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Legislative leaders announce 2024 committee deadlines
By HPIS Staff
(House Photography file photo)
Legislators and the public officially know the timeline for getting bills through the House committee process during the upcoming 2024 session.
Here are the two deadlines for the 2024 session:
- Friday, March 22 — Committees in both bodies must act favorably on bills that are not major appropriation or finance bills.
- Friday, April 19 — Committees in both bodies must act favorably on major appropriation and finance bills.
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 20.
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