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“Defective” Effective Dates

Posted: 3/3/2022 News Tags: conference, defective dates

We’re getting a lot of questions about what we call “defective” effective dates (effective dates far in the future, like July 1, 2050, or January 1, 2222) being put into bills. Rest assured, there’s no intention of the bill going off to the governor with that far ahead date intact.

These dates are added as placeholders and may facilitate discussion on bills that require cleanup work or negotiation. It’s…
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