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The highest-ranking minority party post in each house; chief policy and political strategist for the minority party.
https://legislativecounsel.ca.gov/glossary#MinorityFloorLeader
A formal proposal for action made by a legislator during a committee hearing or floor session.
https://legislativecounsel.ca.gov/glossary#Motion
A measure not having specified financial impact on the state and, therefore, not required to be heard in an Assembly or Senate fiscal committee as it moves through the legislative process. Nonfiscal bills are subject to different legislative calendar deadlines than fiscal bills.
https://legislativecounsel.ca.gov/glossary#NonfiscalBill
Those Members and employees of the Legislature who are elected by the membership of each house at the beginning of each session to perform specific functions on behalf of the house. Assembly officers include the Speaker, Speaker pro Tempore, Chief Clerk, and Sergeant-at-Arms. Senate officers include the President pro Tempore, Secretary of the Senate, and Sergeant-at-Arms.
https://legislativecounsel.ca.gov/glossary#Officers
A roll call vote in a committee or an Assembly or Senate floor session that has occurred but has not yet been concluded or formally announced. Members may continue to vote or change their votes as long as a measure remains "on call." Calls are usually placed at the request of a bill's author in an effort to gain votes. Calls can be lifted by request any time during the committee hearing or floor session, but cannot be carried over into the next legislative day.
https://legislativecounsel.ca.gov/glossary#OnCall
A parliamentary ruling by the presiding officer of a committee or the house that a matter is not, at that time, appropriate for consideration by the body.
https://legislativecounsel.ca.gov/glossary#OutofOrder
A procedural question posed by a legislator during a committee hearing or floor session. A member must be recognized for this purpose and the question answered by the committee chair or presiding officer.
https://legislativecounsel.ca.gov/glossary#ParliamentaryInquiry
(literally: per day) Daily living expense payment made to legislators when a house is in session.
https://legislativecounsel.ca.gov/glossary#PerDiem
A formal request submitted to the Legislature by an individual or group of individuals.
https://legislativecounsel.ca.gov/glossary#Petition
Assertion by a Member that his or her rights, reputation, or conduct have been impugned, entitling the Member to repudiate the allegations.
https://legislativecounsel.ca.gov/glossary#PointofPersonalPrivilege