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Louisiana 2025 Regular Session
Creates the Public Projects Task Force. [SCR-69]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
[Construction ]
Creates the Public Projects Task Force.
Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Womack
Enrolled. Signed By The President Of The Senate On 6/13/2025. on 06/12/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Apprentice Labor In Public Projects [SB-173]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to the use of apprentice labor in public construction projects; relating to the use of veteran apprentice labor in public construction projects; and relating to an annual report on the use of apprentice labor in public construction projects.
Sponsored by: Sen. Forrest Dunbar
Read The First Time - Referrals on 04/14/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Apprentice Labor In Public Projects [HB-186]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
An Act relating to the use of apprentice labor in public construction projects; and relating to a report on the use of apprentice labor in public construction projects.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ashley Carrick
Tra Rpt Cs(tra) 3dp 3dnp 1nr on 05/05/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Harold Esmailka Airport At Ruby [HB-167]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Aerospace ]
An Act renaming Ruby Airport as Harold Esmailka Airport; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neal Foster
Tra Rpt 7dp on 05/07/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Harold Esmailka Airport At Ruby [SB-152]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Aerospace ]
An Act renaming Ruby Airport as Harold Esmailka Airport; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donald Olson
Effective Date(s) Of Law 6/12/25 on 07/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Departments of Public Works - Water Main Breaks - Publication Requirement [HB-1549]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of Public Works for each county in which a water main breaks or leaks to publish certain information on the department's website; and requiring each department to update any information published on its website related to a water main break or leak within 30 days after any action is taken in relation to the water main break or leak.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public water and wastewater systems and declaring an emergency. [HB-741]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
Amend KRS 224A.320 to require that eligible funding recipients for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems (WWATERS) Program meet three or more of the eligibility criteria instead of one; require that a funding application for a capital construction project include cost and timeline estimates prepared and signed by a licensed professional engineer; allow the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board to evaluate and score funding applications for proposed projects in phases; remove the funding evaluation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Returned To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prevailing wage. [HB-757]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Office of Kentucky Center for Statistics to establish a certified living wage based on occupation type and geographic area utilizing data from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics if the employer receives certain financial incentives from local, state, or federal agencies; amend KRS 151B.133 to require the Office of Kentucky Center for Statistics to establish a certified living wage by July 1 and every year thereafter; amend KRS 337.990 to establish civil penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prohibited uses of state tax dollars. [HB-492]
[Immigration ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to define "illegal alien"; prohibit state tax dollars appropriated by the General Assembly from being used to compensate an illegal alien; direct the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to assist in the implementation and enforcement of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prohibited uses of state tax dollars. [SB-151]
[Immigration ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to define "illegal alien"; prohibit state tax dollars appropriated by the General Assembly from being used to compensate an illegal alien; direct the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to assist in the implementation and enforcement of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Received In House on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Water and Sewer Service Charge Increase - Audit [HB-1498]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Baltimore City Auditor to conduct a certain audit of the Baltimore City Department of Public Works within 6 months after the Department increases its water and sewer service charges; and requiring the audit to include information on water usage, information on water leakage and broken pipes, and the justification for the service charge increase.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) [SB-998]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; and altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to metropolitan sewer districts. [HB-387]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 76.090 to define "CPI"; require that any time a metropolitan sewer district proposes any change to its rates, rentals, or charges that would in aggregate generate revenue in excess of the percent increase in the CPI over the two most recent calendar years, the legislative body of the city or consolidated local government containing the district must approve of the change before it can go into effect; prohibit the expenditure of metropolitan sewer district funds for certain purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Natural Resources & Energy (s) on 03/11/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public contracts. [HB-345]
[Construction ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 45A, 56, and 65 to require that state and local contracts contain a provision that any iron, steel, aluminum, or manufactured goods used in all state and local projects be manufactured in the United States unless a waiver is granted; amend KRS Chapters 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.070, 176.080, and 424.260 to conform; provide that Sections 1 to 3 of the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Buy American Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
To State Government (h) on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [HB-1096]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) [HB-1036]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the factors the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on a certificate of public convenience and necessity; establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program, by July 1, 2026, to develop and submit to the Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 624 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act [HB-1037]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Strategic Energy Planning Office; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Wholesale Energy Markets and Bulk Power System Risk Report and examine certain scenarios to support the development of the Risk Report; requiring the Risk Report to assess wholesale energy market financial resource adequacy and reliability risks and to identify any necessary cost-effective solutions that ensure electric system reliability while meeting the State's energy policy goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) [HB-1035]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Climate Change ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 626 on 05/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to local regulatory actions. [HB-215]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project labor agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to unions through a negotiated project labor agreement; permit cities to negotiate wages that are higher than the state or federal minimum wage as a condition of the project labor agreement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to define "city," "prevailing wage," "prevailing wage rate," and "public works project"; permit a city
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
To Local Government (h) on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [SB-938]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025