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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's an extremely complex engineering and accounting exercise. And I want to...
- Working on these studies, not necessarily the city staff itself, but the hired consultants and engineers
- And for them to be constantly paying consultants and engineers to update it does. make sense for city
- companies from their TML conferences. we can get you an extra income coming into your city. engineers
- Importantly, this bill also builds on existing law which already allows licensed engineers to perform
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Mar 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe the State College of Florida, Sarasota Manatee is the engine of this area.
- I think we, you know, the engine of and increasing social mobility and you know, we this issue for us
- And I served as a city Kissimmee engineering manager in the past.
- So local civil engineering surveying in planning company, located in Kissimmee, Florida.
- We completed received the American Society of Civil Engineers Project of the Year Award for 2020, the
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Engineering reviews at various milestones established in the critical path schedule that's established
- per uh perspective this is engineer per uh perspective this is maybe<00:37:00.359>
not <00:37: - He is a registered engineer.
- He is a registered engineer.
- Both engineers I mentioned earlier are licensed. I am licensed as part of our licensure.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Energy Development and Transmission Committee Jun 2nd, 2026
Energy Development and Transmission Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- All we have to worry about is when they run the engines routinely for O&M.
- Air quality permits will require staged operation for engine testing and tracking of the engine usage
- As a young engineer, and I saw the same thing at DGC.
- We don't want just scientists and engineers, even though we love those students.
- We're conducting a general engineering assessment and ultimately developing a formal engineering cost
Summary:
The committee met in Grand Forks, approved the February 26 minutes by voice vote, and recessed for a tour of the Mincota Power Cooperative headquarters before returning for presentations on large energy consumers, especially data centers. The first presentations focused on how North Dakota should respond to rapid growth in energy-intensive projects, with speakers emphasizing the need for reliable transmission, local decision-making tools, and factual information for county and township officials who are being asked to weigh major projects with limited staff and technical support.
The North Dakota Transmission Authority director said local governments are being asked to make high-impact decisions on pipelines, transmission lines, large agriculture, wind, solar, carbon dioxide pipelines, direct-air capture, and data centers, and urged development of simple statewide decision tools and support from the League of Cities and Association of Counties. The Department of Environmental Quality’s air division director said North Dakota’s air remains among the cleanest in the nation, but large data centers can create air-quality concerns because of diesel backup generation; he said the department is requiring air monitors at some facilities and expects grid power and, potentially, cleaner natural gas backup to reduce emissions. Members asked about emissions standards, misinformation, monitoring costs, and staffing succession at DEQ.
The Department of Water Resources director said North Dakota’s water law is based on common ownership and prior appropriation, and that data centers generally use relatively small amounts of water, often in closed-loop systems. He said the Missouri River and groundwater supplies are ample for projected needs, that the department’s permitting process protects senior water rights, and that even a worst-case data center scenario would use a very small share of Missouri River flow. Members asked about downstream impacts and compared data center water use with fracking. Later, McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson urged the committee to study how other states regulate data centers, warned against litigation-driven delays and overly broad local ordinances, argued reclamation bonding should be handled at the state level if at all, and said data centers can bring jobs and tax base but should remain subject to local zoning. The committee ended the morning session for lunch and later heard an EERC update from CEO Charles Gorecki on the center’s 75 years of work in energy and environmental technologies, especially oil and gas development and related research.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But make no from being re-engineered.
- gas<05:02:22.080>
engines <05:02:22.400>and these vehicles and gas engines and these - combustion engines alike. combustion engines alike.
- beginning with model diesel engines beginning with model 2027 2027 2027 engines.<06:35:20.798>
You - You think they're already engines.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Number one is with the Division of Correction and Pettit and Pettit Consulting Engineers.
- This is professional engineering design services for camera installation for the Varner, Wrightsville
- Number seven is also with the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, with Snow Engineering.
- This is for on-call engineering services.
- , civil engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, and other professional design
Summary:
The committee met to review a supplemental agenda item, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, reports, and a member disclosure. The supplemental agenda was accepted, and the Office of State Procurement’s rule revisions were approved after Jessica Patterson explained they were driven by 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, CASO Consulting recommendations, and updates to sole source, bid, protest, and debarment provisions. The methods of finance and discretionary grants were also approved, covering a range of university capital projects, health and human services grants, historic preservation awards, and tobacco prevention and cessation programs.
The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys for services provided during a contract gap, a Department of Health ratification for water-leak repairs, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, a Veterans Affairs HVAC ratification, an ADFA medical services ratification, and a UA Little Rock painting contract ratification. Members questioned the Public Safety ratification at length about why the expired Motorola contract was not caught sooner and why it took months after discovery to come forward; agency officials said the work was tied to bond funding and was not tracked in ASIS, and the chair urged agencies to develop better monitoring procedures.
The committee approved a large slate of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including many recurring service agreements for DHS, higher education institutions, corrections, health agencies, and state support functions. Several members asked about specific contracts, including aerial application services for correctional farms and a Southern Arkansas University custodial contract, and staff or agency representatives provided brief explanations. The meeting concluded with review of reports and approval of a member disclosure involving Representative Andrew Collins’ investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Number one is with the Division of Correction, with Pett and Pettit Consulting Engineers.
- Number seven, also with the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, with Snow Engineering.
- This is for on-call engineering services.
- , civil engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, and other professional design
- This is also on-call engineering support for their irrigation water management programs. 170 is with
Summary:
The committee met to review a supplemental agenda, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, and a member disclosure. The Office of State Procurement presented rule changes tied to 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, with updates to sole-source definitions, unrealistic bids, protest requirements, debarment procedures, and recodification references; the committee voted to accept the supplemental agenda and approve the rules. Members also approved eight methods of finance covering university repairs, equipment replacement, property purchase, and capital projects, along with a large slate of discretionary grants for courts, health, DHS, historic preservation, and tobacco prevention programs.
The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys, Department of Health costs from an ice-storm-related water leak, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, Veterans Affairs HVAC and medical-service payments, and a UA Little Rock painting contract. The Department of Public Safety ratification drew extended questioning about why the expired Motorola contract had not been renewed sooner and why the issue took months to reach the committee; agency officials said the project was bond-funded, had not been tracked in ASIS, and involved ongoing negotiations and system updates. Despite concerns, the committee approved the ratifications.
Members also reviewed a long list of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including numerous university, DHS, health, corrections, and state agency agreements. Several contracts were discussed in more detail, including an SAU custodial contract question about sales tax and transparency reporting, and Department of Corrections aerial application contracts for Tucker and Cummins farms, which officials said served separate facilities in different parts of the state. The committee approved the contract lists, reviewed reports, and accepted a disclosure from Representative Andrew Collins regarding his investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services before adjourning.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 24th, 2026 at 01:46 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- So starting with number one is the State Engineer. This is for the Lower Rio Grande settlement.
- You have to the State Engineer, $10 million for the Indian Water Rights Settlement Fund.
- Then down to the next one for the State Engineer. This would be recurring.
- But both of these funds are funds that exist inside of the Office of the State Engineer, and they are
- It wasn't what I dreamed of, but I just wanted to give some more money to the State Engineer because
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, March 2, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- That would be up to the state engineer.
- That would be up to the state<00:02:01.320>
engineer. state engineer. state engineer. - I don't think it's an engineer. And, Mr.
- it would also require the state engineer it would also require the state engineer deny<00:24:49.560
- Other questions for the state engineer?
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Here's the model we fire engines.
- or we need said our we need a new engine or we need the<01:09:26.880>
building's <01:09:27.279 - So right now architects, engineers, uh, our construction workforce, we're a little bit in limbo.
- So right<01:20:48.320>
now <01:20:48.960>architects, <01:20:49.600>engineers, <01 - I mean, you could argue that engineers.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Apr 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So we start people off early in the basics of engineering.
- So this is really the heart of what engineering is.
- So I don't want to turn out a civil engineer, a mechanical engineer, an electrical engineer—and this
- It turns out they're desperate for engineers.
- Energy providers, it turns out, are desperate for engineers.
Summary:
The Higher Education Institutions Committee met on the Minot State University campus for presentations on campus operations, enrollment, and new academic initiatives. President Shirley reviewed recent audits, noting mostly clean results with only minor technical findings, and highlighted MSU’s broad academic offerings, specialized accreditations, athletics, and partnerships with Minot Air Force Base and the MSU Development Foundation. Members asked about declining interest in teacher education, tuition waivers for athletes, dual credit incentives, and how MSU decides when to launch new programs and avoid duplication within the university system.
Shirley also discussed several workforce-focused initiatives supported by the Legislature’s Workforce Education Innovation Funds, including the purchase of the Trinity Health Center West building for a downtown health sciences hub, a new daycare/preschool partnership near campus, the Aspire program to recruit rural students into teaching, and a paraprofessional-to-special-education degree pathway. Enrollment data showed overall headcount was flat at just under 2,750, but full-time equivalent enrollment rose slightly and new student numbers increased, including the largest freshman class in 15 years. The committee also discussed Minot State’s in-state tuition rate for all students, its dual credit “Emerging Scholars” scholarship, and concerns about the share of high school graduates who do not immediately pursue postsecondary education.
Faculty then presented two new programs funded in part by WEAF: an Innovation Engineering degree and a master’s program in counseling with an integrated addiction studies focus. The engineering program was described as industry-driven, designed with broad early coursework, hands-on learning, and local employer input to prepare students for western North Dakota workforce needs; officials said it had already drawn more applicants than expected and would use renovated library space and donated or grant-funded equipment. The counseling program will be mostly face-to-face with hybrid options, aims to address shortages in mental health and substance use providers, and is structured to help students meet licensure requirements. Committee members asked about startup costs, licensure supervision hours, and whether the programs would be on campus rather than online, and presenters said both programs had recently received required approvals and were moving forward.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, so, um, with that we will invite Joel Mueller from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
- I'm Joel Mueller with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
- I'm Joel Mueller with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
- <00:02:25.879>
and Brotherhood of locomotive engineers and Brotherhood of locomotive engineers - conference that represents Engineers conference that represents Engineers conductors<00:02:50.480
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EEP Public Hearing - Fri Apr 17, 2026 @ 10:05 AM HST
Energy & Environmental Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm an engineer at the Public Utilities Commission. I am the here engineer at the commission.
- I'm an engineer at the Public Utilities Commission. I am the here engineer at the commission.
- I'm<00:06:05.840>
an <00:06:06.320>engineer <00:06:06.880>at <00:06:07.000>the - <00:06:11.960>
I <00:06:12.080>stand here engineer at the commission. - I stand here engineer at the commission.
Keywords:
dust monitoring, public health, environmental quality, Waimanalo Gulch, air quality, particulate matter, community engagement, health risks, pollution mitigation, mattress stewardship, environmental protection, recycling, producer responsibility, solid waste management, environment, pollution, tourism, disposable bodyboards, polystyrene, marine ecosystems
Summary:
The Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection held its final hearing of the session on April 17, 2026, and took up a series of Senate concurrent resolutions focused on environmental protection, waste reduction, and energy policy. Measures discussed included SCR 142 on dust monitoring near Waimanalo Gulch, SCR 39 on a mattress stewardship program, SCR 40 on banning disposable bodyboards, SCR 83 on a lithium-ion battery disposal facility, SCR 168 on a demolition waste reduction working group, SCR 96 on reporting on the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, SCR 166 on PUC considerations for a generational energy commitment, and SCR 172 on a comprehensive analysis to reduce costs and financial risk while meeting state goals.
Testimony was generally supportive of the environmental and waste-management measures. The Department of Health supported SCR 39 and provided comments on SCR 142; Climate Protectors Hawaii supported SCR 39, SCR 83, SCR 168, and SCR 172; the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and Hawaii Reef and Ocean's Coalition submitted comments or support on SCR 168; and the Public Utilities Commission provided comments on SCR 96 and SCR 166. On SCR 166, Greenpeace Hawaii testified in opposition to LNG, arguing it would worsen pollution and climate impacts, while Earthjustice supported the intent but suggested amendments. Earthjustice also supported SCR 172 and offered friendly amendments to improve the study language.
In decision-making, the chair recommended deferral of SCR 142 because an existing regulatory framework already addresses the issue. The committee then voted to pass SCR 39, SCR 40, SCR 83, SCR 96, and SCR 166 unamended. SCR 168 was passed with amendments to reflect OPSD's requested changes and to make the working group temporary, with a two-year term and annual reports due before session. SCR 172 was passed with amendments accepted from Earthjustice. Rep. Quinlan was noted as excused for the votes, and the committee adjourned after adopting the final recommendation.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
SPEED Task Force (STF) - Tue Jan 6, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (3-24-26)
Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- It only, when the engineer says that it should pertain to certain welds, then we should utilize this
- There's a reason why engineers implement this, and it has to do with liability standards.
- An engineer is not going to accept liability. They will default upwards to the Cadillac standard.
- There's a reason why engineers standard.
- An engineer is with liability standards.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Contract Review Committee Feb 5th, 2026
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I recently earned my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biomedical engineering from ASU, and I’m pursuing
- a PhD in biomedical engineering, working as a full-time graduate researcher this summer.
- During my time at ASU, I’ve served as a teaching assistant for 12 engineering courses, as an elected
- How do you think your degrees in engineering can help shape your role as a student regent?
- I believe that my background in engineering gives me a lens of problem-solving that I can bring to the
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 2438 - Transportation Omnibus - 05/12/25
Transcript Highlights:
- County engineers have for this project.
- discussion about some engineering discussion about some engineering considerations<00:21:14.960>
- , pre-esign, design, engineering, pre-esign, design, engineering, environmental<00:43:05.359>
- I'm going to toss the ball over to my engineering friend.
- And as a bunch of engineers, if you give And as a bunch of engineers, if you give us<02:00:32.080>
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Capital Planning Advisory Board (7-9-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- So fits real well engineering complex.
- Number three is Ogden College Science and Engineering.
- Uh number four is and Engineering.
- We've got renovate Ogden College of Science and Engineering.
- engineering program. engineering program.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:55
Approval of Minutes 00:02:01
Information Items 00:02:10
Review of Executive Branch Agency Plans 00:02:20
A. A. Eastern Kentucky University 00:02:48
B. B. Kentucky Community and Technical College System 00:15:21
C. C. Kentucky State University 00:31:43
D. D. Morehead State University 00:41:44
E. E. Murray State University 01:01:56
F. F. Northern Kentucky University 01:16:09
G. G. University of Kentucky and Hospital 01:25:00
H. H. University of Louisville 01:42:52
I. I. Western Kentucky University 01:56:17, 958, all
Summary:
The meeting opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a roll call establishing a quorum. The committee then approved the prior meeting’s minutes. Members were reminded to silence cell phones, and the chair noted an informational item on capital plan amendments made by state agencies during the latest revision period before moving to university capital plan presentations.
Eastern Kentucky University President David McFaden outlined EKU’s enrollment growth, strong Kentucky student retention, and signature programs in nursing, occupational therapy, criminal justice, education, manufacturing engineering, and aviation. EKU’s main capital priorities were a new health innovation project to support a proposed osteopathic medical program, including a $50 million escrow requirement until accreditation; a collaborative center for health innovation to address outdated health sciences facilities; a $5 million startup request for an air traffic control program; aircraft upgrades for the aviation fleet; and continued asset preservation funding. In response to questions, EKU said roughly 40% of the new health facility would be dedicated to the medical school, with shared simulation space for multiple health programs, and that aviation maintenance needs are currently being met through KCTCS partners but could be expanded if demand grows.
KCTCS representatives then described the system’s scale and capital needs, noting service to 107,000 students, extensive dual credit and workforce training, and a network of 342 buildings across 70 campuses. They said prior legislative support, including $277 million in asset preservation and $90 million released for approved projects, had helped with safety, roofs, energy efficiency, and campus security. Their current priorities include about $30 million for systemwide safety and security upgrades, renovations tied to consolidation and footprint reduction under Senate Joint Resolution 179, and broader asset preservation needs estimated at roughly $300 million to $325 million. Members discussed the need to preserve and expand skilled trades training, and KCTCS said its plan includes construction trades and flexible, multiuse facilities that can adapt to changing workforce needs. No votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes, and the presentations concluded with questions and discussion only.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appr-Sub-General Government and Transportation Afternoon Session Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- We had several of the one-time projects in FY 25 from the engine test cell program as well as the airport
- I know Senator Weber knows what a teehanger is, but that's basically just a small single engine.
- It's kind of funny as an engineer, not me but as someone who loves engineering, to see the different
- I don't know why that happened, but that's for an engineer to figure out.
- They want to help in any way that they can, both from an engineering perspective and an administrative