The 2024 Legislative Session is officially over! If you want to see our earlier Advocacy updates, please click here. As a reminder, this year’s Call to Action continues the conversation with talent attraction and retention, focusing mainly on housing development, availability and affordability of childcare and eldercare, incumbent worker training options, employability of people with disabilities, and eliminating worker shortages.
New this Week:
HB-1183 passed and was signed by the President of the Senate on 3/12/2024. This bill will have an impact on economic development projects for our region, but we as 1si are still learning about what that impact will be. The Advocacy Leadership group will continue to monitor the bill and will provide an update once more information is received by the State.
SB-2 passed and was signed by the President of the Senate on 3/12/2024. The childcare bill makes it easier for childcare workers to find subsidized care for their children and makes families whose income is lower than the state’s median eligible for childcare vouchers and programs. The bill also requires a compensation study done on early childhood educators and caregivers for out-of-school programs and make that data available for review. Click here to read the most up-to-date version of SB-2.
Bills 1si is Monitoring:
- HB-1121 – Local Income Taxes
- Passed and was signed by the President of the Senate on 3/12/2024.
- HB-1183 – Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land
- Passed and was signed by the President of the Senate on 3/12/2024.
- HB-1199 – Repeal of Economic Enhancement District Law
- Passed and was signed by the President of the Senate on 3/12/2024.
Current List of Bills 1si Supports or Opposes:
Supports: SB-2 – Child care
- Passed and was signed by the President of the Senate on 3/12/2024.
Thank you for following along with us on this session. If you’d like more information on our 2024 Advocacy Agenda, or to download a copy of it, please visit www.1si.org/advocacy or download a PDF copy here.
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