As we begin another week on the Hill, we want to thank you for your patience with the timing of this week's update.

With even more committees shutting down over the course of the next week, many of our target pieces of legislation are finally making their way onto several calendars in both the House and Senate. This is a very busy and somewhat dangerous time of session, so it's crucial that we stay vigilant as to what is happening on the Hill. As we mentioned in an earlier legislative update, committee chairmen now have the ability to file a bill at any time during session, as long as the subject matter is relevant to the committee that he or she chairs.

Believe it or not, the House is preparing to close its first subcommittee next week. The General Assembly is moving very quickly, and we're still tracking nearly all of the bills that we listed in our first legislative update that was sent out in February.