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• Under this bill, even a nine-year-old who breaks a window could end up in a federal criminal database
• Adults in jail get bond and preliminary hearings. Kids often wait months.
• Adults in jail get bond and preliminary hearings.
• I do appreciate you bringing up the database on the fingerprints.
• When that bond that should be safe and blessed by God is broken and beyond repair.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Bills: SB843, SB1733, SB1476, SB1237, SB1410, SB1894, SB1272, SB1204, SB1721, SB1725, SB1735, SB1337, SB1339, SB1461, SB1975, SB1450, SB1458, SB1232, SB1238, SB1325, SB1209, SB1362, SB2072, SB1451, SB1540, SB1581, SB1535, SB1266, SB1927, SB1460, SB2084, SB2182, SB392, SB985, SB1265, SB1283, SB1441, SB1307, SB1425, SB1826, SB1365, SB1696, SB1870, SB1722, SB1639, SB715, SB716, SB182, SB609, SB169, SB134, SB1611, SB432, SB1407, SB2039, SB1356, SB1288, SB2019, SB1705, SB1878, SB2118

Keywords: school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, child abuse, reporting requirements, sexual misconduct, law enforcement, school personnel, confidentiality, student safety, land office, land exchange, investment, education funding, real estate management, Teachers' Bill of Rights, education, teachers' rights

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• particular parts of the bond, we're going to need this multi-jurisdictional approval process?
• . ...for the lifetime of the bond.
• and these environmental bonds that we’ve had go forward.
• This is a Part of the administrative users of what we call the watercraft inspection database.
• The climate bond allocates $1.5 billion for wildfire and forest resilience over the lifetime of the bond

Summary: The subcommittee began by announcing a change in the agenda order, moving item 6 ahead of item 1 and then item 7, and noting there would be no votes taken on any items that day. Item 6 covered a proposed operational efficiencies control section for the Natural Resources Agency that would let multiple departments jointly fund landscape-scale or multi-jurisdictional projects and allow Finance to transfer climate bond funds to a lead state entity. The LAO said the proposal was reasonable but suggested the Legislature consider requiring summary notification on how it is used; Finance said it would consider that request. Item 7 focused on the 2026-27 biodiversity and nature-based solutions spending plan. Finance and the Wildlife Conservation Board described the climate bond funding for habitat restoration, wildlife crossings, public access, tribal nature-based solutions, and related work, including $111 million proposed for WCB and $30 million for Salton Sea habitat and public access projects. The LAO supported the overall approach but flagged the San Andreas Corridor Program as an area where the Legislature may want to specify geographic priorities. Members discussed the pace of Salton Sea work and whether the proposed projects would count toward disadvantaged community goals. Item 8 addressed Cal Fire’s aviation contract and staffing needs for wildfire response. Cal Fire said year-round fire activity, a larger and more complex aircraft fleet, and labor market pressures justified the proposed contract increase, including more mechanics, pilots, and maintenance support. The LAO recommended approval, saying the proposal addressed health and safety concerns. Members asked about contractor staffing, competition in the bidding process, and future technology for early fire detection and suppression. The committee then took up item 1 on golden mussel containment. Fish and Wildlife described the invasive species’ spread in the Delta, the task force and response framework, and a request for eight new positions funded by Prop. 4 to support control plans, outreach, monitoring, research, and coordination with partners and law enforcement. Members pressed the department on whether the state should fund more direct decontamination infrastructure and grants to local water managers, and on the realistic goal of containing the mussel. The chair and several members emphasized the urgency of the threat and requested an itemized breakdown of the $20 million request. The hearing then moved to a broader LAO overview of wildfire prevention and response funding, where the LAO summarized the state’s funding mix and warned that ongoing wildfire resilience funding will likely decline as one-time bond and GGRF funds are exhausted, prompting discussion of long-term funding options and the balance between prevention, suppression, and community hardening.

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• Any bonds or revenue obligations are not automatic state or local general obligations of debt.
• Any bonds or revenue obligations are not automatic state or local general obligations of debt.
• They build the database by subscribing to the lien database of each state so that lien status can be
• However, DOR's lien database only includes vehicles that are titled in Mississippi.
• However, DOR's lien database only includes vehicles that are titled in Mississippi.

Keywords: Finance - Room 216, 3 February, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee first considered Senate Bill 2191, which would expand the allowable uses of municipal use tax funds. The bill would add sidewalks to the list of eligible projects and remove remaining restrictive language that limited use tax spending to roads and bridges. A senator asked for confirmation that the funds would be limited to publicly owned property of the local government, and the sponsor confirmed that was the intent. The committee approved the bill and reported it out. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2257, the Mississippi Land Bank Act, which would create a local land bank tool for cities and counties to acquire, manage, and return vacant, abandoned, and tax-forfeited properties to productive use. The sponsor said the bill is intended to help address blight, especially properties held at the Secretary of State’s office, and emphasized that land banks would be locally created, subject to public accountability requirements, and barred from using eminent domain. The committee adopted the bill and reported it out. Members also discussed Senate Bill 2828, a committee substitute that would impose a fee on international wire transfers, with a credit available to Mississippi income taxpayers. The sponsor said half of the revenue would go to DPS for 287(g) programs and half to the general fund. An amendment was adopted to exempt certain transactions funded through U.S.-issued debit or credit cards or withdrawn from federally insured accounts. The committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill out. Later bills included SB 2863, creating a Jackson County industrial zone exempt from municipal annexation, and SB 2862, a related annexation measure brought forward with a reverse repealer; both were advanced after brief discussion. The committee also approved SB 2909, which lowers the unreduced retirement threshold in Tier 5 from 35 years to 30 years, and SB 2885, the Mississippi Work and Save program, a voluntary state-treasurer-run retirement savings option for small employers and employees. Throughout, the committee generally asked limited clarifying questions and then voted to adopt committee substitutes and report the bills out.

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• documents to support the costs of operating, maintaining, and enhancing the state clearinghouse database
• And of course, just this last week, there was support for a housing bond.
• This budget and the additional work we did in terms of the housing bond last week as well is something
• to Senator Cabaldon, Pro Tem Limón, and every legislator involved in the Affordable Housing Board bond
• to Senator Cabaldon, Pro Tem Limon, and every legislature involved in the Affordable Housing Board bond

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Politicians hold all the cards and can keep coming at the voters until they relent, just like they do for bond
• And the only recourse they have is like, I didn't get it, but they'll tell you that their record database
• to go to court, which they can take you to court, it's your word versus theirs, and their record database
• uh, proof of signature, the, the mail service carrier will actually have proof of that on their database
• So this bill would allow, uh, RMAs to backstop loans for bonds for local government road projects, both

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• So the state loaned this fund $5 million, and they also issued $300 million in. revenue bonds, meaning
• that, of course, that the revenue from the insurance premium would pay off the bonds.
• All the bonds had been paid back and been retired.
• detailed tracks of each entry from their service area in comptroller's local development agreement. databases
• It's broadly defined, a written notice such that simply even attaching a PDF of the comptroller database

Bills: HB406

Keywords: local economic development, notification, workforce development, municipal agreements, county contracts, 1184, house, all

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• The first document is called the bonds. It's a long story, one that's short.
• For certain developments financed through the private activity bond program refer to the committee on
• refers to the committee on ways and means HB 643 by Gervin Hawkins relates the requirement payment bonds
• by Busey relating to the Secretary of State's posting the Secretary of State's internet website databases
• HB 669 by Gonzalez de Paso relating to a database of employees penalized to the failure Wages are convicted

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• They get a bond set. All that stuff is done within usually 24 hours.
• If you have been arraigned and have a bond set, and if you don't get bond, if you do not bond out, then
• You're charged with a low-level crime, but you can't afford bond to bond out.
• They're taking our databases, running them through AI pretty quickly.
• This database operates in a sphere that can get a little complicated.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Oh yes, this was the bond.
• This is the bond next one would be the bond Review Board database sponsored by Senator West and by Senator

Bills: HB 148, HB 334, HB 554, HB 762, HB 1520, HB 1593, HB 3526, HB 3810, HB 5092, SB 2215, HB 2607

Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales

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• Item 1, 500,000 in general revenue for new database expansion is adopted.
• There is an amendment to Section 10.06, which is adopted to fund the Texas all Payer Claims database
• , such as retirement and group insurance, Social Security and benefit replacement replacement pay, bond
• Adjust debt service appropriations to conform with committee decisions regarding bond appropriations

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards

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• Excuse me, I'm out of shave to make spaceports eligible for tax exempt private activity bonds.
• you know, what is the posture of those 2 spaceports with regard to, uh, tax-exempt private activity bonds
• What is do they have the authority to do private activity bonds?
• So currently the IRS permits tax-exempt private activity bonds for specific infrastructure and economic
• There's updating the statutory databases and a lot of other things that has to be done, but this is what

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• course, but we also have other wearing courses, such as small pavement overlays and thin wearing bonding
• that we'll go into crack seal for five to seven years, and then seven to ten years we'll do a thin bonded
• Unfortunately, he is not able to be with us today, but he is responsible for the database collection.
• Inspection data is housed in our Ash-to-Wear Bridge Management Program, our BRM database.
• The BRM database can also perform some analysis, trying to predict future projects.

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• We had the bonding capacity for $16 million, and I thought it was foolish to tie up all of that bonding
• <01:02:10.720> You don't have access to the databases.
• You don't have access to the databases.
• you are able to access the DHS database. you are able to access the DHS database.
• They can verify social database.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the October 21 minutes, and then heard a KO presentation focused on county jail funding pressures. KO leaders and county judges said jail costs have become a statewide crisis, noting that county general fund contributions to jail budgets have risen sharply since 2019. They said the organization’s sole legislative priority this session is to “reshape the shared responsibility” for county jails through three main proposals: incentivizing regional jails, clarifying responsibility for pre-trial felony detainees, and changing the model for housing state inmates. On regional jails, KO proposed one-time state construction help for new or expanded regional facilities, allowing former county jails to become 96-hour holdover facilities, changing regional jail authority boards so each participating county jailer can serve, increasing the closed-jail supplement, and offering a one-time payment to counties that close a jail and join a regional plan. On pre-trial felony detainees, Judge Mosley argued counties bear the full cost for people held before trial, sometimes for years, and said counties should be reimbursed for time served credit when those inmates are later sentenced. On state inmates, KO said the current per diem of $35.34 is below the average daily county jail cost of $63.44, and proposed a new contract model requiring the Department of Corrections to pay actual housing costs while counties provide agreed programming such as substance use treatment, cognitive behavioral programming, re-entry services, workforce training, and academic programming. Members asked about the fiscal impact of the package, the feasibility of regional jail population thresholds, and whether the proposal could affect counties’ ability to house federal inmates. KO said regionalization should remain a local decision, that a bill draft and fiscal note were being developed, and that only certain jails are eligible to house federal inmates under existing agreements. Representative Maddox also asked about social media comments by Judge Mosley regarding homeschooling; Mosley said the remarks were unrelated to KO and apologized for any offense. Senator Mills asked what counties would do with savings from jail costs, and judges said the money would likely go to local services such as roads, ambulance service, senior programs, parks, economic development, infrastructure, broadband, and water projects.

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• department lacks documentation to demonstrate whether department staff have reviewed a national database
• The first priority for both revenue types is its stadium bond obligation.
• in a given month and use monies from its operating account to pay the remaining bond obligation amount
• continuing to accumulate cash reserves instead of using monies in its operating account to pay for bond
• in a given month and use monies from its operating account to pay the remaining bond obligation amount

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House Commerce Committee of Reference heard sunset reviews and a performance audit presentation for the Arizona Department of Gaming, the Racing Commission, the Boxing and MMA Commission, and later the Arizona Barbering and Cosmetology Board. The Auditor General reported that the Department of Gaming and the commissions generally met some statutory duties, but identified several problems: the department did not consistently obtain and review independent audits for event wagering and fantasy sports operators; the department and commissions had gaps in conflict-of-interest disclosures; the department and Boxing and MMA Commission lacked comprehensive complaint-handling processes; the department was late distributing some compact trust fund payments; and there were additional issues involving IT security, horse-racing license checks, fee reviews, public records practices, and licensing compliance. The Auditor General said the department agreed to implement all 36 recommendations, the Racing Commission agreed to six recommendations, and the Boxing and MMA Commission agreed to 13 recommendations. The department director said many fixes were already underway, including updated guidance, complaint tracking improvements, and a historical look-back on operator reporting, and she also discussed efforts to combat illegal gambling and educate minors and families about gambling risks. Committee members questioned the department about third-party audits, penalties for underpayments, public records handling, conflict-of-interest screening, and the department’s position on prediction markets and suitability standards for licensees. The director said the department would review past reports, could assess fines if violations were found, and would generally wait for final adjudication or final action in other jurisdictions before taking Arizona licensing action. After discussion, the committee voted to recommend the Department of Gaming be continued for two years until July 1, 2028, the Racing Commission for six years until July 1, 2032, and the Boxing and MMA Commission for six years until July 1, 2032. The Department of Gaming motion passed 7-4, the Racing Commission motion passed 10-1, and the Boxing and MMA Commission motion passed unanimously. The committee then heard the Auditor General’s report on the Arizona Barbering and Cosmetology Board. The audit found the board timely processed many licenses and complaints and had adopted curriculum rules, but it inconsistently applied its disciplinary guidelines, sometimes issuing different sanctions for similar violations without documenting the reasons for deviation. The report also found problems with reciprocity education requirements, application review controls, inspections, and compliance with open meeting, public records, and conflict-of-interest requirements, and it suggested possible statutory changes on aesthetics scope of practice, cease-and-desist authority, and training standards for I-LEST technicians. The board agreed with the findings and said it had already updated disciplinary parameters and documentation policies, with more recommendations in progress; committee members asked about discretion in discipline, audit funding, and service efficiency, and the board highlighted its licensing volume, call response, inspections, and complaint handling performance.

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• <00:04:00.640> and proof of bonding and proof of bonding and insurance<00:04:02.599> uh
• Insurance the uh insurance and bonding Insurance the uh insurance and bonding activities<00:05:09.280
• Also, we're unclear about what the bond is for, who you're bonding, if you're bonding the individual
• I'm happy to take any questions from the committee. bonding the um the company who has um bonding the
• :41.319> on control the database updates um based on control the database updates um based on

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• If it's STDs, there's bonding capacity.
• We are also in a general obligation bond year, and the capacity for general obligation bonds is a little
• severance tax bond funding.
• The GO Bond is to make a group purchase of databases, including those that support the growth of the
• Students are accessing GO Bond-funded databases for research and well-rounded learning, and every community

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• So we had a little bit of a bond there and became good friends very... ...of a bond there, and we became

Bills: SJR 3, SB 5, SB 21, SB 72, SB 703, SB 764, SB 790, SJR 36, SJR 3, SJR 34, SJR 18, SCR 9, SB 616, SB 565, SB 384, SB 5, SB 21, SB 72, SB 140, SB 262, SB 370, SB 372, SB 495, SB 627, SB 703, SB 764, SB 842, SB 971, SB 790, SB 767, SB 480, SB 1066, SB 929, SB 765, SB 523, SB 62, SB 19, SB 18, SB 666, SB 688, SB 707, SB 888, SB 687, SB 706, SB 847, SB 869, SB 890, SB 992, SB 1145, SB 494, SB 290, SB 766, SB 11, SB 10, SB 13, SB 263, SJR 3, SB 5, SR 172, SR 176, SR 177, SR 190, SR 193, SR 194, SR 202, SR 203, SR 208

Keywords: dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, research institute, funding, grants, state health initiatives, cryptocurrency, bitcoin, investment reserve, economic resilience, financial security, vehicle rental, damage waiver

Bills: SJR3, SB5, SB21, SB72, SB703, SB764, SB790, SJR36, SJR3, SJR34, SJR18, SCR9, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB5, SB21, SB72, SB140, SB262, SB370, SB372, SB495, SB627, SB703, SB764, SB842, SB971, SB790, SB767, SB480, SB1066, SB929, SB765, SB523, SB62, SB19, SB18, SB666, SB688, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB869, SB890, SB992, SB1145, SB494, SB290, SB766, SB11, SB10, SB13, SB263, SJR3, SB5, SR172, SR176, SR177, SR190, SR193, SR194, SR202, SR203, SR208

Keywords: dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, research institute, funding, grants, state health initiatives, cryptocurrency, bitcoin, investment reserve, economic resilience, financial security, vehicle rental, damage waiver

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• We are trying to bring some awareness for taxpayers on instructional expenses as it relates to bonds.
• As it relates to bonds, which you'll see that language on page five. Follow up.
• So our school district's bonding for instructional expenditures.
• What is the current process or what is allowable for school districts to bond for?
• What are school districts currently allowed to bond for? Thank you for the question again.

Bills: HB3327, HB3711, HB4104, HJR1077, HB3329, SB2184, SB171

Keywords: State Board of Education, Oklahoma education board, board appointments, school governance, education reform, governor appointments, legislative appointments, speaker of the house, president pro tempore, senate confirmation, board vacancies, removal for cause, public education, state superintendent, school board training, board member qualifications, emergency clause, Oklahoma statutes 70 O.S. 3-101, school funding, transparency