---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to the expulsion of Tennessee state representatives."
description: "This measure would denounce the actions of the Tennessee House of Representatives in expelling two African-American Democratic Representatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AJR 5"
citation: "California AJR 5 (20232024)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Expulsion of Tennessee state representatives"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-04-17"
last_action: "2023-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cbc71da-3bba-4828-95ed-4dc242cd5125"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AJR5"
source_hash: "546c6076aed5dbf7631669166997f7e58cd95eeb8541ba38c03f1a0e7ddbf043"
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 AJR 5 (20232024) — Relative to the expulsion of Tennessee state representatives.

This measure would denounce the actions of the Tennessee House of Representatives in expelling two African-American Democratic Representatives.

## Version chain

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

1. **04/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AJR5&version=20230AJR599INT)
2. **09/20/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AJR5&version=20230AJR597CHP)
3. **AJR5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AJR5)
4. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AJR5&version=20230AJR598ENR)

## Votes

- AJR 5 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted. To third reading. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AJR5 Gipson et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas Motion To Reconsider — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AJR5 Gipson et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted. Ordered to third reading — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AJR5 Gipson et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gipson — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Alvarez — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Bains — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Bennett — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Boerner — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — author (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Hart — coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — principal coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Papan — coauthor (person)
- Pellerin — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Ramos — coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
- Schiavo — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
- Soria — coauthor (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Valencia — coauthor (person)
- Villapudua — coauthor (person)
- Wallis — coauthor (person)
- Ward — coauthor (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
- Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wilson — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)
- Zbur — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-17** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** From printer.
- **2023-04-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1`
- **2023-05-15** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-05-15** Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 1548.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2023-05-16** In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
- **2023-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1`
- **2023-09-07** Adopted. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2482.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2023-09-07** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2481.)
- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-07** Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2475.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2023-09-07** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-12** Enrolled measure version corrected.
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 11 a.m.
- **2023-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 174, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cbc71da-3bba-4828-95ed-4dc242cd5125`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).