State Legislation

AN ACT relating to state funded capital construction; providing definitions; providing appropriations for purposes related to state funded capital construction and major maintenance; making appropriations subject to terms and conditions as specified; amending prior appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to sales and use tax; amending the distribution of sales and use taxes on motor vehicles and trailers to the highway fund as specified; providing an appropriation; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring operators of commercial motor vehicles to demonstrate proficiency in the English language; prohibiting operators of commercial motor vehicles who cannot demonstrate English language proficiency from operating commercial motor vehicles as specified; providing criminal penalties; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; providing legislative findings; specifying requirements associated with the termination of pregnancies; prohibiting procedures that terminate the life of a child with a detectable heartbeat; specifying exceptions to the prohibition; specifying penalties; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to concealed weapons; repealing gun free zones; providing for the carrying of concealed weapons as specified; creating a criminal offense for prohibiting entry to a person carrying a concealed weapon as specified; clarifying that only the state legislature may regulate firearms, weapons and ammunition; providing for exceptions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to the state forester; authorizing positions; providing for an appropriation for wildland fire suppression modules; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to school finance; modifying the career and technical education equipment and supplies component within the education resource block grant model; making conforming amendments; providing an appropriation; repealing an obsolete provision; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to school buildings and facilities; providing appropriations for the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028; providing for appropriations for the remainder of the current biennium ending June 30, 2026; providing an appropriation that shall not revert; specifying conditions for expenditures; requiring reports; establishing a grant program for school facility safety and security projects; specifying requirements for school districts to receive safety and security grant funds; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to city, county, state and local powers; requiring local government entities to comply with deadlines for reviewing specified residential building permits; allowing deadlines to be suspended and extended as specified; requiring local government entities to provide notice; providing definitions; providing penalties; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; authorizing the department of health to approve alterations or additions to health care facilities for purposes of health care and life safety compliance determinations only; repealing bed expansion limitations for nursing care facilities and hospitals as specified; requiring reports; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to ad valorem taxation; amending how penalties collected for failure to file specified tax statements are paid and credited; and providing for an effective date.

Relating to licensure and certification of alcohol and drug counselors