republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-453.md

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Bill	District-based elections.	Existing law provides for political subdivisions that encompass areas of representation within the state. With respect to these areas, public officials are generally elected by all of the voters of the political subdivision (at-large) or by districts formed within the political subdivision (district-based) . Existing law requires a political subdivision that changes from an at-large method of election to a district-based election, or that establishes district-based elections, to perform various actions before a public hearing at which it votes upon an ordinance establishing district-based elections. Among these actions, the political subdivision must hold at least 2 public hearings before drawing a draft map of the proposed boundaries and at least 2 public hearings after all maps are drawn, and invite the public's input at these hearings.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 453	California AB 453 (20232024)	bill	District-based elections	enacted	Cervantes	4	22	7	2023-02-06	2024-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/5f429611-e989-4416-bdb4-6a557c52d908	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB453	7a8984986ca23f695ebe9fed0aa0c6b88760f228ed32fca608ec4f1ffe7b91bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 453 (20232024) — District-based elections.

Existing law provides for political subdivisions that encompass areas of representation within the state. With respect to these areas, public officials are generally elected by all of the voters of the political subdivision (at-large) or by districts formed within the political subdivision (district-based) . Existing law requires a political subdivision that changes from an at-large method of election to a district-based election, or that establishes district-based elections, to perform various actions before a public hearing at which it votes upon an ordinance establishing district-based elections. Among these actions, the political subdivision must hold at least 2 public hearings before drawing a draft map of the proposed boundaries and at least 2 public hearings after all maps are drawn, and invite the public's input at these hearings.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/26/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB453 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/14/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 453 Cervantes Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cervantes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1362.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-10 Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2024-05-13 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2024-05-13 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2024-05-22 Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5042.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-12 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-08-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2024-08-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-08-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 195, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f429611-e989-4416-bdb4-6a557c52d908. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).