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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Jun 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- With me to testify today is Matthew Kremens with the International Union of Operating Engineers and Elmer
- International Union of Operating Engineers and Elmer Lazzardi. No, this is not Elmer Lazzardi.
- Matt Kremens is here on behalf of the California Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers.
- John McKeel on behalf of the American Council of Engineering Companies of California, CalGIO, and Associated
- John McKeel on behalf of American Council of Engineering Companies of California, CalGIO, and Associated
Summary:
The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard several bills focused on worker protections, AI in the workplace, bereavement leave, and construction labor standards. SB 909 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would increase public works contractor registration fees, raise prevailing wage and related penalties, and direct half of collected penalties back into the Public Works Enforcement Fund. Supporters said the bill would help combat wage theft and misclassification and strengthen enforcement; opponents argued the higher fees and penalties would burden contractors without fixing enforcement backlogs. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass motion to Appropriations.
The committee also approved SB 951 by Senator Reyes, which would require 60-day notice when 25 or more workers are displaced by technology and require reporting on AI-related job impacts. Supporters framed it as a response to rapid AI-driven layoffs and a way to gather real-time data; opponents raised concerns about small employers, proprietary information, and litigation. SB 947 by Senator McNerney, the “No Robo Bosses Act,” would require human review of automated discipline, termination, or deactivation decisions and restrict predictive behavior analysis. Supporters said it would prevent biased or mistaken automated decisions; opponents objected to the inclusion of independent contractors, private rights of action, and other provisions. Both bills were advanced to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection.
The committee also passed SB 1149 by Senator Durazo, which would expand bereavement leave to cover a “designated person,” including chosen family relationships. Supporters, including AARP and a witness who described losing a long-term partner, said the bill reflects modern family structures; there was no opposition. In addition, SB 1185 by Senator Cortese, applying skilled and trained workforce standards to pharmaceutical facility construction, was approved despite opposition from business and construction groups who said there was no demonstrated safety problem and that the mandate could raise costs and reduce competition. Several other bills on the consent calendar were also approved, and all measures were reported out of committee.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- I had to use .gov because those search engines, just like CNN, have hidden the context.
- Chair: CS/SB 800 on Engineering by Senator Mayfield. Senator Mayfield, you have one amendment.
- Under current law outlines the penalties for individuals that practice engineering without a license.
- Senate Bill 800 imposes progressively higher fees for subsequent offenses of unlicensed engineering practice
- Senator, I'm curious of why you are removing the engineering assistance loan program.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- There were minor communications between our engineer and the CCN's engineer over the next three months
- We're told the CCN engineer provided water service options on April 12, 2024 to the CCN.
- Uh, Elevation specializes in my company in, uh, infrastructure planning, engineering, and construction
- This was the statute that the old Board of Water Engineers used for regulation of free flowing artesian
Bills:
HB 937, HB 2078, HB 2080, HB 3322, HB 3350, HB 4212, HB 4630, HB 4896, HB 4951, HB 5348, HB 5675, SB 565, SB 971, SB 1662, SB 2124
Keywords:
special districts, notice requirements, Water Code, government transparency, public meetings, meeting notice, transparency, public engagement, notice, elections, groundwater management, water conservation, joint planning, environmental impact, desired future conditions, groundwater, conservation district, environmental quality, regulatory review, water utility
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- There were minor communications between our engineer and the CCN's engineer over the process. the next
- We were told the CCN's engineer provided water service options on December 12, 2024, to the CCN.
- Elevation specializes, my company, in infrastructure planning, engineering, and construction management
- This was the statute... ...that the old Board of Water Engineers used for regulation of free-flowing
Bills:
HB937, HB2078, HB2080, HB3322, HB3350, HB4212, HB4630, HB4896, HB4951, HB5348, HB5675, SB565, SB971, SB1662, SB2124
Keywords:
special districts, notice requirements, Water Code, government transparency, public meetings, meeting notice, transparency, public engagement, notice, elections, groundwater management, water conservation, joint planning, environmental impact, desired future conditions, groundwater, conservation district, environmental quality, regulatory review, water utility
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety Mar 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So we're really looking at this from more of an engineering standpoint than a statistical analysis per
- So, it's really looking at it from an engineering standpoint, rather than, like, a purely... temperature
- It sounds like the department is saying it believes that is pretty much guaranteed from an engineering
- Not an engineer, but just kind of highlighting some of those areas that still jump out to us as kind
- up the different trickle effects. from just the cooling system itself and how it weighs on the engineering
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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address< - Just this past summer, our operating engineers worked on storm, drinking, and wastewater projects in
- The cost of engineers and inspections and permits, those are going up.
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inspections The cost of engineers and inspections The cost of engineers
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- employees, and other providers of research, scientific, financial, economic, actuarial, accounting, or engineering
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or economic, actuarial, accounting, or economic, actuarial, accounting, or engineering - engineering services. engineering services.
Summary:
The House took up two committee of conference reports. On House Bill 639, relating to genetic data privacy, members suspended the rules for immediate consideration and adopted the conference report. The conference compromise settled a dispute over cure periods by allowing a 30-day cure period for business activities of genetic data privacy businesses, effective January 1, 2027, with the cure period lasting 18 months and then repealing on June 30, 2028. A House member explained the House had sought a narrower cure period than the Senate, and the final report was adopted by voice vote.
The House then suspended the rules to take up House Bill 710, relating to defining electricity generating facilities, and also adopted that conference report by voice vote. The bill updates the definition of a “single plant” to focus on facilities using the same point of interconnection, clarifies the change is not retroactive and applies only to new permit and certificate applications, and adds a Department of Public Service report on farmland conversion to solar by January 15, 2027. It also expands Public Utility Commission hiring authority for complex renewable energy cases, creates a decommissioning fund for abandoned clean energy facilities, requires the PUC to report on the decommissioning fee formula, and sets an effective date of July 1, 2026. The conference committee reported unanimous support.
After the two reports were adopted, the House stood at ease, then returned briefly for announcements. Members offered remarks thanking the Speaker for her service after news she would not run again, invited members to view an end-of-year legislative slideshow, and wished a member from Randolph a happy birthday. The House then adjourned until the next day at 10:00 a.m.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And so, looking at laborers and operating engineers, plumbers and pipe fitters, sheet metal workers,
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Summary:
The committee took up House File 4122, and Representative Halons moved that the bill be laid over for possible inclusion. The committee first adopted the DE3 author’s amendment without objection. Halons explained that the bill, developed through the Thermal Energy Network Deployment Work Group and extensive stakeholder negotiations, would allow public utilities to build thermal energy networks and recover costs, while keeping the projects under Public Utility Commission oversight similar to electric and natural gas services. He noted a small technical correction may still be needed in the cost recovery language.
Testimony was uniformly supportive. Aurora Vautrin of 100% Campaign said the bill advances Minnesota’s leadership on thermal energy networks and thanked the authors, work group, labor, and utility partners. Jamie Fitzke of CenterPoint Energy described the company’s planned thermal energy network pilot as part of the 2021 Natural Gas Innovation Act framework, emphasizing that the technology is promising but still new, especially in Minnesota’s extreme cold climate, and that the amended bill reflects substantial compromise and preserves PUC oversight and customer protections. Kevin Pranis of LiUNA supported the bill as a way to create jobs and use existing labor skills from gas, water, and related infrastructure work, while also noting that geothermal cost and drilling challenges remain.
Committee members expressed enthusiasm for the proposal and its potential to make Minnesota a leader in thermal energy networks. In closing, Halons said the bill had gone through many iterations and acknowledged the compromise language, but stressed that it is a major step because it explicitly authorizes utilities to build TENS and rate recover, creating a foundation for future utility planning. The bill was then laid over.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
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Bills:
HB33, HB35, HB274, HB56, HB287, SB229, SB201, SB216, HB33, HB35, HB274, HB56, HB287, SB229, SB201, SB216
Keywords:
HB33, Alabama, ALEA, driver license, driver's license, learner permit, learner's permit, school attendance, truancy, high school diploma, GED, dropout, student withdrawal, enrollment verification, disciplinary points, homeless student, job training, youth employment, minor parent, public safety
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee BR Sub. on Personnel, Public Retirement, & Finance (2-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- We're over the Division of Engineering, which is where all the projects originate or run from, so by
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Meeting Start 00:00:00
Status of Hiring Four Project Managers within Facilities & Support Services in HB6 from the 24RS 00:02:01
Attendance Roll Call 00:09:32, 958, all
Summary:
The Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance, and Administrative Cabinet met for an informational update, with the new chair noting the committee does not vote on issues and is mainly reviewing implementation of budgeted items. The main presentation came from Scott Baker of the Finance Cabinet’s Office of Facility Development and Efficiency, who explained how the office has shifted experienced staff to lead Department of Parks projects and hired new staff to be trained into project management roles. He said the office is managing 146 ongoing parks projects and has moved from weekly to biweekly meetings as work has progressed.
Baker said the budgeted staffing changes were intended to speed project delivery while maintaining expertise, since state project management also requires knowledge of procurement law and other Commonwealth-specific rules. He described the workload as heavy, with 15 project managers handling 1,149 active projects, including one western Kentucky manager overseeing 127 projects, and said the office is trying to add more staff and create new positions to improve recruiting. Members asked about staffing levels and workload, and Baker said the office is not overstaffed but is competing with a strong construction industry for talent.
Committee members praised the office’s work on parks projects, noting campground and infrastructure needs at places like Lake Barkley and emphasizing prudent use of the large capital budgets approved in recent years. No votes were taken because the subcommittee lacked a quorum, as some members were in other committee meetings. The chair said the committee would continue to meet during session and interim periods and adjourned the meeting after the update.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Postsecondary Feb 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- IMPROVING K-12 LITERACY, SCIENCE, MATH, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.
- CAN PROVIDE CREDIT FOR BASED ON THE HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT AND WORK COURSE CERTIFICATION UPON THE ENGINES
- MANY PARTICIPATE INTERNATIONAL AND ENGINEERING.
- BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD, REGENERON SCIENCE SEARCH, NATIONAL SCIENCE, INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR
AL
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
Keywords:
occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax
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
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for a residential solar design engineer for a residential solar design engineer
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.
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AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Contract Review Legislative Oversight Committee May 1st, 2025
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations - Human Resources Division Apr 14th, 2025 at 03:00 pm
Appropriations - Human Resources Division
Transcript Highlights:
- We had an engineer come in and do another reclassification, and they never... ...one thing that's true
- , I found out that the estimates never go down when an engineer gets hold of it.
- I get at an engineer. Well, I'm not done with Stemen yet either. All right.
Summary:
The committee discussed a draft amendment to consolidate two proposed studies into one Legislative Management study on sentencing, corrections, and parole oversight. Representative O’Brien explained that the revised language would cover the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s inmate classification, housing, placement authority, and transitional services, including work or educational release, while avoiding confusion over separate study proposals. Members also discussed whether issues such as earning good time, meritorious time, parole eligibility, and release decisions would be included; the chair and members concluded those topics would be covered under the parole board and related study language.
Several members raised concerns about recidivism data, including the difficulty of counting people who are incarcerated in other states or in the federal system after release from North Dakota custody. Representative Murphy noted that DOCR appears to be using the best available national-study-based method, but that the data limitations remain a problem. The chair and others said the study should focus on what can be measured and that interagency communication is important, while Representative Burke noted that incorporating federal data would be difficult because comparable state-level data would be lacking.
The committee then moved and approved the amended study language, with a technical correction changing “early release” to “placement authority.” The motion passed 8-0. The committee later took up further amendments to engrossed Senate Bill 2015, approved those amendments 8-0, and then passed engrossed Senate Bill 2015 as amended on an 8-0 roll call. Members briefly discussed a minimum security facility planning number, confirming the pad/landing number at 20, and the chair said the bill would be sent to Legislative Council for final drafting and could be ready as soon as the next day.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Local Government Committee Apr 29th, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- However, a board may delegate change-order authority to a county engineer or other officer to order and
- Clara County Facilities and Fleet Department, and Keegan Fahey, project management and principal engineer
- Keegan Fahey, principal engineer with Los Angeles County Public Works, on behalf of our director Mark
- We invoked emergency contracting authority, hired an engineering firm on the spot for fast-track design
- appreciate not just, you know, what a, you know, treasure resource it is, but also as an economic engine
Summary:
The committee heard eight bills, with testimony largely focused on local government authority, housing, and public service operations. AB 1658 would make permanent higher change-order thresholds for Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties on large construction projects; county representatives said the existing temporary authority has saved time and money, and the bill passed 6-0. AB 2263 would authorize the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to develop employee-preference affordable housing on its properties; supporters said it would help retain workers facing extreme housing costs, and it also passed 6-0 as amended.
AB 2134, the Family Friendly City Councils Act, would protect city council members taking parental leave from losing their seats or having absences counted against them. Assembly Member Addis’s designee and Sunnyvale Council Member Alyssa Cisneros described the bill as a response to public pressure and privacy concerns faced by elected parents; members spoke in strong support, and the bill passed 6-0 as amended. AB 2188 would raise Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s contracting authority to $250,000 per contract; supporters said it would reduce delays and administrative costs, while questions centered on oversight and bidding safeguards. After committee amendments, it passed 6-0.
AB 1768 would authorize Los Angeles and Contra Costa counties to ask voters to approve a temporary transactions-and-use tax for health care and related services in response to federal funding cuts. Supporters, including community clinics, Planned Parenthood, labor groups, and county representatives, said it would let voters decide whether to backfill major health care losses; opponents argued it would worsen affordability and tax burdens. The committee discussion highlighted concerns about equity and local control, and the bill was placed on call after a 5-2 roll call. AB 2033 would let general law cities use job order contracting for repair and maintenance projects; supporters said it would speed routine work, while AFSCME and some members raised workforce displacement and staffing concerns. It passed 8-0 as amended.
AB 2415 would let the City of Folsom shift some housing obligations away from its historic district to other transit-oriented sites, with supporters saying it preserves historic character while still meeting housing goals. It passed 10-0. AB 2741, heard at the end of the meeting, would give cities a grace period to cure housing element issues involving overlay zones after a court ruling found some HCD-certified overlays noncompliant. Cities and local government groups supported the bill as a fairness measure for jurisdictions that relied on state guidance, while housing advocates and legal aid groups opposed it, arguing it would weaken enforcement and allow noncompliant housing plans to persist.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Jan 29th, 2026 at 08:32 am
House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- We do not have engineers on staff that can handle these types of requirements.
- We do not have engineers on staff that can handle these types of requirements.
- My name is Ethan Abate, and I am currently a mechanical engineering student at New Mexico State University
- In engineering, we constantly talk about sustainability.
- I want to graduate into a New Mexico where my work as an engineer is supported by a constitution that
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 16 (1-29-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Kentucky exports more than a billion dollars in goods to Japan each year, including aircraft engines
- Kentucky exports more than a billion dollars in goods to Japan each year, including aircraft engines
- Kentucky exports more than a billion dollars in goods to Japan each year, including aircraft engines
- Kentucky exports more than a billion dollars in goods to Japan each year, including aircraft engines
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and year, including aircraft engines and year, including aircraft engines and
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Convene 00:00
Senate Message 04:45
Calendar/2nd Readings 05:20
Report of Committees 07:05
Orders of the Day 08:23
HB 214 08:33
HB 416 12:26
HB 281 16:20
HB 134 18:13
Motions, Petitions, and Communications 21:08
Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 37:01
Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 39:15
ConC/Rules Report 42:29
Floor Amendments 44:27
Correction to Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 46:14
Adjournment 46:40, 958, all
Summary:
The House convened, heard an invocation focused on recovery from a recent storm, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. A quorum was established with 94 members present, absent members were excused, and the rules were suspended to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The journal was approved, and the clerk reported a Senate message transmitting Senate Joint Resolution 23 for concurrence.
The chamber then received second-reading reports on a wide range of bills covering pharmacist reimbursements, grooming a minor, local government liability, water fluoridation, solid waste, highway markings, fiduciary bonds, motor vehicle titles, hearing aid coverage, eating disorder coverage, public safety, pedestrians, cigar bars, backyard chickens, and county law libraries. Committee reports also advanced several bills, including measures on elections, local government, state-operated mental health facilities, prescription drugs, Alzheimer’s services, electric generating unit decommissioning costs, reemployment of retired police officers, and the Kentucky Communications Network Authority. Those favorable reports were treated as first readings and placed on the calendar.
The House passed several bills unanimously by roll call, including House Bill 214 on a program to help disabled veterans obtain and install home wheelchair ramps, House Bill 416 on educator preparation and early assessments, House Bill 281 on streamlining food donations by churches and nonprofits for shelters and disaster victims, and House Bill 134 on sexual assault nurse examiners, creating a statewide coordinator, registry, and regional access plan. In each case, sponsors explained the bills and members voiced support; floor amendment 1 to House Bill 416 was adopted before passage. Clinchers were applied after passage of the bills.
The House also adopted House Resolution 33 recognizing cancer patients, survivors, and families and designating January 29, 2026 as Suits and Sneakers Day, and adopted House Resolution 43 recognizing the economic and cultural partnership between Kentucky and Japan. Members offered additional citations honoring Newport Central Catholic High School and the YMCA, and the chamber observed a moment of silence for Boone County Sheriff Michael Helmig after a citation honoring his service and legacy. Announcements included committee meetings after adjournment, birthday wishes, and the introduction of numerous new bills and resolutions, including measures on kindergarten, bridges, revenue, retirement benefits, concealed deadly weapons, local taxes, motor vehicles, fiscal reporting, SNAP, families and children, vision testing, and a balanced budget amendment application.