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NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/08/2025)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • They'd have to hire an energy consultant, at least one, maybe more, and engineers to look at this.
  • </c><00:54:19.920><c> to</c><00:54:20.160><c> look</c><00:54:20.319><c> at</c> maybe more, and engineers
  • analysis that we might not engineering analysis that we might not have<01:13:12.320><c> in</c><01:13
  • </c><01:13:18.800><c> expertise</c><01:13:19.199><c> that</c> to have the engineering expertise that
  • to have the engineering expertise that might<01:13:19.600><c> be</c><01:13:19.760><c> necessary.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 1st, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • quality science and math and engineering quality science and math and engineering programs across the
  • program but that's programs engineering program but that's programs engineering program but that's why
  • programs that even now go uh engineering programs that even now go uh engineering programs that even
  • school, till I hit engineering school, till I hit engineering school, University of Alabama, my first
  • were you I'm petroleum engineer engineer were you I'm petroleum engineer engineer were you I'm petroleum
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/10/25

Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Transcript Highlights:
  • This would take us out of alignment with existing engineering practice, with hundreds and hundreds of
  • practice out of existing engineering practice out of alignment<00:44:56.119><c> with</c><00:44:56.319
  • </c><00:45:02.640><c> documentation</c> Decades of uh engineering documentation Decades of uh engineering
  • Robinson I'm a professional engineer Robinson I'm a professional engineer with<00:57:59.400><c> over<
  • </c><01:13:14.800><c> for</c> a residential solar design engineer for a residential solar design engineer
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:07 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • some of the startup companies nationwide that are leading in, for instance, low carbon cement, engineered
  • Another example is engineered wood. In parts of New Mexico, we have, we need to thin our forests.
  • Well, engineered wood can take the small diameter lumber, process it in the sawmill, and then turn it
Keywords: 996, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • session the legislature passed Bill 14, which allows real estate developers to hire a third-party engineer
  • local government they're dealing with, or they can choose to hire a third party. estate licensed engineer
  • Your foundation letter to confirm your slab qualifies and follows the structural plans is by an engineer
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • The most important level is the engineers from the different agencies, right?
  • Some of these capabilities we're talking about could be paid for agencies and the other engineers to
  • I do and I think that it would be helpful to work with the right people and bring in some engineers you
Summary: The meeting centered on the critical examination of spectrum policy and its implications for innovation and national security. The committee discussed the lapse of the FCC's spectrum auction authority, which has been in effect since March 2023, emphasizing the urgency of restoring this authority to maintain U.S. technological leadership against competitors like China. Witnesses provided testimony regarding the need for adaptive and reconfigurable spectrum technologies to enhance communication capabilities for both civilian and military applications. Senator Klobuchar highlighted the importance of modernizing 9-1-1 systems and ensuring robust emergency communication frameworks leveraging new spectrum innovations.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • contamination and demolished an old nuclear reactor, and now the former arsenal is once again an engine
  • It ranges from physics to engineering, to material science, to magnet technology.
  • There is a financial connection between the two that is not captured in engineering studies, but one
  • Army Corps of Engineers as an input of Boston's Planning Department and the U.S.
  • It reduces greenhouse gas emissions, in particular particulate matter from tires and engines.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee hearing focused on a broad set of climate, energy, and environmental justice proposals. Early testimony strongly supported the Climate Change Superfund or “Polluter Pays” bill (H.1014/S.58), which would assess the largest fossil fuel emitters for a one-time fee based on historic emissions to fund climate adaptation. Sponsors argued the bill is modeled on Superfund cleanup principles, would target only the largest multinational polluters, would not be passed on to consumers, and would direct a significant share of funds to environmental justice communities. Committee members asked about the number of companies covered, consumer impacts, and whether the bill would address other forms of environmental destruction; sponsors said it was limited to major fossil fuel companies with a Massachusetts footprint and did not cover other pollution sources. The committee also heard testimony on a fusion energy compact proposal (S.673) that would direct the administration to develop a framework for a New England regional compact to accelerate fusion research, workforce development, and supply-chain growth. Supporters from MIT and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities said fusion could become a major clean-energy and economic opportunity, but acknowledged the technology is not yet commercially viable and still has unresolved technical, cost, and waste-management questions. Members pressed on environmental impacts, siting, waste, costs, and whether the bill would create a compact or only a framework; sponsors said it would only create the framework and that the administration would need to negotiate with other states. Another major topic was a pilot program for nature-based climate solutions (H.971/S.??), backed by legislators, Boston Harbor Now, and UMass Boston’s Stone Living Lab. Witnesses said the bill would help speed permits for research and demonstration projects such as living shorelines, marsh restoration, and hybrid “green-to-gray” flood protections, while maintaining safeguards and protecting Indigenous and historic resources. Committee members asked how the proposal would interact with other permitting reforms and whether it could conflict with housing or wetland-related streamlining; supporters said it was complementary and aimed at making projects faster, more affordable, and more data-driven. The hearing also covered climate-safe buildings and climate adaptation funding bills. Supporters of H.1004/S.583 said current building codes do not adequately account for future flooding, heat, and wind, and the bill would add climate expertise to the building board, allow stretch resilience codes, expand floodplain standards, and create a retrofit program. Related testimony backed H.938/S.572, which would create a dedicated climate and community resilience fund financed by a small fee on property insurance premiums; advocates said it would provide stable long-term revenue for adaptation, especially in environmental justice communities, and help replace unreliable federal funding. One witness from CLF supported the climate-safe buildings and funding bills but opposed S.560/H.939 as too broad. The committee also heard testimony on airport air-quality legislation (H.997) calling for more monitoring and mitigation of ultra-fine particulate pollution around Logan Airport and Massport communities. No votes were taken during the hearing.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I hire an engineer. The engineer does the plans.
  • And it is definitely on the private sector to anybody who puts there, I'll just use their engineer...
  • So I hire an engineer, engineer does the plans, I'm able to deal with a hundred-year, or not a sure,
  • And it is definitely on the private sector to anybody who puts there, I'll just use their engineer, .
  • These same builders are hiring architects and engineers to design property that consumers will purchase
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

GVO DEFER, GVO Public Hearings 02-04-2025

Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm here on behalf of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii.
  • The ACC represents more than 70 member firms here in Hawaii—civil, electrical, mechanical engineers,
  • I'm here on behalf of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii.
  • The ACC represents more than 70 member firms here in Hawaii—civil, electrical, mechanical engineers,
  • and it compared School of Engineering and it compared in-house<00:30:11.480><c> design</c><00:30:11.919
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee met on February 4, 2025, for decision making on previously heard measures, then later held hearings on additional bills. Early action focused on several measures that were amended and advanced, including SB 161 on state project exemptions from county permitting, which was heavily revised to allow programmatic or project-specific agreements with counties, require public reporting of exempted projects, and create a working group to study broader permitting and construction coordination issues. The committee also advanced SB 635 on energy efficiency with changes shifting survey leadership to the Hawaii State Energy Office, SB 700 on resilience hubs after narrowing it to focus on emergency-service-capable hubs and removing distributed energy language, SB 869 on community outreach boards with a technical amendment, SB 1081 on a legislative budget office by converting it to a feasibility study, SB 711 on gubernatorial appointments with a salary threshold change, SB 405 on neighborhood board agendas with a committee-report note about OIP concerns, SB 381 with privacy issues deferred to Judiciary, SB 2 as a two-year pilot for fruit tree planting in selected districts, SB 239 on disaster preparedness with sheltering revisions, and SB 998 as introduced with a cost estimate for site selection work. Several measures were deferred or not advanced, including SB 615, which was deferred indefinitely, SB 1132, which the chair said would be set aside in favor of another childcare bill, and SB 111, which was not taken up further because of confusion during an earlier hearing. During the later hearing portion, SB 1175 on procurement drew testimony from the State Procurement Office, which supported the bill but corrected its estimated database revision cost from $7,500 to $30,000; the Department of Transportation also appeared, while the General Contractors Association submitted opposition. Committee members questioned whether the past-performance database should include more detailed quality information and whether a one-year post-completion review would be useful, but no amendment was adopted at that time. SB 1587 on retainage received written support from the Subcontractors Association of Hawaii and no opposition in the room. SB 1543 on government accountability, which would require justification for outside consultants and cap consultant spending, drew opposition from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii, which argued it could slow procurement, reduce flexibility, and worsen delays given existing vacancies and limited in-house expertise. The Public First Law Center supported the related transparency bill discussed in the hearing, arguing it would close a loophole by making contractor-created records used in government functions subject to disclosure under UIPA, while the Attorney General’s office opposed it. The transcript ends with that testimony still underway, and no final vote is shown for the later hearing bills.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • We become the best engine of social and economic mobility that we know of.
  • As you know, the CSU is California and the nation's greatest engine of socioeconomic mobility.
  • I look at Sac State, their engineering school, I think their facilities are from the '60s, so that is
  • Of course, engineering is in particular important, so I want to acknowledge that.
  • We talked about STEM, engineering, and everything else.
Summary: The subcommittee heard opening remarks and updates from UC President James Milliken and CSU Chancellor Mildred Garcia on the state of higher education, including federal funding losses, civil rights/Title IX compliance, enrollment, housing, and budget needs. Both leaders emphasized the value of UC and CSU to California’s workforce, research, and economic mobility, while warning that federal grant cancellations, investigations, and changes to student aid are creating major financial and operational strain. UC reported losing or having at risk more than 1,600 grants and over $1 billion in research activity, while CSU said it had lost more than 200 grants totaling about $161 million, including minority-serving institution grants that affected student support programs. Both systems said they are investing in civil rights services and trying to limit the release of personally identifiable information in response to federal requests. The committee then reviewed the higher education student housing grant program. Finance and Legislative Analyst’s Office staff said the governor’s budget does not include major new changes but continues support for the program. CSU reported 12 approved projects that will add about 5,047 beds, with roughly 75% below market rate, and said it has about 68,000 beds systemwide, a 92% occupancy rate, and ongoing housing insecurity among students. UC said its housing projects have added more than 7,000 beds when reduced-rent and regular-rent units are combined, but nearly 10,000 students were on housing wait lists at the start of fall 2025. Both systems described rapid rehousing efforts, emergency beds, and partnerships with community colleges, and UC noted several joint housing projects, including at Riverside, Merced, and Santa Cruz. Members discussed whether future housing bonds and use of surplus school sites could help expand capacity. In the enrollment section, the LAO recommended maintaining UC’s 2026-27 resident undergraduate target, funding enrollment growth separately from base increases, pausing the nonresident reduction plan at the three highest-demand UC campuses, and holding UC enrollment flat in 2027-28. For CSU, the LAO recommended revising the 2026-27 enrollment expectation downward to reflect updated projections, while also funding enrollment growth separately and holding enrollment flat in 2027-28. CSU said it has rebounded from pandemic-era declines, is above its funded target by about 3,000 FTE, and is shifting about $89 million and 10,000 FTE from lower-demand campuses to higher-demand ones while developing turnaround plans for seven campuses with sustained enrollment declines, including Sonoma State. UC said it has already exceeded its compact enrollment goals and is planning continued growth, but that sustaining it depends on ongoing state support. Members raised concerns about campus-specific enrollment declines, nonresident caps at UC San Diego, and the need for stronger turnaround plans and teacher preparation pathways. The final section covered core operations and deferred payments: Finance said the governor proposes another one-year deferral of about $129.7 million for UC and $143.8 million for CSU, and the LAO recommended retiring the deferrals when one-time funds are available. CSU described rising compensation, financial aid, utilities, insurance, and deferred maintenance costs, and said it is pursuing cost-saving measures such as procurement alignment, campus integration, and shared administrative services.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Nov 17th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we are sending our economy... and our engineers to participate with their peers across the country
  • engineers that, say, the Department of Transportation has.
  • They're electrical engineers; they're specially trained. There's a whole energy engineering sector.
  • So, those are the types of engineers we're trying to find.
  • They're also the types of engineers that Sandia National Labs is trying to find.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on State Government. (6-23-26)

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • OFD is comprised of two divisions, the Division of Engineering and Contract Administration, DECA, as
  • of Engineering and Contract Administration,<01:04:14.880><c> DECA</c><01:04:15.240><c> as</c><01:04:
  • ,<01:04:43.560><c> and</c><01:04:43.680><c> construction</c><01:04:44.240><c> contracts,</c> engineering
  • </c><01:07:26.000><c> projects</c> architectural and engineering projects architectural and engineering
  • The complexity of this work requires expertise in procurement, architecture, engineering, construction
Keywords: 958, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Fri Feb 7, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have Parac Technologies and Makai Ocean Engineering in support. Aloha.
  • I represent Parac Technologies as well as Makai Ocean Engineering.
  • <01:33:33.800><c> ocean</c> parac Technologies and maai ocean parac Technologies and maai ocean engineering
  • <01:33:35.639><c> would</c><01:33:36.040><c> um</c><01:33:36.159><c> in</c> engineering would um in engineering
  • um to be brief um the ocean engineering um to be brief um the local<01:33:48.800><c> tech</c><01:33:
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee on Economic Development and Technology met on February 7, 2025, to hear testimony on several bills and later take up amendments and votes. HB 1405, HB 1406, and HB 1407 drew broad support from business, housing, utility, and development groups, with no opposition noted on those measures. Testifiers generally said the bills would streamline permitting, improve coordination, and expand support for chambers of commerce and small businesses. After recess, the chair recommended amendments to each bill, including changes to broaden eligibility, add reporting requirements, and include funding and staffing notes. HB 1405 was amended to allow certain projects with one state and one county permit to qualify, require annual DBEDT reports to the Legislature, and note one full-time position and $125,000 in funding; the committee voted to pass it with amendments. HB 1406 was amended to move the intergovernmental task force from DBEDT to the House Legislature, add a Speaker-appointed chair, and include a $125,000 appropriation note; it also passed with amendments. HB 1407 was amended to convert the chamber support from a grant process to an RFP process and require a 1-to-5 match on a $100,000 award; it too passed with amendments. In each case, the chair’s recommendation was adopted, with Representative Tam excused. The committee also heard HB 796, a tax-credit review bill, which drew no support and 12 opposition testimonies with three comments. Opponents, including SAG-AFTRA Hawaii, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Catholic Charities Hawaii, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, argued that automatic sunset provisions or broad tax-credit cuts would burden working families and that existing review mechanisms already exist under state law. The Department of Taxation and DBEDT offered technical comments, and the Tax Foundation suggested the bill’s goals might be better addressed by cleaning up the existing review process. Later, the committee heard HB 303, which had 17 supporters and no opposition. Testifiers from the Department of Health, University of Hawaii, Hawaii State Center for Nursing, Queen’s Health System, and the Hawaii State Chiropractors Association supported the measure, with the chiropractors asking to be included in eligibility. The Hawaii State Center for Nursing said the program had been successful for five years and had room to expand. HB 577 also drew support, with the Department of Taxation offering comments and the Tax Foundation noting technical issues. HB 949 generated mixed testimony: Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and the Chamber of Commerce supported it, while Hawaii Children’s Action Network raised concerns about the bill’s effects and the lack of fiscal analysis; Sugar Creek Capital also supported the measure and clarified that the credit would not offset the GET. Finally, HB 933 and HB 959 were heard, with HB 933 receiving six support testimonies and comments focused on grocery tax relief and food insecurity, and HB 959 drawing strong support from labor and advocacy groups for its broad tax relief package, while the Tax Foundation and Hawaii Appleseed urged caution about the proposed 50% GET increase and asked for clearer fiscal analysis.
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS House Floor - 25 February, 2026; 10:00 AM

Mississippi House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Companies and the Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors.
  • They’re here today to celebrate National Engineering Week.
  • Uh they're here Engineers and Surveyors.
  • </c> today to celebrate National Engineering today to celebrate National Engineering Week.<00:57:21.520
  • And uh for 75 years, the Engineer Week.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is the county engineer? Is that correct? So I'm happy to turn it over. Thank you, Ms. Dono.
  • Is the county engineer? Is that correct? Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Margaret, for the record.
  • County engineer is that correct thank County engineer is that correct thank you<00:52:20.079><c> chair
  • </c><00:52:32.960><c> Association</c> Minnesota county Engineers Association Minnesota county Engineers
  • I also have to say I appreciate seeing another female engineer.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 2/12/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • and we were able to to become engineers and we were able to become<01:14:03.719><c> people</c><01:14
  • I have in-laws that my father-in-law was an engineer. He made pretty good money.
  • was an engineer he made pretty<01:19:51.560><c> good</c><01:19:51.719><c> money</c><01:19:52.199><c>
  • > with</c><01:20:31.800><c> a</c><01:20:32.000><c> PhD</c><01:20:32.960><c> while</c> became a p engineer
  • I have in-laws: my father-in-law was an engineer. He made pretty good money.
Keywords: 1183, house
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jun 23rd, 2026

Business and Professions

Transcript Highlights:
  • It mandates only licensed general engineering, earthwork, paving, building, and demolition, along with
  • And I also want to take a moment to say thank you to Operating Engineers Local 3, who are always on the
  • I'm a district rep for Operating Engineers Local 3.
  • Operating Engineers Local 3 is proud to support SB 1263.
  • For the reasons I have stated, Operating Engineers Local 3 respectfully requests an aye vote, and we
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • How do we focus on the technologies and the emerging areas that we can have engineers and entrepreneurs
  • Where there are some who are doing quite well, think your engineers in Silicon Valley, others who are
  • While we may have entrepreneurs and engineers, we don't want to displace those who historically have
  • Are they engineering jobs with machines?
  • And I want to talk about that because local food systems are powerful economic engines and they're the
Summary: The hearing focused on inclusive economic development in California’s Central Valley, with the chair describing prior state and federal investments in Fresno and the region, including Transformative Climate Communities funding, the Southwest Fresno Community College campus, affordable housing and infrastructure projects, medical education pathways, F3 Farm Food Future, and high-speed rail-related jobs. The chair emphasized that rural and historically disinvested communities often face complex application processes and limited technical capacity, and said the committee’s goal was to learn from successful local models and identify ways to better direct resources to communities that need them most. The first panel featured representatives from the Sierra Health Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, and UC Merced. Chet Hewitt argued that health and economic opportunity are inseparable and described Sierra Health’s economic development portfolio, including the San Joaquin Valley Health Fund, the Impact Investment Fund, and the Community Economic Mobilization Initiative (CEMI), which together support healthier workplaces, microbusiness financing, and nonprofit capacity. Jessica Kaksmarik said Irvine’s place-based grantmaking in inland regions aims to strengthen worker and community power, support community-led development, and expand equitable pathways to mobility, while stressing that philanthropy must partner with government because it cannot meet the scale of need alone. Dr. Manuel Pastor and Dr. Ed Flores both argued that inequality and extractive development weaken long-term growth, and that community organizations need both power-building and technical expertise to influence regional planning; Flores also described the Valley Seed project and high-road economic development models that link labor, climate, and community benefits. The second panel highlighted community-based programs and the effects of unstable funding. Yolanda Randalls described the Sweet Potato Project at West Fresno Family Resource Center, a youth agriculture and entrepreneurship program that combines hands-on farming, business training, and mental health support; she said participants improved from a 1.9 GPA to a 3.3 GPA and that the program is seeking long-term support as its funding nears expiration. Addie Carr of Neighborhood Industries described a second-chance employment model that provides job training, case management, literacy and life coaching, and small no-interest loans, and said CEMI helped the organization open a second store and create more jobs. Maria Redoubt Orozco of Community Alliance with Family Farmers said small farmers are central to the Valley’s economy but face land, water, climate, and market barriers, and warned that federal cuts to programs like Local Food Purchasing Assistance threaten local food systems. Daniela Rodriguez of Immigrants Rising described entrepreneurship and technical assistance for undocumented and mixed-status entrepreneurs, including the SEED initiative, and said policy uncertainty and access-to-capital barriers continue to constrain immigrant economic mobility. In closing discussion, panelists repeatedly called for longer-term, braided, and flexible funding rather than one-time grants, and the chair noted the need to continue supporting community-defined practices and public-private partnerships.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 11th, 2026

Resources and Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • If IDL is in need of other specific or specialized resources such as structural fire engines, there is
  • If IDL is in need of other specific or specialized resources such as structural fire engines, there is
  • have rental rates associated with every bit of equipment, whether it's a piece of IDL equipment, an engine
  • And those rental rates, especially for the engines, that goes back into the wildfire equipment replacement
  • As far as I know, the Department of Lands doesn't have a different rental rate for our engine regardless
Keywords: 989, all
Summary: The committee first waited for a quorum, then heard presentations from North Idaho irrigation districts about water supply, aquifer conditions, aging infrastructure, and growth pressures. Hayden Lake Irrigation District described its shift from a small reservoir to a larger storage project, ongoing main replacements, and concerns about future demand and lake withdrawals. Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District discussed the Palouse Basin aquifer decline, its unusual mix of domestic and irrigation delivery, ESA and tribal settlement issues, and a proposed water exchange to move toward groundwater replacement and keep more water in stream. East Green Acres Irrigation District focused on aging mains, grant-funded infrastructure replacement, workforce training, and the challenges of urbanization and utility conflicts in the Rathdrum Prairie aquifer area. Members also raised concerns about broadband/fiber contractors damaging water infrastructure and about possible impacts from lower Snake River dam removal. The committee then took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 119, which Representative Van der Woude said highlighted regional water needs and growth-related recharge concerns in the Treasure Valley. The resolution was moved and approved for the floor with a do-pass recommendation. After that, the committee considered three Idaho Department of Water Resources rules. The Shoshone-Bannock Water Bank rule was explained as a collaborative update to align with the Fort Hall settlement and simplify the rule; it was approved. The stream channel alteration rule prompted several questions about definitions such as base flood elevation, continuously flowing water, and fish habitat, and concerns that the revisions were less clear or more restrictive; the committee voted to hold that docket at the call of the chair. The final rule, for Water District 34 in the Big Lost River Basin, updated definitions, removed obsolete language, clarified rotation credit and storage distinctions, and adjusted timing for watermaster notifications. It was approved after brief discussion. The committee then heard House Bill 746, which would expand deficiency warrants for Idaho Department of Lands resources to cover reimbursable non-fire emergency work such as floods, pumps, incident command support, and prescribed fire/fuels projects. Testimony from the fire chiefs and Department of Lands emphasized improved flexibility and no intended new permanent spending, but members questioned the breadth of the language, reimbursement timing, and whether the bill should be more narrowly defined. The sponsor and testifiers agreed to work on amendments, and the committee moved toward sending the bill to amending order rather than advancing it as written.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - House Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • This project includes right of entry, engineering, and it includes hiring somebody with capacity, and
  • We started doing some preliminary engineering to try to get it moving and get our grant money to... .
  • We need to get this preliminary engineering done and get started on it because there was a flood back
  • Well, coming to find out that the Army Corps of Engineers has put up a roadblock, in my opinion.
  • have your area non-ability to mitigate future flooding due to restrictions by the Army Corps of Engineers
Keywords: 1182, all