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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment & Energy Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Environment & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2496 relates to tribal consultation conducted by the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
- As background, the EFSEC coordinates all evaluation and licensing steps for siting certain energy facilities
- and cultural sites within these areas.
- Evaluation Council.
- As briefly as I can, our culture and our sacred sites are not just property.
Keywords:
tribal consultation, energy facilities, site evaluation, environmental impact, policy regulation, environmental regulation, reporting obligations, energy laws, compliance, business impact, HB 2605, Washington asbestos law, naturally occurring fibrous silicate, asbestos-containing building materials, fibrous silicate materials, asbestos labeling, construction materials, renovation, repair and maintenance, EPA method
Summary:
The committee heard three bills. House Bill 2496 would expand tribal consultation in EFSEC siting reviews by requiring the full council, rather than only the chair, to conduct government-to-government consultations with federally recognized tribes, allow tribes to review and correct the consultation summary before it goes to the governor, and exempt those consultation meetings from the Open Public Meetings Act so long as no deliberation or commitments occur. The prime sponsor, Yakama Nation representatives, Washington Conservation Action, and IBEW Local 77 testified in support, emphasizing tribal sovereignty, protection of sacred and cultural resources, and the need for early consultation. The Association of Washington Business opposed the bill, raising ex parte and due process concerns for project applicants, while EFSEC said it supported the intent but had some wording concerns.
House Bill 2575 would reduce or eliminate several reporting requirements for utilities and the Department of Commerce, including shifting some annual reports to biennial or less frequent reporting, removing reporting on heat-related utility disconnections, and eliminating certain Commerce reports on utility resource adequacy and combined heat and power facilities. Representative Hall said the bill is intended to streamline duplicative or low-value reporting and save time and money. Commerce testified that the changes would simplify reporting while leaving key protections and other CETA-related reporting in place. Todd Myers supported reducing burdens but cautioned against losing information needed for resource adequacy, and a committee member asked about potential savings and whether any savings could be redirected to help customers with electric bills.
House Bill 2605 would raise the threshold for asbestos-containing building materials and create exemptions for commercial aggregates, asphalt, and concrete containing low levels of naturally occurring fibrous silicate material, removing those materials from certain labeling, use, and inspection requirements. Representative Lee said the bill would help lower construction and transportation costs by allowing local aggregate use while maintaining protections against deliberately added asbestos. The Washington Aggregate and Concrete Association supported the bill, saying it corrects an unintended overreach in prior law and that dust risks are limited and addressed by workplace safety rules. Committee members asked about road-building costs and worker exposure during crushing, and the sponsor and testifier said existing safety standards should address those concerns. No votes were taken; the chair closed each hearing and announced caucuses afterward.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- which can have all sorts of benefits, especially to the rural communities where they've seen them sited
- While this bill does not name data centers per se, it is clearly aimed at discouraging the siting of
- From a rural economic... ...at discouraging the siting of them in the state of Washington.
- Quincy has been involved with data center site selection and their recruitment for the past 20 years,
- Evaluation Council, where he worked on siting policy for streamlining the siting of new clean energy
Keywords:
energy facilities, large energy consumers, regulation, environment, sustainability, retail bags, pollution, customer impact, consumer-owned utilities, clean energy, port districts, market customers, energy transformation, renewable energy, public entities, electric generation, contracting, SB 6010, Washington energy siting, EFSEC
Summary:
The committee first moved into executive session on Senate Bill 5941, which would direct the State Building Code Council to exempt certain small school districts from the Washington State Energy Code requirement for onsite renewable energy systems on large new commercial buildings or additions. An amendment narrowing eligibility from districts with 1,000 or fewer students to 500 or fewer students was adopted, and the bill was then advanced from committee with a due pass recommendation to the Rules Committee.
The committee then held a public hearing on Senate Bill 6171, a proposed substitute bill addressing emerging large energy use facilities, primarily data centers. Staff described provisions requiring utilities to adopt tariffs or policies to prevent cost shifts, require long-term contracts and curtailment/demand-response terms, add reporting and sustainability requirements, impose renewable energy targets, change cap-and-invest allowance treatment, and create a fee to fund energy assistance, weatherization, and higher education. The sponsor said the bill is intended to protect ratepayers, preserve grid reliability, improve transparency, and ensure data centers pay their full costs while supporting affordability and workforce investments.
Testimony was mixed. Supporters included community action organizations, environmental groups, some utilities, state agencies, and student advocates, who emphasized ratepayer protection, transparency, clean energy planning, and funding for low-income energy assistance. Opponents and some local governments, ports, utilities, and industry representatives argued the bill is too prescriptive, could harm economic development and competitiveness, may conflict with existing utility practices and contracts, and could create problems with the Climate Commitment Act and CETA. No vote was taken on SB 6171, and the hearing closed with the bill left pending further committee action.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- on a Superfund site rather than allowing one to be permitted on a dump site.
- schools near dump sites.
- </c><01:18:34.800><c> in</c> as a potentially contaminated site in as a potentially contaminated site
- dump sites.
- sites or superf<01:25:46.960><c> fund</c><01:25:47.280><c> sites</c><01:25:47.880><c> will</c><01:25
Keywords:
school calendar, education, school year, Labor Day, state law, school construction, landfill, dump site, closed landfill, contaminated site, pollution control agency, school siting, public school, charter school, environmental health, student safety, brownfield, solid waste, waste disposal site, site contamination
WY
Bills:
HB0150
Keywords:
Wyoming business council, economic development, task force, evaluation, policy reform, 916, all
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- We submitted six sites and very good companies in those sites.
- We submitted six sites and very good companies in those sites.
- </c><00:50:21.040><c> that</c> understand a problem evaluate that understand a problem evaluate that
- Um so are our evaluation meth metrics.
- So So services for further evaluation.
Bills:
HB0150
Keywords:
Wyoming business council, economic development, task force, evaluation, policy reform, 916, all
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Children and Senior Advocacy
Bills:
HB493
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Apr 8th, 2025
Children and Senior Advocacy
Bills:
HB493
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 20, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, on the evaluation side, a court's ordering someone to be evaluated by the state hospital to determine
- </c><00:31:17.360><c> Now,</c> Now, on the evaluation side, a court's ordering someone to be evaluated
- So much more rapid on the evaluation side.
- So much more rapid on the evaluation side.
- side. much more rapid on the evaluation side.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/21/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- We have four program sites. We have 20 community group homes.
- We have five IDLA sites that we provide... We have 20 community group homes.
- We are right now in the process of closing one of our sites.
- We are right now in the process of closing one of our sites, our site in Avondale.
- for evaluation or treatment is filed.
Bills:
SB1001, SB1011, SB1016, SB1052, SB1072, SB1100, SB1112, SB1113, SB1116, SB1118, SB1120, SB1121, SB1122, SB1123, SB1124, SB1125
Keywords:
appropriation, economic security, blind individuals, older adults, state funding, medical examiners, sudden infant death, autopsy protocols, forensic pathology, public health, religious exemption, employment practices, COVID-19 vaccination, accommodation, discrimination, assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment & Energy Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Environment & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- would require the entire FSEC to conduct government-to-government consultation with tribes during siting
- would require the chair rather than the entire council to coordinate meetings with those tribes for site
- government-to-government consultation and how important that is for tribes to be able to talk about their sacred sites
- And if it were my land, I would understand that if people know a sacred site, they might go to it and
- This will help with affordability in homes, apartments, roads, and sites.
Keywords:
distributed energy, renewable energy, energy resources, sustainability, energy policy, extended producer responsibility, paint waste management, environmental regulations, recycling, microplastics, pollution, environmental protection, washing machines, water quality, energy facilities, large energy use, regulation, state oversight, infrastructure, oil tanker
Summary:
The committee met to executive a series of bills related to transportation, environmental regulation, energy, and utility policy. Staff briefed House Bill 2436 on escort tug horsepower requirements for oil tankers, House Bill 2605 on exemptions for low-asbestos commercial aggregates, asphalt, and concrete, House Bill 2301 on expanding the paint stewardship program to additional paint products, House Bill 2496 on tribal government-to-government consultation during energy facility siting reviews, House Bill 2296 on meter-mounted devices and portable solar generation devices, House Bill 2212 on microfiber filtration requirements for washing machines, and House Bill 2515 on rules and fees for emerging large energy use facilities such as data centers and cryptocurrency facilities. Several proposed substitutes were also explained, including changes to paint collection convenience standards, tribal consultation procedures, meter-device utility authority, delayed microfiber enforcement, and revisions to data-center reporting, fees, and utility tariff provisions.
The committee took public discussion on the measures before voting. Supporters of the tug, paint stewardship, tribal consultation, and aggregate bills emphasized safety, recycling, affordability, and improved government-to-government relations. The meter-mounted device bill drew debate over utility cost recovery and local government authority; amendments to require customer-paid costs and restore local prohibitions were offered but both failed. The microfiber bill was not acted on at this meeting. The large energy use facility bill prompted substantial debate over fees, grid reliability, water use, labor protections, and the impact on data center development; members split between concerns about taxation and infrastructure impacts versus the need for safeguards and transparency.
Final actions were taken on the remaining bills. Proposed Substitute House Bill 2296 passed out of committee on a 14-7 vote. Substitute House Bill 2301 passed 19-1. Substitute House Bill 2515 passed 11-10. House Bill 2436 passed unanimously, 21-0. Substitute House Bill 2496 passed 15-6. House Bill 2605 also passed unanimously, 21-0. The committee adjourned after reporting those bills out with due pass recommendations.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Subsequent on-site inspections for three years following the most recent inspection unless there's a
- Today, the assessor doesn't come to your home and evaluate your property every four years.
- They do evaluate agricultural property every four years.
- Yeah, the DOR Agricultural Evaluation Manual does account for fallowing and grazing issues.
- on site.
Bills:
HB2016, HB2104, HB2105, HB2174, HB2256, HB2289, HB2477, HB2903, HB2939, HB2979, HB2996, HB4103
Keywords:
tax penalties, filing, tax returns, administration, Arizona Revised Statutes, agricultural property, classification, county assessor, property inspection, appeal process, property tax, agricultural classification, Department of Revenue, property valuation, inspection notice, inspection report, on-site inspection, full cash value, rural land, farm land
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- And I wanted to... ...say we support the goal of the bill to evaluate our risk assessment tool.
- And we're currently working with them to evaluate and redesign our tool.
- Oh, we've kind of been working with them to evaluate different tools.
- My expertise is in the economic evaluation of health and nutrition policies.
- Our evaluation of Seattle's Fresh Bucks shows this clearly.
Keywords:
assessment practices, public policy, children, youth, families, evaluation, outcomes, SNAP, nutrition, public health, food access, unhealthy foods, benefit program, assistance, pilot program, state support, public welfare, 904, all
Summary:
The Senate Human Services Committee heard three bills on February 2. Senate Bill 6212, sponsored by Sen. Nobles, would create a Department of Commerce pilot program called the Families with Children Benefit Pilot, providing $300 per child per month to up to 1,000 eligible households for 24 months, with a control group receiving $20 per month. Committee staff said the pilot would begin in 2027 and require a report to the Legislature on whether a statewide program should be adopted. Sen. Nobles and several supporters argued the bill would reduce child poverty, improve family stability, and provide data on cash assistance; no vote was taken.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 6186, sponsored by Sen. Warnick, which would direct DSHS to seek a federal waiver to prohibit SNAP benefits from being used to buy candy and sweetened beverages. Staff noted a preliminary fiscal note of about $781,000 in the first biennium and $320,000 in the next, with costs tied to applying for and implementing the waiver. Sen. Warnick said she was open to possible carve-outs or a narrower approach. Testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with anti-hunger advocates, public health experts, grocers, and current or former SNAP users arguing the bill would be stigmatizing, hard to administer, costly for retailers and the state, and unlikely to improve diets; one witness supported the measure as a nutrition policy.
Senate Bill 6707, also sponsored by Sen. Warnick, would have WSIPP study DCYF’s screening tools and risk assessment processes for child welfare referrals and their effects on outcomes such as services, placements, re-referrals, and fatalities. DCYF said it supports evaluating its risk assessment work but is already doing similar work with Chapin Hall, including piloting the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, and asked how the bill would avoid duplication. The committee heard testimony on all three bills and then adjourned; members were reminded that amendments for Wednesday’s executive session are due by noon the next day.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, these are folks who are held either for competency evaluation or who are awaiting inpatient treatment
- Uh, we get approximately 40 orders a month for outpatient evaluations.
- or who are awaiting inpatient evaluation or who are awaiting inpatient treatment<00:47:53.359><c> uh
- We get about 10 orders a evaluations.
- Now we pretty much have the examinations covered that we do through forensic evaluator contracts, largely
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Meteorological evaluation towers are used to evaluate... ...locations for future wind turbines in an
- House Bill 2898 requires notice of intent to build a meteorological evaluation tower. ...tower to be
- It has to be entered by federal law into that site, and that is where the DOD and FAA...
- Then they make the notifications as part of their evaluation for the airspace process.
- that work put that into the system to evaluate its impact on any airports that are on our system.
Keywords:
Defense Economic Adjustment, grant applications, economic assistance, local government, Evaluation panel, judicial review, Texas Workforce Commission, unemployment compensation, legal proceedings, labor law, rural development, infrastructure, Texas economic fund, private investment, job creation, meteorological evaluation towers, wind resources, aviation safety, regulations, construction notice
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Feb 4th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
Keywords:
mathematics education, career pathways, applied algebra, college readiness, technical education, school counselors, educational standards, certification requirements, evaluation criteria, professional development, public school personnel, salary adjustment, performance salary schedule, cost-of-living adjustment, school administration
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met with a quorum present and first temporarily postponed SB 920 on mathematics education. The committee then took up SB 1216 on public school personnel compensation, sponsored by Senator Rodriguez, which would give districts more flexibility in educator pay by restoring meaningful cost-of-living adjustments for teachers with direct student contact, allowing recognition of relevant advanced degrees, and removing rigid performance-pay caps. Several senators spoke in support, emphasizing teacher retention, compensation, and education as a state investment. The bill was reported favorably on a unanimous roll call vote.
After a brief recess, the committee considered CS/SB 1036 on school counselors, sponsored by Senator Calatayud, to address counselor shortages by removing certification barriers tied to classroom teacher requirements. The sponsor and supporting testimony described recruitment and retention problems, high counselor-to-student ratios, and the need for counselors to focus on student academics, mental health, and college/career readiness rather than administrative duties. Public testimony came from students, educators, and school personnel who described limited access to counselors and the impact on student well-being and college planning.
Committee members broadly supported the bill while noting that counselors are often overburdened and that additional support personnel, including BRACE advisors, may also need attention in the future. Senators also discussed broader efficiency measures and the need for schools and colleges to improve access to guidance services. CS/SB 1036 was reported favorably by unanimous vote. At the end of the meeting, members recorded their votes on the two bills, and the committee adjourned.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity (7-29-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- We got approval from our accrediting body and CPE to start with two prison sites, Roeder and North Point
- We got approval from our accrediting body and CPE to start with two prison sites, Roeder and North Point
- We got approval from our accrediting body and CPE to start with two prison sites, Roeder and North Point
- We got approval from our accrediting body and CPE to start with two prison sites, Roeder and North Point
- We got approval from our accrediting body and CPE to start with two prison sites, Roeder and North Point
Keywords:
This meeting is taking place on location at the Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Building Room 238 using on site equipment., 958, all
Summary:
The interim Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity met at Kentucky State University and heard a presentation from President Kofi Aapo and Vice President Michael Dorsy on the university’s role as an HBCU and its current priorities. They emphasized Kentucky State’s impact on Black student outcomes nationally, its focus on workforce development, civic leadership, innovation, and economic mobility, and its efforts to grow enrollment, expand dual-credit partnerships, and launch a prison education program. They also described House Bill 250’s role in prompting program review and the creation or expansion of market-aligned offerings, including manufacturing engineering, agricultural engineering, biological and agricultural engineering, social work, criminal justice, and expanded online programs through “Thoroughbred Global.”
A major topic was Kentucky State’s move toward STEM and applied programs. President Aapo said the university is diversifying beyond liberal arts to meet workforce demand and cited plans for a PhD in agroecology, which he said would help farmers adapt to climate conditions and would be federally funded. He also discussed the nursing program as the fastest-growing on campus, partnerships with health systems that pay tuition and guarantee jobs, and the need for a new nursing facility. He said the current nursing space is inadequate and that a new building could double or triple enrollment in the program. He also described a mobile health initiative intended to bring preventive care and health education to underserved areas of the state.
Members asked questions about the nursing building, STEM strategy, teacher preparation, dual credit, prison education, and student readiness. Senator Bledsoe asked about the shift toward STEM, and Aapo said the strategy is based on student demand and data from House Bill 250. Senator Berg requested a list of dual-credit partners and encouraged long-term tracking of prison education participants to study outcomes such as recidivism; Aapo said the university has not yet begun that research but intends to. Senator Tidner asked about remedial needs, and Aapo said KSU found more than 100 students with zero GPAs when he arrived and is using co-requisite support and tutoring to address English and math deficiencies. Representative Brown and others highlighted the historical and ongoing value of HBCUs, and no votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 3rd Revision: Oreder revised Feb 18th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- to the start of session, and I received a couple emails from some families who had requested an evaluation
- If that's the case, the student at the end of the day is going to be evaluated for it.
- We're not asking them to change their evaluation. We're not asking them to qualify more people.
- , I think every family with a student with special needs is going to benefit knowing that those evaluations
Keywords:
extracurricular activities, charter schools, student eligibility, virtual education, Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, prayer, religious freedom, public schools, consent, First Amendment, school policy, paid maternity leave, school employees, public health, childcare, work-life balance, education, family leave, tuition, grant
WY
Keywords:
911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- And doesn't the courts refer those folks to the state hospital for evaluation?
- But the state hospital, we do pay forensic evaluators to conduct the Title 7 evaluations that are referenced
- But the state hospital, we do pay forensic evaluators to conduct the Title 7 evaluations that are referenced
- to conduct the title 7 evaluators to conduct the title 7 evaluations<01:03:20.240><c> that</c><01:03
- that are referenced in this evaluations that are referenced in this bill<01:03:22.000><c> and</c><01
Keywords:
911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- seven requirements related to one: duplicative positions; two: opportunities to consolidate; three: evaluation
- opportunities to<00:26:27.600><c> consolidate,</c><00:26:28.880><c> three</c><00:26:29.360><c> evaluation
- </c><00:26:30.000><c> with</c> to consolidate, three evaluation with to consolidate, three evaluation
Keywords:
911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development