Snapshot of Bill Signing Messages
October 2024 2024 Gavin Newsom 10 ABs / 8 SBs 18 total 2023 Gavin Newsom 10 ABs / 8 SBs 18 total 2022 Gavin Newsom 12 ABs / 11 SBs 23 total 2021 Gavin Newsom 3 ABs / 5 SBs...
Tag: California Legislature
Chart of Placeholder Bills in the California Legislature
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
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
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
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
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
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...