California Legislative Branch
| Background Info | Legislation |
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| California Senate | Lobbyists & Political Contributions |
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Background Info
- California's Legislature [October 2000]
- Authoritative and detailed information about California's legislative branch of government.
- A Guide to Legislative Research 2002
- Guide to conducting California State legislative research.
- Overview of the Legislative Process
- Brief description of the legislative process in California.
- The Legislative Process: A Citizen's Guide to Participation
- Describes the legislative process and presents suggestions how citizens can participate effectively.
- Glossary of Legislative Terms
- Definitions of terms used in the legislative process.
- Historic Legislation
- Learn about important legislation passed in the 20th century or look up past California Legislators since 1849.
- Current Redistricting Plans
California Legislature
- Official California Legislative Information
- California State Assembly
- California State Assembly
- California State Assembly
- Home page of the California State Assembly. Includes a "Find Your District" link.
- Assembly Districts - 2001 Districts [Institute of Governmental Studies]
- Maps of each Assembly district.
- Assembly District - 1991 redistricting
- Clickable, zoomable maps of California displaying the various district lines and county boundaries, culminating into a map of each district.
- California State Senate
- California State Senate
- Home page of the California State Senate.
- Senate Districts - 2001 Districts
- Map and statistical profile of each California State Senate district.
- Senate Districts - 1990 redistricting
- Clickable, zoomable maps of California displaying the various district lines and county boundaries, culminating into a map of each district.
Legislaton
- Bills
- California Bills [California Legislature]
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The full text of bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments, and their status, history, votes, analyses, and veto messages are available since 1993. Daily updates of Assembly and Senate are available on the Official California Legislative Information home page.
- Legislative Index
- Provides a subject matter index of all legislative measures for the 1999-2000 legislative session. The index indicates the subject of each bill, constitutional amendment, and concurrent or joint resolution as introduced and as amended. Entries are not removed from the index when the subject matter is deleted from the measure in the course of passage. The Legislative Index is published by the Legislative Counsel.
- Public Laws
- Statutes [Official California Legislative Information]
- California Statutes are called Chaptered Bills. A bill is "chaptered" by the Secretary of State after it has passed through both houses of the Legislature and has been signed by the Governor or becomes law without the Governor's signature. Statutes are available starting from 1993.
- California Legal Code
- The Callifornia Legal Code consolidates and arranges by subject California laws currently in force. Consists of 29 codes. List of California Legal Codes.
- California Law [Official California Legislative Information]
- California Law [Official California Legislative Information]
- An Internet site provided by the California Legislature.
- Tables of Sections Affected
- Provides an index of each section of the California Constitution, codes and uncodified laws affected by measures introduced in the Legislature.
- California Constitution
- California Constitution [Official California Legislative Information]
Legislative Support Agencies
- Nonpartisan agencies that support the work of the California Legislature.
- California Research Bureau
- Provides nonpartisan, confidential research to the Governor's Office, members of both houses of the Legislature, and other state constitutional officers.
- Legislative Analyst's Office
- Provides fiscal and policy analysis to the California Legislature.
- Senate Office of Research
- Develops public policy initiatives for the California Senate, conducts strategic policy planning and evaluates policy initiatives from sources both inside and outside government.
Lobbyists & Political Contributions
- Lobbying Filing Requirements
- Information on requirements of lobbyists to register and file disclosure statements.
- Cal-Access
- California Automated Lobbying and Campaign Contribution & Expenditure Search System that contains current information about lobbying firms, individual lobbyists and lobbyist employers.
- Selected Lobbying Expenditure Analyses
- Reports analyze expenditures related to lobbying the California State Legislature and attempting to influence administrative decisions of state government.
