2,077 New Bills filed for the 2024 Legislative Session
January 18th marked the first official deadline of the 2024 Legislative Session in which lawmakers submitted their bill requests. As of the deadline yesterday, Senators filed 841 Senate Bills and 13 Senate Joint Resolutions. The number of bills include legislation under Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat’s revised budget transparency plan. A total of 1,210 House Bills, 12 House Joint Resolutions and one House Concurrent Resolution were filed.
Last year, the Clerk of the House reported 1,901 House Bills, 44 House Joint Resolutions and one House Resolution were filed. A total of 1,463 House Bills and 42 House Joint Resolutions filed in 2023 are still available for consideration in the second regular session. Joint resolutions may be filed at any point during the session.
Legislative rules in both chambers also allow for bills by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House to be filed throughout the session. House and Senate Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions can be filed throughout the session as well.
Under the Joint Rules budget related measures may be introduced by the House and Senate Appropriations Chairs and referred to the Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget (JCAB) at any time during the session.
The second regular session of the 59th Legislature will begin Monday, Feb. 5, at noon with the State of the State address from Gov. Kevin Stitt in the House Chamber.