Categories of Some Other Types of Bills in California – 2026 Edition

There are numerous types of bills in the California Legislature. The chart below examines a dozen categories of bills in the 2025-26 Legislative Session. In addition, the chart includes the figures for the 2023-24 Legislative Session for comparison purposes.

Type of Bill	2025-26 Session	2023-24 Session
Omnibus Bills	6	7
Technical Corrections Bills	14	10
Calling an Election Bills	4	6
Stating the Intent of the Legislature	118	109
Legislative Findings and Declarations	213	184
Operative Date Specified	133	53
Statute Should Be Liberally Construed	19	20
Statute Furthers the Purposes of an Initiative	67	74
Tax Bills Complying with Section 41	56	67
Declaring the Policy of the State	121	30
Applying Bills Retroactively	53	7
Notwithstanding Any Other Law Clause	742	772

As with comparing other categories of types of bills in the California Legislature, there is a surprising consistency in these different types of bills, with a few exceptions, each Session.