It was a record for the Arizona Legislature last week as they wrapped up business after 81 days, making it the shortest legislative session since 1968, according to records compiled by The Arizona Capitol Times.

Bills that passed included Gov. Doug Ducey’s bill to abolish the Weights and Measures Department, with the duties to be delegated to the Arizona Department of Transportation, and a new Weights and Measures Services Division at the Department of Agriculture.

The legislature acted on one of Ducey’s priorities that will allow Arizonans the option of obtaining a REAL ID license in order to comply with the federal government’s REAL ID program. Starting in January, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will no longer accept driver’s licenses that are not REAL ID compliant as identification for boarding domestic airline flights, and without passage of the law Arizonans would have needed a passport to fly within the United States.

Lawmakers also passed a bill that will automatically adjust tax brackets each year to account for inflation in order to prevent taxpayers from being pushed into a higher tax bracket if they get small raises. The move will cut state revenue by an estimated $15 million in the coming budget year and comes despite major state budget cuts.

Another bill conforming Arizona tax statutes to the federal tax code, which is estimated to reduce the state’s general fund by more than $30 million beginning with this budget, was also approved.

Arizona became the first state in the nation to require high school students to pass the U.S. citizenship test on civics before graduation under a bill approved by lawmakers.

Another bill that outlaws aggressive panhandling, such as begging near an ATM, repeatedly asking for money or touching someone while panhandling, was passed by lawmakers.

Some of the bills that did not survive the session include Ducey’s request to create an independent inspector general position that would root out waste, inefficiency, fraud, abuse and corruption in executive agencies.

Another bill that would stop the Common Core educational standards from being implemented also failed to get the necessary votes and died in the Senate.

In addition, Senator Sylvia Allen’s (R-Snowflake) proposed bill that would lengthen the time law enforcement officers had to respond to the outcome of an administrative discipline investigation from three days to 14 days died on the floor.