California
Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., Announces New Measure
Eligible for November 2026 General Election Ballot
Restricts political spending by health care unions. Initiative statute.
Sacramento, Calif. – California Secretary
of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. announced that an initiative became
eligible for the November 3, 2026, General Election ballot
on June 5, 2026.
In
order to become eligible for the ballot, the initiative
needed 546,651 valid petition signatures, which is equal
to five percent of the total votes cast for governor in the
November 2022 General Election.
A
measure can become eligible via random sampling of petition signatures
if the sampling projects that the number of valid signatures is greater
than 110 percent of the required number. The initiative needed at
least 601,317 projected valid signatures to become eligible
by random sampling, and it has exceeded that threshold
today.
On
June 25, 2026, the Secretary of State will certify the initiative as
qualified for the November 3, 2026, General Election ballot,
unless it is withdrawn by the proponent prior to
certification pursuant to Elections Code section
9604(b).
The Attorney General's official title and summary of the measure is as follows:
RESTRICTS POLITICAL SPENDING BY HEALTH CARE UNIONS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Prohibits
certain large health care unions from political spending over specified
amounts regarding state or local ballot measures without
following certain member consent requirements. Requires these unions to
provide members annual notice describing prior-year political spending.
Requirements apply only to unions, not employers. Imposes monetary
penalties on unions as follows: (1) for violations of member consent
requirements, the amount spent in violation of the requirements; and
(2) for violations of member notice requirements, $1,000 per member
(e.g., a $50,000,000 penalty if union does not provide notice to 50,000
members). Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of
Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Increased
annual state costs, potentially in the range of millions of dollars,
with some costs paid for by penalties created by the measure. (25-0021A1.)
The
Secretary of State’s tracking number for this measure is 1998 and
the Attorney General's tracking number is 25-0021A1.
The proponent of the measure is Carmela Coyle. The proponent may be contacted c/o David Simon at dsimon@calhospital.org.
For more information about how an initiative qualifies for the ballot in California, visit https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/how-qualify-initiative/. ### |
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