Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Public hearing and Executive Sessions continued this week as legislators dealt with various bills received from the opposite chamber. In fact, it appears that committees...

After this Tuesday’s bill cutoff, the surviving bills switched houses and the committee hearing process started up again. This week and next week’s schedule of...

This second half of session is just a repeat of the first half except each house is hearing the bills that passed the opposing chamber....

This week was all about floor action in both the House and the Senate. Listening to the discussion among legislators as they discuss bills and...

Debates and voting also known as ‘Floor’ action have continued throughout the week. The pattern seems to be that for every three or four bills...

The first fiscal committee deadline passed on Monday, and the list of active bills got even smaller as executive action by both the House Appropriations...

Both Houses are focusing on ‘floor’ action. They have primarily voted to pass bills that have the support of both parties. Proposals that do not...

The focus was definitely on fiscal committees this week as legislators work to meet the next significant cut-off date of this legislative session on Monday,...

The deadline for policy bills has come and gone, and the deadline for fiscal bills is imminent. Both Houses will now focus on ‘floor’ action,...