---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections."
description: "(1) Existing state and federal law provides for the enforcement of laws related to elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "California SB 73 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe4741e0-7b30-4a59-877b-9d200a2aa513"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB73"
source_hash: "518e352afd4a4665e5e1c45ac32e4a0a26a460fcf1373418f18faee6ad4966d0"
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 73 (20252026) — Elections.

(1) Existing state and federal law provides for the enforcement of laws related to elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB73&version=20250SB7399INT)
2. **01/05/26 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB73&version=20250SB7398AMD)
3. **04/27/26 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB73&version=20250SB7397AMD)
4. **05/11/26 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB73&version=20250SB7396AMD)
5. **05/18/26 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB73&version=20250SB7395AMD)
6. **05/27/26 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB73&version=20250SB7393CHP)
7. **SB73** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB73)
8. **05/26/26 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB73&version=20250SB7394ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- SB 73 Cervantes Third Reading Urgency By Pellerin — **57–19** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB73 Cervantes et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cervantes — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Bennett — coauthor (person)
- Elhawary — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Pellerin — principal coauthor (person)
- Umberg — author (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 15.
- **2025-01-29** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Set for hearing March 5.
- **2025-02-26** March 5 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2025-03-07** Set for hearing March 19.
- **2025-03-13** March 19 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2026-01-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2026-01-05** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-07** Set for hearing January 13.
- **2026-01-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3212.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Set for hearing January 20.
- **2026-01-20** January 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2026-01-21** Set for hearing January 22.
- **2026-01-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3268.) (January 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-01-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 3296.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2026-01-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2026-04-27** Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-30** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Ayes 45. Noes 15. Page 4873.)
- **2026-05-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 6). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (May 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-07** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 16. Page 4947.)
- **2026-05-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-05-18** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2026-05-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2026-05-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 5251.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2026-05-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2026-05-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2026-05-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 10, 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/fe4741e0-7b30-4a59-877b-9d200a2aa513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).