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Senate adopts weekly schedule; sets Jan. 29 bill filing cut-off and Feb. 2 governor's budget address
Summary
Leader Johnson presented and the Senate adopted a weekly schedule for the week of Jan. 12, noting the Jan. 29 bill-filing cutoff and a projected governor's budget address on Feb. 2; the Senate will not meet on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Leader Johnson presented the Senate's proposed schedule for the week of Jan. 12 and called members' attention to key dates.
"Spread upon your desk is the proposed schedule for this week, the week of January 12," Leader Johnson said, noting that "we will not be here in observance of Martin Luther King Junior holiday" and that a projected cut-off for filing bills is Jan. 29. He also pointed members to a projected date for the governor's budget address on Monday, Feb. 2.
The presentation included other routine calendar items and reminders of upcoming events; the schedule was put to a voice response ("Aye," "Opposed, nay"). No roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
Why it matters: the filing cutoff and the governor's budget address set deadlines that affect lawmakers' schedules, committee workload and the timing of fiscal and policy proposals. Members and staff use these dates to prioritize bill filing, hearings and budget preparation.
The Senate also noted that a Marcy's Law breakfast will be held the following morning from 8 to 10 a.m. across from the chamber in the Legislative lounge. The presiding officer then moved to the next order of business.
