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• Would you like the first roll to be open for co-authors?
• This is for co-authors on ACR 116. All members vote who desire to vote. This is for co-authors.
• There are 67 co-authors on the resolution.
• The clerk will open the roll for co-authors on The clerk will open the roll for co-authors on ACR 118
• There are 67 co-authors on the measure.

Summary: The Assembly convened after an initial quorum call, then proceeded with prayer, the pledge, and routine motions. Members approved several procedural requests, including moving AB 362 to the inactive file and allowing the Natural Resources Committee to hear AB 34 on January 16. The chamber also recognized guests and paid tribute to retiring Republican caucus consultant Daryl Thomas, with remarks from multiple members praising his long service and legal analysis work. The main floor action centered on ACR 116, a resolution honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Members from several caucuses and both parties spoke in support, emphasizing King’s legacy of civil rights, economic justice, nonviolence, and unfinished work. After opening the roll for coauthors, the resolution received 67 coauthors and was adopted by voice vote. The Assembly then took up ACR 118, recognizing Korean American Day; members highlighted Korean American history, community contributions, solidarity with other communities, and the significance of Koreatown and Korean American civic life. That resolution also received 67 coauthors and was adopted by voice vote. The consent calendar was then adopted on a 64-0 vote, including ACR 115 on National Blood Donor Month. The chamber also held an adjournment in memory for former legislator David Kelly, with a tribute to his military service, agricultural background, and legislative work on water conservation and sustainable agriculture. The Assembly announced the upcoming Martin Luther King Day recess and adjourned until Tuesday, January 20 at 1 p.m.

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• Their program provides peer-to-peer therapy, mentorship, career networking, and. family unit bonding
• Refer to the Committee on Elections HB 2774 by Burdell relating to the authority of Bandera County.
• the issuance and revenue bonds of certain capital projects at the University of Texas at El Paso for
• to issue bonds referred to the Committee on State Affairs, HB 2870 by Zwiener.
• the legislature strictly regularly and authorized casino gaming and sports wagering by General Alani

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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• want the members of this committee to know that what I consider my due diligence as a member and the author
• Author.
• Do they have to put up surety bonds? So, we passed legislation that did that.
• So, we're requiring these companies to put up a surety bond, get appraisals, and get quotes on what it
• would cost to restore their property back to what it was before and get a surety bond with that landowner

Bills: HB4246, HB4230, HB3617, HB3657, HB2976, HB3391, HB4459, HB4128, HB3989, HB2989, HB4060, HB3145, HB2992, HB3464, HB4246, HB4230, HB3617, HB3657, HB2976, HB3391, HB4459, HB4128, HB3989, HB2989, HB4060, HB3145, HB2992, HB3464

Keywords: water rights, rural water districts, board members, training requirements, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, right to repair, agriculture, OEM, repair providers, documentation, farm equipment, parts availability, maintenance, labor, employment definitions, agricultural services, Oklahoma Workforce Commission, confidentiality, data access, environmental protection

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• Smaller cities, Class A, B, and C, did not have the authority to involuntarily annex properties.
• Is that just impact fees or if we have to run a road bond to pay for road upgrades.
• a tax shift between Danex properties to the rest of the city, and the rest has to pay for that roe bond
• , more likely that roe bond goes down so quickly.
• Members, this bill clarifies and expands the county's authority to cancel subdivisions within specific

Bills: HB24

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management

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• These bonds haven't yet been sold, but the project's underway.
• These bonds haven't yet been sold, but the project's underway.
• These yet these bonds<00:18:50.720> haven't<00:18:51.039> yet<00:18:51.280> been
• haven't yet been sold, but uh the bonds haven't yet been sold, but uh the project's<00:18:54.240>
• <00:25:55.520> to included this additional authority to included this additional authority

Keywords: 00:01 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:47 Maintenance 12:40 Approval of Minutes 12:55 Vehicle Regulation 21:08 General Admin and Highways 34:11 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation met without a quorum at first, then later approved the minutes once quorum was established. The committee heard presentations from Transportation Cabinet officials Mike Hancock, Jeremy Slinker, and Sean McCarnieran on maintenance, vehicle regulation, general administration, highways, and related capital projects. Hancock emphasized that maintenance is the cabinet’s most visible public service, especially for snow and ice removal and routine roadway upkeep, and said rising costs have outpaced funding. He cited a 61% increase in highway construction costs since 2020 and said maintenance spending was $488 million in FY 2024 and $511 million in FY 2025, while the FY 2026 baseline request was $483.3 million. The cabinet’s additional maintenance request would add $23.6 million in FY 2027 and $38.6 million in FY 2028, with expected impacts on litter pickup, mowing, vegetation management, and pothole repair if not funded. The cabinet also outlined five maintenance-related capital projects: additional funding for Ballard County maintenance/salt storage, Hopkins County maintenance/salt storage, Whitley County maintenance/salt structure, and the District 2 office and materials lab, plus reauthorization of the Breckinridge County maintenance and salt facility. Hancock also asked for budget language allowing the cabinet to use unexpected restricted and federal funds more quickly, similar to existing authority for federal earmarks. McCarnieran described the governor’s inclusion of funding for the ASHTOWare system, employee health exams, priority IT projects, and a District 7 office renovation request, noting that some items were not funded because they ranked low among competing projects. He also said the governor’s budget included a $7.5 million annual maintenance pool for the cabinet’s 1,200 facilities and requested additional restricted fund authority for Trimark and the Cumberland Gap Tunnel. Slinker focused on the Department of Vehicle Regulation, saying recent investments in staffing and equipment had reduced wait times and improved customer service in driver licensing offices. He requested $535,600 to keep temporary contract workers in place for the rest of the year, warning that without it regional office operations would have to be reduced. He said the surge in demand was driven by new 15-year-old licensing requirements, vision testing, and Real ID implementation, but believed the volume was beginning to level out. He also outlined FY 2027 and FY 2028 plans totaling $20.38 million and $19.85 million, including six new regional offices and a shift away from temporary workers toward state positions. Additional requests included $106,000 for debt service on the new driver’s license modernization system and operating costs of $5 million in FY 2027 and $2.5 million in FY 2028 to support the transition from the old system. Members asked about the cabinet’s funding sources, and officials said the road fund is the primary source, supported by motor fuels tax, usage tax, driver-related receipts, and some restricted funds; they stressed that the requests were not for additional general fund dollars. Questions also covered employee health exam reimbursements, the annual Trimark/Cumberland Gap contract, and the District 7 renovation request. No votes were taken on the budget items during the meeting, beyond approval of the minutes.

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• I just want to thank the author and also as a co-author to this bill as well. bill, read through it,
• Be a co-author. Perfect. Assembly member Gonzalez, you had.
• Fire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024, which authorized the issuance
• of bonds in the amount of $10 billion.
• So thank you very much, and I would like to be a co-author.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• $475,000 of general fund uh bond $475,000 of general fund uh bond appropriation.<01:19:54.159>
• They have bonding authority for $6 million. My concern is this has been such a moving target.
• They have a<01:26:16.719> bonding<01:26:17.120> authority<01:26:17.440> for<01:26
• a bonding authority for $6 million. a bonding authority for $6 million.
• They are moving to 82 Peace Development Authority.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• When we start talking about our severance tax bonds, and here we are, we have some projects that are
• bonded, if you will, but in all reality, the life of whatever it is that we bond that project for maybe
• is not the full life of the bond.
• It is a bonding moment, a time of storytelling and sharing wisdom.
• I'll yield to Senate Majority Authority, Senator Peter Wirth. Thank you, Mr. President.

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• I'm the CEO of the New Mexico Finance Authority.
• that are eligible to proceed, that they be authorized.
• Authorized FTE is 61. Our current vacancy rate is 8.2%.
• Next up, we have the Border Authority. That's Agency Code 417.
• The Lottery Authority is not a state agency.

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• <00:15:17.920> between<00:15:18.160> law strengthen the bond between law strengthen
• the bond between law enforcement<00:15:19.199> and<00:15:19.440> the<00:15:19.600>
• <02:19:15.920> of Security Act to clarify the authority of Security Act to clarify the authority
• This legislation does not expand federal authority or create new rights.
• expand federal authority or create new rights.<02:26:02.880> instead.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• So it's not like if she could get arrested, she's required to be on bond.
• They would have to be on bond until the...
• They would have to be on bond until the sentencing aspect of it.
• The bond people can come off of your bond if you want to.
• The judge can revoke your bond at that point. Um, that's really the discretion for the judge.

Bills: SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307, SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307

Keywords: hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, education oversight, subpoena authority, investigation, State Superintendent, school misconduct, drug courts, accountability, veterans, mental health, substance abuse, rehabilitation, criminal justice, court intervention, elder abuse, financial exploitation

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• /c><00:08:00.479> assist<00:08:00.800> in authorities ask Wyoming to assist in authorities
• The language, as federal authorities.
• <00:17:50.720> on can take federal arresting authority on can take federal arresting authority
• Authority, and I'll yield to him. Authority, and I'll yield to him.
• Wyoming State Guard has been authorized Wyoming State Guard has been authorized in<01:00:07.920>

Bills: HB0130, HB0095, HB0096, HB0097, SF0101, SF0106, SF0067, SF0123

Keywords: Second Amendment, firearms, state rights, federal regulation, law enforcement, civil penalties, government liability, concealed carry, public colleges, university facilities, weapons legislation, self-defense, campus safety, weapons, age requirement, permits, HB0097, Wyoming firearms privacy, merchant category code, MCC

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• Looking ahead and our bonding<00:14:48.000> uh<00:14:48.480> proposals<00:14:49.279>
• will<00:14:50.079> prioritize bonding uh proposals will prioritize bonding uh proposals will
• What are you thinking in regard to a bonding request for prison expansion?
• <01:08:18.000> and developed and and authorized and developed and and authorized and approved
• In the end, um, a dis bond facility.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So this includes um authorization.
• hopefully appropriated in the bonding hopefully appropriated in the bonding bill<00:41:33.920>
• If bonding bill passes and includes it.
• If some other set of things occur, if the building does not get authorized in the bonding bill, the $20
• Uh but likewise, I think bonding bill.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Members met to review a budget bill agreement using a nonpartisan spreadsheet and summary materials. Chairs and members thanked fiscal, research, revisers, and agency staff for the collaborative process, noting the bill had been difficult and that the final product reflected compromise. The chair also said only minor technical changes were expected before final enactment, and the spreadsheet walkthrough was then turned over to fiscal staff. Fiscal staff explained that the agreement met the overall budget target and walked through major human services provisions. Key items included nursing facility payment changes, including a phased PDPM change, APS inflation, modified single-bed incentives, and a CPI-U capped payment cap; a nursing facility surcharge; workforce standards board rule costs; continuation of certain nursing facility property tax rates; regulation of for-profit acquisitions of nursing homes and assisted living facilities; repurposing assisted living special project funds; funding the SEIU self-directed worker agreement; CFSS reimbursement in acute care hospital settings; and multiple disability waiver rate and authorization changes, including CPI-U inflation caps, waiver authorization reforms, and a waiver reimagined advisory task force. The agreement also included family residential service rate increases, a temporary extension of customized living disproportionate share payments, tribal eligibility for targeted case management, positive supports training changes, out-of-home respite modifications, swimming lessons as an allowable service for certain children with disabilities, a provisional EID provider license, and program integrity services funded by licensing fee increases. Additional provisions covered MinnChoices studies and assumed savings, behavioral health fund changes, substance use disorder treatment billing and rate changes, supportive recovery housing, housing support supplemental rates for specific providers, disability determinations, enteral nutrition payment timing, temporary funding for Boundary Waters Care Center, several one-time human services grants, senior nutrition funding, and grant reductions and extensions. No formal vote was described in the transcript; the discussion focused on explaining the agreement and its fiscal effects.

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• You know, the governor has talked about a housing bond, VMT mitigation.
• The bond, and that's not acceptable. I understand.
• Housing body authority offer of cost effective way to mitigate VMT.
• Of which only about one-fourth are authorized, so that would.
• We strongly oppose the expanded... enforcement authority.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Louis, the author of the bill, Representative Lesnick.
• I recognize the member from Crow Wing, the author of the bill, Representative Hinesman.
• I recognize the member from Freeborn, the author of the bill. Representative Bennett.
• It is the authorization of trunk highway bonds, which is under the Transportation Committee's jurisdiction
• , not General Obligation bonds, which are under the Capital Investment Committee's jurisdiction.

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• And if a bonding bill passes this session, it could cover 1/6 of the need.
• And if infrastructure bonding requests.
• > this<00:08:34.240> session,<00:08:35.039> it a bonding bill passes this session
• , it a bonding bill passes this session, it could<00:08:35.440> cover<00:08:35.880> 1/6
• So I'm the chief author, and I can decide who I want as co-authors, and I made sure to bring in Republicans

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The segment focused heavily on affordability and fraud prevention in the Minnesota Senate. Senator Michael Kreun discussed his proposal to cap city and county property tax growth at the rate of inflation, with a small allowance for population growth, and to require voter approval by referendum for increases above the cap. He said property taxes rose by nearly $1 billion statewide last year, blamed part of the increase on unfunded state mandates, and said the bill would curb surprise double-digit hikes. Kreun said the proposal has been well received by constituents and homeowners, while cities and counties are concerned about losing revenue; he also said relief could begin as soon as the next property tax statement if the bill passes this year. He noted related affordability ideas, including increasing disabled-veteran exemptions and deferring property taxes for seniors, and said he is open to bipartisan work on other measures such as ending taxes on tips and overtime and reducing tab fees. The program also highlighted climate and infrastructure funding. Senator Ann Johnson Stewart argued that worsening weather is driving costly infrastructure damage and said a proposed climate superfund would shift some of those costs from taxpayers to major polluters. She said the fund could support storm sewer upgrades, pavement reinforcement, and erosion prevention, and noted that Senate File 4126 is awaiting a hearing in the Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy Committee. On fraud prevention, Senator Julia Coleman’s bipartisan bill would require at least one unannounced, on-site inspection for state grants over $10,000, with recurring check-ins for grants lasting more than a year. The bill is pending in the Senate State and Local Government Committee. Senator Heather Gustafson then discussed her push for an independent Office of Inspector General, saying it would provide oversight over any public or private entity receiving public dollars. She said the Senate previously backed the idea with 60 votes, that the governor’s coordinated council is only an interim step, and that she has not yet seen a Republican fraud package to review. The segment also noted that the Senate unanimously passed Senator Johnson Stewart’s school bus safety bill, Senate File 3623, by a 67-0 vote, clarifying that drivers must stop when school bus lights flash even if the stop arm is only partially extended; the bill now awaits House action.

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• projects, which is information that is collected from our sister committee, the capital projects and bond
• sister committee, the capital projects sister committee, the capital projects and<00:05:17.120> bond
• 18.639> um<00:05:18.800> we<00:05:19.120> decided<00:05:19.600> to and bond
• oversight, um we decided to and bond oversight, um we decided to instead<00:05:20.400> just<00
• draft of the 2026 to 2032 statewide capital improvement plan as presented before the board, with authority

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:01 Approval of Minutes 00:01:40 2026-2032 Statewide Capital Improvements Plan 00:02:15, 958, all

Summary: The meeting opened with a quorum, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by approval of the prior meeting minutes. The board then reviewed the 2026–2032 statewide capital improvement plan, including project recommendations across maintenance, renovation, IT, and new construction categories. Staff explained that 15 projects were selected in each category and described how the board’s tiebreaker process was used to finalize the recommendations. Members asked about the asset preservation pool, specifically whether institutions receive a blanket appropriation or must identify projects. Staff explained that the Council on Postsecondary Education serves as the gatekeeper after appropriation, reviewing institution-submitted uses to ensure they meet criteria for maintaining and improving existing facilities rather than new construction. Staff also outlined revisions to the draft plan, including updated summary data, revised wording for clarity, an updated maintenance pool policy recommendation based on Pew research, and a change to cross-reference major state-funded construction project status information rather than listing it directly. During discussion, one member praised the work on the plan and commented on the budget reserve trust fund, noting disagreement with Pew’s suggestion that the process should be in statute because Kentucky has long used the budget bill to govern deposits and uses. The board then moved to final action and unanimously adopted the draft 2026–2032 statewide capital improvement plan, with authority for staff to make final technical and editorial revisions and insert the comprehensive project list before publication. The chair thanked members for their work, noting it was the final meeting of the year, and the meeting adjourned.

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• does that, is that not all, So on the design-build aspect, how does that, is that not already the authority
• There's also the surety bond market, wherein a performance bond is issued to a winning contractor.
• And if that contractor fails to actually complete the contract, that surety bond then actually pays to
• Okay, in your discussions with the author, who clearly has seen an issue, probably in his district, and
• Sheffs, I don't want to assume that the author would send it to conference.

Bills: HR275, HR282, HCR112, SCR62, SCR64, SB513

Keywords: highway maintenance, signage, transportation safety, DOTD, infrastructure, public safety, federal grants, job creation, Utility Terrain Vehicles, UTVs, safety regulations, transportation, Louisiana, task force, vehicle operation, legislation, accidents, HCR112, House Concurrent Resolution 112, Louisiana Highway 1

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 with a quorum present and took up several resolutions and one Senate bill. SCR 64 created a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) in Louisiana public works; an amendment added representatives from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors, and the resolution was reported with amendments. HR 282 created a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with state agencies; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and it was also reported with amendments. The committee then considered SB 513 on public works project delivery methods. The bill originally included an average-bid award method for certain pilot projects, along with airport design-build provisions. Testimony from a Reason Foundation analyst and from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors raised concerns that average-bid contracting could encourage collusion, raise costs, and lacked supporting data or use by U.S. transportation departments, while airport design-build was supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to strike the average-bid provisions, leaving the airport-related design-build language in place, and SB 513 was reported with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays. The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses, including a fatal incident referenced by the author. HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were disposed of and the committee adjourned.