Recess extension for the legislature
The role of a government is the establishment and maintenance of a legal system. The government has a legislature that has the authority to make laws for a nation or state. Following the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, recess has been extended for the California legislature to the fourth of May. Legislative meetings, as well as hearings, were canceled since there was a reflection to be more cautious due to the ongoing crisis. They insisted on the need for bending the infection curve and supporting the healthcare personnel and first responders’ efforts. Initially, the lawmakers were to resume working on the thirteenth of April, a date that could not be possible due to the increased COVID-19 infections and deaths. Before halting legislative businesses, they quickly passed a relief plan of one billion dollars. The success or failure of the state slowing the rates of infection this month will determine whether they will return early next month or not (Myers, 2020).
Traditionally, early spring is usually the busiest moment of the year for the legislature, with various bills, policy committees consider before they receive final votes by the thirty-first of May from either of the houses. It is, therefore, not yet clear how the lawmakers will be in a position to adjust the year’s processes. Lorena Gonzalez, an assemblywoman, who also doubles up as the Assembly Appropriations committee’s chairwoman, had advised scrapping of most bills her colleagues had introduced earlier on during the beginning of the year. Her advice was triggered by the fact that there would be insufficient funds and time to enable enacting the bills into law. Is it advisable to continue extending the recess of the legislature until the coronavirus pandemic seizes? Should the bills be scrapped of considering the inadequate funds and times required in enacting them?
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