When the legislature is in session for only 90 days, time is your enemy.

The session ends five weeks from today.

However, two weeks from today is the deadline for my bills to pass the House and cross over to the Senate. Ditto for Senate bills.

If your bill doesn’t meet that deadline, it’s delayed in the Rules Committee.

One of my bills will be considered in subcommittee this week. I met today with the chair and committee counsel to see if an amendment would satisfy my objectives and address the objections raised by the industry.

Another bill has passed the House in prior years. It’s scheduled for a subcommittee vote this week. An amendment has been drafted; I’m ok with it.

A letter from the affected agency will say that we can achieve one of my bill’s goals under existing law. No legislation would have to be passed.

I thought one of my bills would be voted on this week. Apparently not. The identical bill has been introduced in the Senate. I asked the sponsor to press for a vote.

It doesn’t matter which of our bills becomes law.