It is sometimes useful to contrast Indiana’s General Assembly with a local city council, even though there are obvious differences.
What they have in common is the fact that they are the legislative branch for their respective levels of government.
At Saturday’s 2023 Indiana NOW State Conference, state senator Shelli Yoder talked about the fact that during the 2024 legislative session, each senator will be allowed to put forward just five bills.
The limit on the number of bills is determined by the majority party, which is now the Republican Party.
Yoder is a Democrat. She said that when she first started serving in the senate the limit was 15, but has been ratched downward.
What’s the lay of the local legislative land? The group of nine councilmembers who will be sworn in on Jan. 1, 2024 are all Democrats. It has been an all-Democrat council since 2012.
How many pieces of legislation is a Bloomington city councilmember allowed to put forward in a given year? Continue reading “Column: How will Bloomington’s 2024 city council build its meeting agendas?”
