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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/13/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • water lines the wells Tower and Water water lines the wells Tower and Water Treatment<00:03:53.879
  • 18:20.960> water Joint Powers water board is the water Joint Powers water board is the water utility
  • water our waste water to a drinking water our waste water to a drinking water issue<00:32:22.480
  • <00:45:04.000> main water tower and necessary water main water tower and necessary water main
  • I'm happy to answer any questions. extending water bains water Bain service extending water bains water
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Environment and Natural Resources Jan 13th, 2026

Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will now come to order.
  • have the staff that they need to execute these beach erosion improvement projects and any other resources
  • And again, members, Senate Bill 848 is a bill that is looking at how water quality enhancement areas
  • and water quality improvement is working throughout the state.
  • recreation while preserving, interpreting, and restoring Florida's natural and cultural resources.
Bills: S0544, S0636, S0848, S0546
Summary: The Environment and Natural Resources Committee met with a quorum and took up several bills. SB 636 on beach management, by Senator Leek, would create additional pathways for counties and municipalities to obtain critically eroded beach or area of critical state concern designations, shifting the process toward a more proactive approach. Senator Smith and Senator Harrell raised concerns about local capacity and funding, and the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association said the bill was an alternative pathway but emphasized the need for more recurring funding. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered SB 544, which transfers the Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification Program from DEP to FDACS and establishes certification and training standards there. Senator Smith and Senator Harrell asked about environmental oversight, taxation, and whether the change would affect state park restrictions; the sponsor said it would not change tax treatment or park rules and that DEP would still handle enforcement if BMPs are not followed. The Florida Springs Council opposed the bill, arguing golf courses are not agriculture and warning of weaker protections for springs, while the Florida Golf Course Superintendent's Association supported the move as a continuity and participation measure. After adopting a technical amendment, the committee reported the bill favorably, with Senator Smith voting no. SB 848 on stormwater treatment, also by Senator Trunow, was amended to clarify the role of water quality enhancement areas while stormwater rules are still being finalized and to make public-land project review forward-looking. Resource Environmental Solutions supported the amendment and bill as providing a clearer market for water quality credits, and the Florida Home Builders Association supported the measure. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. SB 546 by Vice Chair Mayfield would require 30-day public notice before meetings reviewing the sale or exchange of state conservation lands, including at water management districts; after a technical amendment, it received support from conservation groups and was reported favorably. The committee also received a DEP presentation on the State Park Amenities Report, which said Florida’s 175 state parks drew over 28 million visitors and generated a $3.6 billion economic impact. DEP identified nearly $759 million in needed repairs and upgrades over 10 years and $1.39 billion in contemplated new construction and development in unit management plans. No votes were taken on the presentation, and the meeting adjourned after no further business.
OK
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  • that from a perspective of the state of Oklahoma, we are merely just adding an additional amount of resources
  • This legislative body has consistently put more resources into public education.
  • since the creation of the FDIC, there's never been a single depositor ever lose access to those resources
  • It's going to... ...ever lose access to those resources. We know exactly where this money is going.
  • You're exactly right, because this does have to do with surface transportation.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you from the bottom of my heart for providing the resources and the moral support that allows us
  • On page 7, line 3, basically says 100% of the surface owners within the boundaries.
  • And finally, the supporters will say, well, 100% of the surface owners must consent at the beginning.
  • Sewer and water, streets. These are things we all use every day.
  • this state and, as an arm of the Oklahoma standard across the nation, House Bill 4043 appropriates resources
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Resources and Community, which serves parents and caregivers of students needing specialized support
  • Schools Specialized Services Stakeholders Committee, partnering With school personnel, community resources
  • She will be attending UCO to study human resource management.
TX
Bills: HB17, HB16, SB10, HB27, HB23, SB15, SB18
Summary: The House convened, received a message from the Senate, and the chair announced the signing of HB 4 in the presence of the House. The clerk then read a large number of first-reading measures and referred them to committees. Among the notable bills, SB 1 by Senator Perry on campground and youth camp safety was referred to the Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding. Several House resolutions dealing with House rules, quorum, attendance, and penalties for members who missed sessions or broke quorum were referred to the Committee on House Administration, including HR 5, HR 17, HR 18, HR 34, HR 41, and HR 58. The House also referred a broad slate of resolutions to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars, including measures by Riddell, Craddick, Toth, Leo Wilson, Schofield, Gehan, Bella Montgomery, Hinojosa, Schoolcraft, Little, Meyer, Luhan, Orr, Johnson, Harris Davila, Lopez, Cameron, Gonzalez of El Paso, Wharton, Flores, Dyson, and Harless. These referrals covered many individual House resolutions and concurrent resolutions, but no debate or votes were recorded in the transcript. At the end of the proceedings, the House recessed until noon pursuant to a previously adopted motion.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
  • . resources. resources.
  • paper uh asking about is water paper uh asking about is water available?
  • water to this to water system to provide water to this to these<01:02:59.480> parcels.
  • Board of Water Supply to do this. Board of Water Supply to do this.
  • don't know what the other county water don't know what the other county water water<02:24:55.760
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2613, SD1, HD1, relating to public school land transfer. The Attorney General’s office and the Department of Education supported the bill’s technical cleanup of Act 307, but strongly opposed a new provision that would convey school parcels containing public and school library facilities to the Hawaii State Public Library System. They argued the added transfer language conflicted with Act 307’s purpose of consolidating school land for more efficient school operations, and said existing law already allows co-located library use through rights of entry, licenses, or other agreements. The library system supported the bill and said it was trying to resolve longstanding operational conflicts on shared school-campus libraries, especially where public access, construction, and campus safety issues arise. Members questioned whether the Board of Education should simply mediate the dispute, whether the bill was the right solution, and whether a formal memorandum of agreement might be a better approach than a land transfer. The library system described years of difficulty coordinating with DOE on projects and said it needed a clearer process to complete work and spend CIP funds. Discussion also touched on a Kauai parcel in the bill, identified as a tennis court, and whether resurfacing could be completed before any transfer. The Attorney General indicated that if the goal is to preserve library uses while keeping title with the state, DLNR or another documented arrangement may be more appropriate than transferring fee title to the library system. The committee then heard SB 2543 SD2 HD1, relating to state construction projects. DAGS supported the measure, and the Hawaii Ironworkers Stabilization Fund and Hawaii Building Construction Trade Council strongly supported it, saying the bill would help spot-check high-cost projects and reduce waste from overruns and delays. One testifier opposed the bill, arguing the proposed construction manager role was too limited and that DAGS needed more training, decentralized authority, and better internal decision-making rather than a new layer of oversight. Supporters said the bill was intended as a pilot program to address repeated cost overruns and improve accountability on state construction projects.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Agriculture and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • can experience that out in the water.
  • You can experience that out in the water with your net and that sort of thing.
  • Methods to ensure cut and uprooted plant matter is removed from these waters.
  • I don't think it rots; it just rides on the surface and gets... Smells like rot?
  • You drag it out of the water when you cut it, right?
Bills: HB55, HB212
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/6/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have a very old water tower and a water system.
  • <00:53:24.520> and water pressure a need to boil water and water pressure a need to boil water
  • water leaks re water cycle of emergency water leaks re water leaks<01:07:45.720> popping<01:07
  • update our water sewer and storm water update our water sewer and storm water infrastructure<01:
  • a water treatment plant a new water a water treatment plant a new water tower<01:25:32.159> um
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • through surface water, groundwater, and even recycled water supplies.
  • Surface water access is also extremely limited.
  • Decatur, Bridgeport, and Runaway Bay have historical agreements for surface water use.
  • So we're back in that category again, needing surface water.
  • We do have the Texas Water Development Board as a... resource witness.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • State water is water that the state owns.
  • be paid for that water.
  • People need the water; you've got to send the water." And that's what you just pointed to.
  • Water District was created.
  • We’ve pumped either your TCEQ surface water right, or your groundwater conservation district permit limit
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs (Part II) Apr 14th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're pumping that water.
  • That's water the state owns. We're talking about water that the landowner owns, not the district.
  • paid for that water.
  • People need the water, you got to in the water. And that's what you just pointed to.
  • TCQ surface water right or your groundwater conservation district permit limit or your EAA reduced drought
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HWN-WLA, HWN DEFER Public Hearings 02-10-2026

Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • not always visible on the surface. not always visible on the surface.
  • county board or Department of Water county board or Department of Water Supply<00:04:35.759>
  • So water system going into their lot.
  • <00:08:04.639> system sure that they have the water system sure that they have the water system
  • but that had water. but that had water.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures affecting Hawaiian affairs, historic preservation, water access, and land governance. SB 1406 would let the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands assume historic preservation review for projects on lands under its jurisdiction, except for properties listed or nominated for the state or national historic registers. DHHL supported the bill, while a descendant testifier strongly opposed it, arguing that burial and preservation review protects ancestors and should not be streamlined or reduced. No questions were raised and the bill was moved on after testimony. SB 521 would require DHHL to work with county water boards or water departments to provide potable and agricultural water on Hawaiian homelands, with agreements made public. DHHL said it already works with counties but objected to the bill’s mandatory language, saying it could undermine the department’s discretion and independence. A public testifier supported the measure, and committee discussion focused on how water requirements could affect subsistence lots and infrastructure decisions. The committee then took up SB 3247, which would create a Royal Mausoleum Commission within DLNR to oversee preservation, operations, and outreach at Mauna Ala. State Parks said it valued existing collaboration with the aliʻi trusts but wanted clarity on roles, coordination, and funding if a new commission is created. The Royal Order of Kamehameha strongly supported the bill as a culturally grounded way to protect the site, while several other testifiers opposed it, saying the real issue is the curator selection process and warning that a commission could add bureaucracy and delay. The committee also heard SB 1654, authorizing transfer of certain state lands to DHHL, and SB 112, which would add the DHHL chair or designee to the Hawaii Community Development Authority; the Attorney General and HCDA offered technical and policy comments, with HCDA opposing the board change and DHHL supporting participation to protect beneficiary interests. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Tue Feb 10, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I steward um all of our resources.
  • So I'm wondering like it's not waters.
  • Um, but we do right about the water.
  • Katie Roth with the Commission on Water Resource Management.
  • <00:57:20.400> issues would address some of the water issues would address some of the water
Summary: The committee on Water and Land met on February 10, 2026, with Chair Mark Hashem outlining strict testimony rules and noting a time constraint because of later hearings and floor session obligations. The committee then took up several bills, hearing mostly supportive testimony on HB 1881 relating to land use, HB 2218 relating to DLNR/community management, and HB 1956 relating to freshwater waves, while HB 1845 relating to the Land Use Commission drew legal concerns and opposition. HB 2151 relating to building materials had no substantive testimony presented in the excerpt, and the committee moved through it quickly. On HB 1881, testimony focused on protecting North Shore lands from overdevelopment. A supporter described the area as valuable precisely because it remains largely undeveloped, and a member asked whether the bill’s restrictions on “finculars” would affect existing or future private residential installations; the response suggested the bill was aimed at future commercial uses and that grandfathering or personal-use exceptions might be possible, but the exact wording would need legal refinement. HB 2218 received broad support from OHA, DLNR, Kua, Sierra Club, Hui Maka Aana, the Honlay Initiative, and others, who said the measure would expand community-based co-management across DLNR divisions, build on existing park partnerships, and produce real benefits such as better stewardship, safer access, local jobs, and stronger community trust. Members asked about the bill’s five-year review structure, how multiple community groups would be handled, and whether the model could apply to ocean or nearshore areas; DLNR said the board would retain authority, agreements would be non-exclusive and subject to review, and the department was still working through how the approach would function across different divisions and marine settings. For HB 1956, the Attorney General offered technical comments, urging clearer definitions of “residing” and “freshwater way,” clearer timing for citations and arrests, and more explicit procedural safeguards and agency roles. On HB 1845, the Attorney General and Land Use Commission raised concerns that the bill could conflict with constitutional protections for important agricultural lands and could not be reconciled with existing voting requirements; the LUC also said commissioners cannot vote by proxy under sunshine law and warned that the bill could allow too few commissioners to approve major boundary changes. Members questioned how the bill would work in counties without designated important agricultural lands, and the LUC explained that Kauai is the only county to have completed the IAL process, while the broader statutory process remains county-driven and has been the subject of litigation. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the excerpt.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation Apr 24th, 2025

Environmental Regulation

Transcript Highlights:
  • It has exceptionally high water quality and is of ecological importance.
  • The Devil's River is an essential natural resource for Texas, supporting wildlife, outdoor recreation
  • water.
  • Its clear waters are sustained by spring-fed flows and it is almost untouched by contaminants.
  • They have a resource value of $3.8 billion.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 10th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Districts to Water Agricultural and Rural Affairs, Senate Bill 1584 by Eckhart relating to early voting
  • to provide financial assistance from the Safe Drinking Water Revolution.
  • Senate Bill 1623 by Johnson. relating to the dedication of certain water rights to the Texas Water Trust
  • to water agriculture and rural affairs. by Johnson relating the purposes for which the Texas Water Bank
  • and the Texas Water Trust and hold water rights to water agriculture and rural affairs.
TX
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  • Landowner, which would include the sale of water, groundwater rights, and surface rights.
  • And To exempt groundwater and surface water from these notices.
  • Members, Kim Nygren from TCEQ, as well as Todd Galiga from TCEQ, are resource witnesses from the Water
  • water rights.
  • And we do have a resource witness from...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Apr 14th, 2025

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mineral rights are separate from surface rights.
  • wells or public water supply wells.
  • It's just water quality drinking standards.
  • Facilities, is this trickling for downhole or is this surface as well, or is it just surface?
  • , so it's for surface.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Apr 14th, 2025

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Early on, water-based drilling fluids were used. Water is the key word.
  • It's water recycling, right?
  • So you're managing water, you're recycling the water, you're sending it out.
  • Water is a priority.
  • We do have a resource witness.