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It's day 70. We are down to the last few days. We are hoping that we will be done by day 75. A lot of committees were working this past Satur­day toward compromises both on policy and appropriations. Our budget, as of today, is still a couple of...

It’s day 61. We continue to work through all the bills that have been heard in committee. Of the 397 bills introduced in the Senate, we still have 38 to take action on in our chamber, and the House has 81. This week the conference committee...

It’s day 52. The Senate still has 180 House bills to hear on the floor, while the House has 137 Senate bills remaining to be heard. Conference committees (three members from each chamber) should begin work by the end of the week. The goal, at...

It’s day 46. The Senate still has 234 bills to act on, and the House is still looking at 203. The committees have been hearing a lot of bills and have been listening to a lot of testimony. This week the Legislature heard from two different economic...

It’s day 41. As of today’s writing, we still have 298 bills in the Senate to act on, and the House is looking to work on 240. The committees have been busy hearing the bills and taking action. We are currently $1.1 billion over budget in the gene...

It’s day 35, and we are just returning from crossover, when all Senate bills must be heard, voted on, and sent to the House. It’s the same procedure for the House bills. The Senate will be passing 307 bills over to the House this session...

It’s day 32. We are just a couple of days ahead of crossover. We have acted on 312 bills so far and have 79 to go. The House has already sent 272 to the Senate, which we will get started on after crossover. The House still has 118 to act on before...

It’s day 27. The Senate is working hard to make our crossover deadline. Almost all the Senate bills have been heard and are awaiting action from the committees. We have 154 bills still left in committee and waiting for Senate action. Most are in...

It’s day 22. The committees are all very busy. There are still 237 bills in various committees here in the Senate that either need to be heard or acted on. Unlike some other states, every bill gets a hearing, a vote in committee, and then finally,...

It’s day 16 here at the Legislature. The deadline for bill introduction has now passed. A total of 951 bills and resolutions have been introduced. Although not a record, it is 78 more than last session. One of the bills which passed in the...

It’s Day 11. The stack of bills continues to grow. As of today’s writing, the Senate has introduced 346 bills. That’s compared to 275 last session. The House has 538 bills introduced compared to 500 last session. One issue that has come before...