Video & Transcript Research : 'construction backlog'
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AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 24th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
LA
Bills:
HB241, HB267, HB467, HB673, HB744, HB798, HB1026, HB1027, HB1091, HB1096, HB1103, HB1212, HB1230
Keywords:
financial records, consumer protection, banking law, disclosure, service of process, home inspectors, board membership, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board, residential roof, coastal zone, fortified roof, building standards, construction code, insurance, hurricane resilience, safety, security cameras, abandoned property
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs May 6th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And with the way it’s constructed, it’s going to only happen in an extreme case.
- It provides relative to the Uniform Construction Code and Inspector Licensing.
- Please understand that the Uniform Construction Code Council appeared last year as a standalone entity
Keywords:
human rights, individual liberties, Magna Carta, constitutionalism, free speech, Uniform Construction Code, building code, construction code, inspector licensing, building inspectors, plans examiners, public inspector, private inspector, private inspector company, building official, code enforcement, Louisiana Uniform Construction Code Commission, state fire marshal, International Building Code, International Residential Code
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 113 amends the Code of Construction Act and the construction of laws provisions to ensure
- Second, the Code of Construction Act and construction of laws provisions contain numerous interpretive
- What if the agency's interpretation was not the most plausible construction of the statute?
- Instead, Texas courts are not to give deference to any agency construction of a statute.
- So I'm a 20-plus year construction lawyer who deals with construction litigation disputes and construction
Bills:
HB 1239, HB1990, HB1748, HB1749, HB2578, HB2986, HB1970, HB3163, HB2733, HB1922, HB 113, HB 1088, HB1938, HB3004, HB2637, HB2960, HB113
Keywords:
public health, access to healthcare, insurance reforms, medical expenses, healthcare providers, mental health, protective custody, preliminary examination, detention period, emergency circumstances, emergency detention, legal framework, detention, healthcare, liability, landowners, nonagricultural land, trespassing, public safety, interpreters
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- 1999, the right of repair statute was established for contractors to have the right to repair construction
- I don't know, given the constructs of how we do this now, I don't think there's...
- Chairman Schofield raises... that in some cases the law creates a... a constructive easement.
- Or at least make that available so that a constructive easement is created if it happens to be landlocked
Bills:
HB 1239, HB1990, HB1748, HB1749, HB2578, HB2986, HB1970, HB3163, HB2733, HB1922, HB 113, HB 1088, HB1938, HB3004, HB2637, HB2960, HB113
Keywords:
public health, access to healthcare, insurance reforms, medical expenses, healthcare providers, mental health, protective custody, preliminary examination, detention period, emergency circumstances, emergency detention, legal framework, detention, healthcare, liability, landowners, nonagricultural land, trespassing, public safety, interpreters
AZ
Keywords:
special plates, Arizona Space Commission, transportation, funding, space exploration, peace officer certification, police certification, law enforcement licensing, Arizona POST, peace officer standards and training, military police, veterans, honorably discharged, veteran hiring, abbreviated academy, law enforcement recruitment, public safety, community policing, background investigation, psychological fitness
Summary:
The Public Safety Committee met and approved several bills, beginning with SB 1107, which creates an alternative Arizona peace officer certification pathway for honorably discharged veterans who served as military police. The sponsor and a former military police officer testified that the bill would recognize existing training while still requiring Arizona-specific training, certification testing, background checks, and fitness standards. The committee adopted a clarifying amendment limiting the pathway to military police veterans and then passed the bill 7-0.
The committee then passed SB 1308, which creates a Foreign Adversary Fraud Office in the Attorney General’s Office and related funds to pursue consumer fraud claims involving technology from foreign adversaries and to help replace such technology in critical infrastructure. Supporters argued the bill would address both consumer fraud and national security risks tied to foreign-made technology in utilities, communications, and other infrastructure. The bill was approved 7-0. The committee also passed SB 1020, creating an Arizona Space Commission specialty license plate to support the commission’s work; supporters said it would raise voluntary revenue and promote Arizona’s growing space industry. That bill also passed 7-0.
SB 1160 was approved after amendment. The bill restricts drones near ticketed entertainment events, and the amendment expanded the restricted area from 400 feet to 5,280 feet. The sponsor, along with representatives from NASCAR and Live Nation, said the measure would close a public safety gap and protect large crowds from unauthorized drones. The committee passed the bill as amended 7-0. SB 1117 was also approved 7-0; it appropriates funds to DPS crime lab services for processing evidence from counties with populations under one million, with the sponsor saying it would help rural counties handle DNA and other evidence backlogs.
Finally, the committee passed SB 1216, which removes the sunset on traumatic event counseling for public safety employees and expands eligibility to include crime scene and digital forensic technicians. Testimony from the Arizona Police Association supported making the counseling program permanent and extending it to additional employees exposed to traumatic material. The bill passed 7-0, and the committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 5th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't remember what that stands for. >> Construction Recruitment Institute. >> Construction Recruitment
- I don't remember what that stands for. >> Construction Recruitment Institute. >> Construction Recruitment
- And if you look the construction folks.
- <00:11:27.440>
Trade Uh, and the Alabama Construction Trade Uh, and the Alabama Construction - construction companies across the state. construction companies across the state.
Keywords:
inhalants, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, possession, sale, misdemeanor, felony, criminal penalties, public health, public works, sealed bids, bid advertisement, procurement, government contracting, construction bids, municipal bidding, county bidding, state bidding, Department of Transportation
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation (2-23-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEllr-EVndg, 2026-06-21T07:17:03+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, MEETING START 00:00
ROLL CALL 00:19
DISCUSSION WITH SECRETARY GRAY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THE 01:16
BRENT SPENCE BRIDGE CORRIDOR STATUS AND UPDATES. OVERVIEW AND SCHEDULING
OF MULTIPLE PROJECTS IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY; INCLUDING ROAD REPAIRS.
UPDATES ON ALL ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. COMPLETED ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS.
YEARLY BUDGET, EMPLOYEE STATUS, AND CURRENT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS., 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
WY
WY
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and would that be construction?
- <01:36:25.360>
um that for construction in that area. um that for construction in that area - apply when someone wants to construct apply when someone wants to construct something.
- You weren't able to see all 1,700 of those doors, but you also saw some of those doors being constructed
- We're on track doors being constructed.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman. construction department. Uh no comments construction department.
- He said the administrator for construction management in the State Construction Department is sitting
- >
construction construction department, construction construction department, construction management - Suzanne Norton, construction administrator for State Construction Management Division.
- <00:13:37.920>
bill state funded capital construction bill state funded capital construction
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Utility operators must ensure that their facilities are identifiable and accommodated safely during construction
- longer wait time would potentially slow down or delay the excavation, which would negatively impact construction
- , this concept called regulatory lag that the chairman laid out is important because the current construct
- Instead, the current construct has us collecting costs for those projects.
- needs to happen with this compliance plan is that the surface owner needs to have more than just constructive
Keywords:
inactive wells, oil and gas regulation, environmental protection, Railroad Commission of Texas, well plugging, Railroad Commission, penalties, violations, pipeline safety, civil penalties, criminal penalties, wildfire prevention, oil and gas, safety inspections, administrative penalties, excavation, notification, utilities, underground facilities, regulatory compliance
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
State Government
Keywords:
codification, Code of Alabama 1975, cumulative supplement, replacement volume, technical corrections, code cleanup, state code update, local laws, Secretary of State, Code Commissioner, Thomson Reuters, boating violation, scrivener's error, typographical correction, clerical correction, legislative housekeeping, 2024 Regular Session, 2025 session statutes, county local laws, official code publication
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- relating to state construction projects. relating to state construction projects.
- design review of state construction design review of state construction projects<00:37:41.680>
- However, we're not against construction. This is for a healthy construction industry.
- This is for a healthy construction. This is for a healthy construction<00:42:14.240>
industry. - I was a construction inspector. primarily construction contract primarily construction contract management
Bills:
SB2543, SB2014, SB2115, SB3095, SB3264, SB2114, SB2117, SB2246, SB2519, SB3055, SB3131, SB3144
Keywords:
state construction, construction manager, design review, public works, capital improvement, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, DOE, Department of Education, comptroller, pilot program, design review special fund, county permit review, accessibility compliance, Disability and Communication Access Board, state infrastructure, government construction, project oversight, civil service exemption, county agencies
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- If they don't start construction within seven years, it will sunset. I yield for questions.
Keywords:
transportation, oversize permit, overweight permit, permit fees, motor carrier, commercial trucking, heavy haul, wide load, special combination vehicle, manufactured home transport, portable building transport, utility poles, rural electric cooperative, farm equipment, agricultural hauling, bridge formula, load limits, weight limits, road funding, highway construction
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- What does it look like the day we're getting ready to start construction?
- Much less cost to the construction company and much more efficient.
- We had a backlog of over 15,000 locates that we couldn't account for.
- We may have construction drawings. Maybe for most of them, but a few we don't.
- Another potential idea would be any new construction. You're absolutely right.
Keywords:
pipeline, construction, cash bond, county authority, local government, HB 1285, Railroad Commission of Texas, RRC, drones, unmanned aircraft, UAS, drone inspections, oil and gas, pipeline inspection, surface mining, well sites, tank batteries, disposal wells, injection sites, natural resources
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 12th, 2026 at 09:04 am
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- increase recurring funding from $2.5 million to $5 million annually from the Irrigation Works Construction
- By serving as the one-stop shop for planning, design, and construction.
- The second year will be construction.
- It's from an allocation from the Irrigation Works Construction Fund, and then it's also been funded with
- Is it a million dollars in there that the transfers also from the Waterworks Construction Fund?
Bills:
SB193
Keywords:
SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, 996, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the need to seek approval for zoning changes, this bill will shorten the timeline for project construction
- The state population growth is outpacing the construction, deteriorating housing affordability, and skyrocketing
- Of religious organizations seeking to construct residential housing on their property.
- Process that allows the church to construct on their property without addressing...
- The committee's substitute specifies that allowable emergency repairs are not new construction.
Keywords:
zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, water conservation, municipal utility districts, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental regulation, groundwater management, nonconforming uses, zoning regulations, land use, property rights, municipal authority, municipal moratorium, development moratorium, property development, subdivision, site plan