Leading Democrats on Beacon Hill indicated Wednesday they are willing to redo a major deadline calling for an end to official business before the campaign season kicks into gear; This is a potential rule change that could reshape the workflow in the Massachusetts Legislature.

House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka We faced demands for cultural reforms after closing the last official 23-hour session over the summer. just a few important offers to have crossed the finish line.

But in the months since, the Legislative Assembly has continued to work and some agreements have been made on high-profile bills. policy-laden jobs package.

Following a meeting with Gov. Maura Healey and Spilka on Wednesday afternoon, Mariano said he believed it was time to “reevaluate the challenges we’ve faced this year and perhaps ways we can improve and ensure we don’t repeat the performance.”

“We both said very strongly at the end of July 31 that this does not mean that this is over, that this does not mean that we are going to continue working,” the Quincy Democrat said. “We have fulfilled that commitment and if you think about it, we have completed a lot of things and maybe July 31st would be an arbitrary deadline.”

Under the common rules of the Legislature adopted by the House and Senate at the beginning of each biennial session, official legislative business must conclude by July 31 in the second year of the legislative session.

The rule was first implemented in the 1990s to prevent legislators from advancing policies or making decisions after Election Day, when politicians knew they would either not return to the State House or were safe from another two-year term.

But Beacon Hill has moved beyond history over the past few sessions, especially in 2020 when lawmakers were mired in the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic. decided to extend official work until autumn and consideration of specific bills, such as the police reform measure and the state budget.

This year, both branches took a similar approach.

Senate votes to remove recorded votes List of policies stuck in interchamber negotiations if agreement is reached. The House passed an order Wednesday allowing them to hold a formal session on Thursday, where action is expected on the jobs bill and potentially climate-focused legislation.

Spilka said reform of the July 31 deadline was “open to discussion.”

“I think our rules are constantly evolving depending on how the hearings go, depending on how our colleagues in the House and the Senate do, and I think all of that is open to debate,” he said at the State House on Wednesday. “So that will probably be part of the discussion.”