it's entirely possible such nonsense is all show, and wouldn't be passed, however.

i'm from illinois, worked in california, and no longer live in either. from afar, it seems that whatever california bureaucrats propose, after a short delay, gets proposed by their little sibling bureaucrats in illinois.

This is 100% true

It has already passed the Colorado senate.

This. IL and MA follow whatever CA does with a few year lag. Considerations of sanity never enter into the discussion.