Thursday, February 23 marked the 45th day of the 85th Regular Session. That means we're 3/4 of the way to the 60-day bill filing deadline, which is Friday, March 10, 2017. For those who are curious, here is a look at bill statistics in comparison to a similar period last session.
|
Bills and Joint Resolutions
|
84th Regular Session
(Nov. 10, 2014-Feb. 26, 2015)
|
85th Regular Session
(Nov. 14, 2016-Feb. 23, 2017)
|
| House filed | 2,057 | 2,396 |
| Senate filed | 834 | 1,094 |
| Total filed | 2,891 | 3,490 |
| House referred to committee | 837 | 1,024 |
| Senate referred to committee | 721 | 814 |
| Total referred to committee | 1,558 | 1,838 |
| House scheduled for hearing | 25 | 3 |
| Senate scheduled for hearing | 24 | 32 |
| Total scheduled for hearing | 49 | 35 |
| House reported out of committee | 2 | 2 |
| Senate reported out of committee | 5 | 23 |
| Total reported out of committee | 7 | 25 |
