Update from the California Legislature

With the Legislature on its annual summer recess, it is a good opportunity to survey what has been happening with legislation between the two houses.

State Budget

First, the following is a summary of budget-related legislation so far this Session:

2020-21 Budget – 4 budget bills junior as part of early action items, along with 14 early action trailer bills

2021-22 Budget – 1 main budget bill and 3 budget bills junior, along with 28 trailer bills (including this morning’s measures)

That is 50 budget-related bills so far with more to come when the Legislature reconvenes on August 16

Committee Referrals

Second, the following charts have been updated to reflect second house bill referrals. These charts only list “original bill referrals,” meaning the first committee or sole committee of reference. So, bills that are double-referred are not reflected in these charts for their second committee referrals.

2021 Senate Committees and Original Bill Referrals

COMMITTEE	SBs Referred	ABs Referred	Total Referrals
Agriculture	6	11	17
Banking and Financial Institutions	10	9	19
Budget & Fiscal Review	91	96	187
Business, Professions and Economic Development	33	66	99
Education	39	66	105
Elections and Constitutional Amendments	21	10	31
Energy, Utilities and Communications	26	18	44
Environmental Quality	18	38	56
Governance and Finance	53	41	94
Governmental Organization	32	52	84
Health	55	63	118
Housing	17	28	45
Human Services	17	33	50
Insurance	4	4	8
Judiciary	36	65	101
Labor, Public Employment and Retirement	28	46	74
Military and Veterans Affairs	3	4	7
Natural Resources and Water	35	32	67
Public Safety	42	73	115
Transportation	28	27	55
TOTALS:	594	782	1,376

2021 Assembly Committees and Original Bill Referrals

COMMITTEE	ABs Referred	SBs Referred	Total Referrals
Accountability and Administrative Review	25	4	29
Aging and Long-Term Care	9	1	10
Agriculture	20	7	27
Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media	9	4	13
Banking and Finance	17	9	26
Budget	87	100	187
Business and Professions	79	19	98
Communications and Conveyance	13	7	20
Education	75	21	96
Elections	26	17	43
Emergency Management	27	6	33
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials	34	7	41
Governmental Organization	45	15	60
Health	129	58	187
Higher Education	54	7	61
Housing and Community Development	87	18	105
Human Services	55	13	68
Insurance	41	13	54
Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy	19	4	23
Judiciary	54	27	81
Labor and Employment	52	17	69
Local Government	52	29	81
Military and Veterans Affairs	5	6	11
Natural Resources	95	26	121
Privacy and Consumer Protection	33	4	37
Public Employment and Retirement	27	10	37
Public Safety	118	33	151
Revenue and Taxation	66	14	80
Transportation	70	16	86
Utilities and Energy	27	14	41
Waters, Parks, and Wildlife	31	17	48
TOTALS	1,485	543	2,028

Bill Actions

Third, the following is a summary of bill actions in the two houses thru July 15:

SENATE

SBs introduced – 828

SBs passed by Senate – 550

Senate passed 66% of the bills its Members introduced

SBs enrolled – 48

SBs chaptered – 27

(note that the Governor still has bills to be acted upon)

ASSEMBLY

ABs introduced – 1,593

ABs passed by Assembly – 792

ABs refused passage by Assembly – 7

Assembly passed 49.7% of the bills its Members introduced

ABs enrolled – 88

ABs chaptered – 70

(note that the Governor still has bills to be acted upon)

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