legislative session
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Meaning
legislative session (plural legislative sessions)
(law) The period of time in which a group of legislators elected together in a general election are able to enact legislation; usually one year if general elections are conducted annually, or two years if general elections are conducted biennially.
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You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this last legislative session while balancing their budget and maintaining their reserves - and might I add that our budget leaves $6 billion dollars in a rainy day fund?
There's a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that's very important to take into consideration when you are deciding what to do when.
We need to work our level best in this legislative session to help grow Montana's economy, so that grandchildren can stay in Montana, grandchildren can visit their grandmother and grandfather by driving across town, not flying across the country.
Barring a special session, lawmakers closed out the thirtieth Legislative session and will leave the Capitol either for good or until a new Legislature arrives in January.
By J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer After the recent 2012 Louisiana Legislative session, there are still many questions left unanswered.
Ted recently said (On Nick Fish's show in May) that this next Legislative session he would not let people go home until we had a vote on a civil union/anti-discrimination.