Transcript Highlights:

• The short title is: "MDOT authorize the transfer and conveyance of certain real property to the city
• What this bill will do is it authorizes the Mississippi Department of Transportation to transfer and
• Short title is: "DFA authorized the transfer and conveyance of ABC warehouse to Madison County Economic
• It allows DFA to transfer and sell. This is the old ABC warehouse in Madison.
• Allows DFA<00:36:14.640> to<00:36:14.800> transfer DFA to transfer DFA to transfer and<

Keywords: Public Property - Room 409, 29 January, 2026; 2:30 P.M., 925, all

Summary: The Public Property Committee held its organizational meeting and elected Senator Ladner as secretary. It then took up Senate Bill 2203, which would centralize leasing authority for state agencies in privately owned space under DFA and, when cheaper, move certain agencies into the capital complex area to encourage consolidation and cost savings. Senator Seymour questioned specific references in the bill, including a corporation mentioned in current law and whether the measure could affect ports, the Gulf Coast Coliseum, universities, community colleges, or local offices outside Metro Jackson. Blunt said the bill was intended only for state agencies in the Metro Jackson area and not for local county offices or other institutions, and he later identified the corporation reference as the Mississippi Home Corporation. The committee adopted a title-sufficient do-pass motion and reported the bill out. The committee next considered a bill by Senator Hobson authorizing the Soil and Water Conservation Commission to construct a levee project in Yazoo County using federal funds, at an estimated cost of more than $100 million. Hobson said the project would address significant flooding and complete a portion of levee work near Carter and Satartia. With no questions, the committee again adopted a title-sufficient do-pass motion and reported the bill out. Senator Williams then presented Senate Bill 2594, the Mississippi Antiquities Law bill, which would streamline demolition of abandoned, vacant, or blighted buildings on public university and community college campuses while preserving historic properties. He said the measure would require coordination with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, define blight, require engineering analysis in some cases, and give MDH 90 days to respond before demolition or further inspection proceeds. Several senators raised concerns that the bill’s language was too broad, especially the definitions of blight and other causes, and that it might let institutions tear down too much without sufficient oversight. Williams said the bill was meant to balance preservation with practical needs and agreed to work on a floor amendment to tighten the language. The committee then voted to report the bill out. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2340, authorizing DFA to sell, lease, or convey the former DPS property at 1900 East Woodrow Wilson Avenue in Jackson. The committee substitute would direct proceeds to the general fund rather than DPS, while preserving mineral rights, allowing repurchase under certain conditions, and requiring DFA review of proposals. Senators discussed possible redevelopment uses, including University Medical Center, and the bill’s restrictions on uses such as heavy industrial, adult entertainment, casinos, liquor stores, and solid waste facilities. No final vote on this bill was reflected in the portion of the transcript provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 466 transfers authority to NDA from Health and Human Services to inspect food establishments
• So this is merely accompanying enabling language to transfer the program from HHS to NDA.
• But by this transfer, that would give them the manpower to be able to do the inspection.

Keywords: 909, all

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• are staff people at transfer stations. are staff people at transfer stations.
• always I always go to my transfer always I always go to my transfer station.<03:32:42.560> And
• Now, what's transfer station.
• they experience a fire at their transfer they experience a fire at their transfer station.<04:32
• recycling facilities and the transfer recycling facilities and the transfer stations.<04:39:47.040

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• E-1412 which would make the transfer process consistent for all types of school transfers for special
• Existing law requires that when a student with an IEP transfers between schools within the state the
• This 30 day timeline does not exist for transfers from outside of the state.
• needs often face delays and hardships in getting the services that need that they need when they transfer
• Instead it specifies a timeframe for adoption of an IEP for students transferring from another state

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• All these appropriations are for transfer in from the general fund into the Housing Development Fund,
• Two other things I'll note: on line 55, there's the transfer to the Housing Support Account.
• in from the general are for transfer in from the general fund<01:13:36.679> into<01:13:36.880
• the transfer to the housing<01:13:47.600> support<01:13:47.960> account<01:13:48.239><
• of 450,000 per canceling that transfer of 450,000 per year<01:13:58.679> so<01:13:59.120>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• balance billing but to raise and stabilize reimbursement rates during emergencies and non-emergency transfers
• balance billing but to raise and stabilize reimbursement rates during emergencies and non-emergency transfers
• ambulance services that are not participating providers when there is a 911 call or an unscheduled transfer
• When there is a 911 call or an unscheduled transfer for somebody who has an emergency and needs to go
• <01:23:00.960> majority<01:23:01.440> of<01:23:01.600> the<01:23:01.719> transfers

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• <00:37:46.599> again<00:37:46.880> to<00:37:47.040> the will be transferred
• again to the will be transferred again to the landfill<00:37:47.839> at<00:37:48.000> that<
• So I'm hearing that we've got about $25 million in the WK safe that could be transferred over.
• The second ask would be about $20 million that was left in the EK safe, funds transferred over.
• in the WK safe that could be transferred in the WK safe that could be transferred over<00:40:47.880

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Senate Roll Call 00:00:00 House Roll Call 00:00:10 Discussion of Recent Disaster 00:01:18 House Adjourned 00:42:28 SB 218 Discussion 00:43:00 SB 218 Vote 00:46:46 SB 186 Discussion 00:47:22:00, 958, all

Summary: The concurrent House-Senate meeting opened with a roll call and then received a briefing from Kentucky Emergency Management and the Transportation Cabinet on the February storms and flooding. Officials described the event as ongoing and statewide in scope, beginning in western counties and then heavily affecting Eastern Kentucky, including major impacts in Perry, Letcher, Clay, Bell, Martin, Pike, and other counties. They reported widespread power and water outages, nearly 600 people initially sheltered, more than 1,500 water rescues, over 250 National Guard members activated, and substantial mutual aid from other states and FEMA. They also said 73 counties had declared emergencies, 23 fatalities had been confirmed at that point, and individual assistance had already distributed $5.5 million to residents after the federal declaration was signed. The administration emphasized that recovery needs were still being assessed but were already significant. Kentucky Emergency Management said public assistance estimates were about $58 million and rising, with about 2,005 homes and 272 businesses inspected so far. Debris removal was identified as a major issue, and officials said they had requested Category A federal assistance for debris in four counties while continuing to seek more as assessments continued. They also noted that disaster recovery centers were opening and that teams were going door to door in affected areas. On transportation, KYTC reported 39 counties affected, a peak of 355 road closures reduced to 49, 18 damaged bridges, 94 bridges with debris on them, and 579 roadway damages, while continuing to clear roads and move supplies such as water, food, blankets, and heaters. Secretary Hicks then asked lawmakers to consider additional funding mechanisms. He said the current $50 million emergency cap in the budget was likely to be exhausted, with $21.5 million already allocated, and proposed either lifting the cap or creating a new “safe fund” for this disaster, similar to prior funds used after the western Kentucky tornadoes and the 2022 eastern Kentucky floods. He said the state could redirect about $25 million from an unused western Kentucky economic development allocation and about $20 million from an eastern Kentucky transportation allocation, for a total of $45 million, to help with this response. Members and officials also discussed debris disposal, with the Pike County landfill expansion identified as a possible site to receive some of the debris and reduce costs. Representative Fugate thanked the agencies for their response and described severe local impacts, including water outages, road slides, damaged water treatment plants, and heavy debris in homes and driveways.

Transcript Highlights:

• have been made for dogs cats transfers have been made for dogs cats and<00:08:48.399> ferrets
• since uh January 7th so I still transfer since uh January 7th so I still don't<00:47:45.240> have
• We would transfer them to the federal government.
• We have enough vacancies that if people wanted to move, they could transfer now.
• 56% I call it other but it's transfers 56% I call it other but it's transfers from<07:07:22.718>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard an overview from the Agriculture Commissioner on the department’s major divisions and staffing. He described the Office of the Commissioner, Agricultural Development, Pesticides, Regulatory Services, Weights and Measures, Animal Industry, Plant Industry, and Soil Conservation, noting that many programs are federally funded or supported by dedicated fees and fines. He said the department has 44 full-time positions plus one DoIT employee shared with other agencies, and that HR services are now contracted through Administrative Services. He also explained that Soil Conservation is administratively attached to the department and funded through Moose Plate grants and county contributions, not direct state funding. Members asked about specific program functions and issues, including weights and measures inspections, animal health, bird flu response, internships, invasive species, and the Big E/New Hampshire building. The commissioner said weights and measures covers nearly all commercial measuring devices and products sold by weight, and that inspectors are currently part-time police officers, though the department is discussing removing that requirement. He said the department is actively involved in bird flu monitoring, including regular calls with USDA and the state veterinarian and collecting milk samples from dairy farms. On invasive species, he focused on Japanese knotweed and bittersweet, saying the department has only one staff person working on the issue, mainly as a coordinator with DOT and towns, and that eradication is extremely difficult. He also said the department does not run student internships and refers inquiries to UNH Cooperative Extension. The committee discussed budget and revenue issues, including three new general fund positions, one of which is the assistant commissioner and another a biological scientist for invasive species. The commissioner said the department had been in “triage mode,” that an assistant commissioner was needed because of workload, and that the department is a net positive to the General Fund each year. He said some fees and fines have not been updated in decades and would require legislation to change, including a proposed $5 fee for each animal database certificate to help fund a system that costs about $250,000 annually to maintain. In response to questions about budget reductions, he said the department protected personnel, reduced the cost-of-care fund, fair grants, and land preservation funding to about $25,000 each, and did not plan to buy new vehicles or computers. He also said he could not support including the $50,000 Conservation District resilience grant program in his budget under the current reduction targets, though he remained hopeful it might be funded another way.

Transcript Highlights:

• H. 351 is a bill that would create a fee on the transfer of a license that could be up to 25% of the
• When there is a license that's being transferred, notice to all existing licensees in the city or the
• When a license that's being transferred, notice to all existing licensees in the city or the municipality
• When there is a license that's being transferred, notice to all existing license in the city or the municipality

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on alcohol licensing, sales, and consumption issues affecting bars, restaurants, package stores, and local communities. The chair outlined hybrid hearing procedures, including three-minute testimony limits and instructions for written testimony. The committee heard a local bill for Milford, H. 4169, authorizing an additional off-premises all-alcohol license for Charlie’s Mini Mart, with the understanding that the existing wine and malt license would be surrendered if the new license is granted. A major topic was the long-running debate over happy hour. The Massachusetts Restaurant Association opposed bills such as S. 217, H. 349, and H. 443, arguing that discounted alcohol would intensify competition, create pressure on restaurants to participate, and potentially raise liquor liability and insurance costs. In contrast, Senator Julian Cyr testified in support of repealing the happy hour ban through a local-option framework, saying the bill includes safeguards such as no discounts after 10 p.m., fixed pricing during promotions, and advance posting requirements, and that it could help downtowns and seasonal businesses without creating a public health risk. The Massachusetts Package Stores Association testified on a broad package of bills, opposing measures to reinstate happy hour, allow supplier control over retail shelf space (H. 350), impose a transfer fee on licenses (H. 351), authorize alcohol coupons or discounts (H. 381 and S. 219), and permit Thanksgiving alcohol sales (H. 428). It supported bills requiring beverage alcohol training for off-premise licensees (H. 344), restricting self-checkout for alcohol (H. 366), changing Section 15 grocery-store license rules (S. 213), and several other regulatory changes. The Distilled Spirits Council supported H. 350 on private label spirits, while acknowledging concerns about disclosure and preferential treatment; package store witnesses defended private labels as lawful products they create with manufacturers, and the council argued the bill should address consumer confusion and unfair competitive advantages. The hearing concluded with Chair Chan announcing committee poll results on other bills, including a number of favorable reports and study orders, and the committee then voted to close the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• As the law is now, there is an annual transfer of $3 million into the fund from the State Road Fund.
• The bill would allow the commissioner of highways to transfer an additional $3 million in any fiscal
• On or before July 1 of this year, the authority is to transfer $75 million from the Economic Development
• appropriation that appropriates $4,025,000 from the general revenue surplus balance to a new armory board transfer

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met with a quorum present and first approved the minutes from the prior meeting. It then reconsidered Committee Substitute for House Bill 5212, noting that an Education Committee amendment had been inadvertently omitted the day before; the vice chairman withdrew the prior motion to report the bill, and the committee returned to the bill with the technical Education Committee amendments pending. The transcript then moved through a long agenda of bills and supplemental appropriations, with the committee generally hearing brief explanations from counsel, occasional member questions, and then voting to adopt amendments and report measures to the full Senate. Among the substantive policy bills, the committee advanced House Bill 4007 on the Industrial Access Road Fund, allowing an additional possible $3 million transfer in a fiscal year, expanding eligible uses, and increasing county/municipal spending limits; House Bill 4765, which raises salaries for state police, teachers, and school service personnel and, via a strike-and-insert amendment, creates a market pay enhancement tied to county and regional income data; House Bill 5162, recodifying tax lien sale procedures and clarifying ownership and government-property tax treatment; House Bill 5382, extending the Neighborhood Investment Tax Credit Program to July 1, 2031; House Bill 5685, authorizing up to $150 million in revenue bonds backed by excess lottery funds for State Culture Center improvements; House Joint Resolution 42, placing a constitutional amendment on the ballot to raise the homestead exemption from $20,000 to $40,000; House Bill 4010, creating an airport hangar grant program and fund; House Bill 4404, increasing from $500 to $5,000 the amount volunteer fire departments may spend on training and fire prevention materials; House Bill 4592, requiring standardized campus safety mapping data for higher education institutions; House Bill 4784, extending and making retroactive a qualified opportunity zone business tax modification; and House Bill 5088, increasing retirement benefits for Division of Natural Resources police officers, with a one-time $4.25 million cash injection. The committee also reported several supplemental appropriations and originating bills, including Senate Bill 842 for the Spay Neuter Assistance Fund, Senate Bill 846 for Culture and History capital repairs, Senate Bill 872 for Natural Resources capital repairs (reduced to $10 million in committee substitute), Senate Bill 876 for Department of Health facilities, Senate Originating Bills 1 through 5 covering Culture and History, road funds, corrections IT and services, tobacco education, and the Adjutant General’s armory board transfer, respectively. Most items were adopted by voice vote; House Bill 4765’s strike-and-insert amendment was adopted after a division vote of 10-6. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Development Department may request budget increases up to $5 million from internal service interagency transfers
• Funds that are under its control, interagency transfers or interagency services are where it's charging
• There's a fund transfer in the current version of House Bill 2 of another...
• There's a fund transfer in the current version of House Bill 2 of another almost $5 million to help beef

Bills: SB241, SB145

Keywords: child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level

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• spoke about it yesterday, and I thought it was an important thing to understand: when they are not transferred
• And so one of our biggest focus areas is to look at how we're currently processing tech transfer licensing
• Anyone on the Hope Florida Board during the time of these illegal transfers of taxpayer money needs to
• The buck has Legal transfers of taxpayer money needs to be held accountable.

Summary: The Committee on Ethics and Elections met to consider several gubernatorial appointees, beginning with Matthew Walsh, Secretary of Juvenile Justice, for confirmation. Walsh outlined his law enforcement background, social work training, and priorities at DJJ, including staff wellness, seeking statutory recognition and training standards for juvenile detention and probation officers, and increasing bed capacity so adjudicated youth can move from detention into residential programming sooner. Members asked about the impact of detention “dead time” and the need for more beds; Walsh said DJJ is evaluating ways to let youth begin programming earlier while in detention. Public support was noted, and the committee voted unanimously to confirm Walsh and forward his nomination to the full Senate. The committee then heard from Tina Vidal-Duarte, nominee to the Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees. She described her business background, service on multiple boards, and prior service on FAU’s board pending confirmation, emphasizing governance, accountability, and strategic planning. Senators questioned her about FAU’s handling of faculty social media controversies, the university’s relationship with its new president, student and faculty engagement, AI planning, diversity, and her role on the Hope Florida board and with CDR Health’s state contracts, including work related to the Everglades detention center. Public testimony included strong opposition from one speaker who criticized her ties to state contracts and Hope Florida, while another senator spoke in support, citing her community service and business experience. The committee voted 5-2 to confirm her, with Senators Polsky and Bernard voting no. Afterward, the committee considered the remaining nominees in Tabs 2 through 15, excluding Tab 10, en bloc. No separate votes were requested, and the committee approved the group of nominees by voice roll call to be forwarded to the full Senate. The meeting then concluded with no further business.

Transcript Highlights:

• state's share of it's a direct payments are typically done through what's called intergovernmental transfers
• Igt czar transfers of public funds from non Medicaid, governmental entities such as local governments
• And on on the slide here, you see that the various sources of of intergovernmental transfers and can
• These are activities such as but not limited to electronic benefit transfer, which is the administrative

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• We're proposing to increase transfer fees and exempt reporting adviser fees, not all license fees.
• The third section changes the transfer fee for broker-dealers from $25 to $65 and requires investment
• advisors to pay a $50 transfer fee to the Department of Commerce.
• requires a private fund advisor to pay a $100 filing fee when filing an initial registration or transfer

Bills: HF1646, HF2443

Keywords: medical debt, debt relief, healthcare financing, consumer protection, financial hardship, commerce, cannabis, insurance, housing, ombudsperson, affordability, property, task force, financial institutions

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• says the bill would maintain the validity of occupational professional licensing issued before the transfer
• and... ...licensing issued before the transfer and the continuance of the rules of a transferred occupational
• professional licensing board adopted before the transfer.

Bills: SB174, SB180, HB196, HB25, SB193, HB25

Keywords: business taxes, annual reports, Alabama Tax Tribunal, tax appeals, local government, media monitoring, government contracts, state agencies, local agencies, media regulations, transparency, juvenile detention, county management, legal procedures, juvenile justice, county commission, supervision, administration, emergency services, 911

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• They just have to make that transfer over to it being a capital project.
• They just have to make that transfer over to it being a capital project.
• In Section 9, we're providing for a transfer.
• In Section 10, we provide for a transfer from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund, or SIF,
• SIF is where we've been transferring from for the past few bienniums for this program, so it directs

Summary: The committee met to discuss higher education funding and capital building policy. Members first heard an update from NDUS Deputy Commissioner Lisa Johnson on low-producing academic programs. She described a proposed board policy using a five-year rolling window and thresholds of fewer than 10 undergraduate graduates or fewer than 5 graduate graduates, with programs flagged for three consecutive review periods going to the board. Possible outcomes would include continuation, continuation with modifications, inactivation, or termination. Members asked about how the review would account for program costs, service to other students, workforce demand, and the difference between inactivation and termination. Johnson said the board would consider broader factors and that campuses already do detailed program analysis. Several members also asked about cost savings and staffing impacts from program terminations, and Johnson said the board would try to provide more information later. The committee then received a report on the Capital Building Fund from Jamie Wilkie. He reviewed the program’s history, matching requirements, and recent uses, noting that about $334 million in state and matching dollars has been invested overall, with most going to deferred maintenance and extraordinary repairs. Members discussed whether the program is reducing deferred maintenance and requested updated systemwide data on deferred maintenance and campus space utilization. Wilkie said the board is considering a new study to update deferred maintenance figures, which are based on information more than 12 years old. He also reported that several institutions have used current biennium funds for projects such as residence hall renovations, health sciences housing, generators, and building repairs. Later, the committee began a detailed walkthrough of a draft bill that would replace the current higher education funding formula with an FTE-based model and also revise the capital building fund structure. The draft would use fall enrollment FTEs, add completion incentives for degrees in in-demand fields, and create a separate research funding component for UND and NDSU tied to doctoral completions and external research expenditures. Members raised concerns about the use of older data in the formula, the treatment of waivers, the weighting of professional and health sciences programs, and the use of CIP codes to define CTE and education incentives. The bill draft would also combine capital building fund tiers, broaden eligible uses for deferred maintenance and legislatively authorized projects, change matching requirements, repeal the old formula chapter and the capital pool, and transfer funds from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund into the capital building fund. No final votes were taken during the portion provided; the meeting was primarily discussion and review.

Transcript Highlights:

• It specifies $150 million is transferred to the State Board of Administration annually to continue the
• Transferring the Sarasota-Manatee facilities to the institution already headquartered in Sarasota aligns
• the most cost, was the most cost inefficient university by far, and yet we are wanting to do the transfer
• of USF, And yet we are wanting to do the transfer of USF, Sarasota, Manatee to new college.
• Transferring the Sarasota Manatee facilities to the institution already headquartered in Sarasota aligns

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• . >> If there's a money transfer store and they're going to be audited for this, are they going to be
• So, we could say we're potentially putting a requirement on these stores, these money transfer agencies
• What this bill is designed to do is catch the transfers out of the country from illegal immigrants who
• Where there are money transfers, they have to be extremely detailed in those.
• And it is very clear that all those money transfers are very documented in this.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 1 April, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• President, Senate Bill 221 makes clear that anyone who knowingly purchases, sells, transfers, or offers
• to purchase, sell, or transfer a corpse or any part of a corpse for consideration after that corpse
• , sells, transfers, or offers to<00:52:07.240> purchase,<00:52:07.600> sell,<00:52:07.800
• > or<00:52:07.880> transfer<00:52:08.320> a<00:52:08.360> corpse to purchase
• , sell, or transfer a corpse to purchase, sell, or transfer a corpse or<00:52:08.920> any<00:52

Keywords: 958, all

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• And then there, we are line 151 for security enhancements of the electronic benefits transfer card.
• And then last, this item 359 is a transfer.
• Last, this item 359 is a transfer to the Government Results Opportunity Fund.
• This is a transfer to reflect changes made in C2.
• This is a transfer to reflect changes made in C2.

Keywords: 996, all