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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Rep. McQueen
/Sen. Woods
LAST UPDATED
ORIGINAL DATE 2/5/2025
SHORT TITLE Limit Number of Bill Intros by Member
BILL
NUMBER
House Concurrent
Resolution 1
ANALYST Leger
ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT*
(dollars in thousands)
Agency/Program
FY25 FY26 FY27
3 Year
Total Cost
Recurring or
Nonrecurring
Fund
Affected
No fiscal impact
Indeterminate
but minimal
Indeterminate
but minimal
Indeterminate
but minimal
Recurring General Fund
Total No fiscal impact
Indeterminate
but minimal
Indeterminate
but minimal
Indeterminate
but minimal
Recurring General Fund
Parentheses ( ) indicate expenditure decreases.
*Amounts reflect most recent analysis of this legislation.
Relates to House Bill 256
Sources of Information
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of House Concurrent Resolution 1
House Concurrent Resolution 1 (HCR1) amends the joint rules of the House and Senate to limit
the number of bills a member can introduce or sponsor in a regular legislative session. A member
of the House or Senate shall not introduce more than five bills. For bills jointly sponsored, a bill
will have one lead sponsor whose name will be listed first with no more than four other sponsors
and unlimited co-sponsors. Members are limited to lead five jointly sponsored bills.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The cost to implement HCR1 could be absorbed in the operating budgets for the House and
Senate chief clerks.
With a limit on the number of bills introduced, the full-time legislative agencies responsible for
researching and drafting legislation, as well as writing fiscal impact reports, may recognize
budget savings. A review of contracts listed on the legislative website show multiple contracts
that range from $10 thousand to $25 thousand for the 2025 legislative session for research,
drafting, and writing of fiscal impact reports.
House Concurrent Resolution 1 – Page 2
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
If members are limited to introduce or lead five bills in a legislative session, no more than 560
bills can be introduced.
The table below shows the number of bills introduced and the number of legislators who have
introduced less than five bills between the 2020 and 2024 legislative session. As of 2/4/2025,
555 bills have been introduced. The figures do not include resolutions, joint memorials, joint
resolutions, or memorials.
Legis lative
year
# of bills
introduced
# of legislators
introducing < 5
2020* 727 63
2021 805 50
2022* 503 83
2023 1,084 34
2024* 658 64
* 30-day session LFC files
RELATIONSHIP
HCR1 relates to House Bill 256, which removes the deadline for introducing legislation for any
regular session of the legislature.
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