Transcript Highlights:

• I know there was a question about, you know, waste to energy.
• The label says rinse that container, and once you rinse that container, it's solid waste.
• You referenced the recycling program that you started, and I've had a chance to sit on a county waste
• </c> had a chance to sit on a county waste had a chance to sit on a county waste management<00:03:41.760
• But then, I believe it also has some language for clarifying that the waste pesticide program is there

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Undersecretary, are you aware that the Waste Tire Task Force is being disbanded?
• the absence of that task force and all of the stakeholders in there, what's the effort now to combat waste
• So the hazardous waste site cleanup fund is intended to clean up sites on our remediation prioritization
• We have had the funds available in the hazardous waste cleanup fund.
• We get money from a hazardous waste tax that we receive from the Department of Revenue and also from

Committee: House Appropriations

Summary: The House Committee on Appropriations met on March 30, 2026, and first approved House Bill 27, a constitutional amendment by Rep. McMakin that would let non-recurring state monies be used to pay down state retirement system unfunded accrued liabilities without being limited to the oldest debt. McMakin said the change would allow the state to choose the most actuarially beneficial debt to retire. The committee also favorably reported House Bill 755 by Chairman Turner, which creates indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity professional services contracting for design work tied to deferred maintenance projects, and House Bill 308 by Rep. Bayham, which requires cash acceptance at certain state-owned stadium facilities unless a cash-conversion kiosk is available. The committee then approved House Bill 311 by Rep. Kerner, which increases the dedication of insurance premium assessment revenue to the municipal fire and police civil service operating fund. Kerner said the Office of State Examiners now serves far more jurisdictions than when it was created and needs more funding to keep up with technology and workload. House Bill 417 by Rep. Zeringue was also reported favorably; it raises the cap on the hazardous waste site cleanup fund from $6 million to $8 million so DEQ can keep more dedicated revenue available for cleanup contracts instead of having excess amounts flow into the Environmental Trust Fund. Members questioned DEQ about the end of the Waste Tire Task Force and about how cleanup and tire-program stakeholder input would continue, but the bill itself was advanced. House Bill 980 by Rep. Zeringue, which would expand and alter the membership of the Fireman Supplemental Pay Board, was favorably reported after discussion about ensuring board members are tied to supplemental pay and about possible further changes on the floor. House Bill 575 by Rep. Carver, which gives youth in extended foster care priority to buy surplus state vehicles, was also approved after Carver described the transportation barriers facing former foster youth; an amendment that would have moved them from first to second priority was withdrawn after committee concern. The committee then favorably reported House Bill 290 to reauthorize the Department of Treasury through July 1, 2031, and House Bill 382, which shifts review of certain matters from an oversight committee to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget to avoid a duplicative approval process. Several bills were adopted without objection, and the meeting adjourned after the final motions.

Transcript Highlights:

• By rescuing food that would otherwise go to waste and partnering with farmers and retailers, volunteers
• 04:28.560><c> people</c><00:04:28.880><c> while</c><00:04:29.199><c> reducing</c><00:04:29.680><c> waste
• </c> nourishing people while reducing waste. nourishing people while reducing waste.
• create a more consistent and reliable source of this much-needed protein while also reducing food waste
• We can increase those donations, help reduce food waste, and align with food safety.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Like I said in HB 7, this is a waste. There's a big difference there too.
• Why are we burying carbon dioxide waste? You ever asked yourself that?
• Why are we burying carbon dioxide waste? You ever asked yourself that?
• hazardous waste injection well could be located within their parish?
• Waste stream management is something I’m extremely concerned about.

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That's<03:07:42.560><c> not</c><03:07:42.800><c> waste.</c> That's not waste. That's not waste.
• </c><03:15:04.080><c> For</c> prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. For prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
• I before taxpayer dollars are wasted.
• ,</c><03:37:03.760><c> and</c> who identify fraud, waste, and who identify fraud, waste, and mismanagement
• ,</c><03:39:37.520><c> fraud,</c> the bonus for identifying waste, fraud, the bonus for identifying waste

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 8, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, I think that whole discussion around nuclear waste is one that. within the federal government.
• That's who has the most regulatory authority right now nuclear waste, the way it's handled currently,
• So some of these are going to have almost no to very, very little nuclear waste. nuclear waste to store
• Speaker and members. committed to preventing fraud, waste, and abuse.
• This provision empowers employees to report waste, fraud, or abuse.

Bills: HB14 , HJR31 , HB43 , HB18 , HB 106 , HB36 , HB26 , HB149 , HB 121 , HB206 , HB136 , HB3114 , HB2733 , HB1732 , HB3700 , HB467 , HB 1130 , HB1846 , HB1442 , HB 1147 , HB2176 , HB2701 , HB805 , HB2890 , HB 1154 , HB1644 , HB2118 , HB1718 , HB2488 , HB2596 , HB1971 , HB2468 , HB484 , HB2578 , HB3204 , HB 1041 , HB307 , HB685 , HB1710 , HB538 , HB2525 , HB3125 , HB2027 , HB2894 , HB3077 , HB3684 , HJR99 , HB1399 , HJR5 , HB1330 , HB2110 , HJR2 , HJR6 , HB1587 , HB14 , HJR31 , HB43 , HB18 , HB 106 , HB36 , HB26 , HB149 , HB 121 , HB206 , HB136 , HB3114 , HB2733 , HB1732 , HB3700 , HB467 , HB 1130 , HB1846 , HB1442 , HB 1147 , HB2176 , HB2701 , HB805 , HB2890 , HB 1154 , HB1644 , HB2118 , HB1718 , HB2488 , HB2596 , HB1971 , HB2468 , HB484 , HB2578 , HB3204 , HB 1041 , HB307 , HB685 , HB1710 , HB538 , HB2525 , HB3125 , HB2027 , HB2894 , HB3077 , HB3684

Keywords: nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, farm products, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, agriculture, Texas Constitution, livestock, producer, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services

Transcript Highlights:

• In regards to chronic wasting disease, how much of a task is that for the Fish and Game Department?
• So when we have chronic wasting disease, what we have done through our authority granted by this body
• is established chronic wasting disease management zones where it has been detected.
• Every harvested deer and elk be tested for chronic wasting disease.
• But I can see that chronic wasting disease is adding a burden.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee heard budget presentations and questions for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the Office of Species Conservation, and the Office of the Attorney General. Fish and Game’s budget was described as largely dedicated and federal funding with no general fund support, with discussion of ongoing and one-time enhancements for fisheries inflation, habitat projects, Good Neighbor Authority work, depredation claims, chronic wasting disease testing, and communications. Director Jim Fredericks also reviewed the new nonresident tag draw system, access challenges on private lands, and the department’s role in habitat work and species management. Members raised concerns about depredation claim shortfalls, survey and advisory committee processes, predator management, and the overlap between Fish and Game and the Office of Species Conservation on habitat and endangered species work. The Office of Species Conservation presentation focused on its role coordinating state actions for threatened, endangered, and candidate species, mostly through federal and miscellaneous revenue funds. Administrator Mike Edmondson explained that the office often serves as the policy and administrative lead while Fish and Game carries out much of the field work, and he described metrics for sage grouse, salmon and steelhead, and grizzly bear-related efforts. He also said the office has been working with the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources on a possible merger, with some staff reductions under consideration, and answered questions about grizzly bear delisting, wolf litigation, and tribal consultation. Attorney General Raul Labrador then argued that his office has produced significant results without asking for new money, but said the committee’s proposed reductions would force furloughs or position cuts and asked for $980,000 to be restored. He highlighted the ICAC unit’s elimination of a cyber-tip backlog, increased arrests, consumer protection recoveries, and expanded appellate and civil litigation work defending state laws. Members asked about the source of recovered funds, the office’s flexibility to absorb cuts, and whether the state could work on a framework to transfer incarcerated undocumented offenders to federal custody for deportation. The committee ended by noting upcoming budget-setting work and adjourned until the next morning.

Transcript Highlights:

• Given the current lack of cost, production, safety, and nuclear waste management information on SMRs,
• Installation and operational costs are available and waste management systems and...
• Given the current lack of cost, production, safety, and nuclear waste management information on SMRs,
• and nuclear waste management information on<00:33:40.360><c> SMRs,</c><00:33:41.360><c> the</c><00:33
• available and waste management systems and ...and processes have been deployed and proven to be safe

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> right to increase on-site nuclear waste right to increase on-site nuclear waste storage.<00:27:11.679
• And also waste and figuring out new approaches to it with an anaerobic digester.
• And also waste and figuring out new approaches to it with an anaerobic digester.
• And also waste and figuring out new approaches to it with an anaerobic digester.
• And also waste and figuring out new approaches to it with an anaerobic digester.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• , fibers, animal waste, or the organic portion of solid waste.
• waste, urban wood waste, biogas from animal agriculture, corn, soybeans, green hydrogen, regenerative
• </c> widely and include agriculture waste widely and include agriculture waste forestry<00:35:53.520>
• ><c> biog</c><00:35:56.440><c> gas</c> forestry waste Urban wood waste biog gas forestry waste Urban
• We use the round part, we use the trunk, everything else, the waste from the sawmills, the waste from

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:05:20.320><c> steam</c><00:05:21.160><c> coming</c><00:05:21.520><c> from</c> pounds of waste
• steam coming from pounds of waste steam coming from Sherco.<00:05:23.440><c> Essentially,</c><00:05:
• Essentially, we're planning to use two renewable energy sources so we create biogas from waste that's
• </c> sources so we create biogas from waste sources so we create biogas from waste that's<00:26:57.600
• We can't use that waste heat right now. And it means all of our off-takers can't use this.

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, the 30 gigawatts of solar in ERO that we have will produce about 5 million tons of waste material
• Just for context, that 5 million tons is about as much waste as the city of Austin produces over a 20
• Uh, every year in terms of of waste output, as these facilities retire.
• So other electricity generators face numerous regulations regarding, involving their waste stream.
• And we think that we need appropriate regulations also to deal with these waste streams.

Bills: HB 246 , HB 796 , HB 1056 , HB 1544 , HB 1846 , HB 2001 , HB 2618 , HB 2625 , HB 2869 , HB 2898 , HB 3069 , HB 3114 , HB 3157 , HB 3228 , HJR 98

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

Transcript Highlights:

• I'll be covering investments and enhancements we are proposing for fraud, waste, and abuse prevention
• I'll be covering investments and enhancements we are proposing for fraud, waste, and abuse prevention
• </c><00:20:30.880><c> and</c> oi 's mission to combat fraud waste and oi 's mission to combat fraud waste
• </c><00:21:04.159><c> and</c> the oig to investigate fraud waste and the oig to investigate fraud waste
• and abuse by furthering the fraud waste and abuse by furthering the capacity<00:21:40.520><c> of</c>

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The CEC study will examine safety, waste management, system costs, reliability, siting, public health
• The bill asks the Commission to compare waste across every generation source. What?
• The bill asked the Commission to compare waste across every generation source. What?
• The bill asked the commission to compare waste across every generation source.
• Nuclear is the most contained and accountable waste stream of any energy source.

Summary: The committee heard several energy-related bills. AB 710 would require investor-owned utilities to share critical circuit and grid information with local and tribal governments and community choice aggregators to help plan microgrids for resilience during PSPS events and wildfires. Supporters from counties and cities said better data sharing is needed to develop microgrids for critical facilities; PG&E and SDG&E opposed the bill as drafted, citing privacy and grid-security concerns, though SDG&E said amendments may address some issues. Members generally supported the bill’s goal, and the author accepted committee amendments. AB 2182 would restructure the CPUC’s industrial energy efficiency program so industrial customers’ funds are used for industrial projects, with less review and more focus on projects that reduce transmission and distribution needs. Support came from large energy users, with members praising the bill’s ratepayer protections and asking about caps, agriculture, and carbon capture; the author said agriculture could participate and carbon capture was removed from the bill. AB 2589 would require utility federal tax savings to be returned to ratepayers, building on prior legislation; it drew little debate and no opposition on the record. The committee also heard AB 2163, which would create strategic clean energy and critical mineral development zones, especially to support geothermal and lithium development in places like Imperial County and the Salton Sea. Supporters emphasized jobs, domestic supply chains, and state competitiveness, while some members raised questions about whether other zero-carbon resources should be included; the author said the bill could be receptive to those ideas. AB 2505 would allow hydrogen refueling stations to use dedicated utility meters and service lines, with supporters from the hydrogen industry and labor. AB 1577 would require data centers to report energy and water-use information to the Energy Commission and local planners; supporters said it would protect ratepayers and communities, while industry groups opposed the bill as too broad and duplicative, though they welcomed amendments narrowing the scope and adding trade-secret protections. AB 2065 would impose penalties on utilities that seek to recover prohibited or double-counted costs from ratepayers, and AB 2516 would create a California Grid Manufacturing Initiative to reduce equipment costs and expand in-state manufacturing; both drew strong support and some concerns about overreach and implementation. Finally, AB 2647 would direct the Energy Commission to study advanced nuclear’s role in meeting California’s electricity needs, with testimony in support from nuclear advocates and academics; the hearing ended before any final votes were taken, with several motions pending quorum.

Transcript Highlights:

• They include recreation loss or segmentation and solid-waste disposal of wind turbines if recycling is
• It really does highlight a lot of the complexities of plastic waste reduction, economic considerations
• My name is with the Solid Waste Program at the Department of Ecology.
• Good afternoon, Chair Daly and committee members, Heather Trim was Zero Waste, Washington.
• We found, we do periodic waste studies, and we found from 2010 to 2014, following implementation, that

Summary: The committee held a work session on state environmental policy act (SEPA) implementation and carryout bags. Ecology staff Diane Buterak described the Clean Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements (PEISs) completed for utility-scale solar, onshore wind, and green hydrogen, plus a new PEIS underway for sustainable aviation fuel. She explained that PEISs provide broad planning-level analysis to help developers and agencies avoid or mitigate impacts, but do not replace project-level review. Members asked about permitting timelines, greenhouse gas emissions from different hydrogen production methods, water use, agricultural land conversion, battery fire risk, and tribal consultation. Buterak said the PEISs identify potentially significant impacts and mitigation measures, including fire response planning, early tribal outreach, and agrovoltaics as an option for solar projects. EFSEC’s Amy Hofkimer then presented the transmission-facility programmatic EIS required by SB 5165 for 230 kV and higher transmission projects. She said the statewide review covers new lines and certain upgrades/modifications, analyzes impacts to water, cultural and tribal resources, habitat, and other areas, and uses general measures, design considerations, avoidance criteria, and sensitivity maps to guide siting and corridor planning. She said the final document would be issued in early October. Questions focused on reconductoring, tribal lands, scenic areas, and whether the review could affect existing lines crossing tribal lands. A Grant County planning director, Jim Anderson Cook, said Ecology’s PEIS would help with cumulative impacts for clustered solar projects, but noted tight local review timelines and the need for strong pre-application coordination, especially on cultural resource studies and decommissioning plans. Yakama Nation attorney Shona Leverett argued SEPA is only an assessment tool and said tribes face barriers from short comment periods, limited confidential tribal input, weak cumulative impact analysis, and challenges in the FSEC process; she urged better upfront developer diligence and more effective tribal coordination. Puget Sound Energy’s Sarah Leverett said the utility needs efficient and predictable permitting to meet clean energy mandates while maintaining reliable service and aging infrastructure. She described the scale of needed clean energy and transmission buildout, including a 10-year process for the Energize Eastside transmission rebuild, and said more consistent SEPA and PEIS processes could help. Members asked about future generation sources, reliability, and hydropower as a firming resource; she said PSE is pursuing an “all of the above” approach and would welcome more firm, dispatchable clean energy options. The committee then shifted to carryout bags. Staff Jacob Lipson and Tracy Taylor reviewed Washington’s bag law, its preemption of local ordinances, the current 8-cent charge, the scheduled increase to 12 cents, and the 2025 change delaying the 4-mil thickness requirement until 2028 while adding a temporary 4-cent penalty for thicker bags. Ecology’s Peter Lyon said the agency emphasizes education and complaint-based enforcement, has received 872 reports, and has not yet imposed any fines. Commerce’s Kirk Esmond summarized a WSU study finding fewer plastic bags distributed but more plastic by weight, and said Commerce and Ecology support keeping the 2.25-mil standard and not allowing thinner single-use bags again. Retail industry testimony from Brandon Housekeeper said grocers comply with the law but oppose the added 4-cent penalty and thicker-bag requirement, citing higher costs and confusion in the policy changes.

Transcript Highlights:

• landfills and waste energy facilities.
• And the third thing that I did is the way that it was structured, it was requiring these solid waste
• Those solid waste facilities would aggregate those funds that come in from the haulers and quarterly
• management facilities, was $25,000 waste management facilities, was $25,000 a<00:20:19.919><c> day.
• Those u solid waste structure.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• For others, it meant looking for ways to prevent the misuse and waste of the tax dollars the state does
• the Senate Human Services Committee, and I had been hearing a lot of concerns from Minnesotans about waste
• 58.319><c> counter</c><00:02:58.640><c> fraud,</c> If your caucus's ideas on how to counter fraud, waste
• It's tough to know exactly how much waste, fraud, and abuse would be prevented.
• million in what we called wasteful spending.<00:03:16.640><c> And</c><00:03:16.879><c> we've</c><00:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• to trying to prevent it by having good audits and helping people set up systems to prevent fraud, waste
• Now, during the interim, one of our senators floated the idea of creating a new tool to help stop waste
• ,</c><00:03:31.840><c> and</c><00:03:31.960><c> abuse,</c> new tool to help stop waste, and abuse, new
• You know, audits can make sure that there are systems in place to catch fraud, waste, and abuse.
• But most fraud, waste, and abuse is caught by tips, and this is not just in recent history.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm a conservation agent in Grundy County, and I know the effects of chronic wasting disease on the deer
• If chronic wasting disease gets out of hand, you won't have any trophy bucks.
• If chronic wasting disease gets out of hands, you won't have any trophy bucks.
• Without targeted removal, we may not deal with control of the spread of chronic wasting disease.
• I have appreciated being able to hear both sides of chronic wasting disease effects on the deer population

Committee: House Agriculture

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• with a B-, broadband with a D+, ants with a D+, drinking water with a D+, energy with a C, hazardous waste
• a d-minus ports with a c-plus with a c-minus, rail with a c, roads with a c-minus, c-minus, solid waste
• These include drinking water, energy, levees, solid waste, transit. and waste water.
• It cost us a valuable resource in addition to wasting. tax dollars.
• Speakers to this report as I mentioned earlier broadband hazardous waste ports and rail.

Keywords: Texas, Infrastructure Report Card, ASCE, population growth, climate change, investment, public safety, engineering standards

Summary: The meeting focused on the release of the 2025 Texas Infrastructure Report Card, highlighting key findings and recommendations for improving infrastructure across various sectors in the state. Julie Jones, Vice President of ASCE Texas, opened the session by introducing key speakers, including Dr. Art Wood and committee co-chairs Griselda Gonzalez and Austin Mazzarelli. Throughout the discussion, the report's grades were revealed, showing the state's infrastructure received an overall grade of 'C'—adequate but requiring significant attention and investment. Emphasis was placed on the rising challenges posed by climate change and increased population growth, underscoring the need for strategic investments in infrastructure to support Texas' economic growth and public safety.