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• The clerk will read the bond initiatives and the committee assignment.
• The clerk will read the bond initiatives and the committee assignment.
• Introductory House Bond Initiatives No. 62, March 9th, 2026, referred to Appropriations.
• Introductory House Bond Initiatives No. 63, March 9th, 2026, referred to Appropriations.
• Introductory House Bond Initiatives No. 64, March 9th, 2026, referred to Appropriations.

Keywords: House streaming session for Monday, March 9, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, established a quorum, and approved the previous day’s journal. The main formal action was the reading and adoption of a House resolution honoring the women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion for their World War II service, with remarks emphasizing their role in clearing a massive mail backlog, supporting troop morale, and breaking barriers for African American women in the military. The resolution was read in full and presented on March 9, 2026. The chamber then handled introductory legislation and Senate messages on consent calendars. House Bills 1632 through 1642 were read the first time and referred to the appropriate committees, and Introductory House Bond Initiatives 62 through 65 were referred to Appropriations. Senate Bill 439 was introduced in the House and referred to Economic Matters, and Senate Bill 69 was introduced and referred to Government, Labor, and Elections. No objections or recorded votes were noted on these referrals. The remainder of the meeting consisted largely of caucus and guest announcements. Members announced upcoming caucus meetings, a high school shadow day, an Iftar dinner hosted by the Muslim and Women’s Caucuses, a Women’s Caucus election with in-person and remote voting times, and other constituent and guest recognitions, including District nights and visits from AFSCME Maryland Council 3, the Junior League of Annapolis, foster youth participants, and student pages. The House then adjourned on motion of the Majority Leader until Tuesday, March 10 at 10:00 a.m.

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• Do you have access to climate bond resources, or is that not available to you?
• And then if all else fails, there's the bond market as well.
• So in terms of climate bond funding, some of that is going to the state revolving fund with the idea
• The carbon-fluoride bond...
• The carbon-fluoride bonds in these molecules make it particularly difficult for microbes to break down

Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology and Medical Technology held an informational hearing on the role of biotechnology industries in wastewater treatment, hosted at Bakar Labs on the UC Berkeley campus. Opening remarks emphasized California’s water scarcity, the rising cost of wastewater infrastructure, and the need to reuse and clean contaminated water. Committee members framed the hearing as a look at both current treatment challenges and emerging technologies that could improve water quality, affordability, and resilience over time. The first panel focused on statewide wastewater challenges. BACWA Executive Director Laurie Fono described wastewater plants as part of a broader circular economy, noting their roles in recycled water, environmental enhancement, biosolids management, carbon sequestration, and renewable energy generation. She highlighted major challenges including aging 1970s-era infrastructure, nutrient reduction mandates, sea level rise, evolving regulations, and PFAS source control. She said Bay Area agencies face about $11 billion in nutrient reduction costs, with rate increases, state revolving funds, WIFIA loans, and bonds as the main financing tools. Members asked about regional differences, energy revenue opportunities, smaller decentralized plants, and agricultural collaboration. The second panel featured researchers and lab experts discussing biotechnology solutions. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s Dr. Romine Chakarvati described using microbial communities and machine learning to help break down PFAS and treat produced water. CEL Analytical’s Dr. Yigi Dearborn explained pathogen testing for direct potable reuse, wastewater monitoring, and the need for larger sample volumes and more funding to validate methods for viruses and protozoa. Stanford’s Dr. Chunhung-Shin presented an anaerobic membrane system that turns domestic wastewater into clean water and energy with less biosolids and lower operating costs. Committee members asked about AI, assay development, scaling technologies, and funding priorities. Public comment from the California Association of Sanitation Agencies stressed the need to balance scalability, reliability, and affordability, and the hearing adjourned without any formal vote or action.

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• You know, at one time, we used to have bond issues. ...bonds for 33 years, and we used to have Kyuss
• and Company do our bond.
• I never went to New York to sell the bonds, but they would take you to New York and have all this thing
• good for the cities and the municipalities when we can get this kind of interest rate and not have bond
• To the size of Socorro, and we just, with your AAA bonding, we just couldn't do what we do without your

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• law enforcement can choose to hold someone arrested for family violence for up to four hours after bond
• allow, law enforcement to hold a person arrested for family violence for four hours after they post bond
• of a violation of the court-ordered bail bond conditions, the bondsman is under no obligation to notify
• the prosecuting attorney that the defendant's bond has been canceled.
• to surrender a defendant to the court before filing an effort, thereby effectively canceling their bond

Bills: HB47, HB171, HB285, HB305, HB449, HB908, HB1024, HB1306, HB1443, HB1445, HB1741, HB1866, HB1902, HB2001, HB2282, HB2355, HB2492, HB2637, HB2697, HB3464, HB4263, HB4996, HB5667, HB47, HB171, HB285, HB305

Keywords: sexual assault, victim rights, forensic examination, medical care, trauma-informed care, crime victims compensation, evidence retention, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, animal cruelty, nonlivestock, prosecution, veterinary defense, animal welfare, pretrial hearings

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• DSU Woods Hall and Ag and Tech Building, again, using revenue bonds for those projects at $12.5 million
• The bond issue, we agreed there, authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds for NDSU, Minot, and Dickinson
• New bonds for NDSU, Minot, and Dickinson.
• Emergency clauses in there for capital projects, bonding, and land sale.
• this language that says it provides legislative intent to provide $50 million from state funds or bonds

Bills: SB2003

Keywords: higher education, student loans, scholarships, capital projects, workforce development, funding, North Dakota university system, 908, all

Summary: The committee met to work through the higher education budget, beginning with a conflict-of-interest request from Representative Martinson, who was excused from voting because of a partnership that leases office space to Bismarck State College. Members then reviewed the higher education institution budget sheets, covering ongoing and one-time funding items for campuses and system projects such as BSC housing, Lake Region roof repairs, UND’s STEM and National Security Crossroads projects, the UND allied health facility, NDSU projects including New Horizons, DSU deferred maintenance and campus security, Mayville’s Old Main, Minot projects, and the regional health institutes. Members also discussed student financial assistance, the professional student exchange program, IT security funding, and workforce/education innovation grants. Several amendments and policy questions were debated. The committee adopted an amendment to make workforce education innovation grants competitive rather than automatically distributed, and then voted to remove language prohibiting those funds from being used to duplicate academic programs. Members also removed similar anti-duplication language from the New Horizons section. They agreed to extend the UND hyperbaric chamber transfer authority to 2027 and clarified language around UND land-sale proceeds. A proposed amendment to add $5.6 million for the Wahpeton State School of Science building purchase failed for lack of a second, and a proposal to restore fetal alcohol spectrum disorder funding to UND was left for conference. The committee also discussed, but did not add, a tuition cap change, a study on the Praxis exam, and several governance-related provisions. The committee spent significant time on broader higher education policy items, including a $3 million enterprise resource planning request for the university system, a $2 million grant program for students who are pregnant, recently gave birth, or are caring for young children, and a $1.1 million request for library age-verification software tied to the Odin system. Members also discussed dual-credit authority for UND and NDSU, a goal for the UND medical school to increase North Dakota resident enrollment, and intent language regarding the commissioner/chancellor model and presidential search authority. At the end of the meeting, the committee approved the amendments and then gave the higher education budget a do-pass recommendation as amended, with Representative Sanford designated as the carrier. The Forest Service budget was also approved, including two additional FTEs, and the committee adjourned after noting it would continue with other budgets the next day.

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• When the PUA was first founded, it did not have a great bond rating at its inception.
• As we've had to upgrade our facilities, we do so by going to the bond market, but we have to manage our
• After the first five years, I can tell you that that bond rating went up substantially.
• Since I've been on the board, we've gone to bond once and gotten a whole lot better rates than my county
• It will be funded solely through the sale of water and wastewater services and may issue bonds for infrastructure

Bills: SB1169, SB1285, SB1583, SB1611, SB1898, SB1976, SB2160, SB2161, SB2658, SB2661, SB2662, SB2692, SB1055, SB1359, SB2660

Keywords: water service, sewer service, public utility, joint operation, infrastructure, municipality, compliance, SB 1285, bats, bat protection, wildlife protection, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, Parks and Wildlife Code Section 63.101, hunting bats, bat possession, bat sales, bat trade, pest control, licensed pest control professional, animal control officer

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• Utility District number one of Tarrant and Wise County providing authority. to impose a tax and issue bonds
• Authority, altering the terms of the Authority's Port Commission, altering the authority to issue bonds
• management HB 5671 by Carwin relating to the election of directors for and the authority to use to issue bonds
• relating to the creation of La Sima Municipal Management District number one providing authority to issue bonds
• Utility District number one granting a limited power of eminent name providing authority to issue bonds

Bills: HJR5, HB39, HB 102, HB 126, HB290, HB300, HB1330, HB2110, HB2143, HCR64, HCR101

Keywords: education funding, Texas State Technical College System, constitutional amendment, capital projects, workforce education, military education, early registration, ROTC, corps of cadets, higher education, military academy, student athletes, name image likeness, compensation, intercollegiate athletics, representation, tuition assistance, military, Texas State Guard, education

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• customers outside the municipal boundaries only to the extent necessary to comply with the terms of bond
• covenants that are in effect as of July 1, 2024. ...with the terms of bond covenants that are in effect
• as of July 1, 2024, and then those surcharges must be phased out upon retirement of the bonds, expiration
• We're doing that just to make sure that the bond market stays stable.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and considered four bills. First, the committee took up SB 1724 on municipal utility services. A late-filed strike-all amendment by Senator Martin was adopted after he explained it would require annual customer meetings for certain extraterritorial utility customers, cap the use of utility revenues for general government purposes, eliminate a 25% surcharge and reduce the rate differential cap, remove municipal natural gas utilities from the bill, and preserve certain surcharges only as needed to satisfy existing bond covenants. The Florida League of Cities raised implementation concerns about the July 1, 2026 effective date and the time needed for rate studies and budget adjustments, but the bill as amended was reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 936 on temporary door locking devices by Senator McLean. The bill would define temporary door locking devices, authorize their installation at any height, require the Florida Building Commission to add standards to the Florida Building Code, and require their use to be incorporated into safety plans, drills, and training. With no opposition or debate, SB 936 was reported favorably. Next, the committee considered SB 1014 by Senator Mayfield, which would prohibit municipalities from refusing water and wastewater service solely because a property owner declines annexation, if the property is near a municipal main line, not served by another utility, and the utility has capacity. An amendment narrowed the bill by defining “main line” and reducing the distance threshold from 2,000 meters to one-half mile. The Florida League of Cities opposed the bill as amended, citing concerns about large users, possible conflict with annexation law, potential enclave creation, and revenue impacts, but Senator Mayfield said he would continue working on the issues. The committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, Chair Bradley presented SB 1498 on community associations. A strike-all amendment was adopted that made technical changes to video conference recording, turnover inspection reports, and electronic voting, and added provisions requiring associations to provide records to law enforcement and prosecutors, creating a second-degree misdemeanor for willful refusal. It also targeted mandatory club or amenity fee structures controlled by developers or third parties, declaring such provisions against public policy, limiting assessments to proportional expenses, and allowing suits and conveyance of common areas after turnover. Testimony from homeowners described alleged governance abuses and opaque, profit-driven mandatory fees in their communities, while the Community Associations Institute supported the amendment. The committee reported CS for SB 1498 favorably. Members then recorded additional votes for the record, and the meeting adjourned.

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• Are there discussions about bonding? Yeah, discussions on bonding are still ongoing.
• Again, that's a $700 million bonding bill, which is what has been proposed and talked about from the
• But if we do come together with a good, solid bonding bill that leaves the leeway to potentially get

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: Legislative leaders said work on a special session was still ongoing, with no date set but a possibility of being called soon by the governor. They said negotiations had not broken down and were continuing in a bipartisan way, though there were still significant differences to resolve. Leaders also said that if a special session is announced, members would likely be called back on short notice, with enough time to return from their districts. Several bills were discussed as still being finalized, including the tax, health, human services, transportation, bonding, and non-compete measures. On health and human services, the main unresolved issue was how to handle the undocumented immigrant health insurance provision; one option discussed was moving it into a separate bill, but only if there were a guaranteed contingency to ensure passage and enactment. On taxes, leaders said the current skinny-down version had stripped out several provisions they wanted, including data center-related changes and sustainable aviation fuel language, so final language would determine whether they could support it. They also said discussions on a roughly $700 million bonding bill were still active, with no guarantees. On the non-compete ban, leaders said changes were still being discussed with committee chairs and the commissioner, and that their caucus wanted changes to Minnesota’s current policy. They also said they were not sure whether members were taking per diem during the delay, and one leader said he personally would not take it in a special session if the work was not done. Overall, the tone of the discussion emphasized continued negotiation and a preference for professional, cooperative talks rather than conflict.

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• Units, bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects providing a criminal penalty or for the Committee on Ways
• period for which a person arrested by certain crimes involving family violence may be held after a bond
• Harrison relating to the vote required to approve the issuance of general obligation bonds by a political

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• These bonds use taxes and bond-related products for providing of criminal penalty or for the committee
• period for which a person arrested by certain crimes involving family violence may be held after a bond
• Vote required to approve the issuance of general obligation bonds by a political subdivision, referred

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Insurance AB 1053 by Derazio relating to the text of municipal ballot propositions on the issuance of bonds
• Bond refer to the Committee on Pensions, Investments and Financial Services.
• Derazio proposing a constitutional amendment appropriating certain surplus revenue to school district bond
• proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislators set a minimum amount of monetary bond

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• Relating to the text of municipal ballot propositions on the issuance of bonds, refer to the committee
• on criminal jurisprudence HB 1195 by seeking vote or approval for the issuance of school district bond
• Using a constitutional amendment appropriating certain surplus revenue to school district bond debt,
• I'm not concerned about new projects but that law has not been implemented yet. 315 bond for persons

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• It is a bonding bill pertaining to the Rural Finance Authority, which is under the direction of the Department
• We agreed that the bill should go to AG first, then to bonding.
• I have witnessed the powerful and palpable bond between Burnsville's police officers and firefighters

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• This bill prohibits political subdivisions from using public funds to pay back bail bonds.
• SB 843 by Colcourt, relating to an education agency database of school district bonds, taxes, and bond-related
• Senate Bill 843 creates transparency for bonds.
• They can pay back the bonds that they have at that $100,000.
• If you raise this to $140,000, they say they're going to be unable to pay back those bonds.

Bills: SB4, SB23, SB3, SJR2, SJR85, SB34, SB60, SB75, SB706, SB1814, SB1220, SB523, SB565, SB1253, SB840, SB764, SB2383, SB2155, SB1535, SB1405, SB1423, SB1566, SB1804, SB1728, SB1816, SB1952, SB1948, SB2037, SB2068, SB1455, SB213, SB243, SB627, SB646, SB670, SB896, SB917, SB1184, SB971, SB1255, SB1261, SB1283, SB1358, SB991, SB1733, SB21, SB231, SB739, SB1252, SB1371, SB664, SB40, SB9, SJR1, SB687, SB1332, SB458, SB482, SB927, SB984, SB651, SB1620, SB2124, SB2448, SB841, SB843, SB402, SB2662, SB2053, SB2332, SB2112, SB745, SB1247, SB1789, SB27, SB207, SB2938, SB1901, SB1227, SB1248, SB912, SB1321, SB2143, SB2145, SB1497, SB1239, SB2180, SB1388, SB1662, SB1951, SB1537, SB493, SB378, SB1020, SB1018, SB992, SB958, SB920, SB1350, SB1762, SB552, HCR109, SB2185, SB4, SB23, SB3, SJR2, SJR85, SB34, SB60, SB75, SB706, SB1814, SB1220, SB523, SB565, SB1253, SB840, SB764, SB2383, SB2155, SB1535, SB1405, SB1423, SB1566, SB1804, SB1728, SB1816, SB1952, SB1948, SB2037, SB2068, SB1455, SB213, SB243, SB627, SB646, SB670, SB896, SB917, SB1184, SB971, SB1255, SB1261, SB1283, SB1358, SB991, SB1733, SB21, SB231, SB739, SB1252, SB1371, HB2970, HB 109, SB2308

Keywords: property tax, homestead exemption, school funding, state aid, constitutional amendment, elderly, disabled, ad valorem taxation, school district funding, SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption

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• County Public Facilities Bonds County Public Facilities Bonds favorable. favorable. favorable.
• bond requirements, all<02:02:40.560> counties.
• guarantee for county bond requirements. guarantee for county bond requirements.
• county bond requirements. county bond requirements.
• This application of bond requirements.

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House met in Annapolis with 107 members present and proceeded through the journal and a series of Appropriations Committee reports. Several bills were advanced on favorable reports without amendment, including measures on constitutional officers’ salaries, correctional officer retirement systems for Dorchester and Allegany counties, Carroll and Calvert County public facilities bonds, higher education financial assistance for incarcerated individuals, and a bill on community college promise scholarship eligibility for Delmar High School graduates. Other bills received amendments before being ordered for third reading, including measures on community college trustee membership, Frederick Community College board meeting and training requirements, Howard County school funding disclosures, courts administrative judges’ stipends, correctional officers retirement membership clarifications, the Children’s Cabinet Fund, and a law enforcement pension bill limiting military service credit eligibility to helicopter pilots in state aviation units. The chamber also considered HB 1581 on horse racing facility ownership, development, licensing, and operations. Amendments expanded the bill to include additional economic development provisions for the Prince George’s County Blue Line corridor, Pimlico-related funding and community input requirements, a larger lottery-fund distribution for the racing community development financing fund, and changes to the bus rapid transit grant program. The bill’s favorable report as amended was adopted, and it was ordered for third reading. During debate on a separate amendment to HB 894, the Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act, members argued over project labor agreements: opponents said PLA requirements raise costs and limit competition, while supporters said the provision was optional, supported stability and predictability, and was part of a broader compromise. The amendment was rejected after discussion, and the bill remained amended. The House also took up HB 1430 on charter school facilities funding, adopting amendments that reduced the per-pupil amount and narrowed eligibility for certain districts, then advancing the bill as amended. In addition, HB 1248 was amended to convert a part-time state employment pilot program into a work group, and HB 680 was amended to adjust future appropriations for local management boards. Across the session, most actions were routine committee report adoptions and amendment votes, with no recorded roll-call counts in the excerpt except the initial quorum call.

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• We know that the capacity for the capital investment committee, or the bonding bill, has been reduced
• Trunk highway projects could easily eat up the $700 million bonding maximum capacity authority.
• easily eat up the $700 million bonding easily eat up the $700 million bonding maximum<00:04:58.320
• off of our bonding ability. off of our bonding ability.
• Those are kind of standard bonds that are included in this bill.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We do include some information on public finance authority bonding authorization.
• Those bonds were issued, and now we've been doing two sessions of bond payments on that at about $102.6
• The building authority has the option to do the lease payments and structure the bonding as lease payments
• There really hasn't been any new bonding authorized under that, but we include some of those limits so
• payments, bond splits, ACHs, wires.

Summary: The committee received a compliance and budget update on Industrial Commission agencies and programs, including the Industrial Commission administrative office, the Oil and Gas Research Program, the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, the State Energy Research Center, the Research Technology Park grant program, and related funds. Staff reviewed spending and balances for items such as electric grid resiliency grants, lignite research, enhanced oil recovery, the salt cavern business case study, and the new NDSU research and technology park grant. Members also discussed timing, carryover balances, matching requirements, and how some programs are structured to reimburse projects over several years rather than spend funds immediately. Karen Tyler of the Industrial Commission described the agency’s administrative budget, the grant management system nearing completion, and the transition to standalone audits and staffing after separating from other agencies. She also outlined the status of active grant rounds across lignite, oil and gas, renewable energy, outdoor heritage, and clean sustainable energy programs. Members asked about the length of active grants, demand for clean energy funding, and the possibility of future grant rounds. Tyler and members also discussed the salt cavern study, the need to better define its commercial value, and the research technology park grant’s cash-match requirement. Ron Ness then testified on enhanced oil recovery and broader oil and gas market conditions. He said North Dakota production remained steady, but future growth depends on infrastructure, longer laterals, and better use of natural gas and carbon dioxide for EOR. He described the state’s EOR grant round, the use of federal DOE funding to replace part of a state-funded project, and the expectation of additional grant rounds. Members asked about CO2 supply, storage, and the economics of using legacy fields and pipelines to extend oil production and support agriculture and industrial uses. The committee also heard from Bank of North Dakota President Don Morgan, who reviewed the bank’s mission, governance, lending verticals, disaster programs, and new initiatives. He said the bank is seeing deposit growth flatten and is responding to fintech competition by focusing on liquidity, risk management, and a new payment infrastructure initiative called Rough Rider Coin, which he emphasized is not crypto and not a public coin, but a banking payment rail for North Dakota institutions. Members asked about student loan rates, disaster lending, and how the bank’s lines of credit and balance sheet capacity are affected by deposit trends. Morgan said the bank remains profitable and continues to support agriculture, commerce, and industry through participation loans, student lending, and state-directed programs.

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Bills: HB0034, HB0035, HB0036, HB0106

Keywords: HB0034, Wyoming retirement system, Wyoming Retirement Act, firefighter retirement, public employee retirement, retirement benefits, state pension, wildland firefighting, wildland firefighter, crash and rescue, Wyoming National Guard, Office of State Lands and Investments, Wyoming Retirement Board, correctional forestry crew, correctional crew supervisor, correctional forestry crew manager, general fund appropriation, state agency employees, service credit, benefit eligibility

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Keywords: 924, joint, all