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As expected, this week was a busy one at the General Assembly. The Senate wrapped up the majority of their work as both chambers await the budget. They acted on three DPS agency bills:
The Senate concurred with the change the House made to Senate Bill 171, Department of Public Safety Agency Bill.-AB, and it was sent to the Governor. This bill has provisions requested by the State Capitol Police, Highway Patrol, National Guard, and Samarcand. The change allows for DPS to retain proceeds from the sale of DPS property.
House Bill 814, Emergency Management Mods., passed the Senate unanimously and since no changes were made it was also sent to the Governor. The provisions in this bill were requested by Emergency Management.
Senate Bill 345, Alarm Systems Licensing/Machinery Act Changes, was requested by the Alarm Systems Licensing Board (ASLB) and also passed the Senate unanimously. It was sent to the House for consideration. A provision that makes changes to the machinery act, which is not related to ASLB, was added in committee. This is common practice as session comes to a close.
Both the House and Senate will take a break next week for the July 4th holiday. The next newsletter will come out Friday, July 14.
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