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• Producers and infrastructure need support from our state and federal government.
• Infrastructure improvement funding is much needed, as evidenced by our own Region M planning needs.
• Cause right now, the current infrastructure is how the water gets delivered.
• You know, I've already mentioned this about our, our infrastructure. It was built in the 1950s.
• So $5 billion on the redoing the infrastructure is, is the number if you asked me.

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• infrastructure protections. infrastructure protections.
• Oh, the infrastructure one.
• Uh, I I think you infrastructure one.
• Infrastructure capacity is not uniform.
• advantage of existing infrastructure. advantage of existing infrastructure.

Bills: HF3902, HF3895

Keywords: housing tax credit, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, qualified projects, taxpayer contributions, greater Minnesota, zoning, housing, local government, multifamily development, affordable housing, land use, urban development, 1183, house

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• critical public health infrastructure critical public health infrastructure needs<00:33:46.640><
• critical public health infrastructure critical public health infrastructure needs<00:34:23.119><
• modernizing public health infrastructure modernizing public health infrastructure while<00:34:59.200
• This work was infrastructure needs.
• Minnesota's infrastructure? Minnesota's infrastructure?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Fortunately, CMM has infrastructure for our CDRP to work with communities throughout the state.
• Fortunately, CMM has infrastructure for our CDRP to work with communities throughout the state.
• Fortunately, CMM has infrastructure for our CDRP to work with communities throughout the state.
• I'd like to introduce this concept of the last mile in infrastructure projects.
• I'd like to introduce this concept of the last mile in infrastructure projects.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• on infrastructure, health and safety, sewage capacity, and water capacity.
• <00:37:28.560> that lot of stress on on infrastructures that lot of stress on on infrastructures
• issues um stress on infrastructure issues um stress on infrastructure<00:40:25.760> um<00:40:
• <03:53:36.720> can whether or not the infrastructure can whether or not the infrastructure
• There is existing infrastructure there: the roads, the water, the sewer.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And is Santa Rosa's water infrastructure better prepared for wildfires now than in 2017? Thank you.
• We have done some infrastructure improvements in particular.
• So... ...infrastructure can communicate with each other in terms of technology.
• So not just limiting to, you know, big infrastructure projects and how you can build resiliency that
• Infrastructure for evacuations and shelters doesn't exist, and that really needs to change.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The hearing focused on lessons from the 2017 Tubbs Fire and how Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, and state partners have changed wildfire prevention, recovery, and rebuilding practices since then. Opening remarks emphasized that catastrophic wildfire is now a statewide issue, that California has shifted more toward prevention and resilience, and that Sonoma County’s recovery has become a model for other communities. Panelists included fire, water, permitting, community recovery, and insurance experts, who described how local experience has informed broader policy discussions. Santa Rosa fire and city officials described major changes in prevention and preparedness, including stronger public education, a vegetation management ordinance, an ignition-free/Zone Zero approach, and more detailed community wildfire protection planning. They said these efforts helped reduce damage in later fires, such as the Glass Fire, and noted ongoing challenges with prescribed burning, smoke management, grant delays, and maintaining vegetation treatments over time. Santa Rosa Water described improvements in regional coordination, backup power, generator redesign, and wildfire contamination response protocols after the city became the first utility to identify wildfire-related contamination in its water system. Community recovery leaders stressed the importance of block captain networks, neighborhood organization, and trusted local information in helping residents rebuild and avoid fraud. They argued for more formal support, training, and funding for block captain programs, as well as better long-term financing for local mitigation work and utility upgrades. Permit Sonoma officials said the county tried to balance speed and safety in rebuilding by streamlining permits, reducing fees, and helping residents rebuild to stronger standards, though they noted the loss of a major BRIC grant has slowed home-hardening outreach. Insurance advocate Amy Bach said wildfire risk reduction is increasingly influencing insurer behavior, with some companies offering discounts or more favorable treatment for Firewise communities and homes meeting wildfire-prepared standards. She urged continued funding for mitigation grants, better disclosure when insurers use aerial imagery to non-renew policies, and caution against removing wildfire coverage from standard homeowners policies. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken in the hearing; it was an informational discussion intended to gather testimony and policy recommendations.

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• an infrastructure standpoint, how would you say my district, my Senate district of 600-plus thousand
• The overwhelming amount are water projects for infrastructure, stormwater, so.
• , maintain infrastructure.
• How much infrastructure can we improve in our districts?
• I have 70 requests for infrastructure and improvements, but you want to know what happens?

Bills: S7040, S0110, S0434, S0856

Keywords: property assessment, wind damage, home improvements, real estate, tax exemption, Florida statutes, ad valorem taxes, property listings, tax estimation, disclosure, Florida, residential property

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and took up three property-tax related bills before turning to a broader discussion of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund. SB 434, which would prohibit counties from increasing a residential property’s assessed value because the owner installed wind mitigation measures, was presented by Senator Lee and reported favorably. CS for SB 110, which clarifies that holders of 98-year-or-longer residential leases remain eligible for the homestead exemption even if the lease ends at death, was also reported favorably. SB 856, requiring online residential listing platforms to display estimated property taxes using prescribed calculation methods and not the current owner’s tax bill, drew support from property appraisers, Zillow representatives, and others and was reported favorably after questions about transparency and realtor obligations. The committee then considered SPB 7040, which would recreate and extend the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund through December 31, 2027. Senator DiCeglie and Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie argued the fund is needed for hurricane response, other natural and man-made emergencies, and reimbursement-based spending; they said the extension preserves legislative oversight that would otherwise lapse. Several senators questioned the use of the fund for immigration-related operations, detention facilities, and other non-disaster activities, as well as the lack of additional guardrails, reimbursement timing, and transparency. Guthrie said the division has used the fund for hurricanes, flooding, civil unrest, security operations, and other incidents, and that some reimbursements are still pending from the federal government. Public testimony on SPB 7040 was largely opposed. Speakers from the Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Florida for All, and others argued the fund has been repurposed for immigration enforcement and detention-related spending rather than true emergencies, and raised concerns about deaths in detention and the absence of competitive bidding and oversight. Guthrie answered extensive questions about the South Florida and North Florida detention facilities, Operation Vigilant Sentry, State Guard support, reimbursement requests, equipment purchases, and legislative access to facilities. The committee did not take a final vote on SPB 7040 within the portion of the transcript provided.

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• And on line 24 or 94, we infrastructure.
• I also appreciate the inclusion of the armor infrastructure funding that will go to help support the
• I also appreciate the inclusion of the armor infrastructure funding that will go to help support the
• funding that will armor infrastructure funding that will go<00:25:12.720> to<00:25:12.880>
• services infrastructure that contributes to<00:31:18.799> the<00:31:18.960> safety<00:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• As Frank Dolmer, director of urban and regional infrastructure finance at the Humphrey Institute, wrote
• As Frank Dolmer, director of urban and regional infrastructure finance at the Humphrey Institute, wrote
• As Frank Dolmer, director of urban and regional infrastructure finance at the Humphrey Institute, wrote
• finance at the Humphrey Institute, wrote in 2023, and I quote, "While infrastructure alone cannot heal
• <00:31:49.679> projects other infra infrastructure projects other infra infrastructure projects

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The dollars for the actual actual infrastructure is just for our IOWN training center, but I would be
• Our mission is to provide financial assistance and support infrastructure and economic development.
• This fund is specifically created for a wide variety of climate projects and infrastructure that relate
• to both commercial entities and public infrastructure.
• The current helitack base lacks the infrastructure to support the new Blackhawk helicopter, forcing it

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So as it relates to infrastructure, it is trying to encompass everything that relates to infrastructure
• Infrastructure.
• The infrastructure issues are not as serious.
• Public safety, emergency response, infrastructure, etc.
• We have a wonderful infrastructure.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• These are Infrastructure, libraries, schools, nothing. Nothing. They pay nothing.
• They all still depend on this infrastructure every single day.
• So they are watching videos and guarding infrastructure at the same time.
• Green hydrogen can be used to transition existing power infrastructure into clean energy infrastructure
• Green hydrogen is used to transition existing power infrastructure into clean energy infrastructure.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, offered a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then proceeded through gubernatorial appointments and third-reading measures. Three appointments to the California Housing Finance Agency Board and the State Mining and Geology Board were confirmed by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The body then considered a series of bills on criminal procedure, military authority, housing, refinery safety, land use, music festivals, homelessness planning, solar tax assessment, HOA assessments, privacy, utility accounts, refrigerant disposal, law enforcement training, natural gas planning, school transfers, and regional transportation planning. Among the more debated measures, SB 1173 on lesser related offense instructions passed 25-10 after opposition centered on judicial discretion and consistency. SB 1354, limiting out-of-state military or law enforcement activity without the Governor’s permission, passed 29-9 after supporters framed it as a sovereignty measure and opponents argued federal command authority controls. SB 1090, the Altadena disaster-speculation bill, passed 29-9; supporters said it would curb predatory investor purchases after wildfire disasters, while opponents raised concerns about property rights and market effects. SB 966 on refinery worker participation in safety standards passed 30-9 amid a dispute over worker protections versus regulatory burden, and SB 1256, a local housing/subdivision bill, passed 32-0 despite concerns about fire-safety amendments. The Senate also approved SB 865 on music festivals, SB 866 on homelessness planning with a commitment to exempt smaller cities, SB 1007 on HOA assessment transparency and homeowner approval thresholds, SB 923 on privacy deletion rights, SB 1098 on utility balancing accounts, SB 1010 on refrigerant recovery, SB 937 on flashbang and breaching-device restrictions, SB 1082 on inter-district transfer timelines, and SB 1087 on modernizing regional transportation planning. SB 1329 on solar farm property tax assessment drew extensive debate over county revenues, solar development certainty, and fairness to rural communities, but ultimately passed after the call was lifted. Several measures were supported by authors and committee chairs as balancing consumer, worker, or local government protections against concerns about costs, regulatory stability, and local control.

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• Our communities lack essential infrastructure, making it incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to
• Our communities lack essential infrastructure, making it incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to
• But this bill would be the first attempt to create statewide infrastructure to do so.
• But this bill would be the first attempt to create statewide infrastructure to do so.
• that that water infrastructure couldn't recharge as fast as it was coming out.

Summary: The committee hearing centered first on AB 1243, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025, which would direct CalEPA to identify major fossil fuel companies, study California’s climate damages, and assess fees on the largest polluters to fund resilience, recovery, and related projects. The author and supporters argued the bill would make polluters help pay for climate harms, protect taxpayers, create jobs in construction and clean energy, and dedicate at least 40% of funds to disadvantaged communities. Support testimony came from environmental justice groups, labor, youth advocates, health organizations, and many individual witnesses, while opponents from the building trades, chambers of commerce, petroleum, and business groups warned it would raise fuel and consumer costs, threaten refinery jobs, and create legal and economic uncertainty. Committee members debated the bill’s impact on affordability, jobs, refinery closures, and whether cap-and-trade already addresses climate funding needs. The committee ultimately voted to give AB 1243 a due pass recommendation to the Judiciary Committee, with the roll left open. After AB 1243, the committee moved to another bill on wildfire mitigation and related resilience work. The author said the measure addresses a long-running wildfire problem and accepted committee amendments, describing the bill as a response to increasingly severe wildfire seasons and the need to help communities stay safe and rebuild after disasters. The transcript cuts off as that presentation begins, so no final action on the second bill is shown in the excerpt.

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• Article 7 business and economic development agencies. communities, provide critical services and infrastructure
• Item six is the agency's maritime infrastructure program.
• On the federal funding side, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
• I'm here to testify for the for the County Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program.
• This is an infrastructure issue for state and it needs to be addressed appropriately.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• ,<00:34:20.720> Department<00:34:21.040> of infrastructure, Department of infrastructure
• deployment plan by a certain deadline. infrastructure that improves the infrastructure that improves
• <00:44:15.280> uh electrical vehicle infrastructure uh electrical vehicle infrastructure uh
• Uh there are also infrastructure.
• It's run through the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the State of Hawaii’s affirmative litigation against the federal administration, with no public testimony. Attorney General Lopez and deputies said the office’s goal is to enforce the rule of law, not make partisan points, and noted that Hawaii is involved in 27 ongoing cases. They grouped the cases into four broad areas: immigration, funding freezes and grant terminations, federal agency dismantling/reductions in force, and protecting elections, health, and safety. Several immigration-related cases were discussed in detail. These included a challenge to the federal sharing of Medicaid data with DHS for immigration enforcement, a similar challenge to USDA’s demand for SNAP applicant and recipient data, and litigation over immigration-enforcement conditions attached to federal grants. The office also described the birthright citizenship executive order, saying it conflicts with the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court precedent; lower courts granted preliminary relief, and the U.S. Supreme Court later addressed only the scope of nationwide injunctions, not the merits. In the Department of Transportation case, the court granted a preliminary injunction against the “Duffy directive,” finding the immigration conditions lacked statutory authority, were arbitrary and capricious, and violated the Spending Clause and APA. The briefing also covered multiple funding disputes. In the education funding freeze case, the Department of Education and OMB withheld about $6 billion in formula funds, including roughly $33 million for Hawaii; after suit was filed, the funds were released. Other cases included the termination of over $11 billion in public health grants, which affected Hawaii Department of Health grants, the NIH indirect cost cap case, and NIH grant terminations tied to DEI, transgender issues, and vaccine hesitancy. The speakers said some cases have already resulted in preliminary or permanent injunctions, while others remain on appeal or are still being litigated.

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• The Child Care Infrastructure Grants budget includes two grants.
• It is infrastructure.
• The next one is Child Care Infrastructure Grant, Recovery, and Restoration.
• As Assemblymember Arens noted, it's necessary infrastructure.
• As Assemblymember Arens noted, it's necessary infrastructure.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on the Governor’s May Revision, with no votes taken. The first major topic was child care and early education, where the Department of Social Services and Department of Finance outlined proposed changes to absorb federal Child Care and Development Fund and Proposition 64 revenue reductions, shift some funding between child care programs, end funding for prospective pay implementation now that the federal requirement has been rescinded, adjust the alternative payment administration structure, and fund child care infrastructure grants and a Low-Income Investment Fund contract closeout. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the budget makes progress on the structural deficit but recommended maintaining the administration’s solution level, making reserve deposits, and avoiding new ongoing commitments; it also raised concerns about shifting reductions to the California Alternative Payment Program and about the proposed administrative-rate change. Committee members strongly criticized the proposed loss of child care slots and said they would oppose eliminating those slots, while also expressing support for child care as essential infrastructure. The committee then reviewed California State Preschool Program proposals. Finance and CDE described reductions to the preschool COLA from 2.41% to 2.01%, removal of prospective pay funding, and increases for the QRIS block grant, audit support, and rate reform implementation. Trailer bill language would codify age-based rate categories, inclusion-rate documentation, family fee collection rules, portability, and excused absences. CDE supported the QRIS increase and some attendance and family-fee changes, but warned that aligning three- and four-year-old rates could reduce support for three-year-olds and that the budget does not fully cover enrollment growth. Members also questioned whether the preschool and child care slot reductions should be reallocated rather than terminated, and the administration said the reductions were intended to reflect current utilization and avoid harm to currently enrolled families. The hearing then moved to CalFresh and nutrition programs. CDSS said the May Revision includes a one-time CalFood augmentation, funding to cover federal SNAP administrative cost-share pressures, and additional staffing and technical assistance to implement HR 1 changes, including the able-bodied adults without dependents time limit and new non-citizen eligibility rules. The department estimated HR 1 could cut CalFresh funding by $2.3 billion to $3.7 billion annually and affect about 500,000 people, with roughly 806,000 adults potentially subject to the time limit and about 34,000 non-citizens expected to lose eligibility once fully implemented. Members pressed for stronger harm mitigation, including a $98 million backfill to protect families from losing food benefits, and raised concerns about county workload and the “chilling effect” on immigrant participation. The final portion of the transcript began the IHSS presentation, noting a revised budget of $33.7 billion total funds and $12.8 billion General Fund, with proposed reductions tied to Medi-Cal asset-limit changes and other federal conformity items.

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• I first order of business is House File 1040, Wind and Solar Infrastructure.
• House File 1040, Wind and Solar Infrastructure, is going to be the topic.
• Meline Sarillo said that effective disposal of wind and solar infrastructure remains a top priority for
• The implications for a disposal ban on wind infrastructure have not yet been defined.
• One, regional transportation of infrastructure for disposal can be cost intensive and prohibitive for

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:27:10.240> costs<00:27:10.559> the to share more infrastructure costs the to share
• more infrastructure costs the way<00:27:10.799> my<00:27:10.960> home<00:27:11.159>
• <00:38:07.960> out<00:38:08.280> from can build the infrastructure out from can build
• the infrastructure out from that<00:38:08.760> point<00:38:09.520> um<00:38:09.640>
• Additional housing cannot be forced on an area where the infrastructure cannot support it.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And so we can think the same thing about some of our drainage infrastructure in particular.
• We don't want um infrastructure, right?
• infrastructure in in particular,<01:04:20.000> right?
• 21:12.239> has Obviously when infrastructure that has Obviously when infrastructure that has not
• ,<01:25:27.360> economic uh, infrastructure, economic uh, infrastructure, economic development

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The first meeting of the Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force focused on the task force’s mission and on recent Kentucky flooding disasters. The co-chairs described the need to better prepare for increasingly frequent and costly natural disasters, including flooding, tornadoes, wildfires, and ice storms, and emphasized coordination among local, state, federal, and interstate partners. The discussion also stressed the importance of budgeting for mitigation, infrastructure resilience, housing, insurance, and recovery planning, with several members sharing personal experiences with disaster impacts in their districts. Kentucky Emergency Management Director Eric Gibson gave the main presentation, responding to questions about the February and April flooding events. He said the February event affected the entire state, with 11,825 individuals registering for assistance and 1,194 public-assistance projects written so far; he also reported 134 households still sheltered, 190 households moved to permanent housing, and three disaster recovery centers still open after a regional consolidation. For the April event, he said 37 counties had individual assistance, 83 counties were still pending public assistance, and no hazard mitigation had yet been declared; 5,893 people had registered for individual assistance, and 144 households were sheltered, with 83 families already moved to permanent solutions. He noted that counties without public assistance would have to cover expenses locally unless state or federal aid is approved. Gibson also outlined Kentucky Emergency Management’s tools and resources, including a 24/7 state operations center and warning point, embedded National Weather Service meteorologists, five regional warehouses stocked with water, MREs, blankets, and kits, a statewide web-based damage reporting system, laundry trailers, generators, a disaster needs hotline that has received 6,972 calls, and a mutual aid system used to deploy resources such as water tankers. He highlighted ongoing work on urban search and rescue, qualification systems for emergency operations personnel, and aerial documentation of storm damage. No votes or formal actions were taken at this meeting.

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• <01:06:37.480> upgrades necessary infrastructure upgrades necessary infrastructure upgrades
• <01:10:41.520> and dollars for park infrastructure and dollars for park infrastructure and
• maintenance and infrastructure projects. maintenance and infrastructure projects.
• This will satisfy state matching requirements that help fund wastewater and stormwater infrastructure
• know that we have a Infrastructure know that we have a witness<01:34:16.800> uh<01:34:16.920>

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House opened with a devotional reading by poet April Osmon, who read two poems focused on bridging political divides and shared humanity. Members then recognized the final day of service for the legislative pages, thanking them for their work during the 2026 session and presenting each page with a pin and a photo opportunity. The chamber then handled bill referrals: Senate Bill 193, creating a forensic facility for certain criminal justice-involved persons, was referred to Judiciary; Senate Bill 198, regulating tobacco products and tobacco substitutes, went to Commerce and Economic Development; Senate Bill 214, concerning pre-kindergarten education in geographically isolated school districts, went to Education; and Senate Bill 218, reducing chloride contamination in state waters and carrying an appropriation, was referred to Appropriations. The House also read and adopted two concurrent resolutions: HCR 237 congratulating Vermont-associated 2026 Winter Olympic medal winners, and HCR 238 honoring the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired on its 100th anniversary. Much of the remainder of the session consisted of tributes and guest recognitions tied to those resolutions. Members highlighted Vermont’s Olympic skiers and coaches, including Ben Ogden, Paula Moltzan, Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Jessie Diggins, Mikaela Shiffrin, Barbara Ann Cochran, Bill Koch, and others, and read a note from Diggins thanking Vermont for its support and emphasizing teamwork and community. Speakers also praised VABVI’s century of service and its role in helping blind and visually impaired Vermonters, and several members offered personal remarks honoring retiring Representative Francis “Topper” McFaun for his long service, mentorship, and family legacy.