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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

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

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need equitable access to state plans and funds for this national park and wonder of the world.
  • As everybody has stated, over 5 million people come to the Grand Canyon via Highway 64.
  • can come from the highway user fund rather than the general fund, particularly in this year where our
  • actually worked the highway, and they are in desperate need of funding for this highway.
  • It should come from the highway user revenue fund. Senator Fernandez: Passed.
Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard and advanced six measures. SB 1118, as amended, appropriates $3 million to the Department of Health Services for grants to rural hospitals to install radiation protection systems in cardiac catheterization rooms; testimony focused on protecting health care workers from ionizing radiation, with the amendment narrowing the bill from an unspecified appropriation to a specific amount and room type. The committee also approved SB 1154, a $500,000 General Fund appropriation for an ADOT traffic and safety study on SR 64 between Williams and the Grand Canyon, after testimony from local officials, law enforcement, and fire personnel describing heavy tourism traffic, crashes, and fatalities. SB 1063, which appropriates $10.4 million for safety improvements on U.S. Route 70, also received a do-pass recommendation after testimony from the San Carlos Apache Tribe, sheriffs, and tribal law enforcement describing a high number of fatalities and dangerous roadway conditions. The committee then passed SB 1153, which creates a Grand Canyon National Park specialty license plate and fund; the Grand Canyon Conservancy testified that proceeds would support park conservation, research, education, and preservation work. SCM 1001, as amended, urging the renaming of State Route 260 as the Donald J. Trump Highway, was approved after a contentious debate over the symbolism of the memorial. Finally, SB 1209, which exempts people without a residence address or whose address is a homeless shelter from non-operating ID license fees and extends the validity period for those IDs, received a do-pass recommendation after testimony from homeless services providers that IDs are essential for housing, employment, and access to services. Votes were 10-0 for SB 1118, 6-4 for SB 1154, 6-4 for SB 1063, 10-0 for SB 1153, 6-4 for SCM 1001, and 9-0 with one not voting for SB 1209.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/10/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • And there's a city street called Melrose Street, and it intersects with State Highway 5 and State Highway
  • <00:09:54.720> Highway with State Highway 5 and State Highway with State Highway 5 and State
  • for state funding. for state funding. Thank<00:18:09.919> you,<00:18:10.160> Mayor.
  • country roads, not state highways. country roads, not state highways.
  • state highways are in Dakota County. state highways are in Dakota County.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 21st, 2026

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This authorizes $1.5 billion in bonding authority for state road funds or the Highway Infrastructure
  • The bond debt is repaid by a state road fund and highway infrastructure fund, including federal revenue
  • Transportation Commission that we expect to be a source of reliable and secure funding for state highway
  • that are critical across the state, leveraging bonding for state highways.
  • on the Department of Transportation's list as a state highway, a state managed highway, would those
Bills: SB2
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 21st, 2026 at 02:04 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this $1.5 billion bonding authority is for state road funds or the highway infrastructure fund bonds
  • The bond debt is repaid by our state road fund and highway infrastructure fund, including federal revenue
  • for state highway projects.
  • state highways.
  • a state-managed highway.
Bills: SB2
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:58 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Of the state general fund for ECCD.
  • Secretary, can you tell me when we first started funding early Childhood in the state of New Mexico?
  • in our state.
  • So it's almost like an early head start version of a state funded. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Mr.
  • We can't continue to fund this through growth funds.
Bills: SB2
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Finance - 05/08/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • One, we want to fund the members.
  • They're mostly federal funds.
  • funds.
  • Um the federal funds are on line funds.
  • I'll start on line 133: net general fund. The PUC has $3.8 million of general fund spending.
Bills: HF2438
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Taxes Committee Meeting - 2025-04-21

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • An example of this is the Highway User Tax Distribution Fund.
  • funding for Metro Transit.
  • First, the increase would not grow the Highway Trust Fund in any meaningful way, and secondly, this is
  • fund.
  • available in the fund.
Bills: HF2438
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/21/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • An example of this is the highway user tax distribution fund.
  • First, the increase would not grow the highway trust fund in any meaningful way.
  • increase would not grow the highway increase would not grow the highway trust<00:08:20.720> fund
  • The legislature generally doesn't force other local governments seeking state help for a project to fund
  • The legislature generally doesn't force other local governments seeking state help for a project to fund
Bills: HF2438
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 4/11/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • > state<00:31:55.760> of aid highway system in the state of aid highway system in the state
  • 09.440> for the state general fund appropriation for the state general fund appropriation for
  • /c><01:16:08.640> base<01:16:08.880> for highway fund that are above base for highway fund
  • that fund isn't used, it all goes back to the highway user tax fund.
  • is funded across the state for everyone. is funded across the state for everyone.
Bills: HF2438
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 4/10/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And you can see that they're funded by General Fund, State Airports Fund, and Trunk Highway Fund.
  • This cascades to the Trunk Highway Fund and county and municipal state aid funds.
  • You can see the operating adjustment from the Trunk Highway Fund and then State Patrol recruitment and
  • So this is from the General Fund to the Trunk Highway Fund.
  • the highway user tax distribution fund. the highway user tax distribution fund.
Bills: HF2438
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Mar 31st, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • State Highway Fund.
  • money out of the State Highway Fund.
  • RAID the State Highway Fund. Thank you. All right.
  • According to the LBB, 95% of all state transportation funds are dedicated to highways, and these funds
  • flow primarily from the State Highway Fund. ... 27% of the State Highway Fund is reserved for highways
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/10/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill appropriates $500,000 from the state general fund in FY 2027 to the fraud fund, transfers fraud
  • The bill appropriates $500,000 from the state general fund in FY 2027 to the fraud fund, transfers fraud
  • roads with state general fund money since I've been here, with very large amounts.
  • We have been funding roads throughout the state with general fund revenue, which the electric car owners
  • We're all interested in highways in Arizona. This pink strip down here is State Route 505.
Summary: The committee first approved the February 3, 2026 minutes and reordered the agenda to accommodate sponsors and speakers. SB 1114, which would appropriate $1 million to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to investigate behavioral health patient brokering statewide, was presented as a response to Medicaid fraud and exploitation of vulnerable Native American patients. After brief questions about why Maricopa County would handle statewide oversight, the bill received a do pass recommendation on a 9-0 vote with one member not voting. The committee then took up SB 1111, as amended by a strike-everything amendment regulating automated license plate readers. The amendment limited use to specified law enforcement purposes, required verification of alerts when feasible, imposed data-retention and handling responsibilities on agencies, and created a misdemeanor penalty for unauthorized release of data. Supporters from Phoenix, Tempe, Prescott Valley, the Arizona Chiefs of Police, and the Arizona Sheriffs’ Association argued the bill provides needed statewide guardrails while preserving a valuable investigative tool for missing persons, stolen vehicles, and serious crimes. Opponents from the ACLU, Institute for Justice, and private citizens raised privacy and Fourth Amendment concerns, warning about dragnet surveillance, unclear terms like “legitimate” law enforcement purposes, lack of public access to records, and the risk of misuse for immigration or abortion-related tracking. The committee adopted the amendment and then gave SB 1111 as amended a do pass recommendation on a 7-2 vote, with one not voting. Next, SB 1116, as amended, was approved. The bill requires appeals or adverse determinations on behavioral health claims under AHCCCS fee-for-service to be reviewed by someone with relevant clinical experience, and the amendment broadened the requirement to include medical-necessity denials and specified at least two years of similar clinical experience. Senator Werner said the measure was intended to curb inappropriate denials and improve payment for behavioral health providers serving Native communities. Access was neutral but said the bill’s terms were too broad and could require additional staff; the committee nonetheless adopted the amendment and passed the bill 10-0. Finally, SB 1122, as amended, was approved 10-0. The bill bars AHCCCS from requiring prior authorization for behavioral health services under the American Indian Health Plan, while the amendment prohibited 100% prepayment review and adjusted the corrective-action language. Senator Werner and provider representatives said the measure was needed because providers were being delayed or denied payment, contributing to closures, workforce shortages, and patient brokering. The committee then began hearing SB 1072, a major appropriation to increase reimbursement rates for home- and community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with testimony focused on severe caregiver shortages, overtime costs, and unassigned service authorizations.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's why we're here today to ask the state to appropriate funds to ADOT to build this.
  • to the State Match Advantage for Rural Transportation Fund.
  • House Bill 2306 appropriates $665,000 from the state highway fund in FY 2027 to ADOT to distribute to
  • It connects two state highways. It's a county road.
  • United States Route 191 as the Chief Barbon Sito Highway.
Summary: The committee heard an ADOT presentation on Interstate 11, SR 347, the I-10 Wild Horse Pass corridor, and the I-40/US 93 West Kingman project. ADOT said the I-11 corridor remains under a federal lawsuit covering the full 280-mile route from Mexico to Nevada, with a Tier 1 reevaluation underway and public outreach expected later in the year, concluding in early 2027. ADOT said segmentation of the corridor would add time and cost, and that current work is limited to pre-NOI Tier 2 activities and other allowed planning steps. For SR 347, ADOT described widening, intersection upgrades, two grade separations, and a schedule that could begin construction in summer pending clearances. For I-10, ADOT outlined four widening projects adding a third lane each way, interchange reconstructions, a new interchange at Coley Road, and corridor-wide freeway management systems, with completion expected by late 2029. For the West Kingman I-40/US 93 project, ADOT said the $106.5 million project is about 60% complete and should finish in early 2027; members asked about temporary traffic control near Beale Street and possible additional signage or signals on the corridor. Members also raised local traffic and safety concerns on the SR 347 and I-10 projects, including signal timing, median barriers, construction hours, truck traffic, and the need for clearer driver education and digital signs. ADOT said it would look into signal optimization, possible temporary fixes, and additional signage, and noted the I-10 corridor total cost is just under $1 billion, funded through a mix of MAG, federal, and state money. On I-40, members also discussed a possible temporary traffic light near Beale Street to improve safety and access. The committee then moved to a series of transportation appropriation bills and announced a mass-motion process for the projects. Staff explained HB 2067 for Apache Junction ($29.4 million), HB 2068 for the Wolford Road extension in Show Low ($6.5 million), HB 2164 for Ray Lane improvements in Graham County ($3.73 million), HB 2200 for SR 89 widening in Chino Valley ($36 million, contingent on a $1 million local commitment), HB 2201 for Sedona SR 89A/Forest Road/Ranger Road projects ($8.03 million), and HB 2304, the ARTEC bill, which appropriates about $473 million for multiple highway projects statewide. Witnesses from Show Low, Eloy, Coolidge, Casa Grande, Lake Havasu City, Clarkdale, San Luis, Yuma, and Yavapai County testified in support of their local projects, emphasizing congestion relief, freight movement, emergency evacuation, safety, economic development, and local matching funds. No final votes were taken in the portion provided; the chair indicated the committee would proceed with a mass motion on the project bills after testimony.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/10/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • , according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Association, 32 states do roughly what I'm
  • Chairman, Members, House Bill 2063 appropriates $1.5 million from the State General Fund, FY 27, to the
  • Chair, members, House Bill 2116 appropriates $1 million in the State Journal Fund for FY 27 to the Colorado
  • State Route 69 into six equal sections to be renamed as the World War I Veterans Memorial Highway, World
  • War II Veterans Memorial Highway, Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway, Desert Storm Memorial Highway
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2003, which would lower the instruction-permit age for Class D, G, and M licenses from 15 and a half to 15, while increasing supervised practice requirements for minors: 50 hours for Class G with 20 at night, 50 hours for Class M, and a nine-month permit holding period before licensure. The sponsor argued the bill builds on Arizona’s graduated driver licensing system and is intended to improve teen safety, citing other states with longer permit periods and lower teen fatality rates. Questions focused on who certifies the supervised hours, with staff explaining that a parent, legal guardian, or custodial parent signs off, though driver education remains an alternative. The bill received a do-pass recommendation by a 9-1 vote. House Bill 2063, which appropriates $1.5 million from the General Fund in FY 2027 to the Corrections Oversight Fund, drew emotional testimony in support from a mother whose son died after a prison suicide, and from advocates who said the oversight office is needed given prison health care problems and federal receivership. The sponsor said the funding would support prison oversight and transparency. The committee then approved the bill unanimously, 10-0. The committee also passed House Bill 2116, appropriating $1 million to the Colorado River litigation fund, after the sponsor said the money would help Arizona prepare for possible litigation over Colorado River cuts and that the issue affects nearly every district in the state. Members discussed whether the funding should come from the WIFA fund instead of the General Fund, but the bill received an 8-0 do-pass recommendation with two not voting. The committee also considered House Bill 2210, which would prohibit the state, local governments, and private entities from using ADS-B aircraft surveillance data to calculate, generate, or collect aircraft fees. Supporters, including pilots and the Arizona Pilots Association, argued the technology was intended for safety and should not be used for billing, warning that fee collection could discourage pilots from keeping the system on. Opponents, including the Arizona Airports Association and the City of Phoenix, said airports should retain local control over fee collection methods and that the bill was a solution in search of a problem. After extensive debate about federal requirements, safety, and billing practices, the bill received a tied 4-4 do-pass recommendation. Finally, HCM 2007, a memorial urging renaming sections of State Route 69 to honor veterans of several wars, passed 5-4. The committee also briefly noted that some bills were being held at members’ request.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/2/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • budgets and pays for it that way, as opposed to trunk highway funds.
  • Um, and so I think there's concern about setting a policy where we continue to use trunk highway funds
  • <00:19:59.919> Uh<00:20:00.240> as<00:20:00.400> we've to trunk highway funds
  • Uh as we've to trunk highway funds.
  • funds and and the of trunk highway funds and and the established<00:25:11.760> uh<00:25:12.000
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from February 25, 2026, and the chair noted the absence of Representative Katie Jones due to the birth of her baby. The chair also acknowledged that the committee would be discussing difficult topics related to the June 14 killing of Mark and Melissa Hortman and Gilbert. The main business began with House File 3418, which Chair Tabke moved for possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill, and the committee adopted the A1 author’s amendment. The bill was described as a pedestrian safety measure prompted by a fatal Moorhead crash involving a young boy; it would create an opt-in program for communities to use pre-made traffic safety templates, with the state covering 80% of project costs to speed implementation of measures like lane narrowing, rumble strips, and bollards. A Moorhead testifier said the city could have acted faster with such funding, and members generally supported the goal while raising concerns about overlap with existing Safe Routes to School and active transportation programs, the bill’s fiscal note, and how communities would be selected. MDOT testified that it already supports similar community demonstration projects and has funded about 30 such projects since 2019. HF 3418 was laid over. The committee then took up House File 3739, a memorial highway bill for Mark and Melissa Hortman. An A1 amendment to shift funding away from trunk highway funds and toward legislative budgets was moved but not adopted after members argued memorial signage should continue to be paid for with private funds, as in prior memorial highway designations. The bill author explained the memorial was intended to honor Melissa Hortman’s service and connection to Highway 610, and members discussed the length of the proposed memorial stretch and whether it should be narrowed to the area she represented. Several members supported the tribute but expressed concern about using public funds and about setting a precedent for future memorial highways. The committee indicated the bill would move on to Ways and Means with other issues still to be worked out.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation May 1st, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • State Highway 4 from SH 48 to Boca Chica Beach is a vital connection for South Texas.
  • Uh, he had his first bill in this committee that is relating to the notice requirements on state highway
  • It makes a ship channel fund a separate account, um, improvement fund, uh, separate from the state highway
  • fund instead of general revenue.
  • than our interstate highways.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 1st, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Walker County, commercial vehicles are diverting onto State Highway 75 to avoid the DPS weigh station
  • Near schools and businesses that are located along Highway 75, this portion of Highway 75 is a two-lane
  • State Highway 4 from SH-48 to Ocachica Beach is a vital connection for South Texas.
  • Highway projects.
  • Improvement fund separate from the State Highway Fund instead of general revenue. Thank you.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 1st, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • For House Bill 5577, designating State Highway 315 as the Hamby Webb Memorial Highway.
  • This crash reminds us of the dangers we face on our state highways.
  • Naming a portion of State Highway 345, a highway that runs right through the heart of the city of San
  • Detectives engaged in the pursuit on North Sam Houston Boulevard, also known as State Highway 345.
  • Obviously, no state funds will be used in the signage; it is paid for through private donations.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/3/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • We understand that the state funds home.
  • to complete the interchange at State Aid Highway 11 and Trunk Highway 10 in Becker, known as the Trunk
  • > 11 the interchange at State Aid Highway 11 the interchange at State Aid Highway 11 and<00:48
  • It is also about improving connectivity between two major highways within the state: Trunk Highway 10
  • 10 and I-94, not on State Highway 25.