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• Protection Fund, which is dedicated to uses of water conservation, consumptive use reductions, and infrastructure
• The fund would be created in the '27 budgets, but again, it is for water infrastructure and some of those
• We need to make sure that we have the money to fulfill our responsibility for infrastructure.
• we are coming to the legislature to ask for general fund appropriations for critical statewide infrastructure
• So the town of Payson brings this up, and... ...statewide infrastructure, and the town of Payson brings

Bills: SB1024, SB1032, SB1059, SB1062, SB1064, SB1097, SCM1001, SCR1004

Keywords: roadable aircraft, registration, vehicle title, license plates, aviation safety, corrections oversight, funding, state budget, criminal justice, reform, appropriation, Department of Transportation, right turn lane, traffic improvement, infrastructure funding, transportation funding, authorization, road improvements, intersection safety, transportation

Summary: The committee began with a JLBC presentation comparing the baseline budget to the governor’s proposal. JLBC said the baseline shows a positive cash balance in each year, with about $577–$578 million available above statutory formulas, but that major items such as tax conformity, state employee health subsidies, school repairs, SNAP administrative changes, and possible SNAP error-rate costs are not fully funded. JLBC also reviewed executive revenue and spending proposals, including border-security funding, sports betting tax changes, data-center tax changes, short-term rental and water surcharges, and several one-time items that JLBC said appear to be ongoing in practice. Members questioned SNAP error rates, Medicaid/Access enrollment and costs, possible fraud involving Access-to-Marketplace shifting, prison receivership risk, and the need for more oversight of waste and fraud. The committee then heard and passed SB 1032, which appropriates $1.5 million to fund the Independent Correctional Oversight Office created last year. The sponsor and several advocates said the office is needed to provide independent oversight, improve transparency, help whistleblowers, and reduce the risk of federal receivership over the prison system. Testimony from advocacy groups and former incarcerated individuals strongly supported the bill, and the committee approved it 10-0. Next, the committee considered several transportation appropriations. SB 1064 would provide $3 million to Flagstaff for improvements along U.S. Route 66; the mayor and local planning officials described safety problems, congestion, and housing growth along the corridor, while some members objected to using general fund dollars for roads instead of HURF and to bypassing the normal transportation board process. The bill passed 7-3. SB 1059 would appropriate $9.2 million for a right-turn lane at SR 87 and SR 260 in Payson, and SB 1062 would appropriate $1 million for a left-turn lane at US 60 and Superstition Mountain Drive in Gold Canyon; both were supported by local witnesses citing congestion and safety concerns and both received do-pass recommendations, 7-3 and 6-4 respectively. The committee also began hearing SCR 1004, a voter-referral measure to prohibit photo enforcement systems, with the sponsor and public commenters arguing that photo radar is unconstitutional, abusive, and tied to ticket revenue, but the transcript cuts off before any committee action on that measure.

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• One is private property rights, and the second is publicly funded infrastructure.
• In the coming years, you're going to see unprecedented infrastructure building.
• This goes to hard infrastructure. It's very specific.
• This will not stop all of our infrastructure growth. It may slow a project down.
• This will not stop all of our infrastructure growth.

Bills: HB5489, HB5695, HB5699, SB291, SB292

Keywords: impact fee, moratorium, local government, Texas legislation, infrastructure funding, municipal utility district, eminent domain, bonds, assessments, infrastructure, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Harris County, Municipal Utility District, territory exclusion, debt service taxes, property taxation, condemnation, property acquisition, real property, appraisal reports

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• shall be used to replace any technology that is produced by a foreign adversary from any critical infrastructure

Bills: SB1097, SB1308

Keywords: appropriation, claims, relief, state funding, named claimants, foreign adversary, consumer fraud, technology security, critical infrastructure, Arizona attorney general, fraud office, appropriations, 1182, all

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met on March 11, 2026, and considered two bills. The first, SB 1097, was described as the annual name claimants’ bill, appropriating $370,211.08 from the General Fund and $33,021.08 from other specified funds to pay claims against state agencies in fiscal year 2026. There was no public testimony, no questions from members, and the committee voted 14-0 to give the bill a due pass recommendation. The committee then heard SB 1308, which would create a Foreign Adversary Fraud Office and Fund in the Attorney General’s Office to pursue consumer fraud involving technology produced by foreign adversaries. The bill also appropriates $500,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2027 and establishes a mechanism to transfer excess fund balances to a new Foreign Adversary Technology Rip and Replace Fund administered by the Department of Homeland Security. Kelly Curry testified in support on behalf of State Armor, arguing the bill addresses both consumer fraud and national security risks tied to connected technologies and foreign-made surveillance equipment. Members asked about similar cases and settlements in other states, and Curry cited recent filings in Nebraska, Tennessee, and Texas, as well as a Missouri case that reportedly settled in the tens of millions. During the vote, some members explained support while expressing general caution about creating new funds or appropriations outside the budget process. The committee approved SB 1308 on a 10-4-2 vote and sent it forward with a due pass recommendation before adjourning.

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• On the infrastructure side, we expect resiliency and reliability to play an increasingly large role in
• in a very well, a big money area regarding utilities, and as we move forward with building out infrastructure
• Recommendations relocate four FTEs and the associated funding from the license. ...and enforcement strategies

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• The agency proposes to relocate one FTE and that FTE's salary back into indirect administration to more
• First, recommendations include relocating the salaries and FTEs associated with the executive director
• The first issue explains the agency's request for relocation due to their need for additional space.
• If the agency's relocation is not funded, they request approximately... $88,000 in general revenue for
• attracting and keeping talented employees, streamlining operations, and modernizing the state's infrastructure

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Item 6 Maritime Infrastructure Program. There is a decrease of $200 million.
• You referred to a maritime infrastructure program.
• We appropriated $200 million for the maritime infrastructure.
• Last session, we created a maritime infrastructure fund to help our seaports with some of the infrastructure
• County Transportation Infrastructure Fund is funded. roads through TxDOT.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• non-federal sponsor for these projects to also acquire lands for the project and to complete utility relocations
• you a couple questions in a second, was to build a barrier along the coast to protect all the infrastructure
• We also have to relocate utilities prior to the award. of those contracts so that the federal government
• bring our cost share to the table or to complete the necessary pre-contract actions like utility relocations

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• In the supplemental bill to deposit to the flood infrastructure fund or fifth.
• There's been various assessments done with respect to aging infrastructure.
• I'm the Executive Director of the Texas Water Infrastructure Network.
• Jeremy Mazur. of Infrastructure and Natural Resources Policy for Texas 2036.
• the stage for a potentially historic water infrastructure recession.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• As we continue to grow that technology, it takes more of a team to provide that support and infrastructure
• Recently, the corporation relocated from the Moody Tower to their permanent headquarter space in the
• Transportation for students that the school provides, and Item 4, campus infrastructure upgrades update
• This includes information on the progress of the infrastructure upgrades funded in the supplemental bill
• The third group for consideration includes campus infrastructure and operations.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• I mean, A&M has got to slow down; we've outgrown our infrastructure.
• They need to maintain their tree trimming and their infrastructure resiliency.
• The resilient infrastructure, port and harbor bridge competency, and rural mobility.
• We've said we need to build the infrastructure, and we need to optimize that infrastructure to be able
• We need additional utilities and IT infrastructure.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Rural Texans face significant barriers to cancer care. ...due to a lack of diagnostic infrastructure,
• In some cases, at UT Austin, it supports research infrastructure, which has helped it to become one of
• To me, that's being proactive and getting your human capital infrastructure in place. Thank you.
• Klotman as well about how powerful this infrastructure is right now.
• You also need infrastructure, and thanks to you, we can achieve this.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• The future competitiveness of the state requires a stronger research and development infrastructure to
• Because as we fund community college initiatives and infrastructure for those, and even high schools,
• **Collin Brock.** Item 3F outlines recommendations for the infrastructure formula.
• **Collin Brock.** Item four on page seven outlines recommendations for the performance-based infrastructure
• Sub-item two provides information on the infrastructure support formula, which provides funds to all

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• However, the infrastructure is already here to address this need.
• However, the infrastructure is already here to address this.
• Given the rising costs, we urge the funding of DSHS's request to maintain agency operations and infrastructure
• However, the infrastructure is already here to address this.
• Given the rising costs, we urge funding for DSHS's request to maintain agency operations. ...and infrastructure

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• We believe it is a very... cost-effective way to improve the entire maternal health infrastructure for
• A well-functioning IT infrastructure is the crucial foundation for developing innovative policies to
• challenges... essential needs, we urge greater investment to double staffing and improve that infrastructure
• be clear that we believe firmly that the legislature has done a tremendous job in investing in infrastructure
• federal funds that we're facing, is going to have a definite impact on our already fragile system. infrastructure

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• It's epidemiology and lab capacity, public health infrastructure, public assistant category B funds.
• Again, a good thing, but the infrastructure is... out there, how do you make an adjustment, and how do

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• We are making these one-time infrastructure investments that will support...
• Chair: ...and we are making these one-time infrastructure investments that will support.
• These costs include increases in staff support, infrastructure, software, and an additional one-time
• And I'll also add, well done on knowing those; also Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Yes, so we have Microsoft Azure, Public Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• It was $300 million for historical infrastructure. That's an endowment fund that they have.
• Noted, the House Bill 9 and House Joint Resolution, which authorized the Broadband Infrastructure Fund
• Noted, the House Bill 9 and House Joint Resolution, which authorized the Broadband Infrastructure Fund
• The agency is exploring options to simplify and redesign the current infrastructure to mitigate future
• The agency is exploring options to simplify and redesign the current infrastructure to mitigate future

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• general revenue offset by a decrease in other funds for planned expenditures out of the Broadband Infrastructure
• transfer to the Poll Replacement Fund and a decrease in the remaining balances of the Broadband Infrastructure
• On slide 10, we request $3.1 million for critical workforce support needs, including relocation and expansion
• of audit enforcement field offices and relocation of the controller warehouse distribution center, as
• program which is called the [BEAD program](link from function call) and that one is the federal infrastructure

Bills: SB 1, SB1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, 1185, senate, all

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• This bill proposes to establish an Oklahoma education infrastructure linked deposit program, making it
• So we're looking at this as a loan to a business for its infrastructure needs.
• No, and this has to do with infrastructure needs, building needs were this not already in place successfully
• So, therefore, I would conclude that only a nonprofit providing education services that had infrastructure
• Except that in the case of a charter school, the charter school board is reviewing the infrastructure

Bills: HB1590, HB1242, HB3818, HB4305

Keywords: education funding, linked deposits, education infrastructure, charter schools, nonprofit organizations, Oklahoma Education Infrastructure Program, HB1242, cervidae, deer, elk, sales tax exemption, agricultural exemption, livestock, ranching, farm tax, agricultural sales tax, Oklahoma Tax Commission, agriculture, producer sales, private treaty

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• Seeing none, we'll move on to the next one, which is 2435, electrical vehicle charging infrastructure
• not only to meet the infrastructure not only to meet the needs<00:13:46.320> of<00:13:46.480>
• that can accommodate that infrastructure that can accommodate that growth.<00:14:02.639> And<
• Thank you, everybody. 2435 electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
• What's good for the infrastructure.

Bills: SB2543, SB2435, SB2352

Keywords: state construction, construction manager, design review, public works, capital improvement, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, DOE, Department of Education, comptroller, pilot program, design review special fund, county permit review, accessibility compliance, Disability and Communication Access Board, state infrastructure, government construction, project oversight, civil service exemption, county agencies

Summary: The Committee on Government Operations reconvened on February 10, 2026, to take up measures previously heard on February 5. It advanced SB 2983 on criminal destruction of trees with technical, non-substantive amendments and a committee report note asking Judiciary to clarify that removal of invasive species remains allowed; the measure passed with one no vote. SB 2930 on the state risk management revolving fund also passed with amendments, including blanking out the amount, setting a defective date, and directing Ways and Means to review a spreadsheet before further action. The committee likewise passed SB 2928 on making the small business procurement program permanent and SB 2970 on standards of conduct for state agency contracts, adopting the Ethics Commission’s recommended language assigning compliance responsibility to department directors and deputy directors. SB 2927 and SB 3068 on procurement were deferred to a time certain on February 12, and SB 3015 on personal information, SB 2929 on public notice, and SB 2938 on search and rescue were also deferred for further discussion or to avoid re-referral issues. SB 2662 on external consultants was amended to remove a cap and preemptive approval language, narrow the expertise standard, and note possible auditor staffing or appropriation needs; it then passed with amendments. The joint GVO-EIG hearing then took up SB 2543 on state construction projects and an Office of the State Construction Manager within DAGS. Testimony from the Hawaii Iron Workers Stabilization Fund strongly supported the bill, saying it could reduce wasteful spending on large design-build projects and free money for tax credits and other public needs. DAGS, the University of Hawaii, and DLNR offered written comments, while one witness from KIC opposed the measure and asked for an exemption for member-owned electric cooperatives. A Hawaii Solar Energy Association witness also supported the bill but asked that landscape architects be excluded from the bill’s definition of design professionals, and Rocky Mold said Kauai permitting was efficient enough that he had no objection to carving it out. The committee adopted amendments from DNR, DAGS, and UH and passed SB 2543. The hearing also considered SB 2435 on EV charging infrastructure at state facilities. DAGS and the Hawaii State Energy Office supported the concept and explained that the goal was to retrofit managed parking facilities with infrastructure that can meet current and future EV needs, while acknowledging that some stalls can sit unused and that the state must balance space and enforcement. Members raised concerns about whether dedicating 25% of stalls to EV charging would reduce usable parking, and about rural and Big Island conditions where EV range and battery capacity remain limiting. The discussion noted that DOT, DNR, DOE, and DOH may have their own parking facilities outside DAGS control. The committee then indicated it would broaden the bill to apply to all state agencies and lower the threshold in response to member concerns, with final action not fully shown in the transcript.