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Bill Filing Deadline Statistics, 89th Legislature

Friday, March 14th marked the 60-day bill filing deadline for the 89th Regular Session. When the deadline passed, a total of 8,898 bills and joint resolutions had been filed. See below for a comparison of the 88th and 89th Regular Sessions and related historical bill filing deadline statistics.

 

 

 

Bills and Joint Resolutions 88th Regular Session
(Nov. 14, 2022 — March 10, 2023)
89th Regular Session
(Nov. 12, 2024 — March 14, 2025)
House filed 5,497 5,792
Senate filed 2,656 3,106
Total filed 8,153 8,898
House referred to committee 2,482 2,468
Senate referred to committee 1,381 1,906
Total referred to committee 3,863 4,334
House scheduled for hearing 81 91
Senate scheduled for hearing 55 201
Total scheduled for hearing 136 292
House reported out of committee 13 5
Senate reported out of committee 13 94
Total reported out of committee 26 99