Legislative subcommittee hears two‑dozen hours of capital requests; 257 signed up, $2 billion sought for roughly $500 million available

The Joint Capital Construction Subcommittee opened public testimony on Senate Bill 5531 on May 9, 2025, with committee leadership warning the room it had 257 people signed up to speak and about $2 billion in capital requests on the table while roughly $500 million remained available.

The co‑chair said the committee would limit each project’s testimony to two minutes and that remote callers and duplicate project appearances would not be heard at the dais that day. “We have 257 people signed up to speak. That's 257. Obviously, we can't hear from everyone, so we've made it pretty easy,” the co‑chair said.

Why it matters: testimony covered dozens of projects across the state — from municipal water and wastewater upgrades to school buildings, affordable and middle‑income…