Lame duck yields lots of bills — and flourishes in veiled final hours

On the last day of its two-year term, the New Jersey Legislature acted on more than 150 bills, including proposals to increase tax credits by billions of dollars and another adding $120 million in spending to a state budget with a structural deficit of at least $1 billion.

An NJ Spotlight News analysis found that lawmakers took at least some action on more than 1,100 bills between Nov. 6 and Jan. 12, the last voting session of the Legislature’s two-year term. They introduced and amended bills, moved some through one or more committees and passed hundreds through the Assembly, Senate or both.