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The flood of bills is finally over. Monday marked the last day for new bill introduction, with the exception of striker amendments. 1,707 bill, memorials and resolutions have been introduced. The last day for bills to be heard in their chamber of origin is next Friday, February 21 ^st , unless the chambers vote to extend the deadline. So if a bill has not been heard in committee by the end of next week, it is dead unless revived through a striker. We expect very long committee hearings next week. Several AACo bill made progress this week. SB1393 , Adult Jail Education Fund, passed the Senate Education committee unanimously and the bill is on the agenda for the Senate Appropriations committee on Tuesday, February 18 ^th at 2:00pm. Another AACo bill, HB2414 , Diversion Funding , made it through the House Appropriations committee unanimously, with many legislators commenting that this is the kind of criminal justice reform that they want to see more of. HB2581 , Dangerous/Incompetent/Non-Restorable , was held last week due to time constraints but it is on the agenda for next Wednesday, February 19 ^th at 8:30am in HHR4.