Chris Micheli

A Look at 2023 Bill Introductions and Members, Plus Committee Assignments  By Chris Micheli             In the California Legislature, both the State Senate and State Assembly have a limit on the number of bills that can be introduced during each 2-year Session. I reviewed all of the bill introductions during the 2023 Session to determine the average number of bills introduced during this first year of the 2023-24 Legislative Session, along with the lowest and highest numbers of introduced bills. I have also cited the applicable house rules and their respective definitions of what constitutes a “bill.”             In addition, I reviewed all of the 2023 Session committee assignments for State Senators and State Assembly Members to determine the average number of committees that each legislator sits on, as well as the lowest and highest numbers of committee assignments. Senate Rule 22.5 Bill Introduction Limitation (a)  A Member of the Senate may introduce or subsequently auth

Additional Categories of Bills Over the Past Few Sessions  By Chris Micheli             Last week, I put together a chart from the past fifteen years of the California Legislature and the number of bills each 2-year Session under 14 categories in comparison to the number of bills introduced that session. In the following chart, I came up with eight additional categories of bills that can be tracked and examined.             The following is the chart and per Session data:   Session Sunset Date Contingent Enactment Double-Jointed Pilot Project Applies to All Cities Retroactive Effect Public Right of Access Disclaimer Disclaim Gift of Public Funds 2023 257 7 102 45 63 59 71 22 2021 – 22 485 16 221 90 82 137 156 43

Number of California Bills by Code  By Chris Micheli             I have often wondered about the number of bills in the California Legislature each year that affect the twenty-nine different codes. California’s 29 Codes, beginning with the Business & Professions Code and ending with the Welfare & Institutions Code, contain over 156,000 statutes. So, how many bills affect these 29 Codes each Session?             In the following chart, I look at the number of bills adding, amending, or repealing sections of California’s Codes each 2-year Session beginning with the 2015-16 Session and ending with the 2023 Session. The following chart contains those numbers:   Code 2023 2021 – 22 2019 – 20 2017 – 18 2015 – 16 Business & Professions 360 632 637 582 558 Civil 265 448 420 411 344 Civil Proce