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<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Rubio</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 9450) to Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to the Legislature. </ns0:Title>
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<html:p>The California Constitution vests the legislative power of the state in the Legislature, which consists of the Senate and Assembly. The Legislature may make law only by the enactment of a statute, and may enact a statute only by bill.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would require a bill introduced in the Legislature to be assigned a bill number that identifies the applicable legislative session, as provided. The bill would require the Secretary of the Senate, Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and Legislative Counsel Bureau to ensure that all legislative publications, indexes, journals, databases, and electronic systems use and display that bill number.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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<ns0:Num>SECTION 1.</ns0:Num>
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<html:p>The Legislature finds and declares that the changes to bill numbering required by this act will improve public access, clarity, and transparency in California’s legislative recordkeeping.</html:p>
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<ns0:Num>SEC. 2.</ns0:Num>
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Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 9450) is added to Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the
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, to read:
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<ns0:Num>4.5.</ns0:Num>
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<ns0:LawHeadingText>Naming and Numbering of Bills</ns0:LawHeadingText>
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(a)
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Every bill that is introduced in the Legislature shall be assigned a bill number that identifies the legislative session in which the bill is introduced. The legislative session shall precede the name of the house in which the bill was introduced according to the following format:
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(1)
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For a Senate bill, “[Name of the legislative session]—Senate Bill No. ____,” or “[Name of the legislative session]—SB ____.”
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(2)
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For an Assembly bill, “[Name of the legislative session]—Assembly Bill No. ____,” or “[Name of the legislative session]—AB ____.”
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(b)
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In the bill number, the name of the legislative session may be
abbreviated, such as “2027–28 Reg. Sess.” or “2027–28 1st Ex. Sess.”
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(a)
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The Secretary of the Senate, the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall ensure that all legislative publications, indexes, journals, databases, and electronic systems use and display a bill’s complete number pursuant to Section 9450.
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(b)
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The Secretary of the Senate, the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall make any necessary technical and conforming changes to legislative systems and materials to implement the requirements of this chapter.
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<html:p>This chapter applies to bills introduced during the 2027–28 Regular Session and any regular session thereafter, and to bills introduced during any special session commencing on or after January 1, 2027.</html:p>
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