The governor has 30 days to act in 2026. In the first year of the Legislature’s two-year cycles, the governor is limited to 12 days. Once the governor signs the measure, it is sent to the secretary of ...

Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón strives for consensus. Managing California’s budget shortfall will put her skills to ...

California Republican lawmakers remained miffed after a handful of them were abruptly kicked off pivotal legislative committees by Democratic Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas. Assembly Minority Leader ...

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas on Thursday announced he and dozens of other Democratic assemblymembers plan to leave X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Rivas said his office and 57 ...

California’s Legislature, full of freshly minted Senators and Assembly members, returned to the state Capitol chambers Monday for the first organization session. Members, often joined by their ...

California took a large step toward banning online sweepstakes gaming Monday night when the state Senate unanimously passed AB 831 by a 36-0 vote with four abstentions. The bill now returns to the ...

Since President Trump's immigration raids began sweeping through California's cities and farm fields, state Senate President ...

The California State Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would overhaul the state's production tax incentive program, a key step in legislators' efforts to provide support to struggling ...

A first-of-its-kind-in-the-nation bill involving kids and artificial intelligence (AI) safety is set to be heard in a California Assembly committee Tuesday. The bill's author and sponsors say Assembly ...

The California Assembly on Thursday approved harsher penalties for soliciting sex from 16- and 17-year-olds, with an exception for cases where there is an age difference of three years or less between ...