Nothing concentrates the mind like a bill hearing.

I’ve shared that insight with you before.

Everyone who could be affected by your legislation has to come to the table.

The bill could pass, however unlikely that may appear to be.

Today was the deadline to request that a bill be drafted by our non-partisan professional staff and be guaranteed that your bill would get a public hearing.

A bill drafting request can serve the same purpose as the bill hearing itself.

I hope that one of the of the bills I requested today won’t need to be introduced.

If the executive branch already has the authority to do what my bill would make explicit, then there’s no need for my bill.

But knowing that a bill will be introduced may prompt the executive branch to see its way to doing voluntarily what my bill would require.

A study would be mandated by another bill I requested.

However, I will speak with the affected organizations to see if they can do the study voluntarily.

My final request of the day has to do with electronic cigarettes.

It would impose certain requirements on e-cigarettes that are already the law for tobacco products.

We don’t need to reinvent the wheel; we can broaden the existing law.

When it comes to bill drafting, I can be very conservative.