The Senate and House are constitutionally limited to 90 legislative "days" over a two-year period, as we noted in a previous post. In most General Assemblies, legislators come close to reaching that limit, and sometimes exceed it. (Legislators are not prevented from meeting beyond the limit, the…
Back in January, we noted that the General Assembly was shooting for an April 30 sine die adjournment. Legislators missed their target, but not by much. May 1 was the actual ending date.
At the end of a legislative attention, much attention is rightly paid to legislation that passes. Some of the legislation that does not pass is also worth noting, and this blog will note some of those bills. One bill that did not pass was Senate Bill 2294 / House Bill 2452, limiting year-to-year tuition increases…
The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to vote today on the package of bills comprising the state budget for fiscal year 2012-13. It is possible that the full Senate will take up the budget bills later today. The schedule is fluid.
An amended version of the "loser pays" proposal is set for Senate and House floor consideration this week. The bill is scheduled for April 23 in the Senate and April 24 in the House. Under the amended bill, a court would be required to award costs and "reasonable and necessary" attorney's fees up to a maximum o…