You don’t want to leave this session without a supportive document in your hand, I advised the advocate.

(If the analogy to “The Godfather” is unclear, please Google.)

It can be a bill, language in the budget, or a letter from a committee chairman.

What it does is put the legislature’s position on the record.

Our power to influence policy diminishes after we adjourn in April.

But what we put in writing during the 90-day session obligates the executive branch while we’re gone.

Passage of a bill is legally binding. A letter from a legislator must be answered.

In fact, I’m following this advice on another issue this session.

I don’t know what form the written obligation should take, but I know I need it.