Normally, the Legislature is in regular session from January through June (and longer if the budget is not passed). It convenes again in mid-August through September in what is sometimes referred to as the “Governor Overides” session. The Legislative Calendar details important milestone dates during those periods. The regular session is often referred to as the “Current” session, or the “Prior” session.
In addition to regular session, the Legislature may be called into one or more “Extraordinary” sessions. Extraordinary sessions may, and often do, overlap (run concurrnet with) regular sessions. Bill introduced in an extraordinary are restricted to relate to the specific purpose for which the extraordinary session was called. Extraordinary sessions are referred to by the ordinal number corresponding to when they convened - - that is “First Extraordinary” and “Second Extraordinary” , etc.
It is interesting to note that the printed versions of all documents relating to a specific extraordinary session are on a specific colored paper -- the First Extraordinary session is printed on blue paper, the Second Extraordinary Session is printed on green paper, etc.
The computer documents are filed in directories according to session. The Current Regular session documents are filed under the “CURRENT” directory. The Prior Regular session documents are filed under the “PRIOR” directory. The Prior First Extraordinary session documents are filed under the “ PRIORX1” directory. The Current First Extraordinary session documents are filed under the “CURRX1” directory.