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2015 Bill(s)
* SB 27 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Education Description: Repeal tenure for teachers hired after August 27, 2014. Require performance-based salaries for teachers.
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SB 28 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Education Description: Require the Education Department to assess an annual letter grade of A to F for each school attendance center each year.
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* SB 29 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Education Description: Repeal a provision establishing provisions and teacher rights when a school district has to cut the number of teachers because of budget problems or decrease in the number of students.
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SB 64 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Education Description: Restrict the Education Board to four accreditation categories -- unaccredited, provisionally accredited, accredited and accredited with distinction.
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* SB 65 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Education Description: Provide tax credits for contributions to scholarships for children in unaccredited schools to send the kids to private schools.
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SB 66 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Judiciary Description: Implement a constitutional amendment, if adopted, to have the Senate rather than the state Supreme Court try impeachment cases brought by the House. Require a 2/3rds majority vote to convict. Currently, impeachment cases are tried by the state Supreme Court.
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SB 85 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: WITHDRAWN Description: Let various licensed social workers and counselors be covered for providing behavior health services to Medicaid recipients.
See: Official legislative description and status* SB 86 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Judiciary Description: Let a court require a person subject to a protection order to wear an electronic monitoring system with an automatic alert to the protected person and law enforcement if the subject comes near the protected person.
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HCS SCS SB 87 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED Description: Require the person submitting a petition for an audit of a local government by the state auditor be a resident or owner of property in the local government to be audited. Also allow a person who signed the petition to rescind the signature.
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SB 92 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't Description: Impose a ten-day deadline after filing for office for a candidate for county collector, treasurer or collector-treasurer to post a bond.
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* SCS SB 93 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED Description: Establish free speech rights on public universities and colleges. Declare outdoor areas of campuses public forums and limit restrictions universities can impose on speech or gatheriengs in those areas.
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SB 94 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S General Laws & Pensions Description: Establish a contribution retirement plan for legislators with the state making contributions into the fund. Exclude elected officials from disability income payments under the plan.
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SB 98 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Ways & Means Description: Exempt from the income tax capital gains from the sale of gold or silver coins.
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SB 226 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Veterans' Affairs & Health Description: Expand Medicaid coverage to include behavioral health services by licensed social workers and professional counselors.
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SB 227 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Perfection Description: Allow in a medical liability lawsuit introduction of the actual cost of medical treatment rather than the value of the treatment necessary because of negligence.
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SB 310 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Commerce, Consumer & Energy Description: Establish another method by which electric utilities can recover depreciation costs through the utility-regulating Public Service Commission.
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* SB 311 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Education Description: Prohibit public higher education from discriminating against religious student associations.
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* SB 450 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Ways & Means Description: Allow an income tax dependancy deduction for a stillbirth in the year a stillbirth occured.
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SB 531 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Education Description: Establish a method by which funds for a local public school district can be diverted for the private educational costs of a student who is disabled, under juvenile court jurisdiction or is eligible for kindergarten.
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* SB 555 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Judiciary Description: Prohibit government money being used for activities that support or license same-sex marriages.
See: Official legislative description and status* SJR 4 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Judiciary Description: Have the state Senate try all impeachment cases rather than the state Supreme Court.
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* SJR 11 Sponsor:Emery, Ed Status: S Ways & Means Description: Replace the income tax with a higher sales tax.
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Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.