CA AJR 29

enacted

Relative to voting by mail.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AJR 29 pass?

Yes. CA AJR 29 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 195, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AJR 29 about?

This measure would declare the Legislature's opposition to any federal executive action that restricts, burdens, or interferes with California's vote by mail system and would call upon the United States Congress to reject any federal legislation that would restrict or eliminate vote by mail options and to protect the constitutional authority of states to administer their own elections.

Who sponsors CA AJR 29?

Berman is the primary sponsor of CA AJR 29, joined by 53 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2026-04-07
Latest action: 2026-08-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 195, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

Subjects

Votingbymail

Committees

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Action timeline

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2026-08-20
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 195, Statutes of 2026.
2026-08-20
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3:30 p.m.
2026-08-13
Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.)
2026-08-13
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-13
Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 5354.)
amendment-passage,passage
2026-06-09
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 9).
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2026-05-20
Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
referral-committee
2026-05-12
In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2026-05-11
Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 14. Page 4995.)
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2026-05-11
Coauthors revised.
2026-04-15
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 15).
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2026-04-15
Coauthors revised.
2026-04-13
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
referral-committee
2026-04-08
From printer.
2026-04-07
Introduced. To print.
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Votes

Be adopted. To third reading.
2026-04-15 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Pellerin: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Berman: yes
- Solache: yes
- Johnson: other
- Gallagher: other
AJR 29 Berman Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-11 · pass · 56-14
Member-level votes (80)
- Jackson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Haney: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Berman: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Hart: yes
- Patel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Chen: no
- Lackey: no
- Tangipa: no
- DeMaio: no
- Gallagher: no
- Patterson: no
- Hadwick: no
- Flora: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ellis: no
- Dixon: no
- Ta: no
- Johnson: no
- Macedo: no
- Solache: other
- Hoover: other
- Lowenthal: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Soria: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Castillo: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Arambula: other
Be adopted. Ordered to third reading
2026-06-09 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Cervantes: yes
- Allen: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Choi: no

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