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California Senate Appropriations Committee moves 79 bills to suspense file after final hearing
Summary
The California State Senate Appropriations Committee moved all 79 measures on its agenda to the suspense file during its final regular-order hearing; authors waived presentations, Department of Finance did not appear, and public testimony was limited to fiscal impacts.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations moved 79 measures on its agenda to the committee's suspense file during a final regular-order hearing held in Room 2200 of the 0 Street Building. Committee members handled each bill as a suspense-file candidate after authors waived presentation and the Department of Finance indicated it had no files for the day's measures.
The action matters because placement on the suspense file sends bills to committee staff for further fiscal review before the committee decides whether to fund or advance them. Chair Powell opened the hearing by noting, "We have 79 measures on today's agenda, all of which are suspense file candidates." He also…
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