During each legislative session, legislators identify issues
they want to study in more depth. They appoint interim
committees to conduct these and other studies during the
interims between sessions. The House and Senate leadership
decides on who will be on the interim committees for the
interim. Therefore, the members of the interim committees serve
one 20 month term. The committees often invite experts to
present information to them. Members of the public also get a
chance to have their say. Legislators use what they learn from
the interim studies to make well-informed decisions about what
bills to consider during the next session. The administrative
committees oversee management of the legislative branch of state
government also meet during the interim.