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FIRST YEAR
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SECOND YEAR
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January
• Newly
elected legislators are sworn in; new bills are
introduced
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January
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February
• New
legislative committees start their
work
• MCCTF continues meeting new legislators and
new chairs of important committees
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February
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March
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March
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April
• MCCTF
continues meeting new legislators and new committee chairs
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April
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May
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May
• Candidates
file for election; controversial bills become harder to pass
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June
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June
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July
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July
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August
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August
• Primary
elections
• Republican and Democratic state party
conventions
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September
• Autumn
non-election year session begins and runs into
December
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September
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October
• Begin
serious recruitment of candidates for the
legislature
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October
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November
• Veteran
legislators begin announcing retirement
• Some off-year local elections
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November
• Elections
• MCCTF
begins to meet new legislators
• MCCTF sends bill requests to the Legislative
Service Bureau
via friendly legislators
• "Lame Duck" session begins and continues to sine die
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December
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December
• Adjourn sine die
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