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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 1225: Initiative and referendum measures: title and summary.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1225 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 19, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Initiative and referendum measures: title and summary. Primary sponsor: Roger Niello (R), Thomas Umberg (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2026): May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law requires the Attorney General, upon receipt of the text of a proposed initiative or referendum measure, to prepare a circulating title and summary of the chief purposes and points of the proposed measure that includes an estimate of the financial impact of the proposed measure. Existing law requires the Attorney General to prepare a ballot title and summary for each measure that the Secretary of State determines will appear on the ballot at a statewide election.

This bill would instead require the Legislative Analyst to carry out these responsibilities. The bill would make the operation of this requirement contingent upon approval by the voters of SCA 3 of the 2025–26 Regular Session.

The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act’s purposes upon a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements. The act also provides that, notwithstanding this requirement, the Legislature may add to the voter information guide information regarding candidates or other information.

This bill, which would permit or require additional information to be included in the voter information guide, would therefore require a majority vote.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Roger NielloPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Thomas UmbergPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Benjamin AllenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
  2. Set for hearing May 14.
  3. May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  4. Set for hearing May 4.
  5. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 3971.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  6. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
  7. Set for hearing April 21.
  8. Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
  9. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
  10. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page