Analysis
A quick look at limits on bill introductions
About a quarter of this country’s legislatures, including California, limits the number of bill introductions by their elected officials.
About a quarter of this country’s legislatures, including California, limits the number of bill introductions by their elected officials.
ANALYSIS: Are there ways to improve the lawmaking process in the California Legislature? I believe there are. I believe the fundamental problem is that there are too many bills each year. There just is not enough bandwidth for all persons involved in the legislative process to sufficiently review and analyze the volume of bills.
Capitol observers often complain about certain procedural aspects of California lawmaking. So I took an informal poll: I asked some of my lobbying colleagues, as well as staff in the Legislature from both houses and both political parties, for suggestions on how to make things more efficient.