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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hrdware" data-source="post: 2696618" data-attributes="member: 24475">That is correct.  A shell bill just means a legislator has submitted something they want to get a bull number on.  It doesn't do anything and won't be brought up for a vote.  However later in the session, if they want to run a bill they didn't have the language for before the bills were due, they can file an amendment to change the text of the bill and have it brought up for a vote.It's kind of like a safety net in case they want to do something after the bill due date of the bill.  These are included because they were created as something like "Oklahoma Firearms Freedom Act" and my search hit on firearms.  In actuality, these bills could be used to change something related to auto insurance by the time an amendment is filed and approved.</blockquote>