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Bill Filing Deadline Statistics, 88th Legislature

Friday, March 10th marked the 60-day bill filing deadline for the 88th Regular Session. When the deadline passed, a total of 8,153 bills and joint resolutions had been filed. See below for a comparison of the 88th and 87th Regular Sessions and related historical bill filing deadline statistics.

 

 

Bills and Joint Resolutions 87th Regular Session
(Nov. 9, 2020 — March 12, 2021)
88th Regular Session
(Nov. 14, 2022 — March 10, 2023)
House filed 4,728 5,497
Senate filed 2,191 2,656
Total filed 6,919 8,153
House referred to committee 1,979 2,482
Senate referred to committee 1,001 1,381
Total referred to committee 2,980 3,863
House scheduled for hearing 100 81
Senate scheduled for hearing 17 55
Total scheduled for hearing 117 136
House reported out of committee 9 13
Senate reported out of committee 2 13
Total reported out of committee 11 26