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2010 California Legislation Wrap-Up

December 10, 2010

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For the 2010 Regular Legislative Session, there were 1,495 bills introduced in the Senate and 2,799 bills introduced in the Assembly.  That is a combined total of 4,294 bills that were considered by the Legislature, which is lower than previous legislative sessions.  This figure does not include extraordinary legislative sessions, and bills relating to constitutional amendments or joint resolutions. 

Most of these 4,294 bills did not make it past their policy committees.  Based on approximately 1,039 bills that finally made it to the Govenor, Governor Schwarzenegger has signed approximately 743 bills and vetoed 296 bills.