Bill Filing
As of 9:30 AM on October 13th, 204 HBs and SBs have been filed; of those bills, only 5 SBs have been referred to committee and passed out of the Senate. Below are highlights of where these bills are in the legislative process. For more details on the following bills, see the articles below this one.
Floors Returning
The Senate has recessed until Monday, October 16 at 1:00 PM
The House has adjourned until Monday, October 16 at 10:00 AM
Senate
SB 1 (Creighton) Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program
- Was referred to Senate Education on October 9th and was heard and voted out of committee (10-3) on October 10th.
- Yesterday the bill was passed out of the Senate (18-13) with 10 amendments. The bill will now head to the House for further consideration.
SB 2 (Creighton/Huffman/et. al) Relating to public school finance
- Was referred to Senate Finance on October 9th and was heard and voted out of committee (15-0) on October 9th.
- Yesterday the bill was passed out of the Senate (30-1) with 5 amendments. The bill will now head to the House for further consideration.
SB 4 (Flores/et. al) Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house was referred to Senate Border Security on October 9th.
- The bill was heard and voted out of committee (5-0) on October 10th.
- Yesterday the bill was passed out of the Senate (29-2) with 1 amendment. The bill will now head to the House for further consideration.
SB 7 (Middleton/et. al) Relating to prohibiting an employer from adopting or enforcing certain COVID-19 vaccine mandates was referred to Senate Health & Human Services on October 9th.
- The bill was heard and voted out of committee (6-3) on October 10th. Yesterday the bill was passed out of the Senate (19-12) with 3 amendments.
- The bill will now head to the House for further consideration.
SB 11 (Birdwell/et. al) Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from a foreign nation was referred to Senate Border Security on October 9th.
- The bill was heard and voted out of committee (3-2) on October 11th. Yesterday the bill was passed out of the Senate (19-12) with no amendments.
- The bill will now head to the House for further consideration.
House
The House met on Monday, October 9, and Thursday, October 12, to conduct routine procedural business. As of 9:30 AM, 7 border security related bills have been referred to House State Affairs, but House committees have not yet scheduled hearings.