California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2691: Elections: elective office: felony conviction.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 20 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. elections Elections: elective office: felony conviction. Existing law prohibits the consideration of a person as a candidate for, and provides that the person is not eligible to be elected to, any state or local elective office if the person has been convicted of a felony involving accepting or giving, or offering to give, any bribe, the embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend Section 20 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. elections Elections: elective office: felony conviction. Existing law prohibits the consideration of a person as a candidate for, and provides that the person is not eligible to be elected to, any state or local elective office if the person has been convicted of a felony involving accepting or giving, or offering to give, any bribe, the embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes. This bill would additionally prohibit the consideration of a person as a candidate for, and provide that the person is not eligible to be elected to, any state or local elective office if they have been convicted of a felony involving sexual assault or human trafficking, as defined. MAJORITY NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The #MeToo and #WeSaidEnough movements in 2017 and 2018, revelations from the Epstein files investigation in 2025 and 2026, and other high-profile cases of sexual abuse have enlightened the American public to the prevalence of sexual violence perpetrated by people in power. (2) Along with the publicity, there have …
Sponsors
- Dawn Addis (D, AD30) · primary sponsor