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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 17th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • consumption from the water management district.
  • body within 150 feet to be equipped with at least one water or pool safety feature.
  • Beyond that is the beach and the water.
  • Water quality is central to our state's environment, economy, and quality of life.
  • This bill delivers meaningful solutions to improve water quality statewide.
Summary: The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and considered a long agenda of bills, many of them retained from the prior week. The most debated measure was CS for SB 706, which would preempt naming of major commercial service airports to the state and designate Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport, subject to FAA approval and a trademark agreement. Amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to prevent private financial benefit from the naming. Several senators spoke in opposition, citing concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and the trademark/licensing arrangement; supporters argued there was no cost to the airport and that the bill simply set a state naming policy. The committee reported the bill favorably after a roll call vote. The committee also reported favorably CS for SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements, CS for CS for SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, CS for SB 1500 on uncontested probate proceedings, SB 962 on excluding farms from certain zoning definitions, and CS for SB 820 on problem-solving court reporting requirements. The committee then approved several bills from Senator DiCeglie and Senator Arrington. SB 840, addressing land-use regulations for local governments affected by natural disasters, was supported by local-government and environmental advocates who said it would restore local control after SB 180’s hurricane-related restrictions; the sponsor said it was intended to correct unintended consequences of last year’s law. CS for SB 856, requiring online listing platforms to show estimated ad valorem taxes on residential listings, was amended to exclude social media platforms and broaden liability protections; the sponsor and a county property appraiser described it as a consumer-transparency measure. CS for SB 110, clarifying homestead exemption treatment for long-term leases that end at death, was also reported favorably. The committee took up a controversial strike-all amendment to SB 212, which focused on public swimming pools and added residency and related restrictions for certain sex offenders and offenders on community control or probation. The amendment drew strong opposition from advocates and affected families, who argued it would worsen homelessness, impose broad geographic restrictions, and lack evidence of improving child safety; supporters said it was a targeted public-safety measure. Despite the objections, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also approved SB 684 on electronic signatures for total-loss vehicle and vessel titles, SB 394 on reinsurance intermediary managers, SB 434 on property tax assessment treatment for wind-hardening improvements, CS for CS for SBs 658 and 608 on water-safety requirements for rental properties with pools or nearby water, SB 748 on adding voting-rights restoration information to sentencing score sheets, and CS for SB 824 requiring school districts to inventory unimproved real property. The meeting ended while the committee was beginning SB 848 on stormwater treatment, with an amendment being introduced as the transcript cut off.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 24th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 24th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lucie River Water Control District, St. Lucie County.
  • Lucie River Water Control District in St.
  • Lucie River Water Control District. Are there any amendments? None on the desk.
  • This bill makes the water control district...
  • However, I feel like we start getting into dangerous waters when we start to...
Summary: The Florida House of Representatives conducted legislative business including prayer, pledge, and voting on multiple bills. Key legislation included HB 1105 expanding Florida Bright Futures Scholarship eligibility, HB 443 on charter school regulations (passed 83-23), and HB 1539 on materials harmful to minors (passed 81-29) after extensive debate about book challenges in schools. Other bills addressed education funding, law enforcement benefits, parole guidelines, and various local issues. The Speaker announced budget negotiations with the Senate have stalled, with disagreements over spending levels and tax cuts. The House will not meet this weekend as originally planned. Session adjourned until tomorrow at 10 AM.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 24th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have Water District President Santos Cantu and everybody else who's here from Jim.
  • HB number 29 by Grady's relating to water losses reported by certain municipally owned utilities to the
  • Texas water development board authorizing administrative penalties.
  • Speaker, members, the six largest cities in Texas lost over 88 billion gallons of water in 2023.
  • the threshold set by the Water Development Board.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2026-04-16

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's some of the cleanest surface water, raw water, in the state.
  • It's some of the cleanest surface water, raw water, in the state.
  • c><00:48:57.119> water from our water supply to our water from our water supply to our water treatment
  • It's some of the cleanest<00:49:06.880> uh<00:49:07.040> surface<00:49:07.520> water
  • <00:49:08.559> um cleanest uh surface water um cleanest uh surface water um raw<00:49:10.880
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/27/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • In one Phoenix park, a recent widow was charged an average of $175 a month for water and sewer only.
  • On average last year, they lost $19,861 for electric and $17,970 on water.
  • the manufactured homeowners, they might never reach that second tier of water because we're not... .
  • ..of the homeowners, they might never reach that second tier of water.
  • They have a master meter, whether it's water or electric.
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several bills. HB 2192, a child influencer bill, would require compensation for minors featured in monetized content to be placed in trust, allow takedown requests for content as minors become adults, and create remedies for sexualized depictions of minors. The sponsor and Google described it as a modern Coogan-trust style protection; some members raised concerns about the age-13 and age-18 provisions, but the bill received a do pass recommendation on a 9-0 vote with two present. HB 2501, an agency bill, conformed Arizona’s definition of appraisal management company to federal law and passed unanimously. HB 2693, which revises bona fide association rules to allow statewide chambers or business leagues to operate self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements, drew support from the Chamber and small-business advocates but opposition from a coalition citing possible federal preemption; it passed as amended on an 8-1 vote. HB 2010, the digital goods disclosure bill, required clearer notice that online “purchases” may be licenses, prorated refunds if access changes, and removed some penalty language in amendment; supporters said it would reduce consumer confusion, while retailers argued federal law already covers the issue. It passed as amended 11-0. The committee also approved HB 2279, which limits liability for Grand Canyon river outfitters for inherent risks of rafting while preserving claims for gross negligence or intentional acts, despite constitutional objections from opponents; it passed 7-4. HB 2690, which tightens unemployment insurance eligibility by adding work-search and fraud cross-check requirements, was opposed by advocates who said it would add red tape and burden eligible claimants, but it passed 7-4. HB 2310, clarifying that qualified marketplace contractor agreements may be terminated unilaterally by the contractor, passed 10-0. HB 2555, requiring retail businesses to accept cash for purchases of $100 or less and banning cash fees, passed as amended 9-1 after debate over consumer access and business flexibility. Finally, HB 2199, which expands required education for RV park managers and shifts some enforcement duties to the Department of Housing, passed as amended 7-0 with three present. The committee then considered HB 2459, which would let mobile home park landlords recover actual utility charges and add an administrative fee for submetering; supporters said it would address overcharges and improve transparency, while opponents warned it could increase costs and confusion. The transcript cuts off before the final action on HB 2459.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We spent two years talking about old water and new water, and, oh, it's Grandpa's fault.
  • excess nitrates show up in the water now excess nitrates show up in the water now we<00:14:21.759>
  • ><00:14:25.279> oh<00:14:25.440> it's water and new water and oh it's water and new water
  • does not mean water quality enrolled does not mean water quality improved<00:17:44.799> because
  • Surface water and groundwater are connected through springs bringing groundwater to the surface, and
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Aug 21st, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • At some point, it may still be surface water; it just depends. as mysterious and occult as the court
  • The water coming down the Trinity River, which is surface water, I'm assuming, is primarily allocated
  • It gets even more complicated when we're talking about groundwater-surface water interaction when water
  • Surface water to groundwater. We need to know, you know, we can't manage what we don't measure.
  • Scope that you might develop for a groundwater-surface water interaction study.
Bills: HB24, HB27, HB24, HB27
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Jan 31st, 2026 at 09:07 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I told friends who came over, don't brush your teeth using that water; we use bottled water because
  • But everybody deserves clean water. Across the board, everybody deserves clean water.
  • But everybody deserves clean water. Across the board, everybody deserves clean water.
  • But everybody deserves clean water. Across the board, everybody deserves clean water.
  • And I certainly, and I certainly, water. Across the board, everybody deserves clean water.
Bills: SB47, SB110, SB122, SB143, SB168
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 11th, 2026 at 11:17 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill 193, introduced by Senators Campos and Haramy and Representative Gonzales, an act relating to water
  • Senate Bill 193, an act relating to water, increasing the annual transfer from the New Mexico Irrigation
  • Infrastructure Fund, has been read by title and is referred to the House Agriculture, Acequias and Water
  • Bill 193, introduced by Senators Campos and Haramy and Representative Gonzalez, an act relating to water
  • Your House Ag, ASECIA, and Water Resources Committee is meeting tomorrow morning at 9.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's collected in the spring of the year after the water is used when the water users file their annual
  • reports, and then the water users pay the fee, typically in March.
  • So it just depends on how much water is withdrawn. $0.50 per acre-foot.
  • So it just depends on how much water is withdrawn.
  • So, ...on the same surface area, on the forest roads, OHV trails, et cetera.
Summary: The committee took up several appropriations and policy bills, beginning with SB 1488, which would provide $600,000 for a workforce development study on coal-impacted communities in northern Arizona, including areas affected by the closure of the Navajo Generating Station. The sponsor and supporters said the study is intended to help communities transition economically, diversify, and support new jobs; the bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 7-0 vote. SB 1523, appropriating $340,000 to the Navajo Nation for the Ganado waterline pipeline project, was also advanced after testimony that the project would bring clean drinking water to about 235 homes and that the remaining funding gap had been reduced to the requested amount; it passed 7-0 with one member not voting. The committee then approved SB 1041, which would appropriate $500,000 to the Arizona Trail Fund. Supporters described the Arizona Trail as a statewide recreational and cultural asset that needs maintenance and continued support, and the bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 7-0 vote. SB 1445, which would allow smaller cities and towns to use approved on-site bacteriological testing equipment and limit how often ADEQ may require sampling, drew concern from one member about whether the language could be read as restricting sampling during discharge events, but supporters said it would save small towns money; it passed 5-3. Members also advanced SB 1580, a $2.545 million appropriation for fire incident management software and hardware for fire and law enforcement agencies. Fire officials said the platform would improve accountability, information sharing, drone integration, and interoperability during incidents; the bill passed 5-3. SB 1363, which would create additional rural dispensary licensing opportunities for underserved areas, drew support from rural advocates and opposition from the dispensary industry over the number of licenses and transferability language; it passed 8-0. SB 1418, which would streamline siting for small modular nuclear reactors in certain counties, was supported by proponents who argued it would help Arizona meet future energy demand and opposed by counties and environmental groups concerned about local zoning, public review, and waste; it passed 5-3. Finally, SB 1419, a rooftop solar consumer-protection bill requiring added disclosures and inspections, was supported by county officials and some consumer advocates but opposed by solar industry representatives and environmental groups who said it could discourage rooftop solar and restrict speech; it passed 6-2. The committee then began hearing SB 1447, which would extend the groundwater withdrawal fee moratorium and related fund deadlines for Pinal County water projects, with supporters saying the extension is needed to continue well rehabilitation and infrastructure work after Colorado River and CAP-related cuts.