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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 162: Elections.

Enacted 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 162 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Elections. Primary sponsor: Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Most recent recorded action (September 17, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 115, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

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

A special election will be held throughout the state on November 4, 2025. Existing law authorizes consolidation of a local election for the submission of any question, proposition, or office to be filled, which was called by a district, city, or other political subdivision on or before August 8, 2025, and scheduled to be held on November 4, 2025, with the statewide special election. Existing law prohibits a county elections official from certifying the results of the statewide special election before the 28th calendar day following the election.

This bill would also prohibit a county elections official from certifying the results of a local election called by a district, city, or other political subdivision on or before August 8, 2025, and scheduled to be held on November 4, 2025, before the 28th calendar day following the election.

Existing law requires the Secretary of State to report on the final costs of the statewide special election to the Director of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee no later than April 1, 2026.

This bill would appropriate $100,000 from the General Fund to the Secretary of State for purposes of that report.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on Budget and Fiscal ReviewPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)Senate—

“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. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 115, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 2957.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 3338.) Ordered to the Senate.
  7. Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 3164.)
  8. Withdrawn from committee.
  9. Ordered to third reading.
  10. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.
  11. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.
  12. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Sources

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