5.7 Bill Tracking

You can subscribe to a bill. There is no cost associated with this type of subscription. When you subscribe to a bill, you receive by e-mail copies of all documents archived for a bill, as they are archived. NOTE: you do not receive by e-mail copies of any documents that have already been archived -- you automatically receive only those archived after the time of you subscription. To subscribe, send e-mail as follows:
Mail To: Senate-News@sen.ca.gov
Subject: doesn't matter
  Title: subscribe bill sb_1234
         subscribe bill ab_2345
         subscribe bill ajr_4 

Any of the following documents may be added or changed with respect to a bill and that document will be mailed to all persons "subscribed" to the bill:
Bill Text, Introduced Version (generally not mailed)
Bill Text, Amended Version (not mailed)
Bill Text, Current Version (mailed, becomes amended version when superceded)
Bill Text Enrolled Version (Latest current version minus amending notations, representing the version sent to the governor)
Bill Text Chaptered Version (Version enacted into law, after the governor excercised line-item veto, if applicable)
Bill Analysis, Committee Version (each time it is heard by a committee)
Bill Vote, Committee Action (each time it voted on by a commitee)
Bill Analysis, Floor Version (each time it appears on 3rd reading file)
Bill Vote, Floor Action (each time it is voted on by the full house)
Bill History -- chronological listing of significant events relating to the progress of the bill through both houses of the legislature and to the governor
Bill Status -- current location information
Bill Digest -- The Legislative Counsel's Digest of the bill extracted from the begining of the bill text.

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