Initiatives and referenda will appear on this webpage when the Secretary of State has begun receiving raw counts of signatures from county elections officials or the circulation deadline has passed. County elections officials have eight business days from the date a petition is filed with their office to submit a raw count of signatures to the Secretary of State. If the total raw count of signatures statewide equals 100% or more of the total number of signatures needed to qualify the initiative or referendum measure, the Secretary of State will notify the county elections officials to conduct a random sample verification of the signatures. If the total raw count of signatures does not reach 100% of the total number of signatures needed to qualify the initiative or referendum measure, the Secretary of State will notify the proponents and county elections officials that it has failed, and no further action will be taken.
2007. (25-0030A1)
REQUIRES STATE RESPONSE IF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES UNLAWFULLY RETAINS OFFICE BEYOND TWO-TERM LIMIT. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Summary Date: 01/05/26 | Raw Count Deadline 07/16/26 | Signatures Required: 874,641
Proponent(s): Roberto Ramos
Requires the State of California to sue to prevent a President of the United States from remaining in office after two terms in violation of the Twenty-Second Amendment (“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice . . . .”). If a court decides that the President has unlawfully remained in office:
- the State of California must stop recognizing the individual as President;
- the Attorney General must take lawful steps to arrest and prosecute the individual; and
- the Legislature must enact laws disqualifying the individual from future state office.
Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Potential increase in one-time state costs, not likely to exceed the low millions of dollars, to address violations of the 22nd Amendment, in years in which such violations are attempted. State costs to create protections for state employees, veterans, and servicemembers who refuse unconstitutional orders. These costs would depend on what protections are adopted. (25-0030A1.)
2008. (25-0031)
PROHIBITS USE AFTER 2026 OF TEMPORARY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAPS ADOPTED BY VOTERS IN 2025 IN RESPONSE TO TEXAS’ PARTISAN REDISTRICTING. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Summary Date: 01/12/26 | Raw Count Deadline 07/23/26 | Signatures Required: 874,641
Proponent(s): James V. Lacy
In 2025, in response to Texas’ mid-decade partisan redistricting, voters passed Proposition 50 to require the temporary use of new congressional district maps in California’s congressional elections through 2030. This measure would instead allow use of the Proposition 50 voter-approved maps only in the 2026 congressional election, and would require for the 2028 and 2030 congressional elections the use of the maps adopted in 2021 by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Likely minimal one-time costs to counties of less than a few hundred thousand dollars statewide to revert back to the Commission’s 2021 Congressional maps starting in 2028 until the Commission establishes new maps following the 2030 census. (25-0031.)
