This morning, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 22, which designates February 3, 2011 as “Crime Victims Day at the Legislature.”
Additionally, the Senate passed three bills after suspending the rule stating a bill must be read on three separate days. Those bills were Senate Bill 254, which would make a supplementary appropriation of federal funds to Development Office and Division of Human Services, Senate Bill 255, which would make supplementary appropriation of unappropriated moneys to various accounts and Senate Bill 256, which would require sex offenders to verify e-mail and online identities.
The Senate also read Senate Bill 281 and Senate Bill 349 for a first time and advanced those bills to second reading on tomorrow’s calendar.
Also, 17 bills were introduced, including Senate Bill 411, which would provide that faculty and staff at state institutions of higher education be eligible for a seat in the Legislature.
The following committees will meet today:
Education – 2 p.m. – 451M
Finance – 3 p.m. – 451M
Judiciary – 3 p.m. – 208W
The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Economic Development – 9 a.m. – 451M
Transportation and Infrastructure – 10 a.m. – 451M
The Senate will reconvene tomorrow at 11 a.m.
