Friday marks one of the most pivotal yet secretive days for hundreds of proposed laws working their way through the state Capitol, a day when the state Legislature's powerful appropriations committees quickly pass or kill bills for the year without public discussion.The day is referred to as "Suspense Day" because, over the past several months, the committees have placed hundreds of bills into what's called the suspense file. That file is reserved for bills that cost the state more than $50,000 from the general fund or $150,000 from any of the state's special funds.Each house in the Legislature, the Senate and the Assembly has an appropriations committee. Its task is to analyze bills based on their cost to taxpayers. The Assembly Appropriations Committee has 297 proposals on file as of Thursday morning, while the Senate Appropriations Committee had 558. Those numbers could grow by Friday morning. Suspense hearings are unlike any other at the state Capitol. The leader of the committee quickly rattles off a bill number and then announces if it's passed or held on suspense. There is no testimony, no discussion, and oftentimes, the committee does not publicly disclose why a bill is blocked.Hearings on the suspense file happen twice a year — Fridays will be the final one to assess bills that started in the opposite house. Bills written in the Assembly will be sifted through the Senate's appropriations committee, while Senate bills will be heard in the Assembly. Assembly bills that survive move to the Senate floor, while Senate bills approved head to the Assembly floor. It marks one of the final steps before proposed laws reach the governor's desk. Here are high-profile proposals on suspenseA.C.A. 1 - Makes it easier for local governments to increase taxes for affordable housing and infrastructure projects by lowering the voter threshold for approval. If passed through the Legislature, it still needs voter approval to become law. A.B. 1 - Allows legislative staff to unionize S.B. 2 - Sets new limits for concealed carry firearm permits. S.B. 4 - Allows religious institutions, including churches and synagogues and nonprofit colleges, to build affordable housing on their property.A.B. 5 - Establishes the Safe and Supportive Schools Act, establishing required training for public school staff and teachers on supporting LGBTQ students. S.B. 14 - Defines child sex trafficking as a "serious felony," requiring repeat offenders to stay in prison longer. S.B. 15 - Requires the state to report carbon emissions from importing oil from foreign countries and requires state regulators to track the environmental regulations and human rights issues associated with countries providing the oil. S.B. 58 - Decriminalizes some hallucinogenic drugs.S.B. 94 - Reduces sentences for some felons of serious crimes, including murder, if they've been in custody for 25 years or if the crime happened before June of 1990.S.B. 253 - Requires large companies doing business in California to disclose their carbon emissions.S.B. 261 - Requires large companies doing business in California to disclose their climate risk. A.B. 280 - Limits solitary confinement in California prisons. A.B. 513 - Provides disaster relief assistance to undocumented immigrants. S.B. 423 - Fast tracks the construction of affordable housing.S.B. 525 - Raises minimum wage for healthcare workers S.B. 553 - Requires employers to develop a workplace violence prevention plan. Among many things, the bill prohibits non-security employees from confronting suspected shoplifters. S.B. 673 - Establishes the Ebony Alert for missing Black women and childrenS.B. 680 - Prohibits social media companies from using algorithms that push content that causes children to harm themselves or others. A.B. 799 - Sets parameters to hold cities and counties accountable to meeting housing production goals and reducing homelessness when state taxpayer dollars are involved. A.B. 1078 - Prevents California public school systems from banning books on gender and race. | More National News | Former President Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election case