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 |