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Roundup: Senate passes a slate of bills on workforce, corrections, nursing regulation, and education
Summary
Alongside high-profile tax measures, the Senate approved several other bills: E‑Verify requirements for construction (HB246), an emergency fix for nursing-board background checks (HB440), an omnibus budget-corrections package including PTSD funding and nursing-home language (HB184), academic-intervention rules (SB19) and rules on display of founding documents in classrooms (SB34).
The Senate cleared a series of diverse bills during the session.
E‑Verify for construction (HB246): Senator Kaler described House Bill 246, which requires nonresidential construction employers to verify new hires through the federal E‑Verify system and authorizes AG enforcement; the bill passed 33–0.
Board of Nursing background checks (HB440): Senators Huffman and Hoffman explained an emergency clarification requested by the FBI/BCI to limit recipients of background-check results; the emergency clause passed…
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