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• Today is Monday, June 22, and this is a hearing of the House Transportation Committee.
• this is subject to change, but it basically says that it wants to, state wants to give away Highway 1
• this is subject to change, but it basically says that it wants to, state wants to give away Highway 1
• account that is not accurate and that Lafourche Parish government is not about to take over Highway 1
• I'm on Highway 20 too, or, yeah, I don't know if I'm going to Nicholls or to Boudreaux's friend's house

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Summary: The House Transportation Committee met for an information-only hearing with no votes or formal actions. DOTD Secretary Glenn LaD and Deputy Secretary Beau Black outlined the department’s transformation efforts, emphasizing faster project delivery, improved transparency, and use of technology. They reported major reductions in contractor payment processing time, from roughly 35 days to 15 days or less, and change-order approvals from about 40–45 days to around five days. They also described new tools such as inspection tablets, a project delivery dashboard, e-ticketing, a customer service portal, and a pilot using sensor technology on department vehicles to identify potholes and damaged assets. The department said it is reorganizing district staffing, replacing the old area engineer model with district points of contact for construction, maintenance, and operations, without increasing total staff. Members focused heavily on local maintenance concerns, including potholes, drainage, culverts, mowing, overgrown ditches, and utility-related delays. Several legislators asked how to get quicker responses on routine maintenance and how to distinguish state responsibility from local jurisdiction. DOTD said it would meet with district administrators to address specific problems and clarify jurisdiction, and that the new customer service portal should help track complaints electronically. Members also asked about contractor accountability, utility relocations, and public communication on long-running projects; DOTD said it is improving internal KPIs, coordinating more closely with district staff and public information officers, and considering broader public updates beyond the website. The department also reviewed highway planning and funding. Officials said the Highway Priority Program is being reworked into a more fiscally constrained, staged process that starts earlier in concept development and gives legislators and constituents more feedback before the annual road show. They said the department is using new IDIQ contracting authority to bring in outside help for bridge maintenance and other work, and that bridge maintenance backlogs remain significant. DOTD reported that LTIF 1.0 and 2.0 together cover 91 projects statewide totaling more than $534 million, with over 40 complete, and that LTIF 3.0 adds 39 projects and about $165 million. Combined with other funding sources, the department said its upcoming construction program will include 385 projects worth about $1.73 billion. Legislators generally praised the department’s progress but raised concerns about lingering local problems and the need for clearer communication. Questions were also asked about a barge strike on the Black Bayou Pontoon Bridge, with DOTD saying divers and staff were inspecting the damage and that emergency repairs would likely be needed. After the DOTD update, the new Office of Louisiana Highway Construction, led by Archie Chesson, gave its own update on its first year, describing a small staff, heavy use of consultant and contractor pools, emergency procurement authority, and rapid delivery of rural bridge and roadway projects.

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• the 2024 session, the Legislature and Congress acted to remove disability income from government housing
• proactive step to keep 100% disabled veterans in their homes and reduce their risk of homelessness or housing
• Board of Supervisors of any county affected by a disaster declared by the Governor on or after January 1,
• 2026, until January 1, 2034, to extend the five-year time period to transfer property tax base year

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• Sophia Kwach, on behalf of the California Council for Affordable Housing and the Housing Action Coalition
• it doesn't stop our affordable housing.
• it doesn't stop our affordable housing.
• I do have concerns about the housing aspect of this.
• I do have concerns about the housing aspect of this.

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• We will take up file 31, House Resolution 115 by Assembly Member Ward. The clerk will read.
• House Resolution 115 by Assembly Member Ward and others relative to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
• The resolution is adopted.
• The resolution is adopted.
• Senate Joint Resolution 13. 66-0-0. And Senate Concurrent Resolution 143. 66-0-0.

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• The standard Type 1 fire...
• 1 calls, that's when OES is called to help.
• In Santa Barbara County, our Type 1 fire engines are the ones that we all share.
• But this isn't an isolated incident to Type 1 fire engines alone.
• So it's not just Type 1 fire engines. It's not Type 3 fire engines. It's all of them.

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• I'd like to note that we have three bills on our proposed consent calendar: file items 1, SB 607; file
• I'd like to note that we have three bills on our proposed consent calendar, file items 1, SB 607, file
• It is immediately adjacent to schools, multifamily housing, including an elementary school and a high
• So 1 in 5 traffic fatalities in Long Beach happens on PCH, and that alone should urge us to act.
• That bill has 14 aye votes and 1 no vote. It is out of this committee.

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• collecting debt from consumers, not vendors performing administrative billing functions proximal to housing
• We will now move back to File Item 1, SB 505 from Senator Richardson.

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• affordable housing. affordable housing.
• to stopping housing from being built. to stopping housing from being built.
• that's the specific thing for housing. that's the specific thing for housing.
• they mandated affordable housing, right? they mandated affordable housing, right?
• include housing and energy costs. include housing and energy costs.

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• Item 1 is the acceptance of the minutes of the previous meeting of May 15th.
• Pam has been with the state for 35 and 1/2 years.
• That's the danger. >> Representative, uh, President Carson, anybody on the House side?
• A 1-year payout of $60,000 would be 1/10 of the $600,000.
• Just for open house for Pam. >> All right. Thank you.

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Summary: The Fiscal Committee opened by approving the May 15 minutes and then recognized Pam Ellis for her long service with the Legislative Budget Assistant’s office and upcoming retirement. The committee adopted the consent calendar with two items removed for separate consideration, then approved transfers for the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Department of Environmental Services after questions about court benefit costs and dam project funding. The Department of Health and Human Services also received approval for a general fund transfer item. A major portion of the meeting focused on the Youth Development Center settlement fund. New administrator Jared Boyle, joined by the Attorney General, described the fund’s remaining caseload, the payment matrix, and the need for additional funding to begin hearings in August. Members raised concerns about administrative costs, attorneys’ fees, payday loans, structured settlements, and the long-term fiscal impact on the state. Boyle requested $55 million, but the committee ultimately approved a reduced appropriation of $20 million, with members noting the possibility of returning for more funding later depending on revenues and the October revenue review. The Department of Corrections then received approval for a smaller shortfall transfer and a larger overtime-related transfer, with officials citing a 52% corrections officer vacancy rate, ongoing recruitment, academy classes, and efforts to use civilian staff in some non-security roles. A late item from the Veterans Home was also approved to cover overtime, holiday pay, and indirect cost shortfalls within its existing budget. The committee then heard an informational presentation on implementation of Senate Bill 134 and the new federal Medicaid work-requirement rule. DHHS said it plans to submit a state plan amendment, seek approval for hardship exceptions, start with one eligibility check cycle, and use existing federal grant funding to make system changes. Finally, the committee received a performance audit of the Doorway opioid treatment program, which found weak written procedures, incomplete data use, reimbursement delays, and problems with the Governor’s Commission on Addiction Treatment and Prevention. Members discussed follow-up reporting, and the next Fiscal Committee meeting was scheduled for August 21 at 11:00 a.m.

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• /c><00:31:23.160> minute, real brief, like 1 minute, real brief, like 1 minute, >> Okay.
• Like housing, education. I would say this is the most known model.
• Like housing, education. I would say this is the most known model.
• Like housing, education. I would say this is the most known model.
• ,<01:16:14.800> like of their affordable housing, like of their affordable housing, like they're

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• So, he's going to be filling in today for one of the House members that they'll strike it for, but I've
• Any sitting House member. >> Okay. It is right now we have an empty space.
• It is the wire at the end of your house.
• On my 1 MW project, I paid for a $26,000 cost to study the transmission line.
• On my 1 MW project, I paid for a $26,000 cost to study the transmission line.

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Summary: The meeting began with quorum and seating issues, including the temporary appointment of Representative Shaw to fill in for a House member, followed by approval of the previous minutes and the consent calendar. Two items were then postponed to next month: Mechanical Licensing Board item 25-241 and Board of Veterinarian item 25-223. The committee then took up Department of Energy rulemaking on distributed energy resources interconnection procedures, including items 25-220 and related sections on fees, additional controls, and equipment. The Department explained revised language to address concerns that the original draft improperly suggested agency or PUC approval of utility fees; under the amended language, utilities would set fees designed to recover costs, with complaints handled through existing complaint procedures. Committee members and the Department discussed the statutory basis for that approach, including cost responsibility versus fee-setting authority. Public testimony was mixed. A small solar developer argued the rules still exceed statutory authority, impose unfair costs on customer generators, and allow utilities to shift transmission-related study costs onto interconnecting customers. Clean energy advocates supported the Department’s revised language but asked for clearer limits on charging customers for later-added controls, arguing costs should be tied directly to the customer’s interconnection and not to later utility-driven changes. Eversource supported the revised fee language, said most prior concerns were resolved, and recommended conditional approval, while also suggesting a minor wording change in the “Additional Equipment” section to clarify that only operational performance is covered.

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• It's June 18, '26, approximately 1 p.m.
• I left my house... ...charges. And again, I came on my own free will.
• I left my house at 4 a.m. this morning to get here to come and tell the board kind of where things were
• review these and been previously circulated, I do believe that we would need a motion to adopt by resolution
• Hearing none, let it be adopted by resolution.

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Summary: The Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board met on June 18, 2026, with a quorum present and adopted the agenda. Public comment was dominated by district defenders and other public defense leaders praising State Public Defender Remy Starns for improving communication, collaboration, and overall system performance. Speakers from multiple districts said the system is more unified, better supported, and more stable than in prior years, and several credited Starns with helping resolve long-standing tensions and improve coordination across capital, district, and appellate work. One speaker also paid tribute to the late Mike Ginnard, describing him as instrumental to earlier public defense reforms. In his report, Starns said the system has improved over the last seven years but still needs a sustainable funding source. He discussed legislative changes affecting public defense, including a cleanup bill, elimination of filing fees for writs and appeals, and a new procedure related to expert-fee requests in light of recent court rulings. He also described ongoing efforts to integrate capital and appellate work into district offices, expand the laws/writs program, and continue post-conviction work under new statutory rules. Starns emphasized recruitment and retention, including the need for affordable health insurance and retirement benefits, and again honored Mike Ginnard for his leadership and service. The board then adopted proposed bylaws, after some discussion about special committees and public meeting requirements. Members agreed to create a committee to review and refine the bylaws later, and they also elected a vice chairman and designated the Office of the Public Defender, with staff support, as secretary for recordkeeping. Finally, the board heard a presentation on the strategic plan, which was described as largely an update to the prior version with terminology changes, new accessibility-related goals, and added performance measures for training, compliance, and communications. The strategic plan was adopted by resolution, and the meeting adjourned.

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• And really what we're trying to do is, if we are going to mobilize our in-house construction crew up
• using our in-house engineers, constructed in-house using our in-house construction crew.
• The housing and dining operations are self-supporting, if you will.
• The Littleton campus does house...
• short 1-mile section is interrupted.

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Summary: The hearing reconvened with testimony from several agencies on their capital budget requests. The Department of Environmental Services requested a little over $38 million, with major emphasis on dam repairs and design work for aging state-owned dams, including a $5.25 million match for possible FEMA BRIC funding at Pawtuckaway/Tuckaway and other projects such as Milton Three Ponds, Murphy Dam, and Lakeport Gates. DES also requested funding for state revolving loan fund matches, a Superfund match for the Savage Well site, IT and air-monitoring upgrades, and a new $750,000 cybersecurity request for water and wastewater systems. Committee members asked about FEMA eligibility, the distinction between design and construction money, and the timing and risk of banking funds if federal grants do not materialize. The University System of New Hampshire requested $20 million in state support, primarily $15 million for a major Diamond Library renovation at UNH to create a student support hub and reduce/repurpose collection space, plus $2.5 million each for deferred maintenance at Plymouth State and Keene State. The Community College System requested about $16.6 million across seven projects, led by critical maintenance, campus safety/security upgrades, IT infrastructure, parking and site improvements, HVAC replacement at White Mountains Community College in Littleton, a building management/energy system, and modernization of NHTI’s dental clinic and radiology spaces. The Department of Education requested $29.5 million, including a $4.9 million internal management platform to replace paper-based and siloed systems, plus career and technical education capital projects; Milford’s CTE project was described as being revised after repeated failed bond votes, while ConVal said its revised project would focus on modernizing existing CTE space and adding a security vestibule. Fish and Game requested $1.075 million for three facilities: Sewall Falls in Concord, the Lancaster Armory, and the Bunker Lane Barn in Durham, focusing on structural repairs, security, reconfiguration, and in one case replacement of a failing barn with a new 40-by-60 building. The department also said hatchery work is ongoing but that it is taking a cautious approach because of the planned New Hampton Hatchery and future capital needs. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources requested $9.26 million for eight projects, including campground electrical upgrades at Ellacoya and Lake Francis, White Lake water system replacement, Mount Washington fuel tank and safety work, Odiorne Point visitor center work funded through parks revenue, roofing and parking lot repairs, Fox Forest office safety upgrades, and historic site repairs at White Island and Fort Constitution. Members asked about revenue-based capital, the stability of the parks fund, and flexibility in choosing projects as bids come in. The Department of Transportation began its presentation at the end of the transcript, but its detailed requests were not yet discussed.

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• I am proud to present this year's Juneteenth Resolution, ACR 214.
• The resolution is adopted. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Assembly Member Brian.
• Clerk will read the resolution on the consent calendar.
• 60, no 0; Assembly Concurrent Resolution 219, aye 60, no 0; Assembly Concurrent Resolution 220, aye 60
• Lackey seconds that this House stands adjourned until Monday, June 22nd at 1 p.m.

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• we encourage you to participate in this process by submitting written testimony through the Texas House
• At the top of house within USDA, I think it would be very important for them.
• But if we stand alone, you know, a house divided sometimes can't survive or won't survive.
• If we stand alone, you know, a house divided sometimes can't survive or won't survive.
• Both Category 1 and Category 2 here in Texas.

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• That bill was both passed by the House and Senate.
• Garrett before we turn to the judge on the House side?
• I think it's really significant that this warning at 1:14 in the morning noted that between 1 to 2 inches
• 2007, and July 1, 2025...
• October 1, 2007, and July 1, 2025. So the two did not include the— It would be three total.

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• We'll call the meeting to order here at 1:03 p.m. Ms.
• be appropriate to add something to this agenda, since we do have a quorum today, to maybe take a resolution
• I think that'd be great to make a resolution because that gives us guidance, even though it won't be
• Really, House Bill 940 was the big one this year.
• Aviation and Drone Advisory Committee, and new appointments shall be made to become effective July 1,

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Summary: The Louisiana Advanced Aviation and Drones Advisory Committee met and was told this would likely be its final meeting because the committee sunsets after the 2026 regular session unless legislation reconstitutes it. Members discussed the need to reduce the committee’s size and adjust quorum rules so it can function more reliably, and they later adopted a motion supporting reconstitution of LADAC with a smaller membership and new appointments effective July 1, 2027. The committee also approved the June 2025 minutes and added a legislative briefing item to the agenda. Under subcommittee and project updates, members heard about the new counter-drone effort tied to House Bill 940 and the “Let’s Go” initiative, which would create a joint task force of State Police, sheriffs, and municipal police chiefs to develop training standards and equipment standards for counter-UAS work. The committee also received a briefing on the state’s advanced air mobility work from newly named Advanced Aeronautics Director Josh Deplanis, including Louisiana’s selection for the FAA’s eVTOL/AAM Integration Pilot Program, branded “Lift Off Louisiana,” and the development of a statewide strategic plan covering airspace integration, vertiport infrastructure, charging networks, economic development, education, and community engagement. Deplanis and members emphasized that Louisiana is among a small number of national EIPP sites and that the state’s proposal is notable for also addressing international airspace and “high seas” operations beyond 12 miles offshore, which could help inform FAA and ICAO policy. Members praised the state’s leadership, the work of DOTD, OMC, GOSEP, State Police, and legislative partners, and noted the potential economic importance for oil and gas logistics and other advanced aviation uses. No public testimony was offered, and the meeting adjourned after the committee’s votes and updates.

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• with statute 3.8855, subdivision five, for tax expenditure evaluations presented on 12/10/2025 and 1/
• 15 26. presented on 12 10 2025 and 1 15 26.
• I feel like we're back in the days of COVID on the House floor with just the phone. I apologize.
• I feel like we're back in the days of COVID on the House floor with just the phone. I apologize.
• I feel like we're back in the days of COVID on the House floor with just the phone. I apologize.

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Summary: The Tax Expenditure Review Commission met on June 17, 2026, approved the January 20, 2026 minutes, and then adopted updated commission procedures. The procedural changes, presented by Legislative Budget Office Director Christian Larson, required a quorum of voting members to complete evaluations before a formal recommendation vote, and allowed members to bundle or unbundle tax expenditures for voting. The commission approved the revised procedures by roll call vote, with five ayes and four excused. The commission then reviewed member evaluation summaries for tax expenditures presented in December 2025 and January 2026. It first considered the alcoholic beverage tax credits for small brewers and microdistilleries, and after discussion voted to recommend repeal of those two expenditures, while leaving the small winery credit for a later meeting because it lacked enough member responses under the new procedures. The vote on the repeal recommendation passed 4-1, with Commissioner Marquart voting no. The commission next approved the lawful gambling bundle, which included bingo, raffle, and related exemptions. Larson reported that most members recommended continuation for each item, and the commission voted to recommend continuing all six lawful gambling expenditures. It then reviewed the residential utility services bundle—residential heating fuels, residential water services, and sewer services—where members generally favored continuation but several noted possible modifications or caps for higher-income users; the commission voted to recommend continuation of the bundle. Finally, the commission reviewed the data center equipment sales tax exemption, which Larson said had an estimated annual revenue loss of $95 million and was intended to create jobs in construction and data center industries. Members raised questions about its effectiveness and whether the exemption should be modified or capped, but the commission ultimately voted to recommend continuation. The meeting concluded with these recommendations set to be included in the commission’s 2026 annual report.

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• Endnote 26 identifies Arizona House Bill 2974.
• Arizona House Bill 2974, and endnote 27 identifies it from the Minnesota House Bill HF 3219.
• So, um, with that, the Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy for the House of Representatives

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Summary: The Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy met to review its mission, approve prior minutes at a future meeting, and discuss materials related to COVID-19 vaccination guidance. Members examined a pediatric vaccination handout from a private pediatric practice and compared it with New Hampshire DHHS and AAP/AAFP immunization guidance, focusing on how COVID-19 vaccine recommendations are presented for children and adults. Committee members also discussed the scope and accuracy of the committee’s endnotes and supporting documents. The main business was a draft letter urging the governor to direct state agencies to stop recommending COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Members revised the letter paragraph by paragraph, including changing wording about age ranges for children, clarifying references to the American Academy of Pediatrics, and adding discussion of vaccine safety concerns, alleged suppression of safety data, and federal investigations. They also debated whether to reference specific reporting systems such as VAERS and V-safe, and whether to include examples from other states, including Tennessee, Arizona, Minnesota, and Florida, as evidence of broader concern about mRNA vaccines. After the edits were completed, Representative Villio moved to accept the letter as amended, Representative Leroy seconded, and the committee approved it by voice vote 4-0. The chair said the revised letter would be finalized and distributed later in the week. The meeting then adjourned at approximately 11:57 a.m.