Waiting Around on the Standings Bill

Lobbyists joke about what they'll be doing at the Capitol this week - we'll do some standing around, then there is that sitting around, then we'll try to predict when session will end. The last few days this hasn't been too far from the truth, but not without reason. Most people are waiting for the Standings Bill to appear from Senate chambers. Then the scene becomes hectic.

CSG will be looking for a few things to appear in the Standings Bill. One of those is the revived language from the Green Cleaning Bill, changed to suggest that school districts merely give preference to green cleaning products. We will also be looking for sections of language that will be bad for CSG clients - some of which may have been proposed as bills earlier in the session and defeated, like prevailing wage for one example. That's when the tough work will need to be done in a limited amount of time to get those items out of the Bill.

Some speculate we will see the Standings Bill come out yet tonight. Tomorrow is the more realistic probability.