“A lot of what happened, didn’t happen,” said David Juvet, senior policy analyst of the Business and Industry Association, when describing the last legislative session interrupted by the pandemic, plagued by partnership, a session where multiple bills were hastily crammed into omnibus bills, and a lot of other bills landed on the table or the cutting room floor.

Two BIA post pandemic proposals never even made it into bills.

One would have waived the “trigger” mechanism that would increase business taxes if revenue plummeted below 6%. Republicans agreed to this when the economy was humming because they didn’t think it would happen, and therefore taxes would continue to decrease. But the pandemic threw that into doubt, which actually triggered a partisan debate that helped effectively shut down the House of Representatives, since Republican votes were needed to waive deadlines now exceeded because of the virus and they refused to give them unless the Democrats caved on the tax trigger. At deadline, it appears we will end the fiscal year down in revenue, but the trigger won’t be pulled this year and business taxes will remain at their current level.

The second non-bill would have put in safe harbor provisions that would prevent — or at least make it harder — for workers who came down with the virus from suing their employers, if the employers followed the state guidelines.

Neither gained any “traction” — a major disappointment, said Juvet.

Here are some other bills that didn’t make it this session:

• SB 629, which would establish a $1.50-a-ton solid waste disposal surcharge, used to help local governments reduce solid waste and recycle. The BIA opposed.

• HB 1200, which would have put off for four years using the single sales factor in determining business taxes. The BIA opposed.

• HB 1444, which would have adopted California’s auto emission standards. NH Auto Dealers Association opposed.

• HB 1160, which would have allowed municipalities to collect $2 rooms and meals tax to support a local fund to support tourism. The NH Lodging and Restaurant Association opposed.

• HB 1632 would have established a business profits tax deduction for income derived from a workforce housing development and HB 1629 would have streamlined the municipal approval process — bills supported by NH Home Builders and Remodelers Association and the NH Association of Realtors.

• HB 560 would have banned single-use carry-out plastic bags. NH Grocers Association opposed.