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• agreement in lieu of a proposed residential development if the proposed residential development complies
• Steen mentioned, planning developments are, in fact, an important tool for both cities and developers
• But again, it's the developers.
• City and the developer. The developer gets stuff in this process as well.
• The city of Nebraska: 97% of their housing developments in the 2010s were planned developments.

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• H740 to Energy and Digital Infrastructure. H741 to Judiciary.
• The member and economic development.
• <00:09:38.560> Are commerce and economic development.
• Are commerce and economic development.
• development. Member from Bradleboro. development. Member from Bradleboro.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House opened with a devotional message from Representative Chris Marorrow centered on humility, uncertainty, and keeping a “beginner’s mind” when making decisions. He used a farmer story, a Zen teaching, and a Christian text to emphasize that outcomes are often unknowable and that lawmakers should remain open, curious, and aware of unintended consequences. The chamber then suspended rules to introduce 15 House bills by number only and referred them to committees, including bills sent to Energy and Digital Infrastructure, Judiciary, Government Operations and Military Affairs, Environment, Ways and Means, Commerce and Economic Development, Healthcare, Human Services, and Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry. The House also adopted JRS 34, a joint resolution setting the weekend adjournment schedule so the two chambers would reconvene no later than Tuesday, January 27, 2026. Several committee reassignment motions were approved: H.724, relating to involuntary psychiatric medication in emergency circumstances, was moved from Human Services to Healthcare; and H.661, relating to workers’ compensation coverage for firefighters with cancer, was moved from General and Housing to Commerce and Economic Development. Announcements included a Farmers Night event, a Climate Solutions Caucus meeting, and recognition of guests in the gallery. The House then adjourned until Thursday, January 22, 2026, at 3 p.m.

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• Harris relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction
• of the Texas water development board referred the committee on natural resources.
• We find that they provide efficient local continuity improvementkaha » and that an arterial development
• Refer to the Committee on Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.
• Raymond, relating to the adoption of a comprehensive plan to protect oil and gas infrastructure in this

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• prepared by the Attorney General for elections officials and building owners and employers will be developed
• prepared by the Attorney General for elections officials and building owners and employers will be developed
• SB 73 further protects our elections infrastructure by safeguarding voter lists, ballots, and voting
• to polling places, while at the same time watching the expansion of DHS detention enforcement infrastructure
• to polling places, while at the same time watching the expansion of DHS detention enforcement infrastructure

Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met on May 6, 2026, with a quorum present and heard one bill, SB 73. The author described the measure as a response to perceived threats to California elections, including restrictions on armed or non-uniformed personnel at polling places, protections for ballots and voting equipment, and limits on law enforcement access to election materials without a court order. The chair reviewed a set of agreed amendments, including removing a section conflicting with AB 1664, deleting proposed criminal penalties, clarifying the role of the Attorney General and Secretary of State, and refining language on signature challenges, law enforcement support, and certified voting technology. Supporters, including AAPI Force, CHIRLA, the League of Women Voters of California, and Common Cause, argued the bill would protect voters from intimidation and preserve election integrity. Opponents from CALA argued the bill was unnecessary, would hinder legitimate investigations, and reflected distrust of law enforcement and federal oversight. Committee discussion focused heavily on whether the bill was responding to real-world threats and on the ballot seizure in Riverside County. Members questioned how the measure would affect signature challenges, chain of custody, and investigations into possible fraud. The author and supporters said ballots should remain in election officials’ custody and that federal or local agents should not be able to interfere with election materials or intimidate voters. The chair and other members also discussed the urgency clause and the need to move the bill quickly despite the proximity of the June election. The committee voted to do pass and re-refer SB 73 to the Committee on Public Safety. The roll call initially showed the bill passing 5-1, then after the absent member arrived, the final vote was 6-2, and the bill was reported out of committee.

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• prepared by the Attorney General for elections officials and building owners and employers will be developed
• prepared by the Attorney General for Elections Officials and building owners and employers will be developed
• SB 73 further protects our elections infrastructure by safeguarding voter lists, ballots, and voting
• to polling places, while at the same time watching the expansion of DHS detention enforcement infrastructure
• to polling places, while at the same time watching the expansion of DHS detention enforcement infrastructure

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And so I'm happy to kind of showcase the development that we've made over the last year and what we're
• You're building, you're refining the machinery, so it's going to develop more projects and develop more
• We do have the alternative state infrastructure bank that was created this year.
• We've kind of developed our own government.
• This whole tool is being developed by a local company in Hammond.

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met for an information-only hearing with no votes or formal actions. DOTD Secretary Glenn LaD and Deputy Secretary Beau Black outlined the department’s transformation efforts, emphasizing faster project delivery, improved transparency, and use of technology. They reported major reductions in contractor payment processing time, from roughly 35 days to 15 days or less, and change-order approvals from about 40–45 days to around five days. They also described new tools such as inspection tablets, a project delivery dashboard, e-ticketing, a customer service portal, and a pilot using sensor technology on department vehicles to identify potholes and damaged assets. The department said it is reorganizing district staffing, replacing the old area engineer model with district points of contact for construction, maintenance, and operations, without increasing total staff. Members focused heavily on local maintenance concerns, including potholes, drainage, culverts, mowing, overgrown ditches, and utility-related delays. Several legislators asked how to get quicker responses on routine maintenance and how to distinguish state responsibility from local jurisdiction. DOTD said it would meet with district administrators to address specific problems and clarify jurisdiction, and that the new customer service portal should help track complaints electronically. Members also asked about contractor accountability, utility relocations, and public communication on long-running projects; DOTD said it is improving internal KPIs, coordinating more closely with district staff and public information officers, and considering broader public updates beyond the website. The department also reviewed highway planning and funding. Officials said the Highway Priority Program is being reworked into a more fiscally constrained, staged process that starts earlier in concept development and gives legislators and constituents more feedback before the annual road show. They said the department is using new IDIQ contracting authority to bring in outside help for bridge maintenance and other work, and that bridge maintenance backlogs remain significant. DOTD reported that LTIF 1.0 and 2.0 together cover 91 projects statewide totaling more than $534 million, with over 40 complete, and that LTIF 3.0 adds 39 projects and about $165 million. Combined with other funding sources, the department said its upcoming construction program will include 385 projects worth about $1.73 billion. Legislators generally praised the department’s progress but raised concerns about lingering local problems and the need for clearer communication. Questions were also asked about a barge strike on the Black Bayou Pontoon Bridge, with DOTD saying divers and staff were inspecting the damage and that emergency repairs would likely be needed. After the DOTD update, the new Office of Louisiana Highway Construction, led by Archie Chesson, gave its own update on its first year, describing a small staff, heavy use of consultant and contractor pools, emergency procurement authority, and rapid delivery of rural bridge and roadway projects.

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• My tenure in the House of Representatives has profoundly shaped my professional and personal development
• the continued success of our MBTA. $60 million of it will go toward improving the physical ...infrastructure
• And another $25 million will further support the workforce development of our regional transit authorities
• Research and development represents one of the most important pillars of our innovation economy here
• Instead, we made these allocations: $860 million for MBTA infrastructure and operations, $422 million

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and received a resignation letter from Rep. Fana Howard of Lowell, effective March 17, 2026, as she transitioned to the Senate. The chamber then took up several procedural orders, including multiple unanimous or voice-vote suspensions of rules and concurrence with Senate petitions, such as referrals on housing and student transportation matters, and a suspension of Joint Rule 12 for a petition involving children served by DCF. The main substantive item was House No. 5264, a fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill totaling about $1.8 billion. Members discussed its use of Fair Share surtax surplus funds for transportation and education, including major support for the MBTA, special education circuit breaker costs, early education and child care, snow and ice costs, regional transit authorities, and other deficiencies such as GIC and sheriff costs. Members also explained the bill’s tax conformity provisions responding to recent federal tax changes, with debate over whether to delay conformity to limit state revenue exposure. The House adopted a consolidated amendment to the bill and then passed it to be engrossed by roll call vote, 150-3. The House also adopted a resolution commending the Admetek Foundation on Prostate Cancer Awareness Day. Several local bills were advanced, including a sick leave bank for a Department of Corrections employee, a bill waiving the minimum age requirement for a Boston police officer, a Nantucket charter bill, a Stoneham public safety bill, and a Malden special police officers bill, the last of which was amended before being engrossed. The chamber also considered Amendment 43 to redistribute $100 million of Fair Share revenue more evenly to municipalities for roads and education; supporters argued the current distribution favored statewide priorities over local aid, while opponents said the formula would not adequately address rural road needs. That amendment was rejected 128-25. The House then recessed several times, observed moments of silence for local public servants, welcomed visiting youth sports teams, and finally ordered adjournment to meet the next day at 11 a.m. in informal session.

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• By bringing the resources directly to our youth, we can ensure that they are developing the habit of
• Where civic infrastructure is weak, and often these students don't have the generational knowledge to
• want to thank the author for engaging with me and the committee staff and other stakeholders on developing
• active transportation, interchanges, roadway improvements, and other essential transportation infrastructure
• for accepting the committee's proposed amendments to ensure the proponents have flexibility when developing

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE AND NOW WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND WITH A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
• USEFUL LIFE AND NOW WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND WITH A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
• SO BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT TAKING HER LAND AWAY FROM US AND BETWEEN SOLAR POWER TO CARE LAND AWAY FROM US
• TIMBER IS OBVIOUSLY SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT.
• SO OUR DEVELOPERS NEED GOOD PROPER TWO BY FOURS TO BUILD ALL THESE HOMES THAT WE ARE BUILDING AND THEN

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• This updates our Minnesota Statute 18K, the Industrial Hemp Development Act.
• This updates our Minnesota Statute 18K, the Industrial Hemp Development Act.
• This updates our Minnesota Statute 18K, the Industrial Hemp Development Act.
• This updates our Minnesota Statute 18K, the Industrial Hemp Development Act.
• This updates our Minnesota Statute 18K, the Industrial Hemp Development Act.

Bills: HF858, HF2577, HF2576

Keywords: bioincentive payments, agriculture, job creation, environmental compliance, financial reporting, waste handling, sewage sludge, PFAS regulation, environment, record retention, fertilizer disposal, pesticide disposal, environmental impact, safety regulations, burning prohibition, 1183, house

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• We need to tackle the urgent infrastructure and housing challenges facing public higher education.
• The motion is due pass to the Housing and Community Development Committee. Item number two, AB 48.
• The motion is due pass to the Housing and Community Development Committee. Fong, aye. DeMaio, no.
• They have the ability to create infrastructure to account for this.
• The motion is due pass to the Housing and Community Development Committee. DeMaio? No. Burner? Aye.

Summary: The committee hearing covered several higher education bills, with extensive testimony on student aid, affordability, and institutional debt. AB 587 would add veteran representation to the California Student Aid Commission; the author said the change would bring lived experience from the veteran community to student aid policy, and members raised a concern about keeping the commission’s membership odd-numbered, which the author said would be addressed by amendment. AB 791 would standardize cost-of-attendance housing calculations using objective data and improve notice of the adjustment process; supporters said current budgets often underestimate students’ real living costs, while UC, CSU, and independent colleges opposed or had concerns about the bill’s prescribed methodology, fiscal impact, and a 14-day turnaround for adjustments. AB 850 would create a one-term grace period for students with institutional debt to re-enroll while arranging repayment, bar reporting that debt to credit agencies, and require more transparency; proponents described students being blocked from continuing school over debts, while CSU, UC, and private-college representatives said they already use holds and payment plans and worried about added liabilities and budget pressures. AB 537 would extend the California College Promise Program to part-time community college students; supporters said most community college students attend part-time and should not be excluded from fee waivers, while the committee noted fiscal concerns but ultimately advanced the bill. AB 7 would allow universities to consider whether an applicant is a descendant of American chattel slavery in admissions as a reparative measure; supporters framed it as lineage-based reparative justice, while opponents argued it would function as a racial proxy and conflict with Proposition 209 and equal-protection principles. The committee took roll-call votes on the measures, advancing AB 587, AB 791, AB 850, and AB 537 to Appropriations, with AB 850 and AB 537 receiving fewer votes and the roll left open for additional members.

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• I believe we do have a newly confirmed workforce development council member, Jared Higashi.
• Infrastructure risks loom as parts of Hawaiʻi sink." Think about that.
• Infrastructure risks loom as parts of Hawaiʻi sink." Think about that.
• Infrastructure risks loom as parts of Hawaiʻi sink." Think about that.
• Infrastructure risks loom as parts of Hawaiʻi sink." Think about that.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Last session, this body passed Senate Bill 64, an act relating to key infrastructure assets.
• <00:58:14.280> assets Relating to key infrastructure assets and declaring an emergency.
• thieves were absolutely wreaking havoc across the Commonwealth, causing outages regarding key infrastructure
• by Louisville's Critical Infrastructure by Louisville's Critical Infrastructure Task<01:00:44.520
• The Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor, Senate Bill 249, House Bill 333.

Keywords: 958, all

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• We have 547 districts, which is a hundred percent engaged in the professional development process.
• a sustainable long-term system change toward structured literacy and evidence-based Practices and develop
• We are very appreciative of the new system and the infrastructure.
• I believe that the reason for that is simply that there has not been the development of those screeners
• Initially, the first year of support from the network to the schools was around developing their local

Bills: HF2430, HF2433

Keywords: education finance, teacher training, Read Act, state aid, school funding, education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation

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• Development services support this.
• Development services supports this. Development services support<03:25:01.760> this.
• directly with the developer on. directly with the developer on.
• That's not from one developer. That's from many developers that say we can't pencil this out.
• That's not from one developer. That's not from one developer.

Keywords: 981, all

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• This is a strange development.
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, making our cyber and physical infrastructure far
• public health, and local infrastructure. public health, and local infrastructure.
• limits allowable uses and development. limits allowable uses and development.
• help private property owners develop help private property owners develop their<05:35:06.160>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And the industry developed frameworks for chemical management.
• California has an important process for developing state drinking water standards.
• Uh, that we think was, was really well thought out and really well developed.
• So, there's a well thought out process that's already laid down in code for developing that.
• I'm the Deputy Executive Officer for Planning, Rule Development, and Implementation at South Coast.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The University of South Florida will develop guidelines for hybrid infrastructure and model that effects
• with extensive input from the developing community.
• Almost 127,000 tortoises have been relocated off land slated for development.
• lands when lands are being developed and there's not suitable habitat remaining on site.
• So this is a chronic disease that takes a long time to develop.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• as part of a large development, then would that recycled water manager be someone that the large developer
• as part of a large development, then would that recycled water manager be someone that the large developer
• <00:57:02.240> a should analyze the issues and develop a should analyze the issues and develop
• with the county regarding infrastructure with the county regarding infrastructure so<01:08:07.880
• <01:08:22.480> of with um especially the development of with um especially the development

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several agriculture, water, invasive species, and land-use bills. HB 299 and HB 1220, both relating to invasive species, drew broad support from the Hawaii Invasive Species Council, DLNR, the Department of Agriculture, C-GAPS, Sierra Club, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farmers Union, and others. Testifiers said HISC funding fills gaps between agency mandates, supports research and technology, and helps respond to both terrestrial and marine invasive threats. On HB 1220, C-GAPS described a marine anemone infestation in Kāneʻohe linked to aquarium release and said control and restoration would be difficult without the bill’s funding. A committee member asked for tracking information on the species, and the Division of Aquatic Resources said it maintains monitoring data and annual reports. No opposition was noted on either measure. HB 506, relating to conservation enforcement, also received support from DLNR and Malama Pu‘u Ma. Committee discussion focused on the bill’s scope and how the funding would be used. Members asked about a prior boat purchase mentioned in opposition testimony and about whether mainland vendors were being used; the department said it did not buy that boat and that procurement follows the normal state process, with total bid price including delivery, taxes, and other fees. The department explained that the bill’s funding is primarily for marine enforcement work in nearshore fisheries, including herbivore protection around O‘ahu. HB 915, relating to water use, had mixed testimony. DLNR supported alternative water sources and amendments to the water code, while the Department of Agriculture opposed the bill as drafted, saying its irrigation program is designed for non-potable agricultural use and is not structured for residential or mixed-use development. The Department of Health said it needed more information on its reuse guidelines and noted concern about removing the recycled water manager requirement, which it said helps ensure safe operation and maintenance of reuse systems. Members questioned the bill’s preemption language and whether county or state rules would be displaced, and Agriculture suggested county water agencies might be better suited for some of the proposed uses. HB 502, concerning land use, drew support from the Attorney General’s office, the Land Use Commission, Hawaii Realtors, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Farmers Union, with the Department of Agriculture standing on its written testimony. The Attorney General warned that allowing important agricultural lands to be redistricted through a declaratory ruling process could conflict with the state constitution and recommended excluding IAL from the bill. The Land Use Commission said it has an inventory of IAL lands and did not believe the bill would affect them, and it agreed to the suggested protection. Supporters said the bill could help move lands with limited agricultural value into the rural district, reduce pressure on productive farmland, and better align land use with actual farming potential. HB 929, relating to the agricultural land conveyance tax, received comments from the Department of Taxation and opposition from Hawaii Farm Bureau and Hawaii Realtors; Farm Bureau said it supports preserving agricultural land but was concerned about unintended consequences and questioned whether speculative flipping of ag land is a current problem.

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• Execution of AOT's mission delivers strong returns for taxpayers, supporting infrastructure, local services
• about other places in Arizona, specifically rural Arizona and the importance of rural economic development
• point about other places in Arizona specifically rural Arizona and the importance of rural economic development
• And anytime those flights are secured, that means more tourism, more economic development, more business
• Scalpsa Ridgeway has engaged with industry partners on workforce development initiatives, recognizing

Keywords: 1182, all