Posts Tagged: gut-and-amend
Opinion
OPINION – It wasn’t long ago that General Motors (GM) led a coalition of automotive companies to support the Trump administration’s assault on California’s right to set its own emission standards. Now, GM is at it again, this time targeting California’s auto lemon law, widely regarded as the best in the nation.
Analysis
ANALYSIS – One of the controversial occurrences during the annual California Legislative Session is so-called “gut-and-amend” bills, or replacing the bill’s contents with a subject which is entirely unrelated to the original contents of the bill. Such amendments raise the legislative issue of “germaneness,” which refers to whether a proposed amendment is relevant to the subject matter currently contained in the measure.
Analysis
Practical tips for those working with the staff of the policy and fiscal committees in the California Legislature.
Opinion
OPINION: In the California legislature, a privacy bill – The California Broadband Internet Privacy Act – was originally drafted, ironically enough, in private. Now, even though it has been amended multiple times, it still remains deeply troubling and will harm California’s consumers. The bill is an example of what most Californians hate about our state’s lawmaking process. It uses the “gut-and-amend” ploy, which means removing much or all of an original bill’s contents and replacing it with unrelated text,
News
In the Legislature, there are several types of amendments — amendment is a fancy word for “change” — that can be made to any number of measures, including bills, resolutions and constitutional amendments.