Information regarding definitions of terms and column headings used in the far.
Calendar Types
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Regular Calendar (Senate) List of general bills to be heard on the Floor for the day |
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Floor Calendar (House) List of general bills to be heard on the Floor for the day |
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Dispute Calendar (Senate) List of bills in which the chambers don’t agree |
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Concurrence Calendar (Senate) List of bills in which the chambers agree |
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Concurrence/Dispute Calendar (House) Combined lists of bills in which the chambers either agree or don’t agree |
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Conference Calendar (House/Senate) When House/Senate can’t come to an agreement a conference committee is created to resolve the issue. This calendar contains the bills considered by the Conference Committee. |
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Gubernatorial Calendar (Senate) List of gubernatorial appointments |
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Suspension Calendar (House) List of bills which will have little or no debate and if there are amendments, they are small and technical. |
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Consent Calendar (Senate) List of bills which will have little or no debate and if there are amendments, they are small and technical. |
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Order of Consideration (House/Senate) List of bills shown in the order that they are considered on the House/Senate floor |
Flag Abbreviations and Other Symbols
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| a | Amended |
| $ | Appropriations bill |
| f | State fiscal note |
| d | Department sponsor |
| e | Governor sponsor |
| b | Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee (JLARC) sponsor |
| o | Other sponsor |
| # | Local fiscal note |
| c | Companion bill |
| A (next to bill #) | Floor amendment |
| C (next to bill #) | Committee amendment |
Calendar and Chamber Activity categories in the FAR
| Calendar and Chamber Activity categories in the FAR |
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Calendar for current bills The calendar that contains the bill currently being debated on the Floor (this may not reflect today’s date, as calendars can be reused for multiple days) |
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Selected calendar The calendar you selected to view from the FAR |
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Current Chamber Activity House/Senate Display Boards, the bill currently on the floor, and the bill to be discussed next (if it has been specified) |
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Current working calendars The active version of all calendars for the current day |
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Previous Calendars Calendars that were previously displayed in the FAR |
Columns
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CO This is the order in which bills were put onto the calendar from the Rules Committee |
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Added to List Date that a bill was added to the Floor Activity Report |
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Flag Special notations about a bill (see legend) |
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Rdg Applicable reading of the bill: 1st reading: Bill Introduction 2nd reading: Floor discussion 3rd reading: Floor vote on final passage NOTE: 2nd and 3rd readings may be combined for a bill |
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Description Description of the bill |
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Chair/Sponsor Chair=Chair of the committee to which the bill is introduced; Sponsor=Prime sponsor of bill |
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Pg# In the Senate, this refers to which page in the printed calendar the bill report appears. |
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Floor Action How the chamber voted on the bill—click the link to view the roll call |
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Action Date Date roll call was taken on the bill |
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Committee Info Abbreviated actions taken by a committee e.g., CB DPS11 means that a substitute of the bill (DPS) was passed by eleven members of the Capital Budget (CB) committee |
