How Many Bills Has Governor Newsom Considered?

How Many Bills Has Governor Newsom Considered? By Chris Micheli

            Now that the 2025 Legislative Session has ended and, as we head into the second and final year of the biennium session and Governor Gavin Newsom’s last year in office, how many bills have reached the Governor’s Desk? And how many of those bills have been signed or vetoed by Governor Newsom?

            The following is a chart with the data for his first seven years in office:

 

Year

Total Number of Bills Reaching GGN Desk

Total Number of Bills Signed by GGN

Total Number of Bills Vetoed by GGN

2019

1,042

870

172

2020

428

372

56

2021

836

770

66

2022

1,166

997

169

2023

1,046

890

156

2024

1,206

1,017

189

2025

917

794

123

TOTALS:

6,641

5,710 (86%)

931 (14%)

            Note that 2021 and 2022 Legislative Sessions included far fewer bills due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This chart above will be updated next fall after the 2026 Legislative Session adjourns and Governor Newsom has acted on all the bills that reach his desk.

            How do Governor Newsom’s total bills actions compare to prior Governors? The following chart lists the last four Governors:

 

Governor (number of years in office)

Total Number of Bills Reaching Desk

Total Number of Bills Signed

Total Number of Bills Vetoed

Jerry Brown (8)

8,030

6.935 (86.3%)

1,095 (13.7%)

Arnold Schwarzenegger (7)

7,472

5,491 (73.5%)

1,981 (26.5%)

Gray Davis (5)

6,242

5,144 (82.4%)

1,098 (17.6%)

Pete Wilson (8)

11,282

9,395 (83.2%)

1,887 (16.8%)

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