SR 74 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relative to the Standing Rules of the Senate for the 2025–26 Regular Session.

This Senate Resolution amends the standing rules for the California Senate's 2025-26 legislative session, specifically updating how bills are assigned to standing committees. The bill directly affects the Senate's internal operations by reorganizing the list of 25 standing committees and clarifying which subject areas each committee handles. Key provisions include detailed descriptions of each committee's jurisdiction, such as assigning bills related to technology and data privacy to the Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection committee, and designating the Judiciary committee to handle civil and criminal law matters. These changes take effect on February 1, 2026, and serve as a guide for the Committee on Rules while remaining non-binding on that committee's final decisions.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Jan 2026

Senate Passage

Jan 2026

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Jan 29, 2026

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01/26/26 - Introduced → 01/30/26 - Enrolled · 4 edits · Jan 30, 2026

MODERATE

SR 74 was enrolled with minor substantive and technical corrections to Rule 12 (Standing Committees). The most notable policy change is the removal of 'Bills relating to the management of public safety emergencies and disaster response' from the Governmental Organization committee's jurisdiction, likely because that subject matter is already covered by the separate Emergency Management committee. Two drafting errors were also corrected: a duplicated word in the Judiciary committee description and a typo in the Natural Resources and Water committee description.

SCOPE

Removed 'Bills relating to the management of public safety emergencies and disaster response' from the Governmental Organization committee's jurisdiction. This subject matter is already assigned to the Emergency Management committee, so the removal eliminates a redundant referral path.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a drafting error in the Judiciary committee description where the word 'protection' was accidentally duplicated ('privacy and consumer protection. protection (other than...)'). Now reads cleanly as 'privacy and consumer protection (other than data privacy issues and consumer protection issues related to information technology).'

Corrected a typo in the Natural Resources and Water committee description from 'regulation of oil, oil and oil pipelines' to 'regulation of oil and oil pipelines.'

Added formal enrollment language: adoption date (January 29, 2026), attestation by the Secretary of the Senate, and updated header formatting. Removed internal line numbers used during drafting.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 29, 2026

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Jan 29, 2026

D Democratic30

29 Yea 1

96% Yea

R Republican10

10 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Jan 29, 2026

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)

senate

Jan 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read. Adopted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3322.)

upper

Jan 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Ordered to third reading.

upper

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors