BOSTON (SHNS) - Lawmakers have less than eight weeks to take action on priority bills before the next formal session begins, sending all current bills back to the drawing board. After the formal session ended on July 31, a host of major bills have been stuck in a conference committee, where the Massachusetts House and Senate negotiate a compromised version of the bill to send to the governor. Massachusetts lawmakers on what might change after election All eyes on Beacon Hill have been on five sweeping bills: a clean energy bill, a job-creating economic development bill, a hospital oversight and reforms bill, a bill dealing with prescription drug pricing, and a substance use disorder bill. The conference committee in charge of the clean energy bill has reached an agreement and the Senate approved it, but the speaker of the house says he will not be bringing the compromise to a vote until an agreement is reached on the economic development bill. Governor Healey says she has received "commitment" from leadership that the economic development bill will pass. A major part of the substance use disorder bill is overdose prevention centers, where drug users can use sterile supplies to take drugs under the supervision of trained medical professionals. Top democrats are split on whether these centers should be allowed, indefinitely stalling the bill. As for hospital reform and prescription drug pricing, the Speaker of the House said he was "pretty confident" these bills would pass in the early hours of August 1, but no public progress has been made since. If these bills fail to pass, lawmakers will have to start the process from the beginning, by reintroducing and drafting the bill again. Local News Headlines Memorial Bridge lamp post removal update Regional leaders recognized during ‘Super 60 Awards’ in Springfield Time is running out on several priority bills in Massachusetts State House Spotlight: Election aftermath WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.