Bills: Some Lived, Some Died, Some Were Gutted

While death-by-committee is the fate of most legislation, it is, simultaneously, good or bad depending on what the bill was introduced to do. Based on their subject, bills and resolutions are assigned to committees to accelerate their disposition. Meanwhile, legislators convene for a fraction of each of 40 days to handle on-the-floor responsibilities. Then, they attend committee meetings before and after the floor sessions to decide which bills and resolutions are favorably reported out of committee onto the Senate floor or House floor, where they pass or die. Bills left in committee die, also.

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