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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/12/2026 - House Rural Economic Development

Rural Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • project.
  • It's going to create a single point of contact to help facilitate projects.
  • a taxpayer can qualify for... ...as an additional qualified facility tax credit amount that a taxpayer
  • can qualify for based on the amount of the total qualifying investment, to be 10% of $250,000 for each
  • the qualified facility that is in a rural location, if the total qualifying investment is $2 billion
Summary: The committee began with a presentation on the modernization of the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona. Testimony from the port authority chair, a county supervisor, and the Nogales mayor emphasized that the port is outdated, flood-prone, congested, and a safety concern because CBP facilities and traffic lanes sit on or near the international boundary and stormwater infrastructure. Speakers said the port is critical to local and state commerce, tourism, and tax revenue, and requested state support and letters backing federal funding efforts. Members discussed the sewer/stormwater flooding issue, the estimated $1.5 billion to $2 billion cost, and the need for federal action; the chair said a letter of support would be prepared for committee members to sign. The committee then heard and passed HB 2237, which appropriates $4.5 million for Apache Junction’s Superstition Trails and visitor gateway project, and HB 2926, the Workforce Housing Accelerator Act. HB 2926 would create expedited permitting for workforce housing, provide a single point of contact, reduce the state portion of prime contracting tax for qualifying projects, and lower the population threshold for certain industrial development authority bond actions. After an amendment, the bill passed 6-1. Testimony in support came from the sponsor and housing advocates, who said the bill would help address Arizona’s missing-middle housing shortage and reduce regulatory delays. The committee also passed HB 2113, which would require RUCO to intervene in utility rate cases when proposed residential rate increases are 100% or more. The sponsor argued RUCO should focus more on rural customers facing large percentage increases, while RUCO’s director said the office has only nine staff, a $1.9 million budget, and limited capacity, warning the bill could increase costs and delay cases. Members discussed rural ratepayer impacts, and the bill passed 5-1-1. HB 2824, authorizing local C-PACE programs for voluntary financing of commercial property improvements, also passed unanimously after testimony that it would support energy, water, and infrastructure upgrades without state general fund exposure. Finally, HB 2939, a rural investment tax credit bill tied to large qualifying investments and net new jobs, passed unanimously after Lucid Motors testified in support. The committee held HB 2950 due to time and adjourned, noting it would be heard first next week.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • County if we lost our two hospitals, and I believe they would qualify.
  • If you look at it, I can read the amendment for you, but it's on line 225, and it's for qualified donor
  • donations... the Code. 100% of the qualified donations to the taxpayer made—that's the change.
  • They are developing projects for banking, health care, communications, social media, and aviation.
  • I ask for your support for our capital projects so that we can continue to give opportunities to all
Bills: SB1, HB176, HB86, SB1, HB176, HB86
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 17th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • What we are only asking is to pay what is fair in each municipality that we have a project.
  • ,<00:15:54.480> should doing a a public work project, should doing a a public work project
  • How do you do that with um I'm project.
  • ,<00:17:03.759> that roughly if it's an ALDOT project, that roughly if it's an ALDOT project
  • law enforcement, hiring qualified law enforcement, hiring qualified candidates<00:46:40.880>
Bills: HB268, SB279, SB304, SB303, SB298
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • If they qualify, they would get a list.
  • Even when, you know, I think after you get your bachelor's degree, you can qualify as a one.
  • Even when, you know, I think after you get your bachelor's degree, you can qualify as a one.
  • It does not expand the types of conduct that would qualify as harassment.
  • It does not expand the types of conduct that would qualify as harassment.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 2/27/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • These projects include planned bonding projects and unanticipated emergency repair work, which I'll talk
  • state agency asset preservation projects state agency asset preservation projects asset<00:04:59.199
  • <00:09:53.800> and eligible renewable energy projects and eligible renewable energy projects
  • <01:14:55.080> ourselves proceed with the project ourselves proceed with the project ourselves
  • You know, is it a way that if we support this project or that project of the doc's request, how that
Bills: HF919, HF1192, HF212, HF214
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • A mile radius around a qualified project is established to fund convention centers and related infrastructure
  • 3 of the Texas tax code for the use of the qualified hotel project.
  • Senate Bill 2298 adds the... ...to the list of eligible cities for a qualified hotel project under Chapter
  • I am the CEO of Great Springs Project, and I'm here to testify for Senate Bill 1520.
  • The bill updates work search activity requirements to qualify for unemployment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • or APCD for approved research projects. or APCD for approved research projects.
  • Just a snapshot of our Medicaid program in fiscal year 26: we're projected to spend about $24 billion
  • So are we're projected<01:18:35.600> to<01:18:35.760> spend<01:18:36.000> about<
  • 01:18:36.320> $<01:18:36.400> 24<01:18:36.800> billion projected to spend about
  • $ 24 billion projected to spend about $ 24 billion and<01:18:38.480> about<01:18:38.800> 57%
Bills: HF4609, HF4401
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/26/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • projects across the state. projects across the state.
  • project or not. project or not.
  • that are some of the hardest projects that are some of the hardest projects<01:10:40.920> to<
  • 01:10:41.040> fund<01:10:42.120> in projects to fund in projects to fund in an<01:10:43.640
  • projects done. projects done.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Tourism and Gaming Working Group (TGWG) - Wed Apr 15, 2026 @ 11:30 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many states use gaming tax revenue to fund education programs or infrastructure improvement projects,
  • Many states use gaming tax revenue to fund education programs or infrastructure improvement projects,
  • Many states use gaming tax revenue to fund education programs or infrastructure improvement projects,
  • , infrastructure improvement projects, infrastructure improvement projects, public<00:13:26.720><
  • between the state's capital projects between the state's capital projects fund,<00:13:48.440>
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Pre-COVID, a million-dollar project, that's a medium-sized project.
  • project right away.
  • project right away.
  • He also has raised that concern about one vendor getting project after project after project.
  • He also has raised that concern about one vendor getting project after project after project.
Summary: The committee on Education heard a series of bills and took action on each. HCR 2015, a resolution supporting at least 60 minutes of daily physical activity for K-12 students and posting dietary guidelines in schools, drew testimony from advocates for recess and student wellness; it was approved 6-0. HB 2040, which would require schools to provide adoption information when contraception or STI topics are discussed and add adoption-related content to sex education, drew opposition from Reproductive Freedom for All and the Arizona Education Association, but passed 4-2. HB 2255, extending Arizona Teachers Academy eligibility for community college students from two to four years, passed unanimously 6-0. HB 2764, creating a voluntary state seal of computer science proficiency for high school graduates, also passed 6-0. The committee then considered HB 2600, requiring written parental permission for students in grades 6-8 to join school clubs or organizations. The ACLU of Arizona opposed the bill, arguing it would suppress participation in clubs involving sensitive identities or topics; the bill passed 4-2. HB 2379, which requires school district governing board members to complete recurring training on school finance and related duties, was amended to narrow the re-election consequences and then passed 4-2. HB 2142, establishing a school safety center and council within the Arizona Department of Education to provide training, technical assistance, and risk assessments, received mixed testimony over its funding source and council makeup but passed 4-2. Later, HB 4033, which would require more detailed bond election pamphlets and separate ballot propositions for certain school bond projects such as stadiums, administrative buildings, and teacher housing, drew opposition from the Arizona Education Association over added barriers to school funding, but passed 4-2. HB 2482, capping job order contracting for building renewal grant projects at $1 million and requiring verification against artificial project splitting, drew concerns from builders and school board groups about slowing repairs and limiting procurement flexibility; it passed 4-2. Finally, HB 2575, the Anti-Semitism and Education Act, which would bar public schools and higher education institutions from teaching or promoting antisemitism and create reporting and discipline procedures, drew strong support from Jewish community representatives describing school and campus incidents, and opposition from the ACLU and AEA over free-speech and liability concerns; the transcript cuts off before the committee vote on this bill.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Apr 29th, 2025

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're doing more road projects than we've ever done before.
  • . have those costs considered in a project going forward.
  • So any current projects that are underway, any current projects that have already been led, and any that
  • Utilities are reimbursed for fully funded projects.
  • Some are eligible for the state and federal split projects.
Bills: HB606, SB271
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/11/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • a decline in charitable gaming projected a decline in charitable gaming to<00:10:46.880> the<
  • But the design of the game and the changes that were made have significantly projected to reduce the
  • Many 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations receive property tax exemptions after qualifying through their
  • <01:04:37.440> through exemptions after qualifying through exemptions after qualifying through
  • To qualify for the property tax exclusion, veterans must be honorably discharged from the U.S.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Mar 31st, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is agreed to by TxDOT and SH-130, and funds are used for non-tolled projects. projects, transportation
  • projects approved by the counties in which the projects are going in.
  • These kinds of projects represent the largest shovel-ready infrastructure project available in North
  • Project in January.
  • You say this project was actually listed in... a list of projects that one day could be tolled.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • So this was only for the 9% projects that affordability. Most of our projects here are 4% projects.
  • . projects. projects.
  • and also called the 4% projects. projects. projects.
  • amenities of the project. amenities of the project.
  • projects moving. projects moving.
Summary: The committee first took up HB 2611, which would prohibit algorithmic price-setting in Hawaii’s rental market, require public education by the Attorney General, and establish fines and penalties. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, saying its language was too unclear and could expose landlords and agents to criminal and civil liability for ordinary rent-setting practices based on public information or assistance from property professionals. Members asked about antitrust standards, tacit agreement, and whether using county-published affordable-rent schedules would be unlawful; the AG said that would not be unlawful if based on public information and without collusion. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Realtors with comments, 50501 Hawaii and General Strike Hawaii, Haloha Project, 13 individuals, and one opponent. The committee then heard HB 2102, which clarifies that residential projects involving ground disturbance in high-risk areas remain subject to state historic preservation review and removes an exemption for lands presumed nominally sensitive. The Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and the Department of Planning and Permitting supported the measure, saying it would improve clarity and ensure review focuses on projects most likely to affect historic properties or iwi kupuna, while also urging language refinements to better define sensitive sandy-soil areas and balance preservation with housing timelines. NAP Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing it would undo progress made last session and that the current process already includes protections for inadvertent discoveries and efficiency for lower-risk areas. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs strongly supported HB 2102, explaining it was responding to beneficiary complaints about late-added language in last year’s law and saying the nominally sensitive-area language should be removed because it was adopted without sufficient stakeholder input and could be harmful to iwi kupuna protections. Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and several individuals also supported the bill. Committee discussion focused on how “nominally sensitive” areas are determined, whether project proponents could self-certify areas as exempt, and how high-density residential projects should be treated; SHPD said it uses survey and monitoring data to map sensitivity, that highly sensitive areas like Kīauea are not nominally sensitive, and that some high-density projects should remain exempt if they do not involve new ground disturbance. The hearing included no final vote in the portion provided, but the chair noted 48 individuals in support and continued questioning on the bill’s definitions and implementation.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Commerce and Small Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • and Otaga counties is our school systems are facing a challenge on um having to bid out specific projects
  • <00:05:40.880> out<00:05:41.440> specific<00:05:42.720> uh<00:05:43.280> projects
  • having to bid out specific uh projects having to bid out specific uh projects that<00:05:44.560>
Bills: SB279, HB478, SB279, HB478
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Veteran and Military Affairs REVISED: Links added Feb 5th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Veteran and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • someone who's undocumented, I can sign up for military service and, by virtue of my military service, qualify
  • In your estimation, if one of those service members becomes 100% disabled would they qualify for this
  • just a few additional things to add to the reporting that they're doing, perhaps a list of those projects
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Tue Feb 17, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • have comments from Sunun Inc., Inception Financial, Inc., Photon Works Engineering, Green Power Projects
  • it from, you know, more wealthy people but then be able to increase the amounts for those who can qualify
  • for<00:03:47.840> those<00:03:48.000> who<00:03:48.319> can<00:03:48.560> qualify
  • <00:03:48.879> for<00:03:49.040> it<00:03:49.200> by for those who can qualify
  • for it by for those who can qualify for it by lifting<00:03:49.760> the<00:03:49.920> cap.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a bill to expand the solar energy tax credit for single-family residential properties by removing certain cap amounts and raising the adjusted gross income limits for taxpayers to elect a refund of excess credits. The Hawaii State Energy Office and Department of Taxation both said they were standing on written testimony, while industry and advocacy groups largely supported the measure. Members questioned whether the income thresholds were set appropriately, how many taxpayers would be affected at different income levels, and how many would qualify for refundable treatment; Taxation said it did not yet have the requested numbers but was preparing a fiscal estimate. A major issue raised was drafting and administration: witnesses said the bill appears to apply differently to owner-purchased systems versus third-party leased systems, and Taxation said it likely could not easily verify household income for leased systems or cross-reference different taxpayers. Discussion also covered whether the credit should remain refundable, whether credits should be limited to amounts actually expended, and whether the bill should instead be structured to keep the credit with the system owner or lessor, with concerns about equity, market effects, and possible incentives to lease rather than buy. The committee then moved to HB 2316, which would align state restrictions on lead materials in drinking water infrastructure with federal Safe Drinking Water Act requirements. The Department of Health and other supporters testified in favor, and there were no questions from the chair. Next, HB 1566 on energy efficiency would require state agencies to use energy-efficient lighting, with the Hawaii State Energy Office providing technical assistance and a compliance survey prioritized for first responder facilities; testimony from state agencies and advocates was in support, and again there were no questions. For HB 1926 on Red Hill, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Board of Water Supply, and multiple organizations and individuals supported funding for remediation studies, environmental monitoring, groundwater research, independent testing, and a public dashboard, with DLNR emphasizing that decades of work remain necessary even after defueling and that the bill supports ongoing university and community partnerships. The committee then heard HB 1673 on landfill units. The Department of Health initially said it was in support but later corrected the record and stated it strongly opposes the measure, saying the bill would undo protections enacted last session that keep landfills out of areas over aquifers; the Board of Water Supply also opposed repeal of those protections, while the City and County of Honolulu supported the HD1 version that leaves siting decisions to the counties. Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi and the Energy Justice Network opposed the bill, arguing the original protections should remain and that the amended version had confused commenters; supporters of the original version urged restoring it and considering additional language on ash.