*** 2009 LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR

Opening Day - Jan. 14: Assemble to organize by election of officers and open and publish election returns.

First Day - Feb. 11: First day of session.

Twentieth Day - March 2: Submission of Legislative Rule-Making Review bills due.

Forty-first Day - March 23: Last day to introduce bills in the Senate and the House. Does not apply to originating or supplementary appropriation bills. Does not apply to Senate or House resolutions or concurrent resolutions.

Forty-seventh Day - March 29: Bills due out of committees in house of origin to ensure three full days for readings.

Fiftieth Day - April 1: Last day to consider bill on third reading in house of origin. Does not include budget or supplementary appropriation bills.

Sixtieth Day - April 11: Adjournment at Midnight.