Last Week of California’s Legislative Session Brings Busy Schedules, Tight Deadlines

Assembly members and state senators must consider an average of 150 bills per day to finish before the session ends Saturday.

The California state Senate votes to approve the Legislature's budget bill, AB 107, in Sacramento on June 13, 2024. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times

Lawmakers are navigating the final six days of the California Legislature’s 2023–2024 session with committee hearings and daily meetings on the Assembly and Senate floor to decide the fate of 901 bills—342 pending in the Assembly and 559 in the Senate.

To meet the deadline, legislators need to debate and vote on an average of 150 bills each day.