California Senate Appropriations Committee moves most of 93 suspense-file bills to suspense; one bill sent to floor

The Senate Committee on Appropriations convened and, without objection, moved the vast majority of its 93 suspense-file measures to the committees suspense file, while sending one bill directly to the Senate floor and rescheduling two bills for a later hearing.

The action matters because the suspense file is where bills with identified fiscal impacts are held while the Legislature determines whether to advance them. Chair Caballero opened the hearing noting the department of finance did not provide fiscal files for the measures and that the authors for the suspense items had waived presentations; the committee nonetheless allowed public testimony limited to fiscal aspects.

Committee action and notable outcomes

- Without objection the committee moved dozens of individual bills to the suspense file (each recorded on the hearing record as "will move to suspense"). - SB 547 (Perez) was sent directly to the Senate floor pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, as announced at…