By @Ophelia Szigeti
The Assembly and Senate Committees on Appropriations each held their respective Suspense File hearings on Friday, September 1 to decide which bills would move forward and which bills would be held in committee under submission. CSDA monitored actions on key bills in both hearings as the Assembly Appropriations Committee took up 276 bills and the Senate Appropriations Committee dispensed with 489 measures.
Below is a list of significant Senate Bills and Constitutional Amendments that made it out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee:
- Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 (Aguiar-Curry) – Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter approval.
- Assembly Constitutional Amendment 13 (Ward) – Insurance: fraud prevention and detection
- Senate Bill 470 (Alvarado-Gil) – Water: Urban Water Community Drought Relief program: Small Community Drought Relief Program: high fire hazard and very high fire hazard severity zones.
- Senate Bill 553 (Cortese) – Occupational safety: workplace violence: restraining orders and workplace violence prevention plan.
- Senate Bill 613 (Seyarto) – Organic waste: reduction goals: local jurisdictions: low-population waiver.
- Senate Bill 747 (Caballero) – Land use: surplus land.
- Senate Bill 753 (Caballero) – Cannabis: water resources.
Below is a list of significant Assembly Bills that made it out of the Senate Appropriations Committee:
- Senate Constitutional Amendment 1 (Archuleta) – Property taxation: veterans’ exemption.
- Assembly Bill 249 (Holden) – Water: schoolsites: lead testing: conservation.
- Assembly Bill 262 (Holden) – Children’s camps: safety and regulation.
- Assembly Bill 265 (Boerner) – Property tax postponement: Senior Citizens and Disabled Citizens Property Tax Postponement Fund.
- Assembly Bill 338 (Aguiar-Curry) – Public works: definition.
- Assembly Bill 399 (Boerner) – Water Ratepayers Protections Act of 2023: County Water Authority Act: exclusion of territory: procedure.
- Assembly Bill 469 (Fong ) – California Public Records Act Ombudsperson.
- Assembly Bill 480 (Ting) – Surplus land.
- Assembly Bill 504 (Reyes) – State and local public employees: labor relations: strikes.
- Assembly Bill 764 (Bryan) – Local redistricting.
- Assembly Bill 918 (E. Garcia) – Health care district: County of Imperial
- Assembly Bill 1484 (Zbur) – Temporary public employees.
- Assembly Bill 1594 (E. Garcia) – Medium- and heavy-duty zero emissions vehicles: public agency utilities.
- Assembly Bill 1637 (Irwin) – Local government: internet websites and email addresses.
Below is a list of significant Senate Bills held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee:
- Senate Bill 328 (Dodd) – Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits.
- Senate Bill 769 (Gonzalez) – Local government: fiscal and financial training.
Below is a list of significant Assembly Bills held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee:
- Assembly Bill 528 (Irwin) – Regulation of cemeteries: pet burials.
- Assembly Bill 1297 (Quirk-Silva) – Public restrooms.
- Assembly Bill 1713 (Gipson) – Local agencies: federal funds: reports
The most recent amendments, if any, to the above bills will be available by following the links above.
For more in-depth analyses of CSDA’s priority bills, please visit CSDA’s 2023 Legislative Mid-Year Report here.
Those measures clearing the suspense file must now be taken up for a floor vote. If they were amended in the second house, they must return to the first house for a vote to concur in those amendments. The State Legislature will adjourn on September 14 after floor session, with this date marking the last day for each house to pass bills. Legislation not passed by this deadline effectively becomes a two-year bill and may be considered in the second year of the biennial legislative session. The last day for Governor Gavin Newsom to sign or veto bills will be October 14.
CSDA will continue monitoring the bills listed above that passed through the Appropriations Committees in addition to the other bills, and will engage with legislative offices, staff, coalition partners, and our members to ensure effective advocacy as the session concludes.
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