Legislative Updates

Sine Die              What a memorable session!!!! Many significant policy bills passed and the operating and capital budgets included funding to address housing/homelessness, child welfare, early learning, behavioral health, TANF (a record 15%...

It is so hard to believe that, including today, only three days remain in the 2021 remote legislative session. Wow!! Much remains to do in these three days but, hopefully, the legislature will be able to pass the operating, capital, and...

The countdown has begun… just a little over one week left of the 2021 legislative session. Amazing!   Last Sunday, April 11th, was cut-off for bills to be out of the opposite house. On Monday, April 12th, the House and Senate began working on their...

The countdown has begun… just a little over one week left of the 2021 legislative session. Amazing!   Last Sunday, April 11th, was cut-off for bills to be out of the opposite house. On Monday, April 12th, the House and Senate began working on their...

Another whirlwind week! Fiscal cut-off came and went last Friday, April 2nd; the House passed their capital budget on April 2nd and their operating budget on April 3rd; and both the House and Senate kicked off the week with floor action on bills...

Is anyone else having a hard time believing that it is already April and that we soon will be in week 13 of the session? Wow!    It was another very busy week that included the policy cut-off last Friday and the fiscal cut-off today. The fiscal...

My oh my! The pace of the session seems to pick up more and more speed every week! This week is cut-off for bills to be out of the opposite house policy committees (today) AND the release of the Senate and House operating and capital budgets AND...

The big news this week is that the revenue forecast was quite good…. In fact, we are very close to projections related to collections had there not been a pandemic! This, along with the influx of federal dollars, puts the legislature in a much...

Welcome to the 2nd half of the 2021 legislative session!!  Cut-off for bills to be out of their original house was on Tuesday, March 9th, and, on Wednesday, March 10th legislators were back in committee hearings. Prior to the 5:00 p.m. deadline on...

It’s the end of week eight, and we are ½ way through the session and just days away from the cut-off for bills to be out of their original house (March 9th at 5:00 p.m.). Amazing!    And, as noted last week, this legislative session seems to be...