Legislators were apparently all too aware. The record shows that 1,321 “regular” bills were introduced between last Tuesday and Friday, 888 in the Assembly and 433 in the Senate. That breaks down to:

* 330.3 a day
* 13.8 an hour
*1.15 every five minutes

It’s also an average of 11 bills for each lawmaker, and it does not include bills introduced before last Tuesday. Nor does it include resolutions, proposed constitutional amendments or measures proposed in any of the eight special sessions that have run or are running concurrently with the regular session.

According to legislative staffers, this year’s crop was actually not too big, probably owing to the paucity of state funds. See? There’s always a silver lining…