Despite delays and disruptions from COVID-19 and the winter storm, there were 7,148 bills and constitutional amendments introduced during the 87th Regular Legislative Session. When the session concluded, 1,081 bills were sent to the governor, and he vetoed 21 of them, including the entire appropriation for the legislature. As expected, thousands of these bills affected county … [Read more...] about Regular Session Report
H.B. 277
Significant County-Related Bills
SILENCE COUNTY OFFICIALS LEGISLATION Some proponents of S.B. 234/ H.B. 749 have claimed that these bills would permit nonprofit associations to continue legislative communications and distribution of legislative information on behalf of their members. That is not true. Section 1(a) of these bills provides that “a political subdivision may not spend public funds: (1) to hire … [Read more...] about Significant County-Related Bills