California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2573: Voter registration information: confidentiality.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 2166, 2166.5, 2166.7, 2166.8, 2166.9, and 2194 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. elections Voter registration information: confidentiality…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 2166, 2166.5, 2166.7, 2166.8, 2166.9, and 2194 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. elections Voter registration information: confidentiality. Under existing law, the residence address, telephone number, and email address of a registered voter is confidential, except that under certain circumstances a county elections official must disclose that information to any candidate for federal, state, or local office, to any committee for or against any initiative or referendum measure, and to any person for election, scholarly, journalistic, political, or governmental purposes. Existing law exempts from that disclosure requirement the residence address, telephone number, and email address of a federal, state, or local elected official or candidate, unless the official or candidate opts out or the information is sought for bona fide journalistic or governmental purposes. Voters in life-threatening circumstances and voters who participate in specified confidentiality programs may also have their residence address, telephone number, and email address exempted from the disclosure requirement. This bill would expand those exemptions to apply to the voter’s entire voter registration record, except as specified. The bill would recast the provisions creating the exemption for the voter registration record of an elected official or candidate. The bill would permit the information of an elected official’s immediate family member who lives at the same residence to be made confidential. For …
Sponsors
- LaShae Sharp-Collins (D, AD79) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 622, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6869.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0.).
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Votes
- AB 2573 Sharp-Collins Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 30, 2026): 79 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2573 Sharp-Collins By Weber Pierson (August 28, 2026): 35 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 30, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 2573 Sharp-Collins Assembly Third Reading (May 26, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB2573?
- AB2573 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Voter registration information: confidentiality.
- What does AB2573 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Sections 2166, 2166.5, 2166.7, 2166.8, 2166.9, and 2194 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. elections Voter registration information: confidentiality…
- What is the status of AB2573?
- Chaptered as of September 27, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 622, Statutes of 2026. (September 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB2573?
- LaShae Sharp-Collins (D, AD79).
- Where is the official record for AB2573?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2573
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