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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 16, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- laws to improve benefits for federal laws to improve benefits for veterans<00:17:11.760><c> and</c><
- </c><01:17:37.840><c> Development</c> National Federal Development National Federal Development Association
- </c><02:47:17.600><c> litigation</c> corruption case and federal litigation corruption case and federal
- </c> charged with a federal offense. charged with a federal offense. They<02:53:07.760><c> know.
- It may be a cover-up and will be a cleanup if the courts find that there is a federal crime.
Keywords:
Orland Project, Central Valley Project, Sacramento Canal Unit, water transfer, water rights, drought relief, federal reclamation, Bureau of Reclamation, California water, irrigation, water management, Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act, Reclamation Reform Act, water users association, water supply, drought resilience
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- It conforms to used oil programs to current federal regulations, federal use warrant on emergency funding
- I would also add that about 70% of our lands are federal.
- ownership, federal and state lands, to access the minerals.
- and amendments to existing reclamation plans.
- and amendments to existing reclamation plans.
Bills:
HB2026 , HB2027 , HB2028 , HB2031 , HB2078 , HB2094 , HB2095 , HB2101 , HB2102 , HB2103 , HB2260 , HB2278 , HB2827 , HB2932 , HB2933 , HB2934 , HB2986 , HCM2009 , HCR2038
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply, written commitment of water service, groundwater savings credits, gray water reuse, replenishment district, Central Arizona Project
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, January 8, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 5th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- there are still bad actors who do not make disclosures to debtors about their legal rights under federal
Keywords:
private activity bonds, housing, residential rental projects, low-income, affordable housing, bond measures, funding equality, political subdivisions, public communications, election fairness, debt collection, consumer rights, disclosures, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, settlement agreements, State Board of Education, group benefits program, health insurance, state employees, dependents eligibility
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- It is one of my requests that I have submitted to the federal government It is one of my requests that
- I have submitted to the federal government for dollars to begin to make that a reality as we go into
- So this bill clarifies that these reclamation plan notices apply to new mines and not existing mines.
- ERCs are a federal requirement, not a county rule, and allow businesses to expand while continuing to
- meet federal air quality requirements.
Bills:
HB2014 , HB2031 , HB2078 , HB2102 , HB2103 , HB2117 , HB2261 , HB2262 , HB2264 , HB2278 , HB2428 , HB2494 , HB2756 , HB2758 , HB2762 , HB2782 , HB2932 , HB2933 , HB2986
Keywords:
air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, water rights, groundwater, Willcox, active management area, certificate of grandfathered rights, Arizona legislature, aggregate mining, reclamation plans, environmental protection, public safety, land use, domestic water, improvement district, water delivery, water hauling
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 7th, 2026
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
HB224, Alabama, obstructing governmental operations, first responder, emergency responder, police, firefighter, EMT, paramedic, public safety, harassment, interference with emergency personnel, crime, Class A misdemeanor, law enforcement, emergency scene, scene control, 100 feet, stay back order, public safety and homeland security
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 18th, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- dollars uh when when when down federal dollars uh when when when they<00:24:44.720><c> are</c><00:24
- It allows employees and teachers to purchase retirement credit from prior federal civil service.
- But this allows for the employee to purchase up to four years of qualified retirement from their federal
- </c><00:30:25.279><c> civil</c> retirement from their federal civil retirement from their federal civil
- </c><00:30:28.880><c> retire</c> big boost to their their federal retire big boost to their their federal
Bills:
HB589 , HB591 , HB609 , HB614 , SB57 , SB280 , SB332 , HB589 , HB591 , HB609 , HB614 , SB57 , SB280 , SB332 , HB627
Committee:
House Ways and Means General Fund
Keywords:
Jefferson County, building regulations, zoning, public health, building commissioner, permits, construction, land use, county tax, lodging tax, Henry County, transient accommodations, hospitality industry, local act, sheriff, sheriff's office, task force, abandoned property, stolen property, unclaimed property
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- This has been granted two federal leases by the Trump administration, and it gets federal royalties that
- </c><00:12:52.079><c> leases</c> This has been granted two federal leases This has been granted two federal
- But these will be the only federal coal mines.
- </c><00:16:51.199><c> funds,</c> receiving those fun those federal funds, receiving those fun those federal
- They're still not on the federal coal yet, but they made the hole.
Committee:
House Ways and Means General Fund
Keywords:
impoundment, driver licenses, vehicle redemption, local identification cards, law enforcement, HB285, TJ's Law, traffic infraction, traffic ticket, uniform traffic ticket and complaint, minor driver, juvenile driver, parent notification, guardian notification, emergency contact, citing agency, traffic citation, driver safety, youth safety, Alabama traffic law
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances REVISED: HB3530 - Added Feb 11th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
Keywords:
alcoholic beverages, personal use permit, manufacturing, excise tax, Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, medical marijuana, license transfer, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, moratorium, business regulation, commercial grower licenses, licensing restrictions, agriculture, alternative nicotine products, vaping, regulations, manufacturing standards, packaging requirements, penalties, Attorney General
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Business and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- The vast majority of our credit union customers are with credit unions that are federally chartered.
Bills:
SB1241 , SB1242 , SB1442 , SB1592 , SB1623 , SB1625 , SB1913 , SB1940 , SB1949 , SB2102 , SB592 , SB992
Committee:
Senate Business and Insurance
Keywords:
ticket sales, resale, consumer protection, fraud, bots, transparency, refunds, event tickets, medical marijuana, cannabis, marijuana license, commercial grower, grow operation, bond requirement, land reclamation fee, revolving fund, environmental remediation, redevelopment, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, OMMA
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That takes us out of the fiscal... ...cycle at the federal level, which might cause us to lose hundreds
Committee:
House Natural Resources
Keywords:
SB 612, Texas Water Code, Section 49.2127, conservation and reclamation district, water district, reclamation district, developer fees, pipeline construction, water pipeline, sewer pipeline, associated infrastructure, subdivision infrastructure, cost recovery, fee cap, actual reasonable documented costs, engineering fees, legal fees, inspection fees, infrastructure relocation, utility connections
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight REVISION 2: Delayed until 11:30 AM
Health and Human Services Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think if, you know, the federal... ...a crime. They're in this country illegally.
- And I think if, you know, the federal government finds out that they are here illegally, they knew when
- DHS to modify and mirror the statutes related to background checks with child care workers at the federal
Bills:
HB2947 , HB2964 , HB3143 , HB3144 , HB3342 , HB3344 , HB3519 , HB3522 , HB3530 , HB3645 , HB3647 , HB3834 , HB4300 , HB4422 , HB4423
Committee:
House Health and Human Services Oversight
Keywords:
behavioral health, Medicaid expansion, clinical interns, mental health services, licensing requirements, medical records, patient rights, privacy, fees, healthcare access, legal claims, medical marijuana, license transfer, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, moratorium, business regulation, commercial grower licenses, licensing restrictions, agriculture, Medicaid
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances REVISED: SB1501 - Added Apr 8th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative, with the federal government moving toward Schedule 3.
- Is there any concern that this will be reversed by federal action if you're changing Schedule 3 to Schedule
- gotranabin Um, what I was seeing is dryabinol or Marinol has been a Schedule 3 here in Oklahoma, but federally
- This will actually mirror the federal law to a tee. So, renabinolmarinol needs to stay at 3.
- Senate Bill 444 would simply align state law with federal regulations and would allow certified and licensed
Keywords:
SB65, naloxone, Narcan, opioid overdose, overdose reversal, opioid antagonist, emergency opioid antagonist, substance abuse services, harm reduction, public health, overdose prevention, good samaritan, civil immunity, criminal immunity, controlled substances, addiction treatment, fentanyl, opioid crisis, school overdose response, first aid
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Addressing here, Senate Bill 1510 involves two different things: bonding requirements and reclamation
- the title is that I've received some pushback from people on both sides of the aisle about the reclamation
- The reclamation cost after they've left this facility high and dry far exceeds what the bond is.
- other industries, that if the pattern gets going where the industry is not held accountable to the reclamation
Committee:
Senate Energy
Keywords:
environmental permitting, Oklahoma, Department of Environmental Quality, public participation, regulatory framework, administered applications, energy, wind energy, financial assurance, property restoration, environmental regulation, mining, blasting, residential protection, buffer zone, Department of Mines, public utilities, electric transmission lines, landowner rights, payment regulations
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- In that messaging, we heard words like expenditures over revenue, inflation, federal government policies
- In that messaging, we heard words like expenditures over revenue, inflation, federal government policies
- What is a Water Reclamation facility, and what does it protect?
- </c> district um what is a Water Reclamation district um what is a Water Reclamation facility<01:40:16.320
- </c> facility that is our Water Reclamation facility that is our Water Reclamation facility<01:40:59.719
Bills:
HF220 , HF230 , HF240 , HF241 , HF295 , HF429 , HF490 , HF505 , HF574 , HF576 , HF581 , HF865 , HF918 , HF1085 , HF1449 , HF1452 , HF1454 , HF602
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
HF220, Minnesota transportation, highway user tax distribution fund, trunk highway fund, Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT, transportation finance, dedicated funds, funding restrictions, arts in transportation, cultural strategies, transportation project planning, project design, project construction, placemaking, public art, infrastructure spending, state statutes 161.045, HF230, Wyoming
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:36:15.280><c> Um,</c><00:36:15.680><c> for</c> federal and local dollars.
- Um, for federal and local dollars.
- If reductions in federal spending 2021.
- </c><00:40:26.720><c> transportation</c> cut in federal transportation cut in federal transportation
- Um, from uh in terms of federal funds.
Bills:
HF220 , HF230 , HF240 , HF241 , HF295 , HF429 , HF490 , HF505 , HF574 , HF576 , HF581 , HF865 , HF918 , HF1085 , HF1449 , HF1452 , HF1454 , HF602
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
Keywords:
HF220, Minnesota transportation, highway user tax distribution fund, trunk highway fund, Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT, transportation finance, dedicated funds, funding restrictions, arts in transportation, cultural strategies, transportation project planning, project design, project construction, placemaking, public art, infrastructure spending, state statutes 161.045, HF230, Wyoming
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Mar 18th, 2026
State Government
Committee:
House State Government
Keywords:
expungement, criminal records, courts, victim rights, rehabilitation, Alabama law, SB337, Montgomery County, probate judge, judge of probate, county officer compensation, salary increase, circuit judge parity, local legislation, county commission, general fund, public official pay, judicial compensation, Montgomery County Legislation, construction management
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/13/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- Because these are federally funded through the ARPA program, if any of you are familiar with that, there
- And also reclamation and reuse, so treating reclaimed water from Mexico and Colorado.
- conservation districts at the state level, which is exciting because it allows us to go into the federal
- conservation districts at the state level, which is exciting because it allows us to go into the federal
- So money... ...so monies that are available at the federal level can be drawn down by the state at the
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
water infrastructure finance authority, WIFA, water supply development, snowpack augmentation, cloud seeding, water augmentation, water financing, water infrastructure, Arizona water law, water conservation, groundwater recharge, stormwater recharge, reclamation and reuse, water rights, water supply projects, public-private partnership, long-term water augmentation fund, water provider, desalination, drought mitigation
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So sometimes when we have uncertainty at the federal level, we will see kind of carved out language that
- Being that broadband is already very heavily subsidized by federal and state taxpayer money, why are
- Investment there, despite the fact that there were federal and state incentives.
- align their investment based on the maximum number of taxpayer dollars that they can extract from the federal
- In addition to the billion dollars coming in from the federal government of taxpayers' dollars, you're
Bills:
SB2102 , SB1940 , SB1625 , SB1442 , SB1623 , SB1242 , SB1949 , SB1592 , SB1913 , SB592 , SB992 , SB1241 , SB259 , SB1928 , SB1426 , SB1531 , SB1561 , SB1122
Keywords:
credit card fees, merchant discounts, payment card network, interchange fees, transparency in fees, Oklahoma law, payment card, rebate, merchant, tax compliance, health insurance, mandate, impact analysis, insurance department, public health, access to healthcare, SB1442, alcoholic beverage control, ABLE Commission, liquor license fees
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We registered as Jennifer Walker on behalf of the National Wildlife Federation for the bill.
- I'm the director of the Texas Coastal Water Program at National Wildlife Federation and I'm testifying
- We also have experience leveraging other funds from state and federal sources, including Texas Water
Committee:
House Natural Resources
Keywords:
coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation