Lots of strikers this week as this is the final week for bills to be heard in committee, but that comes with one big caveat: the Appropriations committees of both chamber can still meet and consider bills. So instead of members kissing the butts of "making nice with" most committee chairs so the committees will hear a bill, it'll just be the chairs of Appropriation.
The Appropriations chairs *love* this time of year.
Caveat: All information about strikers being on (or not being on) a particular agenda are as of this writing. Things can, and probably will, change at a moment's notice.
Note: HHR refers to a hearing room in the House building; SHR refers to one in the Senate building.
Note2: Generally, I'll only specify bills that look to spread propaganda. Other bills may be more conventionally bad (think: corrupt or other misuses of public monies and/or authority). My recommendation is that if an agenda covers an area of interest to you, read the entire agenda.
Note3: Each chamber's respective Rules Committee meets on Monday, the House's in HHR4, generally at 1 p.m. and the Senate's in Senate Caucus Room 1, generally also at 1 p.m. Both committees serve as rubber stamps for bills leadership wants to be advanced and gatekeepers for measures that leadership wants stopped.
Note4: Meeting start times may be listed, but are flexible. Before journeying to the Capitol or viewing the meeting online, verify the start time.
Note5: Watch for strikers, or strike everything amendments. Those involve inserting language that replaces the entirety of a bill. Those can be introduced at any time and can make a previously harmless bill become a very bad one.
On Monday, 3/24
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House and Senate Rules meet at 1 p.m. in their respective rooms. On the agendas: many bills. They may meet more than once this week, but, as of now, they're on the schedule once.
Senate Federalism meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR2, On the agenda: one bill.
Senate Finance meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 10 bills. Includes proposed strikers for HB2125 and HB2654.
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: two bills. HB2687 is supposed to have a striker proposed but the text isn't yet available. According to the committee agenda, it has the rather ominous working title of "government".
House Health & Human Services meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: 15 bills. Includes proposed strikers for SB1347 and SB1555.
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: 11 proposals. Most read as if they were written by industry lobbyists. Includes proposed strikers for four bill - SB1150, SB1350, SB1706, and SB1709.
House Public Safety & Law Enforcement meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: 11 bills. Includes proposed strikers for two bills - SB1233 and SB1714. Also includes SB1053, Wendy Rogers' scheme to allow discharging a firearm closer to an occupied structure.
On Tuesday, 3/25
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Senate Appropriations meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: 10 bills, no strikers listed. Includes HB2606, a plan to to redirect $50 million from the state's General Fund to DPS to fund bigotry "border support."
Senate Natural Resources meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 23 proposals, Most read like they were written by industry lobbyists but at least a couple are pure MAGA propaganda. Includes a proposed striker for HB2091, from the "lobbyist" genus.
House Commerce meets at 2 p.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: 12 bills, many pure propaganda. Includes proposed strikers for two bills - SB1229 and SB1057.
House Education meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: 12 bills, no strikers as yet.
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: 11 bills. Most bills and amendments read like they were written by industry lobbyists. Includes proposed strikers for three bills - SB1134, SB1444, and SB1521.
House Regulatory Oversight meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: four bills, no proposed strikers as yet. Two of the bills are anti-LGBTQ specials from Sen. John Kavanagh. They would impact schools, but were never assigned to the House Education Committee. Instead, they were assigned to House Government, and in perhaps a search for a more receptive committee, withdrawn from that committee and given to this one.
Hmmm...
On Wednesday, 3/26
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House Judiciary meets at 8 a.m.in HHR4. On the agenda: 22 bills. Lots of propaganda. Includes one striker, to SB1227 (text not available as yet), working title "ACJC; continuation; revision".
Senate Government Committee of Reference meets at 8 a.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: no bills, one sunset review.
Senate Government meets at 8:05 a.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 12 proposals. Lots of propaganda. Includes four proposed strikers (text not available as yet). The proposed amendments for HB2233, HB2872, and HCR2037 have the same working title - "government." The one for HB2868 is a same subject striker for a with a working title of "preferential treatment; discrimination; policies".
House International Trade meets at 8:30 a.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: one bill.
House Government meets at 9 a.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: 21 bills. No strikers as yet. *Lots* of propaganda here, but my personal favorite is SB1649, increasing legislative authority over membership of many state boards and commission and removing subject matter expertise as a criteria for membership on a lot of them.
Senate Health and Human Services meets at 9 a.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: 10 bills. Includes a prosed striker for HB2434 (text not available as yet), working title - "interoperability grants; health care; appropriation".
Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: seven bills. Includes one striker, to HB2033, (text not available as yet), working title - "building permits".
House Ways & Means meets at 10 a.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: four proposals. No strikers. Brief agenda, but it makes up for that by being 100% bad.
Senate Education meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 10 bills. Two proposed strikers - HB2067, (text not available as yet), working title - "school district governing boards"; and HB2172, (text not available as yet), working title - "parent training; schools; K-8 students".
Senate Judiciary and Elections meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: 20 proposals. Lots of MAGA propaganda here. Four proposed strikers - HB2129, (text not available as yet), working title - "election procedures"; HB2137, (text not available as yet), working title - "medical records"; HB2256, (text not available as yet), working title - "domestic proceedings"; and HB2680, (text not available as yet), working title - "sentencing enhancements; vulnerable; incapacitated; adult".
Senate Public Safety meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: six bills. One proposed striker - HB2894, (text not available as yet), working title - "silver alert; criteria; notification".
House Appropriations meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: 11 bills, no strikers.
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: 10 bills, no strikers. Lots of propaganda on this one.
House Science & Technology meets at 2 p.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: three bills, no strikers
House Transportation & Infrastructure meets at 2 p.m.in HHR3. On the agenda: 12 bills, no strikers.
On Thursday, 3/27 - Nada.
On Friday, 3/28
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Joint Legislative Audit Committee meets in SHR109. On the agenda: four reviews of audits.
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