It’s crossover today, a crucial deadline for all pieces of legislation that must pass out of their committee(s) of jurisdiction, or else they are dropped for the session.

• Next Friday is crossover for the money committees and bills involving the expenditure or collection of funds.

• This, of course, isn’t an inelastic rule and is stretched or broken all of the time; to the well-acquainted, everything can still move if given the right opportunity. 

• That said, it is an important milestone, and you’ll see committees start working on legislation sent to them by the other chamber now that they’ve dedicated 11 weeks to their own priorities to make the deadline.

• And a clock is set on adjournment, from here, folks have until the budget is done to complete their work. 

In this week’s update:

• Quick overview of crossover activity 
• Housing crisis enters new, more dire phase 
• Legislature grapples with failed school budgets 
• The Laundry List