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CA AB 1441

enacted

County of Merced Citizens Redistricting Commission.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1441 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1441 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 730, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1441 about?

Existing law requires the board of supervisors, following a county's decision to elect its board using district-based elections or following each decennial federal census for a county whose board is already elected using district-based elections, by ordinance or resolution, to adjust the boundaries of all of the supervisorial districts of the county so that the districts are as nearly equal in population as possible and comply with applicable federal law, and specifies the procedures the board of supervisors must follow in adjusting those boundaries. Existing law establishes independent redistricting commissions in the Counties of Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Fresno, and Sacramento, which are charged with adjusting the supervisorial district boundaries for their respective counties. This bill would similarly establish the Citizens Redistricting Commission in the County of Merced, which would be charged with adjusting the boundary lines of the districts of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Merced in accordance with specified criteria. The commission would consist of 11 members who meet specified qualifications. By increasing the duties of local officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Merced. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Who sponsors CA AB 1441?

Soria is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1441.

Description

Existing law requires the board of supervisors, following a county's decision to elect its board using district-based elections or following each decennial federal census for a county whose board is already elected using district-based elections, by ordinance or resolution, to adjust the boundaries of all of the supervisorial districts of the county so that the districts are as nearly equal in population as possible and comply with applicable federal law, and specifies the procedures the board of supervisors must follow in adjusting those boundaries. Existing law establishes independent redistricting commissions in the Counties of Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Fresno, and Sacramento, which are charged with adjusting the supervisorial district boundaries for their respective counties. This bill would similarly establish the Citizens Redistricting Commission in the County of Merced, which would be charged with adjusting the boundary lines of the districts of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Merced in accordance with specified criteria. The commission would consist of 11 members who meet specified qualifications. By increasing the duties of local officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Merced. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 730, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Soriaauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  4. 2025-03-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  7. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 9).

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  8. 2025-04-10

    Read second time and amended.

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  9. 2025-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  10. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  12. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).

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  13. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 19. Page 2063.)

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  15. 2025-06-05

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  16. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and L. GOV.

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  17. 2025-06-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

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  18. 2025-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  19. 2025-07-10

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  20. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  22. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  23. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  24. 2025-09-11

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 2921.).

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  25. 2025-09-12

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  26. 2025-09-13

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 3452.).

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  27. 2025-09-13

    Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)

  28. 2025-09-24

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  29. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  30. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 730, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 06/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-24Compare
  • 07/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-10Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • AB1441Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-04-09 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Macedo: no
    • Tangipa: no

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-30 · pass · 7-2

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Ransom: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-3

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 1441 Soria Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-04 · pass · 60-19

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Lackey: no
    • Chen: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Davies: no
    • Flora: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Wallis: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Ta: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-07-01 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Umberg: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Choi: no

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-16 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Choi: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB1441 Soria By Caballero

    2025-09-11 · pass · 28-10

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Umberg: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Valladares: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Hurtado: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Jones: no
    • Grove: no
    • Niello: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Choi: no
    • Strickland: other
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: other

  • AB 1441 Soria Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-13 · pass · 59-19

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Ta: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Chen: no
    • McKinnor: other
    • Flora: other

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