Rep. Franklin's Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill 385 is in good position at number 12 on the Senate House Bills on Third Reading calendar. Meanwhile, the original bill, Hagan-Harrell's House Bill 660 was second read in the Senate on Tuesday. The House has worked hard the last couple of weeks to make up for lost time. The House has passed a lot of legislation over to the Senate and the Senate must now produce. The control of the Senate calendar is everything at this point.
Control is in the hands of the Republican majority.
If you have a Republican Senator, write or e-mail him or her today. Ask your Senator to use his or her influence to make sure that Teacher Retirement, the Reading Bill and the NBC Bill are third read soon. The House attacked the calendar today, dispensing with a number of Senate bills. In general terms, it will keep districts from being penalized in state funding for having high levies. This bill contains a small change from the Senate version so it will return to the Senate.