Bill Commons

CA SB 1386

in committee

Administrative adjudication: governing procedure.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 1386 pass?

Not yet. CA SB 1386 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-04): Referred to Com. on RLS.

What is CA SB 1386 about?

Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs the conduct of administrative adjudication and rulemaking proceedings of state agencies. Existing law sets forth the requirements for the governing procedure by which an agency conducts an adjudicative proceeding. Among those requirements, existing law requires an agency to designate and index a decision as precedent, as specified, in order for the decision to be relied on as precedent. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that requirement.

Who sponsors CA SB 1386?

Niello is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1386.

Description

Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs the conduct of administrative adjudication and rulemaking proceedings of state agencies. Existing law sets forth the requirements for the governing procedure by which an agency conducts an adjudicative proceeding. Among those requirements, existing law requires an agency to designate and index a decision as precedent, as specified, in order for the decision to be relied on as precedent. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that requirement.

Introduced
2026-02-20
Latest action
2026-03-04 — Referred to Com. on RLS.
Bill type
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Nielloauthor

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-03-04

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-02-23

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

  3. 2026-02-23

    Read first time.

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  4. 2026-02-20

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

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1386

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