Senate committees advance bill capping state-to-state leases at $1 per year

Feb 20, 2026

The joint committees advanced SB 2596, which would cap leases between state government entities at $1 per year, passing the measure unamended in both the Water, Land, Culture and the Arts committee and the Government Operations committee and moving it to Ways and Means.

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Senators on the joint committees voted Feb. 19 to advance SB 2596, a bill that would require leases between state government entities to cost no more than $1 per year. The chair recommended moving the bill as is to the Ways and Means Committee to meet the committee filing deadline.

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