{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-9014","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 9014","heading":"","body":"(a) A petition for a proposed initiative or referendum measure shall not be circulated for signatures prior to the official summary date.\n(b) Subject to subdivision (d), a petition with signatures for a proposed initiative measure shall be filed with the county elections official not later than 180 days from the official summary date, and a county elections official shall not accept a petition for the proposed initiative measure after that period.\n(c) Subject to subdivision (d), a petition for a proposed referendum measure shall be filed with the county elections official not later than 90 days from the date the legislative bill was chaptered by the Secretary of State, and a county elections official shall not accept a petition for the proposed referendum measure after that period.\n(d) If the last day to file a petition pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) is a holiday, as defined in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the petition may be filed with the county elections official on the next business day.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 9. MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS [9000. - 9611.]","CHAPTER 1. State Elections [9000. - 9096.]","ARTICLE 1. Initiative and Referendum Petitions [9000. - 9018.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"bef8bb67999f9daf8d55183fe1e1e3c8f8e23fafd357caa057ad2762238be87f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-9013","next":"us-ca/elec-9015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}