California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1281

Introduced by Assembly Member Wilk

(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gallagher)

February 27, 2015

An act to add Section 11346.01 to the Government Code, relating to regulations.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1281, as introduced, Wilk. Regulations: legislative review.

The Administrative Procedure Act governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law.

This bill, whenever 25% of the Members of the Assembly or Senate transmit to the Governor their written declaration of opposition to a proposed regulation, would require a majority vote of the Assembly and Senate to adopt that regulation.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 11346.01 is added to the Government
Code, to read:

11346.01.  

Notwithstanding any other law, when 25 percent of
the Members of the Assembly or Senate transmit to the Governor
their written declaration of opposition to a proposed regulation,
adoption of the regulation shall require a majority vote of the
Assembly and Senate.