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Senate Rules Committee advances wide slate of bills to the floor calendar

Senate Committee on Rules · February 12, 2026
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The Senate Committee on Rules advanced more than a dozen bills — from housing and transportation to health and tax policy — to the floor or second‑reading calendars in a series of largely unanimous voice votes. One tax bill drew explicit objections on constitutional and economic grounds.

The Senate Committee on Rules on an unspecified date voted to advance a broad set of measures from the white sheet to the floor or second‑reading calendars, moving dozens of bills forward as the Legislature heads toward cutoff.

Committee members moved and carried measures by voice vote on subjects ranging from tenant cooling‑device protections and accessory dwelling unit (ADU) rules to digital data sharing and an extension of a hazardous‑substance tax exemption. Sponsors offered short summaries of their bills and urged support before each motion. "This is a package of measures that will help us get nearly all the way to cutoff," one sponsor said of a packaged set of…

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