Categories of Some Other Types of Bills in California – 2025 Edition

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

Type of Bill	2025 Session	2023-24 Session
Omnibus Bills	2	7
Technical Corrections Bills	9	10
Calling an Election Bills	2	6
Stating the Intent of the Legislature	58	109
Legislative Findings and Declarations	122	184
Operative Date Specified	47	53
Statute Should Be Liberally Construed	13	20
Statute Furthers the Purposes of an Initiative	27	74
Tax Bills Complying with Section 41	59	67
Declaring the Policy of the State	20	30
Applying Bills Retroactively	12	7
Notwithstanding Any Other Law Clause	448	772

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