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Authors Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review  
Subject Elections.
Relating To relating to elections, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.
Title An act to amend Section 4 of Chapter 97 of the Statutes of 2025, relating to elections, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.
Last Action Dt 2025-09-17
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Bill Actions
2025-09-17     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-17     Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 115, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-15     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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.
2025-09-11     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 3338.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-10     Withdrawn from committee.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.
2025-09-08     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.
2025-03-24     Referred to Com. on BUDGET.
2025-03-20     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 451.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-03-20     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-03-18     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-03-17     Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 384.)
2025-03-17     Ordered to second reading.
2025-02-05     Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
2025-01-24     From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
2025-01-23     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-09-17
Enrolled     2025-09-12
Amended Assembly     2025-09-08
Introduced     2025-01-23
Analyses TBD
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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.

This bill would also prohibit a county elections official from certifying the results of a local election called by a district, city, or other political subdivision on or before August 8, 2025, and scheduled to be held on November 4, 2025, before the 28th calendar day following the election.

Existing law requires the Secretary of State to report on the final costs of the statewide special election to the Director of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee no later than April 1, 2026.

This bill would appropriate $100,000 from the General Fund to the Secretary of State for purposes of that report.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.