Video & Transcript Research : 'Senate Concurrent Resolution 22'

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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 26th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, Member, Senate Concurrent Resolution 64 by Senator Price creates the task force on construction
  • Senator Fessi is on the Senate floor, and so I'll just go ahead and do it from here.
  • Members, Senate Concurrent Resolution 62 by Senator Hodges urges DOTD to evaluate all school zones on
  • Senator Hodges, on your resolution. Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, members.
  • Chairman, Members, House Concurrent Resolution 112 by Representative Jackson urges and requests that
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 with a quorum present and took up several resolutions and one Senate bill. SCR 64 created a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) in Louisiana public works; an amendment added representatives from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors, and the resolution was reported with amendments. HR 282 created a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with state agencies; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and it was also reported with amendments. The committee then considered SB 513 on public works project delivery methods. The bill originally included an average-bid award method for certain pilot projects, along with airport design-build provisions. Testimony from a Reason Foundation analyst and from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors raised concerns that average-bid contracting could encourage collusion, raise costs, and lacked supporting data or use by U.S. transportation departments, while airport design-build was supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to strike the average-bid provisions, leaving the airport-related design-build language in place, and SB 513 was reported with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays. The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses, including a fatal incident referenced by the author. HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were disposed of and the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 2nd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair records HB2488 from the Senate. The chair lays out HB2488 and recognizes Chairman Reagan.
  • Senator Johnnie moves that HB2488, without amendments, be reported to the full House with the recommendation
  • In the 87th session, the legislature passed Senate Bill 1588 to bring more balance between the rights
  • That's because this measure is identical to a bill from last session, which passed out of the Senate
  • That was a $7 billion loan that Texas had to take out with about $22 million in interest.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • I come back to House Concurrent Resolution 45.
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Summary: The joint meeting of the House Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee and the House State Government Committee was called to consider House Concurrent Resolution 45, sponsored by Representative Jason Petri. The resolution would support calling for a federal balanced budget amendment through the Article V process. Petri argued that Kentucky’s own constitutional balanced-budget requirement shows the value of fiscal restraint, and he said decades of federal deficit spending and rising debt make a constitutional amendment necessary. Governor Ron DeSantis and Lauren Ends of the National Campaign for a Balanced Budget Amendment also testified in support, emphasizing the growth of federal debt, the risk of a future debt crisis, and the view that Congress is unlikely to solve the problem on its own. Members asked about the mechanics and risks of an Article V convention, including whether the convention’s “sole purpose” language would be enforceable and whether a convention could become a “runaway” process. DeSantis and Ends said states can impose guardrails on delegates, including criminal penalties and delegate-limitation laws, and noted that any proposed amendment would still require ratification by 38 states. They also said that if Congress chose to draft the amendment itself in response to state pressure, that would be acceptable. One witness said 18 states have passed faithful-delegate or delegate-limitation laws. Representative Callaway asked what would happen if the debt issue is not addressed. Witnesses responded that continued borrowing could lead to economic dislocation, higher interest costs, and a debt crisis that would crowd out other federal spending. They said the current debt burden is already more than $100,000 per U.S. citizen and roughly $300,000 per taxpayer, and that a balanced budget amendment would be a first step toward stopping the growth of debt before any long-term paydown could occur. The transcript provided does not show a final vote or other committee action on the resolution.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator West? Chair now lays out Senate Bill 35 and recognizes Senator Nichols.
  • Senator Perry moves that Senate Bill 296 be reported to the Senate.
  • Senator Perry moves Senate Bill 305 be read.
  • Senate concurrent resolution 25 by Alvarado.
  • Senator West moves that the concurrent resolution committee substitute be recommended local on the destined