Friday marked the last day of the Kentucky legislative session. This session was 30 days, and lawmakers stayed busy. "It's been a very long, short session," said Sen. David Yates, a Democrat from Louisville and the Senate Minority Whip. "We've gone through a lot of different bills. There's been some heartache, but some wins."Lawmakers filed more than 800 bills in the House and another 300 in the Senate this session."I'm very proud of what we've done," said Sen. Max Wise, a Republican from Campbellsville and the Senate Majority Floor Leader. "You know, we said as a Senate our responsibilities that when we came in here, we were going to be focused, we were going to get right to work, and we were going to get things passed for the Commonwealth." They spent the final day addressing the remaining bills that needed approval."Primarily, we're doing cleanup, concurrence bills from the Senate, making sure that our draft matches their draft, things like that," said Rep. Lindsey Burke, a Democrat from Lexington and the House Minority Whip. It was a quieter day than Thursday, when lawmakers overrode many vetoes by Gov. Andy Beshear. These included bills revising Kentucky's abortion law, banning DEI at public universities, and more. "Some of the other things that we have a lot of concern," said Yates. "At this point, once they go into law, I turn to just hoping for the best, looking to the governor to still veto what he can and rely on the judiciary." Wise says Republicans felt strong in their overrides. "We stepped up and showed that we were going to listen towards the Commonwealth of Kentucky and make sure that we're not just listening just to the governor's overreach that he may be doing with the executive branch and wanted to say, 'Hey, we're setting the policy, we're setting the tone for the Commonwealth,'" Wise said.Looking ahead, lawmakers are focused on next year's session, a budget year. "That's our number one focus," said Wise. "And everything else will be secondary, because the budget is the most important bill that we'll get out next session, but we still will have plenty of bills."Lawmakers say while they'll be hard at work getting ready for next year's session, they're ready to do what they can."So I'm sure that we'll be working through the summer and fall to get ready for next session," said Burke. "And I am eager and enthusiastic to be part of those conversations. I hope that the majority will allow us to be part of them."