VIDEO: Sen. Phil Fortunato: What happens when the clock strikes 5 p.m. on house of origin cutoff day?

In this update, Sen. Phil Fortunato explains how bills must clear specific deadlines, from committee hearings to executive action, through Rules, and onto the Senate floor, in order to stay alive. Miss a step, and the bill is dead for the session.

Fortunato also walks through what unfolded in the final half hour before cutoff, including a procedural move on the Senate floor and how a last-minute decision ultimately prevented the Fairfax Bridge Senate Joint Memorial from receiving a vote.