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Chart of Placeholder Bills in the California Legislature

September 25, 2024 2:48 pmSeptember 25, 2024 2:48 pm

As I have previously written, I believe we should use the term “placeholder bill” for those measures that are introduced in the California Legislature which lack substantive language. That is because I believe there is a clear distinction between a...

Additional Categories of Bills Over the Past Few Sessions

September 24, 2024 1:00 pmSeptember 24, 2024 1:01 pm

I have compiled another chart from the past sixteen years of the California Legislature and the number of bills each 2-year Session under 14 categories in comparison to the number of bills introduced that session. In the chart below, I...

Chart of Bills in Different Categories

September 22, 2024 1:32 pmSeptember 22, 2024 1:32 pm

In my continuing research regarding legislation and bill drafting in the California Legislature, I created a new chart that contains eleven categories of types of bills going back the last two decades for the 2-year Sessions. The categories include omnibus...

Chart of 72-Hour Bills in the California Legislature

September 21, 2024 5:58 pmSeptember 21, 2024 10:12 pm

Since the voters of California adopted Proposition 54 at the November 2016 General Elections, bills in the California Legislature must be “in print” and available on the Internet in their “final form” for at least 72 hours before a Floor...

Another Pitch for Reducing Bill Introductions in the California Legislature

September 20, 2024 1:00 pmSeptember 20, 2024 1:01 pm

Interestingly, only about a quarter of this country’s legislatures, including California, limits the number of bill introductions by their elected legislative officials. Of course, most state legislatures operate on a part-time basis. According to data from the National Conference of...

A Look Back at Bill Introductions in the California Legislature

September 19, 2024 2:30 amSeptember 19, 2024 2:31 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...

Historical Look at Special Sessions in California

September 18, 2024 6:55 pmSeptember 18, 2024 6:55 pm

In California, the Governor can call the Legislature into a Special Session (formally called an Extraordinary Session) pursuant to Article IV, Section 3(b) of the state Constitution. Looking over the past thirty years, the following are the Special Sessions by...