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2008 Session Cutoff Calendar

For a detailed daily version of the calendar, please see 2008 Session Cutoff Calendar (PDF 32 KB).

See below for a version of the Calendar describing only the cutoff dates:

January 14, 2008First Day of Session
February 8, 2008Last day to read in committee reports in house of origin, except House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees.
February 12, 2008Last day to read in committee reports from House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees in house of origin.
February 19, 2008Last day to consider bills in house of origin (5 p.m.).
February 29, 2008Last day to read in committee reports from opposite house, except House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees.
March 3, 2008Last day to read in opposite house committee reports from House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees.
March 7, 2008Last day to consider opposite house bills (5 p.m.) (except initiatives and alternatives to initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets, differences between the houses, and matters incident to the interim and closing of the session).*
March 13, 2008Last day allowed for regular session under state constitution.
* After the 54th day, only initiatives, alternatives to initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets, messages pertaining to amendments, differences between the houses, and matters incident to the interim and closing of the session may be considered.


The Governor has 5 days, excluding Sundays, to take action on any bill passed by the Legislature, provided adjournment does not occur within those 5 days, in which case the Governor has 20 days to take action, excluding Sundays.