Since the primary election, I’ve been working on my bill requests for the 2019 legislative session.

Will we have a Governor who will use his powers of persuasion and influence to enact an agenda that includes bills in the areas I’m working on?

Or will we have a governor who takes no position on these issues, leaving us to guess whether he will sign a bill, veto it, or let it become law without his signature?

Speaker Busch will be introducing a constitutional amendment to protect a woman’s right to choose whether to have a child.

There are other issues affecting women’s reproductive health.

Do we hold off on bills addressing those problems so that our efforts are focused on the Speaker’s bill?

Or do we still introduce that legislation, knowing that controversial bills usually fail the first year?

I’ve read about two gun safety issues we could consider.

If you don’t have the support of the Governor or the presiding officers, the Senate President and the Speaker, a gun bill doesn’t get out of committee.

There needs to be a consensus.

For now, no bill requests by me.