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Bill	Recall elections: local offices.	The California Constitution reserves to the electors the power to recall an elective officer and requires the Legislature to provide for recall of local officers. Existing law requires a recall election to include the question of whether the officer sought to be recalled shall be removed from office and an election for the officer's successor in the event the officer is removed from office.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2582	California AB 2582 (20212022)	bill	Recall elections: local offices.	enacted	Bennett	6	20	5	2022-02-18	2022-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/22a51fa5-3886-4968-bb24-8a271669a94a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2582	ad605562d2fa01e91dff655f151eaa54c2dc363b31907c4380d6799aec97bcb8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2582 (20212022) — Recall elections: local offices.

The California Constitution reserves to the electors the power to recall an elective officer and requires the Legislature to provide for recall of local officers. Existing law requires a recall election to include the question of whether the officer sought to be recalled shall be removed from office and an election for the officer's successor in the event the officer is removed from office.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/02/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/16/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2582 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/26/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 2582 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–19 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 2582 Bennett Assembly Third Reading — 49–15 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2582 Bennett et al. By Newman — 30–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Berman — author (person)
• Gipson — author (person)
• Newman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2022-03-10 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2022-04-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-05-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 4653.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-05-25 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2022-06-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-16 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 5003.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-24 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 19.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 p.m.
• 2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 790, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22a51fa5-3886-4968-bb24-8a271669a94a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).