California’s legislative session is coming to an end, and nothing focuses the mind like a deadline.
California’s legislative session is coming to an end, and nothing focuses the mind like a deadline. Committee hearings will end this week, and from Monday until the end of session on Sept. 10, there will be two weeks of straight floor debate on hundreds of bills.
In the Assembly Appropriations Committee yesterday, SB 245, the bill that would have increased taxpayer-funded abortions by removing insurance co-pays, became a two-year bill. This means that it will not become law this session and the author will have to continue to work with the opposition on amendments and legislators to get the bill passed next year. SB 245 will not be able to be moved until the start of the new session in January 2022. The CCC will continue to advocate against this bill then, but are thankful for your efforts that have clearly made a difference.
Other major bills the Conference is tracking include the easing of restrictions for physician-assisted suicide (SB 380). The bill was amended in the Assembly Appropriations Committee yesterday, adding back in the sunset it was trying to eliminate. Look for more details in the action alert that will be sent next week.
Next up, the recall election on Sept. 14 and the Governor’s signing period, in which he has 30 days to sign or veto bills passed at the end of session. Nearly all of California politics over the last few months have been intertwined with the dynamics of the recall.
It is going to be an action-packed September for California politics, which will have ripple effects across the nation. Stay tuned and watch for more action alerts over the next few weeks.