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Month: May 2014
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The Second Regular Session of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly Moves into the History Books
By Julie Pelegrin
The second regular session of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly wrapped up Wednesday, April 7, 2014, adjourning sine die at 8:22 p.m. in the Senate and 10:26 p.m. in the House. Since January, the legislators have spent many hours holding stakeholder meetings, listening to testimony in committee, and debating and amending bills on a wide range of topics from regulation of recreational and medicinal marijuana to tax credits, to flood relief, to adoption, to license plates, to criminal laws, to financing public education, to water law. (more…)
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From the Legislative Chambers to the Governor’s Desk – The Process for Enrolling Bills
The main goal of the Legislative Session is to pass bills. So what happens to a bill once the bill sponsors have championed it through both houses? Sure, it goes to the Governor for his signature, but why does it take so long to land on his desk? (more…)