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Proposal to cap number of bills per lawmaker put on hold after committee debate
Summary
Representative Okerlund proposed HJR19 to cap bill requests (drafted as six per representative, 10 per senator) to reduce total bill volume and drafting costs. Members and staff debated how the cap would affect bill files, committee bills and single‑subject rules; the committee voted unanimously to hold the measure for further study.
Representative Okerlund offered HJR19, a rules proposal that would limit the number of bills lawmakers may number during a session — as drafted, six per representative and 10 per senator — arguing that the change would reduce drafting costs and encourage restraint.
"If we say six times 75 and 10 times 29...we arrive at a number that's about 700 to 750,"…
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