CA AB 282
enactedElections: seizure of election materials.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 282 pass?
Yes. CA AB 282 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-19): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 330, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 282 about?
Under existing law, a county elections official is required to prepare a certified statement of the results of an election and submit it to the county board of supervisors within 30 days of the election. This bill would make it a felony, punishable by imprisonment for 16 months or 2 or 3 years, to seize or cause or assist in the seizure of ballots, election records, or certified voting technology before election results are certified by the elections official. The bill would also make it a felony punishable by imprisonment for 2, 3, or 4 years for any person with authority to direct another person subject to their supervision or authority to seize ballots, election records, or certified voting technology before election results are certified. By creating new crimes, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors CA AB 282?
Pellerin is the primary sponsor of CA AB 282, joined by 4 cosponsors.
Description
Under existing law, a county elections official is required to prepare a certified statement of the results of an election and submit it to the county board of supervisors within 30 days of the election. This bill would make it a felony, punishable by imprisonment for 16 months or 2 or 3 years, to seize or cause or assist in the seizure of ballots, election records, or certified voting technology before election results are certified by the elections official. The bill would also make it a felony punishable by imprisonment for 2, 3, or 4 years for any person with authority to direct another person subject to their supervision or authority to seize ballots, election records, or certified voting technology before election results are certified. By creating new crimes, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-09
- Latest action
- 2026-09-19 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 330, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Pellerinauthor
- Lairdprincipal coauthor
- Haneycoauthor
- Leecoauthor
- Quirk-Silvacoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-19
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 330, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-19
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-30
(Pending re-refer to Com. on APPR.)
referral-committee
2026-08-30
Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2026-08-30
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
2026-08-30
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,passage
2026-08-30
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (August 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-08-30
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (August 30).
committee-passage
2026-08-30
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 18.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,passage
2026-08-30
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 6844.)
2026-08-30
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 6899.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,passage
2026-08-30
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6844.)
2026-08-28
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10.).
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-28
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
2026-08-28
Re-referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS, PUB. S., and APPR.
referral-committee
2026-08-28
Pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2:
2026-08-28
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-28
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in, but first be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (August 28). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-08-28
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6793.)
2026-08-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-27
(Ayes 28. Noes 10.)
2026-08-27
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (August 27).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-26
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 26). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-08-26
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-08-24
Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.)
2026-08-24
Re-referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and E. & C.A.
referral-committee
2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-24
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 (c).
referral-committee
2026-08-21
Ordered to second reading.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-08-21
From inactive file.
2026-08-21
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-09-08
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Gonzalez.
2025-08-20
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-19
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-16
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 15).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-05-21
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-05-08
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-08
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 13. Page 1476.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-04-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 23).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-21
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-04-10
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-09
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 8).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-03-26
Coauthors revised.
2025-03-26
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-02-18
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-01-23
From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
2025-01-22
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-03-26 · pass · 8-2
Member-level votes (11)
- Kalra: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ta: no
- Patterson: no
- Gallagher: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-08 · pass · 9-3
Member-level votes (12)
- Zbur: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Sanchez: no
Do pass.
2025-04-23 · pass · 11-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Pacheco: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Hart: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Tangipa: no
- Dixon: no
AB 282 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-08 · pass · 53-13
Member-level votes (79)
- Gabriel: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ward: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Hart: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Fong: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Lee: yes
- Solache: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Addis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Castillo: no
- Macedo: no
- Patterson: no
- Lackey: no
- Davies: no
- Gallagher: no
- DeMaio: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Wallis: no
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Sanchez: no
- Alanis: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Arambula: other
- Irwin: other
- Bains: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Ellis: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Ta: other
- Flora: other
- Boerner: other
- Chen: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (13)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: no
- Valladares: other
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