Bill Commons

CA AB 2691

enacted

Elections: elective office: felony conviction.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2691 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2691 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 480, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2691 about?

Existing law prohibits the consideration of a person as a candidate for, and provides that the person is not eligible to be elected to, any state or local elective office if the person has been convicted of a felony involving accepting or giving, or offering to give, any bribe, the embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes. This bill would additionally prohibit the consideration of a person as a candidate for, and provide that the person is not eligible to be elected to, any state or local elective office if they have been convicted of a felony involving sexual assault or human trafficking, as defined.

Who sponsors CA AB 2691?

Addis is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2691, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law prohibits the consideration of a person as a candidate for, and provides that the person is not eligible to be elected to, any state or local elective office if the person has been convicted of a felony involving accepting or giving, or offering to give, any bribe, the embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes. This bill would additionally prohibit the consideration of a person as a candidate for, and provide that the person is not eligible to be elected to, any state or local elective office if they have been convicted of a felony involving sexual assault or human trafficking, as defined.

Introduced
2026-03-16
Latest action
2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 480, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Addisauthor
  • Quirk-Silvacoauthor
  • Rubiocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-27

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 480, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-27

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-08-31

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. 2026-08-25

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  5. 2026-08-25

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2026-08-25

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.).

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  7. 2026-08-25

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6510.).

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  8. 2026-08-05

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2026-08-04

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  10. 2026-07-01

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2026-06-30

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 30).

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  12. 2026-06-24

    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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  13. 2026-05-06

    Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

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  14. 2026-04-28

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

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  15. 2026-04-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 4834.)

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  16. 2026-04-16

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2026-04-15

    Coauthors revised.

  18. 2026-04-15

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 15).

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  19. 2026-03-17

    Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  20. 2026-03-16

    Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  21. 2026-03-16

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

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  22. 2026-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  23. 2026-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
  • 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
  • 06/24/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-24Compare
  • 08/04/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-04Compare
  • 08/27/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-27Compare
  • 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB2691Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass.

    2026-04-15 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Elhawary: other

  • AB 2691 Addis Assembly Third Reading

    2026-04-27 · pass · 67-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Davies: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Macedo: other
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • Stefani: other
    • Bains: other
    • Bonta: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Boerner: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Bryan: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Elhawary: other

  • Do pass

    2026-06-30 · pass · 4-1

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

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2691

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