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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce Jul 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate Business and Commerce Committee will come to order. The clerk will please call the roll.
- This is the Business and Commerce Committee's third interim hearing. And members, I've...
- This is the Business and Commerce Committee's third interim hearing.
- State highways and even interstates.
- This is the Business and Commerce Committee, the State of Texas. Where did you come in from?
Summary:
The Senate Business and Commerce Committee held its third interim hearing on Texas electric grid reliability and 765 kV transmission lines/private property rights. Chair Schwertner opened by noting record ERCOT summer demand of 91,089 MW and emphasized the committee’s focus on managing rapid load growth, ensuring adequate generation, and protecting homeowners, businesses, landowners, and ratepayers. The committee also adopted strict two-minute limits for public testimony and planned to hear invited witnesses first, then public testimony.
PUC Chairman Thomas Gleeson, ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas, and OPUC Chief Counsel Benjamin Barclay testified on Senate Bill 6 implementation, large-load interconnection, transmission cost allocation, and market design. Gleeson said the PUC has adopted or is finalizing rules on net metering/co-location, large load interconnection standards, and a transmission cost recovery rule that would move from 4CP to 12CP, lengthen the interval to 30 minutes, and add a minimum demand charge to better allocate costs to large loads. Vegas explained ERCOT’s new batch process for large loads, saying it provides year-by-year capacity allocations, clearer financial obligations, and a transmission plan; he reported 205 GW eligible for Batch Zero, with 65 GW classified as baseload, 25 GW in an intermediate category, and 114 GW as allocated load. Barclay supported the changes as better protection for residential and small commercial customers, while warning that the minimum demand charge may need an exit-fee concept to address stranded costs if large loads leave.
Members pressed witnesses on whether additional market changes are needed to attract dispatchable thermal generation and whether DRS/DRRS Plus could become a capacity-market substitute. Gleeson and Vegas said the current market still favors solar, batteries, and other low-variable-cost resources, and that more incentives may be needed for gas and other thermal generation; Gleeson said the commission’s reliability standard assessment will begin this year and conclude next year with a 2029 outlook. They described DRS as an ancillary service for intraday reliability and DRS Plus as a proposed real-time revenue mechanism for thermal resources during scarcity, not a forward capacity market. Senators also questioned whether 12CP could still be gamed, whether curtailment authority under SB 6 should be expanded from EEA 2 to earlier stages, and whether the batch process should be bifurcated so traditional industrial loads are handled differently from data centers. Witnesses said the batch process is intended to prevent speculative projects from driving transmission costs, that most large-load projects are data centers, and that future rules may need to better distinguish among types of large loads.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- So there's already statutes that say that pedestrians shouldn't occupy roadways, interstates, things
- So there's already statutes that say that pedestrians shouldn't occupy roadways, interstates, things
- pedestrians shouldn't<00:19:40.640><c> occupy</c><00:19:41.679><c> roadways,</c><00:19:42.640><c> interstates
- ,</c> Shouldn't occupy roadways, interstates, things like that.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 41 (3-6-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- fingerprint background check results and cannot comply with the requirements outlined in their interstate
- in</c><00:30:05.000><c> their</c> requirements outlined in their requirements outlined in their interstate
- </c><00:30:07.400><c> Speaker,</c><00:30:07.880><c> I</c> interstate compacts. Um Mr.
- Speaker, I interstate compacts. Um Mr.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 5th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- These include the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, funding of the Impaired Practitioner Health Professionals
- I believe all of you have received our informational document endorsing the Interstate Medical Licensure
- during the session, I wanted to let you know we do have a work group working on legislation for the Interstate
- So I have some questions about the, you know, one of your recommendations is passing the interstate medical
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:09:30.159><c> We</c><01:09:30.400><c> have</c> along Interstate 94 and 35.
- We have along Interstate 94 and 35.
- So you can see that beyond those core interstate corridors of I-35, I-90, and I-94, we are identifying
- my portion of where we're at with the electric vehicle infrastructure updates. those core those interstate
- corridors of those core those interstate corridors of 35<01:15:01.520><c> 90</c><01:15:01.840><c> and
Committee:
Senate Transportation
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and we are going to bring forward Senate Bill 631FN, installing a sound barrier on Interstate 93
- </c> installing a sound barrier on Interstate installing a sound barrier on Interstate 93<02:09:57.840
- your consideration this afternoon Senate Bill 631FN, which seeks to install a sound barrier on Interstate
- </c> along Interstate 93 is quite noticeable. along Interstate 93 is quite noticeable.
- or a major you know, a major interstate or a major roadway,<02:39:23.120><c> then</c><02:39:23.439><
Committee:
Senate Transportation
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The honest and industrious inhabitants of this colony, employed in commerce agreeable to the laws and
- In commerce, House Bill 639; in election law and municipal affairs, Senate Bill 223; and in finance,
- Madam President, the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred Senate Bill 88FN, an act prohibiting
- to which was referred to Senate commerce to which was referred to Senate Bill<00:40:30.880><c> 88FN<
- ><c> which</c><00:44:07.200><c> is</c> Committee on Commerce to which is Committee on Commerce to which
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- And one of the provisions of the bill wanted to ensure. the legal commerce and transfer and sale of catalytic
- particularly for the efficient cross-border you know, whether it's commerce or people, do we have a plan
- of people and commerce in conjunction obviously with our federal partners. do.
- Commerce and folks and trade down in south southern Mexico.
- The thing that we try to do, and you mentioned Interstate 69. very important connection to Laredo, also
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Kevin DBuchanan to the Oklahoma State Council for Interstate Adult Defender Supervision.
- consent to the nomination of Kevin DBuchanan of Bartlesville to the Oklahoma State Council for Interstate
Bills:
HB2268 , HB3000 , HB3043 , HB3066 , HB3078 , HB3143 , HB3144 , HB3244 , HB3298 , HB3320 , HB3467 , HB3321 , HB3329 , HB3431 , HB3464 , HB3499 , HB3500 , HB3586 , HB3590 , HB3650 , HB3671 , HB3695 , HB3700 , HB3701 , HB3764 , HB3767 , HB3834 , HB3931 , HB3934 , HB3940 , HB3944 , HB3979 , HB3985 , HB4113 , HB4294 , HB4302 , HB4317 , HB4324 , HB4359 , HB4426 , HB4427 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4434 , HJR1077 , SR42 , SR35 , HJR1023 , HB1225 , HB1374 , HB1381 , HB1590 , HB1675 , HB2153
Keywords:
HB2268, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, OHCA, appropriation, General Revenue Fund, PACE, Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, elderly care, aging Oklahomans, long-term care, Medicaid, health care funding, provider reimbursement, rate increase, low-income seniors, senior services, integrated care, emergency measure, cosmetology, barbering
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- and the radio, and every app that you open, and when you walk into stores, and billboards on the interstate
- So if you see from the casinos on the online sports betting apps, you know, you see on the interstate
Committee:
All JBC-SPECIAL LANGUAGE
Summary:
The committee reconvened and took up several amendments and bills. Senate Bill 15 was amended to transfer Keep Arkansas Beautiful functions to ARDOT and replace the current commissioners with an advisory council; the amendment was adopted without objection. An amendment to Senate Bill 7 lowering the claims-data threshold for group health insurance from 50 employees to 25, to help smaller employers and municipalities shop for coverage, was also adopted. An amendment to Senate Bill 41 that would have restricted University of Arkansas at Fayetteville athletic funding from academic funds was rejected after members questioned its scope and fiscal basis.
The committee then considered an amendment to House Bill 1051 that would cap online sports-betting free play at 5% of gross receipts. Senator Hester argued the current unlimited promotions were predatory and effectively subsidized casinos, while other members questioned the tax and accounting assumptions and whether the proposal belonged in a fiscal committee. The amendment failed, and a separate agriculture-related amendment from Representatives Vaught and Painter to exempt certain tractor parts tied to diesel exhaust fluid systems was also not adopted, with members citing drafting and enforcement problems and suggesting it should go through the revenue committees.
After suspending the rules to add items, the committee adopted a technical correction to Senate Bill 4 clarifying physician licensure language so the rural workforce pathway would apply to underserved and primary care shortage areas, rather than the narrower federal term originally used. The committee also adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 77 deleting a fund-transfer section and instead increasing appropriation authority and creating a matching-fund mechanism to help Arkansas TV pay PBS dues, with supporters saying it would leverage private donations and preserve PBS access while allowing the commission to decide programming. The bill passed as amended, and the meeting adjourned.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Mar 25th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Amendment number 32 is removing the interoperability subcommittee and the interstate mutual aid subcommittee
- It's like an interstate lighting corridor issue. So I didn't see that in that addition. It's not.
Committee:
House House and Governmental Affairs
Summary:
The committee first considered House Bill 338, which would recreate certain entities transferred to or placed within the Office of the Governor. Representative Carver described it as a sunset measure, and the committee quickly moved it favorable without objection. House Bill 379 followed, expanding eligibility for election commissioners to include 17-year-olds who are in the 11th grade or equivalent homeschool level rather than only the 12th grade. Members briefly discussed the bill’s youth sponsor, Owen Estey, and the bill was also reported favorable without objection.
The most extensive discussion centered on House Bill 861 by Speaker Pro Tem Mike Johnson, which would eliminate inactive, outdated, or unnecessary state boards, commissions, and related entities. The bill came with a large amendment package that removed some entities, added others, and made technical corrections based on the legislative auditor’s annual report and follow-up review. Members questioned how entities were identified, whether they had been notified, and whether some boards should remain because they still serve a purpose, especially the Waste Tire Task Force. The sponsor said the goal was to streamline government and that he had contacted about 85% of the affected entities; he also said some items in the package were local and therefore excluded. After adopting amendments 17 and 18, the committee reported the bill favorable as amended.
House Bill 202 by Representative McMakin would require job advertisements for classified state positions to include salary information and require applicants to be notified when a position is filled or they are rejected. An amendment narrowed the bill to classified positions only. State Civil Service Director Byron Deccato testified that the system already posts salary ranges and sends notices when agencies properly update the hiring system, but that compliance depends on agency staff and some agencies are slow to close out postings. Members expressed frustration that applicants can be left waiting without notice, while Deccato said Civil Service audits agencies and is willing to work on the issue. The bill remained under discussion at the end of the transcript.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Mar 25th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Amendment number 32 is removing the interoperability subcommittee and the interstate mutual aid subcommittee
- It's like an interstate lighting corridor issue. So I didn't see that in that addition. It's not.
Committee:
House House and Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
human rights, individual liberties, Magna Carta, constitutionalism, free speech, voter identification, election integrity, federal elections, public confidence, election security, SAVE America Act, Louisiana, election fraud, job advertisement, salary transparency, civil service, employment notification, applicant rights, legislative attendance, task force
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Transportation and Public Works Feb 17th, 2026 at 09:06 am
Transcript Highlights:
- A lot of it goes to our interstates, I-10 and I-25, our U.S. corridors, and they're concentrated around
- visit some of these more rural locations where things like, you know, we don't talk about major interstate
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- law enforcement can cooperate, and there's interlocal agreements—not interlocal agreements, but interstate
- So there's a whole process involved already under the current law in our interstate agreements, and those
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Keywords:
unauthorized aliens, commercial motor vehicles, safety regulations, civil penalties, law enforcement, bail bond, insurance regulation, foreign insurers, financial disclosure, premium reporting, pyramid schemes, consumer protection, fraud prevention, legal affairs, penalties, justice, administrative commission, membership, state attorneys, public defenders
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Promoting Motorcycle Safety on Minnesota Roads - 07/10/26
Transcript Highlights:
- When I was driving here today on Interstate 94 in my car, which is a white SUV, somebody almost changed
- When I was driving here today on Interstate 94 in my car, which is a white SUV, somebody almost changed
- Do not do it on the interstate.
Summary:
Senator Judy Seeberger and traffic safety officials held a press conference focused on a deadly Minnesota motorcycle season and urged both drivers and riders to take greater care. Seeberger described several near-misses and a preventable crash at an intersection near her home, and asked motorists to put phones down, avoid impaired driving, and look twice or three times at stop signs, lane changes, and intersections. Mike Hanson, director of the Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety, said 37 motorcyclists had been killed so far this year, compared with 24 at the same time last year, and warned the state could approach 90 motorcycle fatalities if current trends continue. He said about half of motorcycle deaths are single-vehicle run-off-the-road crashes, often tied to speed, inattention, or skill level, while the other half involve a motorcycle and another vehicle; he also noted passenger fatalities are higher than usual and that riders over 60 are now being killed more often than younger riders.
Hanson and others emphasized education, training, visibility, helmets, high-visibility gear, and sober driving. He said the state’s motorcycle safety training program is expanding with 11 additional basic rider courses, which should train about 121 more riders, and that safety materials are available to clubs and community groups. He also highlighted the new lane filtering and splitting law, saying it is limited to 25 mph or less and must be done within a rider’s skill level; he said he has seen it done both safely and unsafely and urged riders to follow the law and not be “knuckleheads.”
Representatives from the Saint Croix Valley Riders and the Litas St. Croix Valley also spoke. Don Morley said his group promotes safety and awareness, reimburses members for rider training, and supports the new lane filtering/splitting law while stressing that riders and motorists must share the road. Heather Sevlin and other speakers tied the safety message to the death of Dana Milan, saying her crash was preventable and calling for justice and accountability in the impaired-driving case involving Robert Rodriguez, who they said was on a second DUI offense. In response to questions, Seeberger said she would support stricter penalties for repeat impaired or reckless drivers but would not support mandatory helmet legislation. Hanson said the legislature should continue to rely on rider experts and training advocates when considering motorcycle safety policy.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Also, nothing about interstate pipelines, the red box in the news these days like the Algonquin expansion
- That's the interstate part of the distribution puzzle is up next.
- However, since 2014, New England has actually expanded interstate transmission capacity by over 50% through
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on a wide range of late-file energy bills, with much of the discussion focused on battery storage siting, gas system expansion, propane consumer protections, gas workforce safety, and a Taunton home-rule petition on water rates for manufactured housing communities. Representative Sweeney urged support for H. 4689 and H. 4690, which would impose a moratorium and setback requirements for lithium battery storage facilities, citing fire risk, proximity to homes, and environmental concerns. Several local officials and residents from Oakham, Tewksbury, and other communities described proposed battery projects near homes, schools, wetlands, and conservation land, while industry and clean-energy advocates argued the bills would effectively block storage development and conflict with state energy goals and existing fire-safety standards.
The committee also heard strong support for S. 2290/H. 3547, a bill to prevent gas expansion near environmental justice communities, from environmental justice advocates, municipal officials, and clean-energy groups. Testimony emphasized rising gas bills, the cost of new pipelines, methane and health impacts, and the need to avoid locking in long-term gas infrastructure costs. Witnesses also discussed related bills on gas workforce safety, gas shut-off valves, and gas meter replacement plans, with labor representatives supporting safety-focused measures and opposing changes they said would weaken inspections, while consumer and environmental advocates argued that some utility replacement practices are unnecessarily expensive and should be reined in to reduce ratepayer costs.
Other testimony included support for H. 3518 on propane gas ratepayer protections, with the witness arguing for clearer contract terms and website price disclosure, and support for S. 2652, which would authorize Taunton to create a separate water billing rate for manufactured housing communities because residents there are effectively paying higher water costs through rent due to a single master meter. No committee votes or final actions were taken during the hearing, and members mostly asked brief clarifying questions or made no comment after testimony.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Jan 27th, 2026
Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- to greatly increase the cost because those standards are actually appropriate for roadways, like interstates
- to greatly increase the cost because those standards are actually appropriate for roadways, like interstates
- and state highway. actually appropriate for roadways like interstates and state highways.
Committee:
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
Keywords:
stormwater systems, environmental standards, municipal infrastructure, engineering certifications, local compliance, Florida Department of Transportation, biosolids, agronomic rate, land application, environmental protection, Florida statutes, nutrient management, recordkeeping, farming, compost products, wastewater treatment, environment, sewage disposal, pollution control, reporting requirements
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Sep 9th, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Completing active projects, expanding binational and interstate partnerships, and refining internal systems
- four pillars: infrastructure delivery, innovation, economic growth and investment, binational and interstate
- position as a competitive border state. innovation, economic growth and investment, binational and interstate
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Last slide is interstate compact. I'll quickly cover.
- Interstate Compact is an agreement among states.
- We're in agreement with the Interstate Commission. for Adult Offender Supervision which sets standards
Committee:
House Criminal Jurisprudence
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- that wasn't the case, but it's kind of like the other conversations we have where you put it in interstate
- that wasn't the case, but it's kind of like the other conversations we have where you put it in interstate
- And I think this is from Senator Schwertner's Committee, Business and Commerce, but somewhere out there
- I did this in the Business and Commerce hearing, and I'm giving you an opportunity, also noting and just
- I did this in the Business and Commerce hearing, and giving you an opportunity, also noting, and just
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met for an interim hearing focused almost entirely on data centers and their water and energy demands. The chair said the committee would not vote on bills that day, but that the hearing was intended to gather facts and inform likely legislation next session, including possible guardrails on water use, disposal requirements, and other accountability measures. Members repeatedly emphasized that water and power policy are linked, and several senators expressed concern about rapid growth, especially in rural areas, and about public misinformation and lack of transparency from some developers.
Texas Water Development Board and Public Utility Commission staff described their survey and planning work. TWDB said it conducts annual water-use surveys and is preparing to treat data centers as a subcategory of manufacturing in future water planning, using projected power demand as a proxy for future water demand. PUC said it conducted a voluntary statewide survey of data centers and virtual currency mining facilities to collect energy and water information for a legislative rider study. Officials reported that the survey identified 168 facilities from 57 companies, with most operational facilities concentrated in Dallas, Travis, Harris, Collin, and Bexar counties. They said most operational facilities rely on grid power and public water, while planned facilities are larger and more likely to use behind-the-meter generation and non-evaporative cooling.
Members pressed agency witnesses on response rates, enforcement, and data gaps. TWDB said its 2025 survey had about a 30% response rate among identified data centers and that 227 facilities had not responded, while PUC said its outreach reached 377 facilities but that no comprehensive statewide list exists. Senators asked how nonresponders could be compelled to participate, whether water hookups or permits could be conditioned on reporting, and what oversight exists in counties without groundwater conservation districts. Witnesses said enforcement is limited, that local entities and districts handle most compliance issues, and that the agencies do not have authority to mandate technology choices or impose fees. The committee also discussed drought curtailment, metering, and whether future data center approvals should require enforceable water and power contingency plans. A third panel from the Bureau of Economic Geology began presenting independent research mapping more than 370 operating facilities statewide and tracking projects through the development pipeline.