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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...
Senate capital budget released, committees resume work with opioid education, Running Start expansion, FAFSA rollout on agendas
House and Senate committees got back to work this week as the session reached its House of Origin cutoff deadline Tuesday. That's the self-imposed date in which bills need to be passed by the chamber in which they started in order to continue in the legislative process. The Senate released it...
Session passes halfway mark, opioid awareness, incarcerated student financial aid, competency-based education bills moving
Following Monday's fiscal committee cutoff deadline — when bills with a monetary impact needed to be approved by those committees to continue in the legislative process — this week was dominated by House and Senate floor action. Bills on opioid and fentanyl awareness, financial aid for incarcerat...
Financial aid, free college bills moving after first cutoff
The Legislature reached its first cutoff deadline of the 2024 session Wednesday, when bills needed to be voted out of their policy committees to continue in the legislative process. Community and technical college system-supported bills are moving, including ones on financial aid support, expandi...
Last cutoff passes, session heads into final full week
With just over a week to go in the 2023 legislative session, the House and Senate on Wednesday reached their last major cutoff deadline, when bills coming from the opposite chamber needed to receive a vote. Community and technical college system-supported bills on dual credit, College Bound Schol...
College system-supported bills moving as session passes last committee cutoff
Tuesday marked the last committee cutoff of the 2023 legislative session when bills with a fiscal impact needed to be voted out of those committees in order to continue in the legislative process. For the community and technical college system, bills on Running Start, nursing education, data shar...
House budget proposals released
House budget writers on Monday released their versions of the operating and capital budgets. The House Appropriations Committee heard testimony on the operating budget proposal on Monday, and the House Capital Budget Committee took up that budget on Tuesday.
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