State-Wide Grand Juries; jurisdiction, powers, and duties; provide -CA

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for state-wide grand juries; to provide for the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of state-wide grand juries; to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for procedures for the summoning and empaneling of state-wide grand juries; to provide for a presiding judge; to provide that the Attorney General or his or her designee shall act as the legal adviser and prosecutor for such state-wide grand juries; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate Hopper
2. Feb 26, 2026CommitteeSenate Read and Referred · Senate Special Committee on Investigations
3. Mar 3, 2026CommitteeSenate Committee Favorably Reported · Senate Special Committee on Investigations
4. Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate Read Second Time
5. Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate Tabled
6. Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate Taken from Table
7. Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate Third Read
8. Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate Lost

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.

• Bill CowsertR Primary sponsor · District 46