A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Across the Desk The official act of introducing a bill or resolution. The measure is given to the Chief Clerk or his or her representative at the Assembly Desk in the Assembly Chambers or to the Secretary of the Senate or his or her representative in the Senate Chambers. It then receives a number and becomes a public document available from the bill room. Reports of Committees and Amendments are also "put across the desk." Act Action Adjournment Adjournment Sine Die Administrative Procedure Act (APA) Adoption Advise and Consent Amendment Analysis of the Budget Bill APA Rule Making Procedures Appeal Apportionment Appropriation Appropriations Limit Approved by the Governor Archives Assembly Assistant Chief Clerk Author Author's Amendments (Before Committee Hearing) Back to Top Bicameral Bill Bill Analysis Bill Digest Blue Pencil Bond Bill (General Obligation Bonds) Budget Budget Act Budget Bill Budget Change Proposal (BCP) Budget Year Back to Top California Channel (Cal-Span) California Code of Regulations Call of the House Call the Absentees Capital Outlay Capital Press Corps Casting Vote Caucus Caucus Chair Caucus Secretary Chair Chamber Chapter Chaptering Out Check-In Session Chief Administrative Officer Chief Clerk Coauthor Codes COLA Committee Amendments Committee Chair Committee of the Whole Companion Bill Concurrence Concurrent Resolution Conditional (or Contingent) Effect Conferees Conference Committee Conference Report Confirmation Conflict Consent Calendar Constituent Constitutional Amendment Consultant Contingency Fund Contingent Enactment Language Convene Current Fiscal Year Back to Top Daily File Daily History Daily Journal Deadlines Desk Desk is Clear Digest District District Bill Do Pass Do Pass as Amended Double Jointing Double Referred Dropped Back to Top Effective Date Enacted into Law Enacting Clause Enactment Date Enactment or Enacted into Law Engrossed Bill Engrossing and Enrolling Engrossment Enrolled Bill Enrollment Ex Officio Executive Session Exempt From Review by the Office of Administrative Law Exempt From The APA Expunge Extraordinary Session Back to Top File File Notice File Number Final History Finance Letter First Reading Fiscal Bill Fiscal Committee Fiscal Deadline Fiscal Year Floor Floor Analysis Unit Floor Manager or Jockey Floor Pass Foreign Amendments Four-Day File Notice Back to Top Gallery Germane Governor's Budget Governor's Reorganization Plan Grandfathering Gut and Amend Back to Top Handbook Hearing Held in Committee Help Desk Hijack History Hopper Host House House Resolution Back to Top Inactive File Initiative Interim Interim Study Back to Top Joint Committee Joint Resolution Joint Session Journal Back to Top Law Lay on the Table Legislative Advocate Legislative Analyst Legislative Counsel Legislative Counsel's Digest Legislative Data Center Legislative Information System Lieutenant Governor Line Item Veto Lobbyist Lobbyist Book Lower House Back to Top Majority House Majority Leader Majority of those Present and Voting Majority Vote Majority Whip Mason's Manual May Revision Measure Messages from the Governor Minority Floor Leader Minority Whip Minutes Motion Motion to Reconsider Move a Call Move the Previous Question Back to Top Nonfiscal Bill Back to Top Oath of Office Office of Administrative Law (OAL) Officers On Call On File On the Floor Out of Order Override Back to Top Parliamentary Inquiry Pass and Retain Pass on File Pass Temporarily Passage Per Diem Petition Point of Order Point of Personal Privilege Policy Committees Postpone Preprint Bill President of the Senate President pro Tempore of the Senate Presiding Presiding Officer Press Conference Previous Question Principal Coauthor Privilege of the Floor Put Over Back to Top Quasi-Legislative Quorum Quorum Call Back to Top Reading Reapportionment Recess Reconsideration Referendum Referral Regulation Republican Leader Rescind Resolution Roll Call Rule Making Rule Waiver Rules Back to Top Second Reading Second Reading File Secretary of the Senate Section Select Committees Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Session Short Committee Sine Die Skeleton Bill Speaker Speaker pro Tempore Special Order of Business Sponsor Spot Bill Standing Committees State Auditor State Mandate Statutes Stop the Clock Subcommittee Summary Digest Suspend the Constitution Back to Top Table Tax Levy Term Limits Third House Third Reading Third Reading Analysis Third Reading File Third Set Thirty-Day Provision Title Tombstone Two-Thirds Vote Back to Top Unanimous Consent Underground Regulation Unfinished Business Unicameral Upper House Urgency Clause Urgency Measure Back to Top Veto Voice Vote Weekly History Whip Withdraw From Committee Back to Top |