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Snapshot of Bill Signing Messages by California Governors

Gubernatorial signing messages over the past quarter century

By Chris Micheli, November 13, 2023 3:44 pm

In reviewing gubernatorial signing messages over the past quarter century, I compiled the following chart. The chart includes the session year, the Governor, the number of Assembly Bills with signing messages, the number of Senate Bills with signing messages, and the total number of signing messages each year. At the end of the Governor’s tenure, I included the total number of signing messages per AB and SB, the total number for that Governor, and the average number of signing messages per year.

Among the interesting notes are that the current Governor and the prior two Governors, along with Governor Wilson, had almost the same average number per year of signing messages. Governor Davis had nearly five times the average number per year.

Snapshot of Bill Signing Messages

2023 Gavin Newsom 10 ABs / 8 SBs 18 total
2022 Gavin Newsom 12 ABs / 10 SBs 22 total
2021 Gavin Newsom 3 ABs / 5 SBs 8 total
2020 Gavin Newsom 7 ABs / 4 SBs 11 total
2019 Gavin Newsom 5 ABs / 6 SBs 11 total
  Total signing messages: 36 ABs / 33 SBs 69 total / 14 average per year
2018 Jerry Brown 6 ABs / 7 SBs 13 total
2017 Jerry Brown 15 ABs / 3 SBs 18 total
2016 Jerry Brown 10 ABs / 7 SBs 17 total
2015 Jerry Brown 7 ABs / 2 SBs 9 total
2014 Jerry Brown 5 ABs / 5 SBs 10 total
2013 Jerry Brown 8 ABs / 6 SBs 14 total
2012 Jerry Brown 7 ABs / 5 SBs 12 total
2011 Jerry Brown 11 ABs / 9 SBs 20 total
  Total signing messages: 69 ABs / 44 SBs 113 total / 14 average per year
2010 Arnold Schwarzenegger 3 ABs / 2 SBs 5 total
2009 Arnold Schwarzenegger 0 ABs / 6 SBs 6 total
2008 Arnold Schwarzenegger 3 ABs / 6 SBs 9 total
2007 Arnold Schwarzenegger 6 ABs / 7 SBs 13 total
2006 Arnold Schwarzenegger 6 ABs / 18 SBs 24 total
2005 Arnold Schwarzenegger 11 ABs / 11 SBs 22 total
2004 Arnold Schwarzenegger 29 ABs / 0 SBs 29 total
  Total signing messages: 58 ABs / 50 SBs 108 total / 15 average per year
2003 Gray Davis 37 ABs / 46 SBs 83 total
2002 Gray Davis 59 ABs / 52 SBs 111 total
2001 Gray Davis 40 ABs / 51 SBs 91 total
2000 Gray Davis 40 ABs / 39 SBs 79 total
1999 Gray Davis 25 ABs / 19 SBs 44 total
  Total signing messages: 201 ABs / 207 SBs 408 total / 82 average per year
1998 Pete Wilson 6 ABs / 3 SBs 9 total
1997 Pete Wilson 10 ABs / 11 SBs 21 total
1996 Pete Wilson 5 ABs / 5 SBs 10 total
1995 Pete Wilson 7 ABs / 0 SBs 7 total
  Total signing messages: 28 ABs / 19 SBs 47 total / 12 average per year

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