“I love to be over here.”

          That’s how one of my House colleagues began his testimony before a Senate committee.

          My sentiments exactly. You’re testifying in the Senate only if your bill has passed the House.

          My legislation would prohibit the use of force, threat or intimidation by those gathering signatures to petition onto the ballot a recently enacted law or a zoning decision. It would apply the same standards to those opposing the referendum effort.

          Afterwards, I emailed someone who knows the Senate committee well to get his assessment of how my bill was received.

           While I was at the hearing, my last bill that’s likely to make it to the Senate this session began its journey there.

           My legislation to allow law students to receive grants for lower-paying summer jobs in State’s Attorneys offices and non-profit legal groups received a favorable report from the education subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee.

March 24