Legislative information system: bill position letters.

Plain English Breakdown

The exact format and timing of when these letters will be made public are not detailed in this bill.

Making Public Letters About Bills

This law requires that letters sent through a special website about bills be shown online starting from the 2027-28 Regular Session.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Legislative Counsel to make publicly available in electronic form all letters submitted through the Legislature’s internet portal in connection with each bill, commencing with bills introduced during the 2027–28 Regular Session.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who send letters about bills through the Legislature’s internet portal.
• The Legislative Counsel who manages the legislative information system.

Terms To Know

Legislative Counsel

An office that helps lawmakers by providing legal and research services, including managing public access to legislative information.

Internet portal

A website or online system where people can send letters about bills to the Legislature.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens to letters sent before the 2027-28 Regular Session.
• The exact format and timing of when these letters will be made public are not detailed in this bill.

Official Summary Text

AB 2063, as introduced, Wallis.
Legislative information system: bill position letters.
Existing law requires the Legislative Counsel, with the advice of the Assembly Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules, to make certain legislative information available to the public in electronic form, including the text, bill history, and bill status of each bill introduced and amended in each current legislative session and all bill analyses prepared by legislative committees in connection with each bill in each current legislative session.
This bill would add all letters submitted through the Legislature’s internet portal in connection with each bill, commencing with bills introduced during the 2027–28 Regular Session, to the information the Legislative Counsel is required to make publicly available in electronic form.

Current Bill Text

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