---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rescinding previous applications for a federal constitutional convention."
description: "This measure would rescind, nullify, and supersede all applications previously made by the Legislature for the United States Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SJR 1"
citation: "California SJR 1 (20252026)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Rescindingpreviousapplicationsforafederalconstitutionalconvention"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-12-16"
last_action: "2025-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89123363-191a-43a2-90ba-cd9e0205a83c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SJR1"
source_hash: "f3b48484ef357e5e093ee4402c06cdd7ba69c5c8a1b514fbdae4ad981f1110a6"
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 SJR 1 (20252026) — Rescinding previous applications for a federal constitutional convention.

This measure would rescind, nullify, and supersede all applications previously made by the Legislature for the United States Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SJR1&version=20250SJR199INT)
2. **03/20/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SJR1&version=20250SJR198AMD)
3. **09/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SJR1&version=20250SJR196CHP)
4. **SJR1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SJR1)
5. **09/08/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SJR1&version=20250SJR197ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SJR1 Wiener et al. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted. Ordered to third reading — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- SJR 1 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Zbur — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted. To third reading. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiener — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Cabaldon — coauthor (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)
- Zbur — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-16** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2025-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 610.) (April 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 28. Noes 0. Page 1616.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-06-16** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2025-06-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-04** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 2903.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-09-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-09-10** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 1 p.m.
- **2025-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 174, 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/89123363-191a-43a2-90ba-cd9e0205a83c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).