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Summary of California Bills Per Session and Actions Taken – 2025 Edition

October 15, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 15, 2025 2:01 pm

The following research was updated in October 2025 in order to examine the major actions involving bills in the California Legislature over the few years. I examined the following five categories of information for each year, as set forth in...

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...

National Pro-Abortion Group Stumping for Prop 50 Redistricting Passage

October 14, 2025 10:53 amOctober 14, 2025 10:58 am

Reproductive Freedom for All, a pro-abortion advocacy group previously called “NARAL,” the National Abortion Rights Action League, is campaigning for passage of Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ballot initiative to redistrict and flip California’s Republican congressional districts mid-decade. “Our more...

Requiring a Repeal of a Statute

October 13, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 13, 2025 2:01 pm

I came across a bill during the 2025 California Legislative Session that contains the following provision: Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2031. Why does a bill contain this provision? We...

Sen Marie Alvarado-Gil Urges Veto Override by Legislature for Gov. Newsom’s Failure to Protect Firefighters

October 9, 2025 5:03 pmOctober 9, 2025 5:06 pm

California State Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (R-Jackson) urged her colleagues in the California Legislature to override Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of AB 1309 by Assemblyman Heath Flora (R-Ripon), would have required the state to pay rank-and-file Cal Fire firefighters within 15...

A Better Approach to Contingent Enactment Language

October 8, 2025 2:42 pmOctober 8, 2025 2:42 pm

“Contingent enactment” amendments in the California Legislature are used to connect a bill to another action in order for that bill to become operative. There are several reasons for contingent enactment language, such as upon a budget appropriation, a federal...

Disposition of Other California Legislative Measures – 2025 Edition

October 3, 2025 3:49 pmOctober 3, 2025 3:49 pm

In addition to considering nearly 2,400 bills in the 2025 California Legislative Session, there are several other types of legislative measures in this state. What are those measures and how did their fare this year? While it is contained in...