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ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Jun 16th, 2026

Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then they cap their large infrastructure investments at $25 million.
  • Manage all of the things that need to be managed as part of the expansion of the oil and gas industry
  • Some of it's shared infrastructure, but some of it's improvements in productivity.
  • If we're going to move forward on challenging large-scale infrastructure projects, and it's not just
  • limited to this, I think, challenging large-scale infrastructure projects, and it's not just limited
Summary: The committee met to review advanced nuclear energy issues in North Dakota, beginning with approval of the April 21, 2022 minutes. Nucleon presented an overview of the advanced reactor landscape, distinguishing light-water SMRs, advanced Gen 4 reactors, and microreactors. The presentation emphasized that light-water SMRs are the most near-term deployable and use familiar low-enriched uranium fuel, while many Gen 4 designs may require high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALU), which is not yet supported by a mature U.S. supply chain. Nucleon also noted that advanced reactors are being developed primarily for industrial heat applications, while microreactors are niche, higher-cost systems for remote or mission-critical uses. Committee members asked about fuel availability, safety, recycling, and whether large reactors such as AP-1000s were evaluated; the presenter said fuel development is proceeding in parallel but remains a bottleneck, and that siting and grid capacity often make SMRs more practical than gigawatt-scale plants in North Dakota. Representatives from the National Association of State Energy Officials described how other states are supporting advanced nuclear through task forces, roadmaps, regional coordination, grants, tax incentives, workforce and supply-chain efforts, and pilot programs. They highlighted the Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative and said states are focusing on multi-state coordination, demand aggregation, regulatory coordination, waste management, workforce readiness, and community engagement. They also discussed affordability tools such as construction work in progress (CWIP), financing incentives, and consumer protections, citing examples from Kentucky, Texas, Virginia, Illinois, Missouri, Utah, Tennessee, and others. In response to questions, they explained that pilot programs often involve site-readiness and feasibility studies, and that the federal Nuclear Innovation Campus process is moving forward with multiple submissions while broader waste and recycling policy may require congressional action. The Public Service Commission said it would likely have a major role in any North Dakota nuclear project through certificate-of-public-convenience-and-necessity review, siting, and rate regulation, but noted gaps in current law for small reactors, co-located facilities, NRC coordination, and long-term site stewardship. The commissioner said the commission has no authority over a private, self-contained reactor not connected to the grid. The Department of Environmental Quality explained that the state regulates radioactive materials under its agreement-state authority, but NRC retains primacy over fission reactors; DEQ would likely assist with emergency planning and could have a larger role if fusion reactors emerge. The Department of Emergency Services said it would serve as the lead off-site preparedness agency, requiring a dedicated radiological emergency preparedness program, training, drills, public outreach, and likely additional funding and staffing, with industry expected to bear much of the cost. The Department of Water Resources said North Dakota’s water laws and prior-appropriation system are adequate for nuclear siting, that the Missouri River is the best likely source, and that no statutory or budget changes are currently needed from a water perspective. The committee recessed for lunch after these agency presentations.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 24th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V

Transcript Highlights:
  • What this grant program does is help with really infrastructure projects, whether just outside the base
  • Post-COVID, it takes almost six months. to a year just on getting the right infrastructure within our
  • And it's a definite struggle to keep up with the infrastructure and service needs of these communities
  • around the infrastructure that needs to be built to manage that. Yes ma'am.
  • And are we as a state... does the state have infrastructure in place to possibly sell the property or
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WLA Public Hearing 04-23-2026

Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have one road in, one road out, strained infrastructure, and safety concerns.
  • unless you're going to install your own infrastructure.
  • infrastructure infrastructure to<00:40:46.560><c> develop</c><00:40:47.360><c> first</c><00:40:47.640
  • </c> no infrastructure no infrastructure to<00:41:01.000><c> support</c> to support to support uh uh
  • </c><00:51:16.560><c> or</c><00:51:16.800><c> the</c> regarding the expansion or the regarding the expansion
Summary: The committee heard several gubernatorial nominations for confirmation, beginning with GM 788 for Karen Knudsen to the Hawaii Sister State and International Partnerships Commission. DBEDT strongly supported her nomination, describing her decades of Asia-Pacific and East-West Center experience. Senators asked about the new commission structure, confirming that the old committee was abolished and replaced by a five-voting-member commission with two governor appointees before the Senate, other ex officio and legislative appointees, and one OHA vacancy still pending. Knudsen said the commission would help review new sister-state and international partnership proposals, while existing relationships would remain in place. Members also discussed the commission’s lack of a separate budget and its use of DBEDT international relations funding. The committee then moved to GM 789 for Wesley Fong to the same commission; DBEDT supported him based on his military, legal, and international trade background. A concern was raised that he also served on the State Ethics Commission, and Fong stated he had resigned from that post effective the 20th of the month to avoid a conflict. Senators questioned his reasons for leaving ethics, and he explained that his term was ending and he wanted to continue public service in a role aligned with his background in international agreements, education, and Indo-Pacific relations. No votes were taken in the portion provided. The committee next considered GM 769 for Patrick Branco to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. The foundation and the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters both testified in strong support. Branco appeared by Zoom and said he was currently on temporary military orders on the East Coast, but had prior experience in public diplomacy as cultural attaché in Caracas and had worked on Fulbright and cultural exchange efforts. The committee then took up GM 770 for Makanani Salā to the same board. The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts supported her nomination, and Noe Wong-Wilson testified in person, citing Salā’s work at Windward Community College and her role in organizing the Best Fest festival, saying she would bring Hawaiian cultural perspective to the foundation. Salā said her county experience included arts, culture, and sister-city work, and that she would emphasize public-private partnerships and helping other agencies use the foundation’s expertise. Members briefly discussed FESTPAC and its rotating international location. Finally, the committee heard GM 767 for Miles Miyatso to the Land Use Commission. The Land Use Commission and the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters both supported the nomination, and Avalon Development Company was listed but did not appear on Zoom. The discussion in the provided transcript ended during this item, with no vote or final action shown for the nominations covered.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/23/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're children who need expansive wraparound services like youth act.
  • > wraparound</c> need expense expansive wraparound need expense expansive wraparound services<00:30:36.799
  • I think this is an infrastructure bill, essentially.
  • </c><00:33:59.039><c> and</c> clarifying the the infrastructure and clarifying the the infrastructure
  • </c><00:36:14.000><c> place,</c> putting that infrastructure in place, putting that infrastructure in
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Sep 16th, 2025 at 09:00 am

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • How probable is the development if this infrastructure investment is made?
  • Infrastructure. So what are impact fees and system development charges?
  • Where do we have the capacity for the infrastructure?
  • So it's easy to package with other forms of infrastructure funding.
  • fees to fund necessary infrastructure investments.
Committee: Senate Housing
Summary: The committee heard presentations on several housing finance and permitting tools. Chattanooga described its payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) affordable housing program, which ties property tax abatements to the number and affordability level of units provided, using a calculator based on market rents and HUD affordability levels. Senators asked about the 15-year term, auditing, and whether the program was attracting private market-rate developers; the presenter said the first mixed-income project would include 278 units with 42 affordable units and that annual compliance monitoring is conducted. Shoreline then described its MFTE and inclusionary housing approach, emphasizing that longer 20-year exemptions helped make projects pencil out and that most recent development has clustered around light rail station areas; city staff said they will study whether the program should be adjusted further and noted the importance of the new state inclusionary housing law. The Department of Commerce and MRSC discussed tax increment financing, proportional impact fees, and the CHIP program. Commerce explained that TIF can fund public improvements such as roads, utilities, parks, broadband, and some affordable housing or child care facilities, but jurisdictions should only use it when development is likely to occur and the public benefit justifies the investment. On impact fees, Commerce said fees should be proportional to the actual infrastructure demand of a project and based on capital facility plans; it also noted that fee reductions for affordable housing must be backfilled through CHIP. Senators asked for more information on CHIP funding levels, project selection, and how much of it supports affordable housing. Commerce also presented the first annual permit-timelines report under the 2023 permitting reforms, saying 2024 data showed timelines still exceeding statutory goals and that future reports will examine factors such as paper versus electronic processing and local reform efforts. Auburn and Bellevue highlighted local permitting innovations. Auburn said it has moved to fully electronic review, uses MyBuildingPermit.com, has internal performance standards, and offers a stock-plan program that can cut later review to about a week; staff said most stamped plans still require at least two review cycles and that the city is watching how middle-housing code changes affect development. Bellevue described a pilot with GovStream AI to use artificial intelligence for pre-application assistance, document triage, and plan-review support, with the goal of reducing back-and-forth and improving application quality. Finally, Seattle presented a pilot for accessory dwelling unit co-development in which a mission-driven partner would finance, build, and manage backyard ADUs for homeowners, with the owner eventually buying out the partner; senators raised questions about rent-setting, management fees, liability, and what happens if a homeowner sells early. The committee also heard from community land trust representatives, who explained how ground leases and resale restrictions keep homes permanently affordable and allow public subsidies to serve multiple generations.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Right now, Louisiana has the biggest infrastructure in oil and gas.
  • That's why all these foreign industries do business with us, because we have the best infrastructure
  • Expansive impacts than just the parishes. Thank you. All right, thank you, Speaker Pro Tem.
  • More than $50 billion in projects have been announced since 2022 that require CCS infrastructure.
  • Blanche Gallagher with Blue Sky Infrastructure. Blanche Gallagher with Clean Hydrogen Works.
Summary: The committee took up public comment on a package of similar local-option bills related to carbon capture and sequestration, including House Bills 5, 6, 497, 498, 501, and 504. The bills would let parishes, or in some cases specific parishes such as Rapides and Livingston, decide by local vote whether Class VI wells, CO2 sequestration, and related pipeline infrastructure could be permitted. The chair grouped the bills together for testimony, adopted a three-minute public comment rule, and noted that the bills were not yet under consideration for a vote during the public-comment portion. Supporters, including Speaker Pro Tem Mike Johnson, parish officials, local activists, and residents, argued that communities affected by carbon capture projects should have a direct voice through local option elections. They said the bills were about self-determination, local control, and allowing residents to decide whether the risks are worth the benefits. Several speakers said their parishes had passed resolutions opposing carbon capture or asking for local choice, while others emphasized concerns about eminent domain, aquifer protection, lack of public understanding, and the need for more information about project impacts and financial benefits. Some supporters also said a local vote would force industry to engage more directly with communities and could improve transparency. Opponents, including representatives of the Department of Conservation and Energy, the Louisiana Chemistry Association, the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, warned that the bills would create uncertainty, undermine Louisiana’s primacy over Class VI permitting, and invite litigation under federal preemption and the Supremacy Clause. They said the state already has a strict permitting process with public input and technical review, and that allowing parish-by-parish approval could delay or block billions of dollars in investment, jobs, and export-related projects. The department testified that if the state adopted a local-option referendum system, EPA could determine Louisiana was not implementing the program consistently and could move to remove primacy. No committee vote was taken in the portion provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division I (01/29/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we're talking about traditional infrastructure, core infrastructure, not opportunistic, not building
  • </c><02:32:33.720><c> in</c> we don't have as much infrastructure in we don't have as much infrastructure
  • <02:32:54.359><c> core</c><02:32:55.000><c> infrastructure</c><02:32:56.000><c> uh</c> infrastructure
  • core infrastructure uh infrastructure core infrastructure uh not<02:32:56.920><c> opportunistic</c><
  • </c> are are augmented by the infrastructure are are augmented by the infrastructure Bill<04:31:33.159
Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented an overview of its budget and operations, emphasizing that it is the lowest-spending agency in state government and that its general fund allocation has declined since 2019. Commissioner Arling House explained that DAS also handles back-office functions for several administratively attached boards, which has affected staffing and spending comparisons. He said the department’s current general fund spending is roughly split between retiree health and other operations, and that the presentation was based on adjusted authorized spending rather than the original budget figures. A major portion of the meeting focused on retiree health benefits and the long-term effort to control costs. Deputy Commissioner Cassie Keane described how the state moved from a projected deficit in retiree health to savings through a series of changes, including higher premium contributions, co-pay adjustments, and shifting Medicare retirees into Medicare Advantage arrangements to capture federal reimbursement. She said the state has about 12,500 retirees and spouses on the plan, with roughly 10,906 Medicare retirees and 1,580 non-Medicare retirees, and that the savings have depended heavily on federal funding and procurement decisions. She also noted that Medicare retirees pay Part B premiums and that the state has grandfathered older retirees from some premium contributions. Members asked about what the expenditures cover, why the state offers retiree health instead of simply giving retirees a payment to buy coverage themselves, and whether out-of-pocket costs changed under Medicare Advantage. Keane said the plan covers actual health claims or insurance premiums, that co-pays and maximum out-of-pocket limits remain in place, and that the state has no authority to change benefit details without legislative action. She explained that retiree health is a long-standing employee benefit that wraps around Medicare and is not collectively bargained in the usual sense, though its eligibility rules and cost-sharing have been tightened over time to better target the benefit to long-term state service. The discussion also covered vendor performance problems. Keane said Anthem recently won the contract back from Aetna, but its pharmacy subsidiary, Caroline, caused serious service disruptions. DAS responded by withholding payments, assessing more than $2 million in performance guarantees, and hiring a third-party auditor to review the pharmacy processes. The current contract runs through the end of calendar year 2026, and officials said they are watching federal Medicare Advantage reimbursement changes closely because future savings are uncertain.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee Aug 29th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 772 Cabaldon infill infrastructure grant program two-year bill.
  • Disgouging, do pass as amended to strike, geographic expansion of prohibition and limit search warrant
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-08

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • do with the employee gain-sharing report from Management and Budget, the Advisory Council on Infrastructure
  • Finally, we would ask the committee to consider the governor's recommendation, which includes the expansion
Bills: HF2783
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Sep 9th, 2025

New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • For all the infrastructure and financial support that we have received from you, and most recently, I'd
  • New Mexico can become a vital part of the state's and nation's space infrastructure. questions.
  • Just like building a road or a bridge, you've got to build the infrastructure to bring the customers
  • Capacity, re-ignited five long-stalled infrastructure projects, completing one of them.
  • lacking a little bit of infrastructure.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Apr 7th, 2025

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Coordination between excavators and utility locators is the groundwork for protecting infrastructure,
  • project or even a government-related infrastructure project.
  • Long, thanks for being here, and actually, thanks for stepping in to prevent the expansion.
  • The problem is the infrastructure, and there's not anything being done about it.
  • You can imagine the oil and gas infrastructure.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 2/20/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:02:56.519><c> improvements</c><00:02:57.120><c> for</c> infrastructure improvements for infrastructure
  • </c> clinics water and sewage infrastructure clinics water and sewage infrastructure housing<00:04:49.960
  • </c> properly maintained infrastructure properly maintained infrastructure allows<00:06:51.680><c> for
  • <00:08:08.039><c> issues</c><00:08:08.479><c> arise</c> infrastructure issues arise infrastructure issues
  • </c><00:41:25.280><c> assets</c> the condition of infrastructure assets the condition of infrastructure
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/16/2026 - Joint Legislative Audit Committee

Joint Legislative Audit Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • That infrastructure has dual purpose. That infrastructure has dual purpose.
  • There were three different vendors between the network infrastructure, the alarm infrastructure, the
  • telecom infrastructure, and nobody would take responsibility for plugging that cable in.
  • We are a long-term partner to the state's public safety infrastructure, from 9-1-1 to radio infrastructure
  • Two-way radios and public safety infrastructure.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, January 13, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We strengthened critical infrastructure, which is necessary not only in our valley but throughout the
  • :50:47.040><c> law,</c> Thanks to bipartisan infrastructure law, Thanks to bipartisan infrastructure
  • </c><00:51:03.200><c> project</c> raise and reservoir expansion project raise and reservoir expansion
  • of special care units, and a cardiovascular expansion project.
  • Kendra is the fourth expansion project.
Bills: HR991 , HB4593 , HB2312 , HB2270 , HB2262 , HR988
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Jan 14th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • So one of the first major things that everybody is aware of is Medicaid expansion.
  • Medicaid expansion really took effect in fiscal year 2020 and 2021.
  • There's revenue sharing, there's transportation, expansion and congestion mitigation fund, homeowners
  • long term that we're not going to let some of this AI-driven, if you will, data-centered, driven expansion
  • Idaho Power does require large energy users to fund any infrastructure needed to interconnect their business
Summary: The committee was convened to review Idaho’s economic outlook and general fund revenue projections for fiscal years 2025-2028, with members instructed to submit “homework” revenue estimates by noon the next day so staff could compile committee averages and medians for deliberations and a final recommendation to JFAC. Opening remarks emphasized the committee’s constitutional charge, the use of the binder materials and online packet, and that the committee would meet again the next day to discuss and vote on the revenue projection recommendation. Staff and agency presentations focused on the state’s budget and revenue picture. Legislative Services Office staff described structural imbalance concerns, noting that statutory spending changes and earmarked sales tax distributions have crowded out flexibility, while cash reserves remain substantial. The Division of Financial Management’s economist explained the official revenue forecast, including revised treatment of sales tax and tax relief fund accruals, and said the forecast largely held steady overall even as corporate and individual income tax categories shifted. She also discussed the impact of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act on SALT deductions and said recent corporate collections had rebounded sharply, suggesting timing and behavior changes rather than a broad economic downturn. Outside economists and labor experts painted a generally stable to positive economic picture. Zions Bank’s economist said the Federal Reserve is likely near the end of major rate cuts, long-term rates and mortgage rates remain elevated, tariffs have risen sharply, but inflation has not yet shown broad tariff-driven acceleration; he described the national labor market as slowing but not contracting and said 2026 could be a rebuilding year. The Idaho Department of Labor reported that Idaho’s unemployment remains historically low, job growth is steady, wage growth is moderating from overheated pandemic-era levels, and the state’s labor market remains healthier and more balanced than the national picture. The committee also heard from Idaho Power’s economist, who began a presentation on broader economic conditions and utility-related demand trends before the transcript ended.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 14th, 2026

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Gentleman, we haven't done this kind of scope of practice expansion for...
  • It leaves the bill's scope of expansion intact. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, gentlelady.
  • When this body considers the scope expansions into these internal surgeries with the laser, especially
  • So this is what we're doing today with this expansion bill.
  • I was sort of scanning through the statute here for other expansions of scope of practice.
Bills: HB145 , HB164 , HR1 , HB20 , HB65 , HB66 , HB80 , HB306 , SB29 , SB37 , HB99 , HB206 , HB213 , HB270 , SB104 , SB193 , HB38 , HB254 , HB256 , SB58 , SB64 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM39 , HM29 , HM43 , HM59 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB253
Summary: The House opened with quorum, invocation, pledge, and several announcements recognizing guests and Early Childhood Day at the Roundhouse, including remarks supporting New Mexico’s universal child care efforts. The chamber then received and adopted a long series of committee reports, moving multiple bills forward, including HB 303, SB 96, HB 195, HB 279, HB 292 (with a Judiciary substitute), SB 30, HB 234, SB 35, SB 40, SB 43, HB 153 (with an Appropriations substitute), HB 253, HB 255, HB 287, HB 371 (with an Appropriations substitute), SB 143, HB 248 (with a Taxation and Revenue substitute), HB 309, SB 48, and enrollment/signing reports for memorials. The House also received Senate Judiciary Committee substitute for SB 41, which would eliminate the statute of limitations for certain sexual crimes and was referred to Judiciary. The main floor debate centered on House Judiciary Committee substitute for HB 99, a medical malpractice reform bill. Supporters said it would balance patient compensation with provider stability by capping punitive damages, raising the burden of proof for punitive damages, and limiting when such claims can be pleaded. Several members described the bill as the product of months of bipartisan work and argued it would help retain doctors, especially in rural areas. The House passed HB 99 on final passage by a vote of 16-3. The House also passed HB 66, expanding the health care provider loan repayment program, by 69-0; HB 306, addressing unexpected patient-facing facility fees, by 69-0; HB 38, adding wheelchairs to insurance coverage for certain prostheses-related benefits, by 69-0; HB 20, allowing Native American applicants to request a distinguishing designation on driver’s licenses and ID cards, by 66-3; and HB 253, preserving and regulating virtual education with an emergency clause, by 69-0. The chamber then took up HB 213, which expands optometrists’ scope of practice to include certain laser eye procedures. A proposed amendment requiring patients to sign a disclosure acknowledging that optometrists are not MDs or DOs and did not attend medical school was debated at length, with supporters framing it as informed consent and opponents calling it demeaning and unnecessary. The House tabled that amendment 35-19, and the underlying bill continued in debate at the end of the transcript.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Health Committee Aug 4th, 2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think it's kind of an upfront cost to get the technological infrastructure there, and that's where
  • think we're more talking about the smaller ones, the safety net clinics that don't have that infrastructure
  • And I'm sure that some of the data safety storage infrastructure, And I'm sure that some of the data,
  • safety, storage infrastructure has to be there for regular patients, in-person patients as well.
  • I know the kind of more... ...expansive use of telehealth is a more recent thing.
Committee: House Health
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 01/27/25

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans

Transcript Highlights:
  • It gives you an idea of the quality of infrastructure that we have and we want to maintain with regards
  • It gives you an idea of the quality of infrastructure that we have and we want to maintain with regards
  • and kind of a simply an expansion and kind of a ramping<01:25:05.840><c> up</c><01:25:06.000><c> of<
  • </c><01:35:03.480><c> expansions</c><01:35:04.000><c> in</c><01:35:04.199><c> VA</c> biggest expansion
  • expansions in VA biggest expansion expansions in VA benefits<01:35:05.040><c> and</c><01:35:05.199><
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • foreign and state laws as it pertains to banking institutions, pipeline operations, other critical infrastructure
  • It pertains the banking institutions, pipeline operations, other critical infrastructure, and juridical