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Historical Look at Bills That Became Law Without the Governor’s Signature

November 3, 2025 2:00 pmNovember 3, 2025 2:01 pm

In California, the Governor has three options when a bill reaches his desk: sign the bill (and it becomes a statute), veto the bill (and the bill does not become law, unless the Legislature overrides the veto), or allow the...

How Many Bills Historically Get to the Governor’s Desk?

October 29, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 29, 2025 2:01 pm

Over the past four decades, thousands of bills have reached the Governor’s Desk. The vast majority of those measures get signed into law, with a small percentage being vetoed. The lowest veto rate was just over 1% by Governor Jerry...

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?...

How Many Bills Has Governor Newsom Considered?

October 16, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 16, 2025 8:51 pm

Now that the 2025 Legislative Session has ended and, as we head into the second and final year of the biennium session and Governor Gavin Newsom’s last year in office, how many bills have reached the Governor’s Desk? And how...

Three Items of Interest From the 2025 Budget Bill Junior

June 24, 2025 8:44 pmJune 24, 2025 8:46 pm

In reviewing some of the provisions of the 2025 Budget Bill Junior, I came across these three items of particular interest: First, here are the listed trailer bills in the Budget Bill Junior, so these bills are related to the...

California Legislative House of Origin Suspense File Details

May 26, 2025 10:11 amMay 26, 2025 10:11 am

Friday, May 23 was the deadline for fiscal committees to act on measures in their house of origin for the 2025 California Legislative Session. This article takes a snapshot of the actions of the two Appropriations Committees by the fiscal...

What Comes After Reducing Bill Limits?

January 14, 2025 2:30 amJanuary 14, 2025 6:21 am

Now that the bill introduction limits have been reduced in both the Assembly (thank you, Speaker Rivas) and Senate (thank you, PT McGuire), I hope that a few other things might change in the legislative process. First, in light of...