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From easing the sale of water utilities to private companies to telling transgender students which bathroom to use, many high-profile — and controversial — legislative proposals have little chance of passage after the Assembly last week completed what leaders say was the final major floor session day.

Several bills — including those banning the sale of fetal tissue, repealing the state’s minimum markup law, legalizing fantasy sports and allowing concealed guns on school grounds and in university buildings — failed to pass muster in the Assembly.

The Senate plans to convene once more in March, but it won’t be able to advance to the governor bills the Assembly already passed over and it could choose not to vote on others the Assembly has approved.

Republican strategist and longtime lobbyist Brandon Scholz said based on conversations he’s had with legislative leaders, several factors prevented various bills from passing this session, including the state’s financial situation and timing.

“There is no magic standard of what should or should not pass,” Scholz said. “There are so many factors that go into it.”