Regular legislative session through Apr. 18, 2015

First, while few new bills were introduced, almost all of them cracked the lists here:

THE GOOD: HB 779 by Rep. Erich Ponti would scale back further solar energy tax credits before their demise.

THE BAD: HB 777 by Rep. Karen St. Germain increases for a decade the tax on motor fuels sold at retail; HB 778 by St. Germain increases sales taxes for a decade for transportation spending.

Meanwhile, while typically in the first week of a session a small number of significant bills come up for a hearing, and especially in a shorter odd-year session, perhaps because there are relatively so many this year only one even got put on a committee agenda this past week, and then was put off. Thus, the first scorecard of the session:

SCORECARD:

Total number of bills, House: 779; total number of bills, Senate: 272.

Total number of good bills, House: 60; total number of good bills, Senate: 34.

Total number of bad bills, House: 98; total number of bad bills, Senate: 26.

Total House good bills heard in House committee: 0; total Senate good bills heard in Senate committee: 1.

Total House bad bills heard in House committee: 0; total Senate bad bills heard in Senate committee: 0.

Total House good bills passed by House committee: 0; total Senate good bills passed by Senate committee: 0.

Total House bad bills passed by House committee: 0; total Senate bad bills passed by Senate committee: 0.

Total House good bills approved by House: 0; total Senate good bills approved by Senate: 0.

Total House bad bills approved by House: 0; total Senate bad bills approved by Senate: 0.

Total House good bills heard in Senate committee: 0; total Senate good bills heard in House committee: 0.

Total House bad bills heard in Senate committee: 0; total Senate bad bills heard in House committee: 0.

Total House good bills approved by Senate committee: 0; total Senate good bills approved by House committee: 0.

Total House bad bills approved by Senate committee: 0; total Senate bad bills approved by House committee: 0.

Total House good bills approved by Senate: 0; total Senate good bills approved by House: 0.

Total House bad bills approved by Senate: 0; total Senate bad bills approved by House: 0.

Total House good bills going to governor: 0; total Senate good bills going to governor: 0.

Total House bad bills going to governor: 0; total Senate bad bills going to governor: 0.

Total House good bills signed by governor/filed with Secretary of State: 0; total Senate good bills signed by governor/filed with Secretary of State: 0.

Total House bad bills signed by governor/filed with Secretary of State: 0; total Senate bad bills signed by governor/filed with Secretary of State: 0.