SB 280 — Elections.
Congress · introduced 2025-08-21
Latest action: — Secretary of State
Sponsors
- Dahle, Megan (R, CA-1) — sponsor
- Pellerin, Gail (D, CA-28) — sponsor
- Cervantes, Sabrina (D, CA-31) — sponsor
- Becker, Josh (D, CA-13) — cosponsor
- Cabaldon, Christopher (D, CA-3) — cosponsor
- Caballero, Anna M. (D, CA-14) — cosponsor
- Cortese, Dave (D, CA-15) — cosponsor
- Durazo, Maria Elena (D, CA-26) — cosponsor
- Gonzalez, Lena A. (D, CA-33) — cosponsor
- Grayson, Timothy S. (D, CA-9) — cosponsor
- Laird, John (D, CA-17) — cosponsor
- Limón, Monique (D, CA-21) — cosponsor
- McGuire, Mike (D, CA-2) — cosponsor
- Padilla, Stephen C. (D, CA-18) — cosponsor
- Pérez, Sasha Renée (D, CA-25) — cosponsor
- Reyes, Eloise Gómez (D, CA-29) — cosponsor
- Stern, Henry I. (D, CA-27) — cosponsor
- Umberg, Thomas J. (D, CA-34) — cosponsor
- Wahab, Aisha (D, CA-10) — cosponsor
- Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah (D, CA-39) — cosponsor
- Wiener, Scott D. (D, CA-11) — cosponsor
- Addis, Dawn (D, CA-30) — cosponsor
- Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (D, CA-4) — cosponsor
- Ahrens, Patrick (D, CA-26) — cosponsor
- Ávila Farías, Anamarie (D, CA-15) — cosponsor
- Bennett, Steve (D, CA-38) — cosponsor
- Berman, Marc (D, CA-23) — cosponsor
- Bryan, Isaac G. (D, CA-55) — cosponsor
- Caloza, Jessica (D, CA-52) — cosponsor
- Carrillo, Juan (D, CA-39) — cosponsor
- Connolly, Damon (D, CA-12) — cosponsor
- Elhawary, Sade (D, CA-57) — cosponsor
- Fong, Mike (D, CA-49) — cosponsor
- Garcia, Robert (D, CA-50) — cosponsor
- Gipson, Mike A. (D, CA-65) — cosponsor
- Haney, Matt (D, CA-17) — cosponsor
- Harabedian, John (D, CA-41) — cosponsor
- Jackson, Corey A. (D, CA-60) — cosponsor
- Kalra, Ash (D, CA-25) — cosponsor
- Lowenthal, Josh (D, CA-69) — cosponsor
- McKinnor, Tina (D, CA-61) — cosponsor
- Muratsuchi, Al (D, CA-66) — cosponsor
- Nguyen, Stephanie (D, CA-10) — cosponsor
- Ortega, Liz (D, CA-20) — cosponsor
- Quirk-Silva, Sharon (D, CA-67) — cosponsor
- Ransom, Rhodesia (D, CA-13) — cosponsor
- Rivas, Robert (D, CA-29) — cosponsor
- Rogers, Chris (D, CA-2) — cosponsor
- Stefani, Catherine (D, CA-19) — cosponsor
- Valencia, Avelino (D, CA-68) — cosponsor
- Ward, Christopher M. (D, CA-78) — cosponsor
- Wicks, Buffy (D, CA-14) — cosponsor
- Zbur, Rick Chavez (D, CA-51) — cosponsor
- Pellerin, Gail (D, CA-28) — cosponsor
- Archuleta, Bob (D, CA-30) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · 126 — Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
- · 4 — From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
- · 5 — Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
- · 124 — Set for hearing April 1.
- · 39 — From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
- · 21 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 609.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- · 124 — Set for hearing April 21.
- · 39 — From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- · 40 — From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
- · 32 — Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- · 45 — Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1332.) Ordered to the Assembly.
- · 56 — In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
- · 5 — Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
- · 27 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- · 9 — From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16).
- · 34 — Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
- · 985 — Assembly Rule 63 and 66 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 2647.)
- · 362 — Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2188.)
- · 21 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- · 32 — Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- · 983 — Amendments by Assembly Member Gallagher tabled on motion by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 2691.)
- · 77 — Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2232.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- · 86 — Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- · 90 — Approved by the Governor.
- · 94 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 97, Statutes of 2025.
Text versions
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cervantes, Sabrina (D, state_upper CA-31) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Dahle, Megan (R, state_upper CA-1) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Pellerin, Gail (D, state_lower CA-28) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Addis, Dawn (D, state_lower CA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (D, state_lower CA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Ahrens, Patrick (D, state_lower CA-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Archuleta, Bob (D, state_upper CA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Becker, Josh (D, state_upper CA-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Bennett, Steve (D, state_lower CA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Berman, Marc (D, state_lower CA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Bryan, Isaac G. (D, state_lower CA-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Cabaldon, Christopher (D, state_upper CA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Caballero, Anna M. (D, state_upper CA-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Caloza, Jessica (D, state_lower CA-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Carrillo, Juan (D, state_lower CA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Connolly, Damon (D, state_lower CA-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Cortese, Dave (D, state_upper CA-15) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Durazo, Maria Elena (D, state_upper CA-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Elhawary, Sade (D, state_lower CA-57) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Fong, Mike (D, state_lower CA-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Garcia, Robert (D, state_lower CA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Gipson, Mike A. (D, state_lower CA-65) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Gonzalez, Lena A. (D, state_upper CA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Grayson, Timothy S. (D, state_upper CA-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Haney, Matt (D, state_lower CA-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no