Legislative Update
updated 2/3/26

The 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature officially begins Monday, February 2nd. Bills are assigned to committees in their chamber of origin (Senate or House of Representatives) and those that pass committees will move to the floor in the full chamber of origin. Bills that pass the floor then move the opposite chamber and repeat the process. Here are the major deadlines for this session:

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• March 5:    Deadline for bills to be heard in committees (chamber of origin)

• March 26:  Deadline for the 3rd reading of bills on the floor (chamber of origin)

• April 23:     Deadline for bills to be heard in committees (opposite chamber)

• May 7:        Deadline for the 3rd reading of bills on the floor (opposite chamber)

• May 29:      Sine Die Adjournment 5:00 pm

 

As the session gets underway, we will have a better idea of what bills will be heard in committees and we can focus our advocacy on those bills. Senate Education Committee Chair Adam Pugh and Vice Chair Ally Seifried released this information on their education bills this session and Senate and House Democrats released this information on their education agenda, but these represent only a part of the education bills filed. If there are specific bills we should watch, please reach out!

 

Civication at the Capitol will run 2/24-4/28. Please consider joining us at the capitol to advocate for your students and your profession! Information on signing up for Civication will be emailed to all members on Thursday, 2/12.

 

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