California SB 1369 — Recall petitions.

California, 20252026. SB 1369: Recall petitions.

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September 30, 2026 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1029, Statutes of 2026.

Summary

(1) Existing law requires a state or local initiative, referendum, or recall petition that is required to be signed by voters to contain specified notices, including a notice that the petition may be circulated by a paid signature gatherer or volunteer. This bill would additionally require the paid signature gatherer to orally disclose to each person, before providing the petition for the person's signature, that they are being paid to circulate the petition. (2) Existing law requires a recall petition for a local officer to be submitted to the elections official within a specified number of days after the clerk notifies the proponents that the form and wording of the petition comply with certain requirements. The number of days depends upon the number of registered voters in the electoral jurisdiction. For the recall of a superior court judge, this bill would instead require the petition to be submitted within 120 days if the electoral jurisdiction has 50,000 registered voters or more.

Sponsors

• Reyes — primary sponsor

Bill text

SB1369 Read version ↗

02/20/26 - Introduced Read version ↗

03/26/26 - Amended Senate Read version ↗

07/02/26 - Amended Assembly Read version ↗

09/04/26 - Enrolled Read version ↗

09/30/26 - Chaptered Read version ↗

Recorded votes

Legislative history

1. September 30, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1029, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 30, 2026Approved by the Governor.
3. September 9, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
4. August 31, 2026Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
5. August 30, 2026In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
6. August 30, 2026Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 6901.) Ordered to the Senate.
7. August 3, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
8. July 2, 2026Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
9. July 1, 2026From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 1).
10. June 17, 2026June 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
11. May 26, 2026Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
12. May 20, 2026In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
13. May 19, 2026Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 4334.) Ordered to the Assembly.
14. April 13, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
15. April 9, 2026Ordered to second reading.
16. April 9, 2026Withdrawn from committee.
17. April 7, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3755.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
18. March 26, 2026From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
19. March 16, 2026Set for hearing April 7.
20. March 4, 2026Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and PUB. S.
21. February 23, 2026Read first time.
22. February 23, 2026From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
23. February 20, 2026Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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