Bill Commons

CA SB 1369

enacted

Recall petitions.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 1369 pass?

Yes. CA SB 1369 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1029, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 1369 about?

(1) Existing law requires a state or local initiative, referendum, or recall petition that is required to be signed by voters to contain specified notices, including a notice that the petition may be circulated by a paid signature gatherer or volunteer. This bill would additionally require the paid signature gatherer to orally disclose to each person, before providing the petition for the person's signature, that they are being paid to circulate the petition. (2) Existing law requires a recall petition for a local officer to be submitted to the elections official within a specified number of days after the clerk notifies the proponents that the form and wording of the petition comply with certain requirements. The number of days depends upon the number of registered voters in the electoral jurisdiction. For the recall of a superior court judge, this bill would instead require the petition to be submitted within 120 days if the electoral jurisdiction has 50,000 registered voters or more.

Who sponsors CA SB 1369?

Reyes is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1369.

Description

(1) Existing law requires a state or local initiative, referendum, or recall petition that is required to be signed by voters to contain specified notices, including a notice that the petition may be circulated by a paid signature gatherer or volunteer. This bill would additionally require the paid signature gatherer to orally disclose to each person, before providing the petition for the person's signature, that they are being paid to circulate the petition. (2) Existing law requires a recall petition for a local officer to be submitted to the elections official within a specified number of days after the clerk notifies the proponents that the form and wording of the petition comply with certain requirements. The number of days depends upon the number of registered voters in the electoral jurisdiction. For the recall of a superior court judge, this bill would instead require the petition to be submitted within 120 days if the electoral jurisdiction has 50,000 registered voters or more.

Introduced
2026-02-20
Latest action
2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1029, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Reyesauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1029, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-30

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-31

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-08-30

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  6. 2026-08-30

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-30

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 6901.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  8. 2026-08-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2026-07-02

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  10. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 1).

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  11. 2026-06-17

    June 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  12. 2026-05-26

    Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

    referral-committee

  13. 2026-05-20

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    reading-1

  14. 2026-05-19

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 4334.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  15. 2026-04-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2026-04-09

    Ordered to second reading.

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  17. 2026-04-09

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  18. 2026-04-07

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3755.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  19. 2026-03-26

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

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  20. 2026-03-16

    Set for hearing April 7.

  21. 2026-03-04

    Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  22. 2026-02-23

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  23. 2026-02-23

    Read first time.

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  24. 2026-02-20

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
  • 03/26/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-26Compare
  • 07/02/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-07-02Compare
  • 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
  • 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
  • SB1369Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]

    2026-04-07 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Choi: no

  • 3rd Reading

    2026-05-19 · pass · 30-9

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Strickland: no
    • Grove: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Jones: no
    • Choi: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Niello: other

  • Do pass as amended.

    2026-07-01 · pass · 6-2

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ellis: no
    • Johnson: no

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