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  • Enrolled (Pending) Bills
  • Vetoed Bills
  • Chaptered (Enacted) Bills

    • upcoming bill hearings

    03/15/10 - Sen Appropriations

  • AB 142 (Hayashi): California State Lottery.
  • AB 790 (Hernandez and Ruskin): State employees: compensation.

    • 03/16/10 - Asm Elections and Redistricting

  • AB 1668 (Knight): Local government: city councils.
  • AB 1681 (Yamada): Elections: all-mailed ballot elections.
  • AB 1769 (Tran): Elections: County of Orange.
  • AB 1832 (Saldana): Initiative measures: filing fee.
  • AJR 36 (Fong): Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2009.

    • 03/16/10 - Asm Higher Education

  • AB 1691 (Ammiano): Trustees of the California State University and Regents of the University of California: meetings.
  • AB 1703 (Knight): State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for Education: veterans homes.
  • AB 1713 (Furutani): Public education: reporting requirements.
  • AB 1761 (Fong): Cal Grant B awards: award amount.
  • AB 1807 (Fong and Nava): California Community Colleges: temporary employees.
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    03/16/10 - Asm Judiciary

  • AB 1596 (Hayashi): Protective orders: emergency protective orders: enforcement priority: sexual assault.
  • AB 1644 (Nielsen): Veterans’ remains.
  • AB 1656 (Lieu and Ma): Fur products: labeling.
  • AB 1680 (Saldana): Civil Rights Act: waiver of rights.
  • AB 1684 (Jeffries): Civil actions: adverse possession.
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    03/16/10 - Sen Food and Agriculture

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    03/17/10 - Sen Local Government

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    03/22/10 - Asm Natural Resources

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    03/22/10 - Asm Revenue and Taxation

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    03/22/10 - Asm Utilities and Commerce

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    03/22/10 - Sen Business, Professions and Economic Development

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    03/23/10 - Asm Business and Professions

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    03/23/10 - Asm Health

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    03/23/10 - Asm Human Services

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    03/23/10 - Asm Judiciary

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    03/23/10 - Asm Public Safety

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    03/23/10 - Asm Veterans Affairs

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    03/23/10 - Asm Water, Parks and Wildlife

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    03/23/10 - Sen Governmental Organization

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    03/23/10 - Sen Human Services

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    03/23/10 - Sen Judiciary

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    03/23/10 - Sen Natural Resources and Water

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    03/23/10 - Sen Public Safety

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    03/23/10 - Sen Transportation and Housing

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    03/24/10 - Asm Agriculture

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    03/24/10 - Asm Education

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    03/24/10 - Asm Housing and Community Development

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    03/24/10 - Sen Education

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    03/24/10 - Sen Health

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    04/05/10 - Sen Business, Professions and Economic Development

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    04/06/10 - Asm Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media

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    04/06/10 - Asm Elections and Redistricting

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    04/06/10 - Asm Higher Education

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    04/06/10 - Sen Public Safety

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    04/07/10 - Asm Governmental Organization

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    04/07/10 - Asm Labor and Employment

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    04/07/10 - Asm Local Government

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    04/07/10 - Asm Public Employees, Retirement/Soc Sec

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    04/07/10 - Sen Banking, Finance and Insurance

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    04/07/10 - Sen Local Government

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    04/12/10 - Asm Revenue and Taxation

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    04/13/10 - Asm Water, Parks and Wildlife

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    04/13/10 - Sen Governmental Organization

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    04/13/10 - Sen Public Safety

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    04/13/10 - Sen Veterans Affairs

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    04/14/10 - Asm Agriculture

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    04/14/10 - Asm Housing and Community Development

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    04/14/10 - Asm Local Government

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    04/14/10 - Sen Health

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    04/20/10 - Sen Public Safety

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    04/21/10 - Sen Local Government

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    04/27/10 - Sen Governmental Organization

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    04/28/10 - Asm Housing and Community Development

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    05/05/10 - Sen Local Government

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    most popular bills

    1. AB 111 (Niello): Taxation: cancellation of indebtedness: mortgage debt forgiveness.
    2. SB 94 (Calderon and Corbett and Steinberg): Mortgage loans.
    3. SB 97 (Calderon and Correa): Taxation: cancellation of indebtedness: mortgage debt forgiveness.
    4. AB 761 (Charles Calderon): Mobilehomes: rent control.
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    6. AB 390 (Ammiano): Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act.
    7. ABX3 23 (Arambula and Coto): Unemployment insurance: extended benefits.
    8. SB 572 (Leno): Harvey Milk Day: official designation.
    9. SB 680 (Huff and Romero): School attendance: interdistrict transfers.
    10. AB 23 (Fletcher and Jones): Cal-COBRA: premium assistance.
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    Judge Orders Change In Prop. 15 Ballot Arguments  
    Local @ insidebayarea.com
    Prop. 15 — placed on June's primary election ballot by a bill authored by then-Assemblywoman and now state Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley — would let candidates for California secretary of state in 2014 and 2018, who demonstrate broad support by gathering a certain number of $5 contributions from registered voters, receive equal amounts of public funds for their campaigns But they would be barred from raising any more money from private donors.
    Talked about on: Rough & Tumble | Submitted 7 hours ago by eureka!
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    GOP Governor Candidates Show Differences At Debate | Poizner, Business, State  
    MARTIN WISCKOL @ ocregister.com
    Poizner calls for broad tax cuts while Whitman advocates a more measured approach.
    Talked about on: Rough & Tumble | Submitted 57 minutes ago by eureka!
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    Poizner And Whitman Declare Victory, And The Debate Continues  
    latimesblogs.latimes.com
    Long-awaited and much-hyped, the first debate between the two Republican candidates for governor is over and, not surprisingly, both candidates declared victory. Whitman won the battle for the fastest declaration of victory. Her campaign e-mailed its statement to reporters at 6:36 p.m.: "Tonight she showed exactly why her policy agenda is continuing to connect with California's voters. In addition to articulating her vision for California, Meg did an excellent job of holding Steve Poizner to account for his previous positions. This debate underscored exactly why Meg is the strongest candidate to face Jerry Brown and the Democrats in the fall."...
    Talked about on: Rough & Tumble, FlashReport | Submitted 57 minutes ago by eureka!
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    Long-anticipated First Debate Between Whitman, Poizner Mostly Echoes Stump Speeches  
    Local @ mercurynews.com
    After months of dodging calls for debates, GOP frontrunner Meg Whitman went toe-to-toe with Steve Poizner Monday night in an Orange County showdown of former Silicon Valley executives that offered surprisingly little confrontation but answered one significant question in the race for governor: Is Whitman ready for prime time?
    Talked about on: Rough & Tumble | Submitted 47 minutes ago by eureka!
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    Conservative Group Launches Ads Against Tom Campbell  
    sacbee.com
    A national group opposed to gay marriage on Monday launched 30-second ads attacking Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Campbell for his stance against Proposition 8, the 2008 voter-approved initiative to define marriage in the state constitution as between a man and a woman.
    Talked about on: Rough & Tumble, FlashReport | Submitted 6 hours ago by eureka!
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    Schwarzenegger Won't Sign Tax Relief For Homeowners  
    latimesblogs.latimes.com
    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced today that he would not sign a bill lawmakers passed to bring new tax relief to homeowners and green energy companies, in large part because it would ramp up the penalties against those who abuse such...
    Talked about on: Rough & Tumble | Submitted 6 hours ago by eureka!
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    In Ohio, Obama appeals for health care votes  
    mercurynews.com
    Health care reform about more than politics, he says
    Submitted 12 minutes ago by eureka!
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    Budget cuts, furloughs blamed for denial or delay of official information in California  
    Charles Piller @ sacbee.com
    State and local government officials increasingly are blaming budget cuts and furloughs when they withhold or delay the release of information requested under the state Public Records Act.
    Submitted 7 hours ago by eureka!
    Related stories: Official California Legislative Information - Bill Information, California budget crisis means program cuts, tax increases or both in 2010
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    Suggest campaign slogans for Meg Whitman, Steve Poizner  
    sacbee.com
    Hundreds of readers responded two weeks ago when The Swarm solicited less-than-serious campaign slogans for Jerry Brown upon his official entry into the governor's race.
    Submitted 3 hours ago by eureka!
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    On the Docket: Governor’s Budget Proposals and ARRA Spending  
    californiabudgetbites.org
    As promised, we’re combing the Senate and Assembly daily files for hearings that may be of interest to our blog audience. Here are a few within the next week at the State Capitol in Sacramento worth following: On Wednesday, March 17, a joint hearing of the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, the Assembly Committee on [...]
    Talked about on: FlashReport | Submitted 5 hours ago by eureka!
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    Candidates For California Governor Promise To Release Income Tax Returns  
    Local @ contracostatimes.com
    The three main candidates for governor — Jerry Brown, Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman — each promised Friday to release up to 25 years of income tax returns, moving to defuse a campaign issue while potentially opening an unprecedented amount of personal financial information to public view.
    Talked about on: Rough & Tumble | Submitted 8 hours ago by eureka!
    Related stories: Bay Area News Group asks four gubernatorial candidates to release tax returns, Democratic Group Demands Meg Whitman Release Tax Returns, The Buzz: California gubernatorial candidates withhold tax details, Governor Proposes Rise in Income Tax for Illinois
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    Calif. GOP Gubernatorial Hopefuls Spar Over Taxes - Signonsandiego.com  
    JULIET WILLIAMS and MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press Writers @ signonsandiego.com
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    Governor Holds Press Conference to Highlight Homebuyer Tax Credit  
    gov.ca.gov
    The Governor highlighted his proposal to extend and expand the $10,000 homebuyer tax credit to include the purchase of existing homes, in addition to new residences, for first-time homebuyers in his California Jobs Initiative.
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    Legislative Update  
    gov.ca.gov
    Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed the following bill:   AB 347 by Assembly Speaker Emeritus Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) - Income and corporation taxes: charitable contributions: Haiti earthquake victims.   (Note: Click on bill number for more information on the bill.)
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    Left warns Dems on health care vote  
    politico.com
    Liberal leaders are expecting a wave of anger if Congress fails to pass health care.
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