Video & Transcript Research : 'engineering standards'

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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Executive Departments and Administration (04/22/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:05:25.200> Um<01:05:25.520> the engineering division.
  • Um the engineering division.
  • > state engineering support across state engineering support across state government.<01:05:48.960
  • Uh, this is one of protection standards.
  • <01:15:56.400> to If it takes fewer software engineers to If it takes fewer software engineers
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee Jun 17th, 2026

Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • Remote and hybrid workplaces are becoming standard for a wide range of jobs.
  • Ted Toppin, for the Professional Engineers in California Government and the Association of California
  • I'm a senior engineer with the State Water Resources Control Board and also a proud PEG member.
  • I'm an attorney for the Department of Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, also
  • new internal combustion engines to be sold in the state of California by 2035—we're already starting
Keywords: 987, senate, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Taxation REVISED Feb 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • We could standardize the way all counties approach this issue.
  • But specifically, 1392 has to deal with the aerospace engineer employee tax credit.
  • engineers?
  • Engineer, is that correct? This would be for aerospace engineers.
  • So, consequently, you could have an H-1B visa aerospace engineer out of Bangalore, India.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Mar 10th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • What role does the district engineer?
  • So our district engineer is.
  • But we don't grade the private engineers, do we?
  • The the private engineers the private engineers that are hired that are not hired They're not your textile
  • engineers, and they're perhaps hired by the MPO.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • was a lack of standardized procedure. was a lack of standardized procedure.
  • You can't catch those standardized.
  • standard of measurement. Thank you, Mr. standard of measurement. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Chair.
  • I heard you you talk about the standard I heard you you talk about the standard work<01:10:51.920
  • work process how do you develop standard work process how do you develop standard work<01:10:54.159
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first established a quorum, approved the minutes from the November 10 meeting, and then approved a large agenda of contracts and related items, with the total agenda amount stated as $359,638,393.88. Most items were approved without objection, but two contracts were pulled for discussion: attorney general panel counsel contingency fee contracts and a Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission personal services contract. For the attorney general’s office, Chris Lewis explained that the contracts were panel counsel contingency fee agreements, with 14 qualified awards from 16 applicants. He said the contracts were contingency-based, so no money would be paid unless cases were successful, and that the fee structure worked out to roughly 5% under the statutory waterfall. Senators asked about the size of the contracts, whether the terms were uniform, why no Kentucky firms were among the awardees, and how the public should understand the large dollar figures. Lewis said one Kentucky firm applied but was disqualified for a late submission, other Kentucky firms had inquired but did not apply, and local firms could still work with national firms on cases. The committee then approved the contracts. The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission contract drew more extensive questioning. Commission representatives said they had previously had a contract disapproved because the proper process was not followed, so they used an RFI process posted on the state and commission websites for at least three weeks. They received one applicant, a Kentucky firm, and set the rate at $125 per hour. Members questioned whether the commission was acting beyond its ethics mission, whether staff were helping draft complaints against legislators, and whether the commission was taking on a prosecutorial or human-resources role. The commission said its role is limited to enforcing the legislative code of ethics, providing advisory guidance, and following the formal complaint process; it does not pursue matters outside that code. Members also raised concerns about the earlier procurement misstep and the commission’s credibility, and the commission apologized, said it had corrected the process, and pledged to comply going forward. The committee then approved the contract.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • We helped hundreds of companies last year in that area, and then our engineering foundation of the Kentucky
  • c><00:07:54.039> and<00:07:54.159> then<00:07:54.319> our<00:07:54.520> engineering
  • in that area and then our engineering in that area and then our engineering foundation<00:07:55.560
  • More to be done, and we have very high standards, and our goal is that all 120 counties in the grant
  • and we're going to our goal is standards and we're going to our goal is that<00:19:36.520> all
Summary: The committee met without a quorum, so the minutes from the last two meetings were not approved. Secretary Noel of the Cabinet for Economic Development then gave a broad overview of the cabinet’s work and an update on the Kentucky Product Development Initiative (KPD), with Deputy Secretary Katie Smith and General Counsel Matt also present. He said the cabinet’s strategy is to focus on high-wage job creation, especially in automotive transformation, business and financial professional services, tourism, logistics, agri-tech, aerospace, and other high-tech sectors, while also supporting small and medium-sized businesses and existing employers. Noel highlighted several program results and examples, including average incentivized wages approaching $27 per hour, 877 jobs and $346 million in investment through hub operations, $90 million through Commonwealth Ventures, help for hundreds of companies through the Kentucky Intellectual Property Alliance, work with 220 companies through the Kentucky Science and Technology Council, nearly 3,000 students in Advanced Kentucky, and more than 1,100 participants in Kentucky Valor. He also cited 35,000 workers trained through Bluegrass State Skills, 177 businesses helped by the small business tax credit, and 77 entertainment incentive transactions totaling about $200 million and 7,400 jobs. On the grant side, he said the cabinet had approved 155 projects under a federal grant program, committing $99 million, with outreach aimed at smaller communities and all 120 counties. The main focus of the second half was KPD. Noel described it as a program that requires more than basic due diligence, emphasizing community readiness, local vision, title and mineral-rights review, sewer validation, and consultant review. He said 109 projects had been awarded in the earlier rounds, and in 2024 there were 45 requests for information seeking $81 million against $35 million in available funding, showing strong demand. He also said the cabinet has worked with local economic developers through five regions aligned with area development districts, and that the secretary, deputy secretary, or commissioner of business development must attend the regional meetings, with 100% attendance reported for the key three last year. In response to questions, he said Jefferson County’s lack of KPD projects so far likely reflects where local land and development strategies are in the process rather than a lack of interest, and he said the cabinet has not heard that Kentucky’s occupational safety and health rules are clearly helping or hurting competitiveness, though he offered to look into it further.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

January 14, 2025 - 09:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • We love the economic engine that agriculture is. But we have to have food to survive.
  • Our team includes experts such as hydrologists, engineers, biologists, geologists...
  • The second is our regulatory programs, which... ...experts such as hydrologists, engineers, biologists
  • Regulation of quality standards for citrus includes growth practices, maturity standards, processing
  • And to further complicate it, it's owned by the Army Corps of Engineers, and we need federal dollars.
Summary: The Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee met to organize for the session, confirm a quorum, and hear introductory remarks from members about their districts and interests. Chair Esposito outlined the committee’s jurisdiction and budget overview, noting a total budget of about $7.2 billion, with major funding tied to the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Fish and Wildlife, and the Department of Citrus. She also described major cost drivers such as Everglades restoration, water quality, resiliency, land acquisition, and rural family lands, and asked members to review agency requests in small groups later in the process. Agency leaders then presented budget and program updates. Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson emphasized department efficiency efforts, including IT modernization, staff reorganization, rural and family lands conservation, best management practices, Fresh From Florida marketing, hurricane recovery loans for farmers, and completion of the Connor Complex headquarters. DEP Secretary Alexis Lambert highlighted record investments in Everglades restoration, water quality projects, resilience grants, land acquisition, state parks, and enforcement. FWC Executive Director Roger Young discussed conservation research, fisheries and wildlife management, law enforcement, disaster response, and pressures from growth, boating, invasive species, and derelict vessels. Department of Citrus Executive Director Shannon Shep reviewed the industry’s decline due to hurricanes and citrus greening, current research and marketing efforts, and e-commerce campaigns to support Florida citrus sales. Members asked questions about citrus production declines, future replanting and therapies, rural family lands, PFOS cleanup, mangrove restoration, flooding and pump infrastructure, agricultural theft, and derelict vessel removal. Officials generally responded with updates, emphasized science-based management and enforcement, and in several cases said they would follow up with more detailed information later. No formal votes were taken; the meeting ended with the chair directing members to provide feedback on agencies for further budget review and then adjournment.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • and the ability to also adopt additional safety standards.
  • Lou, you know, if we're going to do it, shouldn't we have safety standards rather than no standards?”
  • These are very, very difficult pipelines to retrofit to meet safety standards.
  • APR is one of the companies that has a standard for third-party certification.
  • Clean air and water standards attainment is still a pipe dream.
Summary: The committee first established a quorum, adopted the consent calendar for SB 423 and SB 581, and then heard a series of bills, most of which were presented as streamlining or safety measures tied to transportation, climate, public lands, health care, and higher education. SB 71 by Senator Wiener would extend and expand a CEQA exemption for sustainable transportation projects, adding modes such as microtransit, paratransit, shuttles, and ferries, while also accepting committee amendments that narrowed a Tier 4 diesel rail provision, restored existing right-of-way language with utility protections, and set a new sunset date. Support came from transit agencies, local governments, and advocacy groups; some members raised concerns about the diesel rail language and possible interactions with housing-related legislation, but the bill advanced on a due pass vote as amended. The committee then heard SB 614 by Senator Stern on carbon dioxide pipeline safety. The bill would direct the State Fire Marshal to adopt safety standards for intrastate CO2 pipelines, building from federal draft rules and adding state discretion and possible enhanced protections such as planning zones and more detailed exposure modeling. Supporters argued California needs to fill a federal regulatory gap to advance carbon capture and climate goals, while environmental justice and conservation groups opposed unless amended, citing risks from CO2 leaks and asking for stronger siting restrictions and more specificity. The bill passed on a due pass vote to Appropriations, with members noting the need for continued work on the safety provisions. Senator Arreguín also presented SB 304, which would temporarily lift public trust use restrictions on specific land at Jack London Square to allow the Port of Oakland more leasing flexibility under conditions and annual reporting. The measure was described as a limited, time-bound effort to address high vacancy and revitalize the waterfront, and it drew support from Oakland city and county representatives with no opposition in the room. The committee then approved SB 304 on a due pass vote. Arreguín’s SB 830 followed, creating CEQA streamlining for Sutter Health’s new Emeryville hospital campus and designating the City of Emeryville as lead agency; supporters said it would preserve East Bay hospital access before seismic deadlines, and the bill passed with broad support and no opposition. Finally, Senator Caballero presented SB 486, a higher education planning bill intended to align UC and CSU enrollment growth with regional sustainable communities plans and to remove the need to analyze a no-project alternative in certain long-range development plans. Supporters said the bill would better integrate university enrollment forecasting into regional planning, while opponents warned that eliminating the no-project analysis could weaken accountability for housing and infrastructure impacts around campuses. Committee members expressed mixed views and asked for further clarification, but the bill was moved out on a due pass as amended vote to Appropriations. The transcript then shifted to SB 629, a fire response and rebuilding bill, with the author describing amendments to apply fire safety requirements in wildfire-burned areas, update fire mapping, and require annual defensible space inspections, though the discussion was cut off before any final action was shown.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have five of those that have just been approved: electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil
  • engineering, biology, and health sciences.
  • It is that type of articulation agreement that is standard across the state.
  • Are those standards determined by each college, or is there a state standard? Perhaps Dr.
  • These standards compare to the standards and outcomes for the courses in the programs at the state college
Keywords: 999, senate, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee Mar 30th, 2026 at 10:00 am

A&B Transportation Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • you take that and translate That to something on earth and test that engine.
  • One was the traditional test cell for engine MRO activities, which was RATO-CTS.
  • So, you have an engine MRO test cell to test that engine before it goes back on the final aircraft that's
  • But then you have the new engine manufacturing.
  • Of that $5.4, we'd spent about $2 million on the new engine manufacturing facility.
Keywords: 914, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's an upward spiral of employment, and Mass Save is the engine that keeps it going.
  • It's an upward spiral of employment, and Mass Save is the engine that keeps it going.
  • While building to passive house standards makes abundant sense for...
  • While building to passive house standards makes abundant sense for all the aforementioned reasons and
  • To that end, we reached out directly to our architects, developers, engineers, and practitioners across
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee held a hearing on the value of Mass Save, with opening remarks emphasizing that despite past criticisms the program has delivered major energy, cost, climate, and equity benefits. The chair cited large avoided system costs, strong benefit-cost ratios, and recent legislative changes that set emissions goals, restricted fossil-fuel equipment incentives, and increased focus on low- and moderate-income households. Department of Energy Resources Commissioner Elizabeth Mahoney testified that Mass Save has weatherized hundreds of thousands of homes, reduced bills, avoided emissions, and that the current plan includes budget controls after the DPU ordered $500 million removed from the approved budget. She said the governor’s proposal to have only electric utilities administer the program was intended to reduce administrative costs and align with current implementation trends. Members questioned Mahoney about what counts as marketing and administration, and she said the category includes traditional advertising as well as community-based outreach, customer resource centers, and other customer engagement work, much of it in low- and moderate-income communities. She said administrative and marketing costs are under 5% of the budget, while more than 80% goes to incentives and direct program delivery. Several witnesses then focused on workforce and contractor impacts. Dave Betcher of Abode Energy Management and Rick Taglienti of Rogers Insulation said Mass Save sustains small businesses, creates careers, and supports thousands of jobs; both warned that budget cuts would reduce hiring, training, and work in homes and businesses. They also described a broad ecosystem of suppliers, trainers, and service providers that depends on stable program funding. Other witnesses addressed cost-effectiveness, affordability, and emissions. Anna Johnson of ACEEE said Massachusetts remains a national leader, with Mass Save returning about $2.80 per dollar invested, reducing peak demand, and lowering bills for participants, especially through weatherization and heat pumps. Kyle Murray of Acadia Center said the program is statutorily required to be cost-effective and has avoided billions in supply and infrastructure costs for all ratepayers, including nonparticipants, by lowering overall demand and peak prices. Amy Boyd-Rabin of the Environmental League of Massachusetts argued that efficiency is the cheapest way to meet climate targets and that cutting the budget would force more expensive power generation. The hearing also featured testimony on equity and housing: Mary Wampo described historic under-service to renter-heavy and lower-income communities and said recent reforms, including designated equity communities and performance incentives tied to equity, are helping correct that imbalance; Brian Biot and James Collins of LEAN/ABCD described low-income delivery systems and wraparound services; Barney Heath and John Nannari said Mass Save incentives are essential to affordable housing, passive house construction, and keeping projects on time and on budget. The final witnesses highlighted Connected Solutions and electrification: Sunrun’s Bronte Payne said the virtual power plant program saved more than it cost and helps avoid peaker plants and grid upgrades, and Highland Electric Fleets’ Ben Sondaga said electric school buses can provide similar grid benefits while lowering transportation costs for districts.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee Aug 20th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm pleased to be here with the opportunity to do this present this bill SB 30 prevents California engine
  • These are the oldest and most polluting engines.
  • So this bill permits the sale or transfer of Tier 2 and newer engines if the transferring agency approves
  • I guess I find myself fighting for this national standard of good public policy, and I don't see it as
  • AB 98 by Assembly Member Carrillo and myself was signed into law establishing new design build standards
Keywords: 988, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 19th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Why are we adding language including by the burning of fuel in an aircraft engine?
  • It directs public access to pricing data, targets annual reporting standards, and provides a clearer
  • Civil engineers design, build, and maintain the infrastructure that makes modern life possible.
  • The society is the nation's oldest national civil engineering society.
  • You have to prove that by a heightened standard of clear and convincing evidence.
Summary: The House met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present, and began with prayer, the pledge, leave requests, and several personal privileges recognizing visitors and groups at the Capitol, including early education advocates, a poster contest winner, Entergy’s River Bend Nuclear Station on its 40th anniversary, a Children’s Miracle Network champion, Community Action leaders, and Leadership Tangipahoa participants. The chamber also received Senate messages, enrollment reports, a conference committee report on Senate Bill 149 that was allowed to lie over, and a long list of House resolutions and Senate bills that were either introduced, referred, or set aside for later consideration. Several resolutions were adopted without objection, including measures recognizing Early Education Day, World Preeclampsia Awareness Day, Dora’s Voyager, Tourism Day, and National Mississippi River Day, while House Concurrent Resolution 98 on SNAP grocery delivery fees failed on reconsideration by a vote of 46 yeas to 39 nays. The House then took up a series of Senate bills. Among the measures passed were SB 39 on provisional massage therapist licenses; SB 111 on freshwater recreational fish limits in the Atchafalaya Basin; SB 124 on peer review confidentiality for health systems; SB 134 on child sexual abuse material and sexting involving minors under 17; SB 99 on electronic DEQ notifications; SB 190 on special-focus nursing facilities; SB 201 on juvenile life-without-parole sentencing procedures; SB 233 on a statewide data exchange compact; SB 236 on annual kidney disease reporting; SB 258 on juvenile traffic offenses; SB 270 on medical marijuana use by terminally ill patients in health care facilities; SB 273 on hospice care requirements; SB 307 on educational displays and a Ten Commandments monument on Capitol grounds; SB 320 on CODIS hit tracking; SB 321 on electronic bonds; SB 325 on excluding threatening persons from sports wagering; SB 331 on temporary exceptions to the Scenic Rivers Act for lower Pearl River Basin work; SB 339 on gaming-related background checks; SB 345 on annual OJJ reporting; SB 346 and SB 347 on deepfake misuse in schools and on campuses; SB 357 on judiciary cleanup provisions; SB 359 on hospital district commissioner terms; SB 387 on pharmacy benefit managers; SB 393 on explosives regulation; SB 401 creating a Prescription Drug Affordability Board; SB 415 creating the Empower Louisiana Food Purchase Program; SB 419 on pre-charged pneumatic devices for deer hunting; SB 422 on unsupervised probation for certain repeat DWI offenders; SB 426 on the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority and peer support credentials; SB 435 creating a Commission on Fatherhood Engagement; SB 437 on licensed treatment services in facilities housing judicially referred residents; SB 440 creating a Renaissance District in Rapides Parish; SB 451 on newborn hearing screening and intervention; SB 464 on severe obesity treatment coverage; SB 470 on pregnancy-related rules in correctional facilities; SB 487 on gaming premises rental agreements; and SB 488 creating a school safety drone response pilot program. Several bills were returned to the calendar for later action, including SB 189 on atmospheric releases affecting weather and climate, SB 326, SB 341, SB 353, and SB 495. A number of bills drew debate over policy and fiscal effects. SB 112 on school release time for religious instruction prompted questions about public-school participation, sponsoring entities, and parental consent; SB 189 on prohibiting intentional atmospheric release of substances for climate or weather modification passed 75-21 after questions about aircraft fuel dumping and agricultural exceptions; SB 201 on juvenile sentencing led to discussion of Supreme Court precedent and appellate review; SB 233 raised privacy concerns about interagency data sharing; SB 313 on electronic filing fees in criminal matters was criticized as a possible unfunded mandate and failed 25-68; and SB 451 on newborn hearing screening drew questions about board expansion, Medicaid coverage, and added administrative costs before passing 94-1. Most other bills passed with little or no opposition, and the House repeatedly adopted motions to table reconsideration after final passage votes. The chamber also announced it would stop debate at 5:00 p.m. and continued working through Senate bills as the Natural Resources Committee finished its meeting.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Community Affairs Mar 31st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • SECONDLY A MUNICIPALITY MAY ESTABLISH JOB ENGINE CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE PURPOSE OF A JOB ENGINE CHARTER
  • THE OTHER POINT I WOULD MAKE IS THIS IS A MUNICIPAL JOB ENGINE CHARTER SCHOOL.
  • A JOB ENGINE CHARTER SCHOOL IS CREATED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF MAKING SURE WE CREATE JOBS, WE RESPOND
  • >> CURRENT STANDARD IS IT MUST BE IN WRITING. THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THE STANDARD IS TO OFTEN.
  • IF THE SENIORS DON'T AND OFTEN IT STAYS UNDER THE THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THE STANDARD IS TO OFTEN.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Water Topics Overview Committee Mar 26th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Water Topics Overview Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, we have an engineer right over here.
  • And that's necessary for the engineering, you know, the engineers, for the engineering of the system
  • Thank you, Engineer, for being here.
  • With this, we do have value engineering.
  • Who's the project engineer for this project? HDR is our engineer.
Keywords: 908, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (04/15/2025)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • new roads up to a town standard.
  • But thank you. now most engineers and most contractors now most engineers and most contractors will<01
  • And if I can put up to a town standard.
  • By doing these cluster developments or something more like the farmstead design standard, we have zero
  • Road to town standard.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 9, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's that check engine light that you ignore, except it won't get better.
  • It's that check engine light that you ignore, except it won't get better.
  • It's that check engine light that you ignore, except it won't get better.
  • It's that check engine light that you ignore, except it won't get better.
  • It's that check engine light that you ignore, except it won't get better.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Electricity as Vehicle Fuel Working Group 10/15/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • marketplace comply with ASM standards marketplace comply with ASM standards listed<00:26:33.200>
  • <00:26:56.240> and traceability of field standards and traceability of field standards and
  • institute of standards and technology. institute of standards and technology.
  • process of developing uniform standards process of developing uniform standards and<00:29:08.640
  • and measures standards. and measures standards.
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (04/21/2026)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • And standards when they pull a permit.
  • You folks said we build to a certain standard.
  • . standard. standard.
  • So, why that sets its own standard.
  • amendment simply, um, adds some standard amendment simply, um, adds some standard things.<00:48:
Keywords: 1189, house, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources & Energy (7-2-26) - Reupload

Natural Resources & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • , including the Army Corps of Engineers, including the Army Corps of Engineers, the<01:07:46.360>
  • That is basically the industry standard. So that's already on there.
  • ,<01:19:48.640> through through the Corps of Engineers, through through the Corps of Engineers
  • That is basically the<01:20:35.280> industry<01:20:36.000> standard.
  • the industry standard. the industry standard.
Bills: SB8