The Legislature began its 2012 Regular Session on Wednesday, January 11th with the introduction of 159 bills in the State Senate and 46 in the House of Delegates. In addition, 1,268 bills were carried over from last year in the House of Delegates. As the session adjourned for the weekend, on Friday afternoon, there had been a total of 185 Senate bills and 83 House bills introduced. When combined with the carryover bills, there are 1,586 bills already before this year’s Legislature. While the State Journal article summarizes many of the bills that have specific relevance to our industry, keep in mind most of these are “carryovers” from last year, meaning they were introduced but no action was taken.
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