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• Senate 2508, third reading of the bill: An act establishing a sick leave bank for Andrew Satara, an employee
• Next, the bill expands and provides an exemption to the cap for trustees of employee-owned businesses
• Employee-owned business models are a promising and growing option, with two cannabis businesses having
• it not only allows an owner, when they see fit, to sell their interest in the business to their employees
• , allowing the owner to extract their capital and giving employees the ability to invest, but it also

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed students from the Frederick C. Murphy School in Weymouth, along with other guests introduced by members. The chamber then suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow several petitions to be referred, including proposals on alcohol labeling for beers consumed on premises, parity in funding for regional vocational and traditional public schools, and legal protections for victims of childhood sexual abuse. The main floor business was House No. 4187, An Act Modernizing the Commonwealth’s Cannabis Laws, reported by Ways and Means as a substitute bill. Members speaking in support described it as a comprehensive overhaul of the Cannabis Control Commission and the state’s cannabis and hemp regulatory framework. The bill would reduce and restructure the CCC, expand options for cannabis businesses and social equity operators, raise license and ownership caps, remove the vertical integration requirement for medical marijuana, and create stronger rules for hemp and CBD products, including a ban on unregulated intoxicating hemp products and a new regulatory structure for allowable hemp beverages and CBD items. Several amendments were offered and adopted by roll call, including changes narrowing the hemp beverage ban from 11 ounces to 7.5 ounces, requiring out-of-state testing labs to be certified in good standing with the commission, and other technical revisions. After debate, the House passed H. 4187 to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 153-0. The chamber also passed to be engrossed two sick leave bank bills, for Andrew Satara and Dana Johnson, and ordered House No. 1590, establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Wenaka, to a third reading. The House then adopted an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. and adjourned.

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• commercial licensing team has processed between February twenty-sixth and April 17th, we had 2,339 employee
• Currently, we have processed 2,322 employee credentialing applications, 290 transporter agent applications
• want to point out something that Jussse's statistics indicate is that the internal network or The employees
• Trigger for growth sites that have been abandoned for 30 days or more, Senate Bill 1242 now covers employee
• Party vendors to provide required employee training courses, including curriculum and in-person training

Keywords: 914, all

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• would perhaps deduct $45 million from DPS since they're being funded twice effectively for these employees
• would perhaps deduct $45 million from DPS since they're being funded twice effectively for these employees
• would perhaps deduct $45 million from DPS since they're being funded twice effectively for these employees
• The state employee longevity pay increase of $519,000, and then the little bit of a cut they took was
• family, or if a local business entity would also want to match or want to donate that for their employees

Bills: SB1177

Committee: House Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Keywords: education funding, mental health services, public safety, housing, state budget

Summary: The Joint Appropriations and Budget Committee took up Senate Bill 1177, the main budget bill, and first adopted the committee substitute as the working version. Chairman Caldwell presented the bill as the measure funding state government and answered a series of questions about major budget items, including CareerTech funding, child care, school security, teacher pay raises, the state plane purchase, Medicaid, mental health, veterans’ homes, and higher education projects. He said CareerTech received increased funding, child care funding was increased by roughly $12 million over last year, school security funding was continued at $50 million, and teacher pay raises were included through a mechanism that would raise the state minimum by $2,000. He also explained the $3 million state plane item as a restructuring of state aviation assets, and said the budget did not cut law enforcement funding tied to 287(g) agreements.

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• I would also ask: Are code enforcement officers still civil service employees?
• random reason that's not spelled out in this law and take away the authority of a civil service employee
• further codify what we're doing here, the Secretary of State's power to override a civil service employee
• being... ...state's power to override a civil service employee who's been vetted and appointed by the
• Again, just for what it's worth, in practice many of the employees are not yet— they're not civil service

Committee: Senate Housing, Construction, and Community Development

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee met with quorum present and considered a full agenda of housing, code enforcement, and rent regulation bills, many of which had passed the Senate in prior years. Early measures included a statewide residential rental registry (S.912), penalties and reporting for vacant and abandoned properties (S.925), and extending tenant response time for major capital improvement rent increase applications (S.1461). The committee also advanced several code-enforcement and fire/building-code bills, including measures to expand remedies for Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code violations (S.3406), increase the Secretary of State’s code enforcement powers (S.4165 and S.4534), and authorize investigations into code administration and enforcement (S.4535). Members raised concerns about local fiscal impacts, the scope of state authority, contractor use, and whether the bills adequately define or limit “imminent threat” and related enforcement powers. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on S.4852, which would require the Codes Council to review and act on updates to international model codes within 18 months. Senators debated whether the bill would speed up code adoption or, as some feared, weaken economic reasonableness considerations by striking the word “economically” from the statutory standard. Supporters said the bill was intended to ensure prompt review of widely used model codes and noted other statutory safeguards remain in place; opponents worried about reduced attention to cost and practical impacts, especially amid housing and utility capacity constraints. The committee also discussed S.6368A, requiring complainants to receive copies of compliance orders issued after code complaints, and S.6600B, mandating inspections of certain non-fireproof buildings in New York City. Additional bills advanced included standards for all-gender bathroom design and construction (S.7131A), compensation for required code-enforcement personnel training (S.7159), and audits of individual apartment improvements in rent-regulated units (S.8046A). Several measures were reported to Finance, while others were reported to the floor. Throughout the meeting, votes were largely along expected lines, with some members voting negative or “without recommendation” on the more expansive code-enforcement bills. No bill was defeated, and all items on the agenda were reported out of committee.

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• which the employee is involved and for other purposes.
• When the SBA initially denied the loans, the SBA employee approved them herself.
• So, the SBA Office of Inspector General identified multiple instances in which SBA employees approved
• H.R. 7401 requires SBA employees to certify...
• H.R. 7401 requires SBA employees to certify that they have no conflicts of interest before processing

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 4025, exempting certain employees from the classified civil
• Future employees within these departments will be part of the classified exempt system and...
• Future employees within these departments will be part of the classified exempt system and exempt from
• In general, this bill exempts employees from the departments of health, health facilities, and human
• It does not affect current employees unless they have a change in status, which includes moving to a

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• has had under consideration engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 4025 exempting certain employees
• Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 4025, exempting certain employees from the classified civil
• the last two years in work zones where speed was a factor, and that the Parkways Authority lost an employee
• purpose of this bill is to allow a patient who has received prior authorization from the Public Employees
• purpose of this bill is to allow a patient who has received prior authorization from the Public Employees

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met on March 11, 2026, with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and numerous guest and page introductions, including school groups, prayer caucus visitors, and advocates for Home Family Education Day and Women in Blue Day. The chamber then took up committee reports and a large number of House bills, most of them on third reading, along with several resolutions and referrals. Senate Resolution 62, designating March 12, 2026, as West Virginia Athletic Trainers Day, was adopted after remarks emphasizing the value of athletic trainers in preventing injuries and tragedies in school sports. Several other resolutions and concurrent resolutions were referred to the Committee on Rules or laid over under the rules. The Senate passed a wide range of bills addressing economic development, public safety, health, licensing, and state administration. Measures approved included bills on the West Virginia Collaboratory at Marshall University, the Business Ready Sites program, volunteer fire company spending authority, the Load Forecast Accountability Act, funeral service licensure, work zone fines, biennial business reporting, correctional officer retirement law, the Right to Try Act, quick claim deed tax exemptions, an ibogaine drug-development grant program, aggravated vehicular homicide sentencing, 529 savings plan definitions, opportunity zones, barber apprenticeship, municipal and county hotel occupancy fund uses, criminal-record licensing standards, intimate image disclosure remedies, executor training materials, contempt penalties, PEIA treatment flexibility, PANS/PANDAS information, the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, capitation rate review expansions, convention and visitors bureau board membership, peer support services, cosmetology licensure compacts, natural resource police retirement, DNR fee indexing, ALS care services, the Neighborhood Investment Program, oil and gas well plugging and carbon capture-related provisions, DUI technical changes, abuse intervention program terminology, and a youth summer employment and career readiness program. Most bills passed overwhelmingly, with a few closer votes, including the Load Forecast Accountability Act and the DNR fee-indexing bill. Several bills were amended on the floor, including title amendments and strike-and-insert changes. The Senate also debated the work zone penalty bill, with supporters citing worker safety and fatalities and opponents arguing the bill increased fines too much without requiring removal of outdated work-zone signs. On the energy-related load forecast bill, senators discussed the inclusion of provisions from Senate Bill 420 and concerns about coal plant utilization and utility impacts. After debate, the Senate adopted amendments and passed the bill. In most cases, after passage the Senate ordered the bills communicated to the House, and for a few measures it also adopted title amendments or made bills effective from passage or on a specified date.

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• I want what other state employees have: air conditioning in state buildings, Wi-Fi access, things like
• And that's where I was headed next is, you know, I have about 57,000 employees, and typically we get
• And that's where I was headed next is, you know, I have about 57,000 employees, and typically we get
• Employees, and typically we get cost-of-living adjustments every year.
• So if I were to ask staff and employees, are they in fact being encouraged to utilize their time, you

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation heard an overview from the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) on its budget change proposal and grant administration. BSCC requested authority for 11 additional permanent positions to handle a workload that has nearly tripled over five to seven years, with more than 600 grant agreements and about $1.5 billion in grant funds in the field. The board also reported on its new In-Custody Death Review Division, which has collected data since July 2024 and received 136 jail death reports; staff said the division is still building out reviews and has identified overdose, natural causes, and suicide by hanging as the leading manners of death. Members raised concerns about family notification practices, oversight of local grants, and the impact of taking more administrative funds from local assistance, while the LAO and Department of Finance did not oppose the position request but urged correction of the administration’s Proposition 47 savings methodology before May Revision. The committee then reviewed CDCR’s overall budget and operations. Secretary Jeffrey Macomber described a relatively steady prison and parole population, ongoing structural budget pressures from retirement payouts, workers’ compensation, medical transport, violence, and aging facilities lacking air conditioning and ADA features. He emphasized rehabilitation, recidivism reduction, college programming, and the department’s 20-year infrastructure planning effort, while also defending the closure of the California Rehabilitation Center and warning that additional closures can increase overcrowding, double-celling, and waitlists for programming. Senators pressed CDCR on fiscal discipline, vacancy savings, staffing shortages in medical and mental health classifications, the use of tablets for incarcerated people, and community impacts from prison closures, including the Norco site. A separate item focused on CDCR’s request for $91 million ongoing for lump-sum leave payouts to separating correctional officers and nurses. CDCR said these costs had historically been covered by vacancy savings, but lower vacancy levels and facility closures have reduced that funding source. The LAO supported the funding only on a limited-term basis with reporting, arguing the need may change as the system reaches a new normal, and also urged the Legislature to scrutinize the broader structural shortfall and the Boston Consulting Group efficiency contract. Finance supported ongoing funding, saying the costs are recurring and vacancy savings are less reliable. The committee also discussed CDCR’s fall 2025 population projections, which forecast a 6.5% decline in the institution population and a 10.4% decline in parole over five years, while updating Proposition 36 assumptions based on actual admissions data. CDCR and Finance said the California Rehabilitation Center closure would generate savings and that no additional prison closure had been formally proposed, though the LAO argued the state could close another prison and recommended not funding certain Soledad projects unless another closure is identified.

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• It involved the transfer of vacation time accumulated as a county employee into the state system.
• Idaho Code 675315 directed departments to establish an employee problem-solving procedure by July 1st
• A conservative estimate of how much these excessive claims cost the State of Idaho employee insurance
• This will force the State of Idaho employee insurance plan to raise rates, along with other Idahoans
• A conservative estimate on how much these excessive claims cost the state of Idaho employee insurance

Keywords: 989, all

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• So, the initial focus of that project has been on any cases approved by an employee within their first
• Just real quick, like when you mentioned HR and looking for certain employees And this is some of the
• Did you say that you have 17 full-time employees? Is that I hear that correctly.
• So, tell me how many full-time employees you have now. I think we have 31, around 31.
• But as far as the QA lab, we're going to need a few more employees there.

Keywords: 914, all

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• turning in a simple majority of support cards to the employer, even if those cards were collected from employees
• have all passed similar taxpayer and worker protections to ensure private ballot union access for employees
• have all passed similar taxpayer and worker protections to ensure private-ballot union access for employees
• the employer agrees to conditions including, but not limited to, committing not to speak to the employees
• The purpose of the bill is that the state wants to be sure that employees that are actually within that

Committee: Senate Commerce and Tourism

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• That use resulted in concerns and objections raised by a female employee.
• The Bostock case involved employers who had fired employees because of the sexual orientation or gender
• identity of the employee.
• Nothing in the Bostock decision required... ...of the employee.
• on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. ...discriminate against their employees on the

Committee: House Local Government

Summary: The committee met to hear House Bill 557, which would preempt local governments from adopting or enforcing anti-discrimination ordinances that go beyond state law. The sponsor, Rep. Bruce Skaug, and supporters argued the bill would create statewide uniformity, reduce burdens on businesses, and protect religious liberty and conscience rights. Testifying in support were representatives from Alliance Defending Freedom and Idaho Family Policy Center, a former Hitching Post owner, Sandpoint’s mayor, and several private citizens who said local ordinances had created legal risk, especially in housing, employment, and public accommodations. They emphasized concerns about compelled participation in same-sex weddings, gender identity policies, and the cost and uncertainty of local enforcement. Opponents, including the Association of Idaho Cities, officials from Victor, Boise, and Moscow, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, clergy, and other residents, said the bill would strip local control and weaken protections for LGBTQ people. They argued that city ordinances fill gaps in state law, improve safety and trust, and help with housing and employment discrimination. Boise and other city representatives said their ordinances were adopted in response to constituent concerns and had not produced the harms claimed by supporters; Boise also said it had no complaints from businesses alleging coercion under its ordinance. Several opponents said the bill would make communities less welcoming and could harm economic development. Committee members questioned witnesses about uniformity, local authority, housing protections, and whether similar laws exist in other states. Supporters cited state preemption examples and said other states have enacted similar laws; opponents cited constitutional concerns and the Romer v. Evans case. No final vote or action on HB 557 was taken in the portion of the meeting provided, and the chair continued taking testimony from both sides.

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• We have 28 employees. ...logging, working mostly in Grays Harbor, Thurston, and Pacific counties.
• We have 28 employees and hire over 50 subcontractors to help get the logs to the mills.
• Our employees come from rural towns and counties, and their wages are spent locally supporting others
• The more ground that is set aside means less work for us, our employees, and subcontractors, which in
• Seamus Petrie with the Washington Public Employees Association.

Bills: HB2170 , HB2544 , HB2578

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: natural climate solutions, ecosystem services, revenue generation, economic opportunities, environmental policy, water rights, adjudication, Columbia River, environmental impact, natural resources, tribal members, fish and wildlife, commission, indigenous rights, state regulation, 904, all

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• It removes the prohibition that cabinet employees are unable to serve as CASA volunteers.
• And so this provision allows us to strike not having DCBS employees, but there are a lot of really great
• that work in behavioral health, Medicaid, and social services, but they don't, they're not DCBS employees
• uh allows us to um strike not having uh allows us to um strike not having DCBS<00:03:27.040><c> employees
• , but there are a lot of DCBS employees, but there are a lot of really<00:03:28.720><c> great</c><00:

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 958, all

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• and it's $111 million to operate, and it only costs $1.9 million for those employees, where's the rest
• So that would be one thousand fifty permanent employees and then ten temporary employees.
• Term employees. So let me just clarify, Mr.
• Tab I has your current employee counts for all the big agencies, in the grand total about... 18,000 as
• You all passed and had enacted legislation to do that for state employees.

Keywords: 996, all

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• The FAA is so dedicated to this that they're working to embed an FAA employee into the UND research to
• The funds last biennium went to 2,197 employees in sheriff's offices, police departments, and jails.
• So those that have been here a while and are familiar, we have employee benefits.
• And so it creates a regulatory framework and adds two full-time employees.
• , and then... ...regulate this and they wanted eight full-time employees.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present and handled a mix of conference committee appointments, appropriations bills, policy bills, and House amendments. Early in the session, the chamber appointed conference committees for SB 2399 and for House-amended SBs 2213 and 2354, and also named conference committees for HB 103, HB 1308, and HB 1169. The Senate then took up several appropriations measures, including HB 1612, which creates the North Dakota Center for Aerospace Medicine at UND; the Senate adopted an amendment shifting the funding to a one-time $250,000 Community Health Trust Fund appropriation with a required $250,000 match from other sources, and the bill passed 39-7. HB 1193, the “Back the Blue” grant, was amended to make the funding one-time and focus on officer retention, then passed 41-5. HB 1329, a government spending database proposal for school districts, was amended into a legislative study and passed 42-4. HB 1020, the water budget, received extensive amendments reducing and reallocating funding across major water projects, adding studies and oversight changes, and passed 45-0 with the emergency clause. HB 1581, a tribal tourism grant, also passed 40-6. The Senate rejected HB 1330, which would have authorized divestment from direct investments in Chinese companies; after debate over the prudent investor rule, trade impacts, and whether the bill singled out one nation in law, it failed 20-26. HB 1534, limiting property valuation increases, and HB 1266, adjusting the disabled veterans property tax credit, both failed unanimously or nearly so after committee recommendations against them. HB 1566, which would have created a regulatory framework for a product discussed as kratom, was amended on the floor to convert it into a study and then passed 31-15. The chamber also passed HB 2241 on charter schools after a House amendment changed the funding formula to the statewide average from the prior year, and HB 2022, the indigent legal counsel budget, after House changes added funding flexibility, offset lost fee revenue, and included a study on a public defender office. The Senate concurred in several House amendments and then passed a number of Senate bills. SB 2375, allowing joint negotiations between dental providers and insurers under Attorney General oversight, passed 44-2. SB 2251, clarifying that open records requests during state audits should be referred to the audited agency, passed 46-0. SB 2159, related to nuclear energy research, passed 43-3 after House amendments required Industrial Commission approval and consultation with the radioactive waste advisory council. SB 2155, changing gratis antelope license rules, passed 30-16 after debate over landowner rights and tag distribution. SB 251, setting fees and an audit for the Private Investigative and Security Board, passed 44-2. SB 2280, the prior authorization health insurance bill, passed 43-3 with a House-added study and consumer protections. SB 2023, the Racing Commission budget, passed 41-5 after a House change made internship funding one-time. SB 2232, changing prenatal substance exposure reporting requirements and related toxicology rules, passed 44-2. SB 2241, authorizing public charter schools, passed 39-7. The session ended while the Senate was still processing SB 2022’s final passage vote, but the bill had already cleared concurrence on House amendments.

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• statute, including school district staff, law enforcement, fire and emergency services, and municipal employees
• This is a critical need for the town of West Tisbury to allow us to retain and attract qualified employees
• and ensure... ...West Tisbury to allow us to retain and attract qualified employees, ensuring that the
• And we anticipate that town public sector employee housing is likely to be one of those things.

Bills: H5314

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Housing

Keywords: condominium conversion, co-owned property, tenants in common, two-unit building, duplex, partition action, Land Court, chapter 183A, chapter 241, master deed, shared ownership, housing, property law, real estate, easements, common areas, common expenses, condominium ownership, small multifamily housing, 1212

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• An act establishing a sick leave bank for Shannon Manning, an employee of the Trial Court, Senate No.
• Third reading of a bill: An act establishing a sick leave bank for Shannon Manning, employee of the Trial
• taken out of the orders of the day: An act establishing a sick leave bank for Stephanie Rivera, an employee
• Third reading of the bill: An act establishing a sick leave bank for Stephanie Rivera, an employee of

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted a resolution congratulating Douglas Fire Chief John J. Perna on his retirement. It then took up several local and personnel-related bills on third reading, including sick leave banks for Shannon Manning of the Trial Court and Stephanie Rivera of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office; both were amended to add emergency preambles and passed to be engrossed. The Senate also passed to be engrossed bills concerning special meetings of the Holyoke City Council, the Reading town charter, and a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption for North Attleboro, and ordered a Fall River land conveyance bill to third reading. The chamber also paused for a personal privilege recognition honoring Canton High School’s state champion teams. Senators and guests celebrated the school’s 2025 Division II golf champions, Division II boys hockey champions, and Division III girls track and field champions, along with coaches and school officials, with remarks praising their accomplishments and community support. Later, the Senate considered a House bill creating a temporary summer 2026 pilot allowing municipalities to extend liquor license hours and permit public consumption in designated districts. A reporting requirement amendment offered by Senator Tarr was adopted, the bill was ordered to third reading, and it was passed to be engrossed. The House then returned the bill with a further amendment, which the Senate concurred in. The Senate also suspended rules and referred a Newton pension obligation bonds bill to the committees on municipalities and regional government. Finally, the Senate adopted the emergency preamble for the liquor-license pilot bill, passed it to be enacted, and adjourned to meet again on Thursday at 11 a.m.

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• Usually the change in employee compensation is in the maintenance budget, and we've done...
• The change in employee compensation is in the maintenance budget, and we've dug ourselves a pretty deep
• We've let our state employees down numerous times, and so I guess I wonder how would that play out, Senator
• And I have a one of my employees had a sort of personal experience with that.

Committee: Senate Finance

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee heard presentation of Senate Bill 1252, the “ROGUE Act” (Restraint of Government-Uncontrolled Expansion), by Senator Dan Foreman. The bill would limit annual increases in the maintenance budgets of state entities to the average CPI-U increase for the western U.S., while allowing exceptions for exigent circumstances, federally mandated costs, and operational needs. Foreman said the measure was intended as a statement of intent and a budgeting target, not a hard cap, and said it had been coordinated with JFAC leadership and LSO staff. Committee members raised several concerns, including whether the bill would affect employee compensation, whether it could interfere with JFAC’s appropriations authority, how exemptions would be determined, and whether CPI is a reliable measure of inflation. Members also questioned the lack of a clear definition of “maintenance budget” and whether the bill adequately accounts for population growth and past recession-related budget cuts. Foreman responded that the bill was meant to preserve flexibility for JFAC and would not prevent necessary increases when operational needs require them. Overall, the committee expressed interest in the concept but said the proposal was not yet ready to move forward because of unresolved issues around the definition of maintenance budgets and the practical effect of the cap. No vote was taken, and the meeting adjourned after discussion.

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• At Tucson Electric Power and UniSource Energy Services, business resource groups, or BRGs, are employee-led
• groups voluntarily formed to increase employee engagement, career development, or connections with customers
• of Native, tribal, and Indigenous people in the energy field, supporting and encouraging Native employees
• SP 1010, Charlie Kirk Highway; SB 1011, medical examiners, son and infant death; SB 1013, public employees

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then completed roll call, approved the prior journal, and welcomed several guest groups to the gallery, including CSG West and NCSL visitors, Tucson Electric Power/UniSource Native BRG members, Pascua Yaqui constituents, Marcos de Niza High School students, and guests from Payson. Members also observed a moment of silence for former Attorney General Mark Brnovich. Senator Hatathlie read a proclamation honoring the life and service of Amaya Curley, a Navajo woman and Navy veteran, and the chamber recessed for presentation of an Arizona state flag flown in her memory, with her family present. The President Pro Tem announced extended deadlines for opening Senate folders and for Senate bill intro set preparation, and the Senate received House messages regarding adjournment. The chamber voted to accede to the House request to adjourn after Thursday, January 15, 2026, until Tuesday, January 20, 2026. No substantive bill debate occurred; instead, the body moved a large number of measures to second reading, including election, education, health care, firearms, immigration-related reporting, cryptocurrency, transportation, and various memorial and appropriation bills. Committee and caucus announcements were made for Thursday, January 15, including Rules Committee and both party caucuses. The Senate then adopted a motion to adjourn until Thursday, January 15, 2026, at 10 a.m.