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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- We are the ones who will ultimately pay the price, as the citizens of Georgia have experienced in the
- The state energy strategy is designed to map out our state's path toward fairly and reasonably priced
- more than anyone's estimate as to what we'll need.
- Amazon will take all of the energy from the first four and it will, quote, take all of it if the prices
- are too high for local utilities to afford. ...and it will, quote, take all of it if the prices are
Committee:
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology
Keywords:
nuclear energy, energy strategy, advanced technology, sustainability, state policy, renewable energy, public entities, electric generation, contracting, SB 6010, Washington energy siting, EFSEC, Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, tribal consultation, government-to-government consultation, federally recognized tribes, energy facility siting, RCW, clean energy, alternative energy
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We are the ones who will ultimately pay the price, as the citizens of Georgia have experienced in the
- The state energy strategy is designed to map out our state's path toward fairly and reasonably priced
- more than anyone's estimate as to what we'll need.
- Amazon will take all of the energy from the first four and it will, quote, take all of it if the prices
- are too high for local utilities to afford. ...and it will, quote, take all of it if the prices are
Summary:
The committee heard public testimony on Senate Bill 5821, which would direct the Department of Commerce, if funded by gifts or grants, to develop a nuclear power strategic framework and integrate it into the state energy strategy. Supporters, including Sen. Braun, Energy Northwest, public power representatives, and several pro-nuclear advocates, said Washington needs to keep advanced nuclear on the table to address rising electricity demand, reliability concerns, and clean energy goals. Opponents, including the Sierra Club, Columbia Riverkeeper, tribal representatives, and other environmental advocates, argued the bill gives nuclear special treatment, lacks sufficient guardrails on waste, safety, cost, and public process, and was rushed without adequate tribal consultation. Several tribal testifiers said the bill should require early, meaningful government-to-government consultation and stronger protections for treaty rights and cultural resources.
The committee then held a work session on a Washington State Institute for Public Policy report reviewing state policies supporting small modular reactors. Staff and researchers explained that the report surveyed 79 policies in 35 states and found most states are still in preliminary planning stages, with policies focused on feasibility studies, siting, workforce development, permitting, financial support, and market integration. Members asked about water use, waste, footprint, and whether the report covered fusion; the researchers said it was limited to fission and that water needs vary by reactor design. Some senators noted the need to consider lifecycle impacts and compare nuclear with other energy technologies.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 6010, which would change FSEC tribal consultation procedures by exempting most government-to-government consultations from the Open Public Meetings Act when there is no deliberation or commitments, requiring all FSEC members to participate in consultation, and giving tribes a chance to review and correct the consultation summary before it goes to the governor. Tribal witnesses and environmental groups supported the bill as a way to improve confidentiality and meaningful consultation, while the Association of Washington Business opposed it, saying it could add delays and suggesting timelines. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 6004, which would update contracting statutes so public entities can contract for renewable or non-emitting generation capability under CETA definitions; utilities supported the update as a modernization, while consumer and environmental opponents warned it could shift financial risk to ratepayers, especially for nuclear projects. No votes were taken in the transcript.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (02/03/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> qualified than me that could estimate qualified than me that could estimate how<04:30:29.520><c>
- That's a conservative estimate roughly.
- I think, you know, obviously now prices have gone up.
- I think, you know, obviously now prices have gone up.
- But because prices have gone away.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
- So we estimated about 70% was our number. Is that a scientific number?
- So on that $500, we had estimated about $55 million, just over $55 million.
- We're estimating about. We're estimating about. Sorry, I have a few screens up.
- We're estimating about 1,095 students at the $3,500, so if we take, I'll just do 1,100 times, we'd be
- Chairman Heinert, that would be our estimate, correct. Further questions for Mr. Tessier.
Committee:
House Education
Summary:
The committee reconvened to work on re-engrossed Senate Bill 2400, which dealt with education savings accounts and related school-choice provisions. Members discussed several amendments already incorporated into version 4.006, including changes affecting the Center for Distance Education, homeschool language, marketplace penalties, and an increase in the ESA amount from $500 to $1,000. The committee first reconsidered its prior action, then adopted the 4.006 amendments unanimously, while noting that an updated fiscal note was still needed.
A Department of Public Instruction fiscal officer, Adam Tessier, explained the revised fiscal impact. He estimated the bill would cost roughly $124.4 million in the first year, based on assumptions about student participation and utilization rates. He also clarified that the means test at 500% of poverty applied to non-public students in participating schools, and estimated that the private-school portion of the bill accounted for about $5 million of the total cost. Members asked several questions about the assumptions behind the estimate and the scope of the program.
After discussion, Representative Conmy moved a do not pass recommendation, citing concerns that the marketplace structure was administratively cumbersome and that direct aid through another mechanism would be preferable. The committee voted 11-3 to adopt the do not pass motion. Representative Hauck was designated to carry the bill to the floor.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/06/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:58:38.119><c> uh</c> going to have to raise their prices uh going to have to raise their prices
- And that's why we need the estimate.
- And that's why we need the estimate. That's why this bill is far from being ready to move forward.
- And that's why we need the estimate. That's why this bill is far from being ready to move forward.
- He paid the ultimate price for the negligent workplace where he worked that week.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Revenue Feb 12th, 2026
Joint Committee on Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- On top of these factors, the Department of Revenue estimates that if left untouched, the five costliest
- Our estimates for this fiscal year are around $2.6 billion based on consensus revenue.
- It translates into an estimated $148 billion in lost wages and benefits across the United States for
- Well, good luck to you, because I saw the price and I said, geez, that's a pretty good price.
- The price tag of those contributions, how much medical leave and family leave costs in payroll taxes
Bills:
H4975
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Revenue
VA
Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Virginia Housing Commission - Fees in Residential Rental Agreements Workgroup Jun 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So total price transparency ensures that a unit Total price transparency ensures that a unit advertised
- These are all in what they post online, that has the full price.
- These other states are saying there's the total maximum price.
- And so it's the price masking that we're trying to avoid.
- Are these prices in single-family or multi-family rentals?
NH
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Government Affairs May 30th, 2025 at 03:30 pm
Government Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Oh, Paul Johnson, for the record, at that time, the school construction estimate was $60 million.
- And then the second part is your estimate on the amount.
- What do you have estimated? Christine Hess, for the record. So in the original work with the...
- The intent here is certainly not to price out low-income tenants.
- The intent here is certainly not to price out low-income tenants.
Committee:
Senate Government Affairs
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/11/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- I also just wanted to highlight that one in four of those visitors enter through a reduced-price program
- a</c> those visitors enter through um a those visitors enter through um a reduced<00:04:29.880><c> price
- ><c> um</c><00:04:31.520><c> or</c><00:04:31.919><c> free</c><00:04:32.360><c> program</c> reduced price
- program um or free program reduced price program um or free program um<00:04:33.199><c> in</c><00:04
- lunch if if redu free and reduced price lunch if if it<00:57:54.240><c> weren't</c><00:57:54.480><c>
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Mar 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- During the current fiscal year, core operating costs are estimated to increase by about $343 million,
- It also estimates that it will surpass the budget-year enrollment target of roughly 213,000 students.
- We estimated $43 million for just one budget year.
- What is the price point where it's no longer really a competitive price to attract students to those
- That was a cost estimate of reducing non-residents. So I would say probably next December.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, chaired by Assemblymember Alvarez, held a hearing focused on University of California budget issues. The committee reviewed UC core operations funding, enrollment trends, federal funding threats, Title IX implementation, and basic needs support. Major themes included the end of the Governor’s multi-year UC compact, the state’s fiscal outlook, UC’s enrollment growth, and the potential impacts of federal policy changes on research, health care, and student aid.
On core funding, the Department of Finance described the Governor’s proposal to continue compact-related support, defer some payments, and authorize a cash-flow loan. The LAO recommended a smaller or no base increase, earmarking some funds for capital renewal, retiring deferrals when possible, avoiding new compact commitments, and funding UC annually rather than through compacts. UC argued that the compact has supported enrollment growth, student services, and operating costs, but said campuses face rising expenses, structural deficits, and limited reserves. Members questioned the effects of deferrals on students and discussed the need to prioritize less harmful reductions if cuts become necessary.
The enrollment panel focused on UC’s growth in California resident enrollment and the nonresident replacement plan at Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego. The LAO recommended maintaining the current enrollment target, funding enrollment separately from base increases, pausing the nonresident replacement plan, and holding enrollment flat in 2027-28. UC said it has already met compact enrollment goals, grown California undergraduate enrollment by about 18,800 students, and that further growth depends on ongoing state support. The committee also discussed the cost of enrollment growth, possible differential nonresident tuition, and a reporting request for UC to analyze the nonresident replacement approach; the motion to adopt supplemental reporting language passed.
The hearing also covered federal funding risks, with the LAO and UC warning that federal changes could affect research grants, medical center reimbursement, and student financial aid. UC said research cancellations and suspensions are disrupting labs and graduate student support, while federal health policy changes could increase uncompensated care at UC hospitals. In the Title IX update, UC described its systemwide civil rights structure, annual student training, and campus support offices, and members praised the work while asking about ongoing concerns and intersegmental collaboration. The final basic-needs item began with Finance stating the Governor’s budget does not change ongoing support, but the transcript cuts off before further discussion or action.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 On Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation Feb 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- At that point, it was estimated that $13.2 billion would be necessary to complete all of the construction
- for those projects, ...included 17 different projects and provided new cost estimates for those projects
- The city estimates that it receives, just counting Monday through Friday activity, approximately 70,000
- Those 70,000 visitors, they estimate approximately 30% of those shop downtown, eat downtown, and use
- Now that has doubled in its price. So we need to get our hands on it.
Summary:
The Senate Budget Subcommittee on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation held a hearing focused first on courthouse facility funding and then on the Governor’s proposed court facilities budget. Legislative Analyst’s Office staff outlined the state’s court-facilities funding structure, including the 2002 shift of trial court facility responsibility from counties to the state, the main funding accounts, the insolvency of the construction fund, the move to General Fund support, the backlog of deferred maintenance, and the large estimated cost of needed new construction and repairs. Judicial Council representatives and judges from Los Angeles and Mendocino described severe seismic, safety, ADA, security, and maintenance problems, with examples of floods, elevator failures, asbestos-related closures, and long-delayed or underfunded projects. They argued that chronic underinvestment is making facilities less safe and more expensive to maintain, and that courthouse conditions directly affect access to justice and public confidence.
Committee members pressed witnesses on how projects are prioritized, whether population and filing volume are adequately reflected, why reassessments have not been updated since 2019, how long acquisitions and construction take, and what level of funding would actually close the gap. Members also questioned the fixed county contribution, the use of General Fund backfills, and whether the state should set a clearer long-term funding target for the judicial branch. LAO staff emphasized that any new General Fund commitment would require tradeoffs with other budget priorities and said the Legislature must decide its appetite for funding. Judicial Council staff said the current prioritization was based on the 2019 reassessment and trailer bill language, that a new reassessment would cost about $14 million, and that acquisition delays are often driven by willing-seller issues and CEQA requirements. The chair asked for written testimony and indicated the committee would consider a future field hearing.
In the second panel, Judicial Council and Department of Finance representatives reviewed the Governor’s budget proposals for court facilities. They said the proposal includes continued backfill for the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, several new construction and reappropriation items, relocation of Los Angeles courtrooms from the Spring Federal Building, and completion of a fire/life-safety project in Orange County. A court executive from Ventura testified that courthouse conditions affect public trust, employee morale, and the quality of service, citing roof leaks, elevator breakdowns, and HVAC failures as examples of why sustained facilities funding is needed.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Housing Committee Jan 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- because at the same time, the things that we are paying for with this bond, we keep increasing the price
- We increase the price to build through our labor laws.
- We increase the price to build through some of the other regulations that we are creating.
- It's been estimated that these investments would support the creation of 135,000 affordable homes in
- California Housing Partnership estimates that since 2010, we've lost about 163,000 rental homes that
Summary:
The committee heard several housing-related measures, beginning with SB 222 by Senator Wiener, the Heat Pump Access Act. The bill would streamline permitting for heat pump water heaters and HVAC systems, allow virtual contractor participation during inspections, and limit HOA barriers to installation. Supporters, including Spur, a contractor, and several clean-energy and environmental groups, said the measure would lower costs, reduce pollution, and speed replacements. The League of California Cities opposed the bill over the permit fee cap and concerns about virtual inspections, while committee members raised questions about HOA authority, electrical panel upgrades, and whether the bill could create unintended costs for local governments. SB 222 was approved 10-0 and sent to Local Government.
The committee then considered SB 677, a follow-up to SB 79. The author announced the bill had been narrowed to two items: mobile home exemption language and a future SB 79 cleanup bill in the next session, with the larger set of implementation issues to be handled separately. Local governments and counties said the reduced bill still needed clearer definitions and more implementation guidance, while several housing and transit advocates supported the narrowing and the decision to revisit the broader cleanup later. After the amendments were accepted, SB 677 passed 10-1 and was sent to Local Government.
The main debate centered on SB 417, a proposed $10 billion affordable housing bond for the 2026 ballot. Supporters, including the California Housing Consortium, labor, housing nonprofits, local governments, and many advocacy groups, argued that the state’s existing housing bond funds were exhausted, that thousands of shovel-ready projects were waiting for financing, and that the bond would leverage federal tax credits and private capital to produce and preserve affordable homes. Opponents and skeptics focused on state debt levels, the cost of housing production, and whether another bond was the right approach, with Habitat for Humanity asking for a dedicated CalHome allocation. Committee members discussed debt capacity, affordability, homeownership, and the need to keep funding flowing to existing programs. SB 417 passed 8-1 to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 492, a youth housing and youth center bond proposal, which the author said was intended to be folded into the larger housing bond package; testimony from Covenant House California emphasized the need to house transition-age youth and prevent long-term homelessness. No vote on SB 492 was shown in the transcript excerpt.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- because at the same time, the things that we are paying for with this bond, we keep increasing the price
- We increase the price to build through our labor laws.
- We increase the price to build through some of the other regulations that we are creating.
- It's been estimated that these investments would support the creation of 135,000 affordable homes in
- California Housing Partnership estimates that since 2010, we've lost about 163,000 rental homes that
Committee:
Senate Housing
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Sep 4th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We estimate a daily Visitor spending at $60.61.
- These benefits generally do not have price tags; however, they do have value.
- Next, I included a question just to kind of demonstrate what beef prices are.
- And so cattle prices and beef prices are growing and increasing, and that's great for our producers who
- An estimated 105 students came through, but they haven't gotten the exact number to me.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And so, if there are rough estimates or information that would be helpful for our discussion, it would
- And so, if there are rough estimates<00:03:42.840><c> or</c><00:03:43.360><c> information</c> estimates
- or information estimates or information that<00:03:44.880><c> would</c><00:03:45.000><c> be</c><00:03
- <00:15:03.800><c> compared</c><00:15:04.440><c> to</c> prices compared to prices compared to the<00:15
- </c> estimated costs of of those reactors. estimated costs of of those reactors.
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
Keywords:
HF4308, Monticello nuclear plant, Prairie Island, renewable development account, RDA, nuclear waste, spent fuel, dry cask storage, utility tax, commercial-industrial property tax, state general levy, property tax exemption, residential heating fuels, natural gas tax exemption, electricity sales tax exemption, year-round sales tax exemption, distributed solar energy standard, solar mandate, community solar, grid modernization
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 22, 2026 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Miller: Given the home price is about $350,000, most Floridians will have zero nonschool
- My concern is if you look at the data on the Representative Bartleman: median home prices, you're going
- It is Consumer Price Index and it captures a wide variety of metrics.
- The cost of most local government services have nothing to do with the price of my house.
- So that house didn't change but the price of it did.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations Feb 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- with revenues, based on the 2024 year-end reported surplus, 13 nonprofit health carriers had an estimated
- As a result, OIC estimates $80 million in additional revenue for fiscal year 2027.
- For costs, the OIC estimates $44,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $90,000 per fiscal year thereafter from
- is 41,000, and using the prior estimate, the cost would be at least $2.8 million.
- Using the same estimate, the fiscal impact would be $670,000 for fiscal year 2028.
Summary:
The committee heard public testimony on House Bill 2073, which would require nonprofit health carriers with surplus above 600% of risk-based capital to pay 3% of the excess to support the Cascade Care Savings premium assistance program. Committee staff said the bill could generate about $80 million in FY 2027 based on 2024 surplus data, while carriers and business groups argued their reserves are needed to pay claims, manage risk, and avoid premium increases. Supporters said the bill would redirect consumer-funded surplus to help Washingtonians afford coverage, especially as federal subsidies expire. No action was taken on the bill during the hearing.
The committee then heard House Bill 2132, which limits disclosure and retention of personally identifying and financial information in WASFA applications. Staff explained the bill would exempt WASFA records from public disclosure, restrict sharing to narrow purposes, and shorten retention periods, with significant fiscal impacts tied to purging records and updating data-sharing practices. Student and advocacy testimony strongly supported the bill as a privacy and safety measure for immigrant and mixed-status students. The committee also heard House Bill 2403, which lowers the penalty for failure to register as a sex offender and adds community custody and DOC supervision; public defense supported it as a cost-saving, consensus reform, and staff projected DOC savings. House Bill 2587 was also heard, creating a Commerce pilot to provide limited advance grant funding to eligible nonprofits; supporters said it would help smaller nonprofits manage reimbursement-based contracts, while staff estimated indeterminate but potentially significant administrative costs.
The committee heard House Bill 2607, which would require DCYF to periodically rebase child care subsidy rate regions to better reflect local cost differences. Supporters from Benton and Franklin counties said current regional rates are outdated and unfairly low in fast-growing areas; staff said the fiscal impact was indeterminate. The committee then moved into possible executive session on several bills. Second Substitute House Bill 1170, dealing with generative AI disclosures and provenance tools, was amended and ultimately passed out of committee on an 18-9 vote after all proposed amendments were rejected. Substitute House Bill 1570 was amended to narrow its scope to Western Washington University and then passed out of committee on a 17-9 vote. The committee also began action on proposed Third Substitute House Bill 1710, which would create a state pre-clearance requirement under the Washington Voting Rights Act, but the transcript cuts off during consideration of amendments to that bill.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- Of course, 2021 was the famous post-COVID year when seafood prices for everything reached record highs
- The current very high ex-vessel prices and retail market prices are buoying the revenue in the industry
- And those are turned into stock assessments, which provide estimates of stock size and productivity.
- The other is that it's just an estimate, and so it doesn't very accurately describe how scallops grow
- The worldwide daily price of scallops is heavily influenced by New Bedford.
Summary:
The joint hearing focused on the Massachusetts sea scallop fishery, especially the economic importance of the industry, federal scallop management, and two policy questions: reopening the Northern Edge area on Georges Bank and allowing permit stacking/permit consolidation. Chairing senators emphasized their interest in hearing both sides, their frustration with federal bureaucracy, and their view that the issue should be guided by science while protecting the long-term resource and local communities.
Dr. Kate O’Keefe of the New England Fishery Management Council and Kevin Stokesbury of UMass Dartmouth described the Magnuson-Stevens framework, annual catch limits, rotational area management, and the role of industry-funded surveys and the research set-aside program. They said scallops remain the most lucrative council-managed commercial fishery on the East Coast, but recent changes include more small scallops, lower biomass in some areas, higher natural mortality, and shifting abundance toward Georges Bank. On the Northern Edge, they explained that the council previously considered opening the area through a framework/joint action with habitat management, but discontinued the action in 2024 because of conflicting objectives involving scallop yield, habitat protection, and other species. They said the issue could be revisited through future council priority-setting.
Representatives of the Sustainable Scalloping Fund argued that the fishery needs modernization to remain economically viable. They supported reopening the Northern Edge and strongly backed permit stacking, saying it would allow two permits on one vessel while keeping ownership caps in place, reducing costs, improving safety, and helping family-owned fleets avoid financial distress and outside investment. Port of New Bedford representative John Regan stressed the port’s central role in the state economy, the need to protect working waterfront infrastructure, and the importance of any permit changes preserving local ownership and participation. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational, and members asked that the witnesses keep the committee informed as the council and federal agencies consider next steps.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> it's impossible to accurately estimate it's impossible to accurately estimate the<00:15:56.800><
- </c> like to address the very humble price like to address the very humble price tag<00:47:28.160><c>
- Uh nationally it's estimated<01:04:24.799><c> there</c><01:04:25.039><c> are</c> estimated there are
- </c><01:08:36.560><c> and</c><01:08:36.719><c> estimate</c> amendments and estimate and estimate amendments
- and estimate and estimate cost<01:08:37.440><c> savings.
Committee:
Senate Higher Education