The Senate suspended the constitutional rules requiring a bill be read on three separate days and passed four bills during today’s morning floor session.
The measures passed include: Senate Bill 1003,which renames conservation officers natural resources police officers, Senate Bill 1004, which replacing references to “mentally retarded” in state law with “intellectually disabled”, Senate Bill 1005, which relates to criminal offenses and penalties regarding firearms and ammunition sales, and Senate Bill 1010 which creates the Behavioral Mental Health Services Fund.
The Senate will reconvene at 5 p.m. this evening.
The following Senate Committees are scheduled for May 14 and May 15, 2010:
Education Subcommittee B – 1 p.m. – Room 451M
Education Subcommittee C – 2 p.m. – Room 451M
Finance – 4 p.m. – 451M
Education Subcommittee A – 8:30 a.m. tomorrow – Room 208W
Photo: Senate Education Subcommittee A meets prior to this morning’s floor session to discuss charter schools.
