Disposition of California Assembly Bills

Over the past sixteen years, I have tracked by each year of the 2-year California Legislative Sessions a series of actions related to bills. The following chart lists those seven actions per session year. The first figure is the number of Assembly Bills introduced each year; the second figure is the number of those ABs that passed off the Assembly Floor (and the percentage this figure represents of ABs introduced); the third figure is the number of ABs that were refused passage on the Assembly Floor, but excluding those that were granted reconsideration; the fourth figure is the number of ABs that did not reach the Assembly Floor (and the percentage this figure represents of ABs introduced); the fifth figure is the number of ABs enrolled and sent to the Governor’s Desk; the sixth figure is the number of ABs signed into law by the Governor (i.e., chaptered); and, the seventh figure is the number of ABs vetoed by the Governor. At the bottom of this chart, I include averages for each of these figures based upon the 16-year cumulative data.