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‘Dummy bills’ can create new, resurrect old bills

Wednesday was the deadline for members to introduce legislation, but there are still opportunities to get measures to the floor for debate even if they haven’t been introduced yet. Each legislative session a set number of empty bill templates are filed, then later amended. These bills are informally known as “dummy bills” and are sometimes used […]