This publication includes summaries of the legislation enacted by the 2012 Legislature. Not summarized are bills of a limited, local, technical, clarifying, or repealing nature, and bills that were vetoed (sustained). However, these bills are listed beginning on page 140.
During the 2012 Session, 603 bills were introduced: 217 in the Senate and 386 in the House. In addition, 190 Senate bills and 340 House bills were carried over from the 2011 Session, for a grand total of 1,191 bills that were alive during the 2012 Session. Of these 1,191 bills, 295 (24.8 percent) became law: 119 Senate bills and 176 House bills. Further, of the 295 bills becoming law, 276 (94.6 percent) were introduced by committees and 19 (6.4 percent) were introduced by individual legislators.
The Governor vetoed three bills and fourteen line items. All vetoes were sustained. No bills will be carried over to the 2013 Session of the Legislature.
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