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Who passed the most bills? Who had the most vetoes? Which GOP lawmaker finished with the most new laws? Who didn't pass anything.

We've got the skinny.

Most bills passed out of Legislature
24 - Sen. Pat Wiggins (D)
23 - Assemblyman Dave Jones (D)
21 - Sen. Jack Scott (D)
20 - Sen. Joe Simitian (D)
20 - Assemblyman Tony Mendoza (D)

Most bills signed into law
17 - Sen. Pat Wiggins (D)
15 - Sen. Jack Scott (D)
14 - Sen. Joe Simitian (D)
13 - Sen. Denise Ducheny (D)
12 - Sen. Leland Yee (D)
12 - Sen. Darrell Steinberg (D)
12 - Assemblyman Bill Emmerson (R)

Most bills signed (among Republicans)
12 - Assemblyman Bill Emmerson
10 - Sen. Dave Cox
9 - Sen. George Runner
8 - Sen. Roy Ashburn
8 - Sen. Abel Maldonado
8 - Sen. Bob Margett

Most bills vetoed
13 - Assemblyman Dave Jones (D)
12 - Assemblyman Tony Mendoza (D)
12 - Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D)
10 - Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata (D)
10 - Assemblyman John Laird (D)

Fewest bills signed into law
0 - Assemblywoman Audra Strickland (R)
0 - Sen. Tom McClintock (R)
0 - Sen. Ed Vincent (D)
1 - Assemblywoman Nicole Parra (D)
1 - Assemblywoman Mimi Walters (R)

Highest veto percentage
100 percent - Sen. Tom McClintock (R)
77 percent - Sen. Carole Migden (D)
75 percent - Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D)
72 percent - Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi (D)
71 percent - Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata (D)
71 percent - Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally (D)

Total new laws authored, by caucus
313 - Assembly Democrats
204 - Senate Democrats
129 - Assembly Republicans
76 - Senate Republicans

Total bills vetoed, by caucus
237 - Assembly Democrats (43 percent of caucus bills passed)
127 - Senate Democrats (38 percent)
25 - Assembly Republicans (16.2 percent)
8 - Senate Republicans (9.5 percent)

Average number of bills signed per Republican lawmaker
4.36

Average number of bills signed per Democratic lawmaker
7.08

Our methodology: Capitol Alert added up every bill that reached Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk in 2008. We only included bills that had lawmakers, not committees, tagged as the principal author. Co-authors were also not included.

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