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• As you say, this is House Bill 1103 by Representative Turner, relative to the regulation of construction

Bills: HB241 , HB267 , HB467 , HB673 , HB744 , HB798 , HB1026 , HB1027 , HB1091 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1212 , HB1230

Committees: House Commerce , House Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

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

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• 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.
• </c><00:11:27.440><c> Trade</c> Uh, and the Alabama Construction Trade Uh, and the Alabama Construction
• </c> construction companies across the state. construction companies across the state.

Bills: SB78 , SB103 , SB113 , SB180 , SB78 , SB103 , SB113 , SB180

Committee: House Boards, Agencies and Commissions

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

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• the end of the year to start implementing the 2018 code and will have to enforce it in any... construction
• occurring after January 1st of 2026 unless an agreement concerning the construction was entered into
• Preventing construction efficiency and rate disparities between urban and rural areas ensures every property
• every Texan... ...can benefit from modern safety standards, fair insurance rates, and streamlined construction
• preparedness and does not burden existing multifamily units; it is concerned exclusively with new construction

Bills: HB407 , HB871 , HB882 , HB2011 , HB3572 , HB3578 , HB4038 , HB4866 , HB4897 , HB4978 , HB5380 , HB5555 , HB5668 , HB5670 , HB5674 , HB5676 , HB5679 , HB5688 , SB673

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: solar energy, residential construction, building code, municipal regulations, energy compliance, building codes, interconnection, education, funding, teacher support, student resources, school infrastructure, municipal requirements, environmental sustainability, municipalities, construction, agricultural operation, International Code Council, county regulations, construction fees

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• practice in many zones and would... ...eliminate the affordability gained by some of that incremental construction
• back to not just complications with taking a structure like that and making a complaint with the construction
• The restrictions that local governments place on the construction of who can build, what can be built

Bills: HB407 , HB871 , HB882 , HB2011 , HB3572 , HB3578 , HB4038 , HB4866 , HB4897 , HB4978 , HB5380 , HB5555 , HB5668 , HB5670 , HB5674 , HB5676 , HB5679 , HB5688 , SB673

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: solar energy, residential construction, building code, municipal regulations, energy compliance, building codes, interconnection, education, funding, teacher support, student resources, school infrastructure, municipal requirements, environmental sustainability, municipalities, construction, agricultural operation, International Code Council, county regulations, construction fees

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• </c><00:13:21.160><c> road</c> infrastructure construction, both road infrastructure construction, both
• We'll replace the failing construction.
• ><c> 2027</c><00:25:53.960><c> in</c> Construction is planned for 2027 in Construction is planned for
• </c> Construction cost $9.19 million. Construction cost $9.19 million.
• And uh Madam construction industry.

Bills: HF4710 , HF4055 , HF3848 , HF3989 , HF4599 , HF3767 , HF3592 , HF3575 , HF3574 , HF3543 , HF4606 , HF4489 , HF3891 , HF3438 , HF3811 , HF3400

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: capital investment, water infrastructure, sewer systems, public funding, municipal development, Eveleth, wastewater treatment, state bonds, environmental compliance, infrastructure, bonds, economic development, local government, transportation, intersection improvements, Lake Elmo, HF4599, St. Joseph, Minnesota bonding bill, bond proceeds fund

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• I will say that this was a thoughtfully constructed bill as a result of a thoughtful and long-lasting
• I would also say this is a rather delicately constructed and balanced bill.
• notify an employer or owner within 10 working days if an inspection identifies a hazard at any construction
• substitute during the public hearing on the bill, but it essentially narrows the scope to only building construction
• sites rather than all construction sites.

Bills: HB2479 , HB2091 , HB2105 , HB2107 , HB2151 , HB2190 , HB2191 , HB2218 , HB2243 , HB2303 , HB2345

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: unpaid wages, wage theft, wage recovery, labor standards, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, worker protection, low-wage workers, back pay, interest on wages, civil penalties, retaliation, immigration status coercion, gig workers, transportation network companies, rideshare drivers, app-based drivers, employment law, wage complaint, payroll enforcement

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• So that is the statute that says billboards cannot be constructed along those roadways.
• And so, on the construction side, yes, sir. I'm not sure that's quite true on the engineering side.
• They are not construction; they're not on the bedside; they're totally, totally separate.
• With the exception of potentially construction engineering inspection, yes.
• We have almost $60 billion in active construction in the state of Texas.

Bills: HB2007 , HB2863 , HB2921 , HB3331 , HB3332 , HJR144 , HB3514 , HB3528 , HB3720 , HB3751 , HB3859 , HB3947 , HB4148 , HB4346 , HB4880 , HB5603 , HB4337

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: commercial signs, county approval, transportation code, regulations, road signage, vehicle title, revocation, hearing process, Transportation Code, county assessor-collector, confidentiality, personal information, local government, airport data, public records, vehicle regulation, transportation, steel industry, state fees, safety standards

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• I had the pleasure of working with Judge Stinson when I was at the courthouse, and her husband Preston

Bills: SB330 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1721 , SB1433 , SB1316 , SB1280 , SB1455 , SB1456 , SB1457 , SB1459 , SB1461 , SB1463 , SB1465 , SB1466 , HJR1088 , SB1684 , SB378 , SB1447 , SB1920 , SB1443 , HR1047 , SB1877 , SB1884 , SB1365 , SB2174 , SB1525 , SB1810 , SB1771 , SB1805 , SB1916 , SB1530 , SB1847 , SB1990 , SB2060 , SB1992 , SB1579 , SB1778 , SB2132 , SB1623 , SB2067 , SB1589 , SB1441 , SB1224 , SB372 , SB1232 , SB1264 , SB1450 , SB2011 , SB2030 , SB1980 , SB1936 , SB1477 , SB1593 , SB1725 , SB1670 , SB1480 , SB1726 , SB1633 , SB1735 , SB1632 , SB1277 , SB1217 , SB1826 , SB1824 , SB1813 , SB1326 , SB1937 , SB1641

Keywords: elk population, wildlife management, Oklahoma State University, veterinary medicine, ecosystem health, habitat assessment, advanced nuclear energy, nuclear power, small modular reactor, SMR, microreactor, generation III+, generation IV, nuclear reactor, nuclear permitting, nuclear licensing, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, OCC, Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Development Revolving Fund

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• </c> relating to state construction projects. relating to state construction projects.
• </c> design review of state construction design review of state construction projects<00:37:41.680><c
• 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><c> 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

Committee: House Labor

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

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• If they don't start construction within seven years, it will sunset. I yield for questions.

Bills: HB3443 , HB2123 , HB3757 , HB2445

Committee: House Transportation

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

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• and affected tribes on the potential effects on cultural resources from proposed state-funded construction
• Under that section, there is room for a court to halt an agency action, to halt construction, such as
• a construction project.
• So just the nature of construction and construction delays could potentially be a cost driver, though
• Those four villages were taken out during the Hanford construction project. We are not Rome.

Bills: HB2514 , HB2551 , HB2236 , HB2470

Committee: House Capital Budget

Keywords: HB 2514, global war on terror, GWOT, war on terror memorial, Capitol campus memorial, Washington veterans, fallen service members, military memorial, post-9/11 veterans, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, veterans memorial, capitol grounds, state memorial, Secretary of State, Capitol Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs

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• 2030 state building code to achieve a 30% reduction in embodied carbon emissions for permitted construction
• so this is an attempt to have some balance and to think about the energy that we use when we're constructing
• So that's within the margin of error for most construction budgets.
• energy efficiency requirements by also counting the greenhouse gas emissions and energy used in constructing
• I had the language where fines would double, kind of like what they have in construction zones.

Bills: HB2228 , HB2273 , HB2381 , HB2418 , HB2388 , HB2183 , HB2224 , HB2267 , HB2174 , HB1529

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: building code, safety regulations, construction, scissor stairs, state standards, embodied carbon, building materials, sustainability, environment, performance-based codes, building regulations, residential construction, energy efficiency, sustainable design, permit review, project permits, land use, zoning, development regulations, residential development

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• 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.
• And endanger construction workers when safe excavation practices are not followed.
• 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.

Bills: HB206 , HB 1285 , HB1335 , HJR107 , HB206

Committee: House Energy Resources

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

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• Senate Bill 1722 specifies that any fee negotiated by OMES regarding revising contracts for construction
• managers and design consultants to only include construction costs and not costs related to interior
• I think is the most obvious issue that just pops out at me initially is that if they're doing construction
• building a project from start and we're bidding it the hard brick and mortars there, the soft construction
• So, are you saying that this bill is limited to new construction only and it's not related to historical

Bills: SB134 , SB1356 , SB1407 , SB1611 , SB1639 , SB169 , SB1722 , SB182 , SB1870 , SB2039 , SB432 , SB609 , SB715 , SB716

Committee: Senate Retirement and Government Resources

Keywords: retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, state government, OMES, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Rehabilitation Services, civil service, human capital management, state employee disputes, whistleblower, veterans employment, veterans placement, fleet management, state fleet, motor vehicles

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• 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

Bills: HB2766 , HB2891 , HB3334 , HB3791 , HB3911 , HB4021 , HB4041 , HB4042 , HB4384 , HB4426

Committee: House Energy Resources

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

Bills: HB2933 , HB3041 , HB3048 , HB3081 , HB3297 , HB3338 , HB3673 , HB3790 , HB3983 , HB4105 , HB4139 , HB4203 , HJR1023

Committee: Senate Business and Insurance

Keywords: insurance regulation, homeowner claims, premium discounts, catastrophe mitigation, civil penalties, credit card transactions, payment methods, service charge, consumer rights, financial regulation, insurance, nonadmitted insurers, surplus lines, Oklahoma, fire extinguisher, licensing, public safety, age qualification, State Fire Marshal, towing services

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• , fire-hardened building materials include materials that meet criteria for ignition-resistant construction
• in the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, criteria for construction in wildland areas set
• Omdahl continued: “The group must consider public health, safety, welfare, and construction costs when
• Having this linked to modular construction, I think, is great for the modular industry, but it might
• So I would love to see... ...whether people feel comfortable with modular construction or not.

Bills: SB6001 , SB6015 , SB6054 , SB5470 , SB5884 , SB6018 , SB6027 , SB6028

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: building code, scissor stairs, safety regulations, construction standards, statebuilding regulations, residential building, construction permits, housing development, planning efficiency, state regulations, wildfire, home hardening, fire-resistant materials, fire-hardened building materials, common interest communities, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, condo association, wildland urban interface

Bills: HB1322 , HB3053 , HB3180 , HB3244 , HB3269 , HB3299 , HB3301 , HB3302 , HB3430 , HB3497 , HB3584 , HB3586 , HB3587 , HB3606 , HB3742 , HB3743 , HB3755 , HB3764 , HB3767 , HB3835 , HB3848 , HB3903 , HB3905 , HB4108 , HB4130 , HB4142 , HB4227 , HB3996

Committee: House Criminal Judiciary

Keywords: domestic violence, offenders registry, public safety, law enforcement, victim protection, conviction records, elderly, parole, criminal justice reform, inmate rehabilitation, Oklahoma statutes, firearms, handgun permits, self-defense, training requirements, Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, elderly exploitation, identity theft, crimes and punishments, criminal offenses

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• In construction, we all know the reality.
• Classen from a 345 construction and flooring company.
• My name is Troy Blodell, and I'm here on behalf of JTM Construction.
• JTM Construction supports HB 2191 because we believe the Washington construction industry should be built
• I'm the owner of 345 Construction and Flooring Coat.

Bills: HB2144 , HB2190 , HB2191 , HB2303 , HB2345

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: employee monitoring, workplace privacy, performance evaluations, notification, transparency, language access, collective bargaining, providers, healthcare, interpreters, social services, construction, wage theft, misclassification, independent contractor, employee classification, fringe benefits, prevailing wages, subcontractor liability, joint and several liability

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• Such regulations generally include things like location and height of construction.
• housing CICs from this requirement if the community does not and will not in the future require the construction
• or a local government to assist a social housing public development authority in the planning, construction
• Representative John McBride, allows religious organizations to receive a density bonus if they can construct
• We currently have about 1,600 units online, permanent supportive housing in already constructed buildings

Bills: HB2304 , SGA9280 , SGA9281

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: condominium, housing, warranty, property rights, construction