This past Thursday was the deadline for floor votes in the Senate on bills that were introduced in this chamber. We’ve had some long days in recent weeks as we voted on hundreds of bills, first in committee and then on the floor. As of our deadline, we’d approved 384 Senate measures which will next be assigned to House committees for more debate and votes while we begin working through the 411 bills and joint resolutions sent over from their chamber.

I have several bills that have cleared the Senate and are now awaiting consideration by House committees. Among them is Senate Bill 1674, which w...