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Management Council adopts 21‑day 2026 budget session calendar
Summary
Management Council voted 9–0 (1 excused) to adopt a 21‑day schedule for the 2026 budget session after LSO presented two calendar options and members cited travel and family considerations.
The Management Council voted on Nov. 19 to adopt a 21‑day schedule for the 2026 legislative budget session.
LSO staff explained two calendar options — a 21‑day plan and a 22‑day plan — and walked members through deadlines including a Day‑3 bill‑draft deadline for final bill drafts to LSO and the sequencing for budget week and second‑reading timing. LSO noted constitutional limits (60 days per biennium; no more than 40 in any calendar year) and the need to manage possible floor conflicts such as the K‑12 recalibration bill.
After discussion focused on travel and family schedules, a motion to adopt the 21‑day schedule was made and a roll‑call vote recorded nine ayes and one excused. Chairman Nyman declared the schedule adopted.
What it means: the 21‑day option sets the Legislature’s convening and committee schedule used to plan bill‑draft deadlines and committee work ahead of the 2026 general session. LSO will proceed with the calendar as adopted and publish the official session schedule and committee deadlines.
