“Turnaround” is the date that most bills must clear their house of origin.  All bills not cleared by this point “die,” receiving no action for the remainder of the legislative session.  This deadline applies to most committees, although some exempt committees do not fall under the Turnaround deadline and bills from those committees remain in play (Appropriations is an example of an exempt committee). 

Despite the Turnaround deadline, opportunities often develop to amend bills into other pieces of legislation.  Additionally, in previous years “dead” bills reappeared in conference reports or as provisos in appropriations bills. Nevertheless, this week has been busy as lawmakers pushed hard to move bills to the House floor before the deadline. 

Beginning next week, the House of Representatives will begin to consider legislation approved by the Senate, while the Senate will begin to consider bills approved in the House of Representatives.

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