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Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Ind. Gov't. - "Legislature extends final vote deadline to April 21"

From the NWI Times, Dan Carden reports:

The Indiana General Assembly has extended the deadline for the House and Senate to act on legislation already approved by the other chamber.

The new "Third Reading" deadline is April 21, changed from the original date of April 15. Any bill not approved by both chambers by April 21 is dead.

The extended deadline gives committees more time to review and amend legislation, though it cuts into the two weeks usually allocated for conference committees. That's when state representatives and senators meet together to work out the differences in separately passed bills.

Then makes next week the last week for committee meetings. The day following the last day for 3rd readings will be April 22nd, Good Friday, then the Easter weekend, leaving Monday April 25 through Friday April 29th to work everything out and get it to the Governor.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 5, 2011 08:36 AM
Posted to Indiana Government