It’s been an extremely busy past few weeks as we worked toward the March 11 deadline to pass measures that originated in our chamber. We had a few late nights, but when it was all said and done, we passed more than 450 measures that now move to the House of Representatives for consideration. We began the session with more than 1,050 measures, so we narrowed these down by a little more than half.

Just as we’re sending our approved measures to the House, they’ll send their House Bills that they approved to our chamber for consideration, and we’re now beginning the process of assigning these bill...