Elections.
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2025-2026 session
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Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. · Feb 27, 2025
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 30. · Feb 28, 2025
Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. · Mar 12, 2025
Set for hearing April 29. · Apr 4, 2025
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 934.) (April 29). · Apr 29, 2025
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. · Apr 30, 2025
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1011.) Ordered to the Assembly. · May 5, 2025
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. · May 5, 2025
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. · May 19, 2025
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). · Jul 2, 2025
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. · Jul 3, 2025
From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia. · Jul 7, 2025
Ordered to third reading. · Jul 7, 2025
Read third time and amended. · Sep 3, 2025
Ordered to third reading. · Sep 3, 2025
Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 3132.) · Sep 9, 2025
Read third time and amended. (Page 3132.) · Sep 9, 2025
Ordered to third reading. · Sep 9, 2025
Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. · Sep 9, 2025
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. · Sep 10, 2025
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 12). · Sep 12, 2025
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 3441.) · Sep 12, 2025
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 19. Page 3447.) Ordered to the Senate. · Sep 13, 2025
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. · Sep 13, 2025
Urgency clause adopted. · Sep 13, 2025
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 3059.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. · Sep 13, 2025
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. · Sep 23, 2025
Approved by the Governor. · Oct 1, 2025
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 238, Statutes of 2025. · Oct 1, 2025
The numbers
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sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
Do pass.Assembly · 2025-09-12 · (PASS) · Ayes 5, Noes 2, Abstain 0
Unfinished Business SB851 Cervantes et al. Urgency Clause ConcurrenceSenate · 2025-09-12 · (PASS) · Ayes 29, Noes 6, Abstain 5
SB 851 Cervantes Senate Second Reading By PellerinAssembly · 2025-09-12 · (PASS) · Ayes 60, Noes 19, Abstain 1
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.Assembly · 2025-07-02 · (PASS) · Ayes 7, Noes 0, Abstain 0
Consent Calendar 2nd SB851 E. & C.A. (Cervantes)Senate · 2025-05-05 · (PASS) · Ayes 38, Noes 0, Abstain 2
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent CalendarSenate · 2025-04-29 · (PASS) · Ayes 5, Noes 0, Abstain 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the California legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 238, Statutes of 2025. (Oct 1, 2025).