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SB-702 • 2026

Legislative and gubernatorial appointments: report.

Legislative and gubernatorial appointments: report.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Limón (S) , Cervantes
Last action
2025-10-06
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 423, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Governor and Legislature Appointments: Reporting Requirements

This law requires the Governor's office, Senate Secretary, and Assembly Chief Clerk to publish information about state boards and commissions on their websites, including demographic data of appointments made by statute.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Governor’s office to post a list of all state boards and commissions online starting January 1, 2027.
  • Requires the Governor's office to create an annual report with aggregate demographic information about gubernatorial appointments made during the prior calendar year, published on or before January 31 each year.
  • Requires the Senate Secretary and Assembly Chief Clerk to post a list of all state boards and commissions their houses have authority over online starting January 1, 2027.
  • Requires the Senate Secretary and Assembly Chief Clerk to create an annual report with aggregate demographic information about legislative appointments made by statute during the prior calendar year, published on or before January 31 each year.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Governor's office
  • The Senate Secretary
  • The Assembly Chief Clerk

Terms To Know

Aggregate demographic information
Information about the characteristics of a group, such as age, gender, race, and ethnicity.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not include ex officio appointments in the reports.
  • The law only applies to legislative appointments created by statute, excluding other types of appointments.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-06 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 423, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-06 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-22 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

  4. 2025-09-10 California Legislative Information

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2798.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3090.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. 2025-09-03 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-09-03 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended.

  9. 2025-09-03 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. 2025-09-02 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  11. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).

  12. 2025-07-16 California Legislative Information

    July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  13. 2025-07-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. 2025-06-26 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  15. 2025-06-26 California Legislative Information

    Coauthors revised.

  16. 2025-06-09 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD.

  17. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  18. 2025-06-02 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1405.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  19. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1210.) (May 23).

  21. 2025-05-16 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 23.

  22. 2025-05-05 California Legislative Information

    May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  23. 2025-04-25 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 5.

  24. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 837.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. 2025-04-08 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  26. 2025-04-03 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 22.

  27. 2025-03-26 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  28. 2025-03-25 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 531.) (March 25).

  29. 2025-03-17 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing March 25.

  30. 2025-03-12 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD.

  31. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  32. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  33. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 702, Limón.
Legislative and gubernatorial appointments: report.
Existing law establishes various boards and commissions in state government with specified duties and responsibilities. Existing law generally provides for legislative oversight of state board formation, which includes, among other things, any administrative or regulatory board, commission, and committee, whose members are appointed by the Governor, the Legislature, or both. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint every officer whose mode of appointment is not prescribed by law.
This bill would require the office of the Governor, commencing January 1, 2027, to maintain on its internet website a list of each state board and commission and the membership list, stated purpose, duties, meeting frequency, internet website, and vacancies in the membership for each board or commission. The bill would require the office of
the Governor, on or before January 31, 2028, and annually on January 31 thereafter, to create and publish on its internet website a report containing aggregate demographic information, as defined, of appointments made by the office during the prior calendar year, as specified.
The bill would require the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, commencing January 1, 2027, to maintain on their respective internet websites, or to include a link on their respective internet websites to any available resources that contain, a list of each state board or commission that each house has appointment authority over and the membership list, stated purpose, duties, meeting frequency, internet website, and any vacancies in the membership for that board or commission. The bill would also require the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, on or before January 31, 2028, and annually on January 31 thereafter, to publish on their respective
internet websites, to the extent available, aggregate demographic information, as defined, on their respective legislative appointments, made during the prior calendar year, as specified. The bill would require the aggregate demographic information to only include legislative appointments created by statute, and prohibit the information from including ex officio appointments of members of the Senate and the Assembly.
The bill would require the above-described published aggregate demographic information on gubernatorial or legislative appointments to, among other things, be published on the respective entity’s internet websites in a prescribed manner for purposes of ensuring the anonymity of the appointed individuals.

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