Monday, May 20, 2024
Monday, May 20, 2024

House Designates Today as Disability Advocacy Day, Passes First Bills

During this afternoon’s floor session, the House adopted House Resolution 7, which designated today as Disability Advocacy Day.

The House also passed 3 bills during the floor session. One bill that was passed is House Bill 2402 which redefines the term “public record” as it is used in the Freedom of Information Act. The second bill that was passed is House Bill 2521, which eliminates the requirement of serving domestic violence orders by certified mail. The third bill that was passed in the House today is House Bill 3128, which changes filing a civil petition instead of a motion for expungement of records relating to an arrest.

In addition to passing 3 bills, the House introduced a total of 20 bills. This included House Bill 4103, which would call for a consolidation of government services and enforcement of laws pertaining to the motor carrier industry.

Two bills were also read for the first time today. They were House Bill 2533,which would require the identities of signatories to a certificate for a person seeking ballot access to be made public and verified, and House Bill 4072, which would eliminate the requirement for county boards of education to meet on the first Monday of July.

The following committees will meet today:
Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business 1 P.M. – 460M
Health and Human Resources 4 P.M. – 215E
Roads and Transportation 2 P.M. – 215E
Political Subdivisions 1 P.M. – 215E
Senior Citizen Issues 3 P.M. – 215E

The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Education 9 A.M. – 410M
Finance 9 A.M. – 460M

The House is adjourned until 11 A.M. tomorrow.

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