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Committee places nine higher-education bills on consent calendar; multiple items referred to floor
Summary
The committee grouped nine bills — on Promise scholarships, internships, workforce strategy, dual enrollment, research funding, postsecondary education, workforce development, disciplinary advisers, and debt-free community college expansions — onto a consent calendar and initiated roll-call votes, with some items referred to appropriations.
The Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee read the consent calendar and moved multiple bills together for a single roll-call procedure. Items on the consent calendar included:
- S.B. 380 — Task force recommendations to support Promise programs (JFS to the floor; LCO 3360) - H.B. 5478 — Learn-and-earn internship opportunities (JFS to the floor; LCO 3388) - S.B. 383 — Implementing Office of Workforce Strategy recommendations (JF to the floor) - S.B. 427 — Dual and concurrent enrollment modifications (JFS to the floor; LCO 3218) - H.B. 5426 — Adviser availability in disciplinary proceedings (JFS to the floor as amended; LCO 3268 as amended) - H.B. 5427 — Expand debt-free community college to workforce/continuing education (JF 2 Appropriations)
Individual items not on the consent calendar or with separate referral instructions included S.B. 428 (research funding), H.B. 5420 (postsecondary education) and S.B. 379 (workforce development); several of those were referred to Appropriations or the floor as noted during the meeting. The committee called a roll for the consent calendar and other referrals; many members’ votes were recorded and the chair left votes open until 02:30 to allow members to finalize their votes.
The chair closed formal business and offered thanks to committee members and nonpartisan staff. The meeting recessed with votes pending until the designated recording deadline.
