By @Aaron Avery
Friday, February 16 marked the deadline for members of the State Assembly and State Senate to introduce new bills. In the Assembly, 1,505 bills were introduced. In the Senate, 619 bills were introduced. This collective effort has resulted in a combined total of 2,124 newly introduced pieces of legislation in the second year of the 2023-2024 Legislative Session. Of that total, 674 bills are “spot” or “intent” bills, which lack substantive language, and which must be amended into substantive form, if at all, in the coming weeks.
This compares with a total of 2,632 bills introduced by the Assembly and the Senate by the 2023 bill introduction deadline. A number of those bills are still “alive” as two year bills, and will continue to work their way through the legislative process.
CSDA’s legislative advocacy team is hard at work analyzing bills, developing strategies and position recommendations, and seeking bill positions from the CSDA Legislative Committee. Your input in this process is valued! Please consider joining a CSDA Expert Feedback Team in order to provide our lobbyists with important input on pending legislation. Additional information can be found here: Get Involved - California Special Districts Association (csda.net).
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