SB 458 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Initiative and referendum measures: title and summary.

Summary

Existing law requires the Attorney General, upon receipt of the text of a proposed initiative or referendum measure, to prepare a circulating title and summary of the chief purposes and points of the proposed measure that includes an estimate of the financial impact of the proposed measure. Existing law requires the Attorney General to prepare a ballot title and summary for each measure that the Secretary of State determines will appear on the ballot at a statewide election. This bill would instead require the Legislative Analyst to carry out these responsibilities. The bill would make the operation of this requirement contingent upon approval by the voters of SCA 3 of the 2025–26 Regular Session.

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Introduction

Feb 2025

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Governor

Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026

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04/02/25 - Amended Senate → 04/10/25 - Amended Senate · 4 edits · Apr 10, 2025

MODERATE

The April 10 amendment to SB 458 is primarily a clerical update: Senator Allen was added as a coauthor, the blank Senate Constitutional Amendment number was filled in (SCA ___ 3 became SCA 3), and page numbers were adjusted from 98 to 97. No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions.

TECHNICAL

Senator Allen was added as a coauthor alongside Senator Ochoa Bogh, expanding the bill's sponsorship.

All references to 'SCA ___ 3' were updated to 'SCA 3', filling in the previously blank constitutional amendment number. This is a clerical correction that does not change policy but confirms the specific amendment this bill is contingent upon.

Page numbers throughout the bill were changed from 98 to 97, reflecting a minor pagination adjustment likely due to reformatting.

A drafting artifact appeared where 're-approve' was followed by 'reapprove' in Section 1(g), likely an unintentional duplication during the amendment process.

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May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

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Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 609.) (April 1).

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Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

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Feb 19, 2025

Introduced

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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1 primary · 3 co-sponsors