Video & Transcript Research : 'budget implementation'

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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Aug 22nd, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • In our budget, 41% of our total budget in the general fund is payroll for police and firefighters.
  • their budget from going from 3.5 to 10. 2.5.
  • to 50% of our budget, that's 2.5%.
  • Oil and gas factors. ...about 10 to 15% of our budget.
  • Our numbers, as we're looking at this year's budget versus what's being proposed for next year's budget
Bills: HB17, HB23, SB 10
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING Jun 5th, 2026

LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING

Transcript Highlights:
  • Once notified of the deficient internal controls, OST began implementing measures to address security
  • So the finding was because when we implemented the new summer EBT program, which provides for a $120
  • Each year, the authority's board approves a budget that must then be approved by the quorum court.
  • We have allocated funds in this year's budget.
  • We have allocated funds in this year's budget to accomplish those.
Summary: The committee met to adopt prior minutes and reports from its executive and standing committees, including counties and municipalities, educational institutions, and state agencies. Those reports covered routine audit activity, delinquent private water and sewer audits, municipal accounting compliance issues, education audit findings, and several state agency audit items. The committee also reviewed and adopted the State of Arkansas annual comprehensive financial report for fiscal year 2025 and the related single audit report, both presented by Legislative Audit staff. The state financial report showed unmodified opinions on the state’s financial statements and described total assets of about $41.9 billion and liabilities of about $11.1 billion, along with retirement system assets of $39.9 billion and a net pension liability of $9 billion. Two material weaknesses were identified: insufficient internal controls at the Office of State Technology to monitor threats and unauthorized access, and a Division of Workforce Services methodology change for unemployment-related estimates that was not properly documented or approved. The single audit covered $12.4 billion in federal awards across 469 programs, with 16 major programs reviewed; it resulted in 33 findings, 14 with questioned costs totaling $16.6 million, and qualified opinions for the Summer EBT program, the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund, and the Child Care Development Fund cluster. Members questioned agency officials in detail about the Summer EBT questioned costs, DHS unresolved findings, broadband grant documentation, cyber security controls, workers’ compensation liabilities, and child care funding and reporting. DHS explained that the Summer EBT issue involved drawing federal funds in advance rather than as benefits were redeemed, and said the process has been corrected. Broadband officials said the questioned $6.6 million reflected documentation-detail disagreements across many invoices rather than missing payments. OST officials described new logging, endpoint detection, and phishing-training efforts, and DFA and Education officials addressed specific audit findings and corrective actions. The committee ultimately moved to hold the two large statewide reports over until the August meeting for further review, with discussion continuing on whether to release some agency staff in the meantime.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 03/09/26

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um and implementation and rule making.
  • We've had some discussion since Friday about implementing and when it would be implemented.
  • We've had some discussion since Friday about implementing and when it would be implemented.
  • when it Friday about implementing and when it would<01:08:32.600> be<01:08:32.759> implemented
  • To my understanding they implemented.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to hear the Attorney General's budget today.
  • , and this time at the Attorney General's budget.
  • , and this time at the Attorney General's budget, and so I'll just go over a little bit of budget information
  • We have over $7 million of grants just in our base budget, not considering our entire budget.
  • I think looking at a reduction of our base budget of a budget of a budget, Rachel, please correct me
Summary: The committee met to review the Attorney General’s budget and related agency operations, beginning with Legislative Council staff walking members through compliance reports and a blue-sheet base budget document. Staff highlighted current-biennium items such as FTE changes, one-time appropriations, litigation funding, opioid settlement receipts, continuing appropriations, and major special and federal funds. Members asked for clarification on items including the Missing Indigenous People Grant Fund, the Internet Crimes Investigation Fund, and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit grant funding. Assistant Attorney General Clare Ness then gave an overview of the office’s structure, staffing, and budget pressures. She emphasized the office’s broad statutory duties, the value of its legal services to state and local government, and concerns about attorney pay lagging behind other agencies. Members discussed whether attorney compensation should be benchmarked more consistently across state government and whether some legal work could be consolidated within the AG’s office. Ness also addressed questions about AG opinion turnaround times, boards-and-commissions training, the new-and-vacant FTE pool, operating expense cuts, office leases, and the state’s criminal justice information systems. The crime lab presentation drew significant attention. Director Jennifer Penner described severe space, safety, and infrastructure problems at the current lab, including cramped work areas, glycol leaks, outdated fire and burglar alarms, air-handling limits, and equipment failures that have delayed toxicology work. She said the 2024 study projected a much larger facility would be needed and that the preferred location would be near the current health department site, but in a new building. Members asked about possible evidence risks, backlog status, and whether the proposed building would solve the current problems; Penner said it would and noted backlogs have improved overall, though some delays remain. The committee also heard from the new Medicaid Fraud Control Unit director, who described the unit’s civil and criminal work, federal-state funding split, and examples of fraud such as billing for services not provided or upcoding. The gaming division reported continued growth in charitable gaming and e-tabs, with members expressing concern about large trust-account balances, site competition, and possible misuse of proceeds. Finally, BCI outlined its caseload, cybercrime work, missing Indigenous persons task force, and the surge in CSAM cyber tips; members asked about AI-generated CSAM, and the AG’s office noted that last session’s law increased penalties and expressly allowed AI-generated CSAM to be prosecuted like other CSAM. No formal votes or actions were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

October 8, 2025 - 10:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • >> Chair: THE STATE ADMINISTRATION BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
  • TO THAT AND THE LEGISLATURE PLACED OVER $949,000 OF DMS MOTOR VEHICLE AND WATERCRAFT MANAGEMENT BUDGET
  • INTO WHAT IS KNOWN AS A QUALIFIED EXPENDITURE THIS MEANT THAT THESE FUNDS WERE HELD IN BUDGET RESERVE
  • AND WERE TO BE RELEASED ONLY BY THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMISSION IF THEY MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF IN
  • Abbott: THE DO WE HAVE A BALLPARK OF WHERE WE MIGHT SAY WE COULD IMPLEMENT THESE TWO?
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Election Laws Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Election Laws

Transcript Highlights:
  • With that in mind, we hope to move forward in implementing this reform.
  • It does not require any municipality in the state to implement ranked choice voting.
  • Our budgets are under a lot of stress these days.
  • as at least seven other Massachusetts communities are pursuing implementation.
  • to be implemented by 2021.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Election Laws held a public hearing focused primarily on ranked choice voting (RCV) legislation and several local home rule petitions, along with one petition to authorize remote participation in Concord town meetings. Chairs Keenan and Hunt outlined hearing procedures and noted the committee would hear both in-person and virtual testimony. The committee also took testimony on Concord’s request for remote participation in open and special town meetings, with supporters arguing it would make town meeting more accessible to residents with childcare, mobility, work, or disability barriers while preserving direct democracy. A large portion of the hearing centered on RCV local-option bills and municipal petitions from communities including Concord, East Hampton, Salem, Chelsea, Arlington, Revere, Amherst, and others. Supporters—among them local officials, legislators, election advocates, educators, veterans, and nonprofit leaders—said RCV would reduce vote-splitting, encourage more candidates, promote more positive campaigning, improve representation, and increase turnout. East Hampton officials described their existing use of RCV, saying it produced record turnout, was easy for voters to understand with education, and could be expanded to multi-winner races without major added cost. Concord and Amherst witnesses said their voters had already approved local steps toward RCV and urged the committee to let municipalities implement the system without further delay. Testimony in favor of the local-option RCV bill emphasized home rule and local control, with several witnesses arguing the state should not block communities that have already voted to adopt RCV. Speakers from MassVOTE, the AFT Massachusetts, Voter Choice Massachusetts, Progressive Massachusetts, the Boston Teachers Union, and Veterans for All Voters said the reform would strengthen democracy, broaden participation, and save money by avoiding low-turnout preliminary elections. Some witnesses also referenced examples from Cambridge, Maine, and Utah to argue that RCV is workable, nonpartisan, and familiar to voters. The hearing ended with no votes or final committee action taken in the transcript provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance (01/16/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:31:14.240> is budgets that I've now the 16th budget is budgets that I've now the 16th
  • 00:49:46.880> budget<00:49:47.480> system The 26 and 27 budget goes into the budget system
  • <01:05:41.960> um<01:05:42.279> budget to ensure a balanced budget um budget to ensure
  • be a tough budget.
  • be a tough budget.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The Finance Committee met for an organizational opening session in which the chair, Ken Weyler, called the committee to order and members introduced themselves. The introductions established the committee’s leadership and membership, including Vice Chair Dan McGuire, ranking member Mary Jane Wallner, deputy ranking member Karen Eil, clerk Jerry Griffin, and other members from both parties. Many members briefly described prior legislative service and professional backgrounds, with several noting prior experience on Finance or related budget committees. Chair Weyler then outlined committee procedures and expectations. He emphasized that Finance handles spending bills and fiscal notes, that bills will generally be heard by the full committee and then referred to the appropriate division, and that executive sessions may be used to save time when positions are clear. He reviewed rules on attendance, dress, phones, paperwork handling, committee replacements, conflict of interest and recusal, and the process for testimony, including that members should listen without debating witnesses and that sponsors of bills must recuse themselves from questioning witnesses on their own bills. He also described the committee’s structure and workload, noting three divisions and the role of legislative budget staff. Weyler said the committee would likely see bills from many policy committees that have fiscal impacts, and he encouraged policy committees to find offsets within their own areas rather than assume new spending will be added. No bills were heard and no votes were taken during this portion of the meeting.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/05/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, this is just a critical conversation for this budget year.
  • Also thankful for the Governor's budget, which places a placeholder in the budget at $5 million, but
  • a placeholder in the budget at 5 places a placeholder in the budget at 5 million<00:03:38.640> but
  • We also know that budgets are a moral document of what one values.
  • These types of grants, but 2% can make a big difference in budgets.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • IN 1450 AND THE CLERKS BUDGET WAS APPROXIMATELY 9 PERCENT GREATER THAN THE TRIAL COURT'S BUDGET.
  • OF THE $486 MILLION YOU SEE FOR THE 23 24 BUDGET.
  • ARE THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY BUDGETS GOING UP MUCH FASTER THAN THE STATE BUDGET?
  • BUT WE HAVE TWO BUDGETS. WE HAVE A COUNTY BUDGET AND WE HAVE THE COURT BUDGET.
  • MY TOTAL BUDGET IN MY OFFICE IS $150 MILLION.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the acting director of budget and finance.
  • The other issue is, you know, in the long term, in terms of our budget, in terms of opportunity for our
  • <00:30:10.000> in<00:30:10.159> terms<00:30:10.320> of in terms of our budget
  • in terms of in terms of our budget in terms of opportunity<00:30:10.880> for<00:30:11.120>
  • Colby from Department of Budget and Finance. I think we may have left the room. Okay.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The joint hearing covered several bills focused on economic development, tourism, business climate, and related policy areas. On HB 1943, which would support a DBEDT office in Korea, DBEDT and the Retail Merchants of Hawaii testified in support, emphasizing Korea’s importance as a market for investment, trade, and tourism and the value of helping small and midsize Hawaii businesses access Asian markets. A later witness also tied the proposal to broader free-trade and APEC-related goals. The committees heard no opposition on that measure. The committees then heard HB 1612 and HB 1614, both supported by multiple organizations and agencies. Testimony for HB 1612 stressed Hawaii’s weak business climate and the need for policies that improve economic growth and competitiveness; the Hulamua Collaborative cited survey results showing only 19% of respondents viewed Hawaii as a good place to do business. HB 1614 also drew support, with HTC saying its focus is on economic growth. For HB 1968 and HB 1967, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, the University of Hawaii, the Chamber of Commerce, and Hulamua Collaborative largely stood on written testimony in support; the hearing notes reported nine supporters and one opponent on HB 1968, and seven supporters with one comment on HB 1967. A substantial portion of the hearing focused on HB 1589, a bill to create dementia training and recognition for businesses. Testifiers included a private citizen sharing a personal family story, the Alzheimer’s Association, and DBEDT. Supporters said the measure would help families affected by dementia, reduce stigma, and make businesses more dementia-friendly. DBEDT said the issue would be better handled by an agency with dementia expertise, while the Alzheimer’s Association said it could provide training at no cost and suggested amendments to shift implementation toward the Executive Office on Aging and to use the term “dementia business champion.” The final major topic was HB 1608, involving a space-related project and financing. Phoenix Space testified that the bill would help launch responsive space access operations at Hilo International Airport, create local jobs, and support partnerships with Hawaii institutions, while another supporter said the project could diversify the economy. A committee member raised a timing concern, noting bond cap capacity was already allocated through 2028, and the witness said they were willing to work on a solution. The hearing also included HB 1850 on capital gains taxation, where supporters argued the bill would make the tax system fairer by increasing taxes on investment income, while the Chamber of Commerce opposed it. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Revenue Committee, February 27, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:22:24.880> and because of the the implementation and because of the the implementation
  • the budget comes from the Wreck Mill. the budget comes from the Wreck Mill.
  • We held public budget sessions.
  • We held public budget sessions.
  • We held public budget sessions.
Bills: HB0147, HB0127
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Combatting Antisemitism Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Transcript Highlights:
  • And there are schools across Massachusetts that are big schools with larger budgets and lots of resources
  • . but I think... think it's fabulous in overseeing and tracking that implementation.
  • And there are schools across Massachusetts that have our big schools with larger budgets and lots of
  • Thank you. are small that don't have budgets that don't have the same access to resources and so I think
  • of this document that reminds both us and the public that the charge of this commission is not to implement
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism met to review and discuss draft preliminary recommendations, with the co-chairs explaining that the draft had been released publicly and that the meeting was intended for open discussion and edits rather than a final vote. They emphasized the urgency of addressing antisemitism in Massachusetts, especially in K-12 schools, while noting that the recommendations are preliminary, may be revised, and will be supplemented by further testimony and a final report later. Several members also referenced recent allegations and incidents in local schools as examples of why the commission’s work is needed. Commissioners broadly supported the draft but proposed numerous refinements. Common themes included clarifying the distinction between antisemitic incidents and hate crimes; strengthening reporting systems and privacy protections; adding clearer guidance from DESE and the Attorney General on First Amendment issues, curriculum, and investigations; expanding Holocaust and genocide education; and improving professional development for educators, school committees, and administrators. Several members urged better links to mental health and victim services, more support for the Genocide Education Trust, and stronger language on bystander training, digital literacy, and the role of school committees in addressing bias. There was also discussion of how to frame antisemitism as a distinct form of hate, how to address antisemitism related to Israel and Zionism without restricting legitimate political speech, and how to avoid unfunded mandates for school districts and municipalities. Some commissioners suggested adding timeframes, a centralized reporting or investigative mechanism, and more explicit model policies for schools. The meeting ended with the chairs thanking participants and the public for their input, and the commission then moved to adjourn.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Apr 17th, 2025

Fiscal Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill implements several recommendations made by the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use
  • received, which is going closer to $300 million probably this year, that's almost a third of the budget
  • That's almost a third of the budget for the entire court system. Just think about that.
  • Many law enforcement agencies do not have dedicated DNA testing funding in their budgets.
  • It also creates Section 409.14525 directing DCF and partner agencies to implement the federal Foster
Summary: The Committee on Fiscal Policy met and considered a wide range of bills, including early learning and special needs funding (SB 1102), Israel bond investment authority (SB 1674), Parkinson’s disease research at USF (SB 1800), mental health and substance use disorder reforms (SB 1620), veterans nursing home beds (SB 788), securities regulation updates (SB 988), labor pool regulation (SB 1672), Alzheimer’s awareness (SB 398), educator preparation (SB 1590), student mental health reporting (SB 1310), specialty license plates (SB 824), financial institutions and IOTA-related issues (SB 1612), transportation facility designations (SB 1408), utility worker protections (SB 1386), DNA testing grants (SB 1072), the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys (SB 364), housing support for former foster youth and homeless students (SB 584), sex offender registration changes (SB 1654), migrant vessel disposal (SB 830), commuter rail indemnification (SB 916), juvenile justice revisions (SB 1344), aggravating factors in capital cases (SB 984), and a criminal offender substance abuse pilot program (SB 1140). Most bills were explained by sponsors, often with supportive testimony from affected agencies, advocacy groups, or industry representatives, and several were amended before final action. The committee adopted amendments on many measures, including clarifications and effective-date changes for SB 1102; technical changes to SB 1620 implementing mental health commission recommendations; a delete-all amendment for SB 1620; an amendment to SB 988; a consumer-disclosure amendment on SB 1612; and multiple amendments to SB 1408, SB 364, SB 584, SB 1654, and SB 1344. SB 1672 on the Labor Pool Act drew extensive public testimony in opposition from worker advocates, who argued repeal would weaken protections for temp workers and formerly incarcerated workers, and the bill was temporarily postponed to a later meeting without a vote. Several bills received notable testimony in support, including SB 584, where former foster youth described housing instability and the importance of campus housing and federal voucher coordination; SB 1386, which was backed by utility and industry groups seeking stronger penalties for assaults on utility workers; and SB 984, which drew opposition from the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops over expansion of death penalty aggravators. The committee also heard support and opposition on SB 1612 regarding IOTA interest rates and legal aid funding, with bankers and civil legal aid representatives disputing the proper rate structure and whether the bill conflicted with Florida Bar rules. At the end of the meeting, the committee reported all voted-on bills favorably, including SB 1102, SB 1674, SB 1800, SB 1620, SB 788, SB 988, SB 398, SB 1590, SB 1310, SB 824, SB 1612, SB 1408, SB 1386, SB 1072, SB 364, SB 584, SB 1654, SB 830, SB 916, SB 1344, SB 984, and SB 1140. Members also requested to be recorded on various bills, and the committee adjourned after noting one remaining meeting would be lengthy.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

January 14, 2025 - 03:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • In my opinion, if it wasn't for the state legislature and the governor stepping in and implementing that
  • that this fluctuation doesn't happen in the midst of the season and everybody can understand and budget
  • larger than our entire city budget, which is only 3 million dollars a year.
  • And that's a godsend for every level, whether it's county or city to be able to tap into and implement
  • And again, that's why I think during a state of emergency to implement a process like this, at least
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Funding (01/15/2026)

Education Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, so on a school district's budget, um, what percentage of that budget is funded through nonpublic
  • Chair, so on a school district's budget, um, what percentage of that budget is funded through nonpublic
  • Chair, so on a school district's budget, um, what percentage of that budget is funded through nonpublic
  • <01:43:01.280> can to recognize that no local budget can to recognize that no local budget
  • So that comes out of our budgets.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • I believe in the House budget we had appropriated about $1,250,000 for this study.
  • <00:13:21.680> originally<00:13:22.160> we<00:13:22.399> had governor's budget
  • originally we had governor's budget originally we had asked<00:13:22.880> for<00:13:23.680>
  • Uh, the budget and finance has weighed in on this that it jeopardizes taxes and bonds.
  • Uh, the budget and finance has weighed in on this that it jeopardizes taxes and bonds.
Keywords: 910, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Public Works and Highways (03/04/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • basis of the governor's capital budget basis of the governor's capital budget hearing<00:10:02.640
  • um so the governor will present a budget um so the governor will present a budget presentation<00
  • governor's office the capital budget governor's office the capital budget hearings<01:34:02.119>
  • and the governor's HB 2 budget.
  • Yeah, see no further questions. budget our agency budget request had an budget our agency budget request
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented its capital budget process and priorities, explaining that it maintains and operates 96 state buildings and uses annual facility walkthroughs, condition assessments, and rough cost estimates to rank projects for the governor’s capital budget. Officials described how requests are triaged, how the governor’s office and Public Works refine estimates, and how the resulting capital budget book serves as legislative intent for approved projects. They also noted that this year the governor’s office asked for estimates on all selected projects, which increased workload but reduced detail. The department highlighted several requested projects, including $1.5 million for the ERP system sustainability fund, which officials said is critical because the state is upgrading its core financial, HR, and budget system to the cloud. Other priorities included courthouse HVAC and boiler work, brick repointing at the State House annex/main building, window replacement at the Spalding building, and elevator replacement on the hospital campus. Officials also said the governor’s proposed capital budget included fewer DAS projects than in past years and asked the committee to consider funding closer to historic levels. The committee then reviewed lapse and reallocation items. DAS said most older projects are still in design, bid, or construction because projects now take four to six years rather than two to three, in part due to ARPA-related workload and post-COVID construction backlogs. Members discussed lapsing $81,000 from the completed Spalding roof project and redirecting small remaining balances from several 2019 projects toward the Hillsboro County South cell block project through the Capital Project Overview Committee. Officials also confirmed ARPA-funded projects are expected to be completed before the December 2026 deadline and explained that the ERP system is the main state IT exception outside DOIT’s usual centralized control, though it still requires DOIT consultation and approval.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 59 (4-14-26) - Part 1

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Clerk, please call the roll. authority over the budget and rules authority over the budget and rules
  • purpose in its executive branch budget purpose in its executive branch budget bill,<05:40:19.600
  • There's no, don't get me this budget.
  • We're dealing with the budget, the base budget, because of a lot of larger dynamics that are taking place
  • budget work. budget work.
Keywords: 958, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Nov 4th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we already had a record $15 billion annual budget. And they were not funded.
  • So we already had a record $15 billion annual budget.
  • We implemented it.
  • Over the last 10 years, our budget has gone from $8 billion a year to $15 billion a year.
  • We've reduced 500 positions, and our operating budget has stayed...
Summary: The Committee on Transportation received a presentation from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles on Florida’s camera-based traffic enforcement programs: red light cameras, school bus stop-arm cameras, and school zone speed cameras. The department explained how each program works, the distinction between a civil notice of violation and a uniform traffic citation, and the fee distribution for each type of violation. It also reported preliminary data showing 42 jurisdictions operating red light cameras, with 496 cameras at 302 intersections and 923,133 notices of violation in fiscal year 2024-2025; for the newer school bus and school zone programs, the department said preliminary figures showed five active school bus programs and 40 active school zone programs, with prior-year totals of 61,150 school bus notices and 26,300 school zone notices. Senators asked about camera placement, school zone requirements, review procedures, and whether law enforcement or third parties are involved in reviewing violations. The committee then received an update from FDOT Secretary Jared Perdue on the Moving Florida Forward Infrastructure Initiative, which used $4 billion in general revenue to advance a $7 billion package of 20 major congestion-relief projects. He said the department has used innovative delivery methods, including modified phased design-build, voluntary acceleration, and structured acceleration, to move projects forward faster and control costs. He highlighted progress on projects including I-4 congestion relief lanes, the Golden Glades Interchange, I-95 at US-1, I-75 auxiliary lanes, I-75 at Pine Ridge Road, and I-275 in Tampa, and said 80% of the plan is expected to be underway by the end of 2026, with four projects remaining in 2027. Members asked about temporary traffic patterns at Golden Glades, subcontractor opportunities, public transportation planning, contractor safety and OSHA issues, bridge strikes, logistics hubs near airports and seaports, aggregate and material supply, local government coordination, and federal transportation funding. Secretary Perdue said FDOT continuously reevaluates traffic management plans, works with small businesses and local subs, and monitors contractor safety closely, including corrective action plans after incidents. He emphasized that Florida’s transportation revenues are flat, that the state remains largely state-funded, and that additional resources are the main thing the Legislature can provide to support future infrastructure delivery. The committee adjourned after the chair requested FDOT staff provide senators with district-specific project updates.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Government Finance Committee Jun 25th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Government Finance Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • But we do, like in the budgeting process, we're asking agencies to look closely at their budgets.
  • So when we do our funding every year and our budgets every year, when I see what my budget is, the federal
  • That'll be an implementation planning workshop.
  • We’ve been involved in this issue since it came before budget section.”
  • “We’ve been involved in this issue since it came before budget section.
Keywords: 908, all