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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Mar 17th, 2025

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is not a standard. contract that every county has.
  • Much less cost to the construction company and much more efficient.
  • It's the reasonable person standard.
  • Board of Texas. and technical standards.
  • Taking the industry standard, let's say.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm professionally trained, held to a high safety standard, and was responsible for the well-being of
  • ,<01:13:00.159> and<01:13:00.480> was to a high safety standard, and was to a high
  • safety standard, and was responsible<01:13:01.280> for<01:13:01.440> the<01:13:01.600><
  • > zones<01:14:14.159> and<01:14:14.480> emergency construction zones and emergency
  • construction zones and emergency vehicles<01:14:15.520> sometimes<01:14:15.920> require
Bills: HF3553, HF3513, HF3576
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Feb 4th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

Bills: S0920, S1036, S1216
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met with a quorum present and first temporarily postponed SB 920 on mathematics education. The committee then took up SB 1216 on public school personnel compensation, sponsored by Senator Rodriguez, which would give districts more flexibility in educator pay by restoring meaningful cost-of-living adjustments for teachers with direct student contact, allowing recognition of relevant advanced degrees, and removing rigid performance-pay caps. Several senators spoke in support, emphasizing teacher retention, compensation, and education as a state investment. The bill was reported favorably on a unanimous roll call vote. After a brief recess, the committee considered CS/SB 1036 on school counselors, sponsored by Senator Calatayud, to address counselor shortages by removing certification barriers tied to classroom teacher requirements. The sponsor and supporting testimony described recruitment and retention problems, high counselor-to-student ratios, and the need for counselors to focus on student academics, mental health, and college/career readiness rather than administrative duties. Public testimony came from students, educators, and school personnel who described limited access to counselors and the impact on student well-being and college planning. Committee members broadly supported the bill while noting that counselors are often overburdened and that additional support personnel, including BRACE advisors, may also need attention in the future. Senators also discussed broader efficiency measures and the need for schools and colleges to improve access to guidance services. CS/SB 1036 was reported favorably by unanimous vote. At the end of the meeting, members recorded their votes on the two bills, and the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Mar 31st, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • $35.8 billion in all funds to the Texas Department of Transportation for planning, design, and construction
  • flood mitigation projects, $315 million to the Texas Division of Emergency Management for capital construction
Bills: SB1, HB500, SB 1
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/9/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:13:21.160> road infrastructure construction, both road infrastructure construction, both
  • We'll replace the failing construction.
  • > 2027<00:25:53.960> in Construction is planned for 2027 in Construction is planned for
  • Construction cost $9.19 million. Construction cost $9.19 million.
  • And uh Madam construction industry.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 12th, 2026 at 09:04 am

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • increase recurring funding from $2.5 million to $5 million annually from the Irrigation Works Construction
  • By serving as the one-stop shop for planning, design, and construction.
  • The second year will be construction.
  • It's from an allocation from the Irrigation Works Construction Fund, and then it's also been funded with
  • Is it a million dollars in there that the transfers also from the Waterworks Construction Fund?
Bills: SB193
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Thu Feb 19, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
  • Next up, we have HB 2606 HD1 relating to off-site construction.
  • HD1 relating to off-site construction.
  • This standards for parking enforcement.
  • Farming needs to be the primary activity. statewide uniform standards, but it statewide uniform standards
  • <02:01:35.360> ards yeah having or having the standard ards yeah having or having the standard
Summary: The committee on Water and Land met on February 19, 2026, and the chair opened by emphasizing strict time limits and that all bills would be deferred if the agenda was not completed before the noon session. The first major measure discussed was HB 1739 HD1, which would preempt county land-use authority in transit-oriented development areas. The Department of Planning supported the bill, saying it could promote state-funded TOD and infrastructure, while the city and county’s position was raised in questioning. Unite Here Local 5 opposed the bill, arguing it would strip counties of self-determination, disrupt state-county policy collaboration, and remove a check on unrestrained development. Committee members pressed the supporters on whether the bill was really about higher density and whether it would override local zoning and sustainability concerns. The committee then heard testimony on HB 1741 HD1, a housing bill described by supporters as reducing inclusionary housing mandates and increasing supply. Grassroots Institute of Hawaii argued affordability mandates reduce overall housing production and raise market-rate prices, while a Zoom testifier said the bill would improve housing stability, health, and community outcomes for working families, kupuna, and young residents. Members asked about the bill’s needs assessment and who would conduct it, with a witness saying the counties would likely contract it out but that the bill did not clearly specify the reviewer. HB 2668 HD1, dealing with water heating systems, drew testimony from the Hawaii State Energy Office and industry representatives. Supporters generally backed adding heat pumps to the law, but one solar-water-heater industry witness asked for amendments to remove or extend the current 15-year statutory life limit for solar water heaters and to update outdated standards and variance rules. A Kauaʻi Climate Action Coalition witness opposed the existing solar-only structure, arguing heat pump water heaters are cheaper, align with climate goals, and should be allowed without a variance. The Energy Office said the current law already allows variances in some cases, suggested adding high-efficiency heat pump water heaters to the exemption, and said the 15-year figure may be too short, with 18 years mentioned as a possible alternative. The committee also briefly moved through several other bills, including HB 2606 HD1 on off-site construction and HB 2362 HD1 on housing, with no notable testimony or action recorded in the excerpt.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee, February 25, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:22:23.440> dosage safety guidelines or standardized dosage safety guidelines or standardized
  • Is that how you read the 21-year-old standard? >> testing? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • Is that how you read the 21-year-old standard? >> Testing? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • Is that how you read the the 21-year-old<01:43:30.880> standard 21-year-old standard 21-year-old
  • standard >> testing?
Bills: SF0071, SF0088, SF0056
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Bills: HB2122, HB2184, HB2910
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from February 18 and March 4, 2026, then took up House Bill 2122 while holding House Bill 2910. HB 2122 would clarify reciprocity and endorsement requirements for professional registration with the Arizona State Board of Technical Registration, including that applicants must hold a valid license, registration, or certification issued by the proper authority in another jurisdiction and, in some cases, a national council record. Support testimony described it as a simple cleanup measure that would facilitate reciprocity, including for Arizona engineers and the United Kingdom. The committee voted 7-0 to give HB 2122 a do pass recommendation. The committee then considered House Bill 2184 with an eight-page strike-everything amendment. The amended bill would extend the deadline for filing death certificates after taking possession of human remains from seven calendar days to 14 business days, require a disposition transit permit in certain cases involving unborn children under 20 weeks’ gestation or under 350 grams, and address parental authority and abortion clinic form requirements. Testimony in support emphasized grieving parents’ need for dignity, burial options, and recognition after miscarriage or fetal death, while opposition was narrow and focused on replacing the term “unborn child” with “fetal remains.” Several members said they were sympathetic but also stressed that wording mattered. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and then voted 4-3 to give HB 2184, as amended, a do pass recommendation. Senators Epstein, Fernandez, and Ortiz voted no, with Epstein explaining that he wanted the bill to move forward but believed the language needed to be changed before final passage. The meeting then adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • the compact bills that we do in our state, and there's a great deal of work being done to try to standardize
  • Standardize the compact process to make it so that each time we have something of this nature come up
  • early on in the process of the bill's work and the things that were going on trying to get to a standardized
  • We've done with a variety of other groups, and the efforts being made to standardize a process for the
Bills: HB384, SB181, HB391
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Jan 12th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • costs published on the fee schedule and not based on project valuation; set subjective compatibility standards
Bills: S0014, S0016, S0024, S0208, S0762
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 762, which was amended by a strike-all to remove a one-year sunset and delete a reporting requirement to the Legislature. The bill would allow offices of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel to take on certain capital cases from outside their region on an optional basis, with supporters saying it could save money and use existing in-house death penalty expertise. After testimony from Senator Martin and the Second Region’s regional counsel, the committee reported CS/SB 762 favorably. The committee also considered three local claims bills. SB 16, relating to relief for Heriberto A. Sanchez Mayan by the City of St. Petersburg, described severe injuries allegedly caused during an arrest and transport; the claimant’s counsel supported the bill, while President Gaetz spoke against the claims-bill process generally and voted no. The bill passed 9-1 and was reported favorably. SB 14, for Jose Correa against Miami-Dade County, involved injuries from a bus-pedestrian collision and was supported by the claimant and county; it passed 9-1 and was reported favorably. SB 24, for Lourdes and Edward Latour against Miami-Dade County, was an uncontested $500,000 settlement bill and passed unanimously. Finally, the committee took up SB 208 on land use and development regulations. A late-filed strike-all amendment, described as a negotiated compromise, would make development application fees transparent and cost-based, tie them to direct and reasonable indirect review costs, and set subjective compatibility standards for residential projects, with carve-outs for PUDs, master planned communities, and historic districts. Multiple local government, planning, environmental, and business groups appeared in support. The amendment was adopted, and the committee then reported CS/SB 208 favorably on a 10-0 vote.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • If we get this right, we don't just fix our system; we set the standard for the rest of the country.
  • This sets a standard, and I think Texas can lead here.
Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Major food companies already adjust their ingredients to meet strict standards overseas.
  • Currently, there are minimal nutritional standards for meals provided. ...to those with chronic diseases
  • ensure that Medicaid-funded home-delivered meals met clear... ...dietitian-approved nutritional standards
  • The national standardized testing does not really cover this.
  • When it comes to food standards, we're falling behind.
Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314