Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Increased state costs that would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually to establish and operate a new regulatory commission overseeing certain public benefit AI com panies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Large health sector labor organizations’ political activities. [Ballot]

Nov 14, 2025 - While under current law the Fair Political Practices Commission interprets and enforces existing campaign finance and disclosure requirements, the measure would require labor organizations to submit to the state Labor Commissioner (who enforces laws related to wages, hours of work, and con ditions of employment) records of members ’ consent for each applicable political expenditure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-021

Oversight of certain frontier artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - Reviewing protection plans required of regulated entities that address specified categories of potential harm, including workforce displacement, safety risks, and loss of human con trol, and issuing, modifying, or revoking annual certifications based on commission-identified demonstrated best practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

California labor law violations. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2021 - On the other hand, trial courts could receive an increased number of appeals of Labor Com missioner decisions or an increased number of class-action lawsuits or other civil filings that otherwise would have been pursued as PAGA lawsuits.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-027

Research and development involving certain psychedelic substances (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 7, 2023 - The state can borrow funds for purposes such as cons tructing facilities, which have high upfront costs but provide benefits over several decades. In these cases, the state issues bonds, which investors buy.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-013

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This is because a federal court previously determined that the payments required by certain tribal-state com pacts into the state ’s General Fund for use at the state ’s discretion generally were an illegal tax prohibited under federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039