SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2026 Delegate Stephens was the Lead Sponsor of 8 bills |
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HB 4654 | To require that teachers in grades 7 through twelve, who teach classes with more than 30 students in their classes receive an additional $25 per day per student over the 30 student-limit, with exceptions for physical education, band, chorus, strings, theater, dance, and other classes aimed at artistic performance. | Pending | |
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HB 4655 | Expand the grade level for Laken’s Law | Pending | |
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HB 4657 | Allow the use of unused employee sick time in retirement calculation | Pending | Finance |
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HB 4658 | To add to the teacher pay scale the increments of Bachelor’s Plus 30 and Master’s Plus 60 and add that amount in the appropriate increment. | Pending | |
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HB 4892 | To expand the provisionof the literacy-based promation act in order to provide certin intervention and implementation stratagies for literacy proficiency among students in grade 4 through grade 8 | Pending | |
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HB 4893 | Increase the penalties for contempt of court in a magistrate court | Pending | |
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HB 5205 | Requiring the State Board of Education to create model policies on the use of technology and artifical intelligence in a public school classroom | Pending | |
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HB 5495 | Creating certain requirements and accountability procedures regarding a student’s use of software in a public school. | Pending | |
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