Prepare for the madness: this is crossover week at the legislature.
So-called "crossover" is a self-imposed deadline for bills that don't deal with money to clear one chamber or the other. Anything that doesn't make it by Thursday is dead. Which means this week will be one serious cram session for the state House and Senate.
The House will likely debate as many as 30 bills each day this week, more than double a typical workload. The Senate calendars will be full, too.
Among the bills in play: allowing schools to open earlier in August, banning cigarettes and cell phones in prisons, adding pet protection to domestic violence protection orders.
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