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• from the leasing of CDCR’s facilities post-closure to rehabilitate those facilities and make them more
• We do have 10 facilities that we have closed.
• our needs to the Department of General Services then if the Department of General Services determines
• General Services roles take over.
• from the leasing of CDCR's facilities post-closure to rehabilitate those facilities and make them more

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So really, our facilities are unique facilities.
• facilities.
• What HB 43 did, and actually I do have one more point on facilities in general for traditional district
• Are their worst facilities.
• Facility ranked very high.

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Proceeds will be used to convert a work release facility into a full security facility.
• Proceeds will fund facility improvements and related equipment.
• obligation school bonds, series 21 with tax exempt bonds to generate savings.
• The documents do require a first-fill covenant for the proposed facilities.
• “Okay, because generally those are before. So I’m just confused.”

Summary: The State Bond Commission met on May 21, established a quorum, approved the April 16 minutes, and then considered a long agenda of bond, refunding, and election-related requests. Items 3 through 10 were election propositions for the November 3 ballot involving ad valorem taxes, parcel fees, and charter amendments for purposes such as fire protection, agricultural centers, neighborhood security, recreation, aging services, drainage, and roads and bridges; staff said they met technical and legal requirements, and the commission approved them. The commission also approved several local financings, including water and sewer projects, fire district equipment and facility improvements, school board and parish bonds, and refunding transactions for the East Baton Rouge City-Parish and St. James Parish School Board. A retroactive approval request from the City of Kenner related to a CEA with GMB Basketball LLC was discussed; staff made no recommendation because it was retroactive, but noted it appeared to be an oversight, and item 22, the related airport district agreement, was approved. The commission approved additional financing for the Louisiana Housing Corporation’s Federal City Building 10 affordable housing project, a preliminary approval for the Northwest Louisiana Finance Authority’s Petro Tower redevelopment in Shreveport, and two Louisiana Public Facilities Authority projects: Southern University’s Scott’s Bluff student housing project and the Crescent City Schools project for Harriet Tubman Charter School. During discussion of the Crescent City Schools financing, a commissioner asked about the use of MFP funds; staff explained that lease payments would be the repayment source and that MFP dollars are generally split between educational expenses and facilities costs, with the school’s typical split around 72% instructional and 28% administrative/facilities-related. Both items were approved. The commission then received six cost-of-issuance reports for previously approved bond issues, with various fee adjustments but no motions required. It also reviewed a debt schedule update and adopted Resolution No. 2 authorizing up to $425 million in general obligation refunding bonds to refund Series 2016 bonds and tender other outstanding bonds for savings, with pricing tentatively set for June 16 and closing for June 30. In other business, the commission heard a brief public comment from New Orleans City Council President J.P. Morrell thanking the commission for helping place a charter amendment on the ballot to improve New Orleans budgeting transparency and oversight. The meeting ended after monthly reports were noted and no further business was raised.

Transcript Highlights:

• Generally lower? Very good.
• No, no, no, all 19 correctional facilities. Because that is issues in all facilities.
• It decreased after that, generally?
• They'll reach out to other facilities.
• Can you tell us generally what that is?

Committee: House Corrections and Public Institutions

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Traditional public schools, as you may know, have greater access to facility funding through local general
• At best, charter school facility costs are reimbursed at 75% of facility costs, which many cap below
• for state offices, health facilities, daycare centers, as well as educational facilities.
• You know, I think that facilities are scarce. District facilities are scarce.
• The Charter School Facility Grant Program is The Charter School Facility Grant Program is a model.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . facility. facility.
• . facility. facility.
• . facility. facility.
• The facility forensic facility means a The facility forensic facility means a locked,<01:14:00.680><c
• . facility. facility.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 398, an act relating to decommissioning costs for electric generating units.
• 57.840><c> Brandon</c> Whereas Brigadier General Billy Brandon Whereas Brigadier General Billy Brandon
• ><01:05:19.440><c> Morgan</c> Brigadier General Billy Brandon Morgan Brigadier General Billy Brandon
• 14.120><c> Brandon</c> Whereas Brigadier General Billy Brandon Whereas Brigadier General Billy Brandon
• </c> General, but I knew him as coach. General, but I knew him as coach.

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> Min Minneapolis Sports Facilities Min Minneapolis Sports Facilities Authority.<00:00:57.120><c>
• And the state's investment in the facility was delivered through revenues generated through the sale
• Bank Stadium. facilities, US Bank Stadium is the only facilities, US Bank Stadium is the only facility
• </c> think uh this is a stateowned facility. think uh this is a stateowned facility.
• </c> long-term maintenance of the facility. long-term maintenance of the facility.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That's what the industry is generating.
• Chair, we rent one of the Western facilities.
• And, um, our, our closest, municipal facility would be 240. our closest facility would be $240 a night
• So February 17th in Sunland Park for the Otero facility, February 18th in Grants for the Cibola facility
• Who owns the facility?

Bills: HB63 , HB64 , HB184 , HB200 , HB47 , HB48 , HB2 , HB9

Committee: Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: water project fund, New Mexico Finance Authority, NMFA, Water Trust Board, water infrastructure, wastewater, drinking water, flood prevention, watershed restoration, water storage, conveyance, delivery, water treatment, recycling, reuse, municipal infrastructure, local government finance, capital outlay, grants, loans

Summary: The committee heard testimony on the expected impacts of House Bill 9 on private detention facilities and the surrounding counties and municipalities, focusing on Cibola County/Milan, Torrance County/Estancia, and Otero County. Corrections Secretary Alicia Lucero explained that the Corrections Department does not oversee the immigration detention facilities directly, but said the department could help displaced workers through hiring fairs and expedited hiring into state positions, and suggested possible alternative uses for the buildings such as behavioral health treatment, training campuses, or transitional living centers. She also noted that a memorial would task several state agencies and affected counties with exploring alternate uses and economic options, and that Workforce Solutions had scheduled job fairs in February for the affected communities. Local officials described major fiscal and community impacts. Cibola County and Milan said the loss of the facility would reduce gross receipts tax revenue, force service cuts, and potentially shrink the county budget substantially; they also warned that the village uses the detention population to support federal grant applications and industrial park development. Torrance County and Estancia said the closure would eliminate jobs, reduce GRT revenue that funds public safety, and require transporting prisoners to other facilities at much higher bed rates, with estimated annual impacts around $3 million. Otero County reported 284 jobs and $20.8 million in payroll at risk, along with about $3 million in annual GRT and a $68 million facility that could be foreclosed if bonds defaulted. Committee members pressed for more precise numbers, including employee counts, transport costs, current bed costs, and the total fiscal impact after accounting for existing contract payments. Several members emphasized that each facility and community is different and asked for separate, detailed plans, including short-term cost replacement and long-term economic diversification. There was discussion of possible hold-harmless assistance, emergency bill drafting, and coordination with Workforce Solutions, Economic Development, and higher education partners. No formal vote was taken; the chair directed staff and agencies to meet the next morning to continue developing an emergency response and requested more detailed information from the counties and the department.

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• And so what it is is the licensed facilities who are licensed to have children inside their facility.
• And that way it couldn't be controlled by the staff of that facility.
• And so what it is is the licensed facilities who are licensed to have children inside their facility.
• We made sure we protected those faith-based facilities.
• There's about 31 residential facilities that I could find.

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:10:02.320><c> committee</c> through the joint facilities committee through the joint facilities
• </c> parties on the joint facilities parties on the joint facilities committee<00:10:28.399><c> and</
• </c> any restrictions um from the facilities any restrictions um from the facilities committee<00:15:
• </c> general feel safe. Thank you. general feel safe. Thank you. Thank<00:19:13.280><c> you.
• And those the members in general.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then moved into a work session on its remaining bills. The main discussion centered on House Bill 477, which would establish a commission to study safety and security procedures at the New Hampshire State House. Members debated whether a new commission was needed, with several speakers arguing that security is already being reviewed through the bipartisan Joint Facilities Committee and existing security staff, including an outside consultant’s review. Others raised concerns that members do not always know how to report safety or behavioral issues and suggested better communication to the full membership about who to contact and what information can be shared. The House clerk then explained the structure and authority of the Joint Facilities Committee under RSA 17-E, noting that it is a bipartisan legislative committee made up only of elected officials, with publicly listed members, defined duties, and the ability to meet in nonpublic session on sensitive matters such as security. The clerk said members can bring concerns to the committee, its chair, or their caucus leadership, and that some safety briefings are already given to all members when appropriate. Several members said they preferred keeping security matters limited to a need-to-know basis and opposed creating a new commission that could force public discussion of sensitive procedures. The committee then voted on HB 477. Representative Sheen moved ITL, Representative Turkot seconded, and the motion passed 12-0, with Representative Wall voting no. The bill was sent to consent. After that, the committee began discussion of House Bill 314, which would prohibit the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• So it's generally...
• how much per facility.
• Each state used to have larger facilities and more facilities.
• or residential facilities.
• So when you start moving into residential facilities, those are to, Residential facilities.

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Federal oversight has been weakened, and protections that communities relied on for generations have
• Josh: As someone who grew up in poverty, who did not have access to the internet, who barely had electricity

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> to the facility. to the facility.
• Uh the council city the facility.
• generator is not a residential generator, as newly defined then in section two. commercial generator
• not a residential<00:49:35.720><c> generator</c> residential generator residential generator um<00:49
• </c> effect on that state general sales tax. effect on that state general sales tax.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• facility."
• facility?"
• </c> &gt;&gt; Okay. in the facility. &gt;&gt; Okay. in the facility.
• > from</c> facilities or hospice facilities from facilities or hospice facilities from the<00:46:31.359
• </c> hospice facility? hospice facility?

Committee: Joint Public Health and Welfare

Keywords: Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 25 February, 2026; 3:00 PM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> unions at different kinds of facilities. unions at different kinds of facilities.
• </c><00:08:14.720><c> living</c><00:08:15.080><c> facility</c> Facility A is a senior living facility
• </c> runs the facility. runs the facility.
• The facility held one-on-one meetings with many in the facility.
• Um so we can safely generalize generalize generalize um<00:58:21.240><c> that</c><00:58:21.480><c> kind

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Building whatever facility this is going to be, or wherever this facility is going to be, somebody's
• There's a lot of effort to be put in place before a revenue-generating facility will be put in.
• pay for those facilities.
• C&D processing facilities.
• It may take $50 million to fix the facility.

Summary: The task force met to focus on funding systems and incentive structures for a proposed regional waste infrastructure effort, including how a future WIPA framework might support solid waste planning in the Willamette Valley. Staff and members heard presentations from DEQ on the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, from Business Oregon on the Special Public Works Fund, and from Oregon State Treasury on state bonding capacity and the bond issuance process. Presenters explained how their programs are structured, how projects are scored or approved, what kinds of public entities and projects are eligible, and how interagency coordination and co-funding can work. DEQ emphasized that its revolving loan fund is driven by water-quality benefits and public-health criteria, while Business Oregon described a broader infrastructure loan program for public entities with no scoring system, and Treasury outlined the state’s debt-capacity process and the differences between general obligation and lottery bonds. Members used the presentations to discuss whether similar funding tools could support solid waste infrastructure, especially for transfer stations, regional hubs, and related facilities that may need to be built before Coffin Butte reaches the end of its lifespan. Several questions centered on whether public-private partnerships could qualify, whether equipment inside facilities could be financed, how repayment would work, and whether planning costs could be covered. DEQ and Business Oregon both said they could potentially collaborate on scoring or co-funding, but noted eligibility limits and the need for public ownership in many cases. Treasury said bond capacity is limited and competitive, especially for lottery bonds, and that project authorization generally runs on a two-year cycle, though unused authority can sometimes be reauthorized. In task force discussion, members debated whether the group should pursue a dedicated funding lane for the seven-county region rather than having local governments compete with other statewide needs. Some members stressed the importance of criteria to avoid stranded assets and to ensure funding is available when projects are ready, while others raised concerns about how cities and counties would generate revenue to repay debt during construction and early operations. The group also discussed flow control, system fees, and the need for regional collaboration among counties, cities, and haulers to create enough waste volume to support new infrastructure. Staff noted that pre-session filing materials for the legislature are due September 11, and the chair said the August meeting will focus on organizational structure and identifying partners. During public comment, Representative Kevin Mannix submitted written testimony supporting the WIPA concept and urging the task force to endorse it. Commissioner Bubba King of Yamhill County urged the task force to compare alternatives objectively and warned against adding bureaucracy before evaluating existing infrastructure and costs. Commissioners Kevin Cameron and Roger Nyquist of Marion and Linn counties described regional hub-and-spoke concepts, transfer stations, and intermodal options, emphasizing the need for planning, strategic siting, and collaboration with haulers and local governments.

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• revenues with state general fund.
• revenues with state general fund.
• What are those facilities? Slide 9. Yeah, on the right-hand side. What are those facilities again?
• Each state used to have larger facilities and more facilities.
• or residential facilities.

Committee: House Appropriations

Summary: The committee first heard a budget presentation on LSU Health Care Services Division and Lallie Kemp Medical Center. Staff reviewed HCSD’s roughly $74.7 million budget, much of it tied to legacy obligations for former LSU hospital systems and support for Lallie Kemp. Committee members asked about prisoner care, risk management costs, declining admissions and emergency visits, and the hospital’s 340B drug program. Lallie Kemp officials explained that prisoner care serves multiple state and local facilities, that lower admissions largely reflect more patients being placed in observation status, and that the in-house 340B program provides major savings to patients and the prison system. Members also asked about care for unhoused patients and the hospital’s discharge practices, and the hospital said social services works to find placement when possible. The committee then moved to the Louisiana Department of Health budget, which was presented as just under $23.5 billion, with Medicaid making up more than 90 percent of the total. The presentation covered the Office of the Secretary, Office of Public Health, Office of Behavioral Health, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, and Medicaid. Major items included the new Rural Health Transformation Program, the transfer of several functions from DCFS to LDH under the One Door initiative, changes to SNAP administration, and large Medicaid adjustments driven by enrollment, utilization, and federal policy changes. Testimony also highlighted the statewide crisis hub and 988, the commodity food program for seniors, women’s health and maternal outcomes, and the department’s efforts to modernize technology and reorganize services. Members questioned LDH officials on a wide range of budget and policy issues, including the rural health grant, crisis services, Medicaid redeterminations, provider taxes, physician and hospital supplemental payments, nursing home rates, HCBS funding, and the impact of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act. LDH said the rural health grant would support workforce, technology, and care-delivery improvements; that the crisis hub and mobile crisis units are being expanded to improve access and reduce emergency room use; and that the department is working to keep the SNAP error rate below 6 percent to avoid a projected state cost increase. Officials also said they expect to return next year with additional funding requests for HCBS and other programs, while emphasizing that current budget changes are largely meant to realign funding with actual expenditures and new federal requirements. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• . generators. generators.
• It would be general general fund money.
• I also have concerns that this could unintentionally encourage continued waste generation because facilities
• </c><01:50:25.880><c> because</c><01:50:26.160><c> facilities</c><01:50:26.640><c> are</c> waste generation
• because facilities are waste generation because facilities are profiting<01:50:27.240><c> from</c><01

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• This facility is Cedar Crest.
• </c><00:05:22.479><c> This</c><00:05:22.720><c> facility</c> very specialized facility.
• This facility very specialized facility.
• So, mental health facilities, alcohol and drug treatment facilities, correct?
• It's not a big general<01:16:15.520><c> fund</c> general fund general fund expenditure expenditure expenditure

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all