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• The Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure was called to order.
• It bordered the Buick factory industrial area, and the St.
• business before the committee, without objection, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met with a quorum present and adopted the June 16, 2026 minutes. The committee first took up House Bill 5644, which would allow nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and occupational therapists to certify applications for disability windshield placards and disability license plates. The sponsor and witnesses from the nursing profession said the bill restores a practice that had worked for years, reduces delays and extra costs for patients, and improves access, especially in rural and underserved areas. A Department of State representative explained the issue arose after an Auditor General review found the statute was unclear. The bill was reported to the floor on a 10-0 vote. The committee then heard Senate Bill 791, which would designate a portion of I-475 in Genesee County as the St. John Street Community Memorial Highway. Senator Cherry and representatives of the St. John Street Historical Committee described the history of the St. John Street neighborhood in Flint, its displacement by urban renewal and highway construction, and the effort to memorialize the community’s cultural significance and trauma. No members asked questions, and the bill was reported to the floor unanimously, 10-0. House Bill 4415, previously heard by the committee, was also reported to the floor without further testimony. The committee then considered Senate Bill 959, which had a new S-2 substitute. Senator Klinefelt explained the substitute as a compromise that reorganizes rail detector regulations and changes distance and speed thresholds for Class 1, 2, and 3 rail lines. The substitute was adopted 10-0. After additional comments from Senator McBroom opposing the bill due to concerns about impacts on Upper Peninsula commerce and rail operations, the committee reported the S-2 version of Senate Bill 959 to the floor by a 6-4 vote. The committee then adjourned.

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• HB 266, appropriation broadband infrastructure; Science and Technology and Appropriation.
• HB 22, special plate fees revision; Transportation Infrastructure.
• HB 2904, sovereign authority, border health crisis; Public Safety and Law Enforcement.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• hours every month to have an IT professional locally. that can help them upgrade systems, do the security
• I just want you know we are looking into the security and we're having conversations with DPS about that
• I want to emphasize that our board is very committed to the market to going to market to secure the most
• send secure messages, to further mitigate any phishing risk.
• A few minutes ago, you heard from Executive Director Rose Luna about the Rural Borders Program.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• municipalities coordinate infrastructure municipalities coordinate infrastructure and<00:32:21.760
• It would probably start with bordering areas and moving along that way.
• would probably start with uh bordering would probably start with uh bordering um<00:44:15.520>
• The focus of HB1273 is infrastructure.
• So the infrastructure is there. The idea is there.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• University. by general Ronnie D Hawkins jr. serves over 11,500 and has the state's first regional security
• Relating to the recovery of the Attorney General for the Federal Government for the Certain Border Security
• . 1544 by Raymond relating to the recovery by the State by the Federal Government for the Certain Border
• Security Expenditures for the Committee on State Affairs.
• Refer to the Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans Affairs.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Border to border, we have youth that are answering yes to the question, have you ever traded sex or sexual
• This is a border-to-border issue that we need to take serious and we need to support our youth.
• <01:20:24.960> Borderto<01:20:25.600> border, not just a metro issue.
• Borderto border, not just a metro issue.
• ><01:20:52.480> need<01:20:52.640> to borderto-border issue that we need to borderto-border

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• Coke led the state in its recovery from the upheaval of the Civil War, quelled lawlessness at the border
• Madam President, to secure first amendment protections, I move final passage of Senate Bill 1073.
• This new conservation and reclamation district will plan, construct, and manage water-related infrastructure
• HB 214 to Border Security. HB 305 to Criminal Justice. HB 426 to Health and Human Services.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, approved the previous day’s journal, and received a House message announcing passage of HB 4 on public school accountability and assessment. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day, adopted SR 520 honoring Rosser Coke-Newton Sr. for his biography of former Governor Richard Coke, and adopted SR 518 recognizing Texas Moral Injury Awareness Day, with remarks focused on the impact of moral injury on veterans and first responders. The Senate later adopted SR 395 honoring the ninth class of Governor William P. Clements, Jr. Scholars, and several other resolutions were adopted by voice vote, including college savings awareness recognition and other member-sponsored recognitions. The body then took up several bills and resolutions on the floor. HB 3307, allowing online continuing education for arbitrators in property tax appeals, passed unanimously after suspension of the rules and the three-day rule. HB 913, renaming and reorganizing certain state hospitals, and HB 2970, governing the Gulf Coast Protection District and coastal barrier design, also passed unanimously. HJR 1 and HB 9 advanced a proposed constitutional amendment and statutory change to raise the business personal property tax exemption from $2,500 to $125,000; both measures passed, with HJR 1 receiving one no vote and HB 9 passing unanimously after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed HB 1151, which limits child removals and termination of parental rights based solely on parental medical treatment decisions, and HB 116, which revises grounds for involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship by removing the “O grounds” and requiring support from financially able parents whose rights were terminated. HB 1899 lowered the age for pyrotechnic operator licenses and fireworks display permits from 21 to 18. SB 1285, as amended, passed to protect bats by prohibiting entombment while preserving removal options from unoccupied spaces, and SB 2847 passed to promote innovations in core curriculum for faster bachelor’s degrees. On criminal justice, SJR 87, a proposed constitutional amendment requiring denial of bail for certain repeat violent felony offenders, passed after two floor amendments clarifying due process and representation language; Senator Eckhardt spoke against it on final passage, arguing it lacked judicial discretion and a clear-and-convincing standard. SB 3073, requiring magistrates to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings, also passed. Later, SB 128, requiring hospitals to report suspected child abuse-related information to HHSC, advanced on a divided vote, and SB 2619 and SB 2972 passed on public school accountability and expressive activities at public colleges, respectively, with Senator Eckhardt opposing SB 2972 as too restrictive on campus protest rights. The chamber also heard extended debate on HB 21, targeting “traveling” housing finance corporations and their use of tax exemptions for apartment projects, with supporters arguing it curbs abuse of the tax code and critics warning about unintended effects on affordable housing; the discussion continued with questions but no final action shown in the excerpt.

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• Kentucky is infrastructure was built.
• This program creates a sustainable infrastructure for growth.
• So in happening right across the border.
• <00:18:03.039> money pay some of this infrastructure money pay some of this infrastructure
• Uh, and with existing infrastructure.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:07 Roll Call 00:00:14 Discussion of Pro-Growth Housing Policies 00:02:01 Discussion of Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit 01:11:13 Adjournment 01:40:27, 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Housing Task Force met and heard first from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, which presented findings from a housing study done with the Home Builders Association. The chamber said housing is now a major economic-development issue, citing survey results that 90% of community leaders said their region could not absorb a major job announcement and 66% said housing is holding back Kentucky’s economy. The chamber described Kentucky’s housing shortage, rising home prices, declining permits since 2008, and the need for more production to support growth. It urged policy changes including zoning and land-use reform, tax incentives, regional approaches, and especially a residential infrastructure fund modeled on Indiana’s low-interest loan program to help communities finance roads and other infrastructure needed for new housing. Members asked about the severity of the problem, workforce shortages in permitting and construction, the loan interest rate, repayment, and whether Kentucky could replicate Indiana’s results; the witness said the issue is a crisis and that the program would be a revolving public-private partnership, likely around 3% interest, with implementation details still to be worked out. The Kentucky Bankers Association then testified that the housing gap is especially acute for households at 80% of area median income and below, which it said represents about 70% of Kentucky’s housing need. It emphasized that the shortage affects both urban and rural counties and pointed to examples such as Rowan County, where workers at major employers must commute long distances because local housing is unavailable or unaffordable. The bankers said high interest rates remain a major barrier and proposed a $20 million bank commitment for a revolving fund tied to tax credits to finance new housing, not refinances. They cited Hope of the Midwest as an example of a successful tax-credit housing model with a long track record and no defaults, and said the proposal would leverage public-private partnerships to create new units. Committee members questioned how the proposed fund would compare with industrial revenue bonds and whether it could be structured like Kentucky’s tobacco settlement fund, with seed money, a review board, scoring criteria, and possible population thresholds to ensure smaller communities benefit. The bankers said the proposal would be another tool for cities and counties, specifically tied to residential infrastructure, and that larger cities should not be able to capture all of the resources. No formal votes or actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• There's an obligation to keep up the infrastructure.
• There's an obligation to keep up the infrastructure.
• represent members in Southern California, the greater Los Angeles area, the Bay Area up to the Oregon border
• Our infrastructure is breaking down.
• infrastructure will be harmed.

Summary: The Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee heard AB 470 by Assembly Member McKinnor, a bill to modernize California’s carrier-of-last-resort rules for voice telephone service and create a process for carriers to transition away from obsolete copper networks in favor of advanced telecommunications infrastructure. The author and supporters said the bill is aimed at preserving reliable voice and 911 access while encouraging private investment in fiber and other modern networks, and emphasized that it is not a broadband bill. Support came from AT&T, business groups, and a former Cal OES director, who argued the bill provides a careful, phased modernization with CPUC oversight and increased public-safety investment requirements. Opposition came from TURN, CWA District 9, digital equity organizations, labor groups, and several local governments and county representatives. Critics raised concerns about the adequacy of the mapping process, reliance on broadband and wireless coverage data, the lack of on-the-ground verification, the challenge process, possible loss of Lifeline protections, and the impact on workers and union jobs. They also argued the bill could allow carriers to reduce universal-service obligations without enough safeguards for rural and vulnerable customers. Committee members discussed those concerns at length, especially the map-making process, the challenge procedure, and whether the bill sufficiently protects workers and customers who could be left behind. The author said the bill includes a 10-year backstop if service is lost, a CPUC-led process, and a three-to-one fiber buildout requirement tied to relinquishment, and expressed willingness to continue working with labor on workforce language. The committee ultimately passed AB 470 on a 7-0 due pass vote.

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• , Homeland Security Director, uh former<00:45:44.560> Secretary<00:45:45.320> Kristi<00
• <01:50:37.080> and who was convicted of securities and who was convicted of securities and
• ,<02:45:38.880> uh, pouring across our border, uh, pouring across our border, uh, poisoning

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <01:18:01.679> shall decomposition gas infrastructure shall decomposition gas infrastructure
• We're not borders. Is that correct?
• But when it does get outside of the managed infrastructure, where does it go?
• But when it does get outside of the managed infrastructure, where does it go?
• They're full of infrastructure.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• law enforcement agencies regarding certain employees of the agency for the Committee on Homeland Security
• This bill would not go into law or take effect until Congress enacts legislation to solve Social Security
• In South Texas, districts sprawl over 200 miles, stretching you out like string beams from the border
• President Trump flipped 11 out of 18 counties on the Texas-Mexico border.
• Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program for the Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding.

Bills: HB4, HB 4

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, 997, house, all

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• Thank you all. security throughout the entire building security throughout the entire building allow<
• security<00:24:39.679> failures<00:24:40.200> as mostly uh physical security failures
• solution of target hardening and physical security hardware.
• This bill assumes security as a one-size-fits-all solution of target hardening and physical security
• This bill assumes security as a one-size-fits-all solution of target hardening and physical security

Keywords: 1183, house

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• so if you've got a vacant infrastructure so if you've got a vacant lot<00:07:52.199> in<00:07
• property and all of the infrastructure property and all of the infrastructure is<00:08:04.840>
• I border Iowa and Wisconsin, and Mr. Clayman, does Iowa have an estate tax at all?
• <00:36:59.560> I constituents where's my district I constituents where's my district I border
• Iowa and Wisconsin and Mr claim border Iowa and Wisconsin and Mr claim does<00:37:03.960> Iowa

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We have the same utilities operating on both sides of the border, but we have very different results
• The same companies operate both sides of the border and very different price results.
• She said infrastructure costs are going up because climate change is causing rivers to flood, bridges
• :37.199> are<01:18:37.520> going know that infrastructure costs are going know that infrastructure
• Uh over a part of their infrastructure.

Bills: HF3298

Keywords: underground storage tanks, petroleum, reimbursement program, environmental regulation, pollution control, 1183, house

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• They manage the ASECI Infrastructure Program.
• Right now, with not only cyber and personnel security or physical security, we have more security standards
• That does cover one FTE that we’re looking to make permanent. personnel security or physical security
• We're just really looking to maintain operations and security, whether the security is cyber or physical
• Chairman. ...as another form of security. Thank you, Mr.

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• We'll needed infrastructure is there.
• have to pay for specific infrastructure have to pay for specific infrastructure to<00:14:24.160>
• > lead infrastructure, ordering long lead infrastructure, ordering long lead equipment<00:15:07.120
• and physical security aspect of it. and physical security aspect of it.
• Um, and we've lost people in Eastern Kentucky, which hurts the infrastructure because the infrastructure

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:10 Approval of Minutes 00:01:19 Helping Power Kentucky's Growth (LG&E/KU) 00:01:39 Update from Kentucky's Electric Cooperatives 00:47:35, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the previous meeting, and then heard a presentation from LG&E and KU representatives Caroline Clark and John Bevington on economic development, energy demand, and the utility’s role in supporting Kentucky’s growth. Bevington described the company’s service territory, generation fleet, and recent economic development activity, including 76 projects supported in 2024, more than $2.8 billion in private investment, and over 3,000 new jobs. He emphasized that data centers are now the dominant driver in the pipeline, with 22 data center projects representing about 8.7 of the 9.7 gigawatts of potential demand, alongside other manufacturing and commercial projects. A major focus was how data centers choose sites and how utilities respond. Bevington explained that hyperscale data centers typically approach utilities first because they need transmission-level access, and that utilities then conduct internal analyses, estimate infrastructure needs, and require financial security before proceeding. He said the company is working through formal transmission studies and long-lead infrastructure planning, and noted that Kentucky’s sales tax exemption for data centers helped attract interest. He also outlined the economic benefits of data centers, citing an announced Louisville project of 525 megawatts and about $11 billion in investment, with an estimated $500 million in new tax revenue over 10 years, plus broader job and GDP impacts. Members asked about whether data centers could generate their own power, the reliability of the pipeline numbers given confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, and cybersecurity concerns. Bevington said the company does not assume all pipeline projects will materialize in Kentucky and instead assigns probabilities to avoid overbuilding. He also said he was not the right person to address cybersecurity in detail but offered to return to a committee focused on IT or security. In response to questions about future supply, he said LG&E and KU are adding generation through a 120-megawatt solar facility in Mercer County, a 120-megawatt solar purchase in Marion County, and a 645-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle plant in Louisville, with PSC approval recently granted for additional generation and related system upgrades.

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• I mean, you run to find out anything outside our border. You're running a triple I.
• I mean, you run to find out anything outside our border. You're running a triple I.
• find out anything outside our border find out anything outside our border you're<00:53:53.119>
• <01:09:02.719> has Department of Homeland Security has Department of Homeland Security has
• reporting than under the Northern Border reporting than under the Northern Border Alliance<03:32

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:19:43.159> we're<00:19:43.360> bordered<00:19:43.720> by Minnesota we bordered
• we're bordered by Minnesota we bordered we're bordered by 18<00:19:44.360> public<00:19:44.679
• that are on a bus for an Canadian border that are on a bus for an hour<00:25:53.480> and<00:25
• are safe and secure so those are<01:16:20.080> two<01:16:20.520> quick<01:16:21.199>
• <01:42:21.639> the in in this session is to secure the in in this session is to secure the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• bill focused on protecting Representative Bartleman: Florida's most critical water management infrastructure
• The impoundment areas that this bill seeks to protect are part of Florida's water infrastructure.
• We're threatened by the development of new technology right at our Mayor Wayne Messam: Border, decided
• management practices for solar facility construction, specifically related to stormwater and infrastructure
• establishes and directs DEP to establish a set of best management practices relative to stormwater infrastructure