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2026 IRWA Legislative Update
Week 4
Every week feels like a funnel week this year. The number of bills being introduced is astonishing. The number of subcommittees is almost unmanageable. By February 20th, a bill has to pass out of a committee in one chamber to remain alive. The stalemate over pipelines and property taxes is not waning. I suspect we will see more attention focused on those two issues after the funnel deadline.
First Funnel Report
After a whopping 865 subcommittees since the start of the legislative session, the first funnel deadline is over. That's an average of 40 subcommittees a day! The House and Senate came to an agreement on school funding which clears one of the "must do" items from their list. Still unresolved is the carbon pipeline issues and property tax reform.