Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Connie Juarez-Diroll, Chief Legislative Officer
Subject: State and Federal Legislative Update # 2
RECOMMENDATION:
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Accept the March 2025 informational report on the 2025 State and Federal Legislative sessions.
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BACKGROUND:
The 2025-2026 state and federal legislative sessions resumed on January 6, 2025, and January 3, 2025, respectively.
The deadline for members of the California State Legislature to introduce new bills was February 21, 2025. This year, legislative leadership imposed a 35-bill limit per member for the two-year session. While many newly introduced bills include substantive language, many are "spot bills" or placeholders. Introducing "spot bills" gives bill authors more time to work on bill details and amend them before or during policy committee hearings, as committees cannot vote on legislation for at least 30 days after a bill's introduction. The Assembly and Senate spot bill deadlines are March 17, 2025, and March 26, 2025. Policy committees will convene until May 2, 2025, the deadline for a bill's referral to fiscal committees.
On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, House Republican leaders advanced a fiscal year 2025 budget resolution (H Con Res 14) in the House, a key step in advancing President Trump's domestic policy agenda. Federal lawmakers face a March 14 deadline to pass a spending bill to fund federal agencies through the remainder of the fiscal year.
DISCUSSION:
State Update
As of February 21, 2025, a total of 2,355 bills were introduced in both houses combined (850 in the Senate and 1,505 in the Assembly). Notable bills of interest to San Mateo County include:
Elections
* AB 502 (Pellerin-D) would require delivery of specified notices, affidavits, and communications regarding elections by certified mail or, for certain communications between local officials and the ...
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