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Follow Honor Program Bill (SB 299) through the legislative process…

• March 26, 2007: Senate Public Safety Committee Informational Hearing

• April 17, 2007: Passes Senate Public Safety Committee with unanimous bipartisan support

• May 7, 2007: Scheduled to be heard in Senate Appropriations, where it is expected to be put on Suspense. (Bills tagged with an expected upfront cost of over $150,000 are put on Suspense and voted on in a separate hearing held by June 1, 2007.)

If SB 299 passes Senate Appropriations:

• June 4-8, 2007: Vote on the Senate Floor. (Requires a majority vote.)
   

If SB 299 gets out of the Senate:

• On or after June 11, 2007: The bill will go to the Assembly Rules Committee, where it will automatically be assigned to the Assembly Public Safety Committee.

• July 13, 2007: Last day the bill can be heard in the Assembly Public Safety Committee.
   

If SB 299 passes Assembly Public Safety:

• On or before August 31, 2007: The bill will be heard and voted on by the Assembly Appropriations.
   

If SB 299 gets out of Assembly Appropriations:

• Between September 3 – 14, 2007: The bill will be voted on by the Assembly Floor.
   

If SB 299 gets out of the Assembly:

• The last day for the Governor to sign or veto the bill is October 14, 2007.
   

If the Governor signs SB 299:

• The statute will take effect on January 1, 2008.
   

Click on http://www.sen.ca.gov/~newsen/schedules/_CALENDAR/jointCalendar2007updated1.pdf

to see the complete 2007 legislative calendar.

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