News from the General Assembly

Prefiled Legislation
The House and Senate have announced their respective prefile dates for the 2016 legislative session. The Senate will prefile bills on Wednesday, December 2 and Wednesday, December 9. The House will prefile bills on Thursday, December 3 and Thursday, December 10.

2016 Budget Calendar
The House Ways & Means Committee has released the House’s tentative 2016 budget calendar, which is listed below.

¨ January 12-14: Budget Subcommittee Meetings
¨ January 19-21: Budget Subcommittee Meetings
¨ January 26-28: Budget Subcommittee Meetings
¨ February 2-4: Budget Subcommittee Meetings
¨ February 9-11: Proviso Subcommittee Meetings
¨ February 15-18: Full Ways & Means Committee Budget Deliberations
¨ February 23-25: Appropriation Bill Printed
¨ March 1-3: Printed Appropriation Bill Distributed to All House Members
¨ March 7-11: House Floor Budget Deliberations