Yesterday was the first legislative cutoff of this session. All policy bills had to be out of their committee of origin by yesterday afternoon or likely will receive no further consideration this session.

This means that I can bring you an update today, and more importantly, it means that I can begin writing erotica again!

Rep. Barbara Bailey’s anti-pornography bill is a policy bill, and it did not make the cutoff. It likely will not be considered further this session.

Rep. Mark Miloscia’s pornography tax bill is a fiscal bill, so it is not subject to any legislative cutoff. It could still be considered up until the moment the Legislature adjourns Sine Die, but the Chairman of the Finance Committee has stated that he will not move the bill, so it too will likely not receive further consideration this session.

The wonderful news is that both bills seem to be dead.

The bad news is that both bills will be back under consideration 11 short months from now when the legislature re-convenes. They will not truly be dead until the legislature adjourns Sine Die next year, likely in March.

Activism from you, and from other adult blog readers, dealt both of these bills extremely quick deaths this year, and with luck we will be able to do the same thing next year.

In the meantime, I might suggest that three more telephone calls or email messages would be helpful. Three legislators seem to be the driving force behind this nonsense, two Democrats and one Republican. If we can convince them to stop pushing we will win next year's battle before it even begins.

Representative Mark Miloscia

Representative Barbara Bailey

Representative Al O’Brien

With that, back to the fun part of life!