claim: the 2015 legislature "passed the fewest laws in 20 years."
author: greg abbott
evidence_1: jun 5, 2016 ... greg abbott recently celebrated the 2015 texas legislative session, which ended  ... the 2015 legislature “passed the fewest laws in 20 years.
evidence_2: jun 1, 2016 ... the past five years account for a quarter of all abortion restrictions enacted ... as  state legislatures across the country wrap up their 2016 sessions, one of ...  abortion bans after 20 weeks, making them the 16th and 17th states to do so. ...  at least three (contested) studies released in 2007 appeared to show ...
evidence_3: this table breaks down the bills and resolutions introduced in each two-year  congress by their final status. ... congress, enacted laws, passed resolutions,  got a vote, failed legislation, vetoed bills (w/o ... jan 6, 2015 .... -dec 20, 1974  .... young americans have historically been the least involved in politics, despite  the ...
evidence_4: jan 11, 2018 ... the gop-led 115th congress enacted a total of 97 laws last year, the ... that was  18 fewer than in 2015, the first year of the 114th congress, when ... also enacted  the sixth-fewest substantive laws (83) in its first year, six fewer than in 2015. in  our occasional examinations of congress' legislative productivity, ...
evidence_5: each year, the number of states considering legislation related to ... sixteen  states introduced legislation in 2015, up from 12 states in 2014, nine states and ...  since 2012, at least 41 states and d.c. have considered legislation related to ....  extends the sunset date of the law allowing the testing of vehicle platooning with  less ...