Fast Facts Friday · Week ending Thursday Aug 20, 2026

42,278 votes added across 4,004 floor ballots since the 2025-26 session began.

The outcome never changes. The record does.

Every Friday: what changed between the floor vote and the published roll call, under each chamber's rules.

547 recorded vote changes · 2,095 bills passed both houses · 38 weeks of coverage

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SESSION-TO-DATE · SINCE DEC 2024 · 38 WEEKLY SNAPSHOTS

42,278Votes added post-announcement

Across 4,004 floor ballots, under each chamber's rules.

547Recorded vote changes

Per Assembly Rule 106. The outcome never changes. The record does.

4,004Floor ballots tracked

Every Assembly and Senate floor ballot, reconciled against the published record.

2,847Bills passed their house of origin

Each bill counted once: halfway to law.

2,095Bills passed both houses

Each bill counted once, through both chambers.

§ 01 · THIS WEEK · WEEK ENDING THURSDAY AUG 20, 2026

1,982 votes added post-announcement 18 recorded vote changes 140 floor ballots 75 legislators participated Full archive →

Senate vote changes RULE 44

1 senator changed their vote this week.

Per Senate Rule 44, only the President pro Tem and the Minority Floor Leader may change a vote after the presiding officer announces it; other changes shown were recorded before the announcement. The outcome never changes. The record does.

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Add-on votes per ballot: distribution

Across 140 floor ballots

Two chambers, two rulebooks

Rate of post-announcement adds, normalized for chamber size

Assembly20.8%

1,959 adds across
118 ballots · 80 members

8× gap

Senate2.6%

23 adds across
22 ballots · 40 members

Per each chamber's rules: Assembly Rule 104 allows a vote to be added after the announcement; Senate Rule 44 does not. The outcome never changes. The record does. Read the rules

Bills with the most adds this week

Top 3 visible · members see the full top 10

#1AB 1875Hart26adds
#2AB 2001Stefani26adds
#3AB 1892Davies25adds

7 more bills with post-vote adds this week, member-only. Unlock the full top 10 →

Senate adds RULE 44

23 senate adds recorded, from 2 senators.

Per Senate Rule 44, senators record their votes before the presiding officer announces the result; these votes were recorded in that window and appear in the published roll call. The outcome never changes. The record does.

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Assembly vote changes RULE 106

17 members changed their vote this week.

Per Assembly Rule 106, a member may ask the Chief Clerk to change their recorded vote after it is announced, provided the outcome does not change. The outcome never changes. The record does.

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Bills that cleared their own house this week

80Bills cleared their own house

Halfway to law

Bills that passed a floor vote this week in their house of origin.

50Assembly Bills
cleared the Assembly

30Senate Bills
cleared the Senate

§ 02 · 8 WEEKLY SNAPSHOTS IN THE ARCHIVE

Recent weeks

Week of Sep 3, 20263,810votes added

375 ballots affected

View week →Week of Aug 27, 20268,285votes added

641 ballots affected

View week →Week of Aug 13, 2026466votes added

45 ballots affected

View week →Week of Aug 6, 2026207votes added

23 ballots affected

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§ 03 · METHOD

How these numbers are measured

How we measure, and the rules behind it

Every Friday, Real Time Gov compares each floor vote as it was taken with the published roll call. An add is a vote that appears only in the published record. A change is a published vote that differs from the vote as taken. Both happen under each chamber's own rules, and the outcome never changes:

Assembly Rule 104: a member may instruct the Chief Clerk to add their vote to a previously announced vote, prior to adjournment on the same legislative day, absent objection, so long as the outcome is not thereby changed.
Assembly Rule 106: a member may instruct the Chief Clerk to change their recorded vote after the vote is announced, so long as the outcome is not thereby changed.
Senate Rule 44: a senator may not vote or change their vote after the announcement of the vote by the presiding officer. The President pro Tem and Minority Floor Leader are excepted from this rule.

Source: Real Time Gov · floor session ballots. For procedural background see Chris Micheli's California Globe pieces: Vote Changes in the California Legislature and the companion FAQ.

Last published: Friday, August 21, 2026 3:39 AM

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