--- type: "Bill" title: "State Government." description: "(1) The California Constitution enables electors to initiate a recall of state officers by gathering sufficient signatures within a 160-day period. Upon certification by the Secretary of State that this requirement has been met, the California Constitution authorizes the Governor to call a recall election within 60 to 80 days or to consolidate it with a regularly scheduled election that is within 180 days of the certification of the signatures. The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to provide for recall elections, and existing statutes establish a procedural framework for certifying recall petitions and holding recall elections. Existing law requires the Secretary of State, within 10 days of receiving from one or more county elections officials a petition certified to have been signed by the stated number of registered voters, to transmit to each county elections official a certificate showing that fact, and showing the total number of signatures collected by the proponents." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 96" citation: "California SB 96 (20172018)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["State Government."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"] version_count: 5 action_count: 22 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2017-01-11" last_action: "2017-06-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe304353-d3e7-49cc-a43f-c3e01489d452" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB96" source_hash: "91200853d1a421ce0f5372b9ff2eecee4daf0a84301cb0badfb6f1c2742f8963" 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 96 (20172018) — State Government. (1) The California Constitution enables electors to initiate a recall of state officers by gathering sufficient signatures within a 160-day period. Upon certification by the Secretary of State that this requirement has been met, the California Constitution authorizes the Governor to call a recall election within 60 to 80 days or to consolidate it with a regularly scheduled election that is within 180 days of the certification of the signatures. The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to provide for recall elections, and existing statutes establish a procedural framework for certifying recall petitions and holding recall elections. Existing law requires the Secretary of State, within 10 days of receiving from one or more county elections officials a petition certified to have been signed by the stated number of registered voters, to transmit to each county elections official a certificate showing that fact, and showing the total number of signatures collected by the proponents. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/11/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB96&version=20170SB9699INT) 2. **06/09/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB96&version=20170SB9698AMD) 3. **06/27/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB96&version=20170SB9696CHP) 4. **SB96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB96) 5. **06/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB96&version=20170SB9697ENR) ## Votes - SB 96 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **52–27** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB96 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **26–11** (pass) · upper - SB 96 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By GALLAGHER — **23–52** (fail) · lower ## Sponsors - Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-01-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-01-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11. - **2017-01-19** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee` - **2017-05-08** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 982.) - **2017-05-08** Ordered to second reading. - **2017-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 1034.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-06-05** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-06-12** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 21. Page 2161.) - **2017-06-12** Withdrawn from committee. - **2017-06-12** Ordered to second reading. - **2017-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-06-15** Amendments by Assembly Member Steinorth tabled on motion by Assembly Member Calderon. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 2209.) - **2017-06-15** Amendments by Assembly Member Harper tabled on motion by Assembly Member Calderon. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 2210.) - **2017-06-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 2212.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-06-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-06-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 1115.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-06-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2017-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 28, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe304353-d3e7-49cc-a43f-c3e01489d452`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).