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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections."
+description: "(1) Existing state and federal law provides for the enforcement of laws related to elections and provides procedures to challenge the conduct of elections and election results."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20252026"
+identifier: "SB 851"
+citation: "California SB 851 (20252026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-10-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb10d46a-eb40-47ed-be34-b14508600cde"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB851"
+source_hash: "7ce7d2ab988d3d993f5be966e14542e80eb9604dc1e73f4d1672fddad7adbeea"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 851 (20252026) — Elections.
+
+(1) Existing state and federal law provides for the enforcement of laws related to elections and provides procedures to challenge the conduct of elections and election results.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/27/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB851&version=20250SB85199INT)
+2. **09/03/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB851&version=20250SB85198AMD)
+3. **09/09/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB851&version=20250SB85197AMD)
+4. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB851&version=20250SB85195CHP)
+5. **SB851** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB851)
+6. **09/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB851&version=20250SB85196ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Unfinished Business SB851 Cervantes et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **29–6** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 851 Cervantes Senate Second Reading By Pellerin — **60–19** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar 2nd SB851 E. & C.A. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cervantes — primary (person)
+- Pellerin — author (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-28** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 30.
+- **2025-03-12** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 29.
+- **2025-04-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 934.) (April 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-05-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1011.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-19** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-07-07** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.
+- **2025-07-07** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2025-09-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2025-09-09** Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 3132.)
+- **2025-09-09** Read third time and amended. (Page 3132.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-09** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2025-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-10** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
+- **2025-09-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-12** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 3441.)
+- **2025-09-13** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 19. Page 3447.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2025-09-13** Urgency clause adopted.
+- **2025-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 3059.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
+- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 238, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb10d46a-eb40-47ed-be34-b14508600cde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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