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Governor Jay signs a slate of bills covering education, health, environment and consumer protections
Summary
At a ceremonial signing at the Governor's Office, Governor Jay signed more than two dozen bills addressing education (complaint portals and special education funding), consumer protections (pharmacy and insurance notices), public health, agriculture and long-term care. The event featured remarks, photos and brief exchanges with supporters and children.
Governor Jay signed a package of bills in a ceremonial event at the Governor's Office that spanned education, consumer protections, public health and environmental measures.
The signings included measures to create a uniform complaints portal for public schools and add limits on the use of force in schools (House Bill 1239); protections that make fraud in assisted reproduction both a crime and unprofessional conduct (HB 1300); and an increase in the special-education funding cap from 15% to 16% to free local levy dollars (HB 2180). Other bills signed at the event direct the Department of Commerce to help communities pursue federal funding (HB 1870), expand career and technical education in allied health (HB 2236), and tailor Department of Social and Health Services online information about adult family homes (HB 2347). The governor also signed consumer- and health-related bills, including regulation of pharmacy…
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