Bills, bills, bills

As we continue to wait for a state budget, the Legislature is waiting, too. The Senate and Assembly are holding an estimated 850 bills at the Assembly and Senate desks, waiting to send them to Gov. Schwarzenegger. Capitol Weekly.
The governor has threatened to veto any bills that come to his desk until a budget is passed. But the clock is ticking. Any bill passed by the Legislature and sent to the governor must be acted on by Sept. 30 to take effect by January 2009. The governor has until November 15 to act on any bill containing an appropriation or with an urgency clause.
As the hands of time continue to turn, here's a look at some of the bills acted on in the final days of the Legislative session. We've focused much of this list on bills or subjects we've written about over the last legislative session, but feel free to email us and let us know which bills we've missed.