States not in legislative session in 2008
There are six true "citizen" legislatures who do not meet in even-numbered years:
Arkansas
Texas
Montana
North Dakota
Nevada, and
Oregon
The other 43 states will have a session of some sort, and some are only expected to consider a few hundred bills (Alaska, Maine, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming) while others anticipate over 5,000 bills to be filed in the coming year (Tennessee, New York, New Jersey). Voters in Arkansas and Oregon will vote on whether to allow annual "budget" sessions in 2008, although unlike Arkansas, Oregon already has the ability to call themselves into session. Our Constitution only allows the governor to call us into a special session. I like the current setup, but I can see the benefits of an annual session as well. I'm still likely to vote against annual sesisons.
ArkansasTexas
Montana
North Dakota
Nevada, and
Oregon
The other 43 states will have a session of some sort, and some are only expected to consider a few hundred bills (Alaska, Maine, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming) while others anticipate over 5,000 bills to be filed in the coming year (Tennessee, New York, New Jersey). Voters in Arkansas and Oregon will vote on whether to allow annual "budget" sessions in 2008, although unlike Arkansas, Oregon already has the ability to call themselves into session. Our Constitution only allows the governor to call us into a special session. I like the current setup, but I can see the benefits of an annual session as well. I'm still likely to vote against annual sesisons.
posted by Steve Harrelson @ 12/25/2007 02:29:00 PM | Permalink |
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