Every year the Assembly introduces House Resolution 1 just prior to the January start date of the Legislature. HR 1Â establishes the standing rules of the Assembly for the current legislative session. This year, I stumbled on a rule change which...
The purpose of this article is to provide general guidance to drafting bills and amendments in California. We first discuss some of the considerations for a bill drafter and then follow with examples of bill language addressing the major types...
One method to help ascertain the legislative intent behind a specified measure is a letter that is published in the Assembly Daily Journal or the Senate Daily Journal by the bill’s author. These letters, for which there are many each...