2007 Session Legislative Update

74th Legislative Session was different than recent sessions. For the first time in 16 years, Democrats controlled the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as the Governor’s office. Legislative leaders took this opportunity to set a joint agenda and accomplish it in an expedited time frame. The Legislature took up many difficult issues that had been left unaccomplished in past sessions including: bio-fuel and renewable energy, full funding for education, updating the bottle bill, gay rights and anti-discrimination, contraceptive legislation, workplace smoking ban, creating a rainy day fund, and diverting the corporate kicker.

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