PASS/FAIL
What did and did not get done in the 2005 legislative session
that ended Thursday:
Passed
• Legal system changes:
Caps awards in medical malpractice cases, limits business
liability
• Income taxes: Small
business rate drops to 5 percent from 7 percent
• Seat belts: Failure to
buckle up gets $25 fine; awaiting governor’s signature
• Minibottles: Opens the
state to free-pour liquor; awaiting governor’s signature
• State retirement:
Bolsters ailing system; makes TERI less attractive; awaiting
governor’s signature
• Domestic violence: Sets
tougher penalties; awaiting governor’s signature
Failed
• Tuition tax credits: The
so-called Put Parents in Charge bill, was tabled in the House
• Charter schools: Efforts
to create statewide charter school district fell just short.
• Income tax relief:
Personal income tax rates will not drop.
• Restructuring:
Constitutional officers keep their posts, state bureaucracy is
unchanged.
• Day care rules: Effort to
lower class sizes
failed. |