Special Session For In California
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A “special” session is one convened pursuant to a proclamation issued by the Governor. Article IV, Section 3(b) of the state Constitution specifies, in part: “on extraordinary occasions the Governor by proclamation may cause the Legislature to assemble in special session.
A special legislative session called by the Governor by proclamation to address only those issues specified in the proclamation; also referred to as a special session.
The Senate will also convene a special session to safeguard California values and fundamental rights. The special session will focus on bolstering California legal resources to protect civil rights, reproductive freedom, climate action, and immigrant families.
The important factor would appear to be not the nature of the recess or ad- journment but, rather, that the Congress is not in session and that an extraordinary occasion has arisen which requires that it be in session and that it convene, therefore, at a date earlier than it otherwise would.
In 2005, Newsom pushed for a state law to allow California communities to create policy restricting certain breeds of dogs. In 2007, he signed the law establishing Healthy San Francisco to provide city residents with universal health care, the first city in the nation to do so.
There are no limits on the number of special session that may be called. Many factors can influence the number of special legislative sessions that occur in any year, including: Court decisions. Federal government actions.
Common reasons for a governor to call a special session include responding to economic downturns or other fiscal problems; federal legislation; disasters; and war. Some special sessions addressed more than one of these issues.
House speaker and Senate president pro tempore may call a special session upon receiving a joint written request of at least 60 percent of the members of each chamber.
At times presidents have called Congress into extraordinary session to address urgent issues such as war and economic crisis. On other occasions, presidents have summoned the Senate into session to consider nominations and treaties.
The President has the power, under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution, to call a special session of the Congress during the current adjournment, in which the Congress now stands adjourned until January 2, 1948, unless in the meantime the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker, and the majority leaders ...
