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Bill	District-based elections.	The California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA) prohibits the use of an at-large election in a political subdivision if it would impair the ability of a protected class, as defined, to elect candidates of its choice or otherwise influence the outcome of an election. The CVRA permits a voter who is a member of a protected class to bring an action in superior court to enforce the provisions of the CVRA. Before commencing an action, existing law requires a prospective plaintiff to send a written notice to the political subdivision asserting that the political subdivision's method of conducting elections may violate the CVRA. If the political subdivision passes a resolution outlining its intention to transition to district-based elections within a specified time, existing law prohibits the prospective plaintiff from commencing an action within 90 days of the resolution's passage.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2123	California AB 2123 (20172018)	bill	District-based elections.	enacted	Cervantes	7	24	6	2018-02-08	2018-09-06	openstates	ocd-bill/a14b729c-b49c-43cb-b218-24b7849133c3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2123	7bbbed23c3165972851ac8f5746b3a920100e993be8f9f4bff3444b209de2eeb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2123 (20172018) — District-based elections.

The California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA) prohibits the use of an at-large election in a political subdivision if it would impair the ability of a protected class, as defined, to elect candidates of its choice or otherwise influence the outcome of an election. The CVRA permits a voter who is a member of a protected class to bring an action in superior court to enforce the provisions of the CVRA. Before commencing an action, existing law requires a prospective plaintiff to send a written notice to the political subdivision asserting that the political subdivision's method of conducting elections may violate the CVRA. If the political subdivision passes a resolution outlining its intention to transition to district-based elections within a specified time, existing law prohibits the prospective plaintiff from commencing an action within 90 days of the resolution's passage.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/02/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/17/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/06/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2123 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/22/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2123 CERVANTES Assembly Third Reading — 60–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2123 Cervantes By Cannella — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cervantes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 2018-03-19 Referred to Coms. on E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-03-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2018-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2018-04-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-17 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-05-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 3. Page 5128.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-24 Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-07-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5438.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2018-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a14b729c-b49c-43cb-b218-24b7849133c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).