Information regarding definitions of terms and column headings used in the far.
Calendar Types click to expand contents
Regular Calendar (Senate) List of general bills to be heard on the Floor for the day |
Floor Calendar (House) List of general bills to be heard on the Floor for the day |
Dispute Calendar (Senate) List of bills in which the chambers don’t agree |
Concurrence Calendar (Senate) List of bills in which the chambers agree |
Concurrence/Dispute Calendar (House) Combined lists of bills in which the chambers either agree or don’t agree |
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. |
Gubernatorial Calendar (Senate) List of gubernatorial appointments |
Suspension Calendar (House) List of bills which will have little or no debate and if there are amendments, they are small and technical. |
Consent Calendar (Senate) List of bills which will have little or no debate and if there are amendments, they are small and technical. |
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 click to expand contents
Flag Abbreviations and Other Symbols | |
Abbreviation | Description |
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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 click to expand contents
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) |
Selected calendar The calendar you selected to view from the FAR |
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) |
Current working calendars The active version of all calendars for the current day |
Previous Calendars Calendars that were previously displayed in the FAR |
Columns click to expand contents
CO This is the order in which bills were put onto the calendar from the Rules Committee |
Added to List Date that a bill was added to the Floor Activity Report |
Flag Special notations about a bill (see legend) |
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 |
Description Description of the bill |
Chair/Sponsor Chair=Chair of the committee to which the bill is introduced; Sponsor=Prime sponsor of bill |
Pg# In the Senate, this refers to which page in the printed calendar the bill report appears. |
Floor Action How the chamber voted on the bill—click the link to view the roll call |
Action Date Date roll call was taken on the bill |
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 |