Biennial sessions constitute a safeguard against rash and overly hasty legislative action.
Yearly meetings would contribute to legislative harassment of the administration and its agencies. The interval between sessions can be put to good advantage by individual legislators and interim study commissions, since there is never sufficient time during a session to study proposed legislation. The biennial system gives legislators more time to renew relationships with constituents, to mend political fences and to campaign for re-election. Annual sessions inevitably lead to a spiraling of legislative costs, since legislators and other assembly personnel are brought together twice as often. The responsibilities of a legislature have become so burdensome that they can no longer be discharged on an alternate-year basis.