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VT
Transcript Highlights:
- They're all dedicated to fostering environmental quality standards and to the protection and preservation
- They're all dedicated to fostering environmental quality standards and to the protection and preservation
- They're all dedicated to fostering<00:09:38.800><c> environmental</c><00:09:39.600><c> quality</c> fostering
- environmental quality fostering environmental quality standards<00:09:40.959><c> and</c><00:09:41.279
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/4/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- State agencies play a significant role in shaping Minnesota's environmental policies.
- State agencies play a significant role in shaping Minnesota's environmental policies.
- this is environmental policies this is particularly<00:27:08.360><c> true</c><00:27:08.960><c> when<
- </c> heard members of min 's environmental heard members of min 's environmental Community<01:06:56.960
- review case involving the environmental review case involving the the<01:19:22.440><c> polyat</c><01
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
TOU/WAL Joint Public Hearing - Thu Mar 20, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:14:53.040><c> stewardship</c> visitors and environmental stewardship visitors and environmental
- I'm a program officer at Resources Legacy Fund, a nonprofit where I lead our environmental equity and
- impacts on the land if environmental impacts on the land if giving<00:24:32.679><c> a</c><00:24:32.840
- We do have them separated into climate mitigation, environmental stewardship, and sustainable tourism
- stewardship as well as environmental stewardship as well as sustainable<00:54:33.920><c> tourism</c>
Summary:
The joint hearing of the House Committees on Tourism and Water and Land was held on March 20, 2025, on SB 1396 SD3 HD1, which would raise transient accommodations tax revenues beginning in 2027, impose a $20 per-night tax on stays booked through loyalty or rewards points, and dedicate funds to DLNR for natural resource protection, management, and restoration. The Office of the Governor, DLNR, DBEDT, the Hawaii State Energy Office, Tax Department, Hawaiian Home Lands, HI-EMA, the Climate Advisory Team, Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority, HCDA, the Hawaii Ocean Legislative Task Force, Resource Legacy Fund, KUA, and the Hawaii Tourism Authority all testified in support or with comments, generally emphasizing the need for dedicated funding for environmental stewardship, resilience, wildfire and climate preparedness, and community-based projects. Several supporters cited polling showing broad visitor willingness to pay additional fees to protect Hawaiʻi’s resources, and DLNR and the Attorney General noted the bill aligns with broader state land-management and fire-safety priorities.
Opposition came from the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi and the Maui Chamber of Commerce, which argued the bill unnecessarily raises the TAT, places more burden on visitors and visitor-dependent businesses, and could harm Maui’s still-recovering economy. The Activities and Attractions Association of Hawaiʻi initially marked opposition but then said it had misunderstood the bill’s relationship to another measure and asked to resend testimony. Expedia Group did not oppose the TAT increase itself but raised operational concerns about the new tax on loyalty-point redemptions, calling it novel and difficult to administer. The American Hotel Lodging Association and Hawaiʻi Hotel Alliance were listed as having no comments present.
Testifiers also suggested amendments, including dedicating the revenues to a special fund, ensuring community grants, and clarifying administrative provisions. One testifier urged the bill be used to fund hurricane shelters and stronger building standards, while another emphasized that the measure should support people and disaster resilience as well as environmental protection. During questions, members asked for the polling methodology and for a breakdown of current TAT allocations; staff indicated they could share the survey memo and began identifying existing statutory remittances. No vote or final committee action was taken during the excerpted portion of the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Community Economic Mobility and Investment Aug 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- and to secure and promote some of the most impactful next steps in addressing the non-medical environmental
- Environmental conditions continue to affect community health.
- Holding a project portfolio of community-owned and community-governed assets addressing environmental
- The Mormon Slough Restoration Association shows how environmental restoration can also drive economic
- We have been participants in work groups addressing the negative environmental and economic impacts in
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/19/25 - Part 3
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- um, we decided to offer an amendment that would just extend the benefits and would remove those environmental
- Iggo, um, and it had this provision to extend these benefits for these miners as well as some environmental
- uh roll backs and those environmental uh roll backs and changes.<00:03:08.800><c> Uh</c><00:03:10.040
- Some work to do on some of our environmental permitting and regulations, and not rollbacks, just some
- permitting and regulations environmental permitting and regulations and<00:26:00.159><c> not</c><00:
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, January 15, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> is called what are called environmental, is called what are called environmental, social,<00:15
- </c> governance, your environmental governance, your environmental exposures,<00:24:06.480><c> who</c
- That is a failure to manage an environmental risk.
- If a company an environmental risk.
- </c><00:36:33.599><c> or</c> say no you must have an environmental or say no you must have an environmental
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (02/10/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> to the Department of Environmental to the Department of Environmental Services,<00:59:21.200><c>
- I have personally environmental impacts.
- Amy Smagula, Department of Environmental Services.
- Amy Smagula, Department of Environmental Services.
- c> Smagula, Department of Environmental Smagula, Department of Environmental Services.<02:05:38.719><
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- There's obviously a huge economic opportunity and environmental opportunity up on the North Coast, but
- I'm Robert Harlow with Indoor Environmental Services. We're a mechanical services provider.
- And broadly, just the support for environmental organizations, there are many more here, just for relying
- Defense Fund and California Environmental Voters, and with permission for Local Affordable Solar and
- Defense Fund and California Environmental Voters, and with permission for Local Affordable Solar and
Summary:
The committee first heard Issue 1 on trailer bill language to redirect funding for emergency demand-response programs. The Department of Finance proposed using about $26.9 million in General Fund originally set aside for the Distributed Energy Backup Assets program to bolster the Demand-Side Grid Support Program for summer 2026, and using about $70 million in CalCHAP interest to support ratepayer-funded demand response in summers 2027 and 2028. The CEC and CPUC said they are working on a transition from DSGS to ELRP or a successor program, while the LAO noted the General Fund money would otherwise revert to savings. Members pressed the administration on whether demand response remains important, whether DSGS has been successful, and whether the state should keep funding it through the CEC rather than shifting to a ratepayer-funded CPUC program. The CEC and CPUC said the programs are not directly comparable, emphasized different cost structures and enrollment metrics, and said a CPUC rulemaking is underway with a proposed decision expected in Q3 2026. No vote was taken in the transcript.
The committee then took up Issue 2, a budget proposal tied to SB 254 and the new transmission accelerator. GoBiz and the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank described a five-year, roughly $26 million request to staff and administer the accelerator and manage Proposition 4 and AB 1207 funds for transmission financing. Members asked about state liability, ownership of financed lines, FERC revenue requirements, and whether the program would help underserved regions and offshore wind development. Staff explained that the accelerator would only consider projects already identified through CAISO’s competitive transmission planning process, and that state financing would be a small portion of large projects intended to lower overall costs to ratepayers. The LAO said it had no specific concerns but urged the Legislature to ensure the final language matches its intent.
The committee also heard Issue 3 on petroleum market oversight. The CEC and its Division of Petroleum Market Oversight requested additional positions and funding to implement ABX2-1 and continue work on supply stabilization, refinery monitoring, and transportation fuels analysis. Members questioned why the work was funded through the Energy Resources Programs Account, whether existing staff from the paused price-gouging work could be reassigned, and whether the program had produced evidence of price gouging or improved supply conditions. CEC and Finance said the new positions are needed because the workload has expanded, while some existing staff remain on related analysis and reporting duties. The discussion ended without a vote in the transcript.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Recall-Mason with the California Environmental Justice Alliance, SEIA Action, also asked to register
- Dan Seaman on behalf of California Environmental Voters in support.
- Is there an off-ramp for environmental causes?
- That's very typical. with environmental policies are outside of the general rate case.
- And I think that we obviously need to figure out the environmental impacts.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard several bills focused on clean energy, electrification, and grid planning. AB 1813 (Ward) would revise California’s community renewable energy program to better support community solar and storage, especially for renters and low-income customers, by tying credits to avoided costs and requiring at least 51% low-income participation. Supporters said the current CPUC program is unworkable and has stalled development; utilities raised concerns about cost shifts, CCA impacts, and the bill’s late substantive amendments. The bill was discussed but no vote was recorded in the excerpt.
AB 2313 (Berman) would create a gas service line replacement alternative program allowing customers facing planned gas line replacement to instead choose electrification and receive an incentive. Supporters argued it would reduce long-term gas infrastructure costs and give customers more choice, while opponents warned it could divert money from safety-related gas replacement work, create affordability issues, and conflict with the recently approved SB 1221 pilot. Committee members pressed the author on safety, funding sources, and renter impacts; the author said the bill includes emergency replacement exemptions and is intended to lower costs for remaining ratepayers.
AB 1975 (Schultz) would require the CPUC to develop a grid utilization metric and consider expanded grid management programs to better use existing distribution infrastructure and reduce the need for costly upgrades. Supporters said better utilization could save ratepayers billions and help integrate batteries and flexible load; utilities generally opposed rigid utilization targets but were open to further discussion. The committee passed AB 1975 on a 7-0 vote to Appropriations. AB 2612, on plug-in photovoltaic systems, passed 9-0 to Appropriations after supporters said it would expand access to low-cost solar and utilities requested clarification that they would participate in the standards process.
AB 1849 (Pappin) would direct CARB to study the need for decarbonized gaseous fuels in hard-to-electrify sectors and for grid reliability. Supporters framed it as a technology-neutral assessment for sectors like industrial heat and backup power; opponents argued it was biased toward a preferred fuel pathway and duplicated existing state studies. After a lengthy exchange over the lack of a statutory definition for “decarbonized gaseous fuels,” the bill passed 10-0 to Appropriations. AB 2088 (Pappin) would authorize investor-owned utilities to own and operate thermal energy networks, with safeguards for safety, workforce, and ratepayers. Supporters described TENs as efficient, low-emission heating and cooling systems that can use geothermal energy or waste heat; the bill passed 9-0 to Appropriations.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh in front of you is Senate File 3857, the environmental natural resource trust fund bill.
- </c><00:09:52.880><c> projects,</c> special environmental projects, special environmental projects, primarily
- Can you tell me how much of the environmental fund is being allocated to the university?
- It's also come along in the one package with the environmental trust fund in the 2024 ballot that 77%
- <00:24:13.480><c> mission</c><00:24:13.960><c> towards</c> environmental mission towards environmental
Committee:
Senate Finance
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- So there's up to 78% that is likely an environmental exposure.
- So it was likely from, her doctors believe it was from some sort of an environmental exposure.
- That's what the research shows. 78% environmental.
- Are there other environmental factors besides Parkinson's?
- Oh, there's a large list of all kinds of environmental factors.
Committee:
House General Laws
Summary:
The Committee on General Laws met with a quorum and first went into executive session on House Bill 3088, where members discussed concerns raised by hospitals about proposed language changes. The bill sponsor said he was still working with hospitals and would continue to refine the measure, but several members objected to voting before seeing the revised language. HB 3088 was nevertheless voted do pass by an 8-4 vote. The committee then approved House Bill 2749 by an 8-4-1 vote, after which it moved into public hearing.
The committee heard House Bill 2844, which would prohibit paraquat use in Missouri and require reporting related to its use. Representative Gallick said the bill was intended to be narrow and focused on paraquat’s toxicity and possible links to Parkinson’s disease. Supporters, including the Michael J. Fox Foundation, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Sierra Club, and others, argued that paraquat is highly toxic, that research links exposure to increased Parkinson’s risk, and that many countries have banned it. Opponents from the Missouri Soybean Association, Missouri AgriBusiness Association, Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Corn Growers, and Missouri Pork Association said paraquat is a restricted-use pesticide already regulated under federal law, is important for weed control and crop production, and that a state ban would set a dangerous precedent and harm farmers. The committee took no final action on HB 2844 during the hearing.
The committee also heard House Bill 1880, which would bar school districts and charter schools from selling beverages with more than 100 milligrams of caffeine per container to students. Representative Reuter said the bill was inspired by students from Seckman High School and cited concerns about adolescent caffeine consumption. Student witnesses described energy drink use at school, health effects such as anxiety, heart racing, dehydration, and sleep disruption, and said the bill would help reduce harmful habits. Several members supported the goal but suggested the threshold might be too high, that private schools receiving state scholarship funds should be included, and that school boards might be a better place to address the issue; others noted the bill lacked an enforcement provision. No vote was taken on HB 1880.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jul 1st, 2026
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- As a leader, I'm obligated to protect my residents' physical health, mental health, and environmental
- So as a leader, I'm obligated to protect my residents' physical health, mental health, and environmental
- health. my residents, physical health, mental health, and environmental health.
- Public health protection and environmental stewardship are not mutually exclusive.
- Public health protection and environmental stewardship are not mutually exclusive.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 4th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Latinos in California have challenged the frontiers of social, economic, and environmental justice, and
- nonprofit advancing environmental justice in California's Inland Empire.
- Founded in 2020, it addresses systemic pollution and environmental racism impacting frontline communities
- through grassroots organizing, education, and civic engagement rooted in environmental justice principles
- Justice honoree, the People's Collective for Environmental Justice.
Summary:
The Senate opened with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, then spent much of the session on recognitions and resolutions honoring community groups and observances. Members welcomed the Far West region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the Los Angeles South Bay alumni chapter, and later recognized the 2026 Latino Spirit Award honorees after adopting SR 86 on Cinco de Mayo Week. Senators from multiple caucuses spoke in support of the resolution, emphasizing Mexican history, Latino resilience, and shared struggles for justice. The Latino Spirit honorees included leaders in higher education, philanthropy, labor, health, advocacy, business, environmental justice, journalism, culinary arts, and music, along with a legacy award for Los Tigres del Norte.
The Senate also adopted SCR 146 declaring May Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, SCR 154 establishing Green Star Veterans and Families Day, SCR 123 honoring California Peace Officers Memorial Day, SCR 164 recognizing Black Health Equity Advocacy Week, and SCR 103 designating Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. Testimony and floor remarks focused on health disparities, mental health, veteran suicide, and the sacrifices of peace officers, with several caucuses speaking in support of the health equity resolution. Each of these resolutions passed by unanimous or near-unanimous roll call votes.
The chamber then took up several appointments from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, confirming Kathleen Ratliff and Joseph Tuggle, Jason Johnson, Madeline McLean, Brian Bishop, and Sarah Larson, despite some protest votes from Senator Grove over the lack of action on another appointment. In third reading, the Senate passed SB 1159 on AI and public participation, SB 1416 on faster refunds for duplicate medical payments, SB 1273 on winery video advertising at instructional events, SB 941 limiting commissary markups in private detention facilities, SB 990 on a highway information sign near Ridgecrest, SB 1099 clarifying local authority to provide public benefits, and SB 1195 expanding tied-house exemptions for certain venues. The session concluded with adjournment memories for labor leader Kent Wong and Navy veteran-artist Vittaliano Victor Villar, and the Senate adjourned until May 7, 2026.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Feb 18th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the environmental director of the Washington Policy Center and a former staffer who worked at the
- But I'll point out, you know, it takes an issue this important to unite the timber industry, environmental
- It takes an issue this important to unite the timber industry, environmental groups, tribes, utilities
- But I'll point out, you know, it takes an issue this important to unite the timber industry, environmental
- This is Lauren Jenks, I'm Assistant Secretary for Environmental Public Health at the Washington State
Committee:
House Agriculture & Natural Resources
Keywords:
fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, federal response, wildfire protection, community safety, infrastructure, natural resources, commercial shellfish, shellfish fees, Department of Health, biotoxin testing, export certificate
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Feb 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- stewardship. ...only benefit tribes but strengthen our shared goals for long-term environmental stewardship
- I'm the environmental director of the Washington Policy Center and a former staff member who worked at
- But I'll point out, you know, it takes an issue this important to unite the timber industry, environmental
- utilities, and unions, because we recognize, I think, that... ...to unite the timber industry, environmental
- But I'll point out, you know, it takes an issue this important to unite the timber industry, environmental
Summary:
The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee heard several Senate bills and a joint memorial, with the chair moving items around to accommodate prime sponsors and public testimony. SB 5838 would add two tribal representatives to the Board of Natural Resources, one from each side of the Cascades, and broaden the nomination pool to include tribes with treaty-ceded lands in Washington. The sponsor and tribal and agency witnesses said the bill would add tribal knowledge and stewardship expertise without changing government-to-government consultation. County and industry witnesses raised concerns about fiduciary duties to trust beneficiaries, the lack of stakeholder consultation, and the effect of expanding the board from one to two tribal seats. Public testimony was mixed, and the committee recorded strong support and opposition on the bill.
SB 5816 would add juice grapes to the state Agricultural Marketing and Fair Practices Act, allowing juice grape producers to use the same marketing and negotiation framework already available to pears, sweet corn, and potatoes. The sponsor said the bill would help juice grape growers facing unfair pricing pressure from processors. The committee took limited public testimony and recorded support and opposition before closing the hearing. SJM 8015 urged Congress to ensure federal wildfire response entities remain capable of protecting communities, infrastructure, watersheds, and firefighter health and safety during federal consolidation of wildfire programs. Testimony from environmental groups, forest industry, and union representatives broadly supported the memorial and emphasized rising wildfire risk, smoke impacts, and the need for strong interagency response capacity.
The committee also heard HB 2737, which would cap certain shellfish regulatory fees, exempt the shellfish program from full fee recovery, and apply the caps retroactively. The sponsor and shellfish growers said the Department of Health’s fee increases would be unsustainable for small family farms and processors, while DOH explained it was following a full cost-recovery model unless the Legislature provides general fund support. Witnesses described large projected fee increases and potential business closures, and DOH said it had reopened rulemaking to consider smaller operators. Because the bill was heard after cutoff, the chair noted it could not advance, but the committee still took testimony and discussed possible amendments and follow-up information before adjourning.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 29th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Abandoned RVs attract illegal dumping, create fire hazards, and pose serious health and environmental
- Abandoned RVs attract illegal dumping, create fire hazards, and pose serious health and environmental
- My concern is with our health and certainly our environmental health being a piece of that as well.
- There are huge, huge environmental impacts connected to what we're...
- There are huge, huge environmental impacts connected to what we're putting in our trash, and we have
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Item 1B, the appointment of Chris Thayer, PhD, as Director of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard
- For the past 30 years, my work in environmental health has really had one core goal, and that is to try
- So anyways, back to this Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. I apologize.
- There’s a shift in environmental health.
- And I just want to also say that the Environmental Working Group shares that concern.
Committee:
Senate Rules
Summary:
The Senate Rules Committee met to consider several governor’s appointees and routine committee actions. Members approved, by unanimous 5-0 votes, three not-required-to-appear appointments: Hampus Eitsiter to the Boating and Waterways Commission, Peter Stern to the California Horse Racing Board, and Dean White to the State Mining and Geology Board. The committee also approved references of bills to committees and floor acknowledgements, each by 5-0 vote.
The committee then heard testimony on Tyler Sadwith’s appointment as Chief Deputy Director of Healthcare Programs at the Department of Health Care Services. Sadwith emphasized protecting Medi-Cal access for 14 million Californians, navigating federal changes, and continuing CalAIM and behavioral health reforms. Senators focused heavily on hospital financial distress, rural access, Medi-Cal redeterminations, work requirements, provider reimbursement, fraud oversight, dental access, labor and delivery closures, and the effectiveness of CalAIM and community supports. Public commenters from county, hospital, and provider groups largely supported the nomination, citing his experience and collaborative approach. The committee voted 5-0 to send his appointment to the full Senate.
The committee also considered Chris Thayer’s appointment as director of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Thayer described OEHHA’s role as providing transparent, science-based health assessments, improving risk communication, and supporting tools such as CalEnviroScreen and Prop 65 guidance. Senators raised concerns about reliance on models versus real-world data, PFAS, environmental justice, wildfire and battery-fire impacts, and whether CalEnviroScreen and Prop 65 are working as intended. Public testimony from environmental and health organizations supported the nomination and highlighted OEHHA’s scientific role. The committee approved Thayer’s appointment 3-1, with one senator not voting, and forwarded it to the Senate floor.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, we have Christopher Kellaher, the fiscal and energy environmental policy analyst.
- c><00:01:19.200><c> energy</c> Kellaher, the fiscal and energy Kellaher, the fiscal and energy environmental
- </c><00:01:21.439><c> Uh</c><00:01:21.600><c> we</c><00:01:21.759><c> have</c> environmental policy analyst
- Uh we have environmental policy analyst.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Sep 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- terms that Chicken Ranch specifically said we can't bargain for in a compact, things like onerous environmental
- So we have updated those terms by deleting the compact's environmental review provisions, deleting the
- amendments I mentioned to Pinoleville, the core Chicken Ranch topics, those four topics I mentioned, environmental
- amendments I mentioned to Pinoleville, the core Chicken Ranch topics, those four topics I mentioned, environmental
Summary:
The Assembly Governmental Organization Committee held an informational hearing on four Tribal-State Gaming Compacts and amendments negotiated between Governor Newsom and federally recognized tribes. Chair Blanca Rubio emphasized that no formal vote would be taken because the Legislature cannot amend the compacts; the ratification bills are AB 1527 and SB 864. Matthew Lee, Senior Advisor for Tribal Negotiations, explained that the compacts were negotiated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and were structured to stay within the permissible subjects identified and clarified by the Ninth Circuit’s Chicken Ranch decision.
Lee first described the Trinidad Rancheria compact, which would allow up to 1,200 gaming devices at up to three facilities and includes labor protections, minimum wage requirements, anti-harassment and anti-retaliation provisions, state regulatory cost recovery, and revenue-sharing terms for operations above 350 devices. He then discussed the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians amendment, which extends the existing compact while the tribe and state remain in federal court, preserving the status quo and adding the state’s standard off-track wagering appendix.
For the Pinoleville-Pomo Nation amendment, Lee said the compact was updated to reflect current law and more recent state compacts by removing environmental review and family law provisions, narrowing tort protections, revising revenue-sharing and impact mitigation terms, and updating financial disclosure language. For the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, Lee said the amendment similarly removed Chicken Ranch-related provisions, narrowed tort and facility definitions, added a commitment to bargain in good faith over any future new forms of class III gaming, and extended the compact through 2036. Sycuan Chairman Cody Martinez testified in support, noting the tribe’s long history in gaming, its employment of more than 3,000 people, and its desire to continue operating its casino resort. No opposition was voiced, and the committee took no vote.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And this is how we really incentivize to get those greater environmental and human health benefits as
- And this is how we really incentivize to get those greater environmental and human health benefits as
- </c> Public Health um and environmental Public Health um and environmental health<01:05:25.880><c> so
- So the scoring and ranking criteria really closely cleave to environmental benefit and protection of
- benefit it has to either environmental benefit it has to either clean<01:15:34.639><c> up</c><01:15:
Committee:
House Capital Investment