January 24, 2022 Group Watch: A Bit of Regular Session Activity

Last Tuesday, legislators got started on regular session business before breaking to convene the special session. The Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee approved bills to exempt from state income tax distributions from a defined benefit plan and to increase the optional standard deduction amount. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved bills to further provide for the types of bail that may be posted; to further provide for the crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure; and to further provide for penalties for 2^nd degree assault. The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee approved bills to authorize the establishment of entertainment districts within certain community development districts and to prohibit state and local law enforcement from using artificial and facial recognition to engage in surveillance with certain exceptions.

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