quick update

As many of you may know or have heard, Senate Budget Amendment 260 was withdrawn last night. What we've been told from Senator McGee's office is that consensus could not be reached.

However, just because the amendment did not pass as part of the Senate Budget does not mean it's dead. Instead, the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce redrafted House Bill 1844 today and reported it out favorably. This means that it moves on to another committee before making it to the House floor for a vote before the end of the session in July.

We do not yet know what the revised language in HB 1844 includes, but we've been told it will incorporate some language from the withdrawn Amendment 260.

As soon as we know what the new language is and to which committee the amendment is headed next, we will update this space -- likely early next week. At that point, we encourage you to call your representatives frequently to make your voices heard.