Many of this years’ bills are now in the second house. Most bills pass easily out of the first house, so this is the time that our input can make a real difference. All bills have to be out of the first house appropriations committee by May 20 and out of the first house by May 27. Then we will know which bills have moved out of appropriations suspense and which bills have died.in the first house
So far 36 bills have died in the first house, including 7 that Livable California opposed and 4 that we supported.
The pace of the session is about to quicken. Deadlines:
Apr.29 – fiscal bills must be out of policy committee to appropriations committee
May 6 – non-fiscal bills approved for floor action
May 20 – Appropriations Committee final action on suspense file items
May 27 – Bills must be out of house of origin
May 31 thru June - 2d house policy committee hearings
July 1 – Deadline 2d house policy committee actions
July 1 – Aug 1 – Summer Recess
Aug. 1 – Aug. 31 Final days of 2022 session
Aug. 12 – Appropriations final actions deadline
Aug. 31 – Deadline for passing bills.
Aug. 31 – Interim recess begins after floor sessions end.
You can see the full 2022 legislative calendar here.
Tomorrow Wednesday May 11 the Assembly Housing & Community Development Committee will be hearing ACA 14, “Homelessness and affordable housing”, the constitutional amendment proposed by Asm. Wicks that would allocate 5% of the State’s general fund for the next 10 years to fund “housing and services to prevent and end homelessness,” low-income rental housing programs and affordable homeownership for low & moderate income households. We support this bill.
See all upcoming hearings here
Check the status of any bills Livable California is tracking here
Look up the full text of any bill here
Our next teleconference will be May 28th and we will know more about the progress of the bills then
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