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Senate Education Committee sets rules, calendar and deadlines for this session
Summary
The committee adopted procedural rules for testimony and amendments, set amendment and testimony deadlines, announced budget hearing dates (Feb. 11–25), and placed SB912 and SB1027 on the committee calendar before adjourning.
The Senate Education Committee opened, took roll and the chair read a detailed set of committee rules that govern how bills are noticed and heard this year.
Key operational rules announced: bills must be placed on notice by 3 p.m. Tuesday to be heard the following week and should be emailed to staffer Jessica Bryant; testimony will be limited to three individuals per side with three minutes each and testimony requests are due by 2 p.m. the prior day; the deadline for amendments is 12 p.m. on Mondays. The chair reserved the right to defer late substance amendments and to roll bills as provided in committee rules. Signs were restricted to chest level and profanity was prohibited on signs because of potential children in the room or watching online.
The committee announced that budget hearings will begin Feb. 11 and are expected to conclude by Feb. 25; the rules will be posted and staff contacts were named for questions. The clerk read the committee calendar and two bills by Sen. Lowe — SB912 and SB1027 — were placed on the calendar with members calling for the items to be rolled to the final calendar or file as appropriate. The session adjourned following a motion; no roll-call vote on the adjournment motion is recorded in the transcript.
