California lawmakers quietly kill bills in secretive suspense process

California lawmakers quietly kill bills in secretive suspense process

FILE: The California Legislature. (Florence Middleton/CalMatters) In just 24 minutes and without any debate, the most powerful committee in the state Senate last week moved 33 bills from public view into a secretive process that will decide whether the measures live or die. Two days later, its sister committee in the Assembly moved 82 of its bills in under two minutesto the same secretive, uncertain future. If history is any guide, between a qua…

California lawmakers quietly sideline bills in secretive suspense process

In summary More than 100 California bills moved to the “suspense file” last week, the start of a process where consequential decisions are made out of public view. In just 24 minutes and without any debate, the most powerful committee in the state Senate last week moved 33 bills from public view into a secretive process that will decide whether the measures live or die. Two days later, its sister committee in the Assembly moved 82 of its bills i…

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