It's a bureaucratic hack.
Some states have laws that state that bills can't be voted on unless they've gone through a committee or that bills can only be introduced at the beginning of a legislative session (the beginning of the year) and not the end. This way the bills can be honestly and properly debated on.
So this transportation bill was already in process and up for debate. Bills can always be "amended" - so they "amended" the bill by adding their vaccine mandate language and removing what was originally there so they can ramrod their legislation through.
god do I want to read any further; "AB 455 by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks"
After the article revs up with /insinuations/ - it then peters out quickly with,
What was gutted? The article never explains the gutted part ...and then I exited the word salad of this radicchio concoction.
California Globe is usually a deep dive of good journalism. This article is not. Please find a better version because I would like to read it.
It's a bureaucratic hack. Some states have laws that state that bills can't be voted on unless they've gone through a committee or that bills can only be introduced at the beginning of a legislative session (the beginning of the year) and not the end. This way the bills can be honestly and properly debated on. So this transportation bill was already in process and up for debate. Bills can always be "amended" - so they "amended" the bill by adding their vaccine mandate language and removing what was originally there so they can ramrod their legislation through.