Legislative Updates

Welcome to Week 7 of the 2015 Legislative Session! Today, bills have to be out of their respective fiscal committees or they will die – unless at some point they are amended onto another living bill, become a budget proviso, or are deemed necessary...

Welcome to Week 6 of the 2015 Legislative Session! It’s officially cut-off week!  Friday, February 20th is the first major cut-off of the session – it is the day that bills must be out of their original policy committee.  If not, they are...

Welcome to Week 5 of the 2015 Legislative Session! The bill count as of February 12th is now at 2,035.  Any guesses on how many will actually make it to the Governor’s desk for signing?  We’ll see! The first cutoff is coming right up, which is when...

Welcome to Week 4 of the 2015 Legislative Session! 1,759: That is the number of bills that have been introduced so far this session (as of February 4th).  No wonder it seems like there have been a lot of bills to review – because there have been!  ...

Welcome to Week 3 of the 2015 Legislative Session! The House passed an early 2015 supplemental budget on January 29th – just 3 weeks into the session!  With strong bi-partisan support, the budget addresses some significant issues related to mental...

Welcome to Week 2 of the 2015 Legislative Session! Bills, bills, bills!  They continue to be introduced and it is very likely we will see many more next week.  Soon, however, committee time will become increasingly limited, committee chairs will be...

Welcome to the 2015 Legislative Session! This is a 105-day session (at least!) with funding for K-12 education at the top of the agenda. There are differences of opinion about the need for additional revenue to fund K-12 (through requirements from...

Welcome to Week 9 of the 2014 Legislative Session! For the first time in a number of years, the legislature adjourned Sine Die on time! The past 60 days have been action-packed – right up to the very end.  While a number of bills died, many passed...

Welcome to Week 8 of the 2014 Legislative Session! Since we're approaching the end of session, this update is quite lengthy - a lot is moving at a very quick pace! So let's first start with the highlights from this week. As we've been saying for...

Welcome to Week 7 of the 2014 Legislative Session! The closer we get to the end of session, the faster things happen and the more challenging it can be to follow exactly what's going on! However, we will continue to do our best to track bills that...