Chris Micheli, a longtime contributor to the California Globe, has published a book, “Handbook on California Legislative Data,” which summarizes his years of research into aspects of California’s legislative process. Micheli is an attorney and lobbyist with his own firm, Snodgrass & Micheli, and is also an adjunct professor at McGeorge School of Law and a lecturer in law at the University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law.
The book contains more than 40 chapters and includes numerous charts of procedural data he has tracked over the past 20 years, such as bill introductions and gubernatorial actions. “I have always studied the California State Legislature and its legislative process. Over the years, I have looked at various aspects such as gubernatorial vetoes and signing messages, bill introduction and passage rates, etc.” Micheli explained.
“We hope this book and its data will be useful to both practitioners and scholars in evaluating the efforts of the California Legislature,” Micheli said. The book is 145 pages long and includes explanatory material and charts representing years of data collection by the author.
This book can be purchased as a paperback here.
This book is available in e-book version here.
The contents of the handbook are as follows:
CHAPTER 1 CALIFORNIA’S FIRST CODE 1
Chapter 2 California Statute Schedule 2
Chapter 3 Number of California Banknotes by Code 5
Chapter 4 How many bills were introduced in 7 years?
Congress in 2023?
Chapter 5 How many bills have been introduced in history? 8
Chapter 6 Overview of restrictions on bill introduction 10
Chapter 7 2023 Bill Introduction and Member Summary, 12
Plus Committee Duties
Chapter 8 Some California Bill Statistics
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Chapter 9 Categories of Bills by Congress 16
Chapter 10 Categories of Additional Bills in Past Years 20
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Chapter 11 California Bills: Submission and Enactment 21
Chapter 12 Summary of California Bills by Session and Chapter 23
Activities carried out
Chapter 13 Historical Review of Special Sessions in California 26
Chapter 14 34 Details of the Appropriations Committee
Suspense file results
Chapter 15 Overview of Recent Suspense File Actions 36
Chapter 16 Some statistics from the 2021-22 legislation 38
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Chapter 17 California Legislative Statistics 2021 Update 39
CHAPTER 18 COMMITTEE BILLS FOR THE 2023 SESSION VOLUME 41
CHAPTER 19 UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR 2021 CONGRESS 45
Chapter 20 2021-22 California Bill Processing 48
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Chapter 21 By the Numbers: 2019-20 Congress 50
Chapter 22 By the Numbers: 2017-18 Congressional Overview 52
CHAPTER 23 PROCESSING CALIFORNIA SENATE BILLS 57
CHAPTER 24 PROCESSING CALIFORNIA GENERAL BILLS 58
Chapter 25 Amount of Daily Report Letters Submitted by 59
Bill Author – Updates for 2023
Chapter 26 Tools for Researching Legislative History and Intent: 60
letter to daily diary – Parliamentary Bill
Chapter 27 Tools for Researching Legislative History and Intent: 83
letter to daily diary – Senate Bill
Chapter 28: How many banknotes are there in California’s 100?
Governor?
Chapter 29 Summary of Governor’s 2023 Bill Actions 101
Newsom, Plus History Notes
Chapter 30 Summary of Governor’s Actions for Bill 2022 104
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Chapter 31 Summary of 2021 Bill Actions by the Governor 106
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Chapter 32 Review of 2020 Governor’s Bill Actions 108
Chapter 33 Summary of Governor’s 2019 Bill Actions 109
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Chapter 34 Summary of Governor’s 2018 Bill Actions 111
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Chapter 35 Reasons for Governor’s Veto in 2022 112
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Chapter 36 What was the reason for Governor Newsom’s Bill 118?
Will the veto be exercised in 2021?
Chapter 37 Snapshot of Bill Signing Messages 121
Chapter 38 Bill Signing Message Table 122
Chapter 39 Term of California House of Representatives 136
Chapter 40 Historical Review of Bills Passed Without Laws 137
Governor’s signature
Chapter 41. Numerous California Laws Exceed Section 140
invalidated by court
Chapter 42 How many of California’s 144 regulations are there?
Regulatory code?
Chapter 43 How Productive Is the California Supreme Court? 145
