09 November 2005

Legislative first extraordinary session action for Nov. 9

Filing is decreasing while committee action is heating up. We might actually get some good debate going, finally.

THE GOOD: Carl Crane’s HB 121 is an even more-comprehensive version of SB 49 in transferring consistently failing schools to state control and facilitating use of charter schools if necessary.
(Note: HB 24 by Bryant Hammett will replace HB 25 in the list, as it has emerged as the preferred vehicle for preventing federal disaster tax credits from increasing state income tax liability. It already has been passed out of committee. This reduction is reflected in the scorecard.)

WEDNESDAY: HB 16 is scheduled to be heard by the House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee; HB 9, HB 51, HB 58, HB 59, and HB 100 are scheduled to be heard by the House and Governmental Affairs Committee; HB 76 is scheduled yet again to be heard by the House Commerce Committee; HB 121 is scheduled to be heard in the House Education Committee; SB 6 is scheduled to be heard by the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee; SB 55 is scheduled to be heard by the Senate Insurance Committee.

SCORECARD:
Total House introductions: 132; total Senate introductions: 78.

Total House good bills: 5; total Senate good bills: 5.

Total House bad bills: 6; total Senate bad bills: 4.

Total House good bills heard in committee: 2; total Senate good bills heard in committee: 0.

Total House good bills passing committee: 1; total Senate good bills passing committee: 0.

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