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Philip Cisson
September 8, 2022
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2022 Comparison Graphs

     Wednesday, August 31st brought us the final votes for the 2022 session. All bills not enrolled and presented to the Governor have failed to pass the final deadline, 61(b)(18). With all deadlines concluded for the session, take a look at how 2022 compared to the 2020 and 2018 deadlines:
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     Knowing that none of us has these memorized, here is a cheat-sheet of what each deadline requires of a bill before it passes:

  • J.R.61(b)(1): 1/14/22 –Last day for first year fiscal bills still in their house of origin to be heard by policy committees.
  • J.R.61(b)(2): 1/21/22 – Last day for first year bills still in their house of origin to be heard by policy committees.
  • J.R.61(b)(3): 1/31/22 – Last day for first year bills to pass out of their house of origin.
  • J.R.61(b)(5): 4/29/22 – Last day for fiscal bills in their house of origin to be heard by policy committees.
  • J.R.61(b)(6): 5/6/22 – Last day for non-fiscal bills in their house of origin to be heard by policy committees.
  • J.R.61(b)(8): 5/20/22 – Last day for Appropriations to hear fiscal bills still in their house of origin.
  • J.R.61(b)(11): 5/27/22 – Last day for bills to pass out of their house of origin.
  • J.R.61(b)(14): 7/1/22 – Last day for policy committees to pass bills.
  • J.R.61(b)(15): 8/12/22 – Last day for Appropriations to pass bills.
  • J.R.61(b)(18): 8/31/22 – Last day for each house to pass bills.
         While J.R. 61(b)(5) was interesting in 2020, it was an expected outlier. The variation in the J.R.61(b)(18) deadline is best explained by ‘exempt’ measures such as resolutions and constitutional amendments being included in the final deadline. Once session is concluded they’re no longer truely ‘exempt.’ 
         Including all these non-bill measures in the final count contributes to a greater variance between sessions.

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