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Committee advances multiple bills: appointments, contract review, licenses, disability designation and technical fixes

State Governmental Affairs · January 22, 2026
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Summary

The State Governmental Affairs committee gave favorable reports to a package of bills including SB22 and SB39 (appointment/office alignments), SB40 (contract-review recommendation power), SB45 (driver's-license invalidation with amendments), SB46 (invisible-disability designation on IDs), SB86 (motor-fuels appeals extension), and SB95 (1-call sunset extension).

A cluster of bills spanning appointments, contract review, licensing, disability accommodations and technical statutory fixes received favorable committee reports in a single meeting.

Senator Cavan described SB22 and SB39 as changes related to separation of powers and office appointment mechanics; the committee voted 9–1 to give those bills favorable reports. SB40 was presented to allow the committee to recommend the…

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