Statistics from the 2025 Legislative Session

Because I am a self-professed legislative geek, I share the following statistics from the recently-concluded 2025 California Legislative Session:

• There were 2,397 bills introduced during the 2025 Legislative Session. Of those bills:
• 864 were Senate Bills.
• 1,533 were Assembly Bills.
• Total bills passed by Assembly: 936 (61% of introduced bills)
• Total bills passed by Senate: 600 (69% of introduced bills)
• There were 390 spot bills between the two houses.
• There were 481 intent bills between the two houses.
• There were 2,232 bills that were keyed majority vote.
• There were 274 bills that would take effect immediately.
• There were 203 bills that required a 2/3 vote for passage.
• There were 162 bills that contained an urgency clause (which means they take effect immediately upon enactment and require a 2/3 vote for passage).
• There were 78 bills that were deemed a tax levy by Legislative Counsel (which means the bill would change the base, rate or burden of tax; it does not mean it is a tax increase).
• There were 179 bills that contained an appropriation (an expenditure from the General Fund or a special fund).
• There were 1,959 bills that were keyed fiscal by Legislative Counsel.
• There were 100 bills that were special statutes (rather than a general statute, which is what most bills are).
• There were 728 bills that imposed a state-mandated local program (which the state may or may not have to reimburse local agencies for their expenditures to comply).
• There were 90 bills that were contingent upon an appropriation before they could take effect.
• There were 124 bills that contained a severability clause (so that the remaining provisions of a law would remain in effect if one section were declared unconstitutional).
• There was 1 special session called by Governor Newsom.
• The most amended bill had 13 amendments in total.
• The bill with the most legislative findings and declarations had 18 of them.
• The Senate considered 1 GRP and 15 tribal-state gaming compacts.
• The Senate acted on 219 confirmations.
• The Assembly passed and had chaptered 1 ACA (out of 15 ACAs introduced).
• The Senate did not pass and have chaptered any SCA (out of 4 SCAs introduced).