Before adjourning the 2008 regular session on Sunday, lawmakers approved 873 bills that have yet to be acted upon by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Were this a typical year, the bills would be piling up on his desk. But the governor has said he will not sign any measures until a budget is approved, and lawmakers - at least temporarily - are holding the bills back. Eventually, Schwarzenegger has until Sept. 30 to act on the bills. Here's a look at some of them:

ASSEMBLY BILLS

AB 583: Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley

What it would do: Create a pilot project in which candidates for secretary of state in 2014 and 2018 could qualify for public campaign financing produced largely from a fee on lobbyists.

Analysis: Hancock has tried unsuccessfully for three years to pass a more wide-ranging public financing law. Opponents claim that public financing violates free-speech rights of potential donors.

AB 1107: Assemblyman Juan Arambula, D-Fresno

What it would do: Provide temporary financial relief for farmworkers who could work only part time because of the 2008 drought.

Analysis: Similar to bills signed into law in 1999 and 2007 in response to agricultural problems caused by freezes.

AB 1656: Assemblyman Dave Jones, D-Sacramento

What it would do: Restrict businesses from storing or releasing a customer's payment-related information unless necessary for business, legal or regulatory purposes.

Analysis: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a similar bill last year. AB 1656 attempts to ease the governor's concerns.

AB 1656: Assemblyman Ted Lieu, D-Torrance

What it would do: Hopes to prevent future housing mortgage crises by, among other things, banning negative amortization loans, capping prepayment penalties, and prohibiting brokers from making deceptive statements or steering borrowers to high-cost loans.

Analysis: Faces high-powered industry opposition, including the California Association of Mortgage Brokers, California Association of Realtors and California Mortgage Association.

AB 1879: Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles

What it would do: Require Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations for identifying and evaluating problem chemicals in consumer products.

Analysis: Would give state regulators broad authority to oversee - and potentially ban - hazardous chemicals in consumer products.

AB 1945: Assemblyman Hector De La Torre, D-South Gate

What it would do: Impose requirements and conditions on health insurance companies that seek to rescind existing policies.

Analysis: The bill is opposed by large HMOs. It received no Republican votes in the Senate, but was supported by 10 of 32 Assembly GOP members.

AB 2233: Assemblyman Bill Maze, R-Visalia

What it would do: Prohibit motorists from driving while holding a live animal in their arms or lap.

Analysis: Though proposed by a Republican, the bill was opposed by most GOP lawmakers and supported by most Democrats.

AB 2279: Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco

What it would do: Ban employers from discriminating against medical marijuana users who neither use nor are impaired on the job.

Analysis: The bill was prompted by a California Supreme Court decision upholding the 2001 firing of a Carmichael resident, Gary Ross, by a telecommunications firm.

AB 2296: Assemblyman Gene Mullin, D-South San Francisco

What it would do: Make it a misdemeanor crime to post personal information of an animal researcher with the intent to incite violence.

Analysis: The measure stemmed from an attempted home invasion targeting a UC Santa Cruz faculty member who had used mice for breast cancer research.

AB 2386: Assemblyman Fabian Núñez, D-Los Angeles

What it would do: Provide farmworkers with an alternative to ballot-booth elections in deciding whether to be represented by a union.

Analysis: Sponsored by the United Farm Workers, the bill raises issues similar to those in a bill vetoed by Schwarzenegger last year.

AB 2447: Assemblyman Dave Jones, D-Sacramento