Swearing in for members of the legislature
This is the first formal session. Legislature appoints a temporary rules committee to draft rules for the session. The rules dictate the internal operations of the legislature including establishing committees, legislative deadlines, transparency for publishing votes and establishing a bill filing deadline.
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What is a formal session?
When the House or Senate meet to vote on bills and other items that may be controversial in nature and during which recorded votes may be taken. These sessions are normally attended by all members of the House or Senate.
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What are house and senate rules?
The Rules are adopted by each branch to establish how the House and Senate will operate at the beginning of each biennial session. This includes how committees are formed, and processes including how many days legislation must be released from committee before being voted on, publication of committee votes, and other matters.
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What is a bill?
Document filed by a legislator to be considered for a vote to become law.
