Western Legislative Review blog: First Cutoff of the 2017 Legislative Session

"Western Legislative Review," the blog produced by Western's state government relations team, includes a recent item about Friday's important deadline for proposed legislation: 

Today is the fortieth day of the legislative session and is the house of origin policy committee cutoff, the first date on the cutoff calendar for proposed legislation. By the end of today, House bills need to be passed out of policy committees in the House and Senate bills need to be passed out of policy committees in the Senate in order to remain viable for consideration this session. With more than 2,000 bills introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives this year, the cutoff process is a way to winnow down the number of bills that the Legislature will consider through the remainder of session. The next legislative cutoff will be February 24, when bills that impact the budget will need to have passed out of their house of origin fiscal committees.