Senate and House Make Progress:
This week, the Senate moved multiple bills to the House:
SB890: Requires state departments to report on obsolete administrative entities, repeals certain administrative entities and repeals and reassigns duties for certain other administrative entities (Passed 30-0)
- SB994: Filing of income tax returns (Passed 28-2)
- SB1020: Department of Revenue fee offices (Passed 30-0)
- SB914: Sewage regulation (Passed 29-1)
The House sent over several bills to the Senate:
- HB2375: Workers’ compensation (Passed 86-62)
- HB2273: Protection of children and vulnerable persons (Passed 148-2) (Read more)
- HB1757: Establishes procedures for school districts to test for gifted students (Passed 142-8) (Read more)
- HB1788: Campaign contributions (Passed 134-16) · HB1628: Modifies provisions relating to the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (Passed 153-0)
- HB2033: Gender transition procedures (Passed 102-40) (Read more)
- HB1847: Dental professions (Passed 138-10)
- HB1866: Allows the director of the department of public safety to deny a peace officer license if an applicant is not a U.S. citizen or has had a license permanently revoked or suspended (Passed 101-36)
- HB1908: Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant (Passed 147-0) (Read more)
- HB1961: Dietitians (Passed 137-8)
- HB2180: Mail sent by state agencies (Passed 146-0)
- HB2591: Clinical fellowships required for licensure as a speech-language pathologist (Passed 144-0)
Budget Update:
The House budget committee will hear several budget bills on Tuesday, February 13th. Public comments will also be taken.
- HB 2003
- HB 2005
- HB 2011
- HB 2012
- HB 2013
- HB 2017
- HB 2018
- HB 2019
- HB 2020
2026 Dates of Interest:
Monday, February 16: President’s Day (No Session in the Senate, House will still convene)
Thursday, February 26: Last Day to File Bills in the House and Senate
March 12-22: Legislative Spring Break (No Session)
Monday, April 6: Easter Holiday (No Session)
Friday, May 8: Deadline to Pass a Balanced Budget for FY 2027
Friday, May 15: Last Day of Session
Wednesday, September 16: Veto Session
Reviewed 2026-02-13