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California State Assembly chamber California State Senate chamber A few volumes of the journals of each house (Senate [upper chamber] is red; Assembly [lower chamber] is green). Capitol Annex Swing Space. During the replacement of the Capitol Annex, starting in 2022 Legislature offices are located at 1021 O Street two blocks from the Capitol.
AB957 - would require judges to consider a parent’s affirmation of their child’s gender identity in custody disputes SB403 - would add caste as a form of prohibited ancestry discrimination SB799 - workers who have been on strike for at least two weeks could receive funds
In California, the process of impeachment has existed throughout its statehood allowing the State Legislature to remove certain officeholders. The State Assembly can initiate an impeachment, bringing about an impeachment trial in the State Senate through which an officeholder can be either suspended from office or removed from their office and disqualified from again holding state office.
Senate Democratic leaders announced the plans Tuesday, hours after the Assembly passed a bill pushed by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration to eventually require the state’s oil refineries to ...
The California State Senate has never been expanded since the enactment of the 1879 constitution. In 1962, voters were asked via initiative California Proposition 23 whether to expand the state senate by 10 seats, thereby increasing the size of the body to 50 seats, and to abandon the little federal model. [9]
A climate change law (AB1395) named the California Climate Crisis Act failed to pass, but a similar bill (AB1279) with the same name passed in 2022; California HOME Act (SB9), which creates a legal process by which owners of certain single-family homes can create additional units on their property, and prohibits cities and counties from ...
The governor issued a proclamation ordering a special primary Feb. 25, 2025 election to elect successors for Senate District 36 and Assembly District 32.
The President pro tempore acts as the chair of the Senate while the President, the Lieutenant Governor of California, is absent during meetings, having the same powers of the president. [3] If the President Pro Tempore is absent, another Senator appointed by the President pro tempore can act as chair. [4]