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Overview of the California Assembly Rules

April 30, 2022 4:10 pmApril 30, 2022 4:13 pm

On the first day of the start of each two-year legislative session, the Assembly adopts rules for its internal procedures. For the 2021-2022 Session, the Standing Rules of the Assembly are contained in House Resolution 1 (Cooley). The following are...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

Dealing with Federal or Local Preemption in Legislation

April 30, 2022 7:40 amApril 30, 2022 7:48 am

California legislation at times needs to consider the impact of federal laws as well as local laws and the impact of California statutes. There are times when the Legislature has to consider that a statute it enacts does not get...

California Fair Political Practices Commission Regulations

April 29, 2022 3:37 pmApril 29, 2022 2:19 pm

There are 27 Titles of the California Code of Regulations, which contain the thousands of regulations in effect in the State of California. In Title 2, “Administration,” Division 6, there are regulations for the Fair Political Practices Commission. The California Fair Political Practices Commission...

Contingencies in California Legislation

April 29, 2022 8:23 amApril 29, 2022 8:25 am

Bills in the California Legislature sometimes contain language that make the bill’s provisions contingent upon funding or some other circumstance. These are different than “contingent enactment” language which makes a bill’s enactment contingent upon passage of another measure, such as...

California Secretary of State Regulations

April 28, 2022 4:17 pmApril 28, 2022 4:20 pm

There are 27 Titles of the California Code of Regulations, which contain the thousands of regulations in effect in the State of California. In Title 2, “Administration,” Division 7, there are regulations for the Secretary of State. The following is...

AB 35 Deal to Modify Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975

April 28, 2022 10:27 amApril 28, 2022 10:37 am

On April 27, Assembly Bill 35 (which had dealt with false information and was authored by former Assemblyman Ed Chau) was gutted and amended to revise the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA) statute. AB 35 is now...

Legislative Grants of Rulemaking Authority

April 28, 2022 6:04 amApril 28, 2022 6:08 am

Pursuant to Article IV of the California Constitution, the legislative branch of state government is granted authority to make laws. The Legislature also has the power to delegate some of its lawmaking authority to the executive branch (called “delegation of...