CA AB 1610
enactedElections: notice.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1610 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1610 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 532, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1610 about?
Existing law requires a county elections official to take various actions to confirm voters' residency, including by, among other things, mailing a postcard to each registered voter of the county or obtaining change-of-address data from the United States Postal Service. If the postcard is returned by the post office as undeliverable and the voter has no forwarding address, or if the change-of-address data indicates that the voter has moved and left no forwarding address, existing law requires the county elections official to update the voter's registration status to inactive and mail notice to the voter of that change. This bill would require a county elections official to take the following additional steps to provide notice to a voter when United States Postal Service data indicates a voter has a mailing address that is different from the voter's residence address and the mailing address is no longer valid: 1) if a new mailing address is available via change-of-address data, the elections official would be required to update the voter's registration record with the new mailing address and send a forwardable notice to the new address to confirm the change; 2) if a new mailing address is not identified and the voter can receive mail at their physical residence, the elections official would be required to send notice to the voter's physical residence and remove the invalid mailing address from the record; or, 3) if a new mailing address is not identified and the voter cannot receive mail at their physical residence, the elections official would be required to send a specified notice to the voter's mailing address on the voter's registration record. By increasing the duties of county elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 1610?
Ransom is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1610.
Description
Existing law requires a county elections official to take various actions to confirm voters' residency, including by, among other things, mailing a postcard to each registered voter of the county or obtaining change-of-address data from the United States Postal Service. If the postcard is returned by the post office as undeliverable and the voter has no forwarding address, or if the change-of-address data indicates that the voter has moved and left no forwarding address, existing law requires the county elections official to update the voter's registration status to inactive and mail notice to the voter of that change. This bill would require a county elections official to take the following additional steps to provide notice to a voter when United States Postal Service data indicates a voter has a mailing address that is different from the voter's residence address and the mailing address is no longer valid: 1) if a new mailing address is available via change-of-address data, the elections official would be required to update the voter's registration record with the new mailing address and send a forwardable notice to the new address to confirm the change; 2) if a new mailing address is not identified and the voter can receive mail at their physical residence, the elections official would be required to send notice to the voter's physical residence and remove the invalid mailing address from the record; or, 3) if a new mailing address is not identified and the voter cannot receive mail at their physical residence, the elections official would be required to send a specified notice to the voter's mailing address on the voter's registration record. By increasing the duties of county elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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
- 2026-04-07
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 532, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Ransomauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 532, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-27
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2026-08-20
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage
2026-08-20
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-20
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5589.).
2026-08-18
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-06-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-03
Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
referral-committee
2026-05-21
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-21
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5189.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-20
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-04-16
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-04-15
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-04-08
Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
referral-committee
2026-04-07
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-23
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-02-02
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
referral-committee
2026-01-21
From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
2026-01-20
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
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Votes
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-04-15 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Pellerin: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Berman: yes
- Solache: yes
- Gallagher: yes
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
AB 1610 Ransom Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-21 · pass · 74-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Soria: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Papan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Solache: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Davies: yes
- Lee: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bains: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hart: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Flora: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Ramos: other
- Garcia: other
- Lackey: other
- Arambula: other
- Chen: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-30 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Choi: yes
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