I would say that "'Hurry up and wait' time continues at the state Capitol...until a budget drops"...but they're going on vacation going back to their district to meet with constituents until after Memorial Day.
Nobody will be surprised when industry lobbyists list this period on their expense reports as "legislator outreach" or some such innocuous-sounding garbage.
Schedules can, and frequently do, change at any moment when the legislature is in session. So pay attention.
Note: HHR refers to a hearing room in the House building; SHR refers to one in the Senate building.
Note2: Generally, I'll only specify bills that look to spread propaganda. Other bills may be more conventionally bad (think: corrupt or other misuses of public monies and/or authority). My recommendation is that if an agenda covers an area of interest to you, read the entire agenda.
Note3: Each chamber's respective Rules Committee meets on Monday, the House's in HHR4, generally at 1 p.m. and the Senate's in Senate Caucus Room 1, generally also at 1 p.m. Both committees serve as rubber stamps for bills leadership wants to be advanced and gatekeepers for measures that leadership wants stopped.
Note4: Meeting start times may be listed, but are flexible. Before journeying to the Capitol or viewing the meeting online, verify the start time.
Note5: Watch for strikers, or strike everything amendments. Those involve inserting language that replaces the entirety of a bill. Those can be introduced at any time and can make a previously harmless bill become a very bad one.
On Monday, 5/12
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There's one meeting on the schedule for the week, and it's both early in the week and early in the day (Monday meetings are usually in the afternoon).
Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Family Court Orders meets at 9 a.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: no bills; two presentations on...wait for the surprise...*family court orders*.
After that, nada.
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