Legislative leaders set 2025 committee deadlines

Legislators and the public now officially know the timeline for getting bills through the committee process during the 2025 session.

Here are the three deadlines for this year (first and second deadlines are the same day):

• Friday, April 4 at 5 p.m.  — Committees must act favorably on bills in the house of origin and committees must act favorably on bills, or companions of bills, that met the first deadline in the other body.
• Friday, April 11 at noon — Committees must act favorably on major appropriation and finance bills.

The annual Easter/Passover break is scheduled to begin April 11 at noon. The Legislature will be in recess until April 21 at noon.

Per Joint Rule 2.03, the deadlines do not apply to the House Capital Investment Division; the House Taxes, Ways and Means, or Rules and Legislative Administration committees; nor the Senate Capital Investment, Finance, Taxes or Rules and Administration committees.

The Legislature must complete its work by May 19.