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type: "Bill"
title: "Legislative and gubernatorial appointments: report."
description: "Existing law establishes various boards and commissions in state government with specified duties and responsibilities. Existing law generally provides for legislative oversight of state board formation, which includes, among other things, any administrative or regulatory board, commission, and committee, whose members are appointed by the Governor, the Legislature, or both. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint every officer whose mode of appointment is not prescribed by law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 702"
citation: "California SB 702 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislativeandgubernatorialappointments", "report"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55c42a37-d3a7-467f-8643-96d5c4dcaf9a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB702"
source_hash: "f43da7d784b05f363ad78f1df9abadbff6adab6d3665eba2b0f5f88f8a7c789e"
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 702 (20252026) — Legislative and gubernatorial appointments: report.
Existing law establishes various boards and commissions in state government with specified duties and responsibilities. Existing law generally provides for legislative oversight of state board formation, which includes, among other things, any administrative or regulatory board, commission, and committee, whose members are appointed by the Governor, the Legislature, or both. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint every officer whose mode of appointment is not prescribed by law.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB702&version=20250SB70299INT)
2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB702&version=20250SB70298AMD)
3. **04/08/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB702&version=20250SB70297AMD)
4. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB702&version=20250SB70296AMD)
5. **09/03/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB702&version=20250SB70295AMD)
6. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB702&version=20250SB70293CHP)
7. **SB702** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB702)
8. **09/13/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB702&version=20250SB70294ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **130** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **120** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB702 Limón et al. — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **220** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **130** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB702 Limón et al. Concurrence — **400** (pass) · upper
- SB 702 Limón Senate Third Reading By Blanca Rubio — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **110** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Limón — primary (person)
- Alvarez — coauthor (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — author (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
- Solache — coauthor (person)
- Soria — coauthor (person)
- Ward — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2025-03-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 531.) (March 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2025-04-08** 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`
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 837.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
- **2025-05-05** May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1210.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1405.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3090.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2798.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 423, 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/55c42a37-d3a7-467f-8643-96d5c4dcaf9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).