Technical Changes Made to Existing Laws by the Legislative Counsel Bureau in 2021-22
Some are due to our state’s change to gender-neutral drafting
By Chris Micheli, October 19, 2022 3:05 pm
In their ongoing efforts to clean-up California’s 29 Codes and modernize statutory language, the Office of Legislative Counsel makes technical changes to existing laws as it comes across statutes in need of these changes. Some are due to our state’s change to gender-neutral drafting, while other changes reflect modern drafting practices.
The following are most of the technical changes that are recurring changes in California bills during the 2021-22 California Legislative Session. Note that many of these changes are dependent upon the context in which they are used.
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