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• Bonds are overridden to the district.
• Bonds are overridden to the district.
• You can't call for a bond or override. The current bill says 90 days.
• Do we have term limits here at the State House? And we do. Does Congress have term limits?
• And while that may be a great idea for some districts... ...for going to a bond.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, guest introductions, and several ceremonial proclamations, including recognition of Dr. Joseph Torkelson for his service in pediatric oncology and military medicine. Members also introduced guests connected to Arizona Bleeding Disorders, charter schools, and a suicide-prevention effort tied to HB 2665 (“Cade’s Law”). The chamber then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a large number of bills and resolutions. On the first calendar, the House gave do pass recommendations, mostly as amended, to HB 2117, 2744, 2751, 2917, 2939, 2957, 2970, and HCR 2038. The amendments addressed topics such as natural resource conservation district boundaries, manufacturing and jobs, Real ID/non-Real ID data privacy, and Colorado River conservation and tribal/community representation. The House then adopted the Committee of the Whole report and sent the measures for engrossing; a later motion to amend the report to include the defeated Villegas amendment on HB 2667 failed by roll call vote, 22-32 with 6 not voting. In the next calendars, the House advanced HB 2015, 2129, 2327, 2439, 2533, 2667, 2793, 2873, HCR 2044, and others, with several floor or committee amendments adopted. Debate focused on homelessness coordination in HB 2533, homebuyer assistance and corporate ownership concerns in HB 2667, annexation and local control in HB 2793, and a proposed constitutional referral in HCR 2044 aimed at closing loopholes for discrimination in public programs. The House also considered HB 2044 and HB 2076 in the Judiciary calendar, with debate over the scope of a homicide-disposal statute in HB 2044 and school safety/teacher firearms issues in HB 2076; both bills advanced as amended. The final calendar covered natural resources, energy, and water bills. The House advanced HB 2014, 2055, 2145, 2185, 2267, 2340, 2428, 2696, 2798, 2955, 2975, and 2986, with amendments on drought definitions, emissions permitting, mineral district mapping, and environmental enforcement authority. HB 2267 drew the sharpest debate, with opponents arguing it would hinder solar and wind development and supporters arguing for diversification toward coal, gas, and nuclear; after a division vote, the bill still received a do pass recommendation. The session concluded with the Committee of the Whole rising and reporting, and the House adopting the report and assigning the measures accordingly.

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• The plan includes $1.75 billion in general obligation bonds, $50 million in academic revenue bonds, $58
• revenue bonds, 58 million in academic revenue bonds, 58 million in fiscal<00:03:46.160><c> 2027</c><
• This is around academic bonds.
• </c> Facilities Bonding Authority, favorable. Facilities Bonding Authority, favorable.
• This is around academic bonds. annually. This is around academic bonds.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Monday, March 23, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• rather than adding new anchoring limitation areas.
• adding more that are different, that limit to 30 days.
• We agree that time limits is a good option here.
• The professors, well, this doesn't limit them.
• Speaking of Israeli bonds, that is my bill.

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• </c> inside the city limits. inside the city limits.
• That is why we have bonding bills.
• </c> holders live outside the city limits holders live outside the city limits across<00:50:04.160><c
• They wanted to bond for this.
• They wanted to bond for this.

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• And to maximize the limited taxpayers' and staff resources, we are in that scenario again here in the
• colleges or a four-year college, whether it's the recovery centers that are located in our community, we bond
• currently larger, because right now they happen to be major population centers, are we somewhat limiting
• And the sheriff's department has aggregate enough beds for everyone in the system who would be minimum

Keywords: 1212, all

Summary: The commission met for an open discussion focused on developing recommendations for its report on correctional consolidation and collaboration. Chairs Dan Hunt and Senator Brownsberger said the group is moving from information-gathering into idea generation, with a report due to the legislature by the end of September. Members discussed whether recommendations should be broad “guardrails” or more specific proposals, and several urged that future recommendations be grounded in firsthand experience, data, and written submissions from agencies and stakeholders. A major theme was how to create a more integrated correctional and reentry system. Participants raised the need to hear more from reentry centers, minimum-security and pre-release facilities, probation and parole, and the judiciary. Ideas included expanding step-down pathways, improving coordination among DOC, sheriffs, probation, and parole, standardizing programming and outcomes data, and better educating judges about available programs at sentencing. There was also discussion of whether the sheriff’s role should be expanded beyond the current two-and-a-half-year House of Correction limit, with questions about sentence structure, good-time credits, and how such a change would affect security and reentry outcomes. Members also emphasized the importance of consistency, transparency, and minimum standards across facilities. Several speakers said the system remains fragmented and that different counties use different definitions, practices, and program models. Suggestions included reviewing prior commission reports, looking at other states and even European models for best practices, and considering regional hubs or specialized facilities for behavioral health, workforce development, and reentry. The chairs noted that the commission has already toured several facilities and plans more visits, including Framingham and Bridgewater, and that future hearings will include unions and other stakeholders. The discussion also touched on restrictive housing, mental health, and contraband K2. Members cited recent suicide concerns and expert reports suggesting some units function like restrictive housing even if not labeled that way. There was broad agreement that custody conditions, programming access, and institutional culture affect trust and rehabilitation. No formal votes were taken; the meeting was primarily a working session to surface ideas and frame possible recommendations for later drafting.

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• The budget package this year consists of three bills: the supplemental budget bill, bond proposal, and
• No new taxes this year, but we are leveraging the increases we passed last year with a bond proposal:
• $1.1 billion to unlock We passed last year with a bond proposal: $1.1 billion to unlock the preservation
• We also propose the creation of a $400 million cost increase reserve of bonds so that as we see potentially
• , new bonding, and $1.1 billion.

Summary: Senate Transportation Committee Chair Marko Liias and Ranking Member Curtis King presented the Senate transportation budget package, describing three bills: a supplemental transportation budget, a bond proposal, and a resources bill with technical updates to last year’s law. They said the package prioritizes preservation and maintenance of highways, bridges, ferries, and flood-damaged infrastructure, along with safety investments such as additional funding for preservation-related safety work, State Patrol staffing, and tribal traffic safety. They also emphasized job creation from infrastructure spending and said the plan uses no new taxes, relying instead on bonding and existing revenue changes. The senators highlighted several major elements, including about $1.7 billion for preservation over six years, $1.1 billion in bonding, a $400 million reserve for cost increases, funding to complete the first three new ferries, disaster relief loans for local transportation agencies, Columbia River dredging, and funding for the Fairfax Bridge and related alternate routes. The resources bill would create a mobile driver’s license program, dedicate a portion of future sales tax revenue to ferry operations, and repeal the luxury aircraft tax while replacing it with higher aviation fuel taxes and annual registration fees. They said the ferry system still needs more vessels beyond the first three, but they want more study before committing to a longer-term procurement plan. In response to questions, the senators said WSDOT will determine specific preservation project priorities, including paving and bridge work, and that the budget does not add new passenger-only ferry operating money now that domestic ferry service has largely been restored. They also said the package includes studies on leasing hydrogen ferries and updating the in-state shipyard bid credit, and that flood recovery funding was structured to help local governments repair roads now while waiting for possible federal FEMA reimbursement. No votes were taken in the transcript; the discussion was a budget rollout and question-and-answer session.

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• It's almost $2.5 million over a 30-year bond for a $5 million piece of equipment.
• Example being that both the governor's projects and legislative appropriations establish limitations
• The bill limits reauthorizations of capital outlay appropriations from occurring more than once for two
• And specifically for any of those projects that were funded with severance tax bonds, Specifically, for
• any of those projects that were funded with severance tax bonds, the Board of Finance wanted to ensure

Bills: SB190 , HB247 , HB8

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds

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• Yes, we did just pass a bill for bonding, but that is to address projects from start to finish.
• The bonding bill will help with construction.
• So as the bonding package, I didn't like the bonding package because I didn't think the bonding package
• Some of it comes from bonding. Some of it can come from general fund money that we have.
• Some of it comes from bonding. Some of it can come from general fund money that we have.

Bills: SB251 , SB150 , SB154 , SB73 , SB111 , SB172 , SB76 , SB181 , SB235

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Keywords: horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax

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• First, it updates limited driving privileges in a common-sense way.
• Speeding over a certain speed limit, that's not a minor.
• And then we're going to have somebody bring up $200 to bond her out.
• It's a job that is available to people with limited English.
• There's some limitations there—25% up to $25,000, that type of thing. There's some limitations.

Committee: House Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• All right, given the existence of pending litigation, obviously, we will have limitations on things that
• Or were the NDAs limiting only to test content? That would be a question for DRC.
• Yes, these are individual items in that, but the aggregate is per grade level for testing.
• We do try to control our volume and flow because we have limited resources in our Office of Legal Services
• ,... ...recommendations, and DRC-related information, including, without limitation, documents, notes

Committee: House Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency

Keywords: 970, all

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• There's no real limit.
• Nothing in your bill limits the legislative auditor.
• I just wanted to make sure that it was on the record that, you know, we're taking it off limits for everybody
• There is inherently no increase material value for the public to know other than there's an aggregate
• So essentially, the bill is filed to raise these limits because the limits haven't been raised since

Bills: HB55 , HB608 , HB997 , HB1035 , HB1045 , HB1048 , HB1049 , HB1057 , HB1131 , HB1177 , HB1201

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: juror confidentiality, public records, criminal procedure, privacy, court disclosure, intercollegiate athletics, confidentiality, revenue sharing, student athletes, official journal, public notices, government transparency, local government, municipal website, school board notices, parish council, police jury, special districts, levee district, drainage district

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• Um, there was just too many other criteria that came in because there was such a limited number of ways
• Um, there was just too many other criteria that came in because there was such a limited number of ways
• The small-dollar donors, they want to give money, but, you know, with the limits the way they are right
• And even my campaigns, I think I took in... against that limit. Okay.
• I gave $3, against that limit. Okay.

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• number of people who wish to testify on these bills, so we'll be holding to a strict one-minute time limit
• and WDFW has identified nitrate concentrations in multiple wells that exceed drinking water safety limits
• I understand the challenges of limited budgets, having worked for the state for 40 years myself, but
• So this bill only applies to the definition of an ELUF: a facility that has a maximum aggregate contract
• It removes the limitation agencies have on imposing additional greenhouse gas requirements on a coal

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2343, which would require the Department of Fish and Wildlife to obtain CAFO or individual discharge permit coverage for its game farms, and to treat game farms with at least 5,000 birds as large CAFOs. The prime sponsor and local officials from Centralia said the WDFW pheasant farm has contributed to nitrate contamination in a critical aquifer, affecting drinking water and public health, and argued the state should be held to the same standards as private operators. WDFW testified that it has already voluntarily secured the permit the bill would require and is working with Ecology and local partners. Testimony from county health and residents largely supported the bill, citing elevated nitrate levels and health risks, especially for infants and pregnant people. The committee then heard House Bill 2301, which expands Washington’s paint stewardship program to cover additional paint-related products, aerosol paints, and certain non-industrial coatings. The sponsor and industry supporters said the existing paint recycling program is working well and should be broadened to keep more materials out of landfills and reduce local hazardous waste costs. Local government witnesses supported the expansion but asked for changes on convenience standards, packaging coverage, and reimbursement for local collection costs. Ecology supported the overall concept but raised implementation concerns, including the need for uniform standards, full reporting, and more time for rulemaking. A wood preservatives industry representative opposed including wood preservatives, saying they are not paint and have different handling requirements. The committee also took testimony on House Bill 2515, a proposed substitute addressing emerging large energy use facilities, defined mainly as large data centers and virtual currency mining facilities. The bill would require utilities to adopt tariffs or policies to protect other ratepayers, require long-term contracts, demand response or curtailment provisions, reporting on energy and water use, and new clean energy targets for these facilities, while also changing how no-cost allowances under the Climate Commitment Act are allocated and creating an annual fee for the facilities. Supporters, including environmental groups, community action agencies, some utilities, and labor and tribal representatives, said the bill would protect ratepayers, improve transparency, and keep Washington on track for climate goals. Opponents, including data center and business groups, some ports, and several labor organizations, argued the bill is too prescriptive, could raise costs or discourage investment, may affect existing contracts and other large industrial loads, and could reduce construction jobs. No votes or final actions were taken in the transcript.

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• So what they're going to do is aggregate that information, allow someone to go look up an individual
• will better enable Florida courts to mitigate the impact of vexatious litigation and to allocate limited
• In a wrongful death action, the act limits the types of damages recovered by certain parties as follows
• So this is limited to malpractice. I just want to make sure, because this may...
• Limited to malpractice? No, sir.

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Summary: The committee heard and voted on a long agenda of criminal justice, public safety, victims’ rights, and related bills. SB 984 on aggravating factors in capital cases was reported favorably after debate over its focus on religious, school, and government gatherings; the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops opposed expanding the death penalty, while supporters said it was about accountability rather than deterrence. CS for SB 1140 creating a Hillsborough County substance abuse pilot program for offenders, CS for SB 1180 broadening child sexual image protections, CS for SB 10 compensating Sidney Holmes for a wrongful conviction, CS for SB 500 creating a Spectrum Alert system for missing children with autism, and SB 1054 on tampering with electronic monitoring devices all passed favorably, with the substance abuse bill drawing supportive testimony about treatment and recovery and the Holmes bill receiving emotional support from Holmes himself. The committee also approved SB 1072 on expedited DNA testing grants, CS for SB 240 on domestic and dating violence victims, CS for SB 494 creating a statewide animal abuse database, and CS for SB 1422 on unmanned aircraft over critical infrastructure and weaponized drones. SB 240 drew extensive testimony from advocates describing a feasibility study for a discreet emergency alert system and the need to align domestic and dating violence protections; SB 494 drew strong support from animal welfare groups and county officials who described local registries and the link between animal abuse and violence toward people, while members discussed whether the bill should also bar known abusers from adopting animals. SB 1422 passed after questions about “reasonable force” against drones and concerns about firearms use, with the sponsor saying the bill was meant to protect privacy and property rights. Additional measures reported favorably included SB 1268 updating Department of Law Enforcement statutes and increasing reimbursement for retired police dogs, CS for SB 1344 revising juvenile status-offender procedures, CS for SB 1252 creating a feasibility study for a statewide pawn data database, CS for SB 1386 increasing penalties for assault and battery on utility workers, CS for SB 1084 strengthening sexual cyber harassment laws for intimate and digitally forged images, CS for SB 1654 revising sex offender/predator registration and reporting rules, CS for SB 1650 expanding the vexatious litigant law, and CS for SB 1652 creating a public records exemption for stricken court filings. The final and most heavily debated bill, CS for SB 1284 on wrongful death of an unborn child, drew extensive testimony from supporters who framed it as recognizing unborn life and opponents who warned it could be used to harass abortion patients, providers, and supporters and could increase malpractice exposure; the sponsor said the bill would allow parents to recover damages while protecting mothers and lawful medical care. The transcript ends before the roll call on SB 1284 is completed, but the committee had already reported the other measures favorably by recorded votes, generally along party lines with broad support from members present.

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• a sub and we've had some back-and-forth, I'm gonna go ahead and take public comment very briefly, limited
• Basically, having the same data standards weeds out the bad actors and limits gaining competitive advantage
• Representatives, have the labs had limits? Back up, Madam Chair.
• I guess my question is, why are we trying to limit what has been this incredibly important?
• Aggregate that, that's what occurs. It certainly isn't.

Committee: House House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

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• , they are appropriation bonds.
• I think they have their own bonding authority.
• I think they have their own bonding authority.
• They don't have the ability to do revenue bonds.
• E, issue revenue bonds.

Summary: The meeting focused on finalizing recommendations from the Delaware Nuclear Energy Task Force, with most of the discussion centered on how the state should organize itself to evaluate and potentially pursue nuclear power. Public commenters strongly supported nuclear energy, emphasizing energy reliability, economic competitiveness, data center demand, and the need for Delaware to act quickly. Several speakers argued that Delaware is falling behind neighboring states and should not delay if it wants to attract developers and preserve access to federal tax incentives. Members then worked through revisions to the recommendations, especially the section on state actions moving forward. There was broad agreement that Delaware needs a clearly empowered leadership structure, but disagreement over the best form: a cabinet-level energy agency, an expanded existing agency such as DENREC, a dedicated coordinator, an expanded Sustainable Energy Utility, or a separate quasi-independent authority. Some members favored a nimble, one-off entity with bonding and financing authority; others cautioned against creating a new body outside state government and stressed the need for coordination with existing agencies, public oversight, and cost discipline. The group also discussed adding responsibilities such as site identification, public engagement, coordination with PJM and federal agencies, and financing tools, while removing or folding in items that seemed duplicative or too broad. The committee also revised earlier modules to broaden the focus from small modular reactors to nuclear power more generally, while keeping the task force’s original SMR work in view. Members agreed to keep recommendations on state and local regulatory readiness, financial mechanisms, permitting coordination, and public engagement, and to add a recommendation for Delaware to participate as an observer in the Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative through NASEO and NARUC. The committee approved the revised Module Four recommendations by vote, with one abstention from Tom Noyes. Minutes from the prior meeting were also approved with minor corrections.

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• Currently school bond questions are excluded from being placed on the general election ballot.
• Due to limiting language added in 1910 when women could only vote in school elections.
• NMSA stands in support to allow school bond and/or mill levy elections to be included in the general
• Currently, schools are limited and can only place these bond levy elections on a regular local election
• Should this resolution be approved, districts can place bond and/or mail questions on partisan elections

Committee: House House Education

Keywords: 996, all

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• And, you know, if you have a density per acre limit, you'll build the biggest unit you can.
• So limiting that, narrowing that to more heavy industrial uses, I think would be very helpful.
• And then I mentioned the housing bond and allocation of state resources... ...forward.
• So that is one of the reasons the bond is going to be so critical and important.
• That is one of the reasons the bond is going to be so critical and important.

Committee: House Housing and Community Development

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• In the past, um the legislature bonds.
• </c> million in housing infrastructure bonds million in housing infrastructure bonds get<00:15:20.480
• Um, if this infrastructure bonds.
• ,</c><00:30:51.840><c> and</c> housing infrastructure bonds, and housing infrastructure bonds, and assuming
• Um, but also the housing infrastructure bonds to build more affordable housing.

Bills: HF1141

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: housing, finance, affordable housing, infrastructure bonds, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, supportive housing, homeless prevention, elderly assistance, community development, 1183, house

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• The money on the pension side was then replaced with a series of bonds the Commonwealth issued and paid
• </c><00:04:16.359><c> the</c> replaced with a series of bonds the replaced with a series of bonds the
• </c><00:08:58.880><c> testimony</c><00:08:59.320><c> to</c> would ask that we limit testimony to would
• and even cause bonds to cost more for the districts and they pay more on interest unnecessarily.
• rating to change and even their bond rating to change and even cause<00:21:11.360><c> bonds</c><00:21

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:05 HB 545Discussion 00:00:40 HB 545 Vote 00:01:35 HJR 54 Discussion 00:02:25 HJR 54 Vote 00:03:10 HB 694 Discussion 00:03:42 HB 694 Vote 00:28:25, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 545, a routine claims bill. Representative Tim Truett explained it as a measure to pay debts the Commonwealth owes. The bill received a motion, a second, and a roll call vote, and passed with favorable expression and no nay votes. Members then considered House Joint Resolution 54, which related to the Kentucky State Fair Board’s expansion plan. The chair explained that the resolution simply acknowledged receipt and approval of the plan so previously appropriated funds could be released. The resolution passed by roll call with no nay votes and was reported favorably to the floor. The main discussion centered on House Bill 694, concerning the Kentucky Teachers Retirement System medical insurance fund and the 2010 “shared responsibility” agreement. The bill would redirect employer contributions from local districts from the health side to the pension side once the plan reaches 100% funded. The chair and Senator Givens argued the bill was a continuation of the state’s long-term commitment to TRS and taxpayer responsibility, while Senator Neal raised concerns about fairness, the timing of the change, and whether the original agreement and statutory trigger for TRS board recommendations had been honored. Testimony from KEA President Eddie Campbell and former Jefferson County Teachers Association president Brent McMahan supported the 2010 agreement but urged the committee to pause the bill, saying the parties should return to the table and that the current proposal could conflict with the original understanding, create actuarial and legal issues, and potentially affect school district finances and bond ratings. Despite those concerns, the committee voted 8-1 to pass House Bill 694 with favorable expression, with Senator Neal voting no and explaining his objection as a process and good-faith concern.