Bill Commons

CA AB 2786

enacted

Elections.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2786 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2786 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2786 about?

Under existing law, there are certain established election dates. Prior to the enactment of Chapter 1143 of the Statutes of 1996, the Elections Code instead referred to these dates as "regular election dates." This bill would revise existing code sections to remove obsolete references to "regular election date" and replace them with references to "established election date." Under existing law, when a local measure is submitted to the voters of a special district that includes territory within more than one county, one of those counties is designated as the lead county, as specified. Existing law requires the elections official for the lead county to work with the other counties to establish the deadlines for the submittal of arguments for and against the measure. Existing law also requires the elections official for the lead county to select the arguments to be printed in the voter information guide and transmit those arguments to the elections officials of the other counties. This bill would additionally require the elections official for the lead county to work with the other counties to establish the deadlines for the submittal of the measure text and impartial analysis. The bill would require the elections official for the lead county to submit the measure text, impartial analysis, and the selected arguments to the other counties within 24 hours of the author providing those materials to the lead county. To the extent this bill increases the duties of local elections officials, it creates a state-mandated local program. The bill would also make other nonsubstantive changes. 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 2786?

Committee on Elections is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2786.

Description

Under existing law, there are certain established election dates. Prior to the enactment of Chapter 1143 of the Statutes of 1996, the Elections Code instead referred to these dates as "regular election dates." This bill would revise existing code sections to remove obsolete references to "regular election date" and replace them with references to "established election date." Under existing law, when a local measure is submitted to the voters of a special district that includes territory within more than one county, one of those counties is designated as the lead county, as specified. Existing law requires the elections official for the lead county to work with the other counties to establish the deadlines for the submittal of arguments for and against the measure. Existing law also requires the elections official for the lead county to select the arguments to be printed in the voter information guide and transmit those arguments to the elections officials of the other counties. This bill would additionally require the elections official for the lead county to work with the other counties to establish the deadlines for the submittal of the measure text and impartial analysis. The bill would require the elections official for the lead county to submit the measure text, impartial analysis, and the selected arguments to the other counties within 24 hours of the author providing those materials to the lead county. To the extent this bill increases the duties of local elections officials, it creates a state-mandated local program. The bill would also make other nonsubstantive changes. 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
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Latest action
2026-08-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2026.
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Electionsauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-27

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-08-27

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-08-18

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

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  4. 2026-08-11

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-08-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2026-08-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5325.).

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  7. 2026-08-04

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  8. 2026-08-03

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

    committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2

  9. 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.

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  10. 2026-05-27

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

    referral-committee

  11. 2026-05-14

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

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  12. 2026-05-14

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5057.)

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  13. 2026-05-07

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  14. 2026-05-06

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).

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  15. 2026-04-15

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2026-03-16

    Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  17. 2026-03-13

    From printer. May be heard in committee April 12.

  18. 2026-03-12

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass 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. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-05-06 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Arambula: other

  • AB 2786 Elections Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-05-14 · pass · 77-0

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