SB-482 • 2026

Roster of public officials: local government.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Weber Pierson
Last action: 2025-10-13
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 762, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify whether the bill updates an existing roster or ensures reimbursement. These details were removed as they could not be verified.

Local Government Official Roster

This law requires local government bodies in California to send updated lists of their elected and appointed officials to the Secretary of State within four months after each general election.

What This Bill Does

Requires city, county, or city and county governing bodies to give an updated list of local public officials to the Secretary of State no more than 120 days after a general election.

Who It Names or Affects

City, county, or city and county governing bodies
The Secretary of State

Terms To Know

Governing body: The group that makes decisions for a city, county, or city and county.
Commission on State Mandates: A group that decides if the state must pay local agencies for costs caused by new laws.

Limits and Unknowns

The exact effective date of this law is not provided.
It's unclear how many local governments will need to update their lists and what those updates might include.

Bill History

2025-10-13 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 762, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-13 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-22 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2025-09-10 California Legislative Information
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2837.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-09 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-09 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3071.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-08-21 California Legislative Information
Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-21 California Legislative Information
From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Lowenthal.
2025-07-17 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
2025-07-16 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16).
2025-07-03 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-23 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2025-06-16 California Legislative Information
June 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-05-29 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2025-05-15 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-05-15 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1091.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-13 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
2025-05-12 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
2025-05-02 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-04-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 934.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 871.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 29 in E. & C.A. pending receipt.
2025-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2025-04-04 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-02 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E. & C.A.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-26 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-19 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 482, Weber Pierson.
Roster of public officials: local government.
Existing law requires the Secretary of State, upon appropriation for this purpose, to compile, publish, and distribute a roster of the state and local public officials of California.
This bill would require, no more than 120 days after each general election, the governing body of each city, county, or city and county, or their delegated local entity, to submit to the Secretary of State an updated list of local elected or appointed officials for publication in the above-specified roster, as prescribed.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school
districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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