Exhibit B - Legislative Information and Deadlines.pdf

EXHIBIT B – LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION AND DEADLINES

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1. Timeframes

1.1. Expected time frames for Regular Legislative Session

a) The convening date of the 2027 Regular Legislative Session is January 11, 2027. The adjournment date is May 10, 2027.

b) The General Assembly expects that the 2028 Regular Legislative Session will extend from January 12, 2028, through May 10, 2028.

c) The General Assembly expects that the 2029 Regular Legislative Session will extend from January 10, 2029, through May 9, 2029.

d) The General Assembly expects that the 2030 Regular Legislative Session will extend from January 9, 2030, through May 8, 2030.

1.2. History of time frames for Extraordinary Session

a) There may be one (1) or more Extraordinary Sessions in calendar years 2027-2028.

b) In calendar years 2025-2026, there was one (1) Extraordinary Session that lasted six (6) days.

c) In calendar years 2023-2024, there were two (2) Extraordinary Sessions that lasted four (4) days each.

d) In calendar years 2021-2022, there were no Extraordinary Sessions.

e) In calendar years 2019-2020, there was one (1) Extraordinary Session that lasted three (3) days.

f) In calendar years 2017-2018, there was one (1) Extraordinary Session that lasted two (2) days.

g) In calendar years 2015-2016, there were no Extraordinary Sessions.

h) In calendar years 2013-2014, there were no Extraordinary Sessions.

i) In calendar years 2011-2012, there was one (1) Extraordinary Session that lasted three (3) days.

j) In calendar years 2009-2010, there were no Extraordinary Sessions.

k) In calendar years 2007-2008, there were no Extraordinary Sessions.

l) In calendar years 2005-2006, there was one (1) Extraordinary Session that lasted five (5) days.

m) In calendar years 2003-2004, there were no Extraordinary Sessions.

n) In calendar years 2001-2002, there were three (3) Extraordinary Sessions that lasted between four (4) days and twenty (20) days.

1.3. Legal Holidays

a) The General Assembly may meet on legal holidays that occur during a Regular Legislative

Session or an Extraordinary Session; for example, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and

Presidents’ Day.

b) One house or both may convene on a Saturday or Sunday. In any event, whether a

Saturday or a Sunday or a holiday, it is still a Legislative Day if either chamber convenes.

1.4. Bills and Concurrent Resolutions

a) There are 100 members of the General Assembly: 65 in the House of Representatives, and

35 in the Senate.

b) During each Regular Legislative Session, each member may introduce five bills, plus any bill given late status.

c) Members of leadership and of the Joint Budget Committee are not subject to the bill limit.

d) Bills which have been given late status are not subject to the Bill Introduction Deadlines as noted below.

e) The deadlines may be changed by the General Assembly.

1.5. Bill Introduction Deadlines

a) During the 2027 regular session, the following deadlines for the introduction of bills have been established. Printing of bills is ordered upon their introduction:

● January 11, 2027 - Deadline for introduction of at least one of three early bills

(approximately 200 bills). Bills will be sent to awarded Offeror by January 7th or

8th, and shall be due no later than January 11, 2027, by 6:30 a.m.

● January 22, 2027 - Deadline for introduction of two remaining early Senate bills

(approximately 70 bills).

● January 29, 2027 - Deadline for introduction of two remaining early House bills

(approximately 130 bills).

● February 5, 2027 - Deadline for introduction of all other Senate bills including interim committee bills (approximately 70 bills).

● February 12, 2027 - Deadline for introduction of all other House Bills including interim committee bills (approximately 130 bills).

● March 29, 2027 - Deadline for introduction of the long appropriations bill in the

Senate (one bill of approximately 600 to 700 Original Pages).

o Traditionally, supplemental appropriations bills for the executive branch agencies are introduced the same day as the long appropriations bill (23 bills of approximately 400 pages).

b) For the 2028 legislative session (convening January 12, 2028), the following deadlines for the introduction of bills are established:

● January 12, 2028 - Deadline for introduction of at least one of three early bills.

● January 21, 2028 - Deadline for introduction of two remaining early Senate bills.

● January 28, 2028 - Deadline for introduction of two remaining early House bills.

● February 4, 2028 - Deadline for introduction of all other Senate bills, including interim committee bills.

● February 11, 2028 - Deadline for introduction of all other House bills, including interim committee bills.

● March 27, 2028 - Deadline for introduction of the long appropriations bill in the

House.

o Traditionally, supplemental appropriations bills for the executive branch agencies are introduced the same day as the long appropriations bill (23 bills of approximately 400 pages).

Note: Similar deadline schedules will be established for the 2029 and 2030 legislative sessions.

c) Concurrent resolutions. In addition to legislative bills, concurrent resolutions may be introduced. The introduction of concurrent resolutions is not subject to the preceding Bill

Introduction Deadlines.