House and Senate policy committees picked up their work again Wednesday hearing bills from the opposite chamber following Tuesday's House of Origin cutoff deadline. Up this week were bills on apprenticeships, the public service loan forgiveness program, and creating a state student loan program for people from low-income families. >>
The 2022 legislative session on Tuesday reached its halfway and the fiscal committee cutoff the day before. Since Monday's cutoff deadline, members of the House and Senate are working to debate and vote bills out of their originating chambers before the Feb. 15 House of Origin cutoff date. >>
The 2022 session reached its first cutoff deadline Thursday when bills needed to be voted out of their policy committees to continue in the legislative process. House and Senate fiscal committees now take up the task of hearing bills' fiscal impacts ahead of Monday's fiscal committee cutoff deadline. >>
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