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• There's continued focus on trying to cripple our nation's critical infrastructure.
• In addition, we started two additional audit types for critical infrastructure and ransomware resiliency
• For those audits, we have completed 83 critical infrastructure and nine ransomware resiliency audits.
• Each local government that received a critical infrastructure audit received an external penetration
• Just as we invest in physical infrastructure and protections, we must continue to invest in digital infrastructure

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee held a public hearing on the State Auditor’s Office cybersecurity performance audits for fiscal year 2025, covering both state agencies and local governments. SAO staff explained that the audits are conducted independently under Initiative 900 and are kept confidential at the entity level, with detailed findings shared directly with the audited organizations. They reported that state agency audits found nearly one-third of assessed safeguards fully implemented on all systems and 227 vulnerabilities across seven agencies, including three critical and 21 high-severity issues. For seven local government cybersecurity audits, nearly a quarter of safeguards were fully implemented on all systems, and auditors identified nearly 300 vulnerabilities, including nine critical and 47 high-severity issues. SAO also summarized its ransomware resiliency audits and critical infrastructure audits for local governments. In six ransomware audits, a little over 35% of assessed safeguards were not in place, while about 60% were at least partially in place. In 39 critical infrastructure audits, focused largely on water and sewer providers, auditors found over 260 vulnerabilities and said more than 10% were critical or high. Staff highlighted that these audits have led to improvements, including one vendor making security changes after SAO testing that were later echoed in a federal advisory. They also described related services such as cybersecurity checkups, policy guidance, and other cyber-related work by the office. Washington Technology Solutions’ state chief information security officer, Ralph Johnson, praised the audits and said they help protect essential public services. He cited a sharp national rise in ransomware incidents against governments and said Washington has used more than $11 million in federal and state cybersecurity grant funds for over 200 projects. In response to questions from Representative Scott, SAO and WOTEC discussed options for addressing urgent vulnerabilities, including compensating controls, grant funding, and low-cost mitigation steps. The committee also discussed how Washington’s program compares nationally, with Johnson saying Initiative 900 is unusually comprehensive and that local governments often seek audits voluntarily. No votes were taken, and the hearing adjourned after public testimony was offered but none was given.

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• <00:04:17.320> and can uh attach to our infrastructure and can uh attach to our infrastructure
• potential of building the infrastructure potential of building the infrastructure to<00:46:31.240
• <00:47:56.480> cool infrastructure cool infrastructure cool uh<00:47:58.000> if<00:47:58.160
• Does that infrastructure money...
• infrastructure?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:24:36.720> Uh infrastructure there as well. Uh infrastructure there as well.
• It will lead to an infrastructure.
• This bill does nothing to change those requirements for infrastructure.
• This bill does nothing to change those requirements for infrastructure.
• infrastructure needs that the city have. infrastructure needs that the city have.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and existing water infrastructure and ample availability of water.
• And of course, that infrastructure is very interesting to data centers, as well.
• And it's about how to provide investments in workforce infrastructure and talent development.
• That infrastructure enabled all of that growth.
• And so all of cloud computing exists because of an overbuilt telecommunications infrastructure.

Keywords: 907, all

Summary: The committee held a series of informational briefings on information management and technology issues. It first heard from ACLU representatives on data privacy, who argued that Oregon should strengthen protections against private data brokers, government purchases of personal data, reverse warrants, automatic license plate readers, and local police surveillance. They urged data minimization, limits on data sales and retention, and broader transparency and accountability measures. Members asked about practical uses of license plate readers, state sales of data, and how Oregon’s approach compares with other states; the presenters said similar proposals have been adopted elsewhere, including data minimization in Maryland and a state version of the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act in Montana. The committee then received a detailed update from the Department of Administrative Services and Enterprise Information Services on licensing system modernization for 14 boards and commissions with the most immediate need. DAS said it is seeking a shared procurement approach through an RFP that would create either one scalable system or two tiers of systems, depending on agency needs and security requirements, with contracts expected by September. Committee members emphasized the need for a more unified, user-friendly statewide login and service experience for businesses and residents, and raised concerns about small agencies “figuring it out on their own” without sufficient cybersecurity or technical expertise. EIS said it is overseeing the investment review, security and architecture review, and future implementation planning, and noted that multiple agency requests may still come back to the legislature in the next session. The committee also discussed a revised cybersecurity incident notification concept. Staff explained that the earlier bill had raised stakeholder concerns, so the co-chairs directed further interim work with the Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council and other local government and K-12 stakeholders. The goal is a narrower, voluntary “911-style” notification process that would let public bodies alert peers and potentially receive assistance after cyber incidents; a temporary voluntary process is being tested now, with a work group developing language for possible 2027 consideration. Finally, the committee heard updates from the new state chief data officer on data governance, data sharing, geospatial work, and the state transparency website, followed by a briefing on data centers from NCSL and the Technology Association of Oregon. The data officer described efforts to expand data inventories, data governance plans, data literacy, and interagency sharing, along with statewide aerial imagery, geospatial standards, and the open data portal. The data center discussion focused on national and state trends, including rapid growth in data centers, rising electricity and water demand, and legislative responses such as new rate classes, reporting requirements, and cost-allocation rules to protect ratepayers. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only.

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• ,<00:03:27.599> to can we finance public infrastructure, to can we finance public infrastructure
• He's got to put in the infrastructure and all that.
• Road, bridge, water, infrastructure.
• put in the infrastructure and all that. put in the infrastructure and all that.
• infrastructure. That's just my opinion. infrastructure. That's just my opinion.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• INFRASTRUCTURE HAD FULL POWER RESTORATION TO 307,000 CUSTOMERS WITHIN FOUR DAYS.
• , CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WE DEPLOYED A LOT OF OUR FLOOD CONTROL DEVICES AND HAD ZERO LOSSES.
• NEXT ONE IS INFRASTRUCTURE RETROFIT. THAT WE CAN DO.
• WE HAVE NO RETROFIT INFRASTRUCTURE AGAIN RAISE IT, MAKE IT MORE RESILIENT, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION.
• THESE ARE PRIMARILY INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS TO THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELIGIBLE COMMUNITIES.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <00:14:39.200> uh Infrastructure uh Infrastructure uh housing<00:14:40.360> infrastructure<
• This has a housing infrastructure bonds.
• Housing infrastructure bonds will allow Housing infrastructure bonds will allow us<00:24:27.480> to
• It communities, aging infrastructure.
• $100 million in housing infrastructures $100 million in housing infrastructures bonds, Bonds, alignment

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The conference committee on the housing omnibus bill began with member introductions and a staff walk-through comparing House and Senate provisions. House Research staff reviewed major policy differences affecting Minnesota Housing Finance Agency operations, including limits on how much the agency may retain from state appropriations for administrative costs, new reporting requirements, restrictions on transfers between appropriated accounts, and House-only language requiring annual expenditure of investment income from state appropriations. Senate provisions were also summarized, including tighter rules on when appropriations may be placed into Housing Development Fund bookkeeping accounts, updated operating-cost reporting, and Senate-only changes to how investment earnings may be used. Staff also described shared and differing provisions on program-money transfers, a lived-experience earnings exemption, and a long list of Senate-only policy changes, including manufactured home park tenant protections, low-income housing tax credit and bond-related changes, a task force on housing taxes and fees, and repealers affecting Housing Development Fund authority and certain older programs. Fiscal staff then reviewed the budget impacts. The House side included one-time appropriations for workforce housing development, family homeless prevention and assistance, a Minnesota Nice Home Share pilot, and homebuyer education, along with debt service for $100 million in housing infrastructure bonds and transfers/cancellations that produced a net zero general fund impact across the budget window. The Senate side noted a fiscal note for the housing taxes and fees task force and a smaller housing infrastructure bond authorization, with corresponding debt service costs and a total Senate budget-window impact of about $1 million in general fund debt service. After the staff presentations, the committee moved to public testimony. Commissioner Jennifer Ho of Minnesota Housing said the bill’s housing infrastructure bonds and continued support for family homeless prevention were important, and she supported the lived-experience earnings exemption, while noting concerns about the interest-earnings provisions. Testifiers from Greater Minnesota groups praised the workforce housing investments and Senate updates to the state housing tax credit and infrastructure grant program, though they suggested changes to the geographic distribution language. HOME Line urged funding for statewide tenant hotline services, citing rising demand and asking for $1 million if additional money becomes available. The Minnesota Consortium of Community Developers supported the bill’s investments and emphasized the need to pair housing development with supportive services. Housing First Minnesota praised housing infrastructure bonds and other investments but criticized the omission of the Minnesota Starter Homes Act. The Minnesota Multi Housing Association began testimony opposing certain rent-control-related provisions in the House bill. No votes or final actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• We prioritize our public service; we prioritize our infrastructure.
• That's it—core services and our infrastructure.
• You're investing in infrastructure, which I'm required to do.
• It means a substantial deferment of infrastructure.
• Texas Water Infrastructure Network registered against the bill.

Bills: HB26, HB73, SB 14, HB46

Keywords: HB26, law enforcement contracts, sheriff, constable, county commissioners court, commissioners court, private security, special law enforcement district, property owners association, POA, municipal utility district, school district, junior college district, local government, contract policing, supplemental police services, large counties, population over 3.3 million, Texas Local Government Code, Harris County

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• infrastructure bank money?
• So no sidewalks, no infrastructure.
• Or what would be defined as infrastructure?
• And that's the infrastructure that we are contemplating in it.
• When you say what infrastructure, for me, it's the infrastructure directly associated with that SID,

Keywords: 909, all

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• The ILA must also address infrastructure as well as potential revenue sharing.
• that they don't adopt or annex infrastructure.
• They don't adopt or annex infrastructure issues because that's a big barrier.
• You may need to upgrade infrastructure at some point.
• I don't think it's in anyone's best interest to build infrastructure twice.

Keywords: 904, all

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• Without this authority, R.D. 108 will lack the certainty it needs to engage in long-term infrastructure
• our cities and counties to utilize their own existing resources to build much-needed critical infrastructure
• , taxes, Communities, local governments have come up with creative ways to fund critical infrastructure
• Tax increment financing tools such as enhanced infrastructure financing districts, or EIFDs, and community
• As I mentioned, financing infrastructure projects for local governments may be very difficult and is

Summary: The Local Government Committee met on March 26 and heard four bills, beginning as a subcommittee until quorum was established. The chair opened with housekeeping rules, including that testimony would be in person only and that disruptive conduct would not be tolerated. AB 59 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry was heard first; it would remove the sunset on Reclamation District 108’s authority to participate in hydropower projects. The author, Colusa County representatives, and water district officials said the change would support long-term financing, lower energy costs, and help the district continue water stewardship. No opposition was presented, and the bill was later reported out 7-0. AB 417 by Assembly Member Carrillo was then presented as a measure to streamline and clarify laws governing enhanced infrastructure financing districts (EIFDs) and community revitalization and investment authorities (CRIAs). Supporters, including the sponsor and planning, city, and flood control representatives, said the bill would improve local governments’ ability to fund affordable housing, climate adaptation, transit, fire mitigation, and other infrastructure without raising taxes. One opponent objected to the CRIA provisions, arguing that CRIAs retain eminent domain authority and asked for an amendment to remove that authority. The bill was passed after quorum was established, with the chair noting it would improve functionality while preserving transparency and public participation. AB 533 by Assembly Member Flora reauthorized health care districts that own or operate hospitals or clinics to use the design-build process for construction projects after the prior authority sunset on January 1, 2025. The author and supporters from the Association of California Health Care Districts, the Design-Build Institute of America, and engineering and hospital groups said the measure would restore a useful financing and construction tool without changing public contracting requirements. There was no opposition, and the bill passed 7-0. The committee also approved AB 1030 on the consent calendar, and after roll calls on the remaining items, all measures were reported out of committee.

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• , if you've seen my infrastructure bills, are $20, $30 million.
• if you've seen my uh infrastructure if you've seen my uh infrastructure bills<00:59:52.240> are
• overstated uh the infrastructure overstated uh the infrastructure concerns<01:16:49.159> uh
• I want to read the next section too because it's also about public infrastructure.
• of the testimony about infrastructure of the testimony about infrastructure concerns<01:18:03.400

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Shortline railroads, uh, often struggle to maintain and upgrade aging infrastructure due to the limited
• Not coincidentally, that year, Black Land successfully applied for a consolidated rail infrastructure
• Is the federal funding coming from the infrastructure Act?
• They are a vital infrastructure for public safety, law enforcement access, and oversight of commercial
• These funds were intended to support transportation infrastructure in Texas.

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• The Kentucky State Parks own the primary electrical infrastructure of 14 parks.
• <00:24:00.799> infrastructure electrical infrastructure infrastructure electrical infrastructure
• infrastructure unplanned critical infrastructure projects<00:25:46.880> are<00:25:47.200>
• campgrounds, trails, and infrastructure campgrounds, trails, and infrastructure [clears throat]
• infrastructural type stuff there. infrastructural type stuff there.

Keywords: 00:02 Call to Order and Roll Call 01:44 Approval of Minutes 01:56 Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet 54:59 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Protection, Tourism, and Energy received an update from Kentucky State Parks and the Finance Cabinet on the status of major capital projects funded through recent legislative appropriations. Commissioner Mark Keelin, Deputy Commissioner Chris Perry, and Finance Cabinet/DECA representatives described progress on campground upgrades, utility and broadband improvements, building systems repairs, life-safety work, accommodations and hospitality renovations, pool and beach projects, playgrounds, golf course improvements, marina work, and wastewater upgrades across the state park system. They emphasized that Kentucky has 44 state parks and that the funding has supported completed work and projects still under construction or in design. The presentation highlighted funding tied to House Joint Resolution 76, House Joint Resolution 56, and House Bill 6. Parks reported roughly $72 million invested to date, with 66 projects completed and 17 under construction, including campground renovations at sites such as My Old Kentucky Home, Kin Lake, Carter Caves, Cumberland Falls, and others; broadband projects at several campgrounds; electrical grid resilience work at parks including Kentucky Dam Village and Kin Lake; and completed life-safety upgrades such as lock systems. Officials also noted pool and beach work, ADA improvements, lodge and guest room renovations, marina replacements, and wastewater plant upgrades. DECA said it currently manages 1,335 active capital projects statewide, including 149 for Parks, and credited additional project management capacity and regular coordination meetings for accelerating delivery. Committee members asked for a copy of the presentation and pressed the department for more detailed accounting of House Joint Resolution 56, including how much money remains, which projects are complete, and whether current appropriations are sufficient to finish the listed work. The department also requested a larger maintenance pool appropriation of $40 million for the next budget, arguing that routine and emergency maintenance needs across 44 parks exceed current resources and that preventative maintenance would reduce long-term costs. No votes were taken during the meeting.

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• even talking about private infrastructure, but $39 million in public infrastructure.
• We sustained about $26 million in damage to public infrastructure.
• Again, we sustained $26 million in public infrastructure damage in about a five-hour period.
• It has proactively invested in sustainable infrastructure and public health protection.
• So, I think I've infrastructure, and it's a great additional application of it.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee hearing focused on a broad set of climate, energy, and environmental justice proposals. Early testimony strongly supported the Climate Change Superfund or “Polluter Pays” bill (H.1014/S.58), which would assess the largest fossil fuel emitters for a one-time fee based on historic emissions to fund climate adaptation. Sponsors argued the bill is modeled on Superfund cleanup principles, would target only the largest multinational polluters, would not be passed on to consumers, and would direct a significant share of funds to environmental justice communities. Committee members asked about the number of companies covered, consumer impacts, and whether the bill would address other forms of environmental destruction; sponsors said it was limited to major fossil fuel companies with a Massachusetts footprint and did not cover other pollution sources. The committee also heard testimony on a fusion energy compact proposal (S.673) that would direct the administration to develop a framework for a New England regional compact to accelerate fusion research, workforce development, and supply-chain growth. Supporters from MIT and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities said fusion could become a major clean-energy and economic opportunity, but acknowledged the technology is not yet commercially viable and still has unresolved technical, cost, and waste-management questions. Members pressed on environmental impacts, siting, waste, costs, and whether the bill would create a compact or only a framework; sponsors said it would only create the framework and that the administration would need to negotiate with other states. Another major topic was a pilot program for nature-based climate solutions (H.971/S.??), backed by legislators, Boston Harbor Now, and UMass Boston’s Stone Living Lab. Witnesses said the bill would help speed permits for research and demonstration projects such as living shorelines, marsh restoration, and hybrid “green-to-gray” flood protections, while maintaining safeguards and protecting Indigenous and historic resources. Committee members asked how the proposal would interact with other permitting reforms and whether it could conflict with housing or wetland-related streamlining; supporters said it was complementary and aimed at making projects faster, more affordable, and more data-driven. The hearing also covered climate-safe buildings and climate adaptation funding bills. Supporters of H.1004/S.583 said current building codes do not adequately account for future flooding, heat, and wind, and the bill would add climate expertise to the building board, allow stretch resilience codes, expand floodplain standards, and create a retrofit program. Related testimony backed H.938/S.572, which would create a dedicated climate and community resilience fund financed by a small fee on property insurance premiums; advocates said it would provide stable long-term revenue for adaptation, especially in environmental justice communities, and help replace unreliable federal funding. One witness from CLF supported the climate-safe buildings and funding bills but opposed S.560/H.939 as too broad. The committee also heard testimony on airport air-quality legislation (H.997) calling for more monitoring and mitigation of ultra-fine particulate pollution around Logan Airport and Massport communities. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• The purpose of the bill is to strengthen legal protections for critical infrastructure, particularly
• I ran water and wastewater systems, and they're critical infrastructure.
• No, no, to clarify, because that's, you know, our water supplies are critical infrastructure.
• It deals with the same definition of critical infrastructure. Okay.
• We have had some issues at the company that I work for on critical infrastructure.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• One is infrastructure investment at airports and other projects throughout the state of Oklahoma.
• and UA's infrastructure and then again in FY 25 went up 4 million dollars from there.
• Now on to the progrowth infrastructure fund.
• And then last but not least is the FY25 infrastructure funding.
• So, the long-term infrastructure revolving fund has been set up.

Keywords: 914, all

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• funding, safety, infrastructure funding, safety, infrastructure improvements,<00:02:47.920> all
• public services and infrastructure public services and infrastructure across<00:04:43.120> the
• So therefore, critical to the national infrastructure as well as the infrastructure for the state of
• So therefore, critical to the national infrastructure as well as the infrastructure for the state of
• So therefore, critical to the national infrastructure as well as the infrastructure for the state of

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The task force meeting began with approval of the July 14 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Kentucky Aviation Association. Association leaders described general aviation airports as important to rural access, commerce, emergency response, tourism, agriculture, and workforce development, and cited statewide economic impacts they said exceed $1.6 billion and support more than 9,400 jobs. They thanked the legislature for prior airport funding and said it had helped airports with basic operations and repairs. The association asked lawmakers for four things: continued appropriations for general aviation airports; relief or a more workable process for required financial audits, which they said can cost $10,000 to $20,000 or more and sometimes exceed a small airport’s annual budget; a regularized statewide appropriations process for airport infrastructure needs, which they said total about $100 million and are currently addressed unevenly; and funding for the Aerospace Education Reinvestment Opportunity Act to support scholarships and aviation workforce training. Members of the task force asked follow-up questions about the audit burden, the difference between financial and safety audits, and the difficulty of finding audit firms. The presenters said they would bring specific ideas back on audit reform. Eastern Kentucky University then presented on its aviation program. EKU leaders thanked the committee for prior support, including a $25 million appropriation for a new flight school building at Central Kentucky Regional Airport, and said the project is expected to break ground in 2026. They reported strong enrollment growth, with 502 aviation majors, most of them Kentuckians, and said the program has expanded flight hours and job placement. EKU also outlined plans to add an air traffic control program in response to Senate Bill 87 and the national shortage of controllers, saying it could train students to FAA standards if the university receives the needed investment in simulators, equipment, space, and faculty. They also discussed the need to replace an aging fleet of training aircraft, saying the current planes are decades old and costly to maintain, and that newer aircraft would improve training quality and reduce student costs.

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• HF 2148 adds another tool in our housing infrastructure toolkit.
• HF 2148 adds another tool in our housing infrastructure toolkit.
• HF 2148 adds another tool in our housing infrastructure toolkit.
• HF 2148 adds another tool in our housing infrastructure toolkit.
• HF 2148 adds another tool in our housing infrastructure toolkit.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Local street repair programs, bus and rail infrastructure, and paratransit programs that serve seniors
• It's one of the most vital pieces of infrastructure in my district, and I do share it with the Speaker
• However, SB 1003 is a simple bill that aims to provide state support for critical infrastructure for
• For aligning their infrastructure investment with their housing goals.
• It doesn't limit infrastructure requirements in any way.

Keywords: 988, house, all