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Total Measures Considered in Prior Legislative Sessions

October 20, 2024 8:51 amOctober 20, 2024 8:52 am

What are the total number of legislative measures introduced in prior session? In the California Legislature, there are three types of legislative measures: bills, constitutional amendments, and resolutions. There are three types of resolutions: house, concurrence, and joint. And, there...

Can Proposition 54 and the 72-house in Print Rule Be Waived?

June 25, 2024 10:00 amJune 25, 2024 10:01 am

Proposition 54, which was enacted by the voters at the November 2016 general election, adopted constitutional and statutory changes dealing with bill amendments and recordings of legislative proceedings. The proponents of Prop. 54 (in ballot arguments) were specifically concerned with...

What Are All of the Legislative Measures?

September 29, 2022 4:40 pmSeptember 29, 2022 4:43 pm

Citizens of this state are most familiar with bills, which propose to add, amend, or repeal statutes, and require final action by the Governor. But the California Legislature considers several other types of legislative measures, which generally do not require...

Teaching Law Students the Intricacies of Legislative Drafting

May 16, 2022 3:40 pmMay 16, 2022 9:19 am

At the University of California, Davis King Hall School of Law, the author co-teaches a 2-unit, semester-length course dedicated entirely to legislative drafting. Meeting weekly for 2-hour sessions, students in this course are provided practical experience in researching, analyzing, and...

Some Differences in Drafting Types of Legislative Measures

October 10, 2020 8:16 amOctober 12, 2020 11:13 am

In California, there are three types of legislative measures: bills, resolutions and constitutional amendments. Each is drafted slightly differently and each has required language. The following provides examples of the required language for each type of measure. Bills Bills create...