California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1610: Elections: notice.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 2225 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. elections Elections: notice. Existing law requires a county elections official to take various actions to confirm voters’ residency, including by, among other things, mailing a postcard to each registered voter of the county or obtaining change-of-address data from the United States Postal Service…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend Section 2225 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. elections Elections: notice. Existing law requires a county elections official to take various actions to confirm voters’ residency, including by, among other things, mailing a postcard to each registered voter of the county or obtaining change-of-address data from the United States Postal Service. If the postcard is returned by the post office as undeliverable and the voter has no forwarding address, or if the change-of-address data indicates that the voter has moved and left no forwarding address, existing law requires the county elections official to update the voter’s registration status to inactive and mail notice to the voter of that change. This bill would require a county elections official to take the following additional steps to provide notice to a voter when United States Postal Service data indicates a voter has a mailing address that is different from the voter’s residence address and the mailing address is no longer valid: 1) if a new mailing address is available via change-of-address data, the elections official would be required to update the voter’s registration record with the new mailing address and send a forwardable notice to the new address to confirm the change; 2) if a new mailing address is not identified and the voter can receive mail at …
Sponsors
- Rhodesia Ransom (D, AD13) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 532, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5589.).
- : In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
- : Ordered to special consent calendar.
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
- : In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Votes
- Special Consent AB1610 Ransom By Cervantes (August 20, 2026): 39 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (June 30, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 1610 Ransom Assembly Third Reading (May 21, 2026): 74 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass. (May 14, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB1610?
- AB1610 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Elections: notice.
- What does AB1610 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Section 2225 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. elections Elections: notice. Existing law requires a county elections official to take various actions to confirm voters’ residency, including by, among other things, mailing a postcard to each registered voter of the county or obtaining change-of-address data from the United States Postal Service…
- What is the status of AB1610?
- Chaptered as of September 27, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 532, Statutes of 2026. (September 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB1610?
- Rhodesia Ransom (D, AD13).
- Where is the official record for AB1610?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1610
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