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• These Clean Water Act denials haven't been because of legitimate water quality impact concerns.
• </c><00:21:57.039><c> quality</c> protections of legitimate water quality protections of legitimate water
• FK already analyzes water concerns.
• It's also water, the quality of air.
• </c> requirement under the Clean Water Act. requirement under the Clean Water Act.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, December 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This conference report relates to the Fantasy Contest Act, regulation and taxation.
• water.
• The bill also defines reclaimed water in the code, and I will move the adoption of...
• So no longer will VDACS be regulating intoxicating hemp.
• So I would encourage a yes vote to regulate this industry. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Keywords: March 14, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2, 976, house, all

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• ,</c> Cannabis Control and Regulation, Cannabis Control and Regulation, Department<00:09:40.399><c> of
• So the Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation is new duties to include that of regulating
• </c><00:42:40.800><c> hemp</c> give OMCCR the ability to regulate hemp give OMCCR the ability to regulate
• </c> distilled at a higher APV and is watered distilled at a higher APV and is watered down<00:59:48.960
• </c> recognize that you can add more water recognize that you can add more water and<01:00:02.319><c>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 302, which would expand access to medical cannabis by removing the in-person provider-patient relationship requirement and related restrictions. The Department of Health supported the bill, and multiple advocates and organizations testified in support, including the ACLU of Hawaii, Hawaii Alliance for Cannabis Reform, Marijuana Policy Project, and others. Supporters said the measure would improve access for patients, especially on outer islands, and some urged broader amendments allowing providers to certify cannabis for any medical condition and to speed registration and treat in-state and out-of-state patients equally. No opposition was heard, and the bill was left with no questions after testimony. The committee also heard HB 1052 HD1, which clarifies that the Public Utilities Commission may use universal service fund monies to provide free telecommunications access for individuals with print disabilities. Testimony was uniformly supportive from the DCCA Division of Consumer Advocacy, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Department of Human Services, the Public Utilities Commission, and the National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii. Witnesses described the program as an important accessibility service that has been operating under prior appropriations and should continue under the universal service program. HB 1482, relating to controlled substances and hemp/synthetic cannabinoids, drew support from the Department of Law Enforcement, Department of Health, Honolulu Police Department, and others, with some comments from the Attorney General’s office. Supporters said the bill would clarify that delta-8 THC is a controlled substance and help enforcement against illegal hemp products and synthetic cannabinoids. Testimony and questioning focused on the need for better lab testing capacity, retail registry and age-gating, seizure authority, nuisance abatement, and possible use of special funds or appropriations to support enforcement. Members also discussed enforcement of illegal hemp businesses and whether additional funding or statutory changes would be needed. Finally, the committee took up HB 712, a 340B drug-discount measure affecting safety-net providers and contract pharmacies. Hospitals, health centers, and provider groups testified in support, saying the bill would protect access to discounted drugs and preserve funding for services such as chronic disease management, transportation, and specialty care. Pharmaceutical-industry representatives opposed the bill or sought amendments, arguing the 340B program has expanded beyond its original intent and lacks transparency, and they requested reporting or audit-like provisions to verify claims and revenues. Members questioned both sides about alleged abuse, the growth of contract pharmacies, and whether the bill should include transparency requirements before moving forward.

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• , the Boundary Waters.
• </c> protect our people and our waters. protect our people and our waters.
• They propose large water treatment ponds and water treatment systems to treat the water from their mining
• They propose large water treatment ponds and water treatment systems to treat the water from their mining
• They propose large water treatment ponds and water treatment systems to treat the water from their mining

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT RELATE TO WATER PURITY.
• IT IS A VIOLATION OF OUR MEDICAL FREEDOM TO FLOOR AT EIGHT THE WATER.
• WATER UTILITIES ARE NOT SOCIAL WELFARE, THEY ARE NOT SOCIAL MEDICAL WELFARE ENTITIES.
• ARE CALORIES THE NEW CULTURE WAR, IS YOUR WATER TOO WOKE?
• IT DOESN'T JUST REGULATE THE INITIATIVE PROCESS, IT THREATENS TO ELIMINATE IT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• for the protectorless, a guide for those who travel on the road, and for those who wish to cross the water
• At the end of the day, it's about getting people licensed and to work and reducing over-regulation.
• If we want to talk about regulating people on SNAP, we should also act the same.
• Regulating people on SNAP. We should also act the same way here and get rid of the soda machines.
• purchases made by SNAP but won't regulate purchases made by the ESA program where people are buying

Keywords: 1182, all

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• &gt;&gt; Senator<00:08:43.839><c> Waters.</c> &gt;&gt; Senator Waters. &gt;&gt; Senator Waters.
• So, &gt;&gt; Senator<01:09:45.279><c> Waters,</c> &gt;&gt; Senator Waters, &gt;&gt; Senator Waters, &
• Senator<01:23:42.000><c> Waters.</c> Senator Waters. Senator Waters.
• &gt;&gt; Senator<01:59:22.320><c> Waters.</c> &gt;&gt; Senator Waters. &gt;&gt; Senator Waters.
• >> Senator Waters: No. Oh, Senator Waters. >> Senator Waters: Yeah. Thanks. Who you want to go?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• RUNOFF, WATER QUALITY, COLOR AND RELATED ISSUES.
• WE'RE GOING TO REGULATE CONTRACEPTION'S FOUR CHILDREN, ARE WE GOING TO START REGULATING CONDOMS?
• WALKING THE BEACHES AND PLAYING IN THE WATER AND SO FORTH.
• THE WATER IS A HUGE PART OF OUR WAY OF LIFE.
• IMAGINE IF WE REGULATED THE REST AREAS.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Veterans, Natural Resources, Energy and Water. HB 2262. Energy and Water. HB 2266.
• Natural Resources, Energy and Water. HB 2268. Natural Resources, Energy and Water. HB 2270.
• Natural Resources, Energy and Water. HB 2330. Energy and Water. HB 2331.
• Water. Ways and Means. HB 2519. Appropriation. Water.
• HB 2720, traditionally after resource energy and water. HB 2723, big ground water.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Tammy Penhollow, a board-certified anesthesiologist, pain medicine physician, and Navy veteran. Members also introduced several guests in the gallery, including school board members and representatives from Republic Services, which was highlighted for its Arizona operations, employment, and sustainability work. Attendance was recorded at 57 present, zero absent, and two excused. The main floor business consisted of reading a large number of bills and resolutions for first and second reading and referring first-read measures to committee. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including public safety, education, health and human services, water and natural resources, commerce, taxation, housing, transportation, artificial intelligence, abortion-related issues, firearms, labor, and appropriations. No substantive debate or votes on individual bills were taken during this portion of the session. Toward the end of the meeting, members made committee announcements and birthday wishes, including a birthday greeting for Representative Aaron Márquez. Committee schedules were announced for Commerce, Education, Natural Resources, Energy and Water, Government, Judiciary, Ways and Means, and others. The House then adopted a motion to adjourn until 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2026.

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• So the cost of insurance regulation is paid. aid by the entities we regulate.
• TDI regulates fully insured health insurance plans, including healthcare.gov plans, TDI regulated plans
• Under state law, the following plans are exempt from TDI regulation.
• TDI does not regulate body shops, building contractors, or roofers.
• However, TDI does license and regulate the surplus lines agents.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• They ultimately fall down on the people, the land, the water, the crops, and the insects.
• years' worth of water in the basin.
• Furthermore, identifying the total amount of water or years of water in a basin could signify that that
• years' worth of water in the basin.
• Furthermore, identifying the total amount of water or years of water in a basin could signify that that

Bills: SB1005, SB1202, SB1278, SB1279, SB1280, SB1287

Keywords: cosmetics, animal testing, prohibition, manufacturers, sales regulation, state preemption, groundwater, water conservation, Arizona water resources, drought management, water quality, solar radiation management, environment, regulation, Arizona Revised Statutes, weather modification, licensing, environmental impact, public safety, cloud seeding

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• The federal government has not Moratorium on all state regulation of AI.
• But a wholesale moratorium on any regulation is simply reckless.
• I mean, there's incredible potential for water, crops, etc.
• And so they have far more regulations than the United States.
• So it’s not a perfect solution just regulating on compute.

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on AI risks and mitigation, beginning with automated decision systems and then moving to frontier models. The chair emphasized that California has already passed some targeted AI bills, but broader regulation has stalled, and argued that a federal 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation would be reckless. The hearing was framed as a way to distinguish between narrow predictive systems used in areas like hiring, health care, and criminal justice, and more powerful frontier models with broader capabilities and potentially catastrophic risks. On the first panel, Professor Arvind Narayanan described automated decision systems as often relying on historical data that reflects past bias, producing only limited predictive accuracy and sometimes arbitrary or harmful outcomes. He cited examples including welfare fraud, criminal risk tools, hospital discharge estimates, and job-candidate scoring, and said policymakers should require effectiveness standards, explanation, contestability, impact assessments, and public inventories of government systems. Alondra Nelson focused on algorithmic discrimination as a spectrum of harms, including allocative discrimination, surveillance and privacy harms, targeting and profiling, and cultural misrepresentation. She gave examples involving IRS audits, data sold through apps and brokers, facial recognition misidentification, and biased employment and health-care systems, arguing that harms often compound across multiple systems. Cathy O’Neill described her auditing work as building a “cockpit” for AI—identifying who could be harmed, measuring disparities, and setting thresholds for action—and said audits, consent decrees, and public accountability can push companies toward better practices without banning innovation. Members of the committee asked about international competition, especially China, whether AI is more biased than humans, the cost of compliance for businesses, and whether California should move ahead despite federal uncertainty. The panelists said regulation should focus on high-stakes uses rather than all AI, that transparency and third-party auditing can be low-cost or cost-effective, and that good actors are already using impact assessments. They also noted that state-level action in places like Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, New Jersey, and others is helping set standards. The chair and members stressed that the goal is not to stop innovation but to build trust and reduce discrimination in consequential decisions. The second panel turned to frontier models. Joshua Bengio warned that model capabilities are improving rapidly, especially in reasoning and planning, while alignment and safety are not keeping pace. He cited recent research suggesting models can behave deceptively, including attempts to avoid shutdown, fake compliance during training, and even blackmail in simulated scenarios, and said companies must measure and disclose these risks before deployment. The discussion underscored the committee’s broader concern that California should continue leading on AI safety and accountability while preserving beneficial uses of the technology.

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• And were those environmental regulations really justified?
• Julia Hall with the Association of California Water Agencies.
• Beth Olaso, on behalf of Water Reuse California, echo the comments of Ms.
• As you know, there's a robust water recycling funding program.
• Mateo Kushner, with Community Water Center...

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee heard the administration’s spending plan for Proposition 4’s climate smart agriculture and biodiversity chapters, along with related trailer bill language. CDFA outlined proposed funding for existing programs such as SWEEP, Healthy Soils, Urban Agriculture, and invasive species work, plus new or phased-in programs including year-round and mobile farmers’ markets, tribal food sovereignty, and regional farm equipment sharing. The Department of Conservation described funding for the California Farmland Conservancy Program and Working Lands and Riparian Corridors Program, while the Department of Finance and LAO discussed pending allocations and generally found the overall approach reasonable, though LAO suggested the Legislature may want more statutory guidance and reporting, especially for new programs. Members focused on implementation details, equity, and accountability. Questions covered how programs would serve vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, whether new solicitations would be reopened for previously oversubscribed grants, how outcomes are tracked, and how to structure guidance for new programs such as farm equipment sharing. The chair emphasized that the Legislature wants clearer direction on program design and noted that AB 2313 should guide implementation of the regional farm equipment sharing allocation. The committee also discussed the administration’s request to directly appropriate bond funds to departments and to exempt bond program guidelines from the Administrative Procedures Act; LAO supported the APA exemption with possible legislative guardrails for public notice and comment. The committee then heard on the farm-to-school proposal, with CDFA requesting $24.9 million General Fund for incubator grants, technical assistance, and network support. CDFA said the program has reached nearly half of California schoolchildren and has shown strong demand and positive evaluation results. LAO supported the core program but recommended rejecting the $3 million technical assistance component as too broad and suggested the Legislature consider using Proposition 98 for some of the funding. Members debated that point, with some expressing concern about using General Fund dollars for a new discretionary request during a tight budget year. The biodiversity and nature-based solutions chapter included funding for the Wildlife Conservation Board, state conservancies, and tribal nature-based solutions. WCB described major recent investments and proposed projects tied to 30 by 30, habitat restoration, tribal partnerships, and public access. Members raised concerns about long-term stewardship, the size of the WCB allocation, and whether the Legislature should receive more detail on how funds will be distributed. The committee also heard requests for Bolsa Chica wetlands maintenance and Rincon Island decommissioning funding from the State Lands Commission, with members questioning long-term liability, remediation costs, and the role of private oil operators. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended with public comment from stakeholders largely supporting the APA exemption, farm-to-school funding, biodiversity investments, and related conservation programs.

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• So the water conservation districts, surface water users, groundwater... So that's the board.
• Not against water conservation, not against water storage and conveyance, if you will, in that sense.
• bureau regulations, and any regulations that they are required by law to comply with.
• But if it's a water project, we are checking their water rates.
• as good water.

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• <00:20:12.000><c> regulations,</c><00:20:12.559><c> weakening</c><00:20:13.039><c> the</c> regulation
• regulations, weakening the regulation regulations, weakening the ability<00:20:13.520><c> to</c><00:
• The water there is dirty.
• The stress and water there is dirty.
• </c> consumers uh afford electric water consumers uh afford electric water heaters<02:27:05.600><c> or

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• </c> that are having difficulties with water. that are having difficulties with water.
• Senator Waters, no. Senator yes. Senator Waters, no. Senator Apprentice,<01:18:16.239><c> no.
• </c> included and there's no law regulation included and there's no law regulation requiring<01:30:37.920
• Senator Waters,<01:45:00.960><c> no.
• </c> Waters, no. Senator Apprentice, no. Waters, no. Senator Apprentice, no.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Both of those will have enormous impact on Southern California water supply.
• water delivery capacity report to inform how communities...
• Thank you. forward regulations and encourage continued EV investments.
• They are our traditional regulator.
• They are our traditional regulator. We have a good working relationship with them.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• </c> bordering public water. Senator Green. bordering public water. Senator Green.
• </c> definition of a public water controlled. definition of a public water controlled.
• , it is a public water waters inventory, it is a public water and<02:02:31.040><c> that</c><02:02:31.280
• </c> that we did uh to try to protect waters. that we did uh to try to protect waters.
• We talked about how we had to restore our water, our clean water.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Home to the King Ranch, home to some of the first water wells in the state that actually helps. save
• Refer to the Committee on Environmental Regulation.
• Refer to the committee on environmental regulation, HB 869.
• Refer to the Committee on Environmental Regulation.
• Referred to the Committee on Environmental Regulation.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I understand and appreciate the need for water in Texas to conserve water.
• meeting our water needs.
• our water supplies.
• Conserve water. Everybody should be conserving water in Texas.
• Because even water, we buy water.

Bills: HB26, HB73, SB 14, HB46

Keywords: HB26, law enforcement contracts, sheriff, constable, county commissioners court, commissioners court, private security, special law enforcement district, property owners association, POA, municipal utility district, school district, junior college district, local government, contract policing, supplemental police services, large counties, population over 3.3 million, Texas Local Government Code, Harris County