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Calif. legislature wraps up marathon week of votes
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May 30, 2014
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Calif. legislature wraps up marathon week of votes
Hundreds of bills were heard on the floors of both the Assembly and Senate this week as California legislators scrambled to meet their end-of-the-week deadline.
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Hundreds of bills were heard on the floors of both the Assembly and Senate this week as California legislators scrambled to meet their end-of-the-week deadline.

The California legislature is wrapping up a marathon week of work. Both the Assembly and Senate finished voting on hundreds of bills before an end-of-the-week deadline.

The Senate approved several measures including one that would raise the minimum wage in California to $13 by 2017, and another that would require health labels on sugary drinks. In the Assembly, a bill requiring that porn actors use condoms and get regularly tested for STDs passed, while a bill that would regulate medical marijuana was rejected.

Katie Orr, State Government Reporter with Capitol Public Radio,  joins the show to help us sort through this week's winners and losers.