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Senate Rules Committee advances multiple bills and a package to the floor, including child‑protection and housing measures
Summary
The Senate Rules Committee voted by voice to advance a salmon‑colored package and a string of individual bills to the floor/second‑reading calendars, including measures on child‑protection procedures, tenant portable cooling devices, DCYF benefits protections taking effect 01/01/2027, and a new state account for abortion‑care funding.
The Senate Committee on Rules on Feb. 20 advanced a salmon‑colored package and a series of individual bills from the white and salmon sheets to the floor and second‑reading calendars, mostly by voice votes.
Senator Petersen moved the salmon‑colored package and urged support, saying it "will help us get through nearly all the way to cut off" and noting the package included measures suggested by the minority party. The committee approved the package by voice vote.
Several individual measures were then advanced. Among them, Senator Petersen moved Senate Bill 6308, which the sponsor said "gives some tools to courts, in shelter care hearings to try to protect…
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