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by Rep. Dustin Hite
It has been a busy funnel week here in the legislature. Committees have been working to advance bills by the end of the week so the legislation is still able to be considered this session. If bills do not make it out of committee this week, they will not move forward the remainder of the legislative session. The Education Committee passed a number of bills out of committee this week, bringing the total number of bills advanced out of committee to 30. Of these 30 bills, 22 have passed with bipartisan support. Although much attention is paid on the more contentious issues, I am proud of the great bipartisan legislation that has advanced out of the Education Committee this session. As well this week I had six bills advance out of the Judiciary Committee during Thursday’s meeting.