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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Jan 12th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Ways & Means

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  • The other one is the Connecting Housing to Infrastructure Program.
  • Campus-wide infrastructure is crucial to the student experience.
  • Students should not have to worry about whether the building they are in, Wide infrastructure is crucial
  • Cities need help maintaining and expanding critical public infrastructure.
  • With this transfer, it would make it more difficult for us to help communities keep infrastructure projects
Bills: SB6003
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies May 19th, 2026

Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

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  • It provides $20 million for site development and infrastructure to help international companies relocate
  • Do we have the infrastructure to actually—” “Catch up on the backside.
  • Do we have the infrastructure to actually succeed with where this wants to go, or what are you going
  • Do we have the infrastructure to actually succeed with where this wants to go or what are going to be
  • . ...a previous witness and say the next big thing is sustainable transportation infrastructure.
Bills: H5386
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/19/2026 - House Rural Economic Development

Rural Economic Development

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  • if it does happen, and it will this year, we get into fire season, we're going to see a lot of infrastructure
  • We're going to see a lot of infrastructure either get burned down or caught on fire, lives are lost.
  • $328 million for the new dedicated commercial port of entry and $350 million for the renovation and expansion
  • This historic ...renovation and expansion of the existing Raul H. Castro Port of Entry.
Bills: SB1272
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Local Government Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Local Government

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  • to ensure continued eligibility for federal funding for rail power and other critical public infrastructure
  • to ensure continued eligibility for federal funding for rail power and other critical public infrastructure
  • we're honoring the ability for those with disabilities to be able to access and use this public infrastructure
  • believe our building process that we require from local governments and anybody doing any public infrastructure
  • some additions with their rail, and looking at how that just increased their capabilities, their infrastructure
Bills: SB6132
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Local Government Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Local Government

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  • When infrastructure lags, investment and growth stall.
  • When infrastructure is ready, jobs and investment will flow.
  • When infrastructure lags, investment and growth stall.
  • When infrastructure is ready, jobs and investment will flow.
  • Electric utilities face a critical need for new and upgraded infrastructure.
Bills: SB6132
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Aeronautics and Transportation REVISED Apr 13th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Aeronautics and Transportation

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  • House Bill 4108 considers the operational area of an airport as critical infrastructure and prohibits
  • I assume under this definition, those would then be qualified as critical infrastructure.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 22nd, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Funding to certain entities for infrastructure-related projects within the Department of Transportation
  • Members, we've had quite a bit of discussion in the last couple of years on how we fund infrastructure
  • The bill creates the Louisiana State Infrastructure Fund and four accounts within that fund.
  • In the bill, it mentioned infrastructure projects.
  • I think we're limiting it to those infrastructure-type projects for now. Thank you.
Bills: HB316 , HB549 , HB646 , HB752 , HB824 , HB873 , HB1129 , HB1157 , HB1170
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Mar 25th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

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  • It adds theft or unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure as a predicate crime for terrorism.
  • The bill expands the definition of critical infrastructure in state law to explicitly include oil and
  • Protecting critical infrastructure.
  • , the energy infrastructure.
  • , the energy infrastructure.
Bills: HB51 , HB58 , HB69 , HB82 , HB93 , HB143 , HB166 , HB231 , HB429 , HB806 , HB884
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Jan 29th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to look at how we deal with infrastructure in this area and also how we handle enforcement, and
  • In gross Senate Bill 5746, creating an advisory committee on electric vehicle charging infrastructure
  • January 19, requiring the Interagency Electric Vehicle Coordinating Council to address EV charging infrastructure
  • 19th, requiring the Interagency Electric Vehicle Coordinating Council to address EV charging infrastructure
  • Lovick and engrossed Senate Bill 5746, creating an advisory committee on electric vehicle charger infrastructure
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/27/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

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  • needs for these roads, and it's almost as if the members have recognized that there is a need for infrastructure
  • Our state has not been investing in our infrastructure on any level for a number of years, as long as
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 24th, 2025

Natural Resources

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  • areas fund under the Texas water fund, as well as funding for wastewater infrastructure projects and
  • As I've shared with this committee before, the state faces two major water infrastructure challenges.
  • We project $112 billion in long-term water infrastructure funding.
  • uses of the Texas Water Fund to address water and wastewater infrastructure.
  • The total estimated statewide cost of water infrastructure needs for water, wastewater, and flood infrastructure
Bills: SB7
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • For too long, critical projects such as energy and infrastructure projects along with industrial projects
  • My UNA members go to work every day, building and maintaining our nation's infrastructure.
  • The Director of Clean Energy Infrastructure. Deployment at the Clean Air Task Force.
  • We are recommending that that be applied to all critical infrastructure projects.
  • Growing clean energy infrastructure as a whole.
Summary: The meeting focused on critical discussions surrounding the need for modernizing the federal environmental review and permitting processes. Witnesses from various sectors, including Nucor, provided testimony on the delays and costs associated with current regulations, emphasizing the impact on infrastructure and economic growth. Major projects in West Virginia, such as the Corridor H and Coalfield Expressways, were highlighted as examples of initiatives stalled by excessive permitting hurdles, prompting calls for bipartisan legislation to streamline these processes while maintaining environmental protections. The committee expressed a commitment to address these issues immediately, highlighting the urgency to enhance efficiency in permitting to facilitate economic development.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 7th, 2025 at 03:30 pm

Public Health

Committee: House Public Health
Summary: The meeting of the public health committee focused on the pressing issue of opioid addiction in Texas, with a particular emphasis on House Bill 3717. Chairman Harris detailed the bill's intent to fund a grant program for Ibogaine clinical trials, framing it as a critical response to the ongoing opioid crisis. He shared poignant testimonies highlighting the struggles of families and veterans battling addiction and mental health issues. The conversation underscored the necessity of innovative treatments, like Ibogaine, which showed promising results in studies for reducing symptoms of withdrawal and PTSD.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 7th, 2025

Public Health

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  • Exception again, this is not any sort of expansion of any sort of anything.
  • Pro-life advocates can also be assured that this bill in no way allows for additional exceptions or expansion
  • Instead of preventing expansion, it fuels it.
Committee: House Public Health
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/04/2026 - House Science & Technology

Science & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • When products with undisclosed back doors go into state systems and critical infrastructure, that creates
  • produces proceeds that allow the state of Arizona to get some of this potentially vulnerable infrastructure
  • So I was just wondering, is the Attorney General going to find where these critical infrastructures are
  • , Representative, I believe it's the Department of Homeland Security identifying the critical infrastructure
  • Critical infrastructure is defined in the bill.
Bills: SB1308
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • and how best to make it work. improvements in infrastructure because infrastructure is a critical issue
  • The Infrastructure Report Card is is the most highly cited infrastructure report in Texas and the country
  • We cited highly rated airfield infrastructure, pavement conditions, and expansion project under review
  • First, we need to continue investing in our infrastructure.
  • linked to the water infrastructure if our wastewater infrastructure declines, our raw water sources
Summary: The meeting focused on the release of the 2025 Texas Infrastructure Report Card, highlighting key findings and recommendations for improving infrastructure across various sectors in the state. Julie Jones, Vice President of ASCE Texas, opened the session by introducing key speakers, including Dr. Art Wood and committee co-chairs Griselda Gonzalez and Austin Mazzarelli. Throughout the discussion, the report's grades were revealed, showing the state's infrastructure received an overall grade of 'C'—adequate but requiring significant attention and investment. Emphasis was placed on the rising challenges posed by climate change and increased population growth, underscoring the need for strategic investments in infrastructure to support Texas' economic growth and public safety.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Budget Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Capital Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • These projects are expansion and minor renovations. We also have...
  • These projects are expansion, minor renovations. We also have...
  • These projects are expansion, minor renovations.
  • These include aging and incompatible infrastructure, high capital costs, electrical infrastructure, and
  • And incompatible infrastructure, high capital costs, electrical infrastructure, and grid readiness.
Bills: HB2330 , HB2338