What exactly is legislative drafting, sometimes also called bill drafting? To start, legislative drafting is defined more broadly to include primary legislation and secondary legislation. Primary legislation is what immediately comes to mind when you think of legislation –
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A Resource for Understanding and Shaping California Law and Policy
CAP·impact, published by the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law, focuses on legislative and regulatory processes in California. The blog covers topics such as pilot projects and sunset dates in state legislation, California's Standardized Regulatory Impact Analysis (SRIA) process, effective lobbying strategies within the state, and analysis of gubernatorial veto patterns. It also provides statistical insights into legislative sessions, including bill introductions, passage rates, and veto statistics. The content is aimed at understanding the intricacies of California's public law, policy-making, and administrative regulations, reflecting McGeorge's emphasis on public law and advocacy.
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Convening the New Legislative Session
The next legislative session starts on Monday, December 7, at 12 noon. Despite the fact that it is technically starting in 2020, it will be designated the 2021/2022 Legislative Session. As you might imagine, there are numerous provisions around…
Lobbying Bills on the Floor of the California Legislature
I am once again joined by my colleagues Laura Curtis and Robert Moutrie on today’s video podcast about lobbying bills that have made it to one of the floors in the California Legislature. We discuss the similarities and major differences…
Lobbying Committees in the California Legislature
Today’s podcast is a little bit different. Not only does today’s post feature video, rather than audio, it also features two of my colleagues – Robert Moutrie (Policy Advocate at the California Chamber of Commerce) and Laura Curtis (Legislative Advocate).…
The Legislative Counsel’s Digest
All measures in the California Legislature are required to prominently display the Legislative Counsel’s Digest on the front page of the bill. So, what is this required section of every measure?
According to the Legislative Counsel’s glossary of terms, the…
California’s Reenactment Rule
What is California’s reenactment rule? The state’s constitution, in Article IV, Section 9, states, “ A section of a statute may not be amended unless the section is reenacted as amended.” But what exactly does that mean?
The courts…
Why A Bill May Be Declared Unconstitutional
On occasion, California statutes can be challenged in either state or federal court with the argument that the statute violates the California or United States Constitutions. So, on what bases can a statute be declared unconstitutional?
One basis is…
California’s Revolving Door Prohibitions
The so-called revolving door in politics – elected officials leaving public service to work in the private sector lobbying their former colleagues – is no secret. In California, we have a number of rules and laws to slow the…
2020 California Initiative Forum
Every election year, McGeorge Associate Dean Mary-Beth Moylan teaches the California Initiative Seminar. In it, students analyze every Proposition on the California ballot. That work culminates in the publishing of the California Initiative Review, the California Initiative Review –…
Are Legislative Findings and Declarations Necessary?
Sometimes, when reviewing California bills, you come across legislative findings and declarations. What are these, and are they necessary? There are essentially two schools of thought for the second question, but let’s first address what these are.
Sometimes bills…