Bill Hansell

This bill directs the Department of Education to develop a special plan to educate students who are illegal immigrants or members of the LGBT+ population. CPAC opposes measures that incentivize illegal immigration and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on March 4, 2024 by a vote of 22-8 and the bill later became law.

This bill, the likes of which is part of a larger package of bills aimed at housing, performs a myriad of functions designed to further dip the government’s hand into housing initiatives. For example, the bill establishes a new revolving loan fund designed to help municipalities and towns provide more housing to people. CPAC believes that taxpayers should not be placed on the hook in order to provide housing to people and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on February 29, 2024 by a vote of 21-7 and the bill later became law.

This bill attempts to create a state-based healthcare interpreter management system. CPAC believes that the government should stop sticking its nose into the healthcare system and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on March 7, 2024 by a vote of 16-12 and the bill later became law.

This bill prohibits the removal of books from schools if the government thinks that such would constitute a form of discrimination. CPAC believes that students should not be given access to explicit or obscene materials in public school libraries and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on February 27, 2024 by a vote of 17-12 but the bill never became law.

This bill directs the Department of Human Services to develop a plan to help SNAP recipients use their benefits to obtain “hot foods.” CPAC opposes measures that reduce SNAP’s role as a temporary bridge between jobs and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on March 4, 2024 by a vote of 22-8 and the bill later became law.

This bill increases the amount of wages protected from garnishment and makes it more difficult for a person to lose their house or the funds in their bank account in the event that they fail to pay off their debts. CPAC believes that people should pay off their debts, further believes that the government should instead work to help enforce contract law, and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on March 4, 2024 by a vote of 22-8 and the bill later became law.

This bill requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to create a roadmap outlining standards to be considered when engaging in offshore wind energy development. CPAC supports all forms of energy, recognizes that this bill has been created in preparation for the preferential treatment of the energy produced by offshore wind turbines, believes that the government should not support one form of energy over another, and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on March 7, 2024 by a vote of 17-11 and the bill later became law.

This bill directs the State Treasurer to divest state funds from companies that deal in thermal coal. CPAC opposes the integration of Leftist climate radicalism into state decision-making and investment processes and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on March 5, 2024 by a vote of 16-13 and the bill later became law.

This bill establishes the CHIPS Child Care Fund and requires the government to seek out ways to fund the child care of the employees of various industries. CPAC believes that taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize child care costs and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on March 7, 2024 by a vote of 24-4 and the bill later became law.

This bill, among several other things, creates the Charge-Ahead Zero Emission Incentive Fund, the likes of which will provide additional rebates to individuals looking to purchase electric vehicles. CPAC supports all forms of energy, believes that the government should not support one form of energy over another, and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on March 7, 2024 by a vote of 21-7 and the bill later became law.

This bill makes all farm machinery tax exempt. CPAC opposes measures that intentionally benefit select industries and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on March 7, 2024 by a vote of 28-0 and the bill later became law.

This bill requires employers to provide employees with documentation detailing the quotas to which they are subject. The bill also requires employers to detail the consequences of failing to meet such quotas in their documentation. CPAC opposes government micromanagement of the workplace and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on March 7, 2024 by a vote of 17-11 and the bill later became law.

This bill sets up a fund to subsidize the electronic chip industry and directs various portions of the state bureaucracy to begin developing pathways to channel human capital into this industry. CPAC believes that the government should not work to benefit one industry over another and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on March 7, 2024 by a vote of 24-4 and the bill later became law.