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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:48 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • But expansion cannot come at the expense of the educators who make this work possible.
  • The workforce is the infrastructure behind universal child care.
  • If child care is economic infrastructure, then its workforce must be treated as such.
  • So what you're saying is we don't know where the expansion could land, but if the expansion.
  • This just meets all the criteria for me for expansion and where we need to be.
Bills: SB132 , SB241
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 16th, 2026 at 09:33 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a two-year bridge to protect public safety, bondholders, infrastructure, and local taxpayers
  • What is the $5 million for the cultural affairs infrastructure going to take care of?
Bills: SB132 , SB241
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • We had some discussions about infrastructure needs going around the state of Arizona.
  • We are attempting to figure out how to continue to increase the infrastructure necessary to continue
  • Our districts pay for the infrastructure upgrade.
  • Chairman and members, Judah Waxbaum, Chief of Government Affairs for the Water Infrastructure Finance
  • It is responsible for water infrastructure projects outside of the Phoenix, Tucson, It is responsible
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Local and County Government Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Local and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • And having increased the impact on this community's infrastructure yet not having the revenue to keep
  • up with infrastructure demand.
  • This is only addressing helping with communities' infrastructure.
  • Is there any reason why they're not using part of that incentive already for infrastructure?
  • D the the entity receiving the Grant would utilize infrastructure of a town.
Bills: SB1519 , SB1775 , SB1900 , SB1948 , SB2080
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Jan 14th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • These sites are difficult and costly to redevelop due to their small size and infrastructure limitations
  • So it was a really important expansion.
Bills: SB5884 , SB5885 , SB5937 , SB5938
Committee: Senate Housing
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 5th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

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  • of this district in managing water-related issues. emergency situations, potentially improving infrastructure
  • And when we're in a position of disaster assistance and needing to get critical infrastructure back in
Bills: HB1342 , HB2889 , HB3002 , HB3254 , HB4820 , HJR40 , HJR40
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation Apr 17th, 2025

Environmental Regulation

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  • LNG exports as new projects and expansions are planned.
  • LNG exports as new projects and expansions are planned.
  • Several years ago, we had a couple of programs to do with infrastructure.
  • We had an Alternative Fueling Facilities Program to provide infrastructure for alternative fuels, and
  • On the T-Hive program, which is the Texas Hydrogen Infrastructure Vehicle Equipment Program.
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 1904, which would classify intentionally released helium balloons as litter and create criminal penalties for balloon releases. The author and supportive witnesses argued that balloon releases harm wildlife, livestock, waterways, and infrastructure, and that the bill would close a loophole in current litter law. Several members questioned whether criminal penalties were appropriate, and the author said he was willing to work toward civil penalties and fines instead. No vote was taken, and HB 1904 was left pending. The committee then took up several pending bills and reported them favorably to the full House, including HB 3249, HB 3866, HB 4112, HB 1768, HB 1499, HB 573, and HB 464. These measures dealt with topics such as TCEQ contested-case procedures, outdoor storage containers, high-level radioactive waste, concrete plant permitting and grants, unannounced concrete batch plant inspections, and a scrap tire grant program. Most were adopted with substitutes and passed on recorded votes, generally with unanimous or near-unanimous support. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 3997, which would create expedited permitting timelines for LNG facilities and related wastewater permits. Industry witnesses said the bill would provide certainty for multibillion-dollar projects without eliminating public participation, while environmental groups opposed parts of the bill that they said could limit contested-case participation and be unrealistic for SOAH timelines. TCEQ staff described the current wastewater permitting process and said some of the bill’s timing provisions could be workable, especially with an expedited fee. The bill was left pending after the author said he would continue working on committee substitute language. The committee also heard HB 1237 on extending the renewal window for expired TCEQ occupational water licenses, and HB 4519, a TERP consolidation bill that would combine several clean transportation grant programs into fewer programs. HB 1237 was left pending without testimony, while HB 4519 drew broad support from environmental and industry witnesses who favored simplifying the program, though some asked for stronger emphasis on particulate matter and hydrogen funding. The committee withdrew the substitute on HB 4519 and left it pending. Finally, HB 5033, which would eliminate the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program if federal authority changes, drew opposition from environmental and inspection-industry witnesses who warned it would weaken air-quality protections and could remove an important enforcement tool. The author said the bill was intended as a trigger mechanism and would be refined, and HB 5033 was left pending. The committee also heard HB 1227 on municipal solid-waste franchise fees and private-provider access; the author said he would bring a substitute after hearing concerns from cities, and the bill was left pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 10th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We actually proposed the expansion to include all women, did we not?
  • I want to thank Chairman Leach for offering this up as an expansion of this benefit to support pregnant
  • I'd love to take a vote right now on Medicaid expansion.
  • HB number 4582 by Kaufman, relating to reimbursement of infrastructure costs incurred by the developer
  • reclamation districts who impose fees for the construction of certain pipelines associated with infrastructure
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 29th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • No. 174 by Senator Henry is a resolution to recreate and provide for the task force on energy infrastructure
  • We're continuing the existing task force for the industry infrastructure and modernization, along with
  • We're continuing the existing task force for the energy infrastructure and modernization, along with
  • resolution to urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to establish the tumor registry expansion
  • resolution to urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to establish the tumor registry expansion
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 11th, 2026 at 11:17 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • A lot of work and infrastructure and blood, sweat, and tears to get it to where it's at. Mr.
  • transfer from the New Mexico Irrigation Works Construction Fund to the Acequia and Community Ditch Infrastructure
  • transfer from the New Mexico Irrigation Works Construction Fund to the Acequia and Community Ditch Infrastructure
  • transfer from the New Mexico Irrigation Works Construction Fund to the Acequia and Community Ditch Infrastructure
Bills: HB111 , HB103 , HB60 , HB108 , HB120 , HB145 , HB154 , HB164 , HB291 , HJR6 , HR1 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB38 , HB47 , HB63 , HB64 , HB127 , HB165 , HB184 , HB200 , HM20 , HM51
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 13th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And part of that is the red tape—if you want expansion, we don’t need to wait five years for it; we need
  • members and senators, HB-259 addresses a real problem we’re seeing in rural Louisiana as a broadband expansion
  • At the end of the day, this bill’s about protecting critical infrastructure while broadband expansion
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 28th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that would have been devastating, both for the communities that rely on our infrastructure and for
  • Now, the underlying bill perpetuates an expansion of an entitlement for illegal undocumented immigrants
  • We funded more money to illegal immigrant health care through Apple Health expansion.
  • There's all kinds of expansion.
  • If you took that money away, boy, all these roads and infrastructure would not benefit.