Did the suspense kill you? It killed these California bills, too

Did the suspense kill you? It killed these California bills, too

The Senate Appropriations Committee meets during a suspense file hearing at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on Aug. 29, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters Largely out of public view and with little to no debate, lawmakers on Friday sped through hundreds of bills that had new spending attached, rejecting or stalling more than a quarter of the 686 proposals that were held in the appropriations committees’ suspense files, repor…