Gotta work today. Less snark, less…everything.
Minimum wage legislation was not released by the Senate Finance Committee. For all we know, the committee never met and never considered the bill. When the committee chair posts a notice but provides no notice as to what will be considered, we’re all in the dark.
A series of modest justice reform measures were passed, with only token opposition from some of Lower Slower’s lowest and slowest.
Here’s yesterday’s Session Activity Report for all you completists.
An intriguing Senate Agenda today. SB 45 (Paradee), which makes it a civil penalty for ‘the possession, use, or consumption of a personal use quantity of marijuana remains a crime for those under the age of 21’, is back on the agenda after a one-day’s hiatus. It’s already now a civil penalty for adults, so I would expect the bill to pass.
Legislation to make the auditor do her fucking jog is also on the Agenda. We’re talking about charter school audits. We’ve had so many examples of charter school financial legerdemain that this would seem a no-brainer. Wonder what part of his body Ernesto Lopez will employ when determining his vote on this (hey, I said less snark, not no snark).
The big news in the House is that the annual Budget Bill is scheduled to be worked today. As is the bill providing for one-time appropriations. There is a Consent Agenda, and I have a question about one of the bills on that Consent Agenda. This one, to be specific. My question: Is this backdoor budget-smoothing by another name? It has Carney stench all over it. Can someone talk me down? Here is today’s entire House Agenda.
Gotta run. But I’m taking off from work next week. So I’ll be covering the General Assembly in agonizing detail.