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 "standard": "data/snapshots.json — the ordered register of publication snapshots. A snapshot is never rewritten; a later state is a new entry. currentSnapshot governs every non-historical surface; historical surfaces cite their own entry.",
 "currentSnapshot": "2026-09-01T21:00:00-07:00",
 "previousSnapshot": "2026-09-01T18:55:00-07:00",
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   "snapshot": "2026-08-31T20:40:00-07:00",
   "label": "August 31, 2026 · 8:40 PM PDT",
   "edition": "Final-passage-day snapshot",
   "note": "California Senate floor session was In Progress at this cutoff. Preserved verbatim; no later floor action was backdated into it.",
   "preservedAt": [
    "/weekly/2026-08-24/",
    "archive/2026-08/mon-2026-08-31-2040-snapshot/"
   ],
   "recordThrough": "2026-08-31"
  },
  {
   "snapshot": "2026-09-01T13:36:00-07:00",
   "label": "September 1, 2026 · 1:36 PM PDT",
   "edition": "Post-session reconciliation / Governor phase",
   "note": "California 2025–2026 Regular Session final passage period concluded; enrollment and gubernatorial phase underway. Individual bill fates are assigned only from each bill’s own newest authoritative action.",
   "recordThrough": "2026-09-01"
  },
  {
   "snapshot": "2026-09-01T18:55:00-07:00",
   "label": "September 1, 2026 · 6:55 PM PDT",
   "edition": "Evening currentness delta — California legislative passage resolved",
   "note": "AB 2575 and AB 1199 completed legislative passage on 31 August; both leave the unresolved queue. The 8:40 PM and 1:36 PM snapshots are preserved verbatim.",
   "recordThrough": "2026-09-01"
  },
  {
   "snapshot": "2026-09-01T21:00:00-07:00",
   "label": "September 1, 2026 · 9:00 PM Pacific",
   "edition": "Evidence stamp — corpus reclassification and homepage rebuild",
   "note": "Pacific Daylight Time is in effect on this date, so the machine value carries -07:00; surfaces read \"9:00 PM PT\". Earlier snapshots are preserved verbatim.",
   "recordThrough": "2026-09-01"
  }
 ],
 "fieldRule": "contentSnapshotCutoff, recordThrough, sourcesCheckedAt, contentModifiedAt, buildGeneratedAt and physicianReviewedAt are distinct fields and are never used as synonyms.",
 "timeZoneNote": "All snapshot instants are Pacific. On 1 September 2026 Pacific observes daylight time (UTC-07:00); the offset is stored rather than an abbreviation so no surface has to guess."
}