Most bills introduced in our Legislature are referred to committee before they can be considered for passage. But there have been a few bills, including at least one concerning policy during the pandemic, that were enacted without any committee consideration. Our Constitution, like the Federal Constitution, does not require bills to be referred to committee before they are eligible for floor consideration.

Much of the hard work evaluating and fine tuning the language of legislative proposals is done in committee, where members and staff develop expertise in the subject matter within the committee’s jurisdiction. Committees sometimes develop legislative proposals themselves, as well as serving as gatekeepers against unwise measures. They also offer to members of the public, when they hold hearings on measures, access to a public forum on the wisdom of proposals.

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