With the deadline for House bills to pass third reading last Friday at midnight, the 81st Session entered its final phase. The good news is that seven of ACT’s high priority bills have made it to the last two weeks of the session. Here’s a run-down of the bills’ current status:

SB 545	Fraser	Passed the Senate; currently in House Committee on Energy Resources
SB 541	Watson	Passed the Senate; currently in House Committee on State Affairs
SB 546	Fraser	Passed both Senate and House
HB 280	Anchia	SB 546 is companion (HB 280 made it through House)
SB 16	Averitt	Passed the Senate; committee substitute adopted by House Committee on Environmental Regulation (5/18).
HB 1553	Burnam	Left pending in House Calendars Committee (no longer moving)
SB 184	Watson	Passed Senate; in House Committee on Environmental Regulation
HB 821	Leibowitz	Passed House; in Senate Committee on Business and Commerce
HB 300	Isett	Passed House; in Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security

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