Senate to take up new ethics rules before noon, tax cut this afternoon…
Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis has outlined a plan by which the Legislature could adjourn today, including the Senate passing a slew of bills this morning, including new Senate ethics rules (read about them here). Then, it'd have an Education Committee meeting at 1 p.m., then return to the floor, suspend rules, and pass legislation including HB 563, the House-passed income tax cuts bill for top earners. However, he warned that timelines for drafting appropriation bills might cause a need to go into tomorrow even if those other timelines held...