With the passing of the policy committee fiscal deadline last week, the Legislature was relatively quiet this week. Several policy committees met to review bills with no fiscal considerations, and will wrap up their work next week. Appropriations committees in both houses also met, with lengthy bill calendars, and the majority of bills heard were…
Read More »This week, hearing agendas were packed with the most complex bills to meet the legislative deadline for bills with fiscal implications to be heard in policy committees. Several key bills were heard, including SB 562 – the Healthy California Act – by Senators Lara and Atkins, which was heard during a Special Order of the…
Read More »After a week-long legislative spring recess, the Legislature returned to Sacramento facing two weeks of crowded policy committee agendas given the looming legislative deadline for bills with fiscal implications set for next Friday, April 28. Legislators raced around the Capitol building from committee to committee either as sitting members of a committee or to present…
Read More »It’s been a quiet week here in Sacramento during the Legislative Spring Recess, though members will return for the busy season on Monday, April 14. The CHEAC Legislative Committee did take action this week to oppose SB 626 by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia. Bill details are highlighted below. In addition, an updated bill chart can…
Read More »Transportation has consumed the Legislature and Governor’s focus this week as the Legislature passed SB 1 (Beall) and ACA 5 (Frazier) yesterday evening. The bills are headed to the Governor for signature and would increase transportation funding by $5.2 billion per year for the next decade. Meanwhile, a few bills of interest were heard in policy…
Read More »The Legislature is currently at the mid-point of their house of origin committee hearings for the year, and continue their mad pace before they reach the final deadline for bills to move out of their policy committees and on to their respective fiscal committees by April 28. Meanwhile, amendments are papering the Capitol, including a…
Read More »The California Senate and Assembly Health Committees convened informational hearings on the American Health Care Act in Fresno and San Diego, respectively. The hearings, to the hearing held in Kern County earlier this year, included an overview about health care delivery in California, followed by presentations focused on the impact of the AHCA in California….
Read More »Policy committees continue to build momentum as they heard a number of bills this week. Looking ahead, fiscal bills must be heard in the policy committee of their house of origin by April 28, while the deadline for non-fiscal bills is May 12. The legislature will leave for Spring Recess on April 6 and returning…
Read More »Policy Committees have started up in earnest in each house this week and will begin to pick up the pace in the weeks to come. As bills of particular interest are heard in committee, updates will be provided. CHEAC also provides updates in our legislative bill chart, which, can be found here. Also, the CHEAC…
Read More »The CHEAC Legislative Committee met for our second and final in-person meeting of the year to review the last batch of introduced bills. An updated bill chart with all newly added bills will available next week. CHEAC’s current bill chart can be found here. A few actions taken by the Legislative Committee are highlighted below:…
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