Remove the electoral provision that allows the House to select statewide officeholders when no candidate obtains both a majority of the popular vote and wins the most votes in a majority of the House districts.
SB 2257
Law without governor's signature
Allow the Department of Audit to check the tax returns of people on public assistance programs, such as Medicaid.
HB 1024
ALIVE
Loosen the state’s habitual criminal laws to make more people serving sentences of 10 years or more eligible for parole.
HB 658
ALIVE
Make more crimes eligible for expungement.
HB 1295
ALIVE
Require doctors to check to make sure abortions are not being sought because of race, general or possible genetic abnormalities.
SB 2112
ALIVE
Bar most public employers from asking about applicants’ criminal history at the beginning of the application process, also known as “ban the box.”
HC 39
PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS
Place on ballot an alternative to citizen-sponsored initiative that legalizes marijuana for medical reasons.
SB 2725
ALIVE
Authorize and legalize the cultivation, processing and transportation of hemp.
SB 2459
DEAD
Create new penalty of up to 15 years in prison for people convicted of “criminal gang activity.”
SB 2001
DEAD
Provide a $1,000 pay raise for public school teachers.
SB 2594
ALIVE
Revise and extend the Education Scholarship Account program.
SB 2424
DEAD
Expand the state’s hate crime law to include crimes committed against people because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
HB 241
DEAD
Make sexting by minors a “delinquent act."
HB 22
DEAD
Allowing law enforcement to charge people who unlawfully distribute controlled substances with first-degree murder when those drugs lead to an overdose death.
HB 870
DEAD
Evenly splits IHL board appointment power between governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the House.
HCR 31
DEAD
Amend state constitution to split IHL board appointment power between governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the House.
SB 2670
DEAD
Allow Secretary of State to check proof of citizenship and give power to purge voter rolls.
HB 1521
ALIVE
Allows any person to vote in person early at the courthouse.
HB 379
ALIVE
Require large online retailers to collect tax on items they sell for other retailers, generating additional funds for state.
