Governor Wraps up Legislative Session

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS UPDATE

Governor Wraps Up Bill Signings, 

Concludes First Year of Legislative Session

This week, Governor Gavin Newsom took action on a wave of bills, officially wrapping up the first year of the Legislature’s two-year session.

Under normal circumstances, the Governor has 12 days to sign or veto bills once they’ve been approved by both houses of the Legislature. If no action is taken within that time, the legislation automatically becomes law.

However, there’s one key exception. When lawmakers pass bills right before their recess at the end of the first year of a two-year session—as they did this year on September 12—the Governor gets an extended 30-day window to make decisions.

That 30-day period ended on October 13, and in the days leading up to the deadline, Governor Newsom took final action on dozens of measures. C.A.R. actively lobbied for and against many of these bills which concerned housing and real estate. 

The full legislative update of which housing bills C.A.R. sponsored or opposed can be accessed below.

VIEW LEGISLATIVE UPDATE