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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB number 422 by Gonzales of El Paso relating to limitations on the issuance of bonds. by the Texas Water
- I really appreciate your attention on trying to bring water and wastewater infrastructure to rural and
- We believe that Everybody should have the basic ability to open their tap and get some water.
- No, this is... we... the subchapter in the utilities code that's a... amended here only applies to the
- houses all the El Paso electric components. bill do anything at all to provide incentives for massive utility
Keywords:
regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/13/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- treatment systems, clean water and drinking water treatment facilities.
- treatment systems, clean water and drinking water treatment facilities.
- That can mean things like conveyance of water, storage of water, reuse of water, groundwater replenishment
- more water?'
- acre-feet of water.
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Keywords:
water infrastructure finance authority, WIFA, water supply development, snowpack augmentation, cloud seeding, water augmentation, water financing, water infrastructure, Arizona water law, water conservation, groundwater recharge, stormwater recharge, reclamation and reuse, water rights, water supply projects, public-private partnership, long-term water augmentation fund, water provider, desalination, drought mitigation
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Conservation Grant Fund that receives water from a multi-county water conservation district.
- from a multi-county water conservation district.
- water savings and the water supply being conserved.
- Let me... ...water savings and the water supply being conserved.
- We need continued water security. We need continued water security.
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
Keywords:
water conservation, grants, infrastructure, environmental protection, sustainability, cesspool remediation, cesspool replacement, forgivable principal, forgivable loan, wifa, water infrastructure finance authority, clean water revolving fund, drinking water revolving fund, wastewater infrastructure, on-site wastewater system, septic system, groundwater protection, public health, nonpoint source pollution, county water projects
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And again, these utility rates, these utility services are just for the little guys.
- Paco Sewer and Water Company.
- It's already somebody's water.
- , how treating water, if it be the AWP, you know, recycling water, et cetera.
- The fact of the matter is, if we're looking for all the different ways that we can utilize water that
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
Keywords:
air pollution, wildfires, environmental standards, public health, Arizona Revised Statutes, assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Apr 29th, 2025
Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- The gross sales utility is one and a half percent. What this does...
- This gross sales utility will freeze the rates at those levels.
- . when it comes to the relocation of utilities.
- Utilities are reimbursed for fully funded projects.
- We also locate utilities in the right-of-way because... also locate utilities in the right-of-way because
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (10-18-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLKNASbsSG4, 2026-06-21T07:17:05+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:12
Approval of August Minutes 00:01:51
Introduction of Guests: 00:02:09
School Funding Approaches Update 00:03:01
SEEK & Student Transportation Funding Formulas Discussion 00:17:23
22RS HB 499 Implementation & Social Worker Employment Status Discussion 00:37:08
Water Management Assistance Fund Discussion 01:02:29
Provision of Utilities to Kentucky State Parks Discussion 01:16:14
Follow-up Information from Prior Meeting 01:41:47
Correspondence Received 01:42:22, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- He said that right now, a user only has to report water use, not measure how much water is actually applied
- , and that there has been a long-time fear that underground water users would lose water if they did
- He said he would like a bill that would stop all outside, out-of-state water users from pulling water
- water before it's returned to the water table?
- brine water, back into the water table.
Committee:
House Energy
Keywords:
environmental protection, water quality, aluminum, Department of Environmental Quality, EPA standards, groundwater conservation, water rights, permit allocation, metering, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, liquefied petroleum gas, safety regulation, LP-Gas Board, inspections, accident investigations, rural water service, district organization, emergency legislation, Oklahoma, water management
Summary:
The House Energy Committee met for its second scheduled meeting and announced it would need to meet again the following week because of bill reassignments and new agenda items. The committee first considered House Bill 2976, which requires the Department of Environmental Quality to promulgate water quality criteria rules for aluminum. An amendment was adopted to extend the rulemaking deadline to December 31, 2027, to allow time for an OU study on aluminum in water to be completed. The bill then passed 9-0.
The committee next heard House Bill 4459, which would create a five-year averaging option for certain water users, mainly irrigators, allowing flexibility in annual use while requiring measurement and reporting over the five-year period. Members questioned whether the bill could encourage excessive use during drought years and whether it would improve reporting accuracy; the author said he was open to discussing a possible reduction from 200% to 150% and emphasized long-term aquifer conservation. HB 4459 was reported out due pass. House Bill 3142, described as a revised version of a bill vetoed last year, also passed unanimously after the author said it addressed the governor’s veto concerns.
The committee then advanced House Bill 4316, which updates outdated language related to rural water districts and passed 11-0. House Bill 4338, the so-called Brine Act, was adopted with a PCS and would allow wastewater or produced water to be used in ways that could expand Oklahoma’s iodine production industry; the author said it would create value from material now disposed of and would not change disposal rules. Members asked about treatment and environmental safeguards, and the author said the bill only recognizes the activity as legal and does not mandate it. HB 4338 passed 11-0. Finally, House Bill 4230, which expands the ability to use qualified outside suppliers for training and technical assistance, passed 11-0 after brief questioning about who those suppliers might be.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Thu Apr 9, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Requires the PUC to water carrier.
- Hawaii water any requirement under the Hawaii water carrier<01:12:24.040><c> act.
- </c> Andrew Kawano from the Public Utilities Andrew Kawano from the Public Utilities Commission<01:12
- The regulatory compact, at a very high level, says the utility provides service and that the utility
- Water is a pass-through. pass-through. Water is a pass-through.
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Commerce
Keywords:
SB3302, homemade food products, farm kitchens, home kitchens, Department of Health, DOH, food safety, food labeling, value-added agriculture, small farms, agricultural land, commercial food establishment permit, cottage food, direct-to-consumer sales, local food systems, Hawaii Revised Statutes, chapter 91, farm-to-table, food processing, public health regulation
Summary:
The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on April 9, 2026, and heard testimony on several measures. SB 3302 SD1 HD1, dealing with homemade food products, would require the Department of Health to adopt rules for farm kitchens producing homemade food products that are no more stringent than rules for home kitchens. The Department of Health said it supported the bill with technical amendments, and the Hawaii Food Industry Association and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii also supported it. No opposition was heard.
A lengthy discussion focused on SB 2061 SD2 HD1, which concerns a 99-year leasehold residential condominium project and HCDA’s rules for sales, income restrictions, and buyback pricing. HCDA supported the bill and said the House draft clarified unclear provisions and would help move the project to pre-sales. Testimony and committee questions centered on whether the project should remain owner-occupied in perpetuity or allow investor purchases after an initial sales period. HCDA explained that the bill was revised to make the project feasible in the market, that 60% of units would be income-restricted for buyers at or below 140% of area median income, and that the remaining units could be sold without owner-occupancy restrictions. Some members and testifiers expressed concern that the bill had shifted away from the original owner-occupancy vision and could become an investment property model, while others argued the changes were necessary for the project to pencil out and compete with fee-simple developments. No vote was taken during the discussion shown.
The committee also heard SB 2050 SD1 HD1, which would allow chiropractic students in accredited programs to engage in clinical practice beginning July 1, 2028. The Hawaii Board of Chiropractic and the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association supported the measure, and one testifier described personal experience with student chiropractic care in California. Members questioned why the board requested delaying implementation until 2030, and the board said it needed more time to develop rules because it meets only a few times a year and rulemaking is lengthy. Finally, SB 2102 SD2 HD1, on industrial hemp in commercial feed, was introduced; the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity offered comments, the Department of Health raised concerns about regulating pet food and possible jurisdictional conflict, and a farmer testifying in support suggested narrowing the bill to federally approved livestock feed rather than pet food.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Licensing & Administrative Procedures May 6th, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill will also require that all staff be trained in basic water rescue and first aid.
- And all we're asking is that the staff be trained in basic water rescue and first aid.
- He panicked, breathed in water.
- That services young children who don't know how to swim in water.
- A body of water is deadly, unintentional, preventable death. That's what we're trying to stop here.
Bills:
SB 28
Committee:
House Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Keywords:
groundwater, groundwater conservation district, Water Code, Water Development Board, modeled available groundwater, aquifer, water permit, groundwater transfer, export groundwater, out-of-district transfer, management area, desired future conditions, well permit, retail public utility, potable water, emergency interconnect, subsidiary, controlled entity, aquifer management, water resources
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- CCNs are a regionalized approach, uh, to providing water and wastewater utility services that avoids
- water quality.
- It remains the responsibility of the utility to provide clean and safe water to its customers.
- Water utilities, both large and smaller, laser focused on ensuring water quality and customers have those
- water quality.
Bills:
HB 937 , HB 2078 , HB 2080 , HB 3322 , HB 3350 , HB 4212 , HB 4630 , HB 4896 , HB 4951 , HB 5348 , HB 5675 , SB 565 , SB 971 , SB 1662 , SB 2124
Committee:
House Natural Resources
Keywords:
special districts, notice requirements, Water Code, government transparency, public meetings, meeting notice, transparency, public engagement, notice, elections, groundwater management, water conservation, joint planning, environmental impact, desired future conditions, groundwater, conservation district, environmental quality, regulatory review, water utility
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Texas Rural Water Association (TRWA) is a nonprofit with a membership of over 900 utilities that
- CCNs are a regionalized approach to providing water and wastewater utilities.
- It remains the responsibility of the utility to provide clean and safe water to its customers.
- Water utilities, both large...
- And smaller utilities are laser-focused on ensuring water quality and that customers have those protections
Bills:
HB937 , HB2078 , HB2080 , HB3322 , HB3350 , HB4212 , HB4630 , HB4896 , HB4951 , HB5348 , HB5675 , SB565 , SB971 , SB1662 , SB2124
Committee:
House Natural Resources
Keywords:
special districts, notice requirements, Water Code, government transparency, public meetings, meeting notice, transparency, public engagement, notice, elections, groundwater management, water conservation, joint planning, environmental impact, desired future conditions, groundwater, conservation district, environmental quality, regulatory review, water utility
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
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:09:34.080><c> season,</c> of just during the open water season, of just during the open water
- </c><01:13:00.080><c> and</c> with the Minnesota Board of Water and with the Minnesota Board of Water
- ><c> permit</c><01:38:04.639><c> transfer</c> support for water permit transfer support for water permit
- Even though the water permit was already in place, the water use never changed.
- </c> the state where we already have water the state where we already have water concerns<01:42:11.280
Keywords:
boat storage structures, public waters, natural resources, rule amendments, watercraft canopy, PFAS, environmental regulation, manufacturers, public health, product safety, groundwater, water appropriation, water-use permit, water permit, aquifer test, aquifer, well construction, groundwater permit, Department of Natural Resources, DNR
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 3rd, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- the Water Caucus and the Texas Water Foundation.
- We represent about over 900 utilities that provide water and wastewater utility services to rural communities
- We represent about over 900 utilities that provide water and wastewater utility services to rural communities
- Texas Water Code.
- water, Especially as our state water supply, infrastructure, treatment, groundwater, and surface water
Committee:
Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Keywords:
water resources, interlocal contracts, local government, collaboration, planning activities, wildfire response, firefighting equipment, emergency services, state database, Texas Forest Service, customer complaints, Public Utility Commission, water service, complaint process, utility regulation, SB 971, Texas Water Assistance Program, Water Code, rural political subdivision, rural water
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met on Texas Water Day and limited public testimony to two minutes. The chair emphasized the need to move quickly because of scheduling conflicts with other committees and noted the importance of water policy and related stakeholders. The committee heard several bills focused on water administration, rural utilities, emergency response, and public works contracting.
Senate Bill 790 by Senator Alvarado would let the Public Utility Commission create a simplified process for resolving tenant complaints over water or wastewater bill discrepancies; it was described as a way to avoid lengthy contested-case hearings for small disputes. Senate Bill 971 by Senator Sparks would clean up conflicting statutory definitions of “rural political subdivision” so Texas Water Development Board programs are applied consistently; Texas Rural Water Association testified in support. Senate Bill 767, also by Senator Sparks, would expand and improve a statewide database of fire-response equipment so departments, including volunteer and rural departments, can locate and share resources more effectively during emergencies; fire service witnesses supported the bill and suggested annual updates to keep the database current.
Chair Perry laid out Senate Bill 480 to clarify that local governments and special districts may enter interlocal agreements for water-related planning and research, including aquifer management and flood/water planning. He also presented Senate Bill 1066, which raises payment and performance bond thresholds for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department public works contracts to $150,000, arguing the change would reflect inflation and help smaller vendors on lower-risk projects. Witnesses were heard on the bills, with no opposition recorded in the transcript.
The committee voted out all five bills favorably. SB 1066, SB 480, SB 767, SB 790, and SB 971 each received unanimous committee approval and were recommended to the local and contested calendar, with SB 767 noted as amended by a suggested annual-update requirement for the equipment database.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm with the Texas Water Association, which is a statewide water policy association focused on water
- Um, any water that's made available to meet water needs that wasn't previously available is new water
- going to need a lot of water, not a lot of money for both, uh, water, flood infrastructure and water
- And would you agree that lost water is new water?
- Someone else mentioned new lost water is new water because you're capturing that water.
Bills:
SB 7
Committee:
House Natural Resources
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Trent Blomberg, chief legislative liaison with the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
- The 2007 agreement mandated a series of reductions as water levels decreased, measured by water levels
- Water is number one issue or one of the top issues this year and will continue to be.
- on what is or is not appropriable water.
- So you pay your utilities, I think based on seeing what the utilities are depositing or asking for those
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
stormwater, recharge mapping, water resources, groundwater, appropriation, Arizona, HB2116, Colorado River, litigation fund, water rights, Arizona water law, general fund appropriation, state budget, interstate water compact, Colorado River Compact, water litigation, A.R.S. 45-119, natural resources, water policy, river management
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- Mobile's water utility recently decided they had the authority to close our chairs like other public
- Our water utility shut down our reservoir permanently as of February 5th, 2025.
- Our water municipality has brought to the table the assurance that they will be the model utility.
- utilities.
- water quality.
Committee:
House Boards, Agencies and Commissions
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 3rd, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- It is Texas Water Day at the Capitol.
- All the offices have received invitations to participate in the Water Day activity from the Water Caucus
- and the Texas Water Foundation.
- It's a great way to learn more about Texas water.
- We represent over 900 utilities that provide water and wastewater utility services to rural communities
Committee:
Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Keywords:
water resources, interlocal contracts, local government, collaboration, planning activities, wildfire response, firefighting equipment, emergency services, state database, Texas Forest Service, customer complaints, Public Utility Commission, water service, complaint process, utility regulation, SB 971, Texas Water Assistance Program, Water Code, rural political subdivision, rural water
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, House Bill 1209 by Representative Fuhrman provides for the withdrawal of surface water.
- House Bill 1209 places a pause on the issuance of new cooperative endeavor agreements for surface water
- Issuance of new cooperative endeavor agreements for surface water withdrawals while allowing existing
- The purpose is to give the state time to take a hard look at how we're managing our surface water resources
- and people have invested life savings to buy waterfront property, and you can't even tell there's water
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
Keywords:
migratory waterfowl, hunting regulations, flooded crops, wildlife management, environmental impact, hunting, Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, deer hunting, dogs, conservation, hunting heritage, federal regulations, Senator Kennedy, wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, legislative support, environment, protective measures, boating safety
Summary:
The Senate Natural Resources Committee met on March 27 with a quorum present, approved prior minutes, and then took up several resolutions and one bill related to wildlife, water resources, and conservation. H.C.R. 79, as amended, urged the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to work together to allow the use of dogs for hunting in Kisatchie National Forest; supporters described it as a traditional hunting practice that has been restricted for years and could benefit local hunters and businesses. H.C.R. 104, as amended, asked the Department of Conservation and Energy and the Louisiana Geological Survey to study and modernize the collection, retention, and access to subsurface data, with members emphasizing the need to avoid sharing company-specific information. H.C.R. 87 was reported favorably to support correspondence from U.S. Sen. Kennedy regarding duck flyway management, H.C.R. 54 was reported favorably to study the impact of flooded corn on migratory waterfowl and restore an enforcement mechanism related to hunting over intentionally flooded crops, and H.C.R. 94 was reported favorably to require annual boating safety reports to legislative committees.
The committee then heard HB 1209, which would have paused new cooperative endeavor agreements for surface water withdrawals while allowing existing agreements to continue and be renewed through December 31, 2036. The author said the bill was intended to give the state time to develop a more comprehensive, data-driven surface water strategy and to address invasive species such as giant salvinia, which he said has severely affected waterways in his district. Members and witnesses acknowledged the seriousness of the issue, but there was concern that the bill was too complex to move quickly in the session. The committee discussed converting it into a study resolution instead, and the bill was deferred without objection. The meeting then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- water supply portfolio.
- I'm with the Texas Water Association, which is a statewide water policy association focused on water
- We need water at the tap, water in the fields, and water to run our economic engine. is not going to
- over the Water Development Board's use of dedicated revenues to the Texas Water Fund.
- Any water that's made available to meet water needs that wasn't... ...previously available is new water
Bills:
SB7
Committee:
House Natural Resources
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 24th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- communication between all stakeholders to utilize existing right-of-ways for new water pipelines.
- Governing water supply contracts for in-state water do not apply to contracts for water import.
- water facilities.
- This time, we focused on water loss and water management.
- water allocation.
Bills:
SB7
Committee:
Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs