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Legislative Process
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Legislative Deadlines
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/legislative-deadlines The California Legislature works on the basis of deadlines for moving measures including bills, resolutions and constitutional amendments through the legislative process. This is in stark contrast to the…
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Sponsored Bills – What Are They and Why Do They Matter
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/sponsored-bills-what-they-are-and-why-they-matter To those who are not operating in or around the California State Capitol, sponsored bills are relatively unknown. However the media often focus on sponsored bills in a critical…
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Determining Germaneness
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/determining-germaneness In the California Legislature, as with many other legislative bodies across the country, there's often an initial question regarding whether amendments to an existing bill are germane to the…
Hot Off The Hill
Have You Started Your NDAA Office Pool Yet?
Every fall there is suspense on Capitol Hill relating to the Congressional agenda. Will Congress fund federal agencies in time to avoid a government shutdown? Which pieces of major legislation…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill 2017-19 falls
On 9 October 2019, the UK Parliament updated its webpage on the Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill 2017-19 (Bill) to confirm that the Bill failed to complete its passage…
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
US House of passes SAFE Banking Act by a vote of 321-103, but Senate vote still seems unlikely
As reported in this MarketWatch piece, headlined "House passes cannabis-banking bill, but getting Senate’s OK still looks tricky," one piece of significant federal marijuana reform moved a step forward today.…
Free Writings + Perspectives
House Financial Services Committee and House of Representatives Address Capital Formation Related Bills
This past week, the House Financial Services Committee considered and passed a few bills that would, if passed by the House, result in changes to the securities laws. These include:…
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Is the California Legislature a Bill Factory?
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/is-the-california-legislature-a-bill-factory During California’s last legislative session, the 2018 legislative session, the Legislature and Governor enacted 1,016 new laws - most of which took effect on January 1, 2019. This particular…
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Drafting Bill Analyses in the California Legislature
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/drafting-bill-analyses-in-the-california-legislature An important part of the California legislative process involves the preparation of analyses for legislators when considering bills. All of the committees, both policy and fiscal, prepare analyses of…
The Right Coast
High anxiety hits Senate over raising debt ceiling | TheHill
Senators are growing anxious that they might have to vote to raise the nation s debt ceiling in a matter of weeks given new estimates that the government could hit…