As co-leader of the education workgroup, I’m trying to better understand workloads and what happens to education bills. This is just a simple write up based on the education bills from the 2025 session. 

Ways and Means Committee

A total of 121 education bills (coded F1–F5) were assigned to the House Ways and Means Committee, the most of any House committee. Of these, 81 bills (67%) died in the House and did not advance to the Senate.

The remaining 40 bills (33%) crossed over and were all referred to the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee (EEE). Of those, 22 bills passed both chambers (55% Senate committee passage rate).

However, 1 of the 22 passed bills was vetoed by the Governor for policy reasons, and therefore did not become law.

In total, 21 of the 121 bills (17%) assigned to Ways and Means were enacted.

Appropriations Committee

In the 2025 legislative session, 43 education bills were assigned to the House Appropriations Committee. Of those, 27 bills (63%) died in the House and did not advance to the Senate.

The remaining 16 bills (37%) crossed over to the Senate, where they were divided between two committees:

• 12 bills went to the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee (EEE) — 5 of those passed (42% passage rate).
  
• 4 bills went to the Budget and Taxation Committee (B&T) — 3 of those passed (75% passage rate).
  

Overall, 8 of the 43 bills (19%) assigned to Appropriations ultimately passed both chambers, were signed by the Governor, and became law.

Environment and Transportation Committee

The House Environment and Transportation Committee received 2 education bills. 1 bill died in committee, while the other advanced to the Senate.

The single crossover bill was referred to the Judicial Proceedings Committee, where it passed—resulting in a 100% passage rate for Senate-assigned bills from this committee.

Overall, 1 of the 2 bills (50%) assigned to Environment and Transportation became law.

Health and Government Operations Committee

Three (3) education bills were assigned to the House Health and Government Operations Committee. 1 bill died in the House, and 2 bills (67%) crossed over to the Senate:

• 1 bill went to the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee (EEE) — it passed.
  
• 1 bill went to the Finance Committee — it also passed.
  

Overall, 2 of the 3 bills (67%) assigned to HGO became law.

Judiciary Committee

Only 1 education bill was assigned to the House Judiciary Committee. It advanced to the Senate, passed both chambers, and was signed into law—resulting in a 100% passage rate.

Rules and Executive Nominations Committee

The House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee serves a procedural role by reviewing legislation introduced after the bill introduction deadline and deciding whether to re-refer those bills to the appropriate standing committees. In the 2025 session, 5 education bills (coded F1–F5) were initially referred to the Rules Committee. None of these bills advanced, either because they were not re-referred or were ultimately withdrawn—resulting in a 0% passage rate.