However, the Assembly Appropriations Committeeremoved that provision from the bill in Augustas part of a Suspense File hearing, when lawmakers can kill or amend measures without public discussion. “At a time when women, families and people of color need the most support, equal...
The bill is now headed to the appropriations committee, where controversial bills often go to die. Any bill estimated to cost more than $150,000 is sent to the "suspense file" and can be quietly killed by the appropriations chair without a vote. Jones is the committee's vice chair and ...
A bill to decriminalize plant-based psychedelic drugs was moved into the suspense file on Wednesday by the Assembly Appropriations Committee, a move which will could kill the bill or allow for one final push in the legislature by the end... ...
For those who need a refresher on the process,here’s a quick explainer. Each year bills are introduced and must be passed by the end of a legislative session. If a bill starts in the Senate (SB), it must make it through the Senate and then the Assembly before arriving on a governor...
A bill thatwould have made attempted murder ineligible for mental health diversionunanimously passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee this year. However, Assembly Appropriations Chair Buffy Wicks quietlykilled the bill last monthby holding it in the appropriations suspense file. Neither Wicks nor Asse...
Sen. Kelly Seyarto said the bill “betrays victims” in a statement shared with Playbook, while Jones called it “extreme.” The issue of parole for younger offenders has been thrust into the national spotlight as the brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their ...
pools of capital somewhere to invest — at the expense of low-income transit riders who may be displaced in the process. The bill has been placed in the suspense file and is unlikely to pass, however, it could be resurrected in next year’s legislative session in a similarly harmful form...
(D-Alhambra) introduced AB 3004. The bill sought to make modest changes to Proposition 65 by requiring additional notice and the factual information underlying the basis of the certificate of merit be provided to an alleged violator. The bill ultimately was held on the suspense file in its ...
Tommy Burns, heavyweight champion, knocked out Bill Squires of Australia in the first round in Colma. In 1908 Burns fought Jack Johnson, becoming the first boxer to fight an African American for the heavyweight championship. Johnson won.