CaliforniaRecall petitions.
What it does
(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.
More detail
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 30Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1029, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 9Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 31Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB1369 Reyes Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded SB 1369 Reyes Senate Third Reading By Valencia. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 30In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Aug 30Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 6901.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 3Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 2Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Jul 1From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 1).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 17June 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- May 26Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.Minor
- May 20In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- May 19Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 4334.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 9Ordered to second reading.Minor
- Apr 9Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Apr 7From 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.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 26From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.Major
- Mar 16Set for hearing April 7.
- Mar 4Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and PUB. S.Minor
- Feb 23Read first time.Minor
- Feb 23From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- Feb 20Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced