The legislature passed 618 bills or resolutions this session out of a total 2,767 filed.
That gives the legislature a 22.3 percent rate for this session. The average has been remarkably consistant in recent years, according to statistics posted by legislative bill drafting guru Gerry Cohen.
Over the past five "long" sessions, the sessions that are held in non-election years and that begin in January, lawmakers passed between 17.2 percent of the bills introduced (2007) and this year's high of 22.3 percent.
Another notable tidbit: legislators introduced nearly 900 fewer bills during this long session than during the last: 3,645 bills in 2007 and 2,767 this year.
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