---
type: "Bill"
title: "November 3, 2026, statewide general election: ballot measures."
description: "Existing law specifies the order in which state measures appear on the ballot and requires state measures to be numbered in a continuous sequence starting with \"1\" for a period of 10 years, after which time the sequence recommences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 182"
citation: "California AB 182 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["November3", "2026", "statewidegeneralelection", "ballotmeasures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pellerin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b2fbc32-e566-41fd-bdf1-7d1f6fc08e81"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB182"
source_hash: "eaed49b71c133d8aec47bab6992f27170aef49d2cd7eae7fd4f7e9fc014362fd"
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 AB 182 (20252026) — November 3, 2026, statewide general election: ballot measures.

Existing law specifies the order in which state measures appear on the ballot and requires state measures to be numbered in a continuous sequence starting with "1" for a period of 10 years, after which time the sequence recommences.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/08/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB182&version=20250AB18299INT)
2. **06/26/26 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB182&version=20250AB18298AMD)
3. **AB182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB182)
4. **06/29/26 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB182&version=20250AB18297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **13–5** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB182 Pellerin et al. By Wiener Urgency Clause — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- AB 182 PELLERIN Concurrence - Urgency Added — **55–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 182 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — **53–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pellerin — primary (person)
- Wiener — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2025-03-17** Ordered to second reading.
- **2025-03-17** (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 643.)
- **2025-03-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 754.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Com. on B. & F. R. `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-06-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2026-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2026-06-29** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2026-06-29** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **2026-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 30, Statutes of 2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b2fbc32-e566-41fd-bdf1-7d1f6fc08e81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).