Legislative Updates

We are getting to the point in the session where it will be harder for a bill that hasn’t already been introduced to be heard and passed before the Policy cutoff on the 17th. Committees tend to decrease the amount of time spent hearing new bills...

We are going to sound like a ‘broken record’ because once again we have to say: Where did the week go? There is general agreement, however, that while each week goes by extremely fast, looking back to Monday of this week (or even yesterday) seems...

Bills, bills, and more bills! It is anticipated that through the next several weeks we will continue to see a lot of bills introduced. They will likely slow down as the policy cut-off gets closer and it takes time to hear, amend, and then take a...

Week one Welcome to the 2023 legislative session!  The first in-person session since 2020 kicked off on Monday, Jan. 9. For some legislators it was the first time they met many of their colleagues in 3D!   The response to being back in person has...

Week nine – Sine Die       2022 was a remarkable legislative session!    Last Friday was cut-off for bills to be out of the opposite house and since that time the legislature has been passing bills necessary to implement the budget, the...

One week to go!    5:00 today was the cut-off for bills to be out of the opposite house. The Senate adjourned late, late, last night (12:20 am on March 4th), and the House met until much later. Legislators were all working very hard to get through...

The week was full: budget releases, hearings, executive action, hand wringing about bills scheduled prior to the policy cut-off, then fiscal cut-offs, and more! As a reminder, the policy cut-off for bills to be out of the opposite house committees...

So much happened during the past week; the house of origin cut-off has come and gone, and policy committees have been hearing and passing bills from the opposite house.  The next cut-off is February 24th which means committees have very few meetings...

Where do the weeks go? Since last Friday’s update the fiscal committee cut-off passed, and since Tuesday Feb. 8, the House and Senate have been very busy passing many, many bills, with many more to come! Both chambers will likely work on Saturday as...

The first cut-off of the session has come and gone! Yesterday, Feb. 3rd, was the cut-off for bills to get out of their policy committee of origin. Many bills made it through, but, as is the reality of every legislative session, not all did. Some of...