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• There's a lot of infrastructure needs all across the state of Minnesota.
• Republicans have been touring the state during the interim, doing the work of investigating these projects
• There's a lot of infrastructure<00:04:52.000> needs<00:04:52.400> all<00:04:52.639>
• across<00:04:52.960> the infrastructure needs all across the infrastructure needs all across
• , learning about them, trying to projects, learning about them, trying to understand<00:05:03.120>

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House DFL leader Stevenson said the tied House will require cooperation, noting the caucus has tried to model bipartisan work through co-chairs and that he has a good working relationship with Speaker Damuth. He highlighted the three new DFL special-election winners—Xp Lee, Shelley Buck, and Meg Luger-Nikolai—as bringing health, tribal leadership, nonprofit, labor, and education experience to the chamber. On policy, Stevenson said DFLers want to push back against certain federal immigration enforcement tactics, including masked officers and warrantless entries, and tied the issue to the murder of former Speaker Melissa Hortman. He also said the caucus will pursue gun restrictions such as bans on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, binary triggers, and ghost guns, while acknowledging that Republican leadership would need to allow a floor vote for any bill to advance. He added that DFLers are open to and will lead on fraud prevention, especially in programs serving vulnerable Minnesotans, and said those who steal public funds should face prison. Looking ahead to the second year of the biennium, Stevenson said he hopes for a large bonding bill focused on statewide infrastructure needs, but warned he will not support using bonding as leverage for unrelated policy concessions. He also said affordability will be a major focus, especially food, energy, housing, and health care costs, and argued Minnesota should try to counter rising premiums and hold insurers and pharmaceutical companies accountable.

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• , which includes environmental conservation because we've got a lot of projects—252, 610, 169.
• uh which includes and uh infrastructure uh which includes uh<00:08:44.480> environmental<00:08
• got<00:08:47.440> a<00:08:47.680> lot<00:08:47.760> of<00:08:47.839> projects
• <00:08:48.560> uh<00:08:48.800> 252 we've got a lot of projects uh 252 we've got a
• lot of projects uh 252 um<00:08:51.120> 610 um 610 um 610 169.<00:08:54.000> Uh<00:08:54.320

Keywords: 1183, house

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• A project that doesn't receive these land use points will have many other opportunities to claim points
• Projects that are within jurisdictions that have pro-housing supply policies, and there is a list of
• I was really thrilled to see the strong housing infrastructure bond position that we have in the bill
• We know there's more requests than are being funded for infrastructure and similar needs.
• Our investment in housing infrastructure bonds will help us build some of the homes that we know, if

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• It's only for these innovative hub projects.
• What's the purpose of bidding projects out, to make sure what?
• So somebody is going to have to have designed this person's project.
• And I just think... ...a non-construction C-MAR project.
• Anyway, they have to bring those projects to, as an alternative to the normal bid project, ...projects

Bills: HR320, HR321, SCR55, SCR69, SCR75, SCR77, SCR78, SCR79, SB259, SB295, SB312, SB348, SB444, SB485, HR73, HR118, HR144, HR196, HR237, HR249, HR260, HR267, HR272, HR278, HCR85, HCR100, HCR105, HCR107, HCR114, HR245, SCR5, SCR29, SCR33, SCR37, SCR63, SCR30, SCR40, HB62, HB193, HB210, HB220, HB246, HB364, HB420, HB475, HB584, HB622, HB772, HB784, HB949, HB953, HB1043, HB1070, HB1092, HB1134, HB1162, HB1176, HB1196, HB1214, HB119, HB129, HB233, HB283, HB538, HB789, HB850, HB870, HB1236, HB1241, HB54, HB137, HB321, HB368, HB386, HB414, HB431, HB552, HB555, HB578, HB590, HB593, HB618, HB638, HB670, HB692, HB707, HB708, HB715, HB718, HB732, HB741, HB748, HB776, HB796, HB807, HB822, HB848, HB856, HB887, HB888, HB917, HB921, HB1082, HB1243, HB1246, HB378, HB509, HB1090, HB1259, SB80, SB131, SB143, SB251, SB254, SB279, SB367, SB384, SB388, SB389, SB398, SB408, SB431, SB468, SB469, SB496, SB4, SB52, SB57, SB83, SB145, SB152, SB194, SB276, SB319, SB333, SB448, SB450, SB465, SB484, SB501, SB509, SB149, HR168, HB463, HB998, SB123, SB353, SB479, SB495, SB82, SB97, SB283, SB326, SB518, SB197, SB268, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HCR98, HB284, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB625, HB646, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1191, HB1240, HB1255, SB89, HB74, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB468, HB956, HB1117, SB29, SB42, SB43, SB78, SB208, SB217, SB274, SB300, SB341, SB379, SB382, SB387, SB401, SB441, SB449, SB487

Keywords: Arsenal, Arsenal F.C., Premier League, English football, soccer, football club, Mikel Arteta, Emirates Stadium, North London, Tottenham Hotspur, Gunners, sports resolution, commendation, celebration, championship, silverware, Louisiana House Resolution, ceremonial resolution, domestic violence, forensic medical examinations

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• and the number of projects in the queue and whether or not there are sufficient projects to fulfill
• and the number of projects in the queue and whether or not there are sufficient projects to fulfill
• of projects and the number of projects of projects and the number of projects in<00:29:16.440>
• boiler project which is that's<00:39:30.000> one<00:39:30.359> project<00:39:30.839>
• Stock reference several projects.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I really am concerned about the Transportation Project Fund.
• Project funds are very important in our districts.
• We didn't do that at this year, but in terms of projects.
• Those projects are identified by the department.
• Whatever big bridge projects, that kind of stuff.

Keywords: 996, all

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• to develop capacity and infrastructure to develop capacity and infrastructure for<01:23:47.440><
• infrastructure upgrades to the road. infrastructure upgrades to the road.
• <01:40:32.800> and addressed for your specific project and addressed for your specific project
• for<01:55:50.240> capital also had two projects for capital also had two projects for
• Uh, if you look at tidelands projects.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 12 March, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, opened with prayer and the pledge, and then dispensed with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. The chamber also recognized several guests and groups, including the doctor of the day, visitors from Quebec, the Sumrall High School boys soccer team, Starkville public safety officials, and the Hattiesburg High School choral arts program. A resolution honoring the long-standing partnership between Quebec and Mississippi was read and adopted, and Ms. Nathalie Rivard of Quebec addressed the Senate about historical ties and economic cooperation between Quebec and Mississippi. The Senate then moved through a series of procedural actions on the calendar, including multiple motions to table reconsideration on medical cannabis and ARPA-related bills, and several motions to not concur and invite conference on workforce and budget measures. Among those were Senate Bill 2294, the Mississippi Future Innovators Act, Senate Bill 2288 on workforce training, Senate Bill 2401 on workforce development, Senate Bill 2189 on budget transfers, Senate Bill 2895 on ARPA funds, and Senate Bill 2917 on appropriations transfers. These motions were adopted, sending the measures to conference or otherwise advancing them as noted. A major portion of the meeting focused on appropriations bills. House Bill 1935, the Education Department appropriation, was explained in detail and adopted after a strike-all amendment; the bill includes funding for the student formula, teacher and assistant pay raises, special education supplements, school attendance officers, testing contracts, early learning coaches, and CTE instructor raises, with offsets from reduced or eliminated line items such as school safety platforms and certain vendor programs. The Senate also adopted strike-all amendments and passed House Bills 1936 and 1937 for Mississippi Public Broadcasting and the Library Commission, and then moved on to House Bill 1933 for the Bureau of Building. The Senate recessed until 2:30 p.m. and announced an appropriations meeting shortly after recess, while leadership noted that many supplemental appropriations bills would be considered later with attention to whether they contained reverse repealers and would go to conference or final passage.

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• enhance youth camp safety; legislation to improve early warning systems and other preparedness infrastructure
• In the adoption of the administration of assessment infrastructures and public school indicators and
• Seeing none, we will now hear from Internal Affairs Chief Judge Kerry Ballins regarding projects for
• study by the Texas Water Development Board of the state environmental review process for certain projects
• The infrastructure fund and implementation of streamlining procedures will be based on the results of

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• This bill does not require approval, only that a decision is made so projects can move forward.
• A project, to be very blunt, cannot double dip and thereby receive both credits.
• Project.
• infrastructure needed to be able to deliver a renewable energy project.
• and already have projects that are proposed to be able to do that infrastructure work.

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and proceeded through a large House of Origin floor file, with the Speaker repeatedly urging members to be at their desks and keep support bills brief. Early actions included dispensing with the journal, re-referring AB 2285 to the Banking and Finance Committee, and then taking up dozens of third-reading items, with many bills passed by voice or recorded vote and others passed temporarily or retained on file. The floor debated and passed a wide range of measures on land use, housing, labor, public safety, health care, utilities, taxation, and consumer protection. Among the bills approved were measures on land surveyor review (AB 1933), nurse midwife access for pregnant and postpartum patients (AB 1696), historic-district transit zoning flexibility (AB 2415), EV charging infrastructure fees and timelines (AB 1820), foreclosure bidding protections (AB 1957), tribal cannabis commerce (AB 2506), outdoor advertising permitting (AB 2024), commercial building permit timelines and third-party plan checkers (AB 2418), DUI penalties (AB 1685 and AB 1687), utility rate transparency (AB 1715), CalWORKs work-penalty changes (AB 1755), dynamic electricity rates (AB 1787), interior designer licensure (AB 1796), compost labeling and contamination rules (AB 1812), modular housing standardization (AB 1815), small claims limits for businesses (AB 1827), Native American Day as a paid state holiday (AB 1841), hospital staffing and maternity access bills (AB 1868 and AB 1882), protective orders tied to release dates (AB 1889), and a series of public health, missing persons, and teacher credentialing measures later in the file. Several high-profile bills drew extended debate. AB 2624, expanding Safe at Home privacy protections to immigrant service providers, prompted sharp disagreement over free speech and alleged limits on online posting, but supporters said it protected workers facing threats and doxing; it ultimately passed 49-19. AB 2023, creating a framework for regulating AI chatbots used by children, was framed as a child-safety measure after testimony about chatbot-related harms and suicide risks, and passed 58-8. Other notable votes included AB 2208 on Medi-Cal protections against federal cuts, AB 2299 on CalFresh/SNAP losses, AB 2115 apologizing to California Native peoples for historic state harms, and AB 2311 on public hospital physician employment; the transcript ends as the Assembly continues working through the remaining file.

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• Another factor is that our charging infrastructure is not mature enough.
• Excuse me, our charging and charging infrastructure is not mature enough.
• They aren't all that reliable, and the dense urban areas lack any real investments in infrastructure.
• That's money for schools, infrastructure, and the services that we all rely on.
• This is your speaker project. I'm telling you to get down to vote. We're voting. We're going down.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House met in a session centered on the FY26 budget, especially the Energy and Environmental Affairs and Labor/Economic Development sections, while also taking time to recognize several championship teams and other guests. Early in the day, the chamber adopted a set of commemorative resolutions, including observances for Apraxia Awareness Day, International Celiac Awareness Day, and Jewish American Heritage Month. Members also welcomed Franklin High’s cheerleading and boys basketball champions, Winthrop boys hockey champions, St. Mary’s of Lynn girls basketball champions, Holy Trinity School students, and later Boston Celtics guard Drew Holiday and Lauren Holiday. The most contentious debate involved amendments related to Massachusetts’ climate and clean-car policies. Representative Lombardo offered amendments to delay or repeal ACC2/zero-emission vehicle requirements and to convert climate mandates into goals rather than requirements, arguing the rules were unrealistic, costly, and harmful to dealers, consumers, and the economy. Opponents said the House had already addressed the issue, and that climate and energy policy should remain under review through a public process. The House rejected Lombardo’s ACC2-related amendments, including after a ruling of the Chair was upheld by roll call, and later adopted a consolidated Energy and Environmental Affairs amendment by a wide margin. The House then adopted a consolidated Labor and Economic Development amendment and ultimately passed the FY26 budget to be engrossed. Supporters highlighted major funding for environmental protection, parks, fish and game, clean energy, food insecurity programs, agricultural support, economic development, tourism, and an immigration legal assistance fund. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for Molly McGovern, and at the end of the session adopted an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. before adjourning.

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• My name is Ben Cox, former assistant project scientist at UC Davis, in support.
• Hydrogen can be used to transition existing power infrastructure into clean energy infrastructure.
• By incentivizing in-state hydrogen projects...
• By incentivizing in-state hydrogen projects, we’re also creating thousands of jobs.
• One hydrogen production project alone in Lancaster, it’s called Element, is creating 1,200 good union

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• For a project, you know, if they had three axles.
• My district was really excited about this project.
• channel project in the state of Texas since 1926.
• Lands, typically in these projects, it's the GLO.
• be used toward other projects in the Senate.

Bills: SB249, SB546, SB744, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1365, SB1366, SB1394, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1745, SB1746, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB1939

Keywords: memorial markers, law enforcement, officer memorials, killed in the line of duty, highway signage, school bus, school district, student transportation, child safety, seat belts, three-point seat belt, two-point seat belt, bus retrofit, bus warranty, Texas Education Agency, TEA, transportation code, school activity bus, multifunction school activity bus, school-chartered bus

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• , whether it be electrical infrastructure, actual infrastructure on the properties, things to be able
• that the haves around infrastructure that the haves around infrastructure whether<00:02:38.080><
• c> it<00:02:38.160> be<00:02:38.280> electrical<00:02:38.760> infrastructure
• whether it be electrical infrastructure whether it be electrical infrastructure uh<00:02:39.840>
• infrastructure on the uh actual infrastructure on the properties<00:02:42.000> things<00:02:42.200

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:19 Department of Agriculture 00:01:29, 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government met with Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell to discuss the Department of Agriculture’s current budget priorities and the impact of recent legislative investments. Shell praised funding for the Farms to Food Bank program, saying it helps food banks serve Kentuckians, especially seniors, while also supporting farmers. He also highlighted County Fair Grant funding, noting a $250,000 increase helped finance a record nine county fair projects, and he described the Raising Hope rural mental health, suicide prevention, and farm safety program as life-saving, citing one event in Owensboro where 14 people were sent to the hospital after health screenings. Shell also addressed emergency preparedness and bird flu response, saying the department’s Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response is working effectively and that Kentucky has not had affected commercial or backyard flocks, only some wild geese cases. He discussed federal efforts to address egg prices and avian influenza, including biosecurity, farmer relief, and research funding, and said he expects those actions to affect prices in the coming months. He also urged the committee to codify Senate Bill 28 and referenced House Joint Resolution 371, which he said would allow the department to retain $5 million for rural economic development efforts aimed at attracting processors and other large-scale operations. In response to questions from Representative Hart, Shell said the department’s disaster role is mainly to coordinate response plans and identify agricultural needs for state and federal relief, rather than provide direct relief funding itself. He said recent flooding in Eastern Kentucky has mainly affected hay supplies for livestock producers, and that the department is working with the Cattlemen’s Association and UK Extension to locate affected farmers and secure hay donations. Shell closed by asking for continued support for agriculture economic development and for improved staff recruitment and retention, saying the department struggles to compete with other state agencies for employees. The meeting ended with thanks and adjournment, with the next meeting announced for the following Thursday.

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• Next, the Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommittee, Martin Fisher.
• These include the Border Authority, the Colonial Infrastructure Board, the Spaceport Authority, among
• Some of these include the Public Project Revolving Fund and the Economic Development Revolving Fund.
• On the Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommittee, it seems to me it would be a good idea to
• So that is absolutely noted and is a project that will be worked on.

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• Representative Nixon: Does your bill take into account safety in regards to the infrastructure that it
• We all know cities and counties have projects they'd like to Representative Griffitts: complete.
• The real question is their expenses on infrastructure. And why not cap the essentials?
• We all agree that those are two essentials: public safety and infrastructure.
• And yet we question their budget decisions on infrastructure.

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• ,<00:32:09.039> sludge repairs to the infrastructure, sludge repairs to the infrastructure
• Infrastructure.
• ><01:11:02.719> uh<01:11:03.120> we've project was developed and uh we've project was developed
• <01:11:11.679> um<01:11:11.840> in of the project to get it started. um in of the project
• And then we have that Milcon project, the more permanent project. It's a permanent solution. Okay.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Special Committee on Red Hill held an informational briefing at the State Capitol focused on updates from the Navy Closure Task Force Red Hill and NAVFAC Hawaii. Members and Navy officials opened by noting the meeting format, providing public links to tank closure supplement 4 and environmental remediation resources, and thanking Admiral Barnett for attending before his transition. The Navy emphasized that the Red Hill closure effort and the PFAS/PAS environmental remediation effort are separate but coordinated, and that both are long-term undertakings. For the closure effort, Navy officials reported progress on tank cleaning, ventilation, sludge removal, groundwater monitoring, and preparation for pipeline removal. They said supplement 4 to the tank closure plan was submitted in May and outlines the overall closure strategy, post-closure monitoring, and the decision to proceed with closure rather than wait for beneficial reuse decisions. They described completed ventilation of tanks 3 through 8, the start of tank 2 ventilation, removal of 283 gallons of sludge from the first six tanks, and plans to begin pipeline pigging and removal later this year. Officials also said all sludge samples tested so far were non-hazardous and that air monitoring has not shown elevated volatile organic readings during operations. NAVFAC Hawaii then outlined the PFAS/PAS remedial investigation under CERCLA, explaining the cleanup process, the nature of PFAS, and the role of aqueous film-forming foam as a source. The presentation said the Navy began investigating PFAS releases in 2014-2015, that the 2021 Red Hill fuel release led directly into remedial investigation work, and that current activities include quarterly groundwater sampling at 42 monitoring wells, installation of new shallow and deep wells, soil sampling where exceedances were found, fate-and-transport modeling, and human health risk assessments. Officials said data are publicly available on the Red Hill environmental website and that the next restoration advisory board meeting is scheduled for August 27. The Navy also gave a water resiliency update, saying it is upgrading the joint base drinking water system with pump, tank, and cybersecurity improvements and is installing treatment systems for the inactive Navy Aiea and Red Hill shafts ahead of EPA drinking water standards taking effect in 2029. No votes or formal committee actions were taken, as the meeting was informational only.

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• Stadium, a project that maybe takes two years.
• project that maybe takes two years this project that maybe takes two years this is<00:29:23.600> a
• and with our current budget projection and with our current budget projection putting<00:40:30.839
• While these projects do create construction jobs, the long-term economic benefits are minimal.
• <01:07:37.960> and like schools infrastr infrastructure and like schools infrastr infrastructure

Keywords: 1183, house

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• ,<01:20:53.600> expensive investing in infrastructure, expensive investing in infrastructure
• , support would strengthen infrastructure, support would strengthen infrastructure, improve<01:43
• . projects. projects.
• So, we had potential projects coming to us, and we had to say unfortunately these projects will not be
• So, we had projects projects projects potential<01:58:55.960> projects<01:58:56.440> coming

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So that spending deficit is projected.
• If you look at the projections document from our most recent public projections in February, $7.5 million
• you know, if you look at the projections you know, if you look at the projections document<00:30
• <00:32:35.840> reflected our um November projections reflected our um November projections
• project enrollment for the institutions. project enrollment for the institutions.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all