Bill Watch

Bill List as of February 4, 2022
Category	Bill #	Bill Explanation	Comments	Registration Status
Free Speech	HF2090	Prohibited training provided by entities that receive tax-generated revenue and including penalties.	1/25 Introduced, referred to State Government.
Free Speech	HSB593	Prohibit a government entity from burdening a person's free exercise of religion.	1/20 Introduced, referred to Judiciary. 1/24 Subcommittee reassigned: Wheeler, Meyer, B. and Salmon. 1/27 Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-1
Operations	HF2131 (Previously HSB511)	Relating to child care center staff ratios.	1/26 Introduced, placed on calendar.
Operations	HF2081 (Previously HSB520)	Relating to the assessments administered to practitioner preparation program admission candidates and to practitioner preparation program students prior to students’ completion of a practitioner preparation program.	1/24 Introduced, placed on the calendar.
Operations	HSB542	Relates to colleges that are required to register with the College Student Aid Commission which includes Community Colleges and Regents.	1/18 Introduced, referred to Education. Subcommittee: Dolecheck, Bossman and Staed. 1/25 Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0. 1/26 Committee report, recommending passage.
Operations	HSB654	Allowing third-party CDL testers.	2/2 Introduced, referred to Transportation. Subcommittee: Bush, Cisneros and Prichard.
Operations	SF493	Relating to the registration of construction contractors.	1/14 Subcommittee: J. Taylor, Rowley, and T. Taylor. 1/20 Subcommittee recommends passage. 1/26 Committee report, approving bill.
Operations	SF2186 (Previously SSB3030)	Eliminating specific requirements relating to no smoking signs or symbols.	1/13 Introduced, referred to Commerce. 1/18 Subcommittee: Schultz, Johnson, and Lykam. 2/2 Subcommittee recommends passage. 2/3 Introduced, placed on calendar.
Operations	SSB3092	Moving effective date of lodging provider's employee human trafficking prevent training to June 30, 2022.	2/1 Introduced, referred to Appropriations. Subcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Bolkcom, and Lofgren. Subcommittee Meeting: 02/02/2022
Programming	HF2008	Relating to certain amounts of school district funding for programs for at-risk students, secondary students who attend alternative programs or alternative schools, or returning dropouts and dropout prevention, and including effective date provisions. Companion Bill: SF2003.	1/11 Introduced, referred to Education. 1/12 Subcommittee: Ingels, Smith and Thompson. 1/18 Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-0.
Programming	HF2019	The establishment of an advanced opportunities program for certain students enrolled in public schools to take overload and dual credit courses, postsecondary credit-bearing and career and technical education certificate examinations, and career and technical education workforce training courses, and the award of a scholarship for early graduation.	1/11 Introduced, referred to Education. 1/12 Subcommittee: Wills, Smith and Stone. 1/19 Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
Programming	SF2042	Relating to the undergraduate programs offered by the institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents. [Could potentially affect the transfer of credits.]	1/13 Introduced, referred to Education. 1/24 Subcommittee: Goodwin, Giddens, and Sinclair.
Programming	SF2037	Prohibiting administrators from permitting the teaching of certain specified concepts in school districts. [Could impact some Concurrent Enrollment Curriculum]	1/13 Introduced, referred to Education. 1/24 Subcommittee: Goodwin, Quirmbach, and Sinclair.
Programming	SF2128 (Previously SSB3047)	Changes references from "limited English proficiency'" to "English learner", postsecondary institutions accreditation, and standards for hiring community college faculty. (DE Department bill)	1/26 Introduced, placed on calendar.
Programming	HSB611 (Companion Bill SF2128)	Changes references from "limited English proficiency'" to "English learner", postsecondary institutions accreditation, and standards for hiring community college faculty. (DE Department bill)	1/25 Introduced, referred to Education. 1/26 Subcommittee: Wheeler, Cahill and Dolecheck.
Scholarships	HF2165 (Previously HSB541)	Allow part-time students to be eligible for Last Dollar Scholarships	1/18 Introduced, referred to Education. Subcommittee: Salmon, Steckman and Stone. 1/25 Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0. 1/26 Committee report, recommending passage. 1/31 Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2165.	For
Scholarships	SF2131 (Previously SSB3046 (companion to HSB541)	Allow part-time students to be eligible for Last Dollar Scholarships	1/26 Introduced, placed on calendar.	For