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Another California Legislative Process Bill Example

March 23, 2023 5:29 pmMarch 23, 2023 5:34 pm

For those watching the Senate and Assembly Floors on Thursday, March 23, 2023, one bill jumped through several procedural hurdles in a single day. The bill is SBX1 – 2 (or SB 2x) dealing with the maximum gross gasoline refining...

Record Number of Bills Introduced in the 2023 California Legislative Session

February 18, 2023 8:40 amFebruary 18, 2023 8:44 am

Over the past decade, the California Legislature, and its 120 legislators, introduce between 1,900 and 2,500 bills per year, each year of the 2-year legislative sessions. While fewer than 50 additional bills get introduced after the deadline (e.g., due to...

How Can You Tell Which Daily File Is for the Special Session?

December 31, 2022 12:44 pmDecember 31, 2022 12:47 pm

For both the Assembly Daily File and the Senate Daily File, there are just two distinctions between the regular and special sessions: color and title. The color of the regular session publications is grey, like a traditional newspaper print. At...

Final Election Results Are Here at Last, and California’s GOP is Still in Decline

December 20, 2022 6:51 amDecember 20, 2022 7:42 am

On December 16, nearly 40 days after the November mid-term elections, California’s Secretary of State finally released the “Statement of Vote.” This document is the official and final record of the winners and losers. What is belatedly certain is what...

What Are the Joint Recesses in the First Year of Session in the California Legislature?

December 5, 2022 6:26 amDecember 5, 2022 6:28 am

The Joint Rules of the California State Senate and Assembly contain more than sixty provisions, including Joint Rule 51, which deals with the legislative calendar. Subdivision (a) of Joint Rule 51 deals with the first, or odd-numbered, year of the...

CA GOP Candidate Josh Hoover Defeats Assemblyman Ken Cooley in Assembly 7th District Election

November 29, 2022 7:27 pm

Assemblyman Ken Cooley (D-Rancho Cordova) conceded the Assembly District 7 election to Republican candidate Josh Hoover on Tuesday, ending one of the closest Assembly elections three weeks after election day. Cooley, who previously was the Mayor and a City Councilman...

Rain Won’t Hamper California’s Midterm Election Day

November 8, 2022 8:11 amNovember 8, 2022 4:19 pm

It’s cold and pouring rain in Northern California on Midterm Election Day 2022. Even in solid blue California, voters are excited, and some dare to be hopeful. Today’s weather won’t hamper the election. And to put a real point on...