CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2339

Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson

February 19, 2026

An act to amend Section 100 of the Government Code, relating to state government.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2339, as introduced, Gipson. State government: sovereignty.
Existing law provides that the sovereignty of the state resides in the people of the state, and all writs and processes shall issue in their name.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 100 of the Government Code is amended to read:

100.
 (a) The sovereignty of the state resides in the people thereof, of the state, and all writs and processes shall issue in their name.
(b) The style of all process shall be “The People of the State of California,” and all prosecutions shall be conducted in their name and by their authority.