Transcript Highlights:

• Are those rented or leased? They're leased, okay.
• caveat in those leases.
• leased leased they're<01:36:54.280><c> leased</c><01:36:54.920><c> okay</c><01:36:55.480><c> and</c>
• c> can</c><01:36:58.400><c> we</c> are we in long-term leases or can we are we in long-term leases or
• </c><04:59:34.320><c> mutual</c> the stipulated agreement mutual the stipulated agreement mutual agreement

Summary: The committee held a work session on the Department of Business and Economic Affairs’ budget, with testimony from division leadership on staffing, funding sources, and program changes. Early discussion focused on vacant positions in the agency, including a senior planner tied to FEMA requirements, a federally funded program assistant, a program specialist to be reclassified during a planning reorganization, and two Housing Champions positions that were authorized but not funded in the current biennium and are requested for 2026-27. The witnesses also explained that temporary welcome center positions are filled as funds allow, and that the agency’s requested general fund increase is driven largely by the Division of Travel and Tourism Development and its formula-based funding. Members then reviewed rest areas, welcome centers, outdoor recreation, economic development, procurement, and workforce opportunity lines. The department said there are 12 rest areas, with 5.8 million foot counts in FY 24, and that welcome centers are generally open year-round, though Sutton is currently closed and staffing relies on a mix of full-time and temporary employees. The outdoor recreation position is federally funded through USDA and supports business outreach, trade shows, and industry promotion. In economic development, the agency said increased dues reflect participation in the Northern Borders Regional Commission, and that a marketing line item is intended to support recruitment and promotion of growth industries such as advanced manufacturing and life sciences. The Apex Accelerator Program was described as a state-federal partnership requiring a state match and providing government contracting assistance to businesses, while the Office of Workforce Opportunity was explained as a federally funded WIOA-related effort administered through multiple agencies and subrecipients. A major point of discussion was the proposed reduction to the Small Business Development Center, which members said had generated significant public concern. The department described SBDC as a highly effective technical assistance program for new and small businesses, but said the cut was one of the few places it felt it had room to reduce funding. Members asked about federal support and matching requirements for various programs, and the department said less than half of its overall budget is generally funded by the state and that some programs require state match. The committee also discussed travel and tourism marketing and the Joint Promotional Program, with the department saying those funds support broader advertising campaigns and grants to chambers and trade associations for events such as Bike Week, Restaurant Week, and the Seafood Festival. No votes were taken during the work session.

Transcript Highlights:

• agreement or interfering with an organization's management practices, along with giving gifts, trips
• A distributor may not provide bookkeeping services, and a distributor may not have an agreement with
• To work out in a lease agreement, an agreement between the organization and site, that is it dependent
• To work out in a lease agreement, an agreement between the organization and site, that is dependent upon
• We have the ADW operators, by rule, sign an agreement with a charity in the state.

Committees: Joint Judiciary , Joint Judiciary Committee

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• Our lease is intact, and we're ready to return along with our 400 neighbors.
• Our lease is intact, and we're ready to return along with our 400 neighbors. One of them.
• You have to look at the leases.
• We bought the space lease. It was empty; there was nothing on it.
• So any standing or claim they would have based on their lease is gone.

Committee: Senate Housing

Transcript Highlights:

• School districts can own property, for example, and enter into a lease purchase agreement of that property
• with a chartered school. and cannot own property or enter into a lease purchase agreement.
• We're actually buying a building and leasing it, and so we'll be holding with PPRF assets a property,
• Annually, that lease renews.
• They leased a building from us, and then they subleased it down to data charter schools.

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Section six, leases that assets between the city and the authority shall continue until all bonds are
• Section six, leases that assets bill.
• Section six, leases that assets between<00:07:17.120><c> the</c><00:07:17.280><c> city</c><00:07:17.759
• See original to retain control over its rates, consistent with the current agreement.
• </c><00:10:51.600><c> for</c> county to enter a mutual agreement for county to enter a mutual agreement

Committee: Joint Energy

Transcript Highlights:

• you have that agreement in writing, that it is not your sole residence.
• But in order for that to happen, they would have to have an actual agreement with the landlord saying
• I'm not aware of any specific agreements. I am aware of situations where that has happened, yes.
• You’re not signing a lease. You’re staying for the night or you’re staying for three nights.
• You're not signing a lease. You're staying for the night or you're staying for three nights.

Committee: Senate Rules

Summary: The Rules Committee took up a large agenda of bills, with many measures reported favorably after brief explanations, amendments, and testimony. Early bills included CS/SB 658 on lien waivers and releases, which was amended to preserve enforceability despite form differences and then passed; CS/CS/SB 736 on brownfields redevelopment, which drew support from business and redevelopment interests and passed; and CS/SB 1002 on utility service restrictions, which was amended to bar certain building or fire code provisions affecting fuel-source choices and then passed despite opposition from environmental advocates. The committee also advanced CS/CS/SB 1132 on right-to-repair for certain equipment, where manufacturers, dealer representatives, and industry groups warned the bill could undermine dealer networks and existing repair programs, while supporters argued it would improve consumer access and help farmers and equipment owners. The bill still passed. Other measures reported favorably included CS/SB 1378 on restitution for leaving the scene of property-damage crashes, CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign-country controlling interests in health care licensing, CS/SB 772 on school access to glucagon for diabetes emergencies, CS/SB 1400 on removal of nonconsensual altered sexual depictions, and CS/SB 1696 on transportation network company impersonation and transit funding. A major portion of the meeting focused on affordable housing. CS/SB 1730, a follow-up to the Live Local Act, made several changes to zoning, height, density, parking, moratorium, and enforcement provisions, with members raising concerns about parking reductions, attorney’s fees, local control, and impacts in the Keys and other sensitive areas. Supporters said the bill closes loopholes and improves workforce housing implementation, while some witnesses urged additional exemptions for areas of critical state concern. The bill was reported favorably after amendment. Later, the committee considered several bills from Senator Leak, including CS/SB 576 on service of process, CS/SB 606 on public lodging and food service establishments, and CS/SB 1164 on electronic delivery of landlord-tenant notices. CS/SB 606 drew substantial debate over whether hotels and extended-stay properties should be able to remove nonpaying guests without treating them like residential tenants; the sponsor said the bill clarifies transient occupancy and removes mandatory arrest provisions, and it passed. CS/SB 1164, which allows email notice delivery by agreement, passed despite concerns from tenant advocates that the bill should include clearer consent and safeguards. The committee also approved CS/SB 1374 on school district reporting of educator arrests and misconduct, CS/SB 940 on third-party restaurant reservation sales, and began hearing CS/SB 1690 on surrendered infants, which would authorize infant safety devices or “baby boxes” as a legal surrender option, with supportive testimony from proponents describing crisis situations and the need for anonymous surrender options.

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Transcript Highlights:

• Year of their lease, right?
• They want to see the lease agreements; they want to do all that kind of stuff to verify if they are related
• We, as students, are forced to sign up for our leases up to a year in advance.
• But at the end of the day, the ticket was for not giving them a lease.
• However, if some landlord gave them a lease with five people on it, or a lease in an ROO area with three

Bills: HB24 , HB2015 , HB2149 , HB2559 , HB2701 , HB2797 , HB3172 , HB24

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, water conservation, municipal utility districts, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental regulation, groundwater management, nonconforming uses, zoning regulations, land use, property rights, municipal authority, municipal moratorium, development moratorium, property development, subdivision, site plan

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• This legislation also required a memorandum of agreement between the governor at that time and the coal
• prior to 2011 that are inconsistent with those greenhouse gas standards or with the memorandum of agreement
• sell, or transfer land to be used as affordable housing, and at least 50% of the land or property leased
• This bill will allow me to acquire, assemble, hold, manage, improve, lease, transfer, and dispose of
• underutilized ...manage, improve, lease, transfer, and dispose of underutilized land.

Bills: HB2367 , HB1974 , HB2650 , HB2626

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: coal-fired plant, preferential treatment, energy policy, electric generation, regulatory reform, land bank, land banking authority, affordable housing, housing crisis, housing supply, public corporation, public housing authority, nonprofit housing, tax-foreclosed property, blight remediation, redevelopment, anti-displacement, equity, redlining, racial segregation

Transcript Highlights:

• More than half, almost 70% of new vehicles are leased.
• And again, those lease cars are good because almost 85% of them are leased at 36 months or less, so they
• And as you can see, you get to a 70% agreement there, because it's tangible to them.
• We'll buy a truck and we'll lease it and we'll provide charging and a truck together as a package.
• We had the landlord who was willing to give us a 10-year lease on our property.

Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Select Committee on Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure focused on California’s EV market, charging infrastructure, and the effects of recent federal actions. The chair opened by emphasizing California’s progress on EV adoption and charging reliability, but also noted ongoing challenges with affordability, access, interoperability, heavy-duty electrification, and federal headwinds. She highlighted interest in technologies such as inductive charging and thanked host organizations and staff before moving to the first panel. State agency witnesses from Go-Biz, CARB, and the California Energy Commission described current programs and priorities. Go-Biz outlined its role in coordinating agencies, supporting permitting, and advancing the state’s ZEV market development strategy and equity action plan. CARB discussed federal attacks on its clean vehicle regulations, litigation to defend waiver authority, and the importance of incentives and regulatory programs such as Advanced Clean Trucks, Advanced Clean Fleets, Clean Truck Check, HVIP, and Clean Cars for All. The CEC detailed its funding and regulatory work on charging and fueling infrastructure, charger reliability, payment methods, roaming, and statewide planning, while stressing the need for more charging in multifamily housing and more public DC fast charging. All three agencies said federal rollbacks and permitting delays are major obstacles, but that California remains committed to expanding ZEV adoption. The second panel featured advocates, local government, utility, and research perspectives. CalETC urged continuous state funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and emphasized the low-carbon fuel standard, multifamily charging, and managed charging. An EV advocacy group proposed a conquest-style state incentive for new and used EV buyers and argued that multifamily housing is a major untapped market, while also favoring Level 2 charging over Level 1 for most home and apartment settings. Los Angeles County and LADWP described large-scale local deployment of chargers, fleet electrification, workforce training, and the need for sustained funding, agency coordination, and streamlined permitting and grid interconnection. UCS recommended prioritizing replacement of older high-emitting vehicles, using fuel policy revenues to support cleaner cars, and expanding bidirectional charging. The chair closed by asking for more discussion on Level 1 versus Level 2 charging and noted the importance of education, affordability, and practical deployment strategies.

Transcript Highlights:

• Separate from that performance-based agreement, there is a management agreement that the school and the
• performance-based agreement is an agreement that they would enter into that they have five years to
• Will that portion of the agreement be regulated by the DOE and its creation of the overall Agreement,
• agreement.
• Beyond the performance-based agreement, they have that management agreement that they're entering into

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum established, and several recognitions, including a legislative intern, a guest in the gallery, and Representative Bruce Antone’s upcoming induction into the Tuskegee Athletic Hall of Fame. The Speaker also gave brief remarks about the end of session and the freshman class. The chamber then took up a series of Senate-returned messages and concurred or insisted on several amendments while moving bills toward final passage. The House unanimously approved CS/CS/HB 1299 on Department of Health matters, CS/HB 1549 on financial institutions after adopting a House amendment to remove the IOTA-related provision, and CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign ties and business interests after a House concurrence motion. It also insisted on its amendment to CS/CS/CS/SB 184 on housing. CS/CS/HB 875 on educator preparation was amended to restore House provisions on teacher-prep courses, the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College, and related testing and mentor-qualification changes; it passed 91-22 after debate over teacher certification, testing, and “identity politics” language. HB 1101 on out-of-network providers was amended to keep the House’s original notice and referral framework with a good-cause exemption; it passed 87-27 despite objections that it placed too much responsibility on doctors. After recess, the House took up CS/CS/SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response. Members described changes including removal of some homestead-assessment and debris-removal provisions, a study requirement for a post-hurricane county restriction concept, and a Florida Keys evacuation-time change paired with a 10-year cap of 900 permit allocations; the bill passed 116-0. The House also refused to concur in a Senate amendment to HB 1609 on waste incineration and requested the Senate recede. Later, the House returned to HB 1101 and insisted on its amendment after the Senate refused to concur. The longest debate came on CS/CS/HB 1115 on education, where the House amendment replaced the Senate version with the substance of HB 1267, including Schools of Hope, higher education governance, and course transparency. Members questioned provisions expanding Schools of Hope co-location and sponsorship authority beyond traditional opportunity zones, the role of the Department of Education versus school districts, transportation and facility-cost issues, and performance-based agreements. Supporters said the changes would expand options for students and use vacant or underutilized facilities; opponents argued the language was added late, lacked transportation funding, and could allow charter operators to enter high-performing schools. The bill remained under debate at the end of the transcript, with no final vote shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• As we look at the proposals we covered today, we want to start with gas permitting and leasing.
• We have already received significant interest for gas-related leases, further emphasizing the importance
• Additionally, a new gas leasing program will handle the leasing for gas exploration and development,
• State Park, and we're in the process of finalizing agreements with those local government units.
• There are four FTE supported by the general fund ask related to the gas leasing and permitting.

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• And this is an agreement that Palm Beach County Airport and, for And this is an agreement that Palm Beach
• So this agreement, what we're doing is an agreement between Palm Beach County Airport and President Trump
• , then you have to honor that agreement.
• Like the lease I have for my Senate District Office, it's a two-year lease with the renewal clause to
• So it wouldn't affect the current agreement, but it would affect the renewal?

Committee: Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:

• We initially signed that agreement in December of '24, but then we had to staff it, of course.
• We initially signed that agreement December of 24, but then we had to staff it, of course.
• That's a lease? We're going to... Yes, that would be a lease.
• What was it used for prior to us leasing it? It's... What was it used for prior to us leasing it?
• The concept is to lease it from the sheriff.

Committee: House Appropriations

Summary: The committee heard FY27 budget presentations for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, beginning with Public Safety Services. House Fiscal Division staff reviewed the department’s recommended budget of $645.9 million, including supplemental pay, State Police, Motor Vehicles, and the State Fire Marshal. Officials explained that the overall budget reflects a net decrease from FY26, driven largely by shifts in funding sources, removal of one-time statutory dedications, and adjustments tied to undercollections in fees and self-generated revenues. State Police was recommended at $459.7 million, OMV at $86.7 million, and the Fire Marshal at $41.1 million. Department leaders also described ongoing modernization efforts, staffing vacancies, and the use of efficiencies identified internally. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Burns and agency heads testified about State Police operations, including increased cadet graduations, improved Mardi Gras security, progress on APHIS and OMV modernization, and the new crime lab under construction. Members asked about undercollections, vacancies, the role of public tag agents, and whether the agency could expand counter-drone capabilities. Burns said the department has identified about $11 million in efficiencies, but warned that counter-drone work would require additional funding, citing a $4.5 million fiscal note for HB 940 and roughly $9 million more for a robust unit. OMV officials said staffing and retention remain difficult, but modernization should improve service and reduce lines; they also said the agency continues to rely on public tag agents and is working through reinstatement fee collection issues. The committee then reviewed the Department of Corrections FY27 budget, recommended at $902.3 million, with most funding from State General Fund and a large increase tied to higher incarceration costs, medical needs, overtime, and added capacity at Louisiana State Penitentiary. DOC officials said the department remains under pressure from vacancies, turnover, contraband, and medical costs, and that the budget includes funding to add 150 correctional officers at Angola and to house ICE detainees at Camp J. They also discussed criminal justice reinvestment savings, prison enterprises, and reentry programs funded through the Second Chance Act. Members asked about staffing, inmate deaths at Elaine Hunt, work-release pay, and whether the department is tracking the true long-term cost of incarceration. Officials said they are pursuing pay increases, recruitment, expanded training and reentry programs, and more data-driven workforce alignment, while acknowledging that many budget pressures remain unresolved.

Transcript Highlights:

• start the project, we take over their deed and it becomes city property, and then we enter into a lease
• agreement.
• Chairman, Senator, we actually take over the deed, and so they end up leasing the property from us.
• They have to meet the terms of the lease agreement, usually which says things like they have to develop
• Going door to door, I've had five or six people show up at my door saying, "Now look, you can lease a

Bills: SB101 , SB58 , SB55 , SB101 , SB58 , SB55

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: SB 101, Health Care Delivery and Access Act, repeal of repeal, sunset repeal, delayed repeal, health care, healthcare, access to care, medical services, provider regulation, state health law, New Mexico, SB58, metropolitan redevelopment, redevelopment property, property tax exemption, payments in lieu of taxes, PILOT, municipal redevelopment, local government

Transcript Highlights:

• for the taking of Mexican wolves on a landowner's private land or on public and state trust lands leased
• Madam Wippen members, House Bill 2268, as amended by Andrew, outlines processes for the sub-lease of
• The bill requires a renewed lease to provide for a royalty rate adjusted using a market-based indexing
• The bill requires the rate of towing to be the rate published in DPS's tow service agreement for the
• The bill requires the rate of towing to be the rate published in DPS's tow service agreement for the

Summary: The meeting was a rapid review of a very large bill package, with the chair repeatedly asking staff to keep descriptions high level and many bills placed on third-read consent or consent calendars. A major theme was artificial intelligence: bills would require minors to be told when they are interacting with AI, allow AI-assisted divorce arbitration by consent, create an AI education program, privilege certain AI communications, and require K-12 instruction on ethical and practical AI use. Other education measures addressed school district superintendents, health instruction, anti-Semitism prohibitions, fetal development standards, and school safety, including a bill allowing concealed firearms on school grounds under specified conditions. Several health and public safety bills were also discussed. These included funding and oversight measures for childhood cancer research, nursing care complaint timelines, firefighter cancer data collection, limits on pharmacy penalties, and a bill making it a felony to administer abortion-inducing drugs without consent. Members also heard bills on overtime wage enforcement, domestic violence evidence standards in parenting cases, probation limits for dangerous crimes against children, and a measure expanding manslaughter liability to online encouragement of teen suicide. One sponsor strongly opposed a provisional medical licensing bill for foreign-trained applicants, while other sponsors emphasized rural health access, nurse anesthetist reimbursement parity, and the need for a dental board member who is an oral surgeon. A large portion of the meeting focused on water, land, energy, and state agency oversight. Bills would streamline or change rules for small modular reactors, new power plants, water supply determinations, groundwater transportation fees, water hauling, and state land disposition. Members also considered measures affecting the State Land Department, including audits, oversight boards, continuation, land-use maps for data centers and energy projects, and rules for mineral leases and solar or wind siting. Other topics included wildlife and ranching, Mexican wolf policy, annexation, housing and development incentives, transportation and towing rules, digital driver licenses, and a proposed four-year moratorium on municipal and county fee, tax, and utility-rate increases, which drew questions about stakeholder input and the impact on enterprise funds and local utilities. No recorded roll-call votes were taken in the transcript; most items were simply presented, briefly discussed, and left on consent or calendar status, with one bill noted as held in rules and another pulled for further discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• listed for more than 180 days, as long as the property is not already subject to a binding sales agreement
• to the installation of a window-mounted portable cooling device, require a landlord to state in the lease
• Representative Engel, removes provisions in the bill requiring a landlord to notify tenants in the lease
• It also removes provisions stating in the lease, requiring a landlord to state in lease whether the landlord's
• One, the bill as currently drafted would require every landlord in the state to redraw their leases.

Committee: House Housing

Transcript Highlights:

• So if there's an agreement as far as a contract before that, it wouldn't have any impact.
• It's difficult, but that might be unionized and have already agreements, collective bargaining agreements
• We're doing this because these properties aren't fully leased.
• After two years, if all of the units are leased, it's a completely different situation.
• I'm worried now we're giving them the ability to make agreements with other agencies.

Bills: SB1327 , SB1372 , SB1403 , SB1937 , SB277 , SB2131 , SB1749 , SB1348 , SB1469 , SB2018 , SB1931 , SB1530 , SB2155

Committee: Senate Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Keywords: tourism, recreation, economic development, Oklahoma Commission, executive director, probation, credits, educational advancement, Oklahoma Statutes, criminal justice reform, job incentives, tax rebates, Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program, employment growth, wage requirements, labor organization, incentives, employer practices, union neutrality, worker rights

Transcript Highlights:

• AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT THAT SPECIFIES THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE PROPERTY IS
• >> THERE IS ONE MASTER LEASE FOR THE PROPERTY EXECUTED IN 1975.
• ON THE LEASE AND THE YEAR THEY WERE AMENDED WITH 1990 TO 2008, 2011, 2023, AND RECENTLY 2024.
• I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE IN THE SENSE THAT THE MASTER LEASE DOES PRESCRIBE THAT THE LANDS THAT ARE BEING
• AND PROVIDES DETAILS ON FACILITY LEASES AND SURPLUS PROPERTY DATA FOR BOTH.

Transcript Highlights:

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• 38.319><c> of</c><00:02:38.440><c> the</c><00:02:38.519><c> board</c><00:02:38.680><c> of</c> 10year lease
• in front of the board of 10year lease in front of the board of land<00:02:39.000><c> and</c><00:02:39.200
• resources they ended up getting<00:02:40.760><c> a</c><00:02:40.959><c> 65-year</c><00:02:41.800><c> lease
• to</c><00:02:43.640><c> go</c><00:02:43.800><c> on</c><00:02:43.959><c> with</c> getting a 65-year lease

Summary: The Senate convened with 24 members present and one excused, approved the previous day’s Journal, and heard several introductions. Senator Hashimoto welcomed a visiting Kukui Fellowship Program cohort from Maui, and Senator Chang delivered a tribute honoring the late University of Hawaii Professor Daniel W. Kwak, highlighting his scholarship in Asian studies, his teaching career, and the journalism fellowship and China seminar he founded. A late introduction also recognized retired UH communications professor Gerald Kato for his work in journalism policy. The chamber then processed messages and communications, including Governor’s nominations to boards and commissions, House communications returning Senate bills, and a Judiciary communication transmitting the nomination of Sonia H. Toma to the Family Court of the Second Circuit. The Senate adopted Standing Committee Reports Nos. 1369 and 1370, agreed to disagree with House amendments to Senate Bill 108, and received notice that conferees would be named later. House concurrent resolutions transmitted from the House were referred to committee. On third reading, the Senate passed House Bill 994, HD1, relating to promoting pornography to minors, and House Bill 1175, relating to tax appeal procedures, both by unanimous consent with 24 ayes and no reservations. The Senate also granted a waiver of referral for a list of Senate concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions so they could meet an upcoming deadline. The President thanked staff for the job fair and noted its value for employees whose service would end at adjournment. The Senate then adjourned until 11:30 a.m. on Monday, March 31st.