Appropriations Bills – California Globe

California Courts and Presentation of Fiscal Bills to the Governor

December 31, 2024 2:30 amDecember 31, 2024 6:35 am

Article IV, Section 12(c)(4) of the California Constitution requires appropriations bills to be presented to the Governor for final action after the Budget Bill has been enacted. How have California courts viewed this requirement? One case explores the actual timing...

Frequently Asked Questions about Constitutional Rules for California’s Budget

May 19, 2024 8:20 amMay 19, 2024 8:29 am

What is the formal name of a budget bill junior or a budget trailer bill? The budget bill junior and budget trailer bills are formally called “other bills providing for appropriations related to the budget bill.” Where are the rules...

Frequently Asked Questions about Timing of Appropriations Bills

March 17, 2024 10:12 amMarch 17, 2024 10:12 am

What are appropriations bills? Appropriations bills, as their name implies, appropriate funds from the General Fund or special funds to a designated entity for a designated purpose. Can these bills be adopted at any time during the Legislative Session? The...

Frequently Asked Questions About California Bill Referrals

January 23, 2024 6:00 amJanuary 23, 2024 2:40 pm

When does a bill usually get referred to committee? After the introduction of a new bill in the California Legislature, or upon a bill passing one house and moving over to the other house for further consideration, that measure must...

Possible New Approach for Appropriations Bills?

February 18, 2023 9:42 amFebruary 18, 2023 9:45 am

In reviewing the hundreds of new bill introductions for the 2023 California Legislative Session, I came across a possible new approach for appropriations bills. Will this approach take hold with other measures as well? The language is found in a...

A Closer Look at Appropriations Bills in the California Legislature

October 17, 2022 3:05 pmOctober 17, 2022 3:22 pm

In California, the main appropriations measure is the annual state budget bill. Article IV, Section 12(d) of the state Constitution provides that the budget bill is the main measure that may contain more than one item of appropriation. In addition,...

Some Stats from the 2021-22 Legislative Session

September 3, 2022 2:30 pmSeptember 3, 2022 2:34 pm

As the 2021-22 California Legislative Session draws to a close, and because I am a geek about these types of things, the following are several legislative data items, which could make for good cocktail party trivia (????): There were 4,476...