We've reached the "hurry up and wait" part of the legislative session - committee hearings have all but ceased but bills that have been heard in committee are still moving toward floor votes, and all members (at least those who aren't among the Republican leadership in the lege) are now waiting for the budget bills to be introduced on a date as yet unknown.
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, 4/7 -
House Rules meets at 1 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: many bad bills.
On Tuesday, 4/8 -
Senate Rules meets at 9:45 a.m. in Senate Caucus Room 1. On the agenda: many bad bills.
Both Rules committees may meet again later in the week, but these meetings are the only ones on the schedule as of this writing.
On Wednesday, 4/9
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Senate Natural Resources meets at 9 a.m.in SHR1. On the agenda: no bills; consideration of some board and commission appointments.
On Thursday, 4/10 - Nada.
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