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There is a clear distinction between a ‘spot’ bill and an ‘intent’ bill
By Chris Micheli, September 25, 2024 2:48 pm
As I have previously written, I believe we should use the term “placeholder bill” for those measures that are introduced in the California Legislature which lack substantive language. That is because I believe there is a clear distinction between a “spot” bill, which has technical or nonsubstantive language changes to an existing statute, and an “intent” bill, which has a general or specific statement of legislative intent.
I began tracking four years ago the number of spot and intent bills introduced annually. As a result, I have developed the following tables for the past two legislative sessions:
