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One week to go, State Board-requested bills pass House
With negotiations between House and Senate budget writers continuing, this week marked the final major cutoff deadline of session when bills from the opposite chamber needed to be approved in order to continue in the legislative process.
State Board-request bills on the move as session enters final stretch
The Legislature passed its fifth major deadline of session on Tuesday when bills with a fiscal impact needed to be voted out of those committees in order to continue in the legislative process.
Capital budget proposals released, College in the High School heard in House committee work session
The House and Senate released their versions of the 2025-27 capital budget on Monday with the Senate Ways and Means Committee and House Capital Budget Committee hearing testimony on Tuesday. Also this week, Wednesday marked the cutoff deadline for bills from the opposite chamber to be voted out o...
Customized Training Program tax extension bill passes Senate, policy committees resume work
Session reached its third cutoff deadline Wednesday at 5 p.m. when bills need to be passed by their originating chamber in order to continue in the legislative process. Ahead of that, the Senate on Tuesday passed the bill that would extend the Customized Training Program's business and occupation...
Tribal elder waiver bill unanimously passes Senate, session reaches fiscal committee cutoff
Session reaches its second cutoff deadline today when bills with a fiscal impact must be out of those committees to continue in the legislative process. For the community and technical college system this week, the bill extending the business and occupation tax credit for the Customized Training ...
Session marks first cutoff, fiscal committees ramp up work
Today marks the first major milestone of the 2025 session. It's policy committee cutoff, which means bills need to be voted out of policy committees — like House Postsecondary Education and Workforce and Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development — to continue in the legislative process. ...
Less than a week left in session, opioid awareness bill passes Legislature
Today marks the opposite house cutoff deadline, when bills from the opposing chamber need to be approved to continue in the legislative process. Also this week, Monday marked the last fiscal committee cutoff deadline, when bills with a financial impact coming from the other chamber needed to be v...
Operating budget, House capital budget proposals released
House and Senate budget writers released their versions of the operating budget over the weekend, holding hearings Monday. House capital budget writers also released their version of that budget early this week, following the Senate version released last week. That proposal was heard in committee...
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