ARTICLE IV LEGISLATIVE [SEC. 1. - SEC. 28.]
Heading of Article 4 amended Nov. 8, 1966, by Prop. 1-a. Res.Ch. 139, 1966 1st Ex. Sess.
Art. IV, §§ 1–28 · 28 sections
- Art. IV, § 1 The legislative power of this State is vested in the California Legislature which consists of the Senate and Assembly, but the people reserve to themselves the…
- Art. IV, § 1.5 The people find and declare that the Founding Fathers established a system of representative government based upon free, fair, and competitive elections. The…
- Art. IV, § 2 (a) (1) The Senate has a membership of 40 Senators elected for 4-year terms, 20 to begin every 2 years. (2) The Assembly has a membership of 80 members elected…
- Art. IV, § 3 (a) The Legislature shall convene in regular session at noon on the first Monday in December of each even-numbered year and each house shall immediately…
- Art. IV, § 4 (a) To eliminate any appearance of a conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties and responsibilities, no Member of the Legislature may knowingly…
- Art. IV, § 4.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution or existing law, a person elected to or serving in the Legislature on or after November 1, 1990, shall…
- Art. IV, § 5 (a) (1) Each house of the Legislature shall judge the qualifications and elections of its Members and, by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of…
- Art. IV, § 6 For the purpose of choosing members of the Legislature, the State shall be divided into 40 Senatorial and 80 Assembly districts to be called Senatorial and…
- Art. IV, § 7 (a) Each house shall choose its officers and adopt rules for its proceedings. A majority of the membership constitutes a quorum, but a smaller number may…
- Art. IV, § 7.5 In the fiscal year immediately following the adoption of this Act, the total aggregate expenditures of the Legislature for the compensation of members and…
- Art. IV, § 8 (a) At regular sessions no bill other than the budget bill may be heard or acted on by committee or either house until the 31st day after the bill is…
- Art. IV, § 8.5 An act amending an initiative statute, an act providing for the issuance of bonds, or a constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature and submitted to…
- Art. IV, § 9 A statute shall embrace but one subject, which shall be expressed in its title. If a statute embraces a subject not expressed in its title, only the part not…
- Art. IV, § 10 (a) Each bill passed by the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor. It becomes a statute if it is signed by the Governor. The Governor may veto it by…
- Art. IV, § 11 The Legislature or either house may by resolution provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to…
- Art. IV, § 12 (a) Within the first 10 days of each calendar year, the Governor shall submit to the Legislature, with an explanatory message, a budget for the ensuing fiscal…
- Art. IV, § 12.5 Within 10 days following the submission of a budget pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 12, following the proposed adjustments to the Governor’s Budget…
- Art. IV, § 13 A member of the Legislature may not, during the term for which the member is elected, hold any office or employment under the State other than an elective…
- Art. IV, § 14 A member of the Legislature is not subject to civil process during a session of the Legislature or for 5 days before and after a session.
- Art. IV, § 15 A person who seeks to influence the vote or action of a member of the Legislature in the member’s legislative capacity by bribery, promise of reward,…
- Art. IV, § 16 (a) All laws of a general nature have uniform operation. (b) A local or special statute is invalid in any case if a general statute can be made applicable.
- Art. IV, § 17 The Legislature has no power to grant, or to authorize a city, county, or other public body to grant, extra compensation or extra allowance to a public…
- Art. IV, § 18 (a) The Assembly has the sole power of impeachment. Impeachments shall be tried by the Senate. A person may not be convicted unless, by rollcall vote entered…
- Art. IV, § 19 (a) The Legislature has no power to authorize lotteries, and shall prohibit the sale of lottery tickets in the State. (b) The Legislature may provide for the…
- Art. IV, § 20 (a) The Legislature may provide for division of the State into fish and game districts and may protect fish and game in districts or parts of districts. (b)…
- Art. IV, § 21 To meet the needs resulting from war-caused or enemy-caused disaster in California, the Legislature may provide for: (a) Filling the offices of members of the…
- Art. IV, § 22 It is the right of the people to hold their legislators accountable. To assist the people in exercising this right, at the convening of each regular session of…
- Art. IV, § 28 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, no bill shall take effect as an urgency statute if it authorizes or contains an appropriation for…