Senate Ways & Means - 1/12/2026 4:00 PM

Senate Ways and Means Committee · January 12, 2026

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Opening and agenda

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Chair (opening speaker) called the first Ways and Means Committee meeting for the 2026 legislative session and announced that the committee would hear the governor's proposed supplemental capital budget and asked OFM to present. Chair asked Jen (OFM) to brief the committee.

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Speakers:Unidentified Chair (addressed as 'Chair Robinson' by witnesses)

The Senate Ways and Means Committee heard OFM present Governor Ferguson’s proposed supplemental capital budget, emphasizing a large housing package and targeted investments in state facilities, education, and natural resources; dozens of advocates and local officials testified for more housing, preservation of manufactured home communities, and against a $75,000,000 transfer from the Public Works Assistance Account.

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