[Jack]

Lilred, I saw some coverage on the news about that bill to outlaw spanking.
Apparently, it's one of those bills that gets introduced to keep a noisy constituent happy, that has no chance of passage.
A lot of that kind of thing goes on, both at state and federal level. Some person or small group makes a pest of themselves- and a bill gets introduced, so that the legislator can say " I introduced your bill"...ergo earning pats on the back and campaign contributions. And sometimes just to get a pest off their back.
There's a huge difference between introducing a bill and backing it, promoting it, and getting other legislators to take it seriously and bring it up for a vote.
I suspect in the back rooms where the microphones aren't, this kinda conversation is going on: "Yeah, I had to introduce the fruitbat's bill, or she'd never shut up. Let's let it sit for a couple weeks and then file it under G."