This publication includes summaries of the legislation enacted by the 2014 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 162.
During the 2014 Session, 569 bills were introduced: 207 in the Senate and 362 in the House. In addition, 187 Senate bills and 315 House bills were carried over from the 2013 Session, for a grand total of 1,071 bills that were alive during the 2014 Session. Of these 1,071 bills, 142 (13.3 percent) became law: 40 Senate bills and 102 House bills. Further, of the 142 bills becoming law, 137 (96.5 percent) were introduced by committees and 5 (3.5 percent) were introduced by individual legislators.
The Governor vetoed two bills and seven line items. All vetoes were sustained. No bills will be carried over to the 2015 Session of the Legislature.
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