Final days of 68th Legislative Session

It is hard to describe our last two days of the 68th Legislative session before we closed session last Tuesday. It was a whirlwind with many bills going to conference committees with last-minute alterations. In the end, HB 2 and a couple other bills that set up a balanced budget were passed. A motion was made by the Senate to close the session, which passed with a vote of 26-24.

With that in mind, a number of bills ended up dying on the vine, so to speak. Some of the bills are what are called study resolutions, 34 of which will not get to the governor. You can look up some of these bills....