California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1539: Presidential elections: qualifications for office.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 6901.5, 8304, and 8650 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. elections Presidential elections: qualifications for office. The Twenty-Second Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the election of any person to the office of the President more than twice. Under existing state law, each qualified political party is required to notify the Secretary of State of the names of the party’s nominees for President and Vice President on or before the 75th day before a presidential general election…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 6901.5, 8304, and 8650 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. elections Presidential elections: qualifications for office. The Twenty-Second Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the election of any person to the office of the President more than twice. Under existing state law, each qualified political party is required to notify the Secretary of State of the names of the party’s nominees for President and Vice President on or before the 75th day before a presidential general election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to cause the names of each party’s nominees for President and Vice President to be placed upon the ballot for the election. This bill would require a representative of each qualified political party, and a representative of each independent presidential candidate or write-in presidential candidate, to certify to the Secretary of State, under penalty of perjury, that their nominees for President and Vice President are both qualified to be elected President under the Twenty-Second Amendment. If that certification is not made by the 75th day before the general election for the candidate of each qualified political party and an independent candidate, or by the 14th day before the general election for a write-in candidate, the bill would prohibit placing the names of those nominees for President and Vice President …