The House Committee on Education heard SB 282 on absenteeism and school attendance authored by Sen. Donato, Sen. Rogers, and Sen. Raatz and sponsored by Rep. Carbaugh. The bill requires the superintendent or attendance officer to report a child to the intake officer of the juvenile court not more than 10 days after the child becomes a habitual truant unless an exception applies. The … [Read more...] about Absenteeism and school attendance
Administrative law
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1003 concerning administrative law sponsored by Sen. Carrasco. The author, Rep. Steuerwald gave background on the bill. The bill: The committee discussed amendment # 12 which: Amendment #12 passed 9-2. The Committee then amended the bill further to delete the phrase "without deference" and insert "independent of" in the provision … [Read more...] about Administrative law
Security of property and meeting decorum
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard HB 1338 on the security of property and meeting decorum sponsored by Sens. Baldwin and Alexander. The bill authorizes governing bodies of certain local government agencies to adopt rules or policies governing the conduct of meetings and that a provision of the tort claims law providing immunity to a government entity or … [Read more...] about Security of property and meeting decorum
Terms of US Senators and members of Congress
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HJ 3 on terms of US Senators and members of Congress authored by Rep. Hall and sponsored by Sen. Holdman and Sen. Alexander. The joint resolution applies to Congress for a Convention for proposing Amendments under Article V of the Constitution of the United States to provide limits to the number of terms that an individual may serve in the United … [Read more...] about Terms of US Senators and members of Congress
Age verification for material harmful to minors
The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 17 concerning age verification for material harmful to minors authored by Sen. Bohacek and sponsored by Rep. King. The author explained that the bill: The Committee amended the bill to add definitions of "person" and "verification information,” increase damages from $1,000 to $5,000, require adult oriented website operators to use c … [Read more...] about Age verification for material harmful to minors