Sine die
Final adjournment without setting another day to reconvene.
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Legislative terms, translated into operational meaning.
Short definitions for the terms that appear in state legislative tracking, session calendars, and procedural posture analysis.
Held in committee
A bill has not advanced out of the committee that received it.
Re-referred
A measure has been sent to another committee or procedural path.
Crossover
A deadline or point when a bill usually must pass one chamber to remain viable in the other.
Engrossed
A version of a bill prepared after amendment or chamber action; state usage varies.
Enrolled
A final form prepared after passage, often before presentation to the executive.
Suspense file
A fiscal-calendar holding process used in some states, most famously California.
Committee report
A committee action or recommendation that can advance, amend, or stop a bill.
Calendar
The agenda or schedule that controls whether a bill receives floor or committee action.
Companion bill
A related bill introduced in another chamber or jurisdiction.