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Senate Education

Monday, March 23, 2026·3m·▶ Watch / Listen

A thinly attended Senate Education Committee spent a brief session on a single item, unanimously advancing HB26-1090 on teacher licensing to the consent calendar with no opposition or public testimony.

Key Actions

·Teacher Licensing RequirementsPassed

Notable Quotes

All misdemeanors except those where as an element of the offense, the victim was an at risk person as defined at 18 6.5102 or a child who was under 18 years old, regardless of the date of conviction and to ensure that any risk, any misdemeanors against vulnerable populations are excluded.

Julie GonzalesGonzales explaining the key carve-out in the amended bill, which preserves scrutiny of offenses against vulnerable populations while shortening the general lookback period for teacher licensing.

Votes

Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction
Yes (6)Scott Bright, Cathy Kipp, Janice Rich, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Chris Kolker
Excused (1)Lisa Frizell
TranscriptPreview
Senate Education Committee will come to order. Mr. Chris Phelan, please take the roll. Senators Bright. Here. Frizzell. Excused. Kip. Here. Rich. Excused. Snyder. Here. Marchman. Excused. Mr. Chair, here. We do have a quorum, limited number of people, but we do. And we have Senator Gonzalez here to present House Bill 1090. Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. Committee members, I bring forward for your consideration. House Bill 1090 is very straightforward and I ask for an I vote happy to ask for answer any questions if you may have any, but I think it's pretty direct and self explanatory. Thank you. Do we have any questions? I mean, good to see the amendment in the House. I was for that amendment, so I appreciate that. Do we have any other. Any questions? Specifically Senator Snyder. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Senator Gonzalez. All misdemeanors will be down to the seven year. Senator Gonzalez. Thank you. All misdemeanors except those where as an element of the offense, the victim was an at risk person as defined at 18 6.5102 or a child who was under 18 years old, regardless of the date of conviction and to ensure that
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