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Legislative Process
422 published works
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How COVID-19 is Impacting the Legislature’s Bill Load
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/how-covid-19-is-impacting-the-legislatures-bill-load As one might expect, the COVID-19 pandemic has made a significant impact on the bill load facing the California Legislature. Leadership asked legislators in both the Senate and the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Prosecutors and Their Legislatures, Legislatures and Their Prosecutors"
The title of this post is the title of this book chapter authored by Russell Gold recently posted to SSRN. Here is its abstract: This chapter explores the often-pathological relationship…
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Chris Micheli’s New Book on California’s Legislative Process
By Jon Wainwright, Chris Micheli
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/chris-michelis-new-book-on-the-california-legislative-process I sat down (over Zoom) with Chris Micheli to talk about his new book, Understanding the California Legislative Process. The new book breaks down how the legislative process in…
Washington Energy Report
Legislative Proposal in California Seeks to Avoid Waiver for Water Quality Certifications Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act
By Elizabeth McCormick, Chuck Sensiba
As the California Legislature prepares its 2021 budget and continues to address the impacts of COVID-19, the Subcommittee 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation (Subcommittee) proposed language in…
The EPL Advisor
Missouri Legislature Passes Bill Increasing Standard for Plaintiffs to Receive Punitive Damages
Recently, the Missouri Legislature passed a bill that would make it more difficult for a plaintiff to obtain punitive damages. For a full discussion of the bill expected to be…
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Bills in the California Legislature
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/bills-in-the-california-legislature Today’s post answers the question, what is a bill? Despite the fact that members of the California Legislature draft thousands of bills every year no definition for the term…
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Three Ways California’s Governor Can Act on Legislation
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/three-ways-californias-governor-can-act-on-legislation When a bill is passed by the California Legislature and sent to the Governor, there are three actions that are allowed. One is the Governor can sign the bill…
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What Qualifies for The Consent Calendar
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/what-qualifies-for-the-consent-calendar Today we’ll take a look at how bills land on the consent calendar, and some of the different consent calendar processes in the Assembly and Senate. All bills on…
Cooking with SALT
Mississippi Legislature will reconvene the 2020 Legislative Session on Monday, May 18
Reposted from Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann’s Facebook page: COVID-19 Update: By agreement of Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann and Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, the Mississippi Legislature will reconvene…
Colorado Construction Litigation
Colorado Legislative Update – Coronavirus Adjournment Edition
By Unknown
In any other year, we currently would be about one month away from the end of the regular legislative session, but this is not any other year. In mid-March, and…