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• March 9th, 2026, meeting of the House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee.
• House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee meeting today. Welcome to the meeting.
• on surface transportation on surface transportation reauthorization, reauthorization, reauthorization
• <01:51:59.840> system<01:52:00.360> is that our transportation system is that our transportation
• Um in transportation funding we have.

Bills: HF3919, HF1335, HF3864, HF3916, HF3728

Keywords: veterans benefits, Secret War, Laos veterans, eligibility process, burial fees, veteran designation, electronic license, driver's license, digital credential, transportation, data privacy, authentication, license plates, vehicle registration, validation stickers, Minnesota statutes, transportation policy, aeronautics, transponder, aircraft safety

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• Advisory Board for active transportation uses.
• advisory board uh for transportation advisory board uh for active<00:43:21.520> transportation
• transportation uses and so over active transportation uses and so over the<00:43:24.240> last
• <00:43:34.720> transportation<00:43:35.359> projects<00:43:36.400> uh Active transportation
• So, active transportation, complete streets, road construction projects.

Bills: HF4693

Keywords: transportation, license plates, validation stickers, replacement fees, government fees, 1183, house

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• By December 31, 2026, a person must pay $32,000 to the Arizona Department of Transportation for the special
• And here in Arizona, we have done that across health and human services programs, across transportation
• Do we need to activate people?
• Do we need to activate people? You get to see where assets are. Are there power lines in the area?
• Do we need to activate PSPS? Is there any water in the area?

Bills: SB1020

Keywords: special plates, Arizona Space Commission, transportation, funding, space exploration, 1182, all

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• If not, we have members of the Texas Transportation Institute is available as a resource.
• It's about saving lives and protecting our transportation infrastructure.
• Another big opportunity is in transportation.
• Our services include personnel transportation, search and rescue, medevac, fixed wing transportation
• Reading through there like crazy because they know it's not an active zone.

Bills: HB 341, HB 791, HB 1564, HB 1695, HB 1722, HB 1729, HB 1772, HB 2003, HB 2954, HB 2989, HB 3084, HB 3134, HB 3135, HB 3309, HB 3611, HB 3679, HB 3727, HB 3832

Keywords: affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates

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• Including some of the transportation code. Yeah, so that's kind of my question.
• Department of Transportation and the FAA, to...
• Another big opportunity is in transportation.
• Our services include personnel transportation, search-and-rescue, medevac, fixed-wing transportation
• This is an active zone and not an EMS situation or some other incident.

Bills: HB341, HB791, HB1564, HB1695, HB1722, HB1729, HB1772, HB2003, HB2954, HB2989, HB3084, HB3134, HB3135, HB3309, HB3611, HB3679, HB3727, HB3832

Keywords: affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates

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• The committee on transportation will now come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
• This is my first time up here as a member of the Transportation Committee.
• I am all for alternative methods of transportation.
• Moved pursuant to Rule 4, Section 21, that the House Committee on Transportation...
• Committee on Transportation and recognize Representative Fernandez. Thank you.

Bills: HB341, HB791, HB1564, HB1695, HB1722, HB1729, HB1772, HB2003, HB2954, HB2989, HB3084, HB3134, HB3135, HB3309, HB3611, HB3679, HB3727, HB3832

Keywords: affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates

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• This is a hearing of the House Transportation Committee. Madam Secretary, please call the roll.
• Members, we have had this on Joint Transportation a couple of times and have had lengthy discussions

Bills: HB129, HB130, HB854

Keywords: HB 129, Act 783, highway designation, memorial highway, Louisiana Highway 173, Louisiana Highway 3194, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Dr. Harry Blake Sr., Virginia Green Evans, DOTD, Department of Transportation and Development, road signage, honorary naming, commemorative sign, transportation, HB 130, Act 124, Louisiana highway memorial, road naming

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on March 17 and first took up House Bill 129, which would designate a portion of Louisiana Highway 173 as the Dr. Harry Blake Senior Memorial Highway. An amendment package was adopted that also added a separate designation for a portion of Louisiana Highway 3194 in Shreveport as the Virginia Green Evans Memorial Highway. Representative Walters described both honorees as important figures in civil rights and community service. HB 129 was then reported with amendments. The committee next considered House Bill 130, which redesignates the elevated portion of Interstate 220 in Caddo Parish as the American Legion Post No. 14 Memorial Bridge. Amendments were adopted to add “Memorial Bridge” to the name. Representative Walters spoke in support of honoring veterans, and HB 130 was reported with amendments. The committee then heard House Bill 854, a specialty license plate bill. Amendments added several schools, made technical changes, required OMV implementation when statutory and system requirements are met, removed a provision allowing OMV to retain $1 per annual fee, and redirected annual fees to the Louisiana chapters of the Alzheimer’s Association and the R. Tamney-Fleming Lupus Foundation. Members raised concerns about the growing number of specialty plates and OMV’s ability to produce them, but HB 854 was also reported with amendments. After the bills, the committee received an update on the proposed privatization of the Cameron Ferry Service. The Secretary said the process began with an unsolicited proposal from Laborde and a competitive solicitation that produced a qualified bid, and that negotiations would focus on service improvements rather than guaranteed cost savings. Members asked about costs, maintenance, fuel, staffing, and the impact on travel times if the ferry is out of service. The Secretary said the goal is to complete the process by the end of the fiscal year, around July 1. The committee then adopted the minutes from the listed 2025 regular session dates and adjourned.

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• The Committee on Transportation will now come to order. Marilyn, please call the roll.
• SB 1274 by Senator Sigley on transportation.
• This strike-all directs the Department of Transportation to conduct a statewide study on advanced detection
• services, the public transportation services, anything from your rail state, your high-speed rails all
• Our members include RATP Dev, Transdev, MV Transportation, WeDriveU, and Beacon Mobility.

Bills: S0828, S1274, S1310, S1378, S1562

Keywords: sovereign immunity, public transit, contractors, liability, state agents, transportation, traffic signal modernization, seaports, commercial space launch, micromobility, automated license plate recognition, railroad crossing safety, railroad crossings, grade crossing, public railroad-highway grade crossing, rail safety, crossing technology, advanced detection systems, monitoring systems, sensors

Summary: The Transportation Committee took up several measures and adopted amendments on multiple bills. SB 1274, as amended, removed a number of provisions from the original bill and added items including local authority to lower residential street speed limits, clarification on obscured license plates, FDOT funding for certain rural airport aviation projects, limits on yellow-light timing changes tied to red-light cameras, changes to private use of license plate readers, and other transportation-related revisions. After brief questions and supportive testimony, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also approved SB 1310, which was converted into a study bill directing FDOT to study advanced detection and monitoring systems at public railroad crossings and report findings and policy options to the governor and legislature. Railroad industry testimony supported the study but raised concerns about interoperability with train safety systems and suggested the study consider additional safety tools such as red-light cameras and wayside horns. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. SB 828, as amended, would extend sovereign immunity protections to private contractors providing public transit services on behalf of governments, with supporters saying it would reduce costs and provide certainty for transit providers, while opponents warned it was an overbroad expansion of sovereign immunity and could conflict with railroad employee protections under federal law. The committee reported that bill favorably as well. The committee then passed SB 1378, which strengthens traffic enforcement by clarifying when vehicles may be treated as abandoned, adding penalties for unlawfully attached plates or stickers, and allowing forfeiture of vehicles used to flee law enforcement even without an immediate arrest. It also approved SB 1562, which aims to prevent manufacturers from concentrating sales of certain vehicle brands through a single dealer group and instead promote competition among independent dealers. In addition, the committee unanimously confirmed a slate of appointees, and members later recorded additional affirmative votes on several bills before adjourning.

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• millions in additional transportation millions in additional transportation funding<00:48:15.200
• Transportation corridors supporting our community region, however, those transportation corridors also
• with the Department of Transportation with the Department of Transportation this<01:29:40.360>
• they would be not just Transportation they would be not just Transportation dollars<01:32:47.679

Bills: HF192, HF268, HF1214, HF494

Keywords: Minnesota income tax, dependent exemption, personal income tax, tax relief, family tax relief, children, dependents, tax deduction, tax exemption, state revenue, inflation indexing, tax year 2025, taxable income, household tax policy, family tax credit, HF268, Joshua Schmidt Memorial Highway, memorial highway, highway naming, road designation

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• various transportation-related various transportation-related provisions,<00:03:21.240> which
• <00:37:29.080> network includes those transportation network includes those transportation
• <01:02:58.480> system the Minnesota transportation system the Minnesota transportation system
• potential to augment our transportation potential to augment our transportation system. system.
• There are alternative transportation options where alternative transportation exists; there are expanded

Bills: HF4062, HF4063, HF4065, HF3926, HF4216, HF3176, HF3728, HF3988, HF3865

Keywords: vehicle registration, title transfer, rental vehicles, state regulations, motor vehicle laws, school buses, USDOT number, first aid kits, transportation safety, vehicle regulations, transit safety, assault penalties, public transportation, criminal justice, transit workers, transportation, railroad, safety, economic development, public roads

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• Committee on Transportation will come to order the K Calder roll.
• To motor carriers transporting household goods only, it's not an overweight bill.
• I'm the director for Transportation and Public Works for the city of Fort Worth.
• Good morning, Vice Chair Perez and members of the Transportation Committee.
• our state's housing and transportation goals.

Bills: HB 341, HB 469, HB 971, HB 1624, HB 2721, HB 2959, HB 3365, HB 3731, HB 3793, HB 3861, HB 3946, HB 3966, HB 4348, HB 4401, HB 4402, HB 4924, HB 4966, HB 5563

Keywords: affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, commercial vehicle, safety standards, enforcement, Texas counties, transportation

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• The transportation committee will be called to order. Uh, Clerk Calder Craddock, Perez here.
• Frack tanks are transported to and from drilling sites throughout the state and are often located in
• Of the Texas Transportation Code.
• I am the director of transportation for a large suburban school district outside of Houston.
• As a transportation director, I do know that the safest form of transportation is that yellow school

Bills: HB 767, HB 1242, HB 1373, HB 1404, HB 1708, HB 1936, HB 2041, HB 2198, HB 2270, HB 2315, HB 2415, HB 2427, HB 2455, HB 2457, HB 2522, HB 2523, HB 2686, HB 2763, HB 2775, HB 2944, HB 3034, HB 1683, HB 1695

Keywords: highway designation, memorial, Montgomery County, Paul P. Mendes, transportation, HB 1242, Texas Transportation Code, U.S. Highway 281, Brooks County, Ernesto Soliz Cantu, memorial highway, road naming, TxDOT, road signage, commemorative resolution, memorial markers, county road 304, Huppergate Road, Los Robles Trail, Farm-to-Market Road

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• American carriers hadn't been authorized to transport into Mexico.
• In response to that, the National Transportation...
• We have two buttons: one to activate the main master cylinder.
• I've been in the student transportation industry now for 22 years.
• As a transportation director, I do know that the safest form of transportation is a yellow school bus

Bills: HB767, HB 1242, HB1373, HB1404, HB1708, HB1936, HB2041, HB2198, HB2270, HB2315, HB2415, HB2427, HB2455, HB2457, HB2522, HB2523, HB2686, HB2763, HB2775, HB2944, HB3034, HB1683, HB1695

Keywords: highway designation, memorial, Montgomery County, Paul P. Mendes, transportation, HB 1242, Texas Transportation Code, U.S. Highway 281, Brooks County, Ernesto Soliz Cantu, memorial highway, road naming, TxDOT, road signage, commemorative resolution, memorial markers, county road 304, Huppergate Road, Los Robles Trail, Farm-to-Market Road

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• The Committee on Transportation will now come to order. Pérez, here. Canales, here. Curry, here.
• His professional legacy and impact on the transportation infrastructure and public services of Starr
• Farm-to-market roads are often overseen by the Texas Department of Transportation.
• Members, this bill authorizes the Texas Department of Transportation to provide battery service.
• The bill pertains to vehicle transport on the Galveston Port Ferry. Is that House Bill 787?

Bills: HB767, HB 1242, HB1373, HB1404, HB1708, HB1936, HB2041, HB2198, HB2270, HB2315, HB2415, HB2427, HB2455, HB2457, HB2522, HB2523, HB2686, HB2763, HB2775, HB2944, HB3034, HB1683, HB1695

Keywords: highway designation, memorial, Montgomery County, Paul P. Mendes, transportation, HB 1242, Texas Transportation Code, U.S. Highway 281, Brooks County, Ernesto Soliz Cantu, memorial highway, road naming, TxDOT, road signage, commemorative resolution, memorial markers, county road 304, Huppergate Road, Los Robles Trail, Farm-to-Market Road

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• He's with the Commercial Transportation Appeals Board, 4-year term beginning July 1st, ending June 30th
• Upon graduating from college, I've been at KLLM Transport here in Jackson for 39 years.
• I'm President CEO of KLLM Transport.

Keywords: Highways and Transportation - Room 216, 25 March, 2026; 11:45 AM, 925, all

Keywords: Highways and Transportation - Room 216, 25 February, 2026; 2:00 PM, 925, all

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• And at that time, we talked about some of the challenges that the Department of Transportation was facing
• four years ago for confirmation, we talked about the staffing situation at the Department of Transportation
• The Mississippi Department of Transportation annual budget to operate is 1.5 billion.
• <00:15:27.360> They<00:15:27.519> had Department of Transportation.
• They had Department of Transportation.

Keywords: Highways and Transportation - Room 216, 18 February, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

Keywords: Highways and Transportation - Room 216, 30 January, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Keywords: Highways and Transportation - Room 216, 28 January, 2026; 2:00 PM, 925, all

Keywords: Highways and Transportation - Room 216, 21 January, 2026; 10:45 AM, 925, all