2026-09-25 - Legislation and Rules Committee
Summary
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- Chair Daniela Velasquez called the committee to order with five members present for a quorum, including Matthew Devoti as vice chair, Bret Narayan and Alisha Sonnier. Minutes of September 10 were approved, 3 ayes with 2 present.
- No board bills or resolutions were up for review and no written testimony was received. The only business was engrossment of two bills.
- Board Bill 34, as amended in committee (the chair's bill), was engrossed on a 5-0 roll call after the clerk confirmed that dates, figures, cross-references and citations had been reviewed by clerk staff and the financial analyst, passed amendments were incorporated and rejected ones omitted, and section numbering, exhibits and formatting were correct. Clean and redline copies were in the shared drive.
- Board Bill 13, committee substitute as amended in committee, went through the same checks (no redline because it is a substitute) and was engrossed by previous roll with no objection. Both bills were later finally passed on the full board's consent calendar.
- The chair noted one member had not said she would be absent and was not excused. The committee adjourned.
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16:38>> We will now call to order
16:40the legislation and rules committee for
16:42Friday, September 25th.
16:47Madam Clerk, can you please call the
16:49roll?
16:51>> All right, 9:05.
16:539:06.
16:57>> Alderman Cahn.
16:58>> I or present. That's my word. Jumping
17:00ahead of myself.
17:02>> Alderman Noonan.
17:03>> Here.
17:06>> Alderwoman Keys.
17:10Alderwoman Sanie.
17:12>> Switch it up.
17:12>> Present.
17:16Vice Chair Devoe, D.
17:18>> Here.
17:20>> Chair Velasquez.
17:21>> Present.
17:24>> Alderwoman Keys.
17:28Five present, we have quorum.
17:30>> Thank you, Madam Clerk. Uh I will now
17:32entertain a motion for the approval of
17:34the minutes on from uh Thursday,
17:37September 10th, 2026.
17:40>> So moved.
17:42>> Second.
17:44>> Madam Clerk, can you please call the
17:45roll?
17:47>> Alderman Cohan.
17:48>> Present.
17:51>> Alderman O'Ryan.
17:52>> Present.
17:58>> Alderwoman Keys.
18:01Alderwoman Sanie.
18:03>> Aye.
18:08>> Vice Chair Devoe, D.
18:10>> Aye.
18:14>> Chair Velasquez.
18:15>> Aye.
18:21>> Two present, three ayes.
18:26>> By that vote, we have sustained approval
18:28of the minutes.
18:30Thank you. We have no board bills for
18:32review today. We have no resolutions to
18:34review today. We're here to engross uh
18:37board bills
18:3934 as amended in committee and board
18:41bill 13 committee substitute as amended
18:45in committee.
18:47So, with that, Mr. Clerk,
18:50I know we spoke yesterday, but we're
18:52going to go through we're going to take
18:53up board bill 34 amended as amended in
18:56committee.
18:57Um
19:01can you let us know of all the dates,
19:04figures, cross-reference, and citations
19:05have been reviewed by the clerk staff
19:07and financial analyst before
19:09engrossment?
19:10>> Yes, they have.
19:12>> All right. Did we
19:14Are the past amendments incorporated and
19:16the rejected amendments omitted in that
19:18bill?
19:20>> Yes, they are.
19:21>> And the amendments incorporated they're
19:23incorporated accurately?
19:24>> Yes.
19:25>> And the section numbering is accurate?
19:27>> That's correct. Yes.
19:29>> And exhibits and attachments are
19:30properly incorporated?
19:32>> Yes.
19:33>> And the summary and bill text are
19:35formatted correctly?
19:36>> That's also correct.
19:37>> And can you just go through all these
19:39items are also in the drive? We talked
19:41about that yesterday, but the
19:42the various the attestation form, the
19:44checklist, and um
19:48Actually, I think that's it.
19:49>> Well, the quality copy and the redline
19:51copy for
19:52um
19:5334, but not 13 cuz this is a committee
19:55substitute doesn't have any redlines.
19:58>> Correct. Okay, thank you.
20:00So, uh with that, I will go to the
20:02committee to see if they have questions
20:04starting with Alderman Cappleman.
20:06>> No questions.
20:08>> Alderman Narayan.
20:09>> No questions.
20:10>> Alderwoman Sawyer.
20:13>> No questions.
20:15>> Alderman DeVoe.
20:17>> None.
20:18>> I don't have any questions since it's my
20:20bill.
20:21Uh with that, I move that we engross
20:24board bill 34 as amended in committee.
20:27>> Second.
20:29>> That was
20:34moved by the alderman from the 6th and
20:36seconded by the alderman from the
20:41Any call for
20:44previous roll?
20:45>> No, two present on
20:46>> I apologize. Madam Clerk, can you uh
20:49please call the roll?
20:51>> [clears throat]
20:54>> Alderman Cappleman.
20:55>> Aye.
20:58>> Alderman Narayan.
20:59>> Aye.
21:01>> Alderwoman Keys.
21:04Alderwoman Sawyer.
21:06>> Aye.
21:08>> Vice Chair DeVooght
21:10>> Aye.
21:12>> Chair Velasquez
21:13>> Aye.
21:15>> Alderwoman Keys
21:17Five aye votes.
21:18>> With that, this bill has the motion is
21:21sus-
21:22So, with that, we will go on the board
21:23bill 13 committee substitute as amended
21:25in committee. Mr. Clerk, can you please
21:28verify that dates, figures,
21:29cross-references, and citations have
21:30been reviewed by clerk staff and the
21:32financial analyst before engrossment?
21:35>> Yes, they have.
21:36>> And the past amendments were
21:37incorporated and the rejected amendments
21:39were not.
21:40>> Yes.
21:41>> And the amendments were incorporated
21:43correctly accurately?
21:45>> Yes, that's correct.
21:46>> And the section numbering is accurate?
21:48>> Yes.
21:49>> And the exhibits and attachments are
21:50properly incorporated?
21:51>> Yes.
21:52>> Summary and bill text are formatted
21:54correctly?
21:55>> That's also correct.
21:57>> All right. Those are in all those
21:59materials that we talked about are in
22:00the drive without a red line copy
22:02because of the committee substitute.
22:04>> That's correct.
22:05>> Great. We will go to the committee.
22:06Alderman Cohan, any questions?
22:08>> No questions.
22:09>> Alderman Narayan
22:11>> Nothing from me.
22:14>> Alderwoman Sawyer
22:16>> No questions.
22:17>> Alderman DeVooght
22:18>> No.
22:20>> I have no questions.
22:22Uh with that, I move that we engross
22:25board bill 13 committee substitute as
22:27amended in committee.
22:28>> Second previous roll.
22:31>> Hearing no objections to previous roll
22:34uh that motion passes.
22:37Uh that is Those are the only two items
22:41on our agenda. Madam Clerk, is there any
22:44written testimony?
22:45>> We have none.
22:47>> Any announcements
22:51from the committee?
22:57Silence is no.
22:59Um we have one member who did not let us
23:01know that they will be excused, so I
23:03will not be excusing Alderwoman Keys.
23:04And with that, I will entertain a motion
23:06to adjourn.
23:08>> So moved. Second previous roll.
23:11>> We are adjourned.