March 23, 2026 · Education · 453 words · 5 speakers · 39 segments
Senate Education Committee will come to order. Ms. Kirsvayland, please take the roll. Senators Bright.
Here.
Frizzell.
Excused.
Kipp.
Here.
Rich.
Excused.
Snyder.
Here.
Merchman.
Excused.
Mr. Chair.
Here.
We do have a quorum, a limited number of people, but we do, and we have Senator Gonzalez here to present House Bill 1090.
Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. Committee members, I bring forward for your consideration. House Bill 1090. This is very straightforward, and I ask for an aye vote. Happy to answer any questions if you may have any, but I think it's pretty direct and self-explanatory.
Thank you. Do we have any questions? Good to see the amendment in the House. I was for that amendment, so I appreciate that. Do we have any questions specifically,
Senator Snyder. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Senator Gonzalez. All misdemeanors will be down to the seven-year.
Senator Gonzalez. Thank you. All misdemeanors except those where, as an element of the offense, the victim was an at-risk person, as defined at 18.6.5.102, or a child who was under 18 years old, regardless of the date of conviction.
and to ensure that any risk any misdemeanors against vulnerable populations are excluded Exactly what I wanted to hear Thank you Thank you Please note that Senator Rich is here Senator Rich do you have any questions for our bill sponsor Okay Let see if we have anybody here to testify
Do we have anybody sign up to testify? No one has signed up to testify. Is anyone in the room that signed up to testify and hasn't got a chance to testify? Please come forward. Seeing none, testimony phase is closed. Do we have any amendments?
Senator Gonzalez? No. No amendments. Do we have any amendments
Do we have any amendments from the committee? Seeing none, no amendments. The amendment phase is closed. Closing comments.
Senator Gonzalez. Thank you for your consideration, Mr. Chair. I ask for an aye vote.
Okay. Senator Kipp, can you move the bill, please?
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move HB 261090 to the committee on the whole with a favorable recommendation.
That's a proper motion. And we see Senator Marchman is here. Please note Senator Marchman is here. Ms. Kirshenberg, will you please take the vote count on House Bill 1090? Senators Bright?
Aye.
Frazell excused Kip?
Yes.
Rich?
Aye.
Snyder?
Aye.
Marchman?
Aye.
Mr. Chair? Aye. And that passes unanimously. Senator Marchman? Would you care to have this on the consent, Senator Gonzalez?
Absolutely. Thank you for your consideration.
Any conflict with it being on consent? Seeing none, we'll set this up to consent calendar. Thank you, Senator Gonzalez. Our Senate Education Committee is adjourned. Thank you all.