Pennsylvania lawmakers have been busy preparing memos pitching new legislation for the 2023–2024 session. Before laws are made and before a bill is written, legislative ideas start as a memo offering a rationale for the proposed legislation.
A bill based on the memo is presented at the committee level and rewritten if committee discussion calls for edits. This is a good time for the public to weigh in on new laws, but the public often does not know about proposed legislation until it is presented on the full chamber floor, if it gets that far.
