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• The Constitution says that the highway fund can only be expended for the construction, maintenance, or
• expended for the construction expended for the construction maintenance<00:10:35.120> or<
• <00:18:47.080> projects<00:18:47.640> last<00:18:48.039> can construction projects
• last can construction projects last can potentially<00:18:48.840> last<00:18:49.080> for
• The reason why is any military construction has to be on state land, and sometimes the DOD will come

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee met to review the lapse extensions in the back of House Bill 25, which governs capital budget appropriations and bonding. Members were walked through how the bill is structured: section 1 covers general, federal, and other funds; section 2 covers highway fund appropriations; later sections authorize borrowing, restrict spending to the stated purposes, and explain why community colleges and the university system operate through their boards of trustees. The chair also explained that lapse extensions are needed because capital projects can span multiple years, and that appropriations normally expire at the end of the biennium unless extended. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on how to identify unspent balances and whether they should be extended, repurposed, or allowed to lapse. Members discussed that if a project is complete or an agency confirms it no longer needs the money, the remaining balance can be reused for another project or, if not needed, lapse back. The committee also reviewed the meaning of bill references and chapter numbers, and how to read prior-year appropriations and extensions in the worksheet. One example discussed was a 2023 Department of Administrative Services courthouse generators item, and members noted that some agencies may rely on encumbered balances rather than explicit lapse extensions, though the chair said he prefers including the extension for flexibility. The committee identified at least one specific change: the Jeffrey Ringe CTE renovation was removed from the governor’s recommended budget because the required local match was not approved, freeing about $18.5 million for possible reuse. Later, the chair noted that lapse extension 49 on the worksheet was no longer needed and could be removed, leaving an unspent balance of $81,500 available for repurposing. The discussion also referenced a Department of Transportation item, Caroline Stratford Freight Rail Improvements, which the agency asked to keep alive through a lapse extension so the funds would not expire on June 30. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided.

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• capacity that Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy are required to petition the SCC for approval to construct
• Under the bill, APCO shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at
• With respect to Dominion, it shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure

Keywords: House Room A, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• priorities should be funded and identify and make recommendations during the transition period and construction
• It clarifies for single-family homes, governments may not require a DEP construction permit before issuing
• Nix: regardless of the prohibition of subdivisions issuing a permit before that septic system construction

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• ONE OF THE AREAS WE SEEK TO MAKE THINGS MORE AFFORDABLE IS WITH CONSTRUCTION.
• THE INCREASED COST OF CONSTRUCTION COMES FROM THINGS IN THE REGULAR PROCESS THAT RESULT IN DELAYS AND
• ESTABLISHES A MANDATORY BUILDING DEPARTMENT FEE REDUCTION WHEN PRIVATE PROVIDERS ARE USED ON COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

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• We've constructed an entire apparatus of criminalization around a plant that was medicine for millennia
• We constructed a confusing, ambiguous... ...and punitive patchwork of bad laws in this state, and we
• It's so important for constructing this narrative, for responding to this, expecting the organizing that's

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB9, SB42, SB15, SB5, SB11, SB12, SCR1

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• many zones and would eliminate the affordability, uh, gained by some of that, um, incremental construction
• , complications with, with, with taking a structure like that and making it compliant with the construction
• Uh, the restrictions that local governments place on the construction on who can build, what can be built

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• INTO SUCH ORDINANCE MAY NOT REQUIRE THAT THE OWNER OF THE PARCEL OF WHICH THE DWELLING UNIT IS CONSTRUCTED
• I DO UNDERSTAND FULLY ADDITIONAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE SIGNIFICANT COST ADDED ON TO THE CONSTRUCTION
• ANTICIPATION OF FLORIDA FIRST PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY WE SHOULD OFFER PRESIDENT MAXIMUM LOOKS ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• CONSIDER TOURISTS THAT COME TO THE STATE AS PART OF THE FLORIDA ECONOMIC CONFERENCE AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION
• AND HOUSING CONSTRUCTION PERMITS AND EXPENDITURES AND AUTOMOBILE SALES AND SO ON.
• HAPPENING NATIONALLY AND WITH THE FLORIDA ECONOMY AND THE MAIN DRIVERS OF FLORIDA REVENUE SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• So we're actually asking for construction money.
• Yeah, >> or is that just construction?
• So when asking for construction money.
• and ask for construction money. and ask for construction money.
• Um but you know we we the construction.

Bills: HB2185, HB2621, HB2179, HB2534, HB2168, HB2427, HB2560, HB2565, HB2172, HB2298, HB2304

Keywords: sports officials, referees, umpires, athletic directors, school administrators, league administrators, coaches, assault, first-degree assault, substantial bodily injury, temporary restraining order, TRO, private counsel, Department of Education, DOE, sports safety, school sports, amateur athletics, professional sports, public schools

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• But I think we're at a point where some constructive work along those lines can proceed at this point
• and they may have written construction and they may have written more<00:44:18.319> since<00:
• one that's sort of for new construction one that's sort of for new construction primarily<01:07:
• And I anticipate that that would be part of the discussion in the construction code council.
• So, the um construction code council.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The task force approved the minutes from the previous meeting and then reviewed the structure and statutory requirements for its final report. Staff explained that the report must go to the commissioners of commerce, housing finance, and economic development, as well as relevant legislative leaders, and must include a summary of task force activities, adopted findings and recommendations, tort reform recommendations to reduce insurance costs, any draft legislation, and other necessary information. A draft report, likely excluding recommendations and draft legislation, is expected to be circulated before the first January meeting. Most of the meeting focused on the Fair Plan and whether it could be expanded to help homeowners associations, affordable housing, and common interest communities that are struggling to obtain coverage. Supporters said these groups are facing availability problems and often end up in the surplus lines market, which lacks the consumer protections of the admitted market. They argued the Fair Plan could serve as a third-market option with stronger protections and better access, especially for properties that are having difficulty getting quotes. Several members and witnesses raised concerns that the Fair Plan was never intended to be a broad affordability solution and warned against using it to artificially lower prices below risk-based levels. They said doing so could shift losses onto other policyholders through assessments and potentially weaken the broader insurance market. The Fair Plan administrator explained that any expansion would require substantial research, staffing, actuarial and underwriting expertise, reinsurance planning, IT changes, and likely assessments or other capitalization decisions, and that the plan would need to focus on a limited subset of properties rather than the entire market. No votes were taken on policy recommendations, and the discussion ended with agreement that more information and scoping work are needed before any formal recommendation is made.

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• Additional funding is needed to provide regulatory support for constructing and operating staff facilities
• I don't have any specifics on how that happened other than we constructed our new community center and
• It wasn't until later on when we wanted to actually construct the beach that we learned that this was
• happened other than uh we constructed happened other than uh we constructed our<00:54:07.680>
• While we may disagree on a few provisions here and there, we look forward to constructive dialogue at

Bills: HF1587, HF2293, HF2218, HF1208, HF1482

Keywords: HF1587, Cass County, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR, condemnation, eminent domain, state land, surplus land, public waters, tribal land transfer, federally recognized Indian Tribe, tribal ownership, land conveyance, no consideration, land appropriation, natural resources, U.S. Highway 2, Section 27 Township 145 North Range 28 West, land return, Tribal sovereignty

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• investing millions of dollars, offering a four-year program where apprentices learn many facets of construction
• investing millions of dollars, offering a four-year program where apprentices learn many facets of construction
• investing millions of dollars, offering a four-year program where apprentices learn many facets of construction
• investing millions of dollars, offering a four-year program where apprentices learn many facets of construction
• investing millions of dollars, offering a four-year program where apprentices learn many facets of construction

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It will house six colleges: architecture, interior design, construction engineering, engineering, and
• It's aggregates and construction materials all over the state, and there are also deposits of uranium
• Liquefied natural gas construction, there's like 17 to 20 billion worth of construction going on in that
• Workers for the plants and all the growth and construction. Okay. It's that close. Okay.
• You want to build some kind of construction training academy. Right? And where would that be?

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• <02:46:20.479> Uh,<02:46:20.720> that other construction trades.
• Uh, that other construction trades.
• They also require a final construction.
• with construction industry as a whole with fewer<02:49:43.040> delays.
• This in turn assists the construction industry as a whole with fewer delays.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• workers to available to construction workers to hourly<01:01:29.839> school<01:01:30.440>
• As currently constructed, Literacy Incentive Aid sends more money to districts with fewer struggling
• As currently constructed, incentive aid.
• “This benefit is there for all seasonal workers like construction workers, and it should not be taken
• “This benefit is there for all seasonal workers like construction workers, and it should not be taken

Bills: HF1388

Keywords: BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching

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• from the land use change tax, so essentially suspends the land use change tax if you're going to construct
• So this simply attempts to do away with the myth of new construction causing new school spending, which
• This simply attempts to do away with the myth of new construction causing new school spending, which
• I had an amendment for it, but I'm not sure the appetite is there quite yet as it's been constructed.
• or completed quote more construction or completed quote more than<01:18:31.159> 5<01:18:31.440

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• That's kind of the standard procurement model for construction contracting.
• So, it's an alternative method of procuring construction contracts. >> So, it has to do with procuring
• of the standard procurement model kind of the standard procurement model for<00:06:54.360> construction
• for construction contracting. for construction contracting.
• <00:07:03.200> manager, contract or a construction manager, contract or a construction manager

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved a motion and then deferred a large batch of 246 contracts totaling about $187.8 million until the April 2026 meeting. It then moved through the agenda and reviewed several pulled items, beginning with four Attorney General contingent-fee contracts. Committee members questioned why the contracts were new, what the $20 million maximums meant, and how the fees would work; the AG’s office explained they were new awards from a September RFP, that the $20 million was an outside estimate tied to a full recovery, and that one contract would require a $380 million recovery to pay out the maximum. The committee voted to consider those contracts reviewed without objection. The Department of Highways then explained an “alternative delivery support” contract, describing it as a procurement method different from the usual design-bid-build model and noting it can help with innovation, speed, timeliness, or cost reduction. After that explanation, the committee again voted to consider the contract reviewed without objection. The Kentucky Horse Park/Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation presented eight legal services contracts; members focused on differing hourly rates and retroactive approval. The corporation said it had selected four firms through an RFP to maintain flexibility and avoid conflicts, would use in-house counsel first, and did not expect to use the maximum rates. Senator Thomas argued the committee’s statutory hourly rate cap is outdated and should be revisited. The committee then approved the contracts. One Transportation Office of the Secretary contract was deferred to the April meeting, consistent with the agency’s prior request. The committee then reviewed Cabinet for Health and Family Services items from the Department of Community Based Services: three contract amendments and one memorandum of agreement. Members asked about funding sources, service outcomes, and whether the programs reduce future need; the agency said one amendment was a $55,000 increase offset by reductions elsewhere, that the total contract amount with the agency did not change, and that follow-up data show over 90% of children remain in the home after services. The committee approved those items. Finally, the committee reviewed a LIHEAP contract amendment from the Division of Family Support, which the agency said used federal funds, not state general funds, to add newly appropriated federal money for low-income home energy assistance and crisis heating support. Members asked about future funding and were told that continuation depends on Congress. The committee approved that item. It then began reviewing Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities memoranda of agreement tied to Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center staffing; members asked for a count of personnel, and the agency said it would provide that information, after which the discussion continued.

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• My team tells me they started construction several years ago, but production has already begun.
• And the footers and the construction are the largest I've ever seen.
• The PUC can only prohibit interconnection if the harm caused by the construction and interconnection
• The PUC can only prohibit interconnection if the harm caused by the construction and interconnection
• This legislation will not stop construction of wind and solar installations.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of H.B. 500, and a gubernatorial nomination for the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including SR 409 recognizing Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, SR 402 honoring the discovery of the woolly devil plant at Big Bend National Park, and recognitions for Operation Christmas RGV and Wilson County Day. The Senate also heard an announcement that the Committee on Senate Nominations action report had been placed on members’ desks. The body then took up and passed several bills. SB 2365 was passed to prohibit personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time, with exceptions for health, special education, and safety needs. SB 1869 was passed to reaffirm the DSHS commissioner’s authority over controlled-substance schedule changes without rulemaking or judicial review. SB 1124 was passed to revise criminal discovery procedures in response to the Heath decision, with supporters saying it preserves exculpatory evidence protections while limiting suppression of inculpatory evidence when the defense already knew of it. SB 1758 was passed to create a Grayson County pilot study and temporary permitting hold concerning a cement kiln/quarry near a semiconductor wafer facility, and SB 2078 was passed to regulate composting in certain counties, after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed SB 33, barring governmental entities from transactions that support abortion assistance or out-of-state abortion procurement; SB 34, expanding wildfire preparedness measures, studies, equipment databases, and rural fire department funding; SB 1208, increasing the penalty for interference with public duties from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony; SB 1030, removing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul tax for general aviation; SB 505, creating processes to address election irregularities; SB 2411, updating the Business Organizations Code and changing filing-method requirements; and SB 1333, addressing unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, or conveyance of real property. Most measures advanced on voice vote or recorded roll call after motions to suspend the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule, with several members raising questions or objections, especially on the criminal justice, abortion, and public duties bills.

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• >> Yes, it is under current construct.
• They certainly any party may construct.
• ,<04:05:53.920> the way that the statute is constructed, the way that the statute is constructed
• allow certain categories of construction allow certain categories of construction workers<05:03:
• I want to be constructive. I helpful. I want to be constructive.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee began with procedural announcements about report turnaround, amendment submission methods during split operations, a possible January 29 session, the governor’s State of the State on February 5, parking, cafeteria opening, and the plan to finish work by February 10. It then moved into executive session on HB 1123, which would require certain companies to post salary ranges on public job listings. Representative Granger moved ITL, arguing the bill would interfere with negotiations, especially for higher-level jobs, and raise compelled-speech concerns. Supporters, including Representatives Schultz, Sullivan, Cahill, Staub, and others, said salary ranges help applicants avoid wasted time and travel, improve transparency, and are already a common workplace disclosure. The committee voted 10-9 to ITL HB 1123. The committee next took up HB 177, concerning a definition of remote work in labor law. Representative Murphy moved ITL, saying the bill could burden employers, create vague obligations, duplicate existing protections, and potentially require intrusive compliance measures. Representative Sullivan described a proposed amendment that would narrow the bill to a definition of remote work and remove broader requirements, but the committee ultimately voted 11-9 to ITL HB 177. Members also noted that the amendment had not been fully circulated in time and that the issue might merit further review. Finally, the committee opened HB 1352, a workers’ compensation bill focused on repricing and payment practices. The sponsor withdrew an initial ITL motion and moved OTP after amendment review. Members discussed concerns raised at the hearing about delayed payments, third-party administrators, and the need for better accountability. Representative McKenzie’s amendment would define good faith, create a voluntary three-year dispute-resolution pilot, restore fines to prior levels, and add reporting/accountability requirements for carriers that miss the 30-day payment deadline. Several members supported the amendment as a way to help small businesses and providers, while others said repricing needed broader study through the workers’ compensation advisory council. The Department of Labor explained that the amendment would require carriers and related payers to report missed determinations to the department and would increase oversight of payment timeliness.

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• , this is an idea that I don't disagree with on its face, but it has been so poorly crafted and constructed
• , this is an idea that I don't disagree with on its face, but it has been so poorly crafted and constructed
• , this is an idea that I don't disagree with on its face, but it has been so poorly crafted and constructed
• The conference report includes the following: a provision to ensure that construction contractors on
• all other public bodies to authorize the use of more than one independent contractor by their construction

Keywords: March 14, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2, 976, house, all