SENATE SHOWDOWNS: Bill to eliminate tenure receives Thursday subcommittee in Senate

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Links to the Senate committee and subcommittee meetings can be found here.

10 a.m.

SSB 1177: A bill for an act relating to the medical cannabidiol program, including medical cannabidiol registration cards, medical cannabidiol dispensaries, and income tax deductions, and establishing a medical cannabidiol tax fund.

SF 225: A bill for an act relating to the acquisition of title of abandoned property in the unincorporated area of a county.

SSB 1149: A bill for an act relating to the licensure of persons completing an apprenticeship, and including effective date provisions.

11 a.m.

SF 165: A bill for an act relating to health care benefits coverage for specified pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders.

11:30 a.m.

SF 181: A bill for an act relating to the home ownership assistance program, and making an appropriation.

SF 41: A bill for an act prohibiting tenure systems at public postsecondary educational institutions, and including applicability provisions.

SF 107: A bill for an act relating to the removal, transfer, and transportation of human remains by an unlicensed employee or agent of a funeral director.

12 p.m.

SSB 1147: A bill for an act prohibiting employers from entering into noncompete agreements with low-wage employees.

SSB 1084: A bill for an act relating to certain fees of the secretary of state.

12:30 p.m.

SSB 1151: A bill for an act relating to credit transactions involving agricultural items, including by providing for warehouse drying or storage liens on crops and by establishing a central filing system relating to security interests in farm products, providing fees, and including applicability, contingent implementation, and effective date provisions.

Author: Jacob Hall