Republican lawmakers

Department of Labor and Department of Finance secretaries wrote in a letter to legislative leadership they would provide a report in July for review, but House Republican Leader Mike Ramone worries that could be starting the process too late.

GOP legislators propose legislation to create a deadline for bills to cross from one chamber to the next, as well as raise the threshold to suspend the rules in either chamber.

One bill announced by the Republican Caucus is an effort to prohibit organizations employing budget-writing legislators from receiving state money through key spending bills.