It's conference committee time as we begin the final week of the 2026 legislative session (today is Monday, Feb. 23). When legislators are tussling over amendments between the House and Senate, bills get sent to a conference committee to try and work it out. And in the process… they can sneak just about anything into the bill, including provisions that passed one chamber but died in the other chamber. If the legislators reach an agreement, a conference committee report is sent to both chambers t