Environment
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
Benefits
- No material direct effect identified.
Risks
- No material direct effect identified.
John Read
HB 1653 status: Introduced — Veto Sustained (updated Apr 28, 2026).

Source
OpenStates
Confidence
Low
Analysis basis
OpenStates summary
Official summary alongside an AI-generated read on where it stands and why.
Overall Score
Neutral
Bill summary
The bill proposed revisions to which specific local government building projects and public university capital improvements were eligible for state funding.
Local municipalities and public universities were the target entities for these funding revisions.
Not applicable as the bill was vetoed.
The bill would have reallocated existing state funds, but these reallocations never occurred.
Veto sustained on April 28, 2026.
None, as the legislation did not become law.
None, as the legislation did not become law.
The specific list of projects intended for modification is not detailed in the provided abstract.
Modeled effects across six domains, estimated from bill text and comparable legislation.
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
Sourcing already shown above, this is what the analysis found worth flagging.
Source
OpenStates
Official bill text or data from OpenStates.
Confidence
Low
Information is limited or incomplete.
Analysis basis
OpenStates summary
Source used for this bill's analysis.
Source note
Legislative status indicates this bill was vetoed and that veto was sustained.
!Analysis scope
Source provided is a summary of a bill that failed to become law.

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