Legislative Calendar

The California State Legislature has released its tentative legislative calendar for 2024. Important dates include the following:

• January 3 – Legislature reconvene.
• January 10 - Budget must be submitted by Governor.
• January 12 - Last day for policy committees to hear and report to fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house in the odd-numbered year.
• January 15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 
• January 19 - Last day for any committee to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in that house in the odd-numbered year. Last day to submit bill requests to the Office of Legislative Counsel. 
• January 31 - Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in the house in the odd-numbered year.
• February 16 – Last day for new legislation to be introduced.
• February 19 - President's Day.
• March 21 - Spring Recess begins upon adjournment.
• March 29 - Cesar Chavez Day observed. 
• April 1- Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess
• April 26 - Last day for policy committees to hear and report to fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house.
• May 3 - Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor nonfiscal bills introduced in their house. 
• May 10 - Last day for policy committees to meet prior to May 28.
• May 20-24 - Floor session only. No committee may meet for any purpose except for Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to Assembly rule 7702, and Conference Committees.
• May 24 - Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house.
• May 27 - Memorial Day. 
• May 28 - Committee meetings may resume. 
• June 15 – Budget bill must be passed by midnight
• June 27 - Last day for a legislative measure to qualify for the November 5 General Election ballot.
• July 3 - Last day for policy committees to meet and report bills. Summer Recess begins upon adjournment, provided Budget Bill has been passed. 
• July 4 - Independence Day.
• August 5 – Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess.
• August 16 - Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills.
• Auguste 19-31 - Floor session only. No committee may meet for any purpose except Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2 a, and Conference Committees.
• August 23 - Last day to amend bills on the Floor.
• August 31 – Last day for the legislature to pass bills
• September 30 – Last day for the governor to sign or veto bills