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Senate and House Make Progress:

This week, the Senate moved multiple bills to the House: 

: Requires state departments to report on obsolete administrative entities, repeals certain administrative entities and repeals and reassigns duties for certain other administrative entities (Passed 30-0) 

• : Filing of income tax returns (Passed 28-2)
• : Department of Revenue fee offices (Passed 30-0)
• : Sewage regulation (Passed 29-1)

The House sent over several bills to the Senate: 

• : Workers’ compensation (Passed 86-62)
• : Protection of children and vulnerable persons (Passed 148-2) ()
• : Establishes procedures for school districts to test for gifted students (Passed 142-8) ()
• : Campaign contributions (Passed 134-16) · HB1628: Modifies provisions relating to the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (Passed 153-0)
• : Gender transition procedures (Passed 102-40) ()
• : Dental professions (Passed 138-10)
• : Allows the director of the department of public safety to deny a peace officer license if an applicant is not a U.S. citizen or has had a license permanently revoked or suspended (Passed 101-36)
• : Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant (Passed 147-0) ()
• : Dietitians (Passed 137-8)
• : Mail sent by state agencies (Passed 146-0)
• : Clinical fellowships required for licensure as a speech-language pathologist (Passed 144-0)

Budget Update:

The House budget committee will hear several budget bills on Tuesday, February 13th. Public comments will also be taken.

• HB 2003
• HB 2005
• HB 2011
• HB 2012
• HB 2013
• HB 2017
• HB 2018
• HB 2019
• HB 2020

2026 Dates of Interest:

Monday, February 16: President’s Day (No Session in the Senate, House will still convene)

Thursday, February 26: Last Day to File Bills in the House and Senate

March 12-22: Legislative Spring Break (No Session)

Monday, April 6: Easter Holiday (No Session)

Friday, May 8: Deadline to Pass a Balanced Budget for FY 2027

Friday, May 15: Last Day of Session

Wednesday, September 16: Veto Session