Posts Tagged: reconsideration

The Micheli Files: California Legislature end-of-session reminders

Seal of the State of California, image by Aaron Kohr

by CHRIS MICHELI posted 09.01.2023

Analysis – With the final weeks of Session upon us, several procedural items that regularly occur on the Floors of the California Legislature may be in order, from how many times a bill can be reconsidered to how many times it can be placed on call.

Reconsideration: A second bite at the apple

The state Assembly in session. (Photo: Capitol Public Radio)

by CHRIS MICHELI posted 01.24.2017

When a bill in the California Legislature fails passage either in committee or on the floor of the Assembly or Senate, it can be granted “reconsideration.” That can mean a bill gets a new lease on life — or not.