From time-to-time, the California Legislature considers bills that still need to be fully written. So long as those “missing” provisions are filled-in and completed by the time of final passage, this approach is permissible and is occasionally used when the...
Both the Assembly and Senate of the California Legislature, like other legislative bodies, utilize several rules, as well as customs and practices, for the purpose of ensuring that legislative deliberations and debate operate in a civil and orderly way. The...
Like other legislatures around the country, the California Legislature has a myriad of internal rules. These include separate rules for the Assembly and Senate, as well as Joint Rules applicable to both houses. There are some procedural rules in the...
There are a handful of bills each year in the California Legislature that create or preclude a “private right of action” to enforce civilly the provisions of a statute. In most instances, state or local governments are charged with enforcing...
“If you like your car, you can keep your car” may become the biggest lie ever in California. And I like my car. While you may be able to keep your existing gas-powered car in California, any new car purchased...
Generally, bills in the California Legislature do one of three things: add, amend, or repeal. In other words, a bill can add a new section of law, amend an existing section of law, or repeal an existing section of law....
The California Penal Code is one of 29 Codes that contain state statutes. The Penal Code contains 6 Parts. There are also numerous parts, chapters, and articles containing hundreds of code sections, or individual statutes. The following is a broad...