Civics 101 How to read a California Bill

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How to read a California Bill - Bills are somewhat specialized - here are the tricks

Let's look at how a bill is formatted and what the parts are and then what little you can do.

For an example, let's examine 2024's SB 1160, the annual registration bill.

Bills are on line at https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces//billSearchClient.xhtml

Clicking on that link brings up this query screen:

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Enter "1160" in the "Bill Number" field and click "Search"; you get
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Click on SB-1160 and you get...

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