Authorize Legislative Fellows
Summary
The act authorizes the legislative council to approve agreements between the director of research of the legislative council and nonpartisan organizations to place nonpartisan legislative policy fellows (fellows) in the legislative council staff. The act also specifies the types of work that fellows may do, requires the director of research to retain supervisory authority over fellows, including over the terms and conditions of the fellowship, and requires any work product produced by a fellow during the fellowship to remain the property of the general assembly during and after the conclusion of the fellowship. The legislative council is prohibited from approving any agreement between the director of research of the legislative council and a nonpartisan organization that is registered as a lobbyist with the secretary of state to place a fellow in the legislative council staff. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Apr 24, 2025
Signed May 30, 2025
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Rerevised (05/07/2025)
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Revised (05/06/2025)
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MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a 'Rerevised' version to a 'Revised' version, indicating a procedural update in how amendments were adopted. The House sponsorship list was shortened by removing several co-sponsors, while the committee assignments and reading status were updated to reflect current legislative progress.
TECHNICAL
Removed multiple House co-sponsors (Boesenecker, Clifford, Duran, Garcia, Lindsay, McCormick, Paschal, Phillips, Rutinel, Smith, Titone) from the sponsorship list.
Updated the header text from 'REREVISED' to 'REVISED' and changed the amendment adoption description from 'Adopted in the Second House' to 'Adopted on Second Reading in the Second House'.
Changed the reading status from '3rd Reading Unamended' dated May 7, 2025 to 'REVISED' dated May 6, 2025, reflecting a procedural update in the legislative process.
Floor votes · Senate May 1, 2025 · House May 6, 2025
How they voted
34–1
Passed
Total votes 35
May 1, 2025
D
Democratic23
100% Yea
R
Republican12
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 30, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
May 7, 2025
Introduced
Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
upper
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
May 6, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (62-0-2)
house
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee of the Whole Amendment - Change from Lost to Passed
lower
May 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
May 1, 2025
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance
lower
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
upper
3 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cleave Simpson
RRepublican
P
Kyle Brown
DDemocratic
P
Mary Bradfield
RRepublican
Co
Amy Paschal
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Boesenecker
DDemocratic
Co
Brianna Titone
DDemocratic
Co
Cathy Kipp
DDemocratic
Co
Chad Clifford
DDemocratic
Co
Jacque Phillips
DDemocratic
Co
James Coleman
DDemocratic
Co
Janice Marchman
DDemocratic
Co
Karen McCormick
DDemocratic
Co
Katie Wallace
DDemocratic
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