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Does his hand hurt? Between signing and vetoing bills this year, California Governor Jerry Brown exercised his executive signature on the highest number of bills sent to a California governor since 2008.
The California Legislature concluded the final year of its 2013-2014 regular session in the early morning of August 29, 2014. A total of 4,233 bills were considered during this two-year period. This year, preliminary figures indicate that the Legislature sent 1,073 bills to Governor Brown for approval. By the signing deadline last Tuesday evening (September 30), Governor Brown had signed 931 bills into law, and vetoed 142 bills (13.6% of those sent to him in 2014).
The article found here provides a brief description of the major 2014 bills affecting California private-sector employers.