Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 13, 2021 - Under recently enacted legislation, Chapter  312 of 2021 (AB  37, Berman), all voters in California receive a vote by mail (VBM) ballot. Voters can choose to vote by filling out and putting their VBM ballot in the mail, dropping the VBM ball ot off at a ballot drop off location, or casting a ballot in person at a voting location.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-012

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

Jan 20, 2026 - Civil penalties on covered co mpanies may be assessed as a percentage of annual gross revenue, beginning at 5 percent for initial violations and increasing to as much as 100 percent for violations that remain u ncured over specified time periods.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - Voting by Mail. When voting by mail, the measure would require a voter to provide the last four digits of a unique identifying number from their designated government-issued identification on the ir ballot envelope.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

Special taxes. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - Fiscal Effects Higher Costs to Print and Mail VIG. When a ballot measure contains a special tax, the measure would require the VIG to include the State Auditor ’s executive summary. This could add several pages to the VIG and increase state printing and mailing costs by a few hundred thousand dollars per qualified initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-040

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

Nov 14, 2025 - On or before January 31 of each year, each health-related labor organization of a certain size would need to mail and e-mail the reported information to each member and post the reported information prominently on the organization ’s website.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-021

Elections in California. [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2025 - Costs for the state could be in t he low millions of dollars for printing and mailing costs associated with the Voter Information Guide for each statewide election cycle . Costs for county governments would depend on whether the additional initiatives would require county elections officials to use more pages for the ballot.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-019

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 4, 2023 - All voters in California receive a vote by mail (VBM) ballot. Voters can choose to vote by filling out and putting their VBM ballot in the mail, dropping the VBM ballot off at a b allot drop off location, or casting a ballot in person at a voting location.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-016

Immunology and immunotherapy. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - Applied and clinical research, which is mostly conducted by industry, u se that knowledge to develop and test treatments for specific medical conditions . The R &D process then continues through regulatory review and, finally, implementation —when new treatments reach patients.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-026

California’s relationship with the United States of America. [Ballot]

Sep 30, 2025 - Counties wou ld also have increased printing costs associated with a longer ballot, and possibly also higher mailing costs. These costs could be in the millions of dollars on a one-time basis. Cost of New State Commission.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-010

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Nov 4, 2021 - Under recently enacted legislation, Chapter 312 of 2021 (AB 37, Berman), all voters in California receive a vote by mail (VBM) ballot. Voters can choose to vote by filling out and putting their VBM ballot in the mail, dropping the VBM ballot off at a ballot drop off location, or casting a ballot in person at a voting location.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-021