CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 23Introduced by Assembly Member MelendezFebruary 12, 2018 A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 11 of Article IV thereof, relating to the Legislature. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACA 23, as introduced, Melendez. Legislative committees: prohibition on holding bills in committee.Existing provisions of the California Constitution authorize the Legislature or either house thereof to provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature on a subject within the scope of legislative control. This measure would enact the Legislative Transparency Act, which would require a standing committee to vote by roll call on each bill the committee hears regarding recommendation to the house, and would prohibit a standing committee from holding a bill in lieu of voting on recommendation to the house.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextResolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2017-18 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of December 2016, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows:First That Section 11 of Article IV thereof is amended to read:SEC. 11. (a) The Legislature or either house may by resolution provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature on a subject within the scope of legislative control.(b) (1) A standing committee shall vote by roll call on each bill the committee hears to determine whether or not to recommend the bill to the house. A standing committee shall not hold a bill in committee in lieu of voting on whether or not to recommend the bill to the house.(2) A chairperson whose committee violates this subdivision shall be removed from membership on the committee and shall not be reappointed to that committee for the remainder of the session.Second That this measure shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Transparency Act.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 23Introduced by Assembly Member MelendezFebruary 12, 2018 A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 11 of Article IV thereof, relating to the Legislature. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACA 23, as introduced, Melendez. Legislative committees: prohibition on holding bills in committee.Existing provisions of the California Constitution authorize the Legislature or either house thereof to provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature on a subject within the scope of legislative control. This measure would enact the Legislative Transparency Act, which would require a standing committee to vote by roll call on each bill the committee hears regarding recommendation to the house, and would prohibit a standing committee from holding a bill in lieu of voting on recommendation to the house.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 23
Introduced by Assembly Member MelendezFebruary 12, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Melendez
February 12, 2018
A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 11 of Article IV thereof, relating to the Legislature.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACA 23, as introduced, Melendez. Legislative committees: prohibition on holding bills in committee.
Existing provisions of the California Constitution authorize the Legislature or either house thereof to provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature on a subject within the scope of legislative control. This measure would enact the Legislative Transparency Act, which would require a standing committee to vote by roll call on each bill the committee hears regarding recommendation to the house, and would prohibit a standing committee from holding a bill in lieu of voting on recommendation to the house.
Existing provisions of the California Constitution authorize the Legislature or either house thereof to provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature on a subject within the scope of legislative control.
This measure would enact the Legislative Transparency Act, which would require a standing committee to vote by roll call on each bill the committee hears regarding recommendation to the house, and would prohibit a standing committee from holding a bill in lieu of voting on recommendation to the house.
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## Bill Text
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2017-18 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of December 2016, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows:
First That Section 11 of Article IV thereof is amended to read:SEC. 11. (a) The Legislature or either house may by resolution provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature on a subject within the scope of legislative control.(b) (1) A standing committee shall vote by roll call on each bill the committee hears to determine whether or not to recommend the bill to the house. A standing committee shall not hold a bill in committee in lieu of voting on whether or not to recommend the bill to the house.(2) A chairperson whose committee violates this subdivision shall be removed from membership on the committee and shall not be reappointed to that committee for the remainder of the session.
First That Section 11 of Article IV thereof is amended to read:
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SEC. 11. (a) The Legislature or either house may by resolution provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature on a subject within the scope of legislative control.(b) (1) A standing committee shall vote by roll call on each bill the committee hears to determine whether or not to recommend the bill to the house. A standing committee shall not hold a bill in committee in lieu of voting on whether or not to recommend the bill to the house.(2) A chairperson whose committee violates this subdivision shall be removed from membership on the committee and shall not be reappointed to that committee for the remainder of the session.
SEC. 11. (a) The Legislature or either house may by resolution provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature on a subject within the scope of legislative control.(b) (1) A standing committee shall vote by roll call on each bill the committee hears to determine whether or not to recommend the bill to the house. A standing committee shall not hold a bill in committee in lieu of voting on whether or not to recommend the bill to the house.(2) A chairperson whose committee violates this subdivision shall be removed from membership on the committee and shall not be reappointed to that committee for the remainder of the session.
SEC. 11. (a) The Legislature or either house may by resolution provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature on a subject within the scope of legislative control.(b) (1) A standing committee shall vote by roll call on each bill the committee hears to determine whether or not to recommend the bill to the house. A standing committee shall not hold a bill in committee in lieu of voting on whether or not to recommend the bill to the house.(2) A chairperson whose committee violates this subdivision shall be removed from membership on the committee and shall not be reappointed to that committee for the remainder of the session.
SEC. 11. (a) The Legislature or either house may by resolution provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature on a subject within the scope of legislative control.
(b) (1) A standing committee shall vote by roll call on each bill the committee hears to determine whether or not to recommend the bill to the house. A standing committee shall not hold a bill in committee in lieu of voting on whether or not to recommend the bill to the house.
(2) A chairperson whose committee violates this subdivision shall be removed from membership on the committee and shall not be reappointed to that committee for the remainder of the session.
Second That this measure shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Transparency Act.
Second That this measure shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Transparency Act.
Second That this measure shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Transparency Act.
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