A Friday deadline spurred a flurry of action at the California Capitol this week.
It was the last week for bills that would cost the state money to pass out of their initial committees, so lawmakers were running from room to room. They passed hundreds of bills out of those committees, and voted down others.
Assembly labor committee chair Roger Hernández had to call for a break Wednesday when he had no one to pass his gavel to.
"I have to go testify [in another committee]," Hernandez said, when calling a brief recess.
Bills to require voter approval for the controversial
Delta Tunnels project and to
dissolve the Public Utilities Commission moved forward, as did a
tax on marijuana purchases and
a cap on out-of-state enrollment at three UC campuses.
New limits on
semiautomatic rifles and
high-capacity magazines also advanced.
Companies could not consider new employees'
past salaries when negotiating pay, under another measure that passed its first step.
A Senate bill to regulate rates that ride-hailing companies like
Uber and Lyft charge failed.
A measure that would give
union rights to those drivers will be put on hold for the year.
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