This publication includes summaries of the legislation enacted by the 2022 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 282.
During the 2022 Session, 560 bills were introduced: 266 in the Senate and 294 in the House. In addition, 252 Senate bills and 349 House bills were carried over from the 2021 Session, for a grand total of 1,161 bills that were alive during the 2022 Session. Of these 1,161 bills, 100 (8.6 percent) became law: 45 Senate bills and 55 House bills. Further, of the 100 bills becoming law, 92 (92.0 percent) were introduced by committees and 8 (8.0 percent) were introduced by individual legislators. [Note: Substitute bills or bills with conference committee reports whose original subject matter was substantially modified from the content in the introduced sponsor bill are included in the former category.]
The Governor vetoed 11 bills and 3 line items in appropriations bills. Seven of the bill vetoes and all line item vetoes were sustained, and four vetoes were overridden.
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