HB 353

COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Shreveport Fire Department on being awarded the American Heart Association's 2026 Mission: Lifeline EMS - Gold Achievement Award

POLICE/LOCAL: Requires police departments to provide notice of illegal discharge of a firearm (OR +$20,348 GF EX See Note)

CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Kirby Shawn Dawson

TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS: Provides with respect to training law enforcement officers regarding certain traffic stops

EDUCATION/SPECIAL: Provides that a local education agency shall have the burden of proof in any special education due process hearing relative to the appropriateness of a student's current or proposed program or placement

HIGHWAYS: Redesignates a portion of United States Highway 171 as the "Speaker Joe R. Salter Memorial Highway"""

SCHOOLS: Provides for approval for charter schools that specialize in vocational and technical education to meet workforce demands for high demand and high wage jobs. (8/1/26) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS: Provides relative to employment certificates for minors (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

CLERKS OF COURT: Provides for the creation of the Ascension Parish retired employee insurance fund

CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to points awarded to veterans in competitive fire and police civil service employment

EMPLOYMENT: Provides relative to union dues and fees for certain public employees. (8/1/26)

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to apprentices. (8/1/26)

Authorizing Unemployment Automation and Administration Fund to modernize and enhance WorkForce West Virginia

An Act establishing a paid parental leave program; relating to unemployment benefits; relating to the collection of child support obligations; and relating to the duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Establishes the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact

A bill for an act relating to state government; precluding state employees and legislators from taking employment with or serve as an independent contractor for grant recipients in certain situations; imposing a penalty; amending the definition of serious crime for purposes of recalling a state officer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 43A.38, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 211C.01, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 181.

Individual income taxes, to allow an exclusion from gross income for contributions to Trump Accounts and to make permanent the exclusion for amounts paid by an employer on any qualified education loan.

Measures to Support Victim-Survivors of Crimes