2025 Legislative Session – California Globe

How Many Bills Has Governor Newsom Considered?

October 16, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 16, 2025 8:51 pm

Now that the 2025 Legislative Session has ended and, as we head into the second and final year of the biennium session and Governor Gavin Newsom’s last year in office, how many bills have reached the Governor’s Desk? And how...

2025 Session Governor Bill Signing Messages

October 14, 2025 2:09 pmOctober 14, 2025 2:09 pm

Like governors before him, Governor Gavin Newsom on occasion includes a “signing message” with bills that he has signed. Although only veto messages are specified in the California Constitution, governors have historically used signing messages to express their intent or...

Statistics from the 2025 Legislative Session

October 2, 2025 12:57 pmOctober 2, 2025 12:57 pm

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....

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

September 30, 2025 2:00 pmSeptember 30, 2025 2:01 pm

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....