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Some Statistics from the 2025-26 California Legislative Session

October 7, 2026 7:30 amOctober 7, 2026 7:31 am

Because I am a self-professed legislative geek, I share the following statistics from the recently-concluded 2025-26 California Legislative Session: There were 1,846 bills introduced during the 2026 Legislative Session. Of those bills: 583 were Senate Bills. 1,263 were Assembly Bills....

Summary of California Bills Per Session and Actions Taken – 2026 Edition

October 1, 2026 8:45 pmOctober 1, 2026 8:45 pm

The following research was updated in October 2026 in order to examine the major actions involving bills in the California Legislature over the past few years. I examined the following five categories of information for each year, as set forth...

Why Might a Bill Be Referred to More than One Committee?

September 27, 2026 2:30 amSeptember 27, 2026 2:31 am

Bills in the California Legislature are referred to at least one policy committee in each house, and just over 80% of those bills also get re-referred to the respective Appropriations Committees for a hearing on the fiscal impacts. In some...

Committee Versus Floor Lobbying

March 1, 2026 2:00 pmMarch 1, 2026 2:01 pm

Should you tackle committee lobbying differently than you do floor lobbying? Lobbying is lobbying, after all. While there are certainly some similarities between the two venues, there are also some important differences between lobbying legislation in a policy or fiscal...

How Many Bills Are on the Inactive Files?

January 1, 2026 8:34 pmJanuary 1, 2026 8:34 pm

As we begin the second year of the 2-year Session, we need to not only be concerned with 2-year bills in policy committees, but also those pending on the Floors. While there are quite a few bills on second house Inactive...

An Introduction to the California Legislature and the Legislative Process

November 2, 2025 2:00 pmNovember 2, 2025 2:01 pm

This general overview of the California legislative process is intended to acquaint those new to the State Capitol with basic information to appreciate different aspects of the process and some of the players in the legislative process. The website of...

How Many Bills Could We See in the 2026 Session?

October 21, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 21, 2025 2:01 pm

As we know, last December, the California State Assembly and Senate, in their respective house rules, reduced the limit on bill introductions by legislators for the biennium session. How will these limits impact 2026 bill introductions in the California Legislature?...