How Many Bills Did Governor Newsom Consider During His Two Terms?

Now that the 2026 Legislative Session has ended and the Legislature concluded its 2025-26 Session, and as Governor Gavin Newsom is concluding his last year in office, how many bills reached the Governor’s Desk during his eight years in office? And how many of those bills were signed or vetoed by Governor Newsom?

The following is a chart with the data for his eight years in office:

Year	Total Number of Bills Reaching GGN Desk	Total Number of Bills Signed by GGN	Total Number of Bills Vetoed by GGN
2019	1,042	870	172
2020	428	372	56
2021	836	770	66
2022	1,166	997	169
2023	1,047	890	156
2024	1,207	1,017	189
2025	917	794	123
2026	1,160	1,040	120
TOTALS:	7,803	6,752 (86.5%)	1,051 (13.5%)

Note that 2021 and 2022 Legislative Sessions included far fewer bills due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

How do Governor Newsom’s total bill actions compare to prior Governors? The following chart lists the last four Governors:

Governor (number of years in office)	Total Number of Bills Reaching Desk	Total Number of Bills Signed	Total Number of Bills Vetoed
Jerry Brown (8)	8,030	6.935 (86.3%)	1,095 (13.7%)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (7)	7,472	5,491 (73.5%)	1,981 (26.5%)
Gray Davis (5)	6,242	5,144 (82.4%)	1,098 (17.6%)
Pete Wilson (8)	11,282	9,395 (83.2%)	1,887 (16.8%)