Now that we’ve concluded the 2008 short session of the North Carolina General Assembly, I’ve gone back and updated my post of May 23, 2008 comparing bill drafting requests for 2008, 2006, 2004, and 2002.
While our workload is up 78% comparing 2008 with 2002 and up 35% comparing 2008 with 2004, it was off 30% from 2006, which was a welcome relief.
TOTALS, all comparisons to end of each short session:
| 2008 | 2006 | 2004 | 2002 | ||
| Bill Drafting Div. | 1274 | 1927 | 889 | 714 | |
| Research Division | 273 | 269 | 258 | 154 | |
| Total Draft Requests | 1547 | 2196 | 1147 | 868 |
archive of workload posts is here.
Increase/Decrease
| % Change | ||||
| 2006 to 2008 | 2004 to 2008 | 2002 to 2008 | ||
| Bill Drafting Div. | -33.9% | +43.3% | +78.4% | |
| Research Division | +1.5% | +5.8% | +77.3% | |
| Total | -29.6% | +34.9% | +78.2% |
