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2025 Session Governor Bill Signing Messages

October 14, 2025 2:09 pmOctober 14, 2025 2:09 pm

Like governors before him, Governor Gavin Newsom on occasion includes a “signing message” with bills that he has signed. Although only veto messages are specified in the California Constitution, governors have historically used signing messages to express their intent or...

Ship Masters and Cargo

October 14, 2025 2:30 amOctober 14, 2025 2:31 am

Division 4, Chapter 2 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with ship masters and cargoes. Section 800 provides that the master of a vessel is appointed by and holds his or her appointment at the pleasure of the...

Requiring a Repeal of a Statute

October 13, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 13, 2025 2:01 pm

I came across a bill during the 2025 California Legislative Session that contains the following provision: Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2031. Why does a bill contain this provision? We...

Licenses by For-Hire Vessel Operators

October 13, 2025 2:30 amOctober 13, 2025 6:16 am

Division 3, Chapter 5, Article 3 deals with for-hire vessel operators’ license. Section 760 defines the term “for-hire vessel” with two specified exceptions. Section 761 provides that no for-hire vessel, while carrying passengers for hire, is to be operated or...

Registration and Enforcement of Protective Orders

October 12, 2025 2:30 amOctober 13, 2025 6:17 am

California’s Family Code, in Division 10, Part 4, Chapter 3 deals with the registration and enforcement of protective orders and other domestic violence prevention orders. Section 6380 required each county to develop a procedure, using existing systems, for the electronic...

General Provisions of Marital Agreements

October 11, 2025 2:30 amOctober 11, 2025 8:05 am

California’s Family Code, in Division 4, Part 5, Chapter 1, provides general provisions for marital agreements in this state. Section 1500 provides that the property rights of spouses prescribed by statute may be altered by a premarital agreement or other...

Eureka! Here Are All the The Golden State’s Official State-Designated Items of

October 10, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 10, 2025 2:01 pm

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. In 2025, Governor Newsom signed...