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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Service Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Public Service

Transcript Highlights:
  • The historic inequity with Massport fire personnel, electricians, utility technicians, steam engineers
  • And next, Joe Durant from the Mass Organization of State Engineers and Scientists.
  • I'm testifying on behalf of MOSES, the Mass Organization of State Engineers and Scientists.
  • MOSES represents 4,000 scientists and engineers that work in 30 different agencies in the Commonwealth
  • Moses represents 4,000 scientists and engineers that work in 30 different agencies in the Commonwealth
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Service held a hearing on a wide range of credible service and retirement-related bills, with testimony largely focused on allowing public employees to buy back prior service time or receive more appropriate retirement classifications. Bills discussed included retirement buyback for Joint Base Cape Cod firefighters (H. 4317), clarification of call firefighter buyback rights (H. 2883/S. 1915), veterans’ buyback (H. 2957), a Bridgewater State University police death-benefit/heart-law issue (filed by Rep. Gallagher), unpaid parental leave buyback for municipal employees (H. 2946), school nurse creditable service (H. 2887/S. 1787), former private/parochial school teacher buyback (S. 1900/H. 2873), Massport police retirement classification (S. 1888), contract employee buyback (H. 2795), Retirement Plus late entry (H. 2792), CVTE/teacher-related buyback issues (H. 2762), Peace Corps/AmeriCorps creditable service (H. 2927), and institutional school teacher retirement fairness (H. 2757). Several speakers also referenced related bills for teachers and nurses that had been heard previously or were filed in parallel in the other branch. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of the bills. Speakers argued that the measures would correct inequities, recognize prior public service, and help recruit and retain workers in hard-to-fill public jobs. Firefighters described the unique federal-to-state transition at Joint Base Cape Cod and said some members were left out of earlier buyback opportunities. Veterans, teachers, school nurses, correctional educators, and Massport police all described service requirements, administrative gaps, or outdated statutory language that they said unfairly limited retirement credit or placed them in the wrong retirement group. Several witnesses emphasized that the proposals were fiscally responsible because employees would pay the cost of the buybacks, and some noted that similar bills had been filed repeatedly in prior sessions. Committee members asked a few clarifying questions, mostly about why certain employees had been excluded under current law or how the retirement provisions would work. No opposition testimony was presented. The hearing concluded after all scheduled witnesses testified, with the chairs thanking participants for their service and the committee voting to adjourn.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session - part 2 May 9th, 2025

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Engineers, female engineers who do this work.
  • Through engineering school is tough, but push through.
  • Getting an engineering job is tough, but push through.
  • Engineers do what we do because we want to solve problems. Make sure that engineers can do that.
  • standards.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Mar 5th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Number five, our Texas Grant Management. standards.
  • There's also kind of a similar set of Texas grant management standards.
  • Frankly, our standards are more robust. robust in the general standards, and so what this would do for
  • Verify that our customers follow our standards, not those general standards, that just helps clear. up
  • The Office of Water is authorized for 461 employees and we employ professional engineers. engineers,
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 03/16/26

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • health expertise, and engineering health expertise, and engineering judgment<00:05:15.440> so
  • So, I really appreciate this, and the county engineers and the city engineers were great partners in
  • <01:18:36.000> were engineers and the city engineers were engineers and the city engineers
  • So, I really appreciate this, and the county engineers and the city engineers were great partners in
  • If you look at the standards, number.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • an exchange and of course the SEC rules specifically authorize state law to establish alternate standards
  • RCAT fully supports SB 1036 because it promotes clear standards, consumer protections, and fair business
  • Under the legislation, once an engineer certifies that a system is code compliant, Homeowners can move
  • SB 1202 removes this bottleneck by allowing homeowners to directly use licensed third-party engineers
  • Importantly SB 1202 builds on existing law which already allows licensed engineers to perform reviews
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • Particularly close coordination with the College of Engineering.
  • Army Corps of Engineers, but those are sporadic and a very small amount from USDA.
  • We have an order in right now for four fire engines to the tune of $1.6 million.
  • I'm a graduate of Bismarck Junior College back in the mid-1970s, and then an engineer.
  • But standards are of utmost importance to us.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The committee first reviewed the 2024-25 tuition waiver report for the North Dakota University System. Staff explained that waivers were reported for degree-seeking students and broken out by residency, institution, and waiver type. Members asked about partial versus full waivers, institutional discretion, athletic waivers, and whether campuses have published guardrails or transparency requirements. Staff said most waivers are set by institutions, with some statutory and board-required categories, and that athletic waivers are a small share of total waiver dollars. The report showed total gross tuition of $354.5 million, tuition waived of $38.9 million, and 11,193 of 42,040 students receiving some waiver. Members also discussed how waivers affect net tuition revenue, housing and food collections, and whether campuses are using waivers strategically compared with scholarships and other funding sources. The committee then heard a presentation on tuition rates by campus and State Board policy. Staff explained the board’s tuition factors for resident, Minnesota reciprocity, contiguous-state/U.S. nonresident, and international students, and noted that campuses often seek exceptions based on program-specific competition and enrollment goals. Members asked whether rates are based on cost or competition, and staff said campuses typically bring forward estimates and market comparisons when requesting special rates. The presentation also reviewed general fund appropriations versus net tuition revenue by campus, and members discussed how local tuition decisions and waivers do not directly affect the state funding formula, though they do affect institutional revenue and reserves. Questions were also raised about the Higher Learning Commission’s financial composite indicator and how it differs from the more intuitive reserve and revenue figures. The committee next received a broad overview of non-higher-education entities affiliated with the State Board of Higher Education, beginning with NDSU agriculture-related units. Dr. Greg Lardy described the State Board of Agricultural Research and Education, the NDSU Extension Service, the Agricultural Experiment Station, and the branch research centers, emphasizing their statewide role in crop and livestock research, extension education, and county-based outreach. He outlined funding mixes for extension, the experiment station, and branch stations, noting that grants and contracts support both research and education, while the agronomy seed farm is self-funded through seed sales. Members asked about the new and vacant FTE pool, R1 research status, matching requirements for grants, and whether state appropriations count toward research expenditures. Dr. Lardy also highlighted major research impacts, including crop varieties, virtual fencing, AI-assisted weed control, and NDAWN weather data. The Northern Crops Institute and the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute also presented. NCI described its role in market development, technical services, and education for regional agriculture, its governance through the Northern Crops Council, and its funding from state appropriations, other states, and earned revenue. Members asked about the source of out-of-state funding, intellectual property, and the institute’s international reach. UGPTI then outlined its transportation research, federal and state funding structure, and work on road and bridge condition assessments, travel demand modeling, and workforce training. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting reflected in the transcript.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/08/2025)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • , that it is a lower standard, that it is a lower standard, but<00:26:34.320> it<00:26:34.559
  • Uh, that's the standard that you use.
  • Uh, that's the standard that you use.
  • Uh, that's the standard that you use.
  • Uh, that's the standard that you use.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, February 5, 2026 PM 2

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • examiners is the standard budget only. examiners is the standard budget only.
  • examiners is the standard budget only. examiners is the standard budget only.
  • Practitioners, Standard Budget only. Practitioners, Standard Budget only.
  • Commission is standard budget only. Commission is standard budget only.
  • Accountants was standard budget only. Accountants was standard budget only.
Keywords: 916, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources May 14th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Meeting TCEQ standards or holding reciprocal certifications reduces the overall standard of practice.
  • , which sets a standard of competency developed by the American Society of Sanitary Engineering. or ASSE
  • On testing and licensing, or on water standards? Water standards.
  • a Texas standard for it currently.
  • And where we have equal standards for testing, equal standards for protection, but we've just decided
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development - 04/20/2026

Housing, Construction, and Community Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
  • prominent and well-established society of engineers for air conditioning and heating. ...just saying
  • of ASHRAE, which is a very prominent and well-established society of engineers for air conditioning
  • I think it is a standard that is not specific to residential.
  • And they would need to meet the standard.
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee met in Albany and considered a series of housing and homeownership bills. Early actions included reporting S.852 (Homebuyer Renovation Property Tax Exemption Act) to Finance, S.955 on smart access systems to Internet and Technology, and S.7933A on registrations of residential mortgages in default. The committee also advanced S.8675, the CAREforce First-Time Homebuyers Act, after a lengthy discussion about whether the bill inappropriately targets a specific workforce; supporters said it addresses a documented shortage of human services workers and includes existing SONYMA income eligibility, while opponents raised concerns about favoring one occupation over others. The bill was reported with some members in the negative and others voting to advance without recommendation. Members then reported S.9650, which would prohibit landlords from including incorrect rent decontrol information in certain leases and standardize notices for Affordable New York Housing Program units, and S.9679, which would codify the Block-by-Block Home Ownership Program in state law. Both had prior Senate history and drew some negative or AWR votes. The committee also discussed and advanced S.9742, which would allow residential units in multiple dwellings to omit openable windows if they meet ASHRAE ventilation standards; supporters said the change is needed to facilitate office-to-residential conversions, while members raised questions about maintenance, egress, and the bill’s limited application to localities under the multiple dwelling law. Finally, the committee reported S.989, establishing the vacant rental improvement program, after noting it had previously passed the Senate and was being reintroduced. Throughout the meeting, several bills were described as reintroductions or prior Senate measures, and multiple motions were made to report bills either to Finance, the floor, or another committee, with several members voting in the negative or to advance without recommendation on selected measures.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • commitment remains, but we did not write a law that allows agencies to introduce new eligibility standards
  • PWSS grants are used to support staff salaries including inspectors, support staff, and engineers.
  • We take a balanced approach to systems that exceed PFAS standards.
  • if they're lucky, but that consulting engineer is going to have to put that funding package together
  • That's when an application needs to go in and then that should allow for some additional engineering
Summary: The meeting primarily focused on discussions surrounding the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and its implications for local water systems. Various witnesses highlighted the transformative impact of the bipartisan infrastructure law, which has provided an unprecedented amount of funding to help address long-standing issues in drinking water infrastructure, particularly concerning lead service line replacements and sustainability in water management. The discussions emphasized the urgent need for federal reauthorization to continue supporting these initiatives, as many rural and disadvantaged communities still face substantial barriers in upgrading their water systems. Additionally, cybersecurity risks were noted, raising concerns over the vulnerability of water systems across the nation.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets

Transcript Highlights:
  • and maintaining sustainability standards as we do this work.
  • By investing have always been engines of opportunity and economic growth.
  • I don't want to hold us to that standard, but we're a very comfortable double-A.
  • We are the engines of social mobility in the Commonwealth.
  • We are the engines of social mobility in the Commonwealth.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on the BRIGHT Act, a higher education capital bill that would use Fair Share surtax revenue to fund major repairs, modernization, and decarbonization projects across UMass, state universities, and community colleges. UMass leadership described a $4.8 billion deferred maintenance backlog, aging buildings, and the need to modernize facilities, improve accessibility, and reduce emissions. Administration officials said the bill would authorize $2.5 billion in capital funding, split roughly 50-50 between UMass and the rest of public higher education, plus additional targeted funding for housing planning, smaller modernization projects, campus master plans, and workforce skills grants. They emphasized that the financing structure is modeled on the Commonwealth Transportation Fund and would not raise student costs, while also supporting affordability through financial aid and free community college. Members raised questions about regional equity, the distribution of funds among the five UMass campuses and the 24 state university/community college campuses, project labor agreements, whether the bill would unlock private or federal matching funds, and how the system is preparing for AI and changing workforce needs. UMass officials said project selection is data-driven, based on deferred maintenance, safety, accessibility, sustainability, and programmatic needs, and that the flagship campus in Western Massachusetts would likely receive a large share because of its size and needs. They also said UMass Boston would receive its own share and would not be shortchanged by the Bayside project. On labor, they said PLAs are commonly used and they would follow existing board and building authority policies. On affordability, they said the university has shifted hundreds of millions into need-based aid and that the state’s recent support has helped keep tuition low for many students. DCAMM and higher education officials said the state’s public campuses account for a large share of state-owned building space and a disproportionate share of operational carbon emissions, making decarbonization a major driver of the bill. They said the legislation would allow larger, more comprehensive projects that can address deferred maintenance, energy efficiency, and program needs at the same time, while also making some projects shovel-ready through the Fair Share supplemental funding already appropriated. A later panel from the State Universities Council of Presidents argued the bill’s authorization is still too small to meet long-term needs and urged the committee to increase the bond cap and ensure a more equitable distribution among segments. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Labor - 01/30/25

Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • Valuation-based has kind of been the industry standard for quite some time.
  • Valuation-based has kind of been the industry standard for quite some time.
  • Other departments—engineering, fire, other departments in the inspections process.
  • from training and say, you didn't engineer this right, you have to change it.
  • if they're going to call the engineers if they're going to call the engineers from<00:36:32.720>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Labor Committee heard Senate File 560, a bill to require the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish a cost-per-square-foot valuation for residential building permits. Senator Dornink said the measure is intended to make permit fees more fair, reasonable, transparent, and predictable, and to reduce housing costs by limiting large differences in permit fees between municipalities. He said the bill would be sent to the Housing Committee without recommendation, and members discussed but did not act on a related amendment that would have shifted plan review and inspection fees to hourly and trip-based charges and made fee information publicly available. Testimony from Housing First Minnesota supported the bill’s goal, arguing that Minnesota’s housing shortage and high new-home prices make it important to reduce inefficiencies in the permitting system. The witness said permit valuations are often increased by cities, leading to higher costs for homebuyers, and cited examples of large fee differences between municipalities and claims of overcollection. He said some other states, including Texas and Wisconsin communities, use square-footage-based approaches. A League of Minnesota Cities representative opposed the amendment language and cautioned that trip charges and hourly billing would make fees less certain, could raise costs, and would be especially burdensome in Greater Minnesota; he said current valuation-based fees better reflect the actual cost and complexity of service and can be appealed if disputed. A representative of the Association of Minnesota Building Officials also raised concerns about the amendment, saying building departments provide consultations, inspections, plan review, and other services beyond a single trip, and that trip charges would not fit a responsive fee-for-service model. He said the current valuation system helps cover the full range of permitting work, though he acknowledged that a consistent square-foot valuation standard could improve transparency and reduce disputes over project value. Committee members asked about other states’ approaches and the scope of the bill, and the discussion emphasized that the proposal applies to one- and two-family dwellings.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Water Topics Overview Committee Jun 10th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Water Topics Overview Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're still waiting on final numbers from our engineer.
  • At that point, engineering cost share wasn't eligible.
  • Engineering, working with the Stutsman County Commission.
  • Preliminary engineering report funding: we will refine that.
  • They don't have the same standards as you're finding out.
Keywords: 908, all
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • For anyone else, it's a heavily engineered product.
  • Biofire has deployed the best of America's technologists, engineers, and designers for over seven years
  • If this were required in a 9mm gun or any gun for home protection, that would be the standard.
  • Armatix's product was approximately four times the cost, extremely unreliable, far below the standard
  • bias in facial recognition algorithms was conducted by researchers at the National Institute for Standards
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The commission met for its fourth hearing on emerging firearm technology, focused on personalized firearms and related privacy issues. Co-chairs noted the commission’s charge to study personalized firearm incentives, risks from digital manufacturing codes and AI, and the costs of requiring personalized firearm and microstamp technologies, and said the report deadline is being extended to July 31. They also announced the next public hearing for April 17 at 11:00 a.m., limited to Massachusetts residents. The first witness, Kai Kloepfer of Biofire, described the company’s personalized 9mm smart gun and argued it is designed to prevent unauthorized use through biometric authentication, local encrypted data storage, no wireless connectivity, and automatic disarming when released. He said Biofire opposes any mandate requiring personalized firearms, calling such mandates a de facto gun ban that would stifle innovation, limit consumer choice, and burden a still-developing market. He said the company has a patent portfolio, has received thousands of pre-orders, is shipping in all 50 states, and is approved for sale in Massachusetts; he also said the gun costs about $1,500, is currently sold online, and is intended mainly for home defense. Members questioned him about sales, manufacturing, battery life, repairability, transfer of ownership, possible expansion to other firearms, and whether microstamping could be incorporated. A Massachusetts firearms roster official, Michaela Dunn, explained the state’s testing and approval process for handguns and confirmed that the Biofire firearm is now on the Massachusetts roster and commercially available for retail sale in the state. Kate Crockford of the ACLU of Massachusetts testified only on facial recognition, warning that commercially available systems show significant demographic bias and that Massachusetts lacks comprehensive biometric privacy protections. She urged passage of pending data privacy and biometric privacy bills, including the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act and related measures, before any broader use of biometric verification in firearm laws. Commissioners discussed privacy concerns, and Biofire said its system is zero-knowledge and would likely comply with stronger biometric privacy laws. No votes were taken and no formal action was reported beyond the scheduling announcement and the extension effort.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Matt Kremens, California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers, in support.
  • I remember when you first started the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement.
  • Today, as you know, I have Matt Kremens with the California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers.
  • Matt Kremens, on behalf of the California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers.
  • Matt Kremens, California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers, strong support.
Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard and advanced several bills focused on worker protections, training access, wage enforcement, outreach, and workplace safety. SB 513 would require employees to have access to their training and certification records; supporters, including laid-off refinery workers and labor organizations, said employers sometimes withhold records during layoffs, while committee members called the practice unacceptable. The bill passed 5-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations. SB 809 addressed misclassification of construction truck owner-drivers by offering employers amnesty if they reclassify workers as employees and adopt a two-check payment system; labor and construction trades groups supported it, and it passed 5-0 to Judiciary. SB 578 would codify the California Workplace Outreach Program, which funds trusted community organizations to educate workers about their rights. Supporters described the program as a proven way to reach low-wage, immigrant, and hard-to-reach workers, especially amid wage theft, retaliation, and immigration enforcement concerns. The bill passed 5-0 to Appropriations. SB 261 would strengthen collection of wage theft judgments by creating a public list of nonpaying employers and adding penalties after six months of nonpayment; county enforcement officials and labor advocates said it would help workers recover unpaid wages. It passed 6-0 to Judiciary. The committee also approved SB 369, which would require skilled and trained workforce standards for Salton Sea restoration projects, with supporters saying the work is hazardous and should use trained labor; it passed 6-0 to Appropriations. Finally, SB 20 sought to address silicosis in stone countertop fabrication by requiring training and certification protections for workers; supporters said the disease has caused deaths among mostly Latino workers, while industry groups supported the bill with amendments and requested implementation resources. It passed 6-0 to Appropriations. The committee also adopted a consent calendar of four additional bills and adjourned after all listed measures were moved forward.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Having a standardized system to disclose this at a local level will support transparency.
  • AB 639 corrects this oversight and preserves California's high standards for dam safety.
  • I'm a water resources engineer with GEI Consultants here in Sacramento.
  • Well, there's standard mitigation practices for every industry.
  • And so I'm not an engineer, and what have you.
Summary: The committee heard several water, parks, and wildlife bills. AB 764 would expand the list of exotic non-game birds that can be managed in California to better control mute swan populations; the author and California Waterfowl said swans are invasive, aggressive, and rapidly increasing, while no opposition testified. The bill passed to Appropriations. AB 616 would make the State Library Parks Pass program permanent by allowing state parks to transfer annual day-use passes to the State Library free of charge; supporters said it improves equitable access to parks, especially for low-income families, and the bill passed unanimously to Appropriations. AB 293 would require groundwater sustainability agencies to post board membership and a link to Form 700 filings online. Supporters, including the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, argued it would improve transparency and public trust, while opponents said the requirement was redundant and could discourage service on GSA boards. The bill passed, but with some no votes. AB 639 would narrow the definition of dams so certain weirs used for irrigation would not be subject to dam regulations; the author and technical witnesses said the structures pose no safety risk and are already closely managed, while members urged the bill be narrowed further to the Kings River area. It passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 679 would streamline land transfers for Big Basin Redwoods, Año Nuevo, and Butano State Parks by exempting those acquisitions from the Public Works Board process. Supporters said it would speed conservation and park rebuilding after the CZU fire, while one member opposed it over cost and broader state land-management concerns; it passed as amended. AB 454 would remove the sunset on the California Migratory Bird Protection Act, making state protections for migratory birds permanent after federal rollback concerns; it passed as amended to Appropriations. The committee also adopted its 2025-26 rules and approved the consent calendar, and the meeting adjourned after add-on votes were taken for absent members.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Energy Development and Transmission Committee Jun 2nd, 2026

Energy Development and Transmission Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • All we have to worry about is when they run the engines routinely for O&M.
  • Air quality permits will require staged operation for engine testing and tracking of the engine usage
  • As a young engineer, and I saw the same thing at DGC.
  • We don't want just scientists and engineers, even though we love those students.
  • We're conducting a general engineering assessment and ultimately developing a formal engineering cost
Summary: The committee met in Grand Forks, approved the February 26 minutes by voice vote, and recessed for a tour of the Mincota Power Cooperative headquarters before returning for presentations on large energy consumers, especially data centers. The first presentations focused on how North Dakota should respond to rapid growth in energy-intensive projects, with speakers emphasizing the need for reliable transmission, local decision-making tools, and factual information for county and township officials who are being asked to weigh major projects with limited staff and technical support. The North Dakota Transmission Authority director said local governments are being asked to make high-impact decisions on pipelines, transmission lines, large agriculture, wind, solar, carbon dioxide pipelines, direct-air capture, and data centers, and urged development of simple statewide decision tools and support from the League of Cities and Association of Counties. The Department of Environmental Quality’s air division director said North Dakota’s air remains among the cleanest in the nation, but large data centers can create air-quality concerns because of diesel backup generation; he said the department is requiring air monitors at some facilities and expects grid power and, potentially, cleaner natural gas backup to reduce emissions. Members asked about emissions standards, misinformation, monitoring costs, and staffing succession at DEQ. The Department of Water Resources director said North Dakota’s water law is based on common ownership and prior appropriation, and that data centers generally use relatively small amounts of water, often in closed-loop systems. He said the Missouri River and groundwater supplies are ample for projected needs, that the department’s permitting process protects senior water rights, and that even a worst-case data center scenario would use a very small share of Missouri River flow. Members asked about downstream impacts and compared data center water use with fracking. Later, McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson urged the committee to study how other states regulate data centers, warned against litigation-driven delays and overly broad local ordinances, argued reclamation bonding should be handled at the state level if at all, and said data centers can bring jobs and tax base but should remain subject to local zoning. The committee ended the morning session for lunch and later heard an EERC update from CEO Charles Gorecki on the center’s 75 years of work in energy and environmental technologies, especially oil and gas development and related research.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Economic and Rural Development Aug 12th, 2025

Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also complies with recognized safety standards established by the IEC standards 60335.
  • Everything is installed to meet that standard.
  • One city can have a certain standard, and the county will have a different standard.
  • This one engine I showed is an example of an engine.
  • The international standard, no, the NASA standard is still 50 miles; the American standard is 100 kilometers
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

December 9, 2025 - 09:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND IT IS THE FOUNDATION FOR LONG TERM LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS IN LIVING STANDARDS
  • AND I WILL PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THE GREATEST AI ENGINE ON THE PLANET BAR NONE IS SITTING ABOVE OUR
  • AI'S ENGINEER IN WONDERLAND TEACHING KIDS THAT YOU CAN USE AI TO HELP YOU DESIGN SOMETHING.
  • YOU CAN HAVE SMART ENGINEERS DESIGN SUPER LIGHT BRACKET AND TAKE WITH EXCESS MATERIAL OR, YOU COULD HAVE
  • YOU WILL GET THIS PRODUCED ON ANYTHING PROVIDE A MODEL THAT USES ENGINEERING, PSYCHOLOGY, AND ETHICS