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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • It’s intelligent transportation systems that this lady’s been working with ADOT to improve our whole
  • dust and improves air quality.
  • And further, as of last month, we've got our five-year transportation improvement program approved.
  • , highway flood mitigation, drainage improvements, and safety improvements.
  • , highway flood mitigation, drainage improvements, and safety improvements.
Summary: The committee heard an ADOT presentation on Interstate 11, SR 347, the I-10 Wild Horse Pass corridor, and the I-40/US 93 West Kingman project. ADOT said the I-11 corridor remains under a federal lawsuit covering the full 280-mile route from Mexico to Nevada, with a Tier 1 reevaluation underway and public outreach expected later in the year, concluding in early 2027. ADOT said segmentation of the corridor would add time and cost, and that current work is limited to pre-NOI Tier 2 activities and other allowed planning steps. For SR 347, ADOT described widening, intersection upgrades, two grade separations, and a schedule that could begin construction in summer pending clearances. For I-10, ADOT outlined four widening projects adding a third lane each way, interchange reconstructions, a new interchange at Coley Road, and corridor-wide freeway management systems, with completion expected by late 2029. For the West Kingman I-40/US 93 project, ADOT said the $106.5 million project is about 60% complete and should finish in early 2027; members asked about temporary traffic control near Beale Street and possible additional signage or signals on the corridor. Members also raised local traffic and safety concerns on the SR 347 and I-10 projects, including signal timing, median barriers, construction hours, truck traffic, and the need for clearer driver education and digital signs. ADOT said it would look into signal optimization, possible temporary fixes, and additional signage, and noted the I-10 corridor total cost is just under $1 billion, funded through a mix of MAG, federal, and state money. On I-40, members also discussed a possible temporary traffic light near Beale Street to improve safety and access. The committee then moved to a series of transportation appropriation bills and announced a mass-motion process for the projects. Staff explained HB 2067 for Apache Junction ($29.4 million), HB 2068 for the Wolford Road extension in Show Low ($6.5 million), HB 2164 for Ray Lane improvements in Graham County ($3.73 million), HB 2200 for SR 89 widening in Chino Valley ($36 million, contingent on a $1 million local commitment), HB 2201 for Sedona SR 89A/Forest Road/Ranger Road projects ($8.03 million), and HB 2304, the ARTEC bill, which appropriates about $473 million for multiple highway projects statewide. Witnesses from Show Low, Eloy, Coolidge, Casa Grande, Lake Havasu City, Clarkdale, San Luis, Yuma, and Yavapai County testified in support of their local projects, emphasizing congestion relief, freight movement, emergency evacuation, safety, economic development, and local matching funds. No final votes were taken in the portion provided; the chair indicated the committee would proceed with a mass motion on the project bills after testimony.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS-EIG, TRS Public Hearings 02-05-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This establishes within the Department of Transportation a fare-free youth transit program to be coordinated
  • a fair free youth of transportation a fair free youth transit<00:06:50.479> program<00:06:51.360
  • Transportation. Transportation.
  • We do all ground transportation. transportation. transportation.
  • . transportation. transportation.
Summary: The committees heard testimony on several transportation-related measures. SB 2356, relating to parking, drew support from the Office of Planning, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Appleseed Center, Realtors, and the Hawaii Bicycling League. Members discussed the bill in the context of the planned stadium-area mixed-use development, with questions about whether parking would be built in structures rather than as large surface lots. Senators expressed support and noted the measure’s broader housing and parking-reduction goals, but no vote was taken during the hearing. The bulk of the hearing focused on SB 2699, which would create a fare-free youth transit program, a special fund, annual evaluations, and appropriations tied to the environmental, energy, and food security tax. The Attorney General’s office raised technical concerns about whether the special fund met statutory requirements. The Department of Education and Department of Health supported the bill, as did the City and County of Honolulu DOT, Appleseed Center, Hawaii Youth Transportation Council, Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Hawaii Bicycling League, Our Children’s Trust, and numerous youth testifiers. Supporters emphasized reduced family transportation costs, better school attendance, improved health and mobility, and environmental benefits. One senator raised emergency-planning concerns about how children using free transit would be handled during events like tsunamis; DOT and DOE responded that emergency procedures are being developed. The chair said the committee would work on language changes, including a delayed effective date to July 2027, and defer decision-making until the 12th. The final measure discussed was SB 2470, which would require leading pedestrian intervals, accessible pedestrian signals, and other safety improvements at state-controlled intersections, and create a process for community requests for accessible pedestrian signals. Appleseed Center, the Hawaii Association of the Blind, and the Disability Rights Center supported the bill, citing pedestrian safety, reduced collisions, and the need for audible cues for blind and low-vision pedestrians. Testifiers urged a phased-in approach that prioritizes high-traffic intersections. The hearing ended with the bill still under consideration and no final vote announced.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs May 6th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It used to be a single program.
  • It may even help schools improve over time.
  • Nine percent programs.
  • That really important input on the 4% program also. And the 4% program...
  • Which is currently with the nine percent program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 1st, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Transport from other countries through waterways.
  • Oversized Overweight Corridor Program since 1998.
  • while improving roadway safety.
  • The transportation program. Is there a question? Yes, sir.
  • Texas Transportation Code 201.991, which is the unified transportation program, I just want to have
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 1st, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would not impact any of the other requirements of the program. Mr.
  • So, I discovered, I was online and I discovered the Texas Memorial Sign Program.
  • I know that it's called a memorial sign program. But that's not why I paid for it.
  • Aggregates like dirt or stone don't come in neat boxes; they shift during transport.
  • All commercial haulers, only those transporting aggregate materials.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • What this is put in place so there's not a risk of a program...
  • consolidation as it relates to low-producing programs.
  • To decide whether or not a program could continue? Yeah.
  • can choose to suspend or delete that program.
  • granted an exemption, because they're going to grow the program, there's a shared program, whatever it
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 22nd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • A needed update for the Houston Pilots training program allows for four years for the program.
  • The transportation program, which is our 10-year plan, is about $100 billion.
  • It's a fantastic program.
  • It will enable the county to expedite transportation improvements, reducing delays in critical infrastructure
  • Transportation.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 26th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today is Tuesday, May 26th, and this is a hearing of the House Transportation Committee.
  • I am a Transportation Policy Analyst at Reason Foundation. Thank you for the chance to speak.
  • I am a transportation policy analyst at Reason Foundation.
  • We typically do that on federally grant-funded programs.
  • It is good to be back here with members of Transportation, House Transportation.
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 with a quorum present and took up several resolutions and one Senate bill. SCR 64 created a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) in Louisiana public works; an amendment added representatives from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors, and the resolution was reported with amendments. HR 282 created a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with state agencies; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and it was also reported with amendments. The committee then considered SB 513 on public works project delivery methods. The bill originally included an average-bid award method for certain pilot projects, along with airport design-build provisions. Testimony from a Reason Foundation analyst and from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors raised concerns that average-bid contracting could encourage collusion, raise costs, and lacked supporting data or use by U.S. transportation departments, while airport design-build was supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to strike the average-bid provisions, leaving the airport-related design-build language in place, and SB 513 was reported with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays. The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses, including a fatal incident referenced by the author. HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were disposed of and the committee adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, Representative Green. transportation management organization transportation management organization
  • 494 commission is an outreach program 494 commission is an outreach program called<00:20:30.760>
  • traffic congestion and also improving traffic congestion and also improving air<00:20:52.440>
  • <00:32:48.600> dollars um carbon reduction fund program dollars um carbon reduction fund program
  • about $770,000 um that is programming about $770,000 um that is programming cost<00:47:40.680>
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 17th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Transportation will come to order. Clerk will call the roll. Craddock.
  • and Bechtel knows the program and knows how we can execute it.
  • And so we support what the Department of Transportation is saying.
  • We look forward to working, continue to work with the Department of Transportation.
  • We will be working on the application for the Service Transportation Board final permit.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 17th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Transportation will come to order. Clerk will call the roll. Craddock - present.
  • On transportation funding, the chair pulls up and lays out House Bill 2876.
  • And so, we support what the Department of Transportation is saying.
  • We look forward to continuing to work with the Department of Transportation.
  • We would be working on the application for the Surface Transportation Board final permit.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section one of this bill programs.
  • with program integrity. with program integrity.
  • transportation accountability.
  • privacy and dignity while improving privacy and dignity while improving transportation<01:42:44.400
  • to secure the NMT program exists today. to secure the NMT program exists today.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • This measure strengthens the integrity of the unemployment insurance program.
  • It conforms with federal guidance and improves operation. Thank you. Thank you.
  • Uh unemployment insurance program.
  • 10:04.399> uh conforms with federal guidance and uh conforms with federal guidance and uh improves
  • improves operation. Thank you. improves operation. Thank you.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 16th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Oversized Overweight Corridor Program is an innovative program, an initiative sponsored by Senator
  • The program was designated to expedite freight and international trade while improving roadway safety
  • And the short-line programs do get federal funds too, right?
  • Our plan was impossibly simple: hold the line and improve. to improve it steadily while retaining and
  • Many other states have short-line grant programs.
Summary: The meeting of the committee focused on several bills aimed at enhancing the operational efficiency of Texas transportation and port authorities. Key discussions included the implications of SB2080, which seeks to streamline operations for navigation districts by raising procurement authority, exempting security discussions from recording requirements, and aligning Texas ports with national standards to foster economic growth. Senator Alvarado advocated fervently for the bill, emphasizing its positive impact on competitiveness with ports in states like Virginia and New Jersey. Public testimony reflected mixed responses, with strong support from industry representatives but opposition from some municipal authorities concerned about the potential overreach of port authorities into local development.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The program was designated to expedite freight and international trade while improving roadway safety
  • This bill would establish a grant program to provide funds to rural rail transportation districts for
  • In Texas, there are no grant programs like this.
  • We spent over $2.5 million on ties and improvements. Improvements to the line.
  • Many other states have short-line grant programs.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/10/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this is a program, you should know, every single state attorney general's office has its program.
  • program. Thank you, Attorney General. program. Thank you, Attorney General.
  • <00:17:29.440> to<00:17:29.520> help programs that are designed to help programs that
  • because this is a Medicaid program in Minnesota Medicaid program in Minnesota will<00:36:15.120>
  • , because this is a federal program.
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from March 5 by voice vote and welcomed new member Representative Van Binsbergen. It then took up House File 2354, which Chair Liebling moved to re-refer to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Representative Norris presented the bill as an updated version of the Medical Assistance Protection Act, aimed at strengthening the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, closing loopholes, equalizing fraud penalties, and increasing penalties for large-scale Medicaid fraud. Attorney General Ellison said the bill would add 18 specialized staff to the unit, moving it from 32 to 50 positions, and argued the federal-state matching structure makes the Attorney General’s office the proper home for the funding because the unit is dedicated to Medicaid fraud work. Nick Wonka, director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, explained the bill’s provisions affecting committee jurisdiction: expanded subpoena authority to obtain financial account contents in provider-fraud investigations, conforming legal representation language to preserve the unit’s authority, venue changes to allow charging in counties where parts of the offense occurred, and a restitution change to let courts order restitution for related conduct in the same scheme. He said the subpoena change would speed investigations and align the Attorney General’s authority with other agencies, and that the restitution change would help recover more fraudulently obtained Medicaid funds. No public testimony was offered. Members questioned why the funding should go to the Attorney General’s office rather than the BCA, whether the new records authority was federally required, how the venue language would work across state lines, and whether the added FTEs indicated the fraud problem was larger than expected. Ellison and Wonka responded that the federal grant requires the work to stay within the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, that the unit’s investigators are specialized and work with, but separate from, law enforcement, and that the venue provision applies only within Minnesota while out-of-state matters would be referred to the appropriate authorities. The amendment that had been posted was withdrawn and not offered.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

GVO DEFER, GVO, GVO-EIG, GVO Public Hearings 02-10-2026

Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, relating to procurement, this makes permanent the small business procurement program.
  • And then some of the money that saved can go to other programs that actually help provide tax credits
  • <00:08:59.360> that that saved can go to other programs that that saved can go to other programs
  • uh pilot program with the construction<00:10:51.680> and<00:10:51.920> how<00:10:52.079
  • through technology, it may improved through technology, it may require<00:13:57.760> additional,<
Bills: SB2543, SB2435, SB2352
Summary: The Committee on Government Operations reconvened on February 10, 2026, to take up measures previously heard on February 5. It advanced SB 2983 on criminal destruction of trees with technical, non-substantive amendments and a committee report note asking Judiciary to clarify that removal of invasive species remains allowed; the measure passed with one no vote. SB 2930 on the state risk management revolving fund also passed with amendments, including blanking out the amount, setting a defective date, and directing Ways and Means to review a spreadsheet before further action. The committee likewise passed SB 2928 on making the small business procurement program permanent and SB 2970 on standards of conduct for state agency contracts, adopting the Ethics Commission’s recommended language assigning compliance responsibility to department directors and deputy directors. SB 2927 and SB 3068 on procurement were deferred to a time certain on February 12, and SB 3015 on personal information, SB 2929 on public notice, and SB 2938 on search and rescue were also deferred for further discussion or to avoid re-referral issues. SB 2662 on external consultants was amended to remove a cap and preemptive approval language, narrow the expertise standard, and note possible auditor staffing or appropriation needs; it then passed with amendments. The joint GVO-EIG hearing then took up SB 2543 on state construction projects and an Office of the State Construction Manager within DAGS. Testimony from the Hawaii Iron Workers Stabilization Fund strongly supported the bill, saying it could reduce wasteful spending on large design-build projects and free money for tax credits and other public needs. DAGS, the University of Hawaii, and DLNR offered written comments, while one witness from KIC opposed the measure and asked for an exemption for member-owned electric cooperatives. A Hawaii Solar Energy Association witness also supported the bill but asked that landscape architects be excluded from the bill’s definition of design professionals, and Rocky Mold said Kauai permitting was efficient enough that he had no objection to carving it out. The committee adopted amendments from DNR, DAGS, and UH and passed SB 2543. The hearing also considered SB 2435 on EV charging infrastructure at state facilities. DAGS and the Hawaii State Energy Office supported the concept and explained that the goal was to retrofit managed parking facilities with infrastructure that can meet current and future EV needs, while acknowledging that some stalls can sit unused and that the state must balance space and enforcement. Members raised concerns about whether dedicating 25% of stalls to EV charging would reduce usable parking, and about rural and Big Island conditions where EV range and battery capacity remain limiting. The discussion noted that DOT, DNR, DOE, and DOH may have their own parking facilities outside DAGS control. The committee then indicated it would broaden the bill to apply to all state agencies and lower the threshold in response to member concerns, with final action not fully shown in the transcript.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, the Ship Channel Improvement...
  • And that is the Ship Channel Improvement Revolving Fund.
  • Senate Bill 1939 amends the Transportation Code to move the Ship Channel Improvement...
  • Improvement District.
  • improvements as well.