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| Bill | Political Reform Act of 1974: Citizens Redistricting Commission. | (1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of political campaigns, lobbying, and other matters relating to governmental ethics and elections. The act is an initiative measure that authorizes the Legislature to amend its provisions by enactment of a bill by a 23 vote of each house if that bill furthers the act's purposes and, at least 8 days before passage, or at least 12 days before passage if the previous form of the bill did not amend the act, the bill in its final form has been delivered to the Fair Political Practices Commission for distribution to the news media and every person who has requested a copy from the commission. The act requires the Legislative Counsel, through a specified electronic system, to allow the public to sign up to receive an email alert any time a bill that would amend the act is, among other things, introduced, amended, referred to the floor or committee, or voted on. | us/states/ca | California Legislature | 20252026 | SB 852 | California SB 852 (20252026) |
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California SB 852 (20252026) — Political Reform Act of 1974: Citizens Redistricting Commission.
(1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of political campaigns, lobbying, and other matters relating to governmental ethics and elections. The act is an initiative measure that authorizes the Legislature to amend its provisions by enactment of a bill by a 23 vote of each house if that bill furthers the act's purposes and, at least 8 days before passage, or at least 12 days before passage if the previous form of the bill did not amend the act, the bill in its final form has been delivered to the Fair Political Practices Commission for distribution to the news media and every person who has requested a copy from the commission. The act requires the Legislative Counsel, through a specified electronic system, to allow the public to sign up to receive an email alert any time a bill that would amend the act is, among other things, introduced, amended, referred to the floor or committee, or voted on.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 02/27/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
- 06/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
- 08/27/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
- 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- SB852 (committee substitute) — source
- 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
- SB 852 Elections and Constitutio Senate Third Reading By PELLERIN — 78–0 (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB852 E. & C.A. — 34–0 (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB852 E. & C.A. (Cervantes) Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 5–0 (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments — primary (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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 934.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee - 2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
- 2025-05-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
committee-passage, reading-2 - 2025-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1, reading-2 - 2025-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1092.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage, reading-1, reading-3 - 2025-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1 - 2025-05-29 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
referral-committee - 2025-06-17 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 - 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee - 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16).
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2025-07-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1, reading-2 - 2025-08-18 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
- 2025-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
- 2025-08-27 Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3 - 2025-08-27 Ordered to third reading.
- 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2982.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage, reading-1, reading-3 - 2025-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- 2025-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
referral-committee - 2025-09-09 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2641.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2025-09-10 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2844.)
committee-passage - 2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2878.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature - 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 331, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04ee51d7-19f3-4997-8da7-b2a27f9bf541. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).