2020 California summer recess extension COVID-19

Legislature to Postpone January 2021 Session Return By a Week

December 22, 2020 1:31 pmDecember 22, 2020 1:31 pm

On Monday, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) and Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) announced that the California Legislature will delay their winter session return from January 4th to January 11th. The decision was largely made due to...

More Bills Pulled Due To Limited Summer Session

July 31, 2020 5:57 pm

On Friday, several more bills in the Assembly and Senate were dropped for the January 2021 session due to an increasingly compressed schedule to finish out the current session by the end of August. A shortened session, less time for...

EDD Audit Hearing Cancelled by Democratic Legislators

July 29, 2020 2:44 pm

On Tuesday, Democratic Legislators in the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) announced that the planned hearing over issuing an audit of the Employment Development Department (EDD) was cancelled, angering Republican leaders who had been pushing for such an audit. August...

Assembly, Senate Return To Abbreviated COVID-19 Session

July 27, 2020 6:16 pmJuly 28, 2020 11:23 am

On Monday, state Assembly members and Senators returned to the State Capitol Building in Sacramento to finish off a shortened session set to end on August 31st. For most of July, both the Senate and the Assembly have been unable...

Assembly, Senate Set To Vote Remotely, By Proxy This Session

July 23, 2020 9:30 pm

On Thursday, both houses of the California Legislature announced plans on how lawmakers not at the Capitol Building in Sacramento could still vote on bills. Proxy and remote voting temporarily allowed in legislature Both houses will employ different methods of...