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Legislative leaders set 2023 committee deadlines

(House Photography file photo)
(House Photography file photo)

Legislators and the public now officially know the timeline for getting bills through the committee process during the 2023 session.

Here are the three deadlines for this year:

  • Friday, March 10 — Committees must act favorably on bills in the house of origin.
  • Friday, March 24 — Committees must act favorably on bills, or companions of bills, that met the first deadline in the other body.
  • Tuesday, April 4 (5 p.m.) — Committees must act favorably on major appropriation and finance bills.

The annual Easter/Passover break is scheduled from 5 p.m. April 4 through April 10.

Per House Rule 2.03, the deadlines do not apply to the House Capital Investment Division; the House Taxes, Ways and Means, or Rules and Legislative Administration committees; nor the Senate Capital Investment, Finance, Taxes or Rules and Administration committees.

The Legislature must complete its work by May 22.


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