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• I teach engineering, manufacturing, fabrication, apprenticeships, and work-based learning.
• So projects like that allow students to apply engineering and problem-solving skills to real-world challenges
• projects like that allow students to So projects like that allow students to apply<00:18:40.000> engineering
• <00:18:40.320> and<00:18:40.559> problem<00:18:41.200> solving apply engineering
• and problem solving apply engineering and problem solving skills<00:18:42.080> to<00:18:42.320

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It requires architecture engineer analysis when MDH permit conditions.
• It requires architecture engineer analysis when MDH permit conditions.
• It requires<00:13:34.240> architecture<00:13:34.800> engineer<00:13:35.279> analysis
• requires architecture engineer analysis requires architecture engineer analysis when<00:13:36.000

Keywords: Public Property - Room 409, 29 January, 2026; 2:30 P.M., 925, all

Summary: The Public Property Committee held its organizational meeting and elected Senator Ladner as secretary. It then took up Senate Bill 2203, which would centralize leasing authority for state agencies in privately owned space under DFA and, when cheaper, move certain agencies into the capital complex area to encourage consolidation and cost savings. Senator Seymour questioned specific references in the bill, including a corporation mentioned in current law and whether the measure could affect ports, the Gulf Coast Coliseum, universities, community colleges, or local offices outside Metro Jackson. Blunt said the bill was intended only for state agencies in the Metro Jackson area and not for local county offices or other institutions, and he later identified the corporation reference as the Mississippi Home Corporation. The committee adopted a title-sufficient do-pass motion and reported the bill out. The committee next considered a bill by Senator Hobson authorizing the Soil and Water Conservation Commission to construct a levee project in Yazoo County using federal funds, at an estimated cost of more than $100 million. Hobson said the project would address significant flooding and complete a portion of levee work near Carter and Satartia. With no questions, the committee again adopted a title-sufficient do-pass motion and reported the bill out. Senator Williams then presented Senate Bill 2594, the Mississippi Antiquities Law bill, which would streamline demolition of abandoned, vacant, or blighted buildings on public university and community college campuses while preserving historic properties. He said the measure would require coordination with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, define blight, require engineering analysis in some cases, and give MDH 90 days to respond before demolition or further inspection proceeds. Several senators raised concerns that the bill’s language was too broad, especially the definitions of blight and other causes, and that it might let institutions tear down too much without sufficient oversight. Williams said the bill was meant to balance preservation with practical needs and agreed to work on a floor amendment to tighten the language. The committee then voted to report the bill out. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2340, authorizing DFA to sell, lease, or convey the former DPS property at 1900 East Woodrow Wilson Avenue in Jackson. The committee substitute would direct proceeds to the general fund rather than DPS, while preserving mineral rights, allowing repurchase under certain conditions, and requiring DFA review of proposals. Senators discussed possible redevelopment uses, including University Medical Center, and the bill’s restrictions on uses such as heavy industrial, adult entertainment, casinos, liquor stores, and solid waste facilities. No final vote on this bill was reflected in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• If we can engineer that into a screw worm and then use a technique called drive, where you essentially
• can sometimes find out the level of construction and how things were done from the architect and engineer
• It was my understanding they were going to start meeting with the Army Corps of Engineers immediately
• I was under the impression that they'd already sent planning folks from the USDA, engineers, and architects
• Under the supervision of the Army Corps of Engineers, it was supposed to have taken two years.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• I'm here on behalf of both the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 and the North Central
• local 49 and the operating engineers local 49 and the north<00:45:40.280> central<00:45:40.559
• This bill would attempt to exempt any internal combustion engines used for emergency backup generation
• <00:54:04.720> used<00:54:05.000> for internal combustion engines used for internal
• combustion engines used for emergency<00:54:05.680> backup<00:54:06.040> generation<00

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I want that minimal though because the LBA needs this time to put stuff into the budget engine or whatever
• c><00:12:58.639> the<00:12:59.040> the<00:12:59.440> budget<00:12:59.839> engine
• Aren't most of these things on fee schedules?
• So I mean these things on fee schedules?
• <04:58:49.638> schedule's ambulatoratory surgical fee schedule's ambulatoratory surgical fee

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met in Division 3 work session on HB 2 and began by noting a delayed start to allow the Legislative Budget Assistant to finish a large packet of updated amendments and revisions. The chair said the goal for the day was to move as many items as possible, with any cleanup deferred to a Friday follow-up. Members also discussed the process for handling public and department testimony on selected items before votes. Several early amendments were taken up and voted on. The committee unanimously recommended items dealing with repealing the liquor transfer to the alcohol fund and redirecting liquor-related revenue to the general fund, and it also approved an amendment revising Granite Advantage funding so there would be no automatic transfer from the liquor fund, instead using a general fund appropriation. Members then approved repealing the foster grandparent program by a 5-4 vote, and later approved an amendment requiring DHS contractors to comply with the patients’ bill of rights by a 9-0 vote. The committee also approved incorporating House Bill 94 on Medicaid coverage of circumcision by a 5-4 vote, while deferring the Wick Farmers Market Nutrition Program repeal for more discussion. The committee spent substantial time on the youth risk behavior survey amendment. Supporters said the change was intended to clarify opt-out procedures and ensure parents, guardians, and students are clearly notified that they may opt out without negative consequences. Some members raised privacy concerns and said the language could add administrative burden, but the amendment was ultimately recommended to Finance by a recorded vote of 8-1. Another amendment on civil rights and contractor standards for DHHS was discussed but not voted on after concerns were raised about vague enforcement language and possible penalties. The committee also struck amendment 1026 as redundant, with members noting related work in existing law and Senate Bill 134, and then moved on to other items, including a revised equity/access-related amendment that was postponed for later discussion.

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• I did not call up Major General Ted Calis, Grassroots Institute of Hawaii, in support; Operating Engineers
• <00:13:43.760> local<00:13:44.079> 3 support um operating engineers local 3 support
• um operating engineers local 3 in in in opposition<00:13:47.040> and<00:13:47.399> in<
• Not a question, I just wanted to point out that the testimony from Operating Engineers appears to be
• They'll decide when we say, okay, we're going to have a hardening project under a certain fee of funding

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee held its first hearing of the 2025 session and began with housekeeping on testimony deadlines, hybrid participation rules, time management, and expectations for civility. The chair said testimony posted at least 24 hours in advance would be available to members and the public at the same time, late testimony would still be processed, and decision-making would generally be deferred to later in the day so morning hearings could adjourn before the noon floor session. The first bill heard was HB 673 on emergency management. Hawaii Emergency Management Agency administrator James Barros testified in opposition, saying the bill could undermine the executive’s unity of command during emergencies and objecting to provisions allowing the legislature to terminate a state of emergency by a two-thirds vote. Members asked about the difference between an emergency order and a state of emergency, whether other states use legislative checks and balances, and whether long-running emergencies such as COVID-19 or homelessness should have clearer end conditions. Barros said the agency, along with the Attorney General’s office and the governor’s office, would review the language and that the issue is setting conditions for when an emergency ends. The committee then heard HB 596, also on emergency management, which would clarify types of events that count as dangers and emergencies. Barros opposed the bill, saying the current list covers known hazards but should remain open-ended for future threats; he cited COVID-19 as an example of an unforeseen event and said the bill could limit flexibility. Members asked whether the list could be expanded, and Barros said the agency would look at that possibility. Testimony included support from the Grassroots Institute of Hawaii and concerns from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii about the bill’s special fund provisions; the committee also corrected testimony that had been submitted for the wrong bill. The final measure discussed was HB 1060 on emergency preparedness and the Community Readiness Center Program. Barros explained the proposal as part of HEMA’s effort to build local readiness centers and community hubs, with an initial target of 10 communities through a federal grant and a longer-term concept of roughly 100 statewide. The Climate Advisory Team supported the bill’s intent but urged that centers be developed with strong community and nonprofit involvement through the HARRP program. The Department of Taxation offered comments on the special fund, and members raised questions about cost, size, use of existing school facilities, public messaging, and equity across communities. Barros said the centers would provide backup communications, power, water, and food for a community group, would not function as general shelters, and would be designed to help communities hunker down and recover after a disaster.

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• Not only will health care professionals be impacted, but teachers, architects, accountants, engineers
• Not only will health care professionals be impacted, but teachers, architects, accountants, engineers
• professionals be impacted, but teachers, architects,<00:12:37.120> accountants,<00:12:38.399> engineers
• ,<00:12:39.360> and architects, accountants, engineers, and architects, accountants, engineers
• But to protect the athlete, the SCORE Act caps agent fees at 5% of each contract's value.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• All the equipment and the engineering and the design and the internet access and the transport to the
• > and<00:52:56.040> the<00:52:56.120> design<00:52:56.960> and and the engineering
• and the design and and the engineering and the design and the<00:52:57.240> internet<00:52:57.640
• to ensure there is 24/7/365 24/7/365 24/7/365 local<00:55:09.360> field<00:55:09.680> engineering
• access to solve local field engineering access to solve problems<00:55:12.280> in<00:55:12.400

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 KCNA Request for Proposal Process 00:00:01 Overview of KWIC Board and Funding of Kentucky Wired Network Refresh 00:18:10 Zayo Network Services 00:34:40 Discussion of Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Funding 00:57:32, 958, all

Summary: The committee first focused on a disputed KCNA procurement for a statewide network-related RFP. Members questioned why the RFP had been labeled non-technical, whether COT should have reviewed it, and whether the KCNA board could direct that it be withdrawn. Finance and Administration Cabinet counsel Barbie Dickens said the RFP was authorized by KCNA working with procurement services after termination of the prior contract and breach notices, was issued in November 2025, paused during a protest, later resumed, and remained an open procurement. She said the agency—not the board—directs the procurement process, though she acknowledged an agency and OPS could cancel or reissue an RFP if needed. Legislators pushed back, citing KRS 154 and House Bill 314 as evidence that the KCNA board controls contracts and operations, and one member said the board had requested the RFP be withdrawn. Dickens said she could not predict the outcome and was not KCNA’s counsel. The discussion also touched on whether the current director had asked to stop the RFP and whether that request had been denied, with no final action taken during the exchange. The committee then turned to Kentucky Wired Infrastructure Corporation and the Kentucky Wired refresh project. Jim Barnhart described the structure of the nonprofit corporation, the role of Quick and Quack in the financing and operations arrangement, and the board membership, noting that the refresh funding had been approved in the 2024-26 capital budget. He said the equipment upgrade is necessary because of end-of-life hardware and software support issues, and that the refresh would expand capacity, lower risk, and reduce operating costs. Barnhart said some equipment had already been received, the rest would be purchased later, and the project should begin before September and take about a year to complete. When asked about contract disputes involving Ledcor and whether the vendor had an ongoing contract, Barnhart and the authority representative said they had not been notified of any issues and were not directly involved in that contract dispute. Committee members also raised concerns about a prior market test and whether a lower-cost bidder had been blocked from a previous RFP process. Barnhart said he understood Quack could make that decision and that the Commonwealth did not have input so long as the network was maintained, but he was not involved at the time. A legislator then read from the KCNA statute and argued that the board, not agency staff, is supposed to direct KCNA contracts and operations, saying House Bill 314 did not change those duties. The chair agreed the committee’s intent was for the board to control KCNA and direct contracts, and the discussion ended with a transition away from the KCNA dispute toward future testimony, including a presentation from Zayo Networks on open access networks and broadband infrastructure.

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• We have roughly 50 welders, and the rest are, you know, engineers, about 40 engineers and designers,
• /c><01:10:50.800> are<01:10:51.120> you<01:10:51.199> know<01:10:51.360> engineers
• and the rest are you know engineers and the rest are you know engineers about<01:10:52.080> 40
• <01:10:52.400> engineers<01:10:52.800> and<01:10:53.040> designers<01:10:53.440
• > and<01:10:53.600> the about 40 engineers and designers and the about 40 engineers and

Bills: HF3127, HF3816, HF3814, HF3815, HF3817

Keywords: taxation, pass-through entity, qualifying owner, partnership, S corporation, tax return, corporate franchise tax, individual income tax, research expenditures, federal compliance, Minnesota Statutes, income tax, corporate tax, section 179, federal conformity, HF3815, Minnesota taxes, tax conformity, Internal Revenue Code, IRC conformity

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• times in government theory on these types of issues, and it applies, I say the same thing to traffic engineers
• And I'm surprised how often I hear from civil engineers, no, we don't do that.
• times in government theory on these type of issues, and it applies, I say the same thing to traffic engineers
• And I'm surprised how often I hear from civil engineers, no, we don't do that.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• regularly visit pornographic websites. 2.5 billion emails per day are pornographic. 25% of search engine
• per day are pornographic. 25% of emails per day are pornographic. 25% of search<00:12:41.320> engine
• > requests<00:12:42.400> each<00:12:42.680> day<00:12:42.960> are search engine
• requests each day are search engine requests each day are pornography<00:12:43.960> related,<

Keywords: 1183, house

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• be jointly offered by the Gordon Ford College of Business and the Ogden College of Science and Engineering
• Engineering. And finally, every state Engineering.
• residential program serving high-ability students in Kentucky interested in science, technology, engineering

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met without a quorum, so no minutes were approved. The committee then heard a presentation from Western Kentucky University President Timothy Kabone, who highlighted WKU’s recent gains in graduation rate, retention, degree production, graduate enrollment, research activity, and financial stability. He said WKU’s FY 2026 budget is structurally balanced without one-time reserves, and he tied the university’s growth to its strategic plan and to Senate Bill 77, which created a pathway for WKU’s first PhD program. WKU’s initial PhD offering is planned in data sciences for fall 2027, and Kabone said the university continues to pursue R2 research status. Kabone also outlined WKU’s budget requests, including a 4.5% base appropriation increase for each year of the biennium, a $30 million increase in the performance funding pool, a $30 million trust fund for tuition waiver reimbursement, and $2 million per year for the Gatton Academy. He also requested continued funding for the Kentucky Mesonet, 8.9% of proposed asset preservation funding, and support for a $280 million new Potter College facility. He emphasized inflationary pressures, rising fixed costs, and the burden of mandated tuition waivers, and said the university supports performance funding but wants the model adjusted to better reward student success rather than enrollment growth. Members asked about WKU’s student housing situation and the transition away from the former student life foundation model. Kabone said the foundation structure had run its course, that the university had lacked adequate oversight under the old arrangement, and that WKU is moving to a public-private partnership with Gilbane and the College Housing Foundation. He said the new model would not increase the university’s debt load and would replace older residence halls with a roughly 1,000-bed complex, eliminate community-style bathrooms over time, and expand living-learning communities. Representatives McCool and Tipton praised WKU’s graduation and retention results and asked questions about the housing project and its timeline. The committee then heard from CareerVXR and KCTCS about a proposed career exploration pilot. Company representatives said the platform uses web-based and virtual reality experiences to show students real jobs and workplaces, with the goal of addressing an “awareness gap” in workforce participation. They proposed a $1.8 million, two-year pilot to reach 50,000 to 60,000 students in three regions, including Hazard Community and Technical College, Southeast Community and Technical College, and western Kentucky. Members asked about cost, funding source, and locations, and were told the request would come through the KCTCS budget. The meeting ended with notice that the next meeting was scheduled for Thursday, February 26.

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• She is a junior in aerospace engineering at New Mexico State University and part of the CAMP program,
• She is a junior in aerospace engineering at New Mexico State University and part of the CAMP program,
• I'm an engineer at Sandia National Labs. I walk my son to school.
• We need the three E's: education, engineering, enforcement.

Bills: SB23, SB73, SB210, SB234, SB243, SB244, SM16

Keywords: student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, driver education, driver's ed, driving school, motorcycle safety, traffic safety, vulnerable road users, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, cyclist, bike lane, micromobility, scooter, moped, motorcycle training, DWI prevention

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• We need to train for the trades, manufacturing, health care, child care, engineering, and all STEM-related
• 21.200> care, manufacturing, health care, child care, manufacturing, health care, child care, engineering
• engineering, and all STEM related jobs. engineering, and all STEM related jobs.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• I'm an aerospace engineer retired from Sandia Labs, and, um, Algebra 2 is sort of a basis to move on
• And so maybe we're only talking about the engineers, the researchers, the Los Alamos types who maybe
• concern is that we may be keeping students who, who may have a proficiency, and we do need more engineers
• the whole thing on the, the math, there are, let's see, 123 of us that were math teachers and an engineer

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• Architecture, engineering, landscaping is on 10.17.
• Architecture, engineering,<00:04:11.360> landscaping<00:04:12.159> is<00:04:12.400>
• on engineering, landscaping is on engineering, landscaping is on 10.17.<00:04:14.959> Board

Bills: HF2783

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• Commissioners to provide administrative assistant staffing until the project planning design and engineering
• I think it's currently budgeted at 1 million dollars and it's for the planning design and engineering
• And industrial engineers, design machines, machines that could take off your arm if you're not using
• Chair is 2 for human and machine cognition is a nationally recognized senator of scientific and engineering

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• projects during my career, many with minority-owned businesses, architects, construction firms, engineering
• Firms, engineering firms.
• I am a biomedical engineer in St.
• agencies in the state of Florida are under overrun by critical social justice, DEI, seeking to socially engineer

Summary: The committee first confirmed Heather L. Turnbull to the Florida Commission on Community Service without debate. It then took up SPB 7022, which sets Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2025, updates rates to address unfunded liability, and preserves the 3% employee contribution rate. Senator Fine said the bill would increase FRS Trust Fund revenue by about $310 million annually and also gives certain elected officers an option related to DROP accumulations. An amendment was adopted, the bill was submitted as a committee bill, and it was reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 1710, a bill by Senator DeSantis/DeSigley to prohibit state agencies, vendors, and grant recipients from using state funds for DEI-related policies, trainings, and programs, and to impose related restrictions on medical institutions of higher education. Senator Polsky and others questioned the bill’s broad and vague language, its effect on health-related work, public-facing agency positions, private contractors, and medical school admissions. The sponsor said the bill was intended to stop DEI from influencing state agencies and that the medical-school portion would likely be amended out later. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with speakers arguing the bill would harm health care, education, access, and minority communities; a few supporters said DEI is ideological and should be removed from government and public institutions. After debate, the bill was reported favorably on a party-line style vote, with Senator Errington voting no. The committee then began SB 1678, relating to entities that boycott Israel, with a delete-all amendment. Senator Leak said the bill would expand Florida’s anti-BDS framework to cover nonprofits, foreign educational institutions, foreign government funds, academic boycotts, political subdivisions, and certain grants, while the amendment aligned the bill with existing law and clarified procurement and divestment provisions. Testimony included support from proponents who said Florida should not do business with entities engaged in boycotts of Israel, and opposition from speakers who argued the bill would restrict academic freedom and conscience. Debate continued as the transcript ended, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• our future nurses, entrepreneurs, diplomats, public school educators, architects, and mechanical engineers
• Educators Architects and Public School Educators Architects and mechanical mechanical mechanical engineers
• 44.960> us<00:20:45.159> who<00:20:45.320> are<00:20:45.480> afforded engineers
• those of us who are afforded engineers those of us who are afforded the<00:20:46.240> privilege

Keywords: 1183, house

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• To know all the planning and engineering is ready to go.
• Our Office of Water and supporting offices have engineers, hydrologists, toxicologists, permit writers
• Additionally, the Board is requesting an additional FTE for a dam safety engineer in the field to assist
• The Corps of Engineers handed them over to us back in the 40s and 50s, generally speaking, saying we

Keywords: 1185, senate, all