Bills in the 2026 Regular Session, Senate.
Janeen Sollman
Sponsored
In committee1
Modifies the tax credit allowed for semiconductor research.
Carried from the House
Became law3
Modifies the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality to enter into agreements with regulated entities to expedite or enhance a regulatory process.
Creates authority to coordinate emergency management.
Allows counties to approve farm stores as nonfarm use on lands zoned for farm use.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Authorizes the Housing and Community Services Department to fund mixed income housing.
Requires hospitals to have policies and procedures in place that address how the hospital will respond if a law enforcement authority arrives at the hospital and to designate which areas of the hospital are not open to the public.
Adds a definition of "nicotine" and expands the definition of "tobacco products."
Sets maximum matching fund requirements for state grants to small incorporated cities for certain capital construction and municipal infrastructure and improvements.
Prohibits public bodies from disclosing personally identifiable information to a data broker unless the data broker attests that the information will not be sold or transferred to any entity that will use it to enforce federal immigration law.
Requires the Department of Justice to consult with the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement when the department develops, reviews or updates model policies intended to limit immigration enforcement at public facilities.
Requires a professional licensing board to publish specified guidance regarding licensure and ensure certain staff receive culturally responsive training not later than January 1, 2028.
Out of committee · 1
Provides that an operator may require a person who engages in a sport, fitness or recreational activity in various ways to release the operator from claims for ordinary negligence.
In committee · 4
Establishes immunity from action for trespass for persons that corner cross on public land.
Permits a person who will be 17 years of age on the date of a primary election and 18 years of age on the date of the general election to vote at the primary election for candidates of a major political party with which the person is affiliated.
Requires each electric company to develop a distributed power plant program for the procurement of grid services to be provided by distributed energy resources.
Provides that any elector may vote in a primary election.