Legislative Commentary

Dear Friends,

The first deadline for legislation to move forward is Feb. 20. Policy bills that don’t receive committee approval by then are likely “dead” for the year. The next deadline is Feb. 27, for the Senate’s budget committee and transportation committee to act on their lists of bills. The deadlines help explain why we are continuing to see major pieces of legislation emerge: in week 4 it was our Senate majority’s energy package, and week 5 has brought a statewide transportation proposal and a sensible new approach to making college affordable.

This past week brought another meeting with...