Crime Bills Divide California Democrat Lawmakers

Published on June 18, 2024

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California’s Democrat lawmakers disagreed over an amendment to several public safety bills that would kill the bills if a November ballot initiative passes. The state Senate’s Appropriations Committee on June 17 amended five bills to add the non-operability clause, linking them directly to the ballot initiative, which is aimed at reforming Proposition 47. It was passed by voters in 2014 to reduce prison sentences. California’s Democratic lawmakers disagreed over some public safety bill amendments during a June 17 hearing where the state Senate’s Appropriations Committee amended five bills to add a clause that will render the legislation inoperable if a ballot initiative aimed at reforming Proposition 47—which was passed by voters in 2014 to reduce prison sentences—is approved in November....

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