Monday, February 26, 2007
Today
Legislators
have three more days this session to deal with proposed bills, including major
tax and appropriations bills that may come up later today.
Floor sessions go
from 8 or 9 am until as late as necessary, with a lunch break and a
5:00 Executive Appropriations Committee meeting if needed.
The House
will address two child support bills. HB
15, which suspends the driver's license of a parent who fails to pay child
support, has passed both House and Senate, but a disagreement over when the
bill takes effect must be settled. Second
Substitute SB 23 updates the guidelines for child support payments.
HB
361 appropriates $7.8 million to buy property for
Southwest and
The Senate
will consider final approval for HCR 5, which encourages getting
preschoolers ready to read by reading to them 20 minutes a day. Substitute HB 273 delays the state ban
on smoking in private clubs that are fraternal organizations, such as veterans
organizations, until 2009 so that they can compete with other establishments
that still allow smoking.
Fourth
Substitute HB 108 gives the go-ahead to the Department of
Transportation to study the need for east-west transportation corridors in
Also
in the Senate, HB 176 forgives loans of nearly $6 million issued for
disaster relief. The loans were issued
for flood relief in southern
To
leave telephone messages, call the House at 538-1029, the Senate at 538-1035,
or the Governor at 538-1000
Sandy Peck
League
of Women Voters,
801.272-8683 fax 801.272-5942
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