3 Senate Members NO and Adopt Report SENATE Conference ASSEMBLY CONFERENCE REPORT Members CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

3 Assembly

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Assembly

procedures *Follow same *Follow YES NO RETURN TO SENATE FLOOR RETURN TO ASSEMBLY FLOOR Concurrence in Senate Amendments YES Concurrence in Assembly Amendments ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS SENATE AMENDMENTS WITH WITH WITHOUT SENATE AMENDMENTS WITHOUT ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS PASSED

PASSED

PASSAGE REFUSED PASSAGE PASSAGE REFUSED PASSAGE Revised Third Reading Analysis Revised Third Reading Analysis VOTE VOTE THIRD THIRD DEBATE DEBATE SENATE READING READING ASSEMBLY GOVERNOR VETO Proposed Proposed Amendments Amendments SENATE SECOND READING SECOND READING ASSEMBLY

SIGN

HELD IN COMMITTEE IN HELD VETO WITH COMMITTEE IN HELD 2/3 VOTE IN (not including HAS 60 DAYS joint recesses) EACH HOUSE LEGISLATURE TO OVERRIDE ** Assembly policy committee will do Governor's Veto analysis COMMITTEE RECOMENDATIONS PASS COMMITTEE RECOMENDATIONS PASS BECOMES LAW WITHOUT SIGNATURE CITIZENS CITIZENS EXPERTS EXPERTS LOBBYISTS LOBBYISTS BILL AUTHOR BILL AUTHOR CHAIRPERSON CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS AND MEMBERS TESTIMONY BY: TESTIMONY BY: Bill becomes law January 1st of the following year unless it contains an urgency clause SECRETARY OF STATE (takes effect immediately) or specifies its own effective date. BILL IS CHAPTERED BY Policy or Appropriations Policy or Appropriations COMMITTEE HEARING: COMMITTEE HEARING: RULES RULES ASSIGNS BILLS TO ASSIGNS BILLS TO COMMITTEE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE FIRST FIRST SENATE READING READING ASSEMBLY

Third

Third

PASSAGE REFUSED PASSAGE Revised Reading Analysis Revised REFUSED PASSAGE Reading Analysis TO SENATE TO ASSEMBLY VOTE VOTE THIRD THIRD DEBATE DEBATE SENATE READING READING ASSEMBLY Proposed Proposed Amendments From Idea into Law Amendments SECOND

SENATE READING SECOND

READING ASSEMBLY

HELD IN COMMITTEE IN HELD HELD IN COMMITTEE IN HELD COMMITTEE RECOMENDATIONS PASS COMMITTEE RECOMENDATIONS PASS TESTIFY: CITIZENS EXPERTS TESTIFY: CITIZENS EXPERTS LOBBYISTS LOBBYISTS BILL AUTHOR BILL AUTHOR CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS Policy or Appropriations Policy or Appropriations COMMITTEE HEARING: COMMITTEE HEARING: day after until 31st day after until 31st committee committee introduction Bill may not be heard by introduction Bill may not be heard by RULES RULES BILL TO BILL TO ASSIGNS ASSIGNS COMMITTEE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE COMMITTEE THE LIFE CYCLE OF LEGISLATION ASSEMBLY RULES COMMITTEE RULES ASSEMBLY BY BY FIRST FIRST PRINTED PRINTED MEMBER, READING, MEMBER, READING, NUMBERED, NUMBERED, INTRODUCED INTRODUCED BY BY BILL BILL

SENATE COUNSEL Although the procedure can become complicated, this chart the essential shows steps for passage of a bill. steps for COUNSEL Typical committee actions are used to simplify charting the course of legislation. Typical Some bills require hearings by more than one committee, in which case a more than one committee, Some bills require hearings by committee may reÐrefer the bill to another committee. For example, bills with example, For reÐrefer the bill to another committee. committee may monetary be reÐreferred implications must to the proper fiscal committee in each House before they are sent to the second reading file and final action. they House before A bill may be amended at various times as it moves through the Houses. The bill through the Houses. times as it moves be amended at various A bill may must be reprinted each time an amendment is adopted by either house. All bill either house. be reprintedmust each time an amendment is adopted by actions are printed in the DAILY FILES, JOURNALS and HISTORIES. FILES, actions are printed in the DAILY If a bill is amended in the opposite House, it is returned If a bill is amended in the opposite House, to the House of Origin for concurrence in amendments. If House of Origin does not concur, a Conference a Conference If House of Origin does not concur, concurrence in amendments. Committee Report must then be adopted by each House before the bill can be Committee Report each House before then be adopted by must sent to the Governor.

ASSEMBLY PREPARED PREPARED LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATIVE

Agencies, Citizens, Governor, Lobbyists Governor, Citizens, Agencies, MEMBER FROM LEGISLATION NEEDED FOR SUGGESTIONS SENATOR ASSEMBLY