The Senate passed six bills in their afternoon floor session, reading all of the bills a second time and then suspending the constitutional rules and reading them a third time to speed up the legislative process. The following bills passed this afternoon:
Senate Bill 1001 creates critical skills instructional support programs for third and eighth grades.
Senate Bill 1002 relates to recruitment and retention of certain employees at Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital and William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital.
Senate Bill 1003 creates the High-Technology Business Property Valuation Act.
Senate Bill 1006 relates to hiring, terminating, transferring and reassigning teachers and school personnel.
Senate Bill 1010 provides county commissions with authority to regulate location of exotic entertainment businesses.
Senate Bill 1011 relates to post-mine land use development.
These bills will now move to the House for consideration.
The Senate Finance Committee will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 451M.
The Senate will reconvene at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow.
