Today's hot list

Today's a busy day for the House appropriations committees. They all have long lists of bills to pass before tomorrow's cutoff.

Among the bills to be heard in the Education Appropriations Committee is the proposal on math and science graduation requirements and a vote on the Opportunity Express worker retraining grant program.

The General Government Appropriations Committee will take up bills to charge lobbyists for e-filing, restructure and streamline certain government operations, and keep tabs on sex offenders.

The Health & Human Services Appropriations Committee wants to crack-down on meth (pardon the pun), improve the way our criminal justice system handles people with mental illness or traumatic brain injuries, and keep young 'uns out of tanning beds.