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Legislative Action

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Signed by governor

HB2 (Simpson) - Enacts Uniform Prudent Investor Act to require trustee to invest trust assets as a prudent investor would do.

HB24 (Simpson) - Authorizes Department of Agriculture to collect fees for professional pesticide applicator licenses.

HB44 (Simpson) - Clarifies that director of Department of Agriculture may adopt quarantines after an investigation or hearing.

HB46 (Simpson) - Exempts in-state seed producers from licensure as a seed dealer if producer sells his own crop.

HB69 (Simpson) - Reduces number of copies required for prescriptions for controlled substances.

HB90 (Revenue and Taxation) - Updates a reference to the Internal Revenue Code.

Killed by Senate

SB1066 (Resources and Environment) - Provides resident fishing and hunting licenses to foreign exchange students.

SB1196 (Local Government and Taxation) - Repeals the automatic property tax increase when the state fails to make its full support payment to schools.

Introduced in House

HCR16 (Education) - Rejects Guidance Program section of proposed public school rules from state Board of Education.

HB330 (State Affairs) - Amends law on electrical contractors and journeymen to limit scope of act to premises wiring.

HB331 (Education) - Allows state Board of Education to accept credit from accredited and nonaccredited post-secondary institutions.

HB332 (Education) - Gives local school districts authority to pay up to $10 per month to parent or guardian who transports student to school.

HB333 (Appropriations) - Supplemental appropriation of $16,600 to state treasurer’s office in current budget.

Introduced in Senate

SB1229 (Finance) - Makes an emergency $10,000 appropriation to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

SB1230 (Finance) - Makes an emergency $30,000 appropriation to the Board of Medicine.