Today is the first day for prefiling bills for the 2015 session of the General Assembly. With the current right wingnut super majority in the House we’re not particularly surprised by the thumbnail sketch descriptions of many of the bills we’ve seen prefiled up to this point:

HB 30 Requires a person to submit a specified form of photo identification in order to vote in a public election with specified exemptions

Sponsor: Dugger, Tony (141)

Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2015

LR Number: 0227H.01I

Last Action: 12/01/2014 – Prefiled (H)

Bill String: HB 30

[….]

HJR 1 Proposes a constitutional amendment specifying that a person seeking to vote in a public election may be required by general law to provide a valid governemnt-issued photo identification

Sponsor: Dugger, Tony (141)

Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2015

LR Number: 0224H.01I

Last Action: 12/01/2014 – Prefiled (H)

Bill String: HJR 1

[….]

Voter photo ID. Check.

HB 32 Modifies the “Big Government Get Off My Back Act”

Sponsor: Hoskins, Denny (054)

Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2015

LR Number: 0508H.01I

Last Action: 12/01/2014 – Prefiled (H)

Bill String: HB 32

[….]

We can’t wait to read the full text of the bill when it becomes available to see what unintended (maybe) consequences in the original need to be “fixed”.

And, of course, there’s a string of anti-working people bills:

HB 46 Requires the State Board of Mediation to conduct an election to certify the exclusive bargaining representatives of an appropriate collective bargaining unit for certain public employees every two year

Sponsor: Lant, Bill (159)

Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2015

LR Number: 0548H.01I

Last Action: 12/01/2014 – Prefiled (H)

Bill String: HB 46

[….]

HB 47 Specifies that all individuals shall be guaranteed the freedom to work without being required to join or pay dues to any labor organization

Sponsor: Lant, Bill (159)

Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2015

LR Number: 0546H.01I

Last Action: 12/01/2014 – Prefiled (H)

Bill String: HB 47

{….]

HB 48 Prohibits any public employee from being required to pay dues or other fees to a labor organization

Sponsor: Lant, Bill (159)

Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2015

LR Number: 0547H.01I

Last Action: 12/01/2014 – Prefiled (H)

Bill String: HB 48

[….]

Apparently representation without individual responsibility is tyranny. Or socialism. Or something.

HJR 2 Proposes a constitutional amendment that specifies that all individuals shall be guaranteed the freedom to work without being required to join or pay dues to any labor organizations

Sponsor: Lant, Bill (159)

Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2015

LR Number: 0584H.01I

Last Action: 12/01/2014 – Prefiled (H)

Bill String: HJR 2

[….]

No surprises at all.