The House and Senate Ways & Means Committees held marathon public hearing and executive sessions yesterday.  Midnight, February 9, marked the deadline for bills with a fiscal impact to move out of their respective appropriation committees.

The exception being any bills which are NTIB (Necessary To Implement the Budget). The bill cut-offs throughout session do not apply to NTIB bills and determing exactly whether or not a bill is NTIB can be subjective.

The House and Senate now move their attention to their respective floors in an effort to keep bills alive in the process. The next bill cut-off is Tuesday, February 16. Bills must have moved out of their chamber of origin to be considered active.