February 7, 2022
We are now four weeks into session with only five more weeks to go.
Tag: weekly session report
January 31, 2022
Week three of the short 60-day legislative session is complete, and we are now a third of the way through session.
January 24, 2022
Week Two January 17th, MLK Day marked the start of the second week of the legislative session. Both chambers started the week by honoring late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr by adopting resolutions on the floor. On Monday Democratic leaders in both the House and the Senate gathered for media availability […]
January 18, 2022
Week One The first week of the 2022 legislative session is complete. The week began Monday with most legislators participating remotely. The House started with Speaker Laurie Jinkins (D-27), delivering opening day remarks, where she stated the theme of the short session is about moving everyone in the state forward. The Senate session began […]
January 10, 2022
Pre-Session Preview Monday, January 10th, marks the first day of the 2022 legislative session. Biennial budget cycles last two years, and 2022 is the second half of the current cycle. This means the legislature will go into a short 60-day session that is scheduled to end on March 10th, 2022. Given that many members […]
April 27, 2021
The 2021 Legislative Session officially adjourned on Sunday, April 25th, on time. This 105-day biennial budget-writing session marked the first time in history, the majority of the legislative session was held remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual format led to a decrease in the number of bills considered this year. Overall, 1,544 pieces […]
April 19, 2021
Week Fourteen Week 14 is now complete and Monday April 19th marks the 99th day of the 2021 105-day legislative session. This week was filled with concurrence votes, bill signings, budget negotiations and a few committee hearings. To view bills that have been signed by the Governor click here. To watch a summary of the […]
April 12, 2021
Week Thirteen Week 13 is now complete and the 2021 Legislative Session is winding down. Sunday, April 11th, is the final day for bills, other than those deemed necessary to implement the budget, to pass the opposite chamber from where they were introduced in order to keep advancing this session. After today there are no […]
April 5, 2021
Week Twelve Monday, April 5th marks the 85th day of the 105-day legislative session. Friday, April 2nd was the opposite house fiscal cutoff where all bills that are still in play needed to be voted out of their opposite house fiscal committee to stay alive. This week was full of long fiscal committee hearings and […]
March 29, 2021
Week Eleven Friday March 26th was the opposite house policy committee cut off, where all bills that passed the House needed to be out of their Senate policy committee and all bills that passed the Senate needed to be out of their House policy committee in order to stay alive. The next cut off is […]