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• We are are are re-engineering<01:23:52.960><c> miles</c><01:23:53.760><c> of</c><01:23:54.080><c> roads
• </c><01:23:54.719><c> to</c><01:23:55.040><c> reduce</c> re-engineering miles of roads to reduce re-engineering
• My name is Lyndon Roben, and I'm the public works director and county engineer for Carver County.
• is supposed to be a fair and reasonable approximation of what the driver of an internal combustion engine
• including the Association of Metro Counties, the Minnesota Intercounty Association, and the County Engineers

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• He was a former engineer uh cabinets.
• He's doing computer engineering now.
• He's doing<03:07:01.200><c> computer</c><03:07:01.600><c> engineering</c><03:07:02.000><c> now.
• </c><03:07:02.240><c> I</c><03:07:02.399><c> mean,</c> doing computer engineering now.
• I mean, doing computer engineering now.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Upon returning to the States, Larry was elected Hocking County engineer in 1976 and later served as a
• Upon returning to the States, Larry was elected Hocking County engineer in 1976 and later served as a
• Indeed, the New York Times reported that, according to projections widely used by engineers and project
• </c><04:05:08.520><c> and</c><04:05:08.800><c> project</c><04:05:09.439><c> managers</c> used by engineers
• and project managers used by engineers and project managers the<04:05:10.560><c> train</c><04:05:11.159

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And UB has strengthened its role as an engine of economic opportunity, helping launch and nurture hundreds
• </c><00:14:51.199><c> of</c><00:14:51.440><c> economic</c> its role as an engine of economic its role
• as an engine of economic opportunity,<00:14:52.959><c> helping</c><00:14:53.360><c> launch</c><00:14
• ,</c><00:15:03.600><c> and</c> innovators, scientists, engineers, and innovators, scientists, engineers
• at a pivotal moment in the and engineers at a pivotal moment in the Cold<01:46:02.800><c> War.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• constitutional right; it is the glue that holds our communities together, the fuel that drives the engine
• constitutional right; it is the glue that holds our communities together, the fuel that drives the engine
• constitutional right; it is the glue that holds our communities together, the fuel that drives the engine
• constitutional right; it is the glue that holds our communities together, the fuel that drives the engine
• constitutional right; it is the glue that holds our communities together, the fuel that drives the engine

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The proposed updates identify the chief engineer, fire chief of the responding fire department as the
• the proposed updates identify<00:15:27.760><c> the</c><00:15:27.920><c> chief</c><00:15:28.240><c> engineer
• ,</c><00:15:28.800><c> fire</c><00:15:29.120><c> chief</c> identify the chief engineer, fire chief identify
• the chief engineer, fire chief of<00:15:29.920><c> the</c><00:15:30.079><c> responding</c><00:15:30.639

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• This is, uh, a math that was engineered to try to achieve fairness in how we treat a manufactured home
• This is uh a math that was engineered<01:28:39.360><c> to</c><01:28:39.600><c> try</c><01:28:39.760><
• c> to</c><01:28:39.920><c> achieve</c><01:28:40.239><c> fairness</c><01:28:40.639><c> in</c> engineered
• to try to achieve fairness in engineered to try to achieve fairness in how<01:28:40.960><c> we</c><01

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• of the Amalgamated Transit Union, the Machinists Union, the Utility Workers Union of America, the Engineers
• I'm a software engineer in the open-source software community, and I respectfully oppose unless amended
• Chris Taylor, software engineer, and the open source community.
• the Data Transfer Initiative are already providing seamless service-to-service transfers through engineering

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on privacy, accessibility, labor, and public safety. AB 1798 by Assemblymember Wilson would bar life and disability insurers from using non-diagnostic genetic information, including direct-to-consumer test results, in underwriting. Supporters argued the bill would protect privacy and encourage genetic testing, while insurers opposed it as unnecessary and said genetic data should be treated like other predictive health information. The bill passed the committee on a 7-0 vote and was held open for absent members. AB 2190 by Assemblymember Wallace would create website accessibility standards based on WCAG guidelines and add affirmative defenses intended to reduce serial litigation while improving access for people with disabilities. Disability advocates supported the measure as a needed civil-rights update, while business groups warned it could increase liability and create unclear compliance obligations. The bill passed 9-0 and was sent to Appropriations. AB 2721 by Assemblymember Carrillo would require hotels to post notice when they know or should know that U.S. Customs and Border Protection or ICE are using the premises, with supporters saying workers and guests deserve transparency and safety. Hotel and business groups opposed it, citing privacy, liability, and concerns about interfering with federal operations. The committee voted 6-2 to pass the bill to Appropriations, with the roll left open. AB 2027 by Assemblymember Ward would restrict employers from using worker data to train AI systems that replace workers and limit sharing of worker data for automation; labor groups supported it and business and public-sector groups opposed it as too broad. The bill passed 7-2 to Appropriations, with the roll left open. The committee also heard AB 1837 by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, which would extend and tighten privacy rules for transit agencies’ use of forward-facing cameras to enforce bus-lane violations; supporters said the cameras improve transit flow and safety, and the bill was presented with amendments, though no final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt.

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• of the Amalgamated Transit Union, the Machinists Union, the Utility Workers Union of America, the Engineers
• I'm a software engineer in the open source software community, and I respectfully oppose unless amended
• Chris Taylor, software engineer, and the open source community.
• the Data Transfer Initiative are already providing seamless service-to-service transfers through engineering

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It's opening up the hood and taking apart the engine.
• <01:22:11.320><c> taking</c><01:22:11.520><c> apart</c><01:22:11.800><c> the</c><01:22:11.920><c> engine
• </c> the hood and taking apart the engine. the hood and taking apart the engine.

Bills: SB2960, SB2347, SB2272, SB3137, SB3132, SB2271, SB2804, SB2175, SB2487

Keywords: homeowners insurance, disaster recovery, replacement cost value, state of emergency, policyholder rights, insurance extensions, tenant rights, landlord obligations, housing crisis, eviction prevention, multilingual access, SB2272, Act 105, home health licensing, home health agency, home health services, Department of Health, DOH, CMS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Summary: The committee heard several resolutions and one bill focused on energy reliability, utility infrastructure, insurance, tenant rights, and home health licensing. On the energy side, members heard HCR 203/HR 193 on a status update for the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, HCR 204/HR 194 on a comprehensive PUC analysis of cost reduction and risk, and HCR 202/HR 192 creating a legislative task force on future energy pathways. Testimony on the energy measures was generally supportive from the PUC, DCCA’s Division of Consumer Advocacy, the Hawaii State Energy Office, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, with OHA urging that equity, native Hawaiian impacts, and public trust resources be considered alongside cost savings. The committee also heard HCR 125/HR 117 on coordinating with utilities to address aging utility poles and lines along Farrington Highway and other high-risk corridors; Hawaiian Electric supported the measure, Hawaiian Telcom and Charter Spectrum said much of the work is already underway and questioned whether the resolution was necessary, and committee questioning focused on existing double-pole tracking and the role of DOT and the PUC. The committee then took up HCR 137/HR 129 on timely reimbursement of health care claims under the clean claims statute. The DCCA Insurance Division and the Hawaii Insurers Council opposed the measure as drafted, saying it could be read to require payment beyond policy limits and could raise premiums or reduce market participation. United Policyholders supported the measure, arguing it would simply give policyholders more time to collect benefits they already purchased, and clarified that it was not intended to increase coverage beyond policy limits. The committee later amended the resolution to direct the DCCA Insurance Division to prioritize investigation and enforcement of clean claims complaints. In the decision meeting, the committee recommended and adopted passage of HCR 203/HR 193 as is, HCR 204/HR 194 with an amendment removing the eighth whereas clause, HCR 202/HR 192 with an amendment adding a committee representative to the task force, HCR 125/HR 117 as is, and HCR 137/HR 129 with amendments. The committee also heard SB 2960 SC1 on property insurance, which would extend the time policyholders have after a declared disaster to document replacement-cost claims. The Insurance Division and Hawaii Insurers Council opposed it, warning it could force coverage beyond policy limits and increase premiums, while United Policyholders supported it and said it would help disaster survivors recover benefits they already paid for; members questioned whether similar laws in other states had caused premium spikes and clarified that the bill was not intended to exceed policy limits. The committee also heard SB 2347 SD1 on multilingual tenant-rights notices, with OHA, Hawaii Appleseed, and others supporting the bill but urging restoration of language requiring landlords to directly provide the notice at lease signing. Finally, SB 2272 SD1 HD1 on home health licensing drew support from the Department of Health, SHPDA, and the Health Care Association of Hawaii, with the association requesting an effective date amendment; testimony explained that the bill would allow state licensing compliance to be demonstrated through CMS-approved accreditation or certification surveys, potentially reducing duplication and freeing state resources.

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• MAXIS green screen to provide point-and-click navigation and improve worker experience, a new rules engine
• improve worker experience, a<00:09:06.760><c> new</c><00:09:07.000><c> rules</c><00:09:07.400><c> engine
• </c><00:09:07.800><c> allowing</c><00:09:08.280><c> quicker</c> a new rules engine allowing quicker a
• new rules engine allowing quicker eligibility<00:09:09.320><c> determinations,</c><00:09:10.360><c>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• we're doing a research partnership in agroscience, biochemistry, molecular biology, some chemical engineering
• , but what we do care about is computer sciences, planetary sciences, engineering, physical astronomy
• as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Harbin Engineering
• What sort of... are we talking semiconductor engineering? Are we talking biomedicine?

Bills: SB1003, SB1060, SB1134, SB1275, SB1327, SB1429, SB1618, SB1634, SB1654, SB1803, SCR1002, SCR1005, SCR1023, SCR1027

Keywords: election, canvass, certification, ballot tabulation, write-in candidates, registration, voting procedures, voter registration, temporary absence, absentee voting, residency, military voters, overseas voters, election law, Arizona Revised Statutes, political signs, campaign materials, public safety, municipal regulation, veterans

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• going to improve local law enforcement's ability to ticket loud vehicles, whether that's an altered engine
• local stakeholders that shared their difficulty in ticketing loud vehicles, whether it's noise or an engine
• or a peel-out or sitting at the red light and revving their engines.
• This will just change the engine or loud vehicle, not music. Representative Rayner.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• does is it expands the reach of that avoidance of conflicts of interest to the architects and the engineers
• And we basically say that the engineer and the architects cannot have business before schools.
• does is it expands the reach of that avoidance of conflicts of interest to the architects and the engineers
• And we basically say that the engineer and the architects cannot have business before schools.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Okay, so Anne-Salamone, engineer and businesswoman.
• Okay, so Anne-Salemone, engineer and businesswoman.
• Data centers are powerful economic engines.
• create thousands of construction jobs during buildout and thousands of high-wage positions in IT, engineering

Bills: S0092, S0110, S0192, S0212, S0260, S0350, S0394, S0422, S0434, S0442, S0484, S0546, S0556, S0684, S0696, S0706, S0748, S0786, S0820, S0824, S0838, S0840, S0848, S0856, S0962, S1000, S1014, S1036, S1050, S1054, S1080, S1118, S1134, S1338, S1480, S1500, S1506, S1622, S1724

Keywords: employee protections, whistleblower, retaliation, public trust, ethics complaint, Commission on Ethics, Public Employees Relations Commission, public employee, local government attorney, public officer, adverse personnel action, protected disclosure, whistleblower retaliation, state agency, independent contractor, public employment, civil service, reinstatement, back pay, front pay

Summary: The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and considered a long agenda of bills, many of them retained from the prior week. The most debated measure was CS for SB 706, which would preempt naming of major commercial service airports to the state and designate Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport, subject to FAA approval and a trademark agreement. Amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to prevent private financial benefit from the naming. Several senators spoke in opposition, citing concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and the trademark/licensing arrangement; supporters argued there was no cost to the airport and that the bill simply set a state naming policy. The committee reported the bill favorably after a roll call vote. The committee also reported favorably CS for SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements, CS for CS for SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, CS for SB 1500 on uncontested probate proceedings, SB 962 on excluding farms from certain zoning definitions, and CS for SB 820 on problem-solving court reporting requirements. The committee then approved several bills from Senator DiCeglie and Senator Arrington. SB 840, addressing land-use regulations for local governments affected by natural disasters, was supported by local-government and environmental advocates who said it would restore local control after SB 180’s hurricane-related restrictions; the sponsor said it was intended to correct unintended consequences of last year’s law. CS for SB 856, requiring online listing platforms to show estimated ad valorem taxes on residential listings, was amended to exclude social media platforms and broaden liability protections; the sponsor and a county property appraiser described it as a consumer-transparency measure. CS for SB 110, clarifying homestead exemption treatment for long-term leases that end at death, was also reported favorably. The committee took up a controversial strike-all amendment to SB 212, which focused on public swimming pools and added residency and related restrictions for certain sex offenders and offenders on community control or probation. The amendment drew strong opposition from advocates and affected families, who argued it would worsen homelessness, impose broad geographic restrictions, and lack evidence of improving child safety; supporters said it was a targeted public-safety measure. Despite the objections, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also approved SB 684 on electronic signatures for total-loss vehicle and vessel titles, SB 394 on reinsurance intermediary managers, SB 434 on property tax assessment treatment for wind-hardening improvements, CS for CS for SBs 658 and 608 on water-safety requirements for rental properties with pools or nearby water, SB 748 on adding voting-rights restoration information to sentencing score sheets, and CS for SB 824 requiring school districts to inventory unimproved real property. The meeting ended while the committee was beginning SB 848 on stormwater treatment, with an amendment being introduced as the transcript cut off.

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• board members and community stakeholders such as real estate professionals, builders, architects, engineers
• 39.440><c> architects,</c> professionals, builders, architects, professionals, builders, architects, engineers
• 41.440><c> others</c><01:35:41.760><c> to</c><01:35:41.920><c> keep</c><01:35:42.080><c> them</c> engineers
• , and others to keep them engineers, and others to keep them informed<01:35:42.639><c> of</c><01:35:42.800

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Uh, the bills that we're going to see is Senate File 50, State Engineer Surface and Groundwater Study
• we're going to see is Senate File 50, we're going to see is Senate File 50, State<01:47:04.720><c> Engineer
• /c><01:47:05.280><c> Surface</c><01:47:05.760><c> and</c><01:47:05.840><c> Groundwater</c> State Engineer
• Surface and Groundwater State Engineer Surface and Groundwater Study,<01:47:07.440><c> Senate</c><01

Keywords: 916, all

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• We are also down a path of design engineering with certain innovations that we think can reduce the cost
• of being planned and studied and has the advantage of a significant amount of design and value engineering
• It's something that really the Corps of Engineers picked up on in 2005 after Katrina.
• It's something that really the core of engineers picked up on in 2005 after Katrina.

Summary: The hearing opened with budget framing from the chair and the LAO, who said the May Revision addresses roughly a $14 billion budget problem and that the environment and transportation subcommittee’s proposals account for about $1.9 billion of the solution. The LAO urged members to focus on solutions that do not worsen out-year deficits, to preserve reserves, and to defer major policy changes that are not necessary to pass the budget, including the newly introduced water-related trailer bills. Members also raised concern about a late-dropped Olympic-related trailer bill, which the LAO likewise suggested should be deferred for fuller review. The first major item was the Delta Conveyance Project and related water quality control plan trailer bills. The administration argued the proposals would streamline permitting, water rights proceedings, judicial review, and land acquisition, and would clarify DWR’s bond authority for the project. DWR said the project is needed to protect water supply reliability against drought, earthquakes, sea level rise, and other climate-related disruptions, and that the tunnel would help move water when conditions are wet and safer for the environment. Committee members from both parties questioned the timing, the use of budget trailer bills for major policy changes, the scope of the CEQA and water-rights changes, the lack of a bond cap, cost growth, and eminent domain protections. The LAO recommended deferring both water trailer bills without prejudice. Public comment was sharply divided, with labor, water agencies, and some business groups supporting the project as climate adaptation and reliability infrastructure, while environmental, tribal, fishing, county, and community groups opposed it as an attempt to bypass public process and weaken protections. The committee then briefly heard the DMV’s Digital Experience Platform fee trailer bill, which would reinstate a $1 system improvement fee to help fund the vehicle-registration phase of the project. DMV said the fee would raise about $7 million annually and offset roughly $59 million to $60 million of project costs, while the LAO noted it would help but would not solve the Motor Vehicle Account’s broader structural gap. The hearing then moved to California High-Speed Rail, where the new CEO presented an updated plan and said the project remains a major climate and infrastructure investment. He reported a revised Merced-to-Bakersfield cost range of $34.9 billion to $38.5 billion, said the agency is trying to reduce risk through direct procurement of materials, and argued that stable annual funding is needed to avoid higher costs from delays.

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• , express our gratitude for helmets to hard hats, building strong communities, and the operating engineers
• , express our gratitude for helmets to hard hats, building strong communities, and the operating engineers
• moving as a standalone bill as well, as that July 1 deadline is bearing down and and the operating engineers
• high school and the operating engineers high school pathways<00:32:28.000><c> program</c><00:32:28.559

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• look for savings in things like performance-based design, alternative technical concepts, value engineering
• :31.359><c> value</c> alternative technical Concepts value alternative technical Concepts value engineering
• 05:32.720><c> that</c><01:05:33.240><c> and</c><01:05:33.359><c> take</c><01:05:33.520><c> a</c> engineering
• things like that and take a engineering things like that and take a best<01:05:34.319><c> faith</c><

Bills: HF2382, HF639, SF1075, HF1243, HF1087, SF1360, HF739, HF2337, HF1220, HF712, HF1219

Keywords: accident reporting, law enforcement, data privacy, contracted service providers, public safety, HF639, Minnesota driver license, Department of Public Safety, driver medical review, loss of consciousness, voluntary control, seizure, nonepileptic seizure, epilepsy, antiseizure medication, physician statement, medical certification, commercial driver, CDL, medical examiner's certificate