Chart of Legislative Information Available

The following chart provides a listing of the types of information that is available on the California “LegInfo” website for legislation:

Topic	Explanation
Text	Complete text of bills with annotations to identify material added/removed due to amendments
History	Chronological listing of legislative activity for each bill (where the bill was heard, if amended, approved, etc.)
Status	Current location of a bill and pending action
Analyses	Staff reports describing the history and impact of the legislation and arguments of the groups supporting and opposing the bill
Comments to Author	Members of the public can submit comments to the author of the legislation
Compare Versions	Allows the reader to compare the introduced version of the measure to all subsequent versions (amended, enrolled, and chaptered)
Status	Provides the status of where the measure is currently located
Today’s Law As Amended	Allow the reader to compare existing law to the changes being proposed to be made by the legislation
Votes	Record of votes in committee and on the floor
Vetoes	Text of Governor’s veto message

Chris Micheli is an attorney and lobbyist with Snodgrass & Micheli, LLC, as well as an Adjunct Professor at McGeorge School of Law.