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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 458: Initiative and referendum measures: title and summary.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 458 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Initiative and referendum measures: title and summary. Primary sponsor: Roger Niello (R), Thomas Umberg (D). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

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.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Roger NielloPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Thomas UmbergPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Benjamin AllenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Rosilicie Ochoa BoghCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19

“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. Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
  2. May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
  3. Set for hearing May 23.
  4. April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  5. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  6. Set for hearing April 21.
  7. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  8. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 609.) (April 1).
  9. Set for hearing April 1.
  10. Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
  11. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
  12. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sources

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