Maybe they should call it the “please put us out of our misery” bill.
The longest-running legislative marathon in state history has prompted a Senate measure that would add a time-limit for future sessions. The bill, which would require voter approval, would restrict regular sessions in odd-numbered years to 135 calendar days and even-numbered years to 60 days, with a possible 10-day extension.
That would have forced lawmakers to finish business before July 1. Think of it: We could have avoided two whole months of posturing, pandering and pontificating, not to mention saving the $55,000 per day it costs to fund legislators’ daily expenses and staff salaries.
Instead, here we are seven months into the session, with no end in sight. Such an august body as the General Assembly shouldn’t be sweating away in September. Where do we sign?
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