During today’s House Floor Session, the House amended and passed House Bill 2013.
House Bill 2013 creates the Hope Scholarship Program, which provides funds to eligible recipients for personal education accounts to be used for qualifying education expenses, for example, private or homeschooling. The scholarship funds could be used for tuition, textbooks, and other services.
The House also suspended the rules for Senate Bill 459. The bill was read for the first, second, and third times. Then it was voted on and passed.
Senate Bill 459 allows for contributions paid by a member into a retirement plan to be returned to the member’s heirs after the member’s death under certain circumstances.
The House concurred with the Senate’s amendments to Senate Bill 11, which declares work stoppage by public employees to be unlawful.
Seven bills were on second reading. Of those bills, Senate Bill 358 advanced to third with amendments pending, House Bill 2257 was amended, and House Bill 2382 was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee.
Committees
Today
- The Committee on Government Organization will meet at 1:45 pm in Room 215E.
- The Education Committee will meet at 2 pm in the House Chamber.
- The Committee on Energy and Manufacturing will meet at 3 pm in the House Chamber.
- The Committee on Health and Human Resources will meet at 3:15 pm in Room 215E.
Tomorrow
- The Judiciary Committee will meet at 9 am in Room 215E.
- The Finance Committee will meet at 9 am in the House Chamber.
- The Rules Committee will meet at 10:45 am in Room 410E.
- The Committee on Technology and Infrastructure will meet immediately after the floor session.
