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Bill	A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Sections 15 and 17 of Article II thereof, and by amending Section 10 of Article V thereof, relating to elections.	The California Constitution provides that voters may recall a state officer by majority vote and, in the same election, elect a successor with a plurality of the vote. The Constitution prohibits an officer who is the subject of a recall election from being a candidate for successor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SCA 1	California SCA 1 (20232024)	constitutional amendment	Elections recall of state officers	enacted	Newman	5	24	8	2023-01-30	2024-09-10	openstates	ocd-bill/9dcfe269-76fc-4222-95ac-c3d25185f711	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCA1	c801ed99de2fafe8540433aeabe7c182b4d4b31b8c13074bb35a2665d1075d41	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SCA 1 (20232024) — A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Sections 15 and 17 of Article II thereof, and by amending Section 10 of Article V thereof, relating to elections.

The California Constitution provides that voters may recall a state officer by majority vote and, in the same election, elect a successor with a plurality of the vote. The Constitution prohibits an officer who is the subject of a recall election from being a candidate for successor.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/10/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SCA1 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Be adopted and re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Be adopted, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Be adopted — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SCA1 Newman et al. Concurrence — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• SCA 1 Newman Senate Third Reading By Bryan — 59–17 (pass) · lower
• Be adopted as amended. — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SCA1 Newman et al. — 31–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Newman — primary (person)
• Bennett — coauthor (person)
• Blakespear — coauthor (person)
• Bryan — principal coauthor (person)
• Menjivar — coauthor (person)
• Pellerin — coauthor (person)
• Umberg — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-30 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-31 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
• 2023-02-09 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2023-05-09 From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1025.) (May 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-24 Set for hearing August 28.
• 2023-08-28 August 28 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-08-29 Set for hearing September 1.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Be adopted. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 2275.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Read. Adopted. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 3071.) Ordered to the Assembly. amendment-passage, passage, reading-1
• 2024-02-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-06-10 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Be adopted as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-30 Read. Adopted. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 6979.) Ordered to the Senate. amendment-passage, passage, reading-1
• 2024-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 5775.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-10 Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 11 a.m.
• 2024-09-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 204, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9dcfe269-76fc-4222-95ac-c3d25185f711. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).