(1) (a) The California Constitution establishes the Citizens Redistricting Commission for the purpose of drawing district lines for the election of Members of the State Senate, Assembly, Congress, and the State Board of Equalization, and requires the commission to do so by August 15 in each year ending in the number one thereafter. For redistricting occurring in 2021, the Supreme Court of California, by peremptory writ of mandate in Legislature of State of California v. Padilla (2020) 9 Cal.5th 867, extended that deadline to December 15, 2021, or to a later date if specified conditions are met, due to a delay in the release of federal census data caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
California SB 594 (20212022) — Elections: redistricting.
(1) (a) The California Constitution establishes the Citizens Redistricting Commission for the purpose of drawing district lines for the election of Members of the State Senate, Assembly, Congress, and the State Board of Equalization, and requires the commission to do so by August 15 in each year ending in the number one thereafter. For redistricting occurring in 2021, the Supreme Court of California, by peremptory writ of mandate in Legislature of State of California v. Padilla (2020) 9 Cal.5th 867, extended that deadline to December 15, 2021, or to a later date if specified conditions are met, due to a delay in the release of federal census data caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2021-03-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-03-18 Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
2021-03-26 Set for hearing April 12.
2021-04-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 755.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-28 Set for hearing May 6.
2021-05-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-05-10 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1045.) (May 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-13 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1093.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-13 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-20 Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and L. GOV. referral-committee
2021-06-17 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2021-08-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-08-19 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 19). Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. committee-passage, referral-committee
2021-08-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-26 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-26 Ordered to third reading.
2021-08-30 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2571.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-01 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2021-09-01 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2263.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. committee-passage, referral-committee
2021-09-01 Set for hearing September 2.
2021-09-02 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2361.) committee-passage
2021-09-03 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2379.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2021-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 320, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/080e565a-2449-48be-848e-6c382720af79. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).