CA AB 94
enactedRecall elections: successors.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 94 pass?
Yes. CA AB 94 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-03. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 251, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 94 about?
(1) Existing law specifies procedures for the recall election of a local officer. Under existing law, if a majority of the votes on a recall proposal for a local officer are in the affirmative, the officer is removed and the office remains vacant until it is filled according to law. This bill would provide that when the local officer is recalled and removed, that officer may not be appointed to fill the vacancy. (2) Existing law provides that if at a statewide recall election an officer is recalled, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the office shall be declared elected for the unexpired term of the recalled officer. This bill would make clarifying changes to the above provision.
Who sponsors CA AB 94?
Bennett is the primary sponsor of CA AB 94.
Description
(1) Existing law specifies procedures for the recall election of a local officer. Under existing law, if a majority of the votes on a recall proposal for a local officer are in the affirmative, the officer is removed and the office remains vacant until it is filled according to law. This bill would provide that when the local officer is recalled and removed, that officer may not be appointed to fill the vacancy. (2) Existing law provides that if at a statewide recall election an officer is recalled, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the office shall be declared elected for the unexpired term of the recalled officer. This bill would make clarifying changes to the above provision.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 251, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Bennettauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-01-07
Read first time. To print.
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2025-01-08
From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
2025-02-03
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
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2025-03-26
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 26).
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2025-03-27
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-04-01
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.)
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2025-04-02
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-07
Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
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2025-06-09
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-07-01
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1).
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2025-07-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2514.).
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2025-09-04
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
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2025-09-11
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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2025-10-03
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-03
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 251, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
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Votes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
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 94 Bennett Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-04-01 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Haney: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Chen: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Papan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Fong: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bains: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Soria: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Addis: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Essayli: yes
- Flora: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Berman: yes
- Davies: other
- Alvarez: other
- Bennett: other
- Wicks: 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 AB94 Bennett By Umberg
2025-09-04 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Niello: yes
- Grove: yes
- Jones: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Strickland: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Reyes: other
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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