What are placeholder bills? ✍️ #opbPoliticsNow

Lawmakers this session filed a record number of placeholder bills, which are often merely empty vessels of legislation that evolve into something more substantial later in the legislative process.

Reporters Dirk VanderHart and Lauren Dake dive into it on the latest episode of OPB Politics Now.

Learn more at opb.org/show/politicsnow

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