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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the University of Texas at El Paso. to gradually increase its student union fee, enabling the construction
- Supply chain issues have been particularly acute for the past five years in the construction and technology
- than 2,800 acres and includes 260 buildings, some dating back to the mid-1800s and others newly constructed
- Additionally, construction costs have increased over the past 10 years, particularly between 2019 and
- In 2024, construction of laboratory space, for example, increased by over 50 percent, and for classrooms
Bills:
HB42, HB 125, HB 1233, HB2853, HB3148, HB3326, HB3701, HB4066, HB4361, HB4762, HB4909, HB4912, HB42, HB125
Keywords:
higher education, funding, financial allocation, state budget, Texas A&M University, University of Houston, education funding, medical education, osteopathic medicine, healthcare workforce, Tarleton State University, industry-recognized credentials, workforce development, career opportunities, feasibility study, student fees, university funding, student union, education, UT El Paso
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Government Contract Review Committee (9-9-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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manager million for construction manager manager million for construction manager - ,<00:40:13.480>
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- construction dollar we have is 119.2. construction dollar we have is 119.2.
Summary:
The committee first approved the August 12 minutes and then handled a large agenda of 355 contracts totaling about $278.7 million. It agreed to defer three Office of Energy Policy items to the October 2025 meeting and reviewed a deferred Kentucky Educational Television contract without objection. The main substantive discussion centered on two University of Louisville legal services PSC amendments and a Seven Counties Services MOA item.
For the University of Louisville items, members questioned a large increase in hourly rates and the scope of the legal services, especially complex litigation work and a Colorado estate matter. University officials said the contracts followed an RFP, involved specialized litigation, included local counsel where required, and were expected to be offset by savings in other PSCs and by a potential financial recovery in the Colorado matter. The committee also discussed whether the $125 hourly rate was a statutory requirement or committee policy; the chair later said staff would verify whether it was an executive-branch regulation or statutory rate. Both University of Louisville items were ultimately approved, though Senator Meredith voted no on one and Senator Douglas explained his support while urging future adjustments and more information sharing.
The Seven Counties Services contract drew questions about how the $18.7 million would be used and whether federal changes could affect future funding. Cabinet officials described 988 crisis response, outpatient mental health and substance use treatment, prevention, recovery, and harm-reduction services, and said they were monitoring federal developments daily. Representative Petrie and Senator Thomas pressed the cabinet on the long-running Seven Counties bankruptcy and the need to push for resolution; officials said the matter was pending on a motion for reconsideration and that they would try to help move it along. The contract was approved.
At the end of the meeting, the committee approved the remaining agenda items as reviewed without objection, but Senator Meredith voted no on the blanket approval motion because of numerous retroactive contract requests and what she said were insufficient explanations such as administrative error or staff being on conference. She said retroactive approvals should be rare and supported stronger internal controls.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 3rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Especially in my district, where there's constant construction.
- Highway construction is one of the most dangerous occupations in the country, and speeding in construction
- they see construction zones.
- This is a good bill, it'll keep drivers and construction workers safe, it will save lives.
- By encouraging construction of assisted living facility.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 4, February 12, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- capital construction. capital construction.
- bill which we heard on construction bill which we heard on introduction<01:42:46.080>
K <01:42 - Separate bills will be introduced to provide for state capital construction appropriations.
- for state funded capital construction for state funded capital construction and<01:43:27.840>
- K- through2 capital construction<01:43:34.000>
JAC <01:43:34.639>moved <01:43:35.199>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/19/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- This mandate is a large expense to schools with any construction project, since any new construction
- canceling the construction altogether. canceling the construction altogether.
- To put that into perspective, we will begin construction this spring of a new early childhood center
- This runs completely counter to the constructive or competitive bidding practices public schools rely
- for the constructions of our schools. for the constructions of our schools.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- comes to mind for me is in construction comes to mind for me is in construction and<00:53:30.319
- Retrofits are just more construction.
- methods that are more construction methods that are more cost-effective<01:31:15.280>
and <01: - Constructing them to If not centuries.
- Constructing them to use energy efficiently from the beginning reduces utility costs from day one and
Keywords:
workforce development, youth employment, internships, mentoring, job opportunities, digital platform, online portal, career pathways, youth workforce, employment and economic development, DEED, general fund appropriation, nonprofit grant, social media outreach, digital outreach, workforce opportunities, teen jobs, young adults, career exploration, Minnesota youth
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/18/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Women make up, for example, just 3% of construction trades, which is that tiny little pink dot at the
- Women make up, for example, just 3% of construction trades, which is that tiny little pink dot at the
- Women make up, for example, just 3% of construction trades, which is that tiny little pink dot at the
- Women make up, for example, just 3% of construction trades, which is that tiny little pink dot at the
- Women make up, for example, just 3% of construction trades, which is that tiny little pink dot at the
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We do support the financing of new construction.
- Whether it's the developer who is acquiring or constructing a new building, or work of counselors who
- And then once construction starts, they draw funds over the period of construction on that project in
- lot of what we fund is the construction lot of what we fund is the construction or<00:15:03.079>
- the ground and then once construction the ground and then once construction starts<00:15:26.720>
Summary:
The committee met for an agency overview from Minnesota Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho. After member and staff introductions, Ho described Minnesota Housing’s mission, structure, and role as a mission-driven financial institution that issues bonds, uses earnings to support operations, and works across the housing continuum from homelessness prevention to homeownership and preservation. She emphasized that the agency is not a builder or regulator, but funds and partners with developers, local governments, nonprofits, and lenders. She also noted the agency’s four divisions, including a new local government housing programs division created after the 2023 legislative session expanded the agency’s responsibilities.
Ho reviewed funding and program activity, saying Minnesota Housing spent $1.96 billion in fiscal year 2024 and helped more than 73,000 households. She highlighted that the agency’s work is heavily competitive and often oversubscribed, with many projects selected through RFPs and grants but more applications than available resources. She discussed 2023 and 2024 investments, including homeownership, rental, and manufactured housing projects, and said roughly half of competitive dollars have gone to Greater Minnesota over the last several years. She also explained the difference between funds committed and funds actually disbursed, noting that construction and rehabilitation projects can take many months to close and draw down funds.
The commissioner also updated members on new programs created in 2023 and 2024, including first-generation down payment assistance, the Greater Minnesota Workforce Housing Development Program, public housing rehabilitation, state housing tax credits, and other local and regional initiatives. She said some programs are already closed out, while others remain in early implementation or are still accepting applications. Ho mentioned a forthcoming technical amendment to adjust a high-rise sprinkler program after eligibility issues limited participation. She closed with examples of projects preserved or funded, including a St. Louis Park preservation deal, public housing preservation in Greater Minnesota, a St. Cloud challenge project, and the first-generation down payment assistance program, which distributed $50 million to about 1,450 first-time buyers, most of whom were Black, Indigenous, or people of color. No votes or formal committee actions were taken.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agencies acting on OLA recommendations 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- agencies enter into through authorities in chapter 16C for services and commodities and other construction
- commodities um uh for services and and commodities and<00:06:52.400>
other <00:06:53.000>construction - ,<00:06:53.600>
for <00:06:53.720>example, and other construction, for example, and - other construction, for example, that<00:06:54.280>
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Summary:
The committee heard House File 3672, authored by Representative Quam, and the bill was laid over. Quam said the measure is based on findings from past Legislative Audit Commission audits and is intended to clarify state requirements, strengthen agency compliance, and address gaps such as conflicts of interest in grant administration. He said he wants the auditor to work directly with the revisor and agencies so the rules are clearer and less likely to be misunderstood.
Betsy Hayes, Assistant Commissioner with the Department of Administration, testified that sections 5 through 11 of the bill would strengthen grants management authorities, reporting, monitoring, training, and conflict-of-interest limits, and said those changes are generally supported and in some cases already reflected in policy. She raised concern about section 3, saying it could sweep too broadly by applying chapter 16B grants-management requirements to all state payments to non-state entities, including procurement payments, which could create fiscal impact and regulatory overlap. She said the department is working with the author, the Office of the Legislative Auditor, and Auditor Randall to refine the language.
Chair Clayburn asked for clarification on the difference between grants and procurement contracts and on the relationship between chapters 16B and 16C. Hayes explained that grants are typically reimbursement-based payments to third parties under chapter 16B, while procurement contracts are inward-facing state purchases under chapter 16C. She said section 3 could unintentionally capture procurement and apply grants rules to it. Clayburn said the bill’s intent is good and welcomed continued work on the language before the bill moves forward.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC) Feb 20th, 2026
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
Transcript Highlights:
- executive subcommittee met yesterday and approved a waiver request for cooperative purchasing construction
- executive subcommittee met yesterday and approved a waiver request for cooperative purchasing construction
- The Revenue Subcommittee met on Tuesday and reviewed methods of finance, one alternate delivery construction
- The Revenue Subcommittee met on Tuesday and reviewed methods of finance, one alternate delivery construction
Summary:
The committee met and opened with a prayer, then approved the prior meeting minutes and received the monthly revenue report from the Bureau of Legislative Research. The report showed gross general revenue collections up year to date and net general revenue above forecast, with the staff noting changes driven by casino gaming transfers, income tax growth, and a lottery-related collection. No action was required on the revenue report.
Several subcommittee reports were then presented and adopted, including the executive committee, administrative rules, game and fish/state police, hospital/Medicaid/developmental disability, occupational licensing, PEER, revenue, state insurance programs, and personnel. Topics included a Jackson County School District cooperative purchasing waiver, rulemaking updates from several agencies, federal immigration and wildlife issues, SNAP and Medicaid waiver reimbursement rates, occupational authorization reviews, temporary appropriations and transfer requests, a tire removal contract held for later review, EBD pharmacy and medical drug recommendations, and personnel items. The PEER report also included questions to the State Broadband Director about a provider with delinquent property taxes; he said the provider would not be brought forward until the issue is resolved and that broadband grant payments are tied to performance milestones.
The most extended discussion came during review of a State Insurance Department report on pharmacy benefit manager oversight. Commissioners and members questioned Navitus Health Solutions’ refusal to provide certain claims data for self-funded plans in an affiliate pricing examination. The department said the matter is being briefed and set for an administrative hearing, likely in April, and that the dispute centers on ERISA preemption and state authority to request the data. Members also asked about the status of the other PBMs under review and whether they had raised similar objections. After all reports were adopted or filed as reviewed, the meeting adjourned with no further business.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- then was appointed to the Director of the Facilities Management Division, overseeing the state's construction
- In this role, I was proud to have led the construction for the TRC Veterans Homes and the purchase design
- committee, GSD, with so many unique divisions, four of which are oversight in procurement, fleet, construction
- The second is we have several construction projects that are going... ...to cross administrations.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:54 pm
House Commerce & Economic Development Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- , especially considering the digit gulf between what our industry, what it costs our industry to construct
- House Bill 200 leverages private investment, supports local construction jobs, and helps workers put
- If I look at the vertical cost of construction.
- Large employers and construction partners plan out 5A 10 years in advance.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Jan 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- immediately to qualified nonprofit affordable housing organizations rather than sitting vacant after construction
- immediately to qualified nonprofit affordable housing organizations rather than sitting vacant after construction
- This no-cost legislation is a smart fix to adding additional options to promote construction of affordable
- This no-cost legislation is a smart fix to adding additional options to promote construction of affordable
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on January 22, 2026, for its regular order hearing and suspense-file hearing. In regular order, the committee approved consent-calendar bills AB 683, AB 763, AB 1126, and AB 1278 on unanimous due-pass motions, and AB 34 and AB 442 on a second unanimous due-pass motion. The committee then heard and advanced several bills, including AB 35, which would create an APA exemption for Proposition 4-funded programs to speed implementation of water, wildfire, energy-storage, and grid-support projects; AB 748, establishing pre-approved housing programs for local agencies; AB 939, allowing immediate transfer of certain affordable homeownership units to qualified nonprofit housing organizations; AB 643, adding a narrow organic-waste-derived agricultural fertilizer product to SB 1383 procurement options; and AB 96, removing the high school diploma requirement for certified Medi-Cal peer support specialists. Testimony on these bills was largely supportive, with sponsors and coalition representatives emphasizing reduced delays, lower costs, and improved housing, environmental, or behavioral-health outcomes. The Department of Finance offered general budget comments but no bill-specific positions. The committee voted the bills out, with AB 643 and AB 96 receiving no recorded opposition in the transcript and AB 939 passing with some members noting support and interest in coauthoring.
The committee also received a presentation-only discussion of AB 1091, a proposal to authorize eight-letter specialty license plates, which the author said could generate revenue for rural programs such as the Williamson Act; the bill was not acted on at that time. After public comment, the committee moved to the suspense-file hearing on 53 bills. Using a substituted motion for due-pass and due-pass-with-amendments items, the committee held some bills and advanced many others, often with amendments that narrowed scope, deleted provisions, or required reports or studies. Bills held in committee included AB 405, AB 298, AB 333, AB 296, AB 1091, AB 1241, and AB 577, among others. The committee reported moving 43 bills to the Assembly floor, with several on A roll calls and others on B roll calls or with amendments, and noted that amendment language would be posted later online.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations Apr 15th, 2025 at 04:00 pm
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- about further amending on the steering committee to add the language after 'oversee the design and construction
- about further amending on the steering committee to add the language after 'oversee the design and construction
- I'm on page five of the amended bill, line 29, the steering committee to oversee the design and construction
- I could, can't we just say, to oversee design and construction of the new correctional center and explore
Summary:
The committee reconvened in the afternoon and took up only Senate Bill 2015, the Department of Corrections budget. Representative Steeman explained that the budget reflected major changes from the Senate version because bed contracts with Grand Forks and Burleigh-Morton were still unresolved when the Senate acted. He described rising inmate populations, added county/regional jail payments, deferred maintenance and repair funding, planning money for a new Missouri River Correctional Center, software and equipment upgrades, victims of crime grants, and a one-time diversion/deflection center grant for Fargo funded through the Community Health Trust Fund. He also outlined funding for body cameras, tasers, and protective vests, and a Native American reentry program/report provision, along with a legislative management study on sentencing, corrections, and parole oversight.
Members asked about the possibility of private or design-build alternatives for the new Missouri River Correctional Center. After discussion, the committee adopted language directing the steering committee to oversee design and construction and to explore other options. There was also discussion of the importance of maintaining North Dakota’s correctional rehabilitation culture, the cost and availability of out-of-state placements, and the current number of inmates housed in regional, county, and interstate facilities.
The committee adopted the amendment to engrossed Senate Bill 2015 and then approved the bill as amended on a 21-0 vote, with two members absent and not voting. Representative Steeman was designated as the carrier. The chair then thanked members for their work and announced the committee would reconvene the next morning to continue with remaining bills and budget work before adjourning.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Feb 26th, 2025
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- What they changed was the construction of the board.
- In 1907, south of the Capitol, a new building was constructed, and we moved into a room that's still
- It was never constructed quite that way. Tom Owen died about a year later trying to...
- We'll have about four months of construction, with a soft opening in early October.
Keywords:
veterans affairs, Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, State Board of Veterans Affairs, commissioner, Governor appointment, oversight board, veterans services, veterans benefits, state veterans homes, veterans cemeteries, Alabama Veterans Home Trust Fund, veteran service officers, district managers, assistant commissioners, county veterans offices, military veterans, disabled veterans, elderly veterans, veterans organizations, American Legion
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Press Conference: American Society of Civil Engineers Feb 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Enan and Austin Chamber BP State and Federal Relations, Travis Krogman will provide remarks on construction
- this Texas Clear Lanes initiative, 18 projects from the program have been completed, 25 are under construction
- Additionally, permitting reform and design-built procurement strategies can reduce construction times
- Before we open it up to questions, I'm pleased to invite today's guest speakers, Austin Construction
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Auditing Committee Feb 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- A LOT OF EXPENDITURE RELATED ACTIVITIES AND UP AT THE TOP WE HAVE SEVERAL FINDINGS RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION
- , STUDENT STATION DOCUMENTATION, CONSTRUCTION USE FOR SERVICES AND ALSO THE USE OF CERTAIN RESTRICTED
- SPECIFICALLY I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT COST, SO THE DEPARTMENT FOR EACH CALENDAR YEAR THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION
- CONSTRUCTION USING THEIR OWN SERVICES, FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS THE BOARD MUST CONDUCT A PUBLIC MEETING TO
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Housing, Construction, and Community Development - 05/04/2026
Housing, Construction, and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to this meeting of the New York State Senate Committee on Housing, Construction, and Community
- residential units to the same protected status the unit previously held following demolition and new construction
- residential units to the same protected status the unit previously held following demolition and new construction
Summary:
The New York State Senate Committee on Housing, Construction, and Community Development met on May 4 under Chair Brian Kavanagh and considered an eight-bill agenda, much of it consisting of measures previously sponsored by former Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and now carried by other senators. Kavanagh noted the committee was in the first full week of May, with 32 days left in session and ongoing budget negotiations that include housing issues. The committee moved through the agenda without substantive debate on most bills.
The committee reported several bills to the floor, including S.6263 (requiring certain out-of-state affordable housing owners to maintain escrow accounts for New York affordable units), S.8956 (transferring the Potsdam Housing Authority to the Canton Housing Authority), S.9571 (allowing multiple transfers of low-income housing tax credits), S.9677 (the City of Buffalo Historic Preservation Receivership Act), S.9716 (expanding the definition of family members in public housing law), S.9907 (marshals’ filing requirements for eviction notices), S.9908 (calculating rent reductions from the date services were actually diminished), and S.9914 (requiring replacement units to retain the same protected status after demolition or major renovation). Several of these bills had previously passed the Senate in earlier sessions.
Most measures were advanced by motion and second, with some recorded negative votes or votes to advance without recommendation from minority members, but no bill was defeated. The transcript includes some repetition of bill readings, but the final action on each listed bill was reporting it out of committee, generally to the floor and, for S.9914, to Cities 1.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 2nd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And of course, with development and construction costs at an all.
- And analyze the cost effectiveness of passive house construction.
- Compared to existing title 24 construction standards.
- A six year window, where they're given a days right to correct violation identified in a construction
- This bill will help keep construction materials local, reducing fuel consumption.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/07/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- actually constructed as it needed to be actually constructed as it needed to be and<00:17:28.559>
- Talk about preconstruction flow and post-construction flow.
- group, but only a brand new constructed group, but only a brand new constructed facility<01:11:25.679
- They would only be that was constructed.
- Uh, the amendment that construction.