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Senate Governance & Finance Committee
Senator Wolk, Chair
Tentative Calendar - 2013
The Senate Governance & Finance Committee meets weekly on Wednesdays, starting at 9:30 a.m. in the State Capitol, Room 112. The committee hears bills in file order.
January 1, 2013 Statutes passed in 2012 take effect.
January 7 Legislature reconvenes.
January 9 Hearing.
January 16 Hearing.
January 21 Holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
January 25 Deadline to submit bill drafting requests to Legislative Counsel.
January 30 Hearing.
February 6 Hearing.
February 13 Hearing.
February 18 Holiday: President’s Day.
February 20 Hearing.
February 22 Deadline to introduce new bills.
February 27 Hearing.
March 6 Hearing.
March 13 Hearing.
March 20 Hearing.
March 21 Spring Recess begins.
March 27 No Hearing. (Spring Recess)
March 29 Holiday: César Chavez Day.
April 1 Legislature reconvenes.
April 3 Hearing.
April 10 Hearing.
April 17 Hearing.
April 24 Hearing.
May 1 Hearing. Deadline hearing for fiscal Senate bills.
May 3 Deadline to hear fiscal Senate bills.
May 8 Hearing. Deadline hearing for non-fiscal Senate bills.
May 10 Deadline to hear non-fiscal Senate bills.
May 15 Hearing.
May 17 Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 3.
May 22 No Hearing. Policy committees cannot meet before June3.
May 24 Deadline for fiscal committees to hear Senate bills.
May 27 Holiday: Memorial Day.
May 29 No Hearing. Policy committees cannot meet before June 3.
May 31 Deadline for the Senate to pass Senate bills.
June 3 Committee meetings may resume.
June 5 Hearing.
June 12 Hearing.
June 15 Legislature’s deadline to pass the 2013-14 State Budget.
June 19 Hearing.
June 26 Hearing.
July 3 Hearing.
July 4 Holiday: Independence Day.
July 10 Hearing. Deadline hearing for 2013.
July 12 Deadline for policy committees to meet and report bills.
July 12 Summer Recess begins.
July 17 No Hearing. Policy committees cannot meet after July 12.
July 24 No Hearing. Policy committees cannot meet after July 12.
July 31 No Hearing. Policy committees cannot meet after July 12.
August 7 No Hearing. Policy committees cannot meet after July 12.
August 12 Legislature reconvenes.
August 14 No Hearing. Policy committees cannot meet after July 12.
August 21 No Hearing. Policy committees cannot meet after July 12.
August 28 No Hearing. Policy committees cannot meet after July 12.
August 30 Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills to Floor.
September 2 Holiday: Labor Day.
September 3-13 Floor Session only.
September 6 Deadline to amend bills on the Senate Floor.
September 13 Senate Floor deadline. Interim Recess begins.
October 13 Deadline for the Governor to act on bills.
November 11 Holiday: Veterans Day.
November 28 & 29 Holiday: Thanksgiving.
December 24 & 25 Holiday: Christmas.
Dec 31 & Jan 1 Holiday: New Years.
January 1, 2014 Statutes passed in 2013 take effect.
January 6, 2014 Legislature reconvenes.
Revised: 1/9/13