BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
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37 (De León)
As Introduced April 9, 2015
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE: 35-0
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
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|----------------+------+--------------------+----------------------|
|Rules |7-3 |Gordon, Burke, |Chang, Jones, Mayes |
| | |Campos, Cooley, | |
| | |Dodd, Rodriguez, | |
| | |Wood | |
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SUMMARY: Adopts the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for
the 2015-16 Regular Session. The following changes were made from
the 2009-10 Joint Rules:
1)Requires that bills which result in a substantial increase in
revenue shall also be referred to the Appropriations Committee.
(Joint Rule 10.5)
2)Conforms the Joint Rules to Assembly Rule 77.2, which allows a
bill substantially amended in the Senate to be re-referred to
appropriate committee(s). (Joint Rule 26.5)
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3)Allows the Rules Committee of either house to permit a Member to
author a substantively similar bill more than once in a
legislative session. (Joint Rule 54(c))
4)Extends the amount of time the Legislature may consider a
legislative veto from 60 calendar days to 60 legislative days or
until adjournment of session sine die. (Joint Rule 58.5)
5)Updates legislative deadlines to correspond to the appropriate
date and clarifies that budget bill appropriation bills are
exempt from Joint Rule 61. (Joint Rule 61)
6)Deletes the redistricting language to conform to Proposition 11
(2008), which created the 14-member Citizens Redistricting
Commission to draw legislative, congressional, and Board of
Equalization district boundaries. (Joint Rule 62.5)
7)Makes other technical changes.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN:
0000511
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