2025 bills / S.B. 198
S.B. 198 Federal Guidance Letter Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill requires state agencies to post federal guidance letters they receive on public websites and send copies to the Legislature. It also sets rules for how that published guidance information must be presented on agency websites.
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Official description
- defines terms
- requires a state agency to publish certain federal guidance letter information received by the state agency on public websites and transmit copies to the Legislature
- establishes standards for federal guidance letter information published on a state agency's website
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- An alert the day S.B. 198 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When S.B. 198 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Or start free: A weekly email when S.B. 198 moves: hearings, votes, rewrites, signed or vetoed.
Every vote
- 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 3, 2025Who voted how
- 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 11, 2025Who voted how
- 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 12, 2025Who voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Public Utilities and Energy Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Public Utilities and Energy Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Public Utilities and Energy Committee: Consent Calendar Recommendation · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 64 yes, 0 no, 11 absentFinal House vote · Feb 24, 2025Who voted how
- 20 yes, 0 no, 9 absentSenate vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 3, 2025 Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 11, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Feb 12, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Feb 20, 2025 House Public Utilities and Energy Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 24, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Feb 24, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Feb 25, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch