The two-year legislative session will adjourn this Thursday, May 9. Only three days remain in the regular session. These dates include June 5 to elect a new Associate Justice to…
Members of both bodies met in a Joint Assembly on Wednesday to elect members of the state’s judiciary and plan to hold one additional Joint Assembly on June 5 to elect…
Children’s Trust’s $250,000 request to expand home visiting statewide was included in the Senate Finance Committee budget last week. This funding would be matched 3-to-1 by the federal Maternal, Infant, Early…
This week, the House is on furlough. On Wednesday, S.1112 (PDF), a bill related to background checks for group home volunteers and child-placing agencies, received a third…
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee took up S.226 (PDF), a bill eliminating the exception for children to be tried as an adult and to decrease the time…
SENATE On Wednesday, the Child Welfare Subcommittee of the Senate Family and Veteran’s Affairs Committee gave favorable report to S.1112, a bill related to background checks for group home…
This week, the House of Representatives passed their FY 24-25 budget. A budget briefing (PDF) was given last week and can be viewed. The Senate continued to…
On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee gave favorable report to H.4561, a bill which would allow candidates for public office to use campaign funds to pay for caregivers for their…
This week the House of Representatives debated and passed H.4927, which creates the Office of Health and Policy. On Tuesday, the House 3-M Committee gave favorable report to H.4365, the…
