Additional Categories of Bills Over the Past Few Sessions

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

2019 – 20

422

10

140

75

74

171

129

18

2017 – 18

415

4

213

92

15

99

110

11

2015 – 16

372

6

188

83

4

114

100

9

2013 – 14

344

7

172

80

2

85

55

15

2011 – 12

401

7

154

77

19

109

21

3

2009 – 10

400

7

145

80

7

149

24

6

CMM 9/23/23

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