Capitol Building Advisory Committee

Thursday, January 29, 2026·8m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Capitol Building Advisory Committee elected Senator Ball as its new vice chair following the departure of Representative (now Senator) Lindstedt, then unanimously authorized $10,120 from the CBAC account within the Legislative Cash Fund to paint ground floor columns, patch and paint the third floor rotunda, and replace the presidential gallery portraits with anniversary celebration art featuring childhood and current photographs and biographical information about current legislators in both houses.

Key Actions

·No Bill Number – Recognition of Departing Vice ChairNo Vote

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Controversies

Date of next committee meeting

Madam Chair stated the next meeting would be 'Friday, February 26th,' but an unnamed speaker immediately responded 'That's a Thursday,' leading the chair to say 'Oh, is it?' and correct the date to February 27th. The transcript is noted as ambiguous on whether February 27th itself is a Thursday or Friday; the unnamed speaker stated 'That's a Thursday' in reference to the 27th, but the chair had initially called it a Friday.

Notable Quotes

“So thanks for being here. And then the third thing we need to do is because Representative Linstadt became a senator and he's therefore no longer here, he's no longer the vice chair. And so I would to hear a nomination for Senator Ball to be our new vice chair. I nominate Senator Ball to be our vice chair. Thank you. Are there. Do we have to have a second? I don't think we need a second. Okay. Any objection to Senator Ball becoming our vice chair? Thank you.”
Madam Chair — Madam Chair was describing the full scope and purpose of the $10,120 spending authorization before the committee voted on the motion.

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Votes

Motion to take $10,120 from the CBAC account within the Legislative Cash Fund for ground floor columns, patching and painting the third floor rotunda, portrait changeover, and anniversary celebration art installation (moved by Representative Clifford; seconded by Ms. Oliveto)Passed

Yes (11)Ms. Garcia Berry, Representative Clifford, Ms. Contaguglia, Mr. Prince, Senator Weinberg, Mr. Sander, Ms. Van Moric, Ms. Olivetto, Ms. Riley, Senator Ball, Madam Chair

Absent (1)Mr. Lee (excused)

Nomination of Senator Ball as Vice Chair (unnamed nominator; chair asked 'Any objection to Senator Ball becoming our vice chair?')No Vote

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TranscriptPreview

I don't think it liked me. And so we didn't have a. Hello. Hi. Welcome. Thank you for coming. I think we'll get started. All right, we're going to call the Capitol Building Advisory Committee to order. We have a quick meeting today, but we have a couple of things to do before we go into the full agenda. But the first thing is. Ms. Chapman, would you take the roll, please? Ms. Garcia Berry. I don't think her tone. Sorry, I'm on mute. I was on mute. I apologize. Okay. There you are. I am here. Representative Clifford? Here. Ms. Contaglia. Present. Yeah. Mr. Prince. Yeah, I heard her in here. Yeah. Senator Fenberg? Here. Rick Lee. He's not here. Do you want to excuse him? Oh, yeah. Excused. Mr. Mandel. Here. Ms. Van Mor. I'm here. Ms. Aliveto? Present. Ms. Riley. Here. Senator Ball? Here. Madam Chair. I'm here. All right, thank you, everybody, and thank you for those of you who are on ZOOM for making the effort to tune in so we can get this done. The first order of business today is to thank Representative, now Senator Linstadt for all of his service on the…

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