Six real criminal justice reform bills were killed last year in the California Legislature which would have expanded the definition of violent crime to include human trafficking, elder and dependent adult abuse, assault with a deadly weapon, rape, and other crimes most Californians consider...
How do the Legislature’s rules address spot bills?While there are not specific rules to spot bills in the Senate Rules or the Joint Rules, there is one in the Assembly Rules. AR 51.5 provides the following: Spot Bills 51.5.A bill that upon introduction makes no substantive change in or ...
The article reports that a bill introduced in the California legislature would provide health insurance for every uninsured child in the state. The "100 Percent Campaign" is being pushed by several advocacy groups, including the Washington-based Children's Defense Fund, and Children's Defense Fund...
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The Legislature previously approved bills that are now state law that say 60% of California electricity must come from renewable sources by 2030 and 100% by 2045. SB 1420 would similarly fast-track the development of federally funded clean, renewable hydrogen production facilities by authorizing them...
Reports on the status of two travel-related bills in the California state legislature. State Senate's passage of the legislation that would compel travel agencies to fund a consumer protection plan in California; Rejection of the California Tourism Marketing Act; Travel agency organizations' opposition...
California would accept responsibility and formally apologize for its role in perpetuating segregation, economic disparities and discrimination against Black Americans under another bill the Legislature approved. The legislation requires the secretary of state to send a fina...
The rates crisis in California can’t be solved with a political stunt. It will require innovative solutions and better regulation of monopoly utilities. What the legislature is proposing is like putting a Band-Aid on a wound that needs stitches. And our students and teachers will be the ones...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed several measures to bolster the state's gun safety laws. The new laws signed by Newsom Tuesday will expand restrictions on who could own firearms, prevent the proliferation of “ghost guns” and increase protection
The Iowa Legislature’s 2022 session dragged into mid-May with a stumbling block: a school voucher bill that Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds proposed to what usually has been the receptive, Republican-led House and Senate.The voucher bill, in the Students First Act, would create 10,000 vouchers...