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Bill	Elections: intimidation.	Existing law makes it a crime to intimidate a voter or to interfere with the conduct of an election, as specified. Existing law makes it a crime for a person in possession of a firearm or a uniformed peace officer, private guard, or security personnel to be stationed in the immediate vicinity of, or posted at, a polling place without written authorization of the appropriate elections official, except as specified. Existing law also makes it a crime to hire a person to conduct these prohibited acts.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2642	California AB 2642 (20232024)	bill	Elections intimidation	enacted	Berman	7	30	10	2024-02-14	2024-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/1c9b30ca-ff64-4e5f-91c2-470a65acad67	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2642	c21db321bc7641f196ee5d72f8309f852844ca4242483e82155a493c080bcf7f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2642 (20232024) — Elections: intimidation.

Existing law makes it a crime to intimidate a voter or to interfere with the conduct of an election, as specified. Existing law makes it a crime for a person in possession of a firearm or a uniformed peace officer, private guard, or security personnel to be stationed in the immediate vicinity of, or posted at, a polling place without written authorization of the appropriate elections official, except as specified. Existing law also makes it a crime to hire a person to conduct these prohibited acts.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/11/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/02/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/24/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2642 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2642 Berman Third Reading Urgency — 59–10 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–3 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2642 Berman et al. By Newman Urgency Clause — 31–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 2642 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–13 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Bryan — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
• Gipson — author (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2024-03-04 Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 10). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-11 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 30). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-05-02 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5215.)
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 10. Page 5429.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-28 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-29 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 13.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c9b30ca-ff64-4e5f-91c2-470a65acad67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).