Capitol-Updates
CAPITOL UPDATE #33 – August 15, 2024
PROPOSITION 6 California Proposition 6, Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment (2024) California Proposition 6, the Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment is on the ballot in California as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
CAPITOL UPDATE #32 August 8, 2024
PROPOSITION 4 California Proposition 4, Parks, Environment, Energy, and Water Bond Measure (2024) A "yes" vote supports issuing $10 billion in bonds to fund state and local parks, environmental protection projects, water infrastructure projects, energy projects, and flood protection projects.
CAPITOL UPDATE #31 August 1, 2024
November 5, 2024, General Election The last day to register to vote for the November 5, 2024, General Election is October 21, 2024.
CAPITOL UPDATE #30 July 25, 2024
Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber Ph.D. Released the Statewide Voter Information Guide for Public Review on July 23rd. Your analysts will start to cover the 10 propositions beginning with Capitol Update #31 on August 1st.
CAPITOL UPDATE #29 – July 18, 2024
With the trauma of the past week and the future coverage of the election and propositions in the coming weeks, your analysts decided to share some “you may be surprised” resolutions that have passed the California Congress. In addition to Bills, the Houses of Congress introduce and pass “Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions”
CAPITOL UPDATE #28 – July 11, 2024
BALLOT/BOND MESSURES COMING TO YOUR BALLOT! SB 867 Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024. The California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018, approved by the voters as Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018.
CAPITOL UPDATE #27 July 4, 2024
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! CELEBRATE FREEDOM! Some New California Laws Starting July 1, 2024: Hidden Fees, SB 478 Makes it illegal for businesses to advertise or list a price for a product or service that does not include all required fees or charges, excluding certain government taxes, optional features, or shipping costs.
CAPITOL UPDATE #26 – June 27, 2024
California Supreme Court’s Shocking Decision Blocking the Taxpayer Protection Act from the Ballot The majority Democrat-appointed judges on the California Supreme Court silenced the 1.43 million Californians who signed and placed the Taxpayer Protection Act on the November ballot.
CAPITOL UPDATE #25 June 20, 2024
SB 954, as amended, Menjivar. Sexual health: contraceptives. health. (1) Existing law, the California Healthy Youth Act, requires school districts, defined to include county boards of education, county superintendents of schools, the California School for the Deaf,
CAPITOL UPDATE #24 – June 13, 2024
SB 828 BILL PASSES WITH URGENCY WHEN BUDGET DEFICIT IS AN ISSUE. SB 828 Minimum wages Health care workers: delay – Existing law requires, for any covered health care employer, with 10,000 or more full time equivalent employees.
CAPITOL UPDATE #23 – June 6, 2024
Legislative analysis of California's AB1990 Shoplifting, SB53 Firearms, AB1999 Electricity, AB2513 Gas Stoves, SB1128 Sex Offender Registration, AB1889 Conservation.
CAPITOL UPDATE #22 – May 30, 2024
HOW QUICKLY BILLS PASS WHEN THE GOVERNOR SUPPORTS. UPDATE ON SB 233 (Covered in CU #19, May 9, 2024). This bill was introduced as a Battery/Electric Vehicle bill in January 2023, amended in April 2024 as the Practice of Medicine: Arizona physicians,
