As we complete Week 4 we see that we are on track to tie or beat the near-record number of bills introduced last session. Here are the numbers for this session so far.
| INTRODUCED HOUSE |
INTRODUCED SENATE |
INTRODUCED TOTAL |
TRACKING BY PEOPLES LOBBYISTS |
REACTED TO BY PEOPLES LOBBYISTS |
| 870 | 744 | 1644 | 426 | 105 |
Not all bills are introduced with an expectation that they will become law. Here are some reasons why:
- Republicans, who control the legislature, expect Democrat Governor Hobbs to veto any bill that has any substance. They are introduced to force Hobbs to expose her extremist position by vetoing these bills.
- The likelihood of massive vetoing encourages the practice of introducing identical bills as both regular bills and voter referral bills, to bypass the likely vetoes.
- Some subjects have identical bills in both chambers as a test. The bill in the chamber that shows an easier path is supported and the other is abandoned.
- Some legislators just want to look good in front of the voters in their districts despite knowing that the introduced bills do not have enough statewide appeal to pass.
- Democrats routinely introduce dozens of bills only to promote their extremist ideology
The result is that we end up with a number of bills that far exceeds what would be considered reasonable and appropriate.
TRACKED BILLS THAT SAW ACTION THIS WEEK
We have only two weeks left for bills to be heard in the committees of the original chamber. This has resulted in a mad dash to get as many bills as possible to go through committees, which is obvious as we look at the amount of bills scheduled for next week.
TRACKED BILLS SCHEDULED FOR ACTION NEXT WEEK