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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 2/13/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our NRAP infrastructure categories include building and site infrastructure, water and wastewater systems
  • access sites, camping infrastructure, fish hatcheries, and water control structures.
  • These programs together are critical to address our substantial infrastructure needs.
  • These programs together are critical to address our substantial infrastructure needs.
  • infrastructure infrastructure sure<01:06:57.640><c> and</c><01:06:57.839><c> with</c><01:06:58.039><
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Consumer Protection & Business Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Consumer Protection & Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, so this is not an expansion.
  • This is not an expansion of current liquor laws.
  • As you have heard, I am one of the few anti-alcohol expansion members.
  • and expansion of, I guess, ...of alcohol and expansion of, I guess, yeah, expansion of alcohol and all
  • I'll let Josh hop in, but we don't believe this is an expansion.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

FIN Info Briefing - Wed Jan 8, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • One is to start part of the ICU expansion.
  • </c><06:06:14.958><c> doesn't</c> where a lot of infrastructure doesn't where a lot of infrastructure
  • But once we can develop the usable space, that creates the potential for expansion.
  • But once we can develop the usable space, that creates the potential for expansion.
  • So thank you very much for your... uh the potential for expansion there but uh the potential for expansion
Summary: The Committee on Finance held an informational briefing with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations on its budget, staffing, and operations. The director reviewed department leadership and reported on recruitment and retention efforts, including a 14% vacancy rate, a 10.5% workforce increase from filling 189 positions, and the Hela Imua internship program, which has placed 516 interns since inception and led to 62 permanent hires. The department also described modernization efforts, including the UI Huakai project and the Disability Compensation Division’s electronic case management system, and said the unemployment compensation trust fund exceeded $71.5 million, triggering Schedule C for calendar year 2025. The department’s main budget requests included $2.9 million for fiscal year 2026 to support maintenance and operations of the electronic case management system, plus restoration of two enforcement specialist positions. Officials said those positions are needed to address a decline in investigators from 11 to six since 2009, improve compliance, and handle Hawaii Compliance Express certificate work. Additional requests included two human resources specialists to address recruitment backlogs, two labor enforcement specialists to reduce a backlog of Chapter 104 prevailing wage and wage cases, and two positions for the Office of Community Services to expand immigrant services and access centers. The department also discussed federal funding for unemployment insurance and workforce programs, including National Dislocated Worker Grants and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds, and said some funding is received in increments and may require extensions. Members asked about Kauai inspection coverage, federal funding uncertainty, the size of the special unemployment insurance fund, and whether the department could ramp up staffing during a future crisis. Officials said Kauai is currently served by inspectors from Honolulu and there are no plans to open a permanent island position because of staffing constraints. They said the department is meeting federal guidelines and is not in jeopardy, and that the special unemployment insurance fund has about $10 million, with current UI operations funded at a little over $15 million, meaning the fund may need to cover roughly $5 million if federal support declines. The director said the department would use the special fund to supplement shortfalls, but noted that federal funding cuts and the loss of ARPA support have already affected operations.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 9th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill 1071 by Representative McFarland, Public Records, exception for public records, critical infrastructure
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 1/16/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • trends, including high costs, steep increases in regulation and business mandates, and business expansion
  • </c> as it signals business expansion as it signals business expansion improved<00:07:25.160><c> financial
  • I mean, this type of expansive mandate touches places that I don't think people understand.
  • </c> mean this type of of uh expansive mean this type of of uh expansive mandate<01:02:36.000><c> touches
  • it is and what it's actually expansive it is and what it's actually going<01:02:55.839><c> going</c>
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 12th, 2026 at 01:34 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • As you know, I mentioned it's an expansive programming that we have with those 25 programs through the
  • And the whole purpose is just to provide infrastructure financing to public entities and it really helps
  • The other is to strengthen New Mexico's infrastructure to promote healthy communities.
  • One is the Local Transportation Infrastructure Fund, and that was established or enabled in 2005.
  • That's $85 million over the last few years for that infrastructure piece around school safety.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Of highway purposes to include transit, biking, and pedestrian infrastructures along our trunk highway
  • We need to re-evaluate the status quo of problem solving of lane addition expansion when we know that
  • These cities have built housing, businesses, and infrastructure around the expectation that reliable
  • </c><01:06:49.920><c> infrastructure</c><01:06:50.640><c> around</c> and infrastructure infrastructure
  • around and infrastructure infrastructure around the<01:06:51.200><c> expectation</c><01:06:52.000><c
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALC-PERSONNEL Feb 18th, 2026

ALC-PERSONNEL

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Commerce, Economic Development Commission, for an extra help position through the Infrastructure
  • So this is an expansion. It's not so much a RIF.
  • We want to be able to continue the expansion of those services to veterans. All right.
Committee: All ALC-PERSONNEL
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-06-16 (7:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • For property taxes, the amendment includes several exemptions or expansions for affordable housing.
  • Several exemptions or expansions for affordable housing.
  • Finally, the conference report continues to support increases in transportation infrastructure funding
  • Fifth, the expansion of delinquency prevention and diversionary services for youth. And sixth...
  • “How much are we appropriating for the State Emergency Operations Center technology infrastructure?”
Summary: The House met on the final day of session, swore in Representatives Boyles and Hodgers, and observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as for Representative Rosenwald’s father. The chamber then moved into final budget work, with leaders outlining the plan to take up H.J.R. 5019, HB 7031, HB 5017, HB 5015, and then the general appropriations act once the Senate transmitted it. H.J.R. 5019, a proposed constitutional amendment to expand the budget stabilization fund, was explained and amended to raise the rainy day fund cap, require annual deposits, and allow withdrawals for critical state needs by a two-thirds vote; it passed 100-1. The House then adopted the conference report on HB 7031, the tax package. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or expands several sales tax holidays and exemptions, including permanent exemptions for disaster-preparedness items, hunting/fishing/camping items, and ammunition and firearms-related purchases, and makes changes to property, corporate income, local tax, and economic development provisions. Members debated the removal of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related revenue streams, the new ammunition exemption, and the data center tax changes; supporters argued the package reduces taxes and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents raised concerns about housing, transportation, and gun violence. The conference report passed 93-7. HB 5017, creating a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer to retire state bonds early, passed unanimously. HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment, also passed. The House then began explanation and questions on the fiscal year 2025-26 general appropriations act, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down $3.8 billion from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major spending areas, including pre-K-12 funding increases, health care funding for Medicaid, KidCare, nursing homes, opioid treatment, and mental health, transportation and economic development funding, environmental and water projects, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology. Questions focused on school vouchers, inflationary pressures on school districts, and the adequacy of funding for housing, transportation, and other priorities.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-06-16 (7:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • For property taxes, the amendment includes several exemptions or expansions for affordable housing.
  • Several exemptions or expansions for affordable housing.
  • Finally, the conference report continues to support increases in transportation infrastructure funding
  • Fifth, the expansion of delinquency prevention and diversionary services for youth. And sixth...
  • This investment supports the technology infrastructure buildout for the new State Emergency Operations
Summary: The House convened on the final day of session, observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and for Representative Rosenwald’s father, then swore in and seated new members Boyles and Hodgers. The Speaker also outlined the chamber’s end-of-session priorities, including action on the budget and related conforming bills. The House then took up H.J.R. 5019, a constitutional amendment to expand Florida’s budget stabilization fund by raising the cap, requiring annual transfers, and allowing withdrawals for critical state needs. After sponsor explanations and questions about what would qualify as a critical need and how the fund might respond to possible federal funding cuts, the House adopted an amendment that added more flexibility for suspending transfers and withdrawals. The joint resolution then passed on final passage. Members next considered HB 7031, the tax package conference report. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or extends several sales tax exemptions and holidays, and makes changes affecting property taxes, local taxes, pari-mutuel taxes, and revenue distributions. Debate focused heavily on the new permanent exemption for ammunition and hunting-related items, the elimination of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related distributions, and the shift of some funding from recurring to nonrecurring status. Supporters argued the package provides tax relief and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents criticized the ammunition exemption and the reductions in recurring housing and transit support. The conference report was adopted and the bill passed. The House then passed HB 5017, which creates a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer from general revenue to retire state bonds early, and HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment. Finally, the chamber began explanation and questions on the General Appropriations Act conference report for fiscal year 2025-26, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major budget areas, including K-12 education, health care, transportation and economic development, agriculture and natural resources, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology, highlighting funding for school choice, Medicaid, housing, transportation infrastructure, Everglades restoration, workforce programs, cybersecurity, and technology modernization.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Utilities Mar 4th, 2026

Utilities

Transcript Highlights:
  • recent years that changes to the renewable energy standard are merited, and we also support the expansion
  • the recent years that changes to the renewable energy standard are merited and we also support the expansion
  • Instead of the city building the pads and infrastructure for industrial development, this would be similar
  • The gas and nuclear assets share fundamental infrastructure requirements: water access and treatment,
  • The gas and nuclear assets share fundamental infrastructure requirements: water access and treatment,
Committee: House Utilities
Summary: The Committee on Utilities heard testimony first on House Bill 2807, which would lower Missouri’s renewable energy standard from 15% to 7.5% and add nuclear generation as an eligible source, with the sponsor saying the goal is to give utilities more flexibility and support dispatchable power. The sponsor and several witnesses discussed a Senate companion and committee substitute that would clarify the bill to apply only to new nuclear and, in the Senate version, add battery storage credits. Support came from Renew Missouri, Ameren Missouri, Missouri Farm Bureau, and Associated Industries of Missouri, who emphasized grid reliability, dispatchable generation, and the need to adapt to growing energy demand. Opposition from the Consumers Council of Missouri focused on ratepayer impacts, warning that the bill could increase the RESRAM surcharge and urging explicit language to prevent nuclear costs from being passed through to consumers. The committee then heard House Bill 2598, a more complex proposal to create a Missouri Advanced Nuclear Office and a grant program to help finance a “power campus” pairing a natural gas plant with a small modular nuclear reactor. The sponsor and supporters described the bill as a way to attract large data centers, provide near-term power, and use gas plant profits to help fund future nuclear development, while also positioning Missouri to compete with other states and federal nuclear incentives. Witnesses from Bridge to Nuclear and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce supported the concept as innovative and pro-reliability, though committee members repeatedly questioned why the state should put general revenue at risk, how profits and grants would be structured, and whether private markets could do the work without state involvement. Opposition to HB 2598 came from a consumer advocate and an environmental/community witness, who criticized the bill’s potential effects on electric rates, transparency, water use, and local communities affected by data centers. They objected to confidential grant applications and argued that the proposal would further favor large corporations over residents. No votes were taken on either bill during the hearing. Before adjournment, the chair announced that a committee substitute for Representative Banderman’s solar bill would be heard at a later, committee-only session, with the public allowed to attend but not testify.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • investments, how do we make things, like how we do food security, how do we provide farm infrastructure
  • It reflects regulatory best practice, not a unilateral scope expansion.
  • It reflects regulatory best practice, not a unilateral scope expansion.
  • What potential risks or harms are going to happen in that delta to public infrastructure, hospitals,
  • What potential risks or harms are going to happen in that delta to public infrastructure, hospitals,
Summary: The Consumer Protection & Business Committee held public hearings on two bills. House Bill 2616, described as an agriculturally resilient markets act, would create a broad package of agriculture-related policies and appropriations, including a strategy to expand state purchasing of Washington-grown food, temporary packaging and emissions exemptions for certain agricultural uses, changes to labor notice rules for agricultural and dairy layoffs, several grant and study programs, a transfer of cannabis production/processing/testing oversight to the Department of Agriculture, and an appropriation for the tree fruit leadership program. Representative Christine Reeves said the bill was intended as a state-level “farm bill” to address farm losses, food security, and regulatory burdens, and she emphasized stakeholder input and the need to support family farms and farmworker well-being. Testimony on HB 2616 was overwhelmingly supportive, with growers, commodity groups, dairy and potato representatives, and other agricultural stakeholders arguing that Washington farms face low margins, high regulatory and labor costs, refrigeration and processing challenges, and competition from foreign producers. Several speakers said the bill’s exemptions, grants, and studies would help keep farms viable and preserve local food production. Committee members asked about stakeholder outreach, the role of Washington State University and commodity commissions, the impact of federal versus state policy, and possible ways to reduce compliance burdens. The hearing ended without a vote, and the chair noted the bill was after cutoff and would not move this year, but that stakeholder meetings would continue over the summer. The committee then heard House Bill 2721, which would create a registration system for commercial interior designers, expand and rename the Board of Architects, set education, examination, and experience requirements, define the scope of practice, require seals and technical submission attestations, and establish penalties and a fee account. Supporters from interior design organizations said the bill would recognize a profession already performing code- and safety-related work in commercial spaces, align Washington with other states and national model law standards, and remove barriers to ownership and advancement, especially for women. Testifiers also said the bill would clarify responsibility for life safety, accessibility, and non-structural interior construction in schools, health care, and public buildings. The committee heard only supportive testimony, but members raised questions about how the profession compares with architecture, the impact of delaying the bill until 2027, and demographic diversity in the field. The chair closed the hearing noting the bill would not advance this session and that further interim work would be needed.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • spending, I think. ...reminiscent of the dot-com era, when there was a lot of infrastructure spending
  • The data centers, the infrastructure, the power grid, all of that has really been boosting GDP, and it
  • So anything affecting that data center, the infrastructure side... ...so anything affecting that data
  • center, the infrastructure side, I would probably put it in three buckets.
  • That compares to 3 to 400,000 jobs during the peak of an expansion.
Summary: The Finance Advisory Committee met for its January session to review Arizona revenue and economic conditions ahead of the budget process. JLBC staff presented the January baseline, noting projected positive cash balances through FY 2029 and about $577 million to $578 million in discretionary capacity, but also highlighting major unfunded items not included in the baseline, including federal tax conformity costs, ongoing one-time spending for state employee health insurance and school facility repairs, and administrative costs tied to H.R. 1. Staff also reviewed revenue trends by category, saying FY26 general fund revenues were running above forecast overall, with strength in retail, restaurants and bars, and individual income tax payments, while contracting and utility-related collections were weaker or flat. They also compared JLBC and executive revenue assumptions and discussed the executive’s proposed revenue changes, including border reimbursement assumptions, sports betting tax changes, data center-related tax and fee proposals, and other non-general fund measures. A major topic was income tax conformity with recent federal tax law changes. Staff explained that current Department of Revenue forms assume “straight conformity,” but the governor’s proposal and vetoed SB 1106 do not fully match those forms, creating possible amendment and timing issues for taxpayers and the department if the legislature adopts a different policy. Members also discussed the difficulty of forecasting revenues amid volatile monthly collections and uncertainty over how much of the current revenue strength will persist in the second half of the fiscal year. Danny Court of Elliott Pollack gave a broader national and state economic outlook, arguing that the U.S. has avoided recession despite several warning indicators, largely because of AI and data center investment, while employment growth has softened and inflation remains above the Fed’s target. He said Arizona remains relatively resilient, with strong population and job pipelines, but faces housing affordability constraints, slowing employment growth, and a more concentrated population forecast in the Phoenix area. Panelists generally agreed that Arizona remains in better shape than many states, though they cautioned that job growth is slowing, population estimates may be revised, and budget and revenue forecasts should be treated carefully given uncertainty in the data. No votes or formal actions were taken.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Feb 11th, 2026

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so that support for infrastructure is important.
  • I think as a positive, look at port infrastructure.
  • And so that support for infrastructure is important.
  • I think as a positive, look at port infrastructure.
  • Our elder care delivery service infrastructure would come crumbling Care delivery service infrastructure
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

October 8, 2025 - 10:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • and non-expansion states.
  • Requirements are specific to expansion states as a not expansion state.
  • states 100% of of for Medicare for expansion states.
  • The dollar expansion population is limited for one month.
  • It's just being asked to be stepped down to 3 and a half percent for expansion states.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/21/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • A key thing to stress here is these are all public amenities and related infrastructure.
  • A key thing to stress here is these are all public amenities and related infrastructure.
  • </c> and public amenities and infrastructure and public amenities and infrastructure to<00:09:29.640>
  • The 13 acres have no other real infrastructure in them.
  • The city of infrastructure in them.
Committee: House Taxes
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development Feb 17th, 2026

Joint Committee on Rural Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • those that currently operate in the public prompt pay market, those that do your MODOT work — the infrastructure
  • those that currently operate in the public prompt pay market, those that do your MoDOT work — the infrastructure
  • workforce, who are merit shop and 90% nationally, and they're the ones who are building mostly infrastructure
  • It represents a significant expansion of statutory control over private construction contracts.
  • energy developments, such as data centers that everyone seems to be talking about, and other major expansions
Summary: The committee first met in executive session and voted several bills do pass. House Bill 2409 was approved 14-0, House Bill 2654 was approved 15-0, and House Bill 2747 was approved after adoption of a House committee amendment and substitute, also by a 14-0 vote. The committee then moved into public hearing on House Bill 1915, which would regulate payment practices in private construction contracts. Representative David Castile, the sponsor, said the bill was intended to ensure timely payment to contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers, limit abusive contract clauses, and require written notice before withholding payment. He emphasized that it was aimed at larger private projects and not owner-occupied residential work. Testimony on HB 1915 was mixed. Supporters, including electrical, mechanical, and subcontractor associations, said delayed payment is common, especially for smaller firms, and argued the bill would improve cash flow and reduce the need for liens. Opponents, including general contractors and home builders, said the bill as filed was too restrictive, especially the seven-day downstream payment deadline and the limits on withholding and termination rights, and warned it could increase costs and burden small builders. Several witnesses said they were working with the sponsor on a committee substitute to more closely mirror Missouri’s public prompt pay law and to clarify the residential exemption. The committee then heard House Bill 2151, which would raise income eligibility limits for the Fast Track Workforce Incentive Grant from $40,000 to $50,000 for single filers and from $80,000 to $100,000 for joint filers. Representative Travis Wilson said the change was meant to reflect inflation and expand access for adults changing careers, apprentices, and other eligible students. Supporters from community colleges, chambers of commerce, and workforce groups said the program is working well, is budgeted, and helps fill workforce needs; one witness cited strong completion and retention rates among recipients. No opposition was presented, and the hearing concluded with adjournment of the committee.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Jan 14th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this would help develop the infrastructure for a... ...so this would help develop the infrastructure
  • The second point is cybersecurity, hardware, software, infrastructure updates.
  • And are we finally ready to comply with the Kids Care expansion bill?
  • And are we finally ready to comply with the Kids Care expansion bill? Mr. Chair, thank you.
  • know, the agency was full steam ahead, ready to implement the legislation passed around the CHIP expansion
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard presentations on the governor’s proposed fiscal year 2026-2027 budget for the health and human services agencies. Kendall Kelly outlined the overall HHS budget at $48.5 billion, with AHCA accounting for the largest share, and agency heads then highlighted major proposals for Medicaid behavioral health redesign, APD waiver enrollment and facility needs, DCF child welfare, opioid, and mental health investments, DOEA funding for Alzheimer’s, home care, and community services, DOH funding for cancer research, public health initiatives, and lab capacity, and VA funding for facility improvements, cybersecurity, and medication management. Several members praised specific proposals, including increased reimbursement for private duty nursing, Alzheimer’s supports, and the Florida FIRST blood-in-ambulance initiative. Senators also questioned the proposed changes to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), with the Surgeon General explaining that the department expects a reduction in covered patients from about 30,000 to about 20,000 because of funding pressures tied to rebates, federal changes, and premium tax credit issues. Public testimony strongly criticized the ADAP changes, citing lack of transparency and warning that many patients could lose access to medications. Other questions focused on the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, DCF’s substance abuse and mental health data dashboard, Kids Care/CHIP expansion implementation, APD bed and facility planning, and the FX Medicaid technology project. DCF said about $7 million is set aside for the dashboard system, and AHCA said the governor’s budget includes $124.4 million for FX maintenance and continued module development, with $13.5 million to begin claims processing work. The committee did not take a substantive vote on the budget presentations and adjourned after questions and public testimony.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • 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.
  • Center expansion.
Bills: SB1 , SB 1
Committee: Senate Finance
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Regulated Industries Feb 18th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF 911 OR PUBLIC SAFETY RATED COMMUNICATIONS RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE
  • GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS INCLUDING THE INDICATING ACTUAL PROPOSED LOCATIONS OF 911, E 911 PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE
  • OF RESPONSES RECOMMENDED RE ADOPTING THIS AS IS WITH THE REMAINING RECOMMENDATIONS HAVING SOME EXPANSIONS