What’s So Special About a Special Session?
Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on May 10, 2012, and has been updated with information pertaining to the upcoming special session commencing August 26, 2024. The Governor issued […]
Legislative Process
What’s So Special About a Special Session?
Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on May 10, 2012, and has been updated with information pertaining to the upcoming special session commencing November 17, 2023. The Governor recently […]
Amendment Clerks: Who Are They and What Do They Do?
by Faith Marcovecchio It’s Friday morning, and the Committee of the Whole is hearing the second reading of bills. As you glance at the next bill up, you realize you […]
Bill Sponsor Basics – an Overview
by Jennifer Gilroy, Michael Dohr, and Jessica Chapman Editor’s note: This article was originally written by Patti Dahlberg and Jennifer Gilroy and published on December 22, 2016. The article has […]
What does it take to get a bill to the Governor?
by Kathy Zambrano and Anja Boyd You’d think that once a bill makes it through both houses and the first house concurs with second house changes, if necessary, the bill […]