republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-851.md

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Bill	Elections.	(1) Existing state and federal law provides for the enforcement of laws related to elections and provides procedures to challenge the conduct of elections and election results.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 851	California SB 851 (20252026)	bill	Elections	enacted	Cervantes	6	29	6	2025-02-27	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/cb10d46a-eb40-47ed-be34-b14508600cde	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB851	7ce7d2ab988d3d993f5be966e14542e80eb9604dc1e73f4d1672fddad7adbeea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 851 (20252026) — Elections.

(1) Existing state and federal law provides for the enforcement of laws related to elections and provides procedures to challenge the conduct of elections and election results.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/03/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/09/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB851 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/18/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB851 Cervantes et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 29–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 851 Cervantes Senate Second Reading By Pellerin — 60–19 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB851 E. & C.A. — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cervantes — primary (person)
• Pellerin — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-27 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-28 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 30.
• 2025-03-12 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2025-04-29 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 934.) (April 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1011.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-05-19 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-07 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.
• 2025-07-07 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-09 Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 3132.)
• 2025-09-09 Read third time and amended. (Page 3132.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2025-09-10 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2025-09-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-12 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 3441.)
• 2025-09-13 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 19. Page 3447.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-13 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2025-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 3059.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 238, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb10d46a-eb40-47ed-be34-b14508600cde. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).