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Senate gives first readings to a slate of bills covering parole board, housing, AI and health

SENATE · January 13, 2026
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Summary

The Senate read titles and referred a package of bills — including measures on parole board restructuring (S237), education and housing revenue (S238), AI in mental health (S241) and dementia respite programming (S242) — sending each to the named committee for consideration.

The Senate held first readings and referred a package of bills to committee Wednesday, moving several measures into the next phase of the legislative process.

Among the bills introduced was S237, described as "an act relating to restructuring the parole board," which the clerk read and the presiding officer referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Other measures read and referred included S238, "an act relating to revenue for education and housing development" (referred to the Committee on Economic Development); S239, creating a Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Working Group…

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