In reviewing gubernatorial signing messages over the past two decades, I compiled the following chart of bills that have signing messages. The chart includes the session year, the Governor, the bill number and author, and the subject of the bill....
The following research was updated in October 2024 in order to examine the major actions involving bills in the California Legislature over the past eighteen years. I examined the following five categories of information for each year, as set forth...
California’s Unemployment Insurance Code in Division 1, Part 1, Chapter 5, Article 4 deals with overpayments. Section 1375 provides that any person who is overpaid any amount of benefits under this part is liable for the amount overpaid unless any...
I am often asked about the number of bills that get introduced each year in comparison to the number of bills that actually get to the Governor’s Desk, and then the number of bills that ultimately get signed into law...
In California’s Government Code, Title 1, Division 2, Chapter 2, which is titled “State Flag and Emblems,” there are a series of state-designated items. In 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed three bills making additional designations. The following is the list...
Now that the 2024 California Legislative Session has concluded, and final bill actions were completed by Governor Gavin Newsom by September 30, which is the constitutional deadline, we can answer the often-posed question about the number of bills that reach...
Section 69941 authorizes a superior court to appoint as many competent phonographic reporters, to be known as official reporters of the court, and the official reporters pro tempore, as are deemed necessary for the performance of the duties and the...