---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections."
description: "A special election will be held throughout the state on November 4, 2025. Existing law authorizes consolidation of a local election for the submission of any question, proposition, or office to be filled, which was called by a district, city, or other political subdivision on or before August 8, 2025, and scheduled to be held on November 4, 2025, with the statewide special election. Existing law prohibits a county elections official from certifying the results of the statewide special election before the 28th calendar day following the election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "California SB 162 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ba27013-18c3-4096-be1d-4f8cdbc29365"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB162"
source_hash: "e1f8b7cb9595774dcdef0652c6f60d84e5f8ecf16dc36de3386b0bd0eafd45e4"
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 162 (20252026) — Elections.

A special election will be held throughout the state on November 4, 2025. Existing law authorizes consolidation of a local election for the submission of any question, proposition, or office to be filled, which was called by a district, city, or other political subdivision on or before August 8, 2025, and scheduled to be held on November 4, 2025, with the statewide special election. Existing law prohibits a county elections official from certifying the results of the statewide special election before the 28th calendar day following the election.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB162&version=20250SB16299INT)
2. **09/08/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB162&version=20250SB16298AMD)
3. **09/17/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB162&version=20250SB16296CHP)
4. **SB162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB162)
5. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB162&version=20250SB16297ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB162 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB162 B. & F.R. — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- SB 162 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL — **59–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Com. on B. & F. R. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 384.)
- **2025-03-17** Ordered to second reading.
- **2025-03-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 451.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2025-09-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-09-10** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 3164.)
- **2025-09-10** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2025-09-10** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 3338.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 2957.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 115, 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/4ba27013-18c3-4096-be1d-4f8cdbc29365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).