SB 1442 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Validations.

Summary
This bill would enact the Third Validating Act of 2026, which would validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state and counties, cities, and specified districts, agencies, and entities.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Assembly Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Mar 11, 2026 Signed Jun 17, 2026
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What changed between versions

06/12/26 - Enrolled 06/17/26 - Chaptered · 2 edits · Jun 17, 2026
MINOR
SB 1442 (the Third Validating Act of 2026) was approved by the Governor on June 17, 2026, and became Chapter 15 of the statutes. The diff reflects only the standard transition from enrolled bill format to chaptered law format: the signature blocks were replaced with the state authentication header, a chapter number was assigned, and page headers/footers were reformatted. No substantive policy changes were made.
TECHNICAL

The bill was formally enacted as Chapter 15 of the 2026 statutes, with the Governor's approval date (June 17, 2026) and filing date recorded in place of the enrolled bill's blank signature fields.

Page headers changed from 'SB 1442' format to 'Ch. 15' format, and line wrapping was adjusted throughout to fit the new page layout. No statutory language was altered.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 23, 2026

How they voted

370
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Apr 23, 2026
D Democratic30
28 Yea 2
93% Yea
R Republican10
9 Yea 1
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Jun 17, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Jun 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Jun 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5672.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 3).
lower
May 4, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
lower
Apr 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4034.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Apr 15, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3905.) (April 15).
upper
Mar 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.