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ACR-168 • 2026

California Law Revision Commission: studies.

California Law Revision Commission: studies.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Pacheco
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about updating committee leaders during ongoing projects, only before starting work and for major changes.

California Law Revision Commission: Studies

This resolution allows the California Law Revision Commission to continue studying topics previously approved by the Legislature and adds permission for two new study areas, while requiring detailed descriptions of each project's scope before starting work.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the commission to keep studying topics that were already okayed by the Legislature.
  • Adds permission for the commission to look into two new areas of law.
  • Requires the commission to tell committee leaders about what they plan to study before they start working on it.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The California Law Revision Commission
  • Committees in the Legislature, like those for Judiciary

Terms To Know

Legislature
The group that makes laws for a state or country.
Commission
A group of people who are given special powers to do certain jobs, like studying laws.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It does not say exactly what the two new study areas will be.
  • The bill text does not explain how long these studies should take or when they must finish.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  2. 2026-04-06 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

  3. 2026-03-27 California Legislative Information

    From printer.

  4. 2026-03-26 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

ACR 168, as introduced, Pacheco.
California Law Revision Commission: studies.
Existing law requires the California Law Revision Commission to study, and limits the commission to studying, topics approved by resolution of the Legislature or by statute.
This measure would grant approval to the commission to continue its study of designated topics that the Legislature previously authorized or directed the commission to study and two new topics of study, as specified.
The measure would require the commission, before commencing work on any project within its authorized calendar of topics, to submit a detailed description of the scope of work to the chairs and vice chairs of the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and the Senate Committee on Judiciary, and any other policy committee that has jurisdiction, as specified. If a major change to the scope of work occurs during the course of the
project, the measure would require the commission to submit a description of the change.

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