---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recall elections: successors."
description: "(1) Existing law specifies procedures for the recall election of a local officer. Under existing law, if a majority of the votes on a recall proposal for a local officer are in the affirmative, the officer is removed and the office remains vacant until it is filled according to law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 94"
citation: "California AB 94 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Recallelections", "successors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/792c723a-a47b-4ed0-9612-ee2a7b22f152"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB94"
source_hash: "c02358e51303f1e5e8ed4fc2ebace1513d7d30e00ea95f5af2160547984cbe49"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 94 (20252026) — Recall elections: successors.

(1) Existing law specifies procedures for the recall election of a local officer. Under existing law, if a majority of the votes on a recall proposal for a local officer are in the affirmative, the officer is removed and the office remains vacant until it is filled according to law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/07/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB94&version=20250AB9499INT)
2. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB94&version=20250AB9497CHP)
3. **AB94** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB94)
4. **09/08/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB94&version=20250AB9498ENR)

## Votes

- AB 94 Bennett Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB94 Bennett By Umberg — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-08** From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-07-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2514.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-04** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 251, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/792c723a-a47b-4ed0-9612-ee2a7b22f152`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).