brackish groundwater production zones, and the committee substitute added requirements on monitoring, groundwater-rights ownership, and allocation of pumpage limits while removing some exclusions and export-fee provisions. Texas Wildlife Association testified against the bill, warning that the exemptions could weaken groundwater conservation districts’ ability to protect freshwater resources and surface-owner rights. San Antonio Water System testified in favor, saying brackish groundwater is a key future supply and that the substitute would help speed development of desalination and brackish projects. The Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts testified neutrally but raised concerns about reduced district oversight, especially around injection-well exclusions and the loss of export fees, and said discussions on the bill were ongoing.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • able to have access to my normal life.
  • And I would like to respectfully ask the right to close and ask you to call Dr.
  • But you've got to be able to build a child than to have to repair an adult. Mr.
  • Yeah, we're going to go to hands.
  • And if you drill down into the way the state is set up and spread out, it's easy to see at a certain
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to try to get going pretty quick.
  • We tell people to eat better, to make smart choices, and to be healthy.
  • I'm thrilled to have this chance to ask the committee to bring back the WAC.
  • I'd love to reserve my right to close. Yes, you will have your right to close.
  • Yeah, we are going to have to go.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 05-01-2026 06:30pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Happy May Day to<00:22:14.240><c> everyone.</c> to everyone. to everyone.
  • Can we roll this to 5:10? >> Uh, going next to HB 2498 relating to care homes.
  • like to call to order our joint &gt;&gt; I'd like to call to order our joint House<00:27:18.760><c>
  • is to agree to amendments recommendation is to agree to amendments made<00:39:46.600><c> uh,</c> made
  • ><c> move</c><00:41:49.280><c> to</c> My recommendation is to move to My recommendation is to move to
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 04-30-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also changes the effective date to upon approval. That sounds good to me.
  • </c> have PIN release, so we are ready to go. have PIN release, so we are ready to go.
  • </c> date to upon approval. date to upon approval.
  • </c> to get this bill to the finish line. to get this bill to the finish line.
  • Yep, look forward to it.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures May 6th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • the city is doing it on purpose, ...purpose, but getting your permits to start are taking way too long
  • I want to be clear that the bill does not apply to... for the permits or licenses involving new construction
  • And by asking political subdivisions to issue these permits within a specified timeline, this bill would
  • So, I mean, if you can get your permit from the city in 14 days, you're still going to sit there for
  • Under current law, a wine collection seller may only sell wine that is 25 years old to a permitted restaurant
Bills: SB650 , HB3667 , SB28 , HB3201 , SB1184 , HB1800 , SB 28
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Apr 30th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under current law, convenience stores and grocery stores are permitted to sell beer and wine products
  • And third, it classifies the distillers are permitted to manufacture RTDs and sell them to distributors
  • work to be able to work.
  • They should have the ability to choose what they want to do and to be able to go directly to the association
  • to be able to... to have a due deduction, right?
Bills: HCR35 , SJR59 , SJR84 , SCR30 , SB127 , SB317 , SB324 , SB457 , SB506 , SB511 , SB529 , SB547 , SB584 , SB619 , SB636 , SB646 , SB659 , SB715 , SB732 , SB735 , SB771 , SB784 , SB800 , SB801 , SB904 , SB1026 , SB1049 , SB1065 , SB1181 , SB1224 , SB1250 , SB1383 , SB1467 , SB1524 , SB1528 , SB1531 , SB1568 , SB1585 , SB1640 , SB1681 , SB1754 , SB1757 , SB1777 , SB1972 , SB1980 , SB2007 , SB2041 , SB2046 , SB2050 , SB2055 , SB2069 , SB2080 , SB2119 , SB2138 , SB2139 , SB2154 , SB2201 , SB2225 , SB2268 , SB2306 , SB2308 , SB2310 , SB2330 , SB2366 , SB2375 , SB2392 , SB2401 , SB2422 , SB2480 , SB2514 , SB2530 , SB2533 , SB2543 , SB2544 , SB2589 , SB2610 , SB2615 , SB2623 , SB2660 , SB2662 , SB2693 , SB2695 , SB2707 , SB2722 , SB2742 , SB2753 , SB2807 , SB2843 , SB2844 , SB2858 , SB2880 , SB2885 , SB2891 , SB2925 , SB2938 , SB2986 , SJR3 , SJR18 , SB5 , SB914 , SB963 , SB1197 , SB1415 , SB1437 , SB1786 , SB326 , SB767 , SB769 , SB783 , SB1035 , SB1271 , SB1619 , SB1637 , SB1806 , SB1 , SB260 , HB135 , HB 1109 , HCR35 , HCR64 , SJR36 , SJR50 , SJR63 , SJR84 , SJR59 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SCR48 , SCR19 , SCR30 , SCR3 , SB2023 , SB619 , SB2742 , SB646 , SB1026 , SB2880 , SB62 , SB666 , SB847 , SB284 , SB854 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB1505 , SB583 , SB1502 , SB507 , SB1434 , SB1376 , SB1585 , SB1772 , SB2016 , SB1163 , SB1122 , SB731 , SB397 , SB508 , SB1436 , SB287 , SB261 , SB1882 , SB393 , SB1791 , SB529 , SB209 , SB2429 , SB1999 , SB511 , SB2309 , SB510 , SB584 , SB1085 , SB2046 , SB1975 , SB2717 , SB1262 , SB1524 , SB636 , SB2056 , SB884 , SB517 , SB1200 , SB1845 , SB1863 , SB2681 , SB2200 , SB2199 , SB1757 , SB2050 , SB2458 , SB2201 , SB2660 , SB2662 , SB1065 , SB801 , SB2533 , SB3014 , SB3013 , SB758 , SB1721 , SB2366 , SB1013 , SB2797 , SB2383 , SB1754 , SB2119 , SB2448 , SB1777 , SB1283 , SB2392 , SB2076 , SB2786 , SB2876 , SB2284 , SB2225 , SB1540 , SB2929 , SB1972 , SB2540 , SB2595 , SB2217 , SB715 , SB2330 , SB1383 , SB500 , SB1640 , SB2001 , SB2080 , SB506 , SB2514 , SB2753 , SB2398 , SB1241 , SB2927 , SB2173 , SB2538 , SB898 , SB1449 , SB2529 , SB1531 , SB2846 , SB2476 , SB986 , SB1181 , SB2075 , SB2154 , SB2864 , SB1359 , SB2386 , SB771 , SB2844 , SB2550 , SB1351 , SB1423 , SB1931 , SB2245 , SB2589 , SB2707 , SB2807 , SB410 , SB659 , SB2776 , SB2693 , SB2580 , SB1980 , SB1886 , SB1234 , SB739 , SB456 , SB127 , SB1666 , SB2843 , SB2801 , SB800 , SB2055 , SB784 , SB2986 , SB735 , SB1012 , SB324 , SB2926 , SB2938 , SB2007 , SB2138 , SB1242 , SB2615 , SB1049 , SB2310 , SB1224 , SB2972 , SB1568 , SB2841 , SB2885 , SB3016 , SB2858 , SB2610 , SB2139 , SB1856 , SB2035 , SB2308 , SB2306 , SB2041 , SB1528 , SB1681 , SB1141 , SB2401 , SB2530 , SB2375 , SB547 , SB1266 , SB1373 , SB1467 , SB2069 , SB2269 , SB2480 , SB2544 , SB672 , SB904 , SB2695 , SB2891 , SB2422 , SB2543 , SB1854 , SB317 , SB2539 , SB2532 , SB2925 , SB1250 , SB2082 , SB2203 , SB457 , SB2357 , SB2721 , SB243 , SB1285 , SB2568 , SB1959 , SB1442 , SB1454 , SB2520 , SB2541 , SB1708 , SB1237 , SB1844 , SB1586 , HB1392 , HB22 , SB1551 , SB3039 , SB2819 , SB66 , SB629 , SB1015 , SB2342 , SB2903 , SB2933 , SB1965 , SB2477 , SB3029 , SB2605 , SB2419 , SB1957 , SB375 , SB250 , SB777 , SB628 , SB2523 , SB2367 , SB2703 , SB2608 , SB2778 , SB3044 , SB2965 , SB2521 , SB865
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, member, for bringing this to the floor, to the Committee.
  • industry, to frivolous lawsuits that are going to subject them to tens of millions of dollars' worth
  • of litigation, and a scare tactic to where they may have to try to make some multi-million dollar settlement
  • If you're going to try to sue everyone that's a party to it, you're gonna have to sue basically everyone
  • As I'm listening to this, I'm recalling my younger days when we were all supposed to be frozen to death
Committee: House Energy
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • I just want to… have guest. It's okay. Good to see you. on my ready to go. Get those early. Thanks.
  • <c> make</c> leave that to their discretion to make leave that to their discretion to make the<00:11:
  • for them to come to see me present.
  • come home to that's uh uh going to come home to roost.<00:23:09.679><c> But</c> roost.
  • </c> for them to come to see me present. for them to come to see me present.
Bills: SB182 , SB251 , SB252 , HB74 , HB159 , HB292 , SB182 , SB251 , SB252 , HB74 , HB159 , HB292