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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- allowing us to speak today about our request through the budget process to administratively recognize Lake
- Lake Tahoe is a national treasure, and the lake's world-famous clarity is threatened by pollution related
- Mark Fenstermaker here for the League to Save Lake Tahoe, also known as Keep Tahoe Blue.
- For us, transportation in the basin remains one of the most critical issues: decreasing lake clarity,
Summary:
The committee held an informational hearing on transportation agency budget proposals and did not take any votes. The first major discussion focused on the Motor Vehicle Account shortfall and a proposed one-time $166 million transfer from the Air Pollution Control Fund and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to offset California Air Resources Board mobile source costs. Department of Finance and the LAO described the account’s long-running structural deficit, driven largely by employee compensation growth and REAL ID-related workload, while members criticized the use of Proposition 4, GGRF, and other one-time or redirected funds as backfills and urged a longer-term solution that addresses both revenues and expenditures.
The committee then heard Caltrans’ request for $25 million in General Fund support to create a Clean California Community Cleanup and Employment Pathway Grant Program. Caltrans said the program would build on the prior Clean California effort by funding local litter and graffiti cleanup, community engagement, and workforce pathways for vulnerable populations. The LAO recommended rejecting the proposal, arguing that local litter abatement is not a core state responsibility and that one-time funding is unlikely to solve persistent local cleanup needs. Several members echoed those concerns, while public commenters split between support for the cleanup/employment model and calls to instead restore funding to the Active Transportation Program and transit operations.
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency requested that California administratively recognize Tahoe’s federally designated population figure for state formula-based transportation funding, which would raise the population count used in formulas from 40,000 to 145,000. The agency said the change would not request new money but would better align state formulas with federal law and support a shared regional funding framework; members appeared generally supportive, though they noted the need to phase in the change to reduce impacts on other regions.
The final presentation was on High-Speed Rail. The LAO reviewed the authority’s project update report, noting that it did not fully meet statutory requirements and that key details are still pending in a supplemental report expected later in the summer. The LAO said the Merced-to-Bakersfield segment still shows an estimated roughly $7 billion funding gap, with no specific plan to close it, and highlighted risks from federal review, inflation, and uncertain GGRF revenues. High-Speed Rail Authority staff said they are conducting a bottom-up review of scope, schedule, ridership, and costs, expect to provide updated information by late summer, and are exploring public-private partnerships and other financing strategies. Members stressed that no further funding commitments should be made until the updated analysis is available.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Mar 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the challenges is getting more visited visitors to our fresh water Lakes.
- Senator Burton said that she was contacted by a sweet old man and Lake Alfred.
- The stack for the facility and Lake counties lie 760 feet from its closest residential neighbor in the
- And there were no complaints in Lake County about over the facility in Fort Lauderdale delays 943 feet
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- change as president of Lake Havasu Unified Governing Board.
- Do you—does your—does Lake Havasu Unified, or I'm sorry, I don't know if it's unified or a district,
- Do you—does your—does Lake Havasu Unified, or I'm sorry, I don't know if it's unified or a district,
- Do you—does your—does Lake Havasu Unified, or I'm sorry, I don't know if it's unified or a district,
- Do you—does your—does Lake Havasu Unified, or I'm sorry, I don't know if it's unified or a district,
Committee:
House Education
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legislative Management Aug 17th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Legislative Management
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Kathy Frelich, representing District 15, which includes the Devils Lake Basin.
- Kakawiya, and I think you need to understand what feeds the lake is very depleted right now.
- The lake is very depleted right now. The Yellowstone is low. The Missouri is low.
- I just went on a water tour in Lake Oahu, sorry, is very low.
- I am District 9 State Representative from Warwick, an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Tribe.
Committee:
Joint Legislative Management
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, March 27, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- murders of Lake Riley and Sheridan<00:22:21.039><c> Gorman.
- People like Lake and Riley, people like Rachel Marin, tens of thousands of our children who died from
- </c><01:14:49.440><c> People</c><01:14:50.719><c> like</c><01:14:51.040><c> Lake</c><01:14:51.199><c>
- People like Lake and Riley, real time.
- People like Lake and Riley, people<01:14:52.719><c> like</c><01:14:52.960><c> Rachel</c><01:14:53.360
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the same correction the legislature provided to Rice Lake and Baldwin when they were recently
- </c><00:12:59.720><c> Bemidji,</c> complete the sewering of Lake Bemidji, complete the sewering of Lake
- When finished, it will serve hundreds of residents along with the DNR regional headquarters and Lake
- So, we're the north half of Lake Bemidji.
- South half of Lake Bemidji will be city of Northern, north half of Lake Bemidji.
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, HF4321, dependent care assistance programs, gross income exclusion, federal conformity, Internal Revenue Code, individual income tax, Minnesota tax law, tax conformity, child care assistance, employer-provided dependent care, taxable income, state income tax, retroactive tax change, family care benefits, housing tax credit
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (03/07/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Very, very quickly, we did hear a lot of support from lake associations for this bill, and I think it's
- People throwing yard waste into the lakes and ponds.
- a matter of education, and if you can go to your neighbor who has been throwing yard waste in the lake
- there's lawn care people that come through and might do, you know, nine or 10 houses that are on a lake
- Neighbor who has been throwing yard waste in the lake forever and say, 'Hey, have you heard that this
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/11/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- I am here with my friends from Forest Lake asking for, and I want to thank you first for hearing this
- bill and for everything that you've done in the past for Forest Lake and veterans because it really
- This is a huge project in Forest Lake.
- Ron Miller, Forest Lake, Minnesota, and we thank you for being here and listening for this request and
- Our city of Forest Lake Area Veterans Memorial committee is a community group which organized in 2008
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 3/10/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They found a buyer for an office building on Lake Street and they sold it for a couple million dollars
- They found a buyer for an office building on Lake Street and they sold it for a couple million dollars
- They found a buyer for an office building on Lake Street and they sold it for a couple million dollars
- They found a buyer for an office building on Lake Street and they sold it for a couple million dollars
- They found a buyer for an office building on Lake Street and they sold it for a couple million dollars
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, September 9, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You don't fill the lake all the way up.
- You don't fill the lake all the way up.
- You don't fill the lake all the way up.
- You don't fill the lake all the way up.
- You don't fill the lake all the way up.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Apr 8th, 2026
Higher Education Institutions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- ago, was selected by the State Board of Higher Education to become the new president and leader at Lake
- And so Carmen transitioned and has been at Devils Lake now for almost a year, and happy to have Carmen
- and this is a lane that I think DCB— I mean, it's not just DCB as much as I don't want to promote Lake
- Lake Region has a couple of folks over there. Bismarck just hired someone down at BSC, I believe.
- So at Lake Region or DCB or all the other ones that are involved.
Summary:
The committee met at Dakota College at Bottineau, approved the January 15, 2026 minutes, and heard a campus presentation from Dean Corey Gorder and President Steve Shirley. Gorder outlined DCB’s leadership changes, its affiliation with Minot State, and extensive shared services with Minot State, UND, and NDSU in areas such as business office functions, financial aid, payroll, HR, Title IX, printing, and institutional research. He said shared services help smaller campuses access expertise, and committee members asked about cost allocation and accreditation limits; Gorder said the arrangements are negotiated between institutions and that, to his understanding, academic accreditation is not affected by these service-sharing agreements. The committee also discussed DCB’s enrollment, dual credit reach, and program mix, including nursing, dental assisting and hygiene, paramedic training, drone certification, and farm management. Gorder said DCB wants to expand higher-demand, trade-oriented programs, strengthen Minot programming, and address facility needs, especially residence halls and space constraints in dental programs.
Members asked detailed questions about dual credit, including how DCB develops relationships with high schools, whether it has exclusivity, who teaches the courses, and whether credits transfer. Gorder said relationships are built through outreach and existing school connections, that schools may choose other providers, and that DCB pays stipends to instructors under institution-specific formulas. NDUS staff Lisa Johnson said transfer problems are rare within North Dakota and usually arise only with highly selective out-of-state institutions. Gorder also noted that DCB’s dual credit and campus programming are heavily tied to rural schools and that the college is trying to streamline dual credit delivery as enrollment and staffing demands grow.
The committee then heard from the North Dakota Student Association, whose representatives outlined student priorities from the last legislative session and the interim. Their main themes included campus safety, mental health resources, academic freedom, scholarships and affordability, teacher incentives, workforce readiness, housing, food accessibility, student research funding, internships, and campus collaboration. They said they supported or opposed various bills related to those issues during the 69th Legislative Assembly and emphasized that students want affordable, safe, and academically strong campuses. Committee members asked about housing affordability, food insecurity, research opportunities, and dual credit transfer and expansion. No votes were taken on policy matters during this portion of the meeting.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Local Government Committee Jul 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Triple with the League of California Cities and Patrick Sullivan, elected treasurer-tax collector of Lake
- I'm the treasurer-tax collector for Lake County, and I'm appearing on behalf of the Association of County
- Like many cities and counties, Lake County relies heavily on transient occupancy tax.
- Chair, members, Jason Gonzalves, representing the cities of Norwalk, Simi Valley, Indian Wells, Lake
- Jeff Neal, representing the boards of supervisors of Imperial County and Lake County, as well as the
Summary:
The committee heard multiple bills, with extensive discussion focused on short-term rental regulation, street vending, park/public safety financing, transit-oriented housing fees, and demographic data collection. SB 346 would require short-term rental platforms to provide local governments with listing addresses and related information to help collect transient occupancy taxes and enforce local ordinances; supporters argued cities and counties need the data to identify unlicensed operators and recover taxes, while opposition from platforms raised privacy and due process concerns and said administrative subpoenas already exist. The bill was amended and passed 7-0 to the Judiciary Committee. SB 635, the Street Vendor Business Protection Act, sought to protect street vendors’ personal information from being shared in ways that could expose them to federal immigration enforcement; supporters described raids and fear in vendor communities, and the bill passed 6-1 to Public Safety. SB 499 would clarify that certain park and recreation facilities designated in local safety or hazard mitigation plans can qualify for fee deferral exemptions when they serve emergency or public safety functions; supporters said parks can serve as fire buffers, evacuation sites, and recovery hubs, while some housing advocates sought a clearer nexus to development impacts. The bill passed as amended 6-0 to Appropriations. SB 358, which would modernize traffic impact fee rules to better reflect lower automobile trip generation for walkable, transit-oriented housing, drew support from housing and transportation advocates and passed 8-0 to Appropriations. SB 515, aimed at improving demographic data collection and reporting by local governments and state entities, passed to Appropriations on a 4-0 vote.
The committee also took up SB 276, presented by Assembly Member Stefani on behalf of Senator Wiener, which would allow San Francisco to create a permit-and-enforcement system for the sale of commonly stolen goods on sidewalks. Supporters said the measure is needed to address fencing operations and protect legitimate vendors, while emphasizing it is narrowly targeted and not aimed at food vendors or permitted sellers. The transcript ends during testimony on SB 276, with supporters from the Mission street vendor community and San Francisco Public Works describing enforcement problems and the need for clearer rules and city resources.
MN
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana Ports & Waterways Investment Commission May 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We have John Ringo, as we mentioned in roll call, from the Port of Lake Charles.
- We love to look at Lake Charles, but Lake Charles, by default, we typically have a tendency to go more
Summary:
The Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission met on May 14, 2026, with a quorum present and approved the July minutes. Leadership gave opening remarks welcoming new members and noting that the commission is now administratively housed with the Office of Multimodal Commerce, which is expected to provide staff support, resources, and help restart the commission’s strategic planning work. Commissioners said the next major agenda item will likely be consultant support and further work on the strategic plan.
The commission then repealed a prior July resolution that had requested a Louisiana Ports Infrastructure and Development Fund and identified critical projects for international trade and economic development. Members said the resolution was well-intentioned but premature because the projects had not been fully vetted, LED had not been sufficiently involved, and there was no clear funding plan. The repeal passed by motion and vote, with commissioners emphasizing that the projects themselves remain supported and will be revisited in a more thorough format through the strategic plan.
A major portion of the meeting focused on the collaborative marketing study for the five Lower Mississippi River ports. Joe Toomey and Ken Erickson of Polaris described a regional marketing strategy built from cargo analysis, stakeholder interviews, and port data, aimed at increasing trade, economic growth, foreign direct investment, infrastructure funding support, and long-term coordination. Commissioners and LED representatives said the effort shows stronger cooperation among the ports, will live at LED with a cooperative endeavor agreement, and is already being used in foreign investment outreach and as a possible template for other port regions.
The commission also received an update from the navigation and safety task force. Steve Wall, the new NOBER president, said he would continue the work begun by the late Captain Toby Waddington, who was honored with a moment of silence. Commissioners reported that recommendations from the task force are being implemented, including air gap sensors, bridge-related planning, and bundled dredging projects in the current capital outlay process. The meeting ended with no public comment and adjourned after commissioners indicated they would meet again in the next quarter.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- with a driver and a skier in Idaho has been legal since 2011, but only in a slalom course on public lakes
- bill does is it allows the skiing with the driver and observer to occur on all the other parts of the lake
- bill does is it allows the skiing with the driver and observer to occur on all the other parts of the lake
Committee:
House State Affairs
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Tourism Mar 11th, 2026
Special Committee on Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- They can talk to people about things to see and do in Hannibal or the lake or in southeast Missouri,
- Louis, Branson, Kansas City, Springfield, and the lake are tops.
- Louis Branson, Kansas City, Springfield, and the lake are tops.
Committee:
House Special Committee on Tourism
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Next, we have Dexton Lake. Next, we have Dexton Lake. Dexton, welcome to the committee.
- My name is Dexton Lake.
Committee:
Senate Agricultural Affairs
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 14 January, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, from um Horn Horn<00:12:16.160><c> Lake,</c><00:12:17.120><c> Mayor</c><00:12:17.440><c> Jimmy<
- /c><00:12:17.920><c> Stokes,</c><00:12:19.040><c> Alderman</c> Horn Lake, Mayor Jimmy Stokes, Alderman
- Horn Lake, Mayor Jimmy Stokes, Alderman Joshua<00:12:20.639><c> Langston,</c> Joshua Langston, Joshua
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 13th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- But for those of you that know me, I'm a Moses Lake kid. And we co-chair the Moses Lake Caucus.
- So if you have Moses Lake-specific issues, come talk to your chair and ranking member here.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Natural Resources
FL