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citricacidx said:
well even if the bill gets approved, it will still need to go to the CA state House and Senate, no?

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Rebirtha said:
Here is how it works in California for bills introduced by an Assembly Member: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bil2lawx.html

To break it down simply

-A bill is introduced and then assigned to a the appropriate subcommittee. They vote on it, and if they get a majority vote it's read on the House floor.

-There are 40 Senators and 80 Assembly Members representing the people of the State of California. Bills that require an appropriation or that take effect immediately, generally require 27 votes in the Senate and 54 votes in the Assembly to be passed. Other bills generally require 21 votes in the Senate and 41 votes in the Assembly. If a bill is defeated, the Member may seek reconsideration and another vote.

-If that's approved in the house it goes to another house vote and procedure repeated.

-If a bill is amended in the second house, it must go back to the house of origin for concurrence, which is agreement on the amendments

-Then goes to the Governator for signing

A long set of steps, let's hope logic prevails

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psilyguy said:
the states can do what they want, but the feds have to keep it illegal because of treaties with the UN. if federal government legalizes pot we get kicked out of UN.

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