Bill Commons

CA AB 287

enacted

Elections: polling places and vote centers.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 287 pass?

Yes. CA AB 287 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 253, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 287 about?

Existing law authorizes the governing body with jurisdiction over school buildings or other public buildings, as defined, to allow its buildings to be used for polling places, or for vote centers, beginning up to 10 days before the election and continuing through election day, or to store voting machines and other vote-tabulating devices. Once a governing body has approved the use of a building as a polling place or vote center, existing law requires the governing body to instruct the school district or other public administrator to provide the elections official a site with an adequate amount of space that will allow the precinct board or vote center to perform its duties. This bill would require the governing body to instruct the school district or other public administrator to provide the elections official with an adequate amount of space for voting operations and storage of associated supplies. Existing law requires the district administrator to make building parking available at no charge to the precinct or vote center board and voters, as specified. This bill would require the district administrator to also make accessible parking spaces and parking for assisting voters curbside available, if requested by the elections official.

Who sponsors CA AB 287?

Lackey is the primary sponsor of CA AB 287, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law authorizes the governing body with jurisdiction over school buildings or other public buildings, as defined, to allow its buildings to be used for polling places, or for vote centers, beginning up to 10 days before the election and continuing through election day, or to store voting machines and other vote-tabulating devices. Once a governing body has approved the use of a building as a polling place or vote center, existing law requires the governing body to instruct the school district or other public administrator to provide the elections official a site with an adequate amount of space that will allow the precinct board or vote center to perform its duties. This bill would require the governing body to instruct the school district or other public administrator to provide the elections official with an adequate amount of space for voting operations and storage of associated supplies. Existing law requires the district administrator to make building parking available at no charge to the precinct or vote center board and voters, as specified. This bill would require the district administrator to also make accessible parking spaces and parking for assisting voters curbside available, if requested by the elections official.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 253, Statutes of 2025.
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Lackeyauthor
  • Bryancoauthor
  • Pellerincoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-03

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 253, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-03

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2025-09-16

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2744.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2025-07-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. 2025-07-01

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-06-09

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  9. 2025-05-07

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

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-04-07

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

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  11. 2025-04-07

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1032.)

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  12. 2025-03-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 26).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-03-26

    Coauthors revised.

  15. 2025-02-10

    Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

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  16. 2025-01-23

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.

  17. 2025-01-22

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass.

    2025-03-26 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
  • AB 287 Lackey Assembly Third Reading

    2025-04-07 · pass · 72-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wallis: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Ta: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Lee: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
  • Do pass

    2025-07-01 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Allen: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Choi: yes
  • 3rd Reading AB287 Lackey et al. By Umberg

    2025-09-09 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes

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