Legislative Updates

Welcome to Week 18 of the 2015 Legislative Session It’s hard to believe, but this is the end of the 3rd week of the special session, and unfortunately, it is highly likely that there will be a 2nd special session. Although budget discussions are...

Welcome to Week 17 of the 2015 Legislative Session First and foremost, we need your feedback. Every week, we send you these emails and update our bill tracker, but it’s hard for us to know exactly what you want to hear. If you could provide your...

Welcome to Week 16 of the 2015 Legislative Session! It is now week 16 and the first week of the special session, which began on Wednesday, April 29th. So far, there does not appear to be much movement on the budget, but both the House and the...

Welcome to Week 15 of the 2015 Legislative Session! Hard to believe, but this is the last weekly update of the regular 2015 legislative session. We appreciate your interest in the issues and hope that you have found our updates to be useful. In the...

Welcome to Week 14 of the 2015 Legislative Session! The end of regular session is nearing – whether we go into extra innings remains to be seen, but it is highly likely! Until then, many bills have a ways to go until they are sent to be signed by...

Welcome to Week 12 of the 2015 Legislative Session! Not surprisingly, the recently-released House and Senate Budgets have been the primary focus of the week. Fortunately, there are a number of items included in one or both of the budgets that...

Welcome to Week 11 of the 2015 Legislative Session! The budgets are coming! The proposed House budget was released today, will be heard on Monday, March 30th, likely exec’d out of the Appropriations Committee on March 31st , and brought to the...

Welcome to Week 10 of the 2015 Legislative Session! This week, hearings have taken place on a number of bills we have been closely involved with, including Parents for Parents (SB 5486), Extended Foster Care (HB 1735 and SB 5740), the Homeless...

Welcome to Week 9 of the 2015 Legislative Session! We're pleased to report that the majority of the child welfare-related issues we've been tracking are still alive! Parents for Parents, Extended Foster Care, the Homeless Youth Act, the bill...

This year’s legislative session is moving right along! A couple of bills that we’re pleased have made it through round one include: SB 5486 (Parents for Parents), HB 1735 (Extended Foster Care), HB 1436 (Homeless Youth Act), HB 1875 (WorkFirst Work...