They haven't been printed, so they are dead. It is probably a pre-election statement by the sponsors -- see, we tried.

According to the experts there is no such thing as a "call" - rather, the formal term is a message. I dpn't kn ow where the term "call" came from. Maybe others know.

As for germaneness, if there is money attached, or if the leadership decides they want it, I think they can let it go.

Judy

On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 10:38 AM Akkana Peck <akkana@shallowsky.com> wrote:

Newbie question for the veteran legislature-watchers:

I was looking through the bills filed yesterday, and wondering about
all the anti-abortion bills, HB208, HB209, HB210. Abortion wasn't on
the Governor's call, so why, several days after the call, are
legislators filing new abortion bills now? Aren't they just going to
be declared not germane? Is it a deliberate time-wasting tactic?

Of course, there are lots of other bills that don't seem germane
either, and I wonder about all of them, but the abortion issue seems
particularly clear. Why would legislators file bills after the call
on topics they know weren't in the call?

(And for those of us new to this, why is the Governor's message
called a "call"?)

...Akkana
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