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A Look at 2023 Bill Introductions and Members, Plus Committee Assignments

September 24, 2023 3:20 pmSeptember 24, 2023 7:26 pm

In the California Legislature, both the State Senate and State Assembly have a limit on the number of bills that can be introduced during each 2-year Session. I reviewed all of the bill introductions during the 2023 Session to determine...

Additional Categories of Bills Over the Past Few Sessions

September 23, 2023 3:45 pmSeptember 24, 2023 7:26 pm

Last week, I put together a chart from the past fifteen years of the California Legislature and the number of bills each 2-year Session under 14 categories in comparison to the number of bills introduced that session. In the following...

Number of California Bills by Code

September 23, 2023 10:52 amSeptember 24, 2023 7:26 pm

I have often wondered about the number of bills in the California Legislature each year that affect the twenty-nine different codes. California’s 29 Codes, beginning with the Business & Professions Code and ending with the Welfare & Institutions Code, contain...

California Moving Proposed Constitutional Amendments to November 2024 Ballot

September 22, 2023 2:45 amSeptember 22, 2023 2:46 am

Senate Bill 789 (by Senators Allen and Wiener) is moving two legislative measures from the March 2024 ballot to the November general election next year. Specifically, SCA 2 and ACA 5, which had been anticipated to be on the primary...

Categories of Bills per Legislative Session

September 20, 2023 4:52 pmSeptember 20, 2023 6:27 pm

In reviewing bills over the past fifteen years in the California Legislature, I compiled the following chart which includes some of the common categories of bills. The chart is broken down by session year and number of bills introduced. Thereafter,...

AB 316 Contains Interesting ‘Legislative Geek’ Provisions

September 19, 2023 4:11 pmSeptember 19, 2023 4:11 pm

Pending on the Governor’s Desk is Assembly Bill 316, which deals with autonomous vehicles. In reading the bill’s provisions, I came across a few interesting provisions for legislative geeks like myself. I don’t offer an opinion about the bill itself,...

California Bills: Introduced Versus Enacted

September 19, 2023 12:00 pm

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 the number of bills that ultimately get signed into law or...