republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-5.md

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Bill	Elections: official canvass.	Existing law requires elections officials to commence the canvass for an election no later than the Thursday following the election and to make the canvass open to the public. Existing law requires the canvass to be continued daily, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays excepted, for not less than six hours each day until completed. Existing law requires elections officials to prepare a certified statement of the results of the election within 30 days of the election and to send the Secretary of State a complete copy of all election results within 31 days of the election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prepare, certify, and file a statement of the vote no later than the 38th day after the election.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 5	California AB 5 (20252026)	bill	Elections officialcanvass	enacted	Berman	7	24	8	2024-12-02	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/175a985b-e6c4-404c-9a87-881bda771477	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB5	8c0acc509de3d54e8092aeee03041ecb18ad210cb4d560bba33681b1d2d76553	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 5 (20252026) — Elections: official canvass.

Existing law requires elections officials to commence the canvass for an election no later than the Thursday following the election and to make the canvass open to the public. Existing law requires the canvass to be continued daily, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays excepted, for not less than six hours each day until completed. Existing law requires elections officials to prepare a certified statement of the results of the election within 30 days of the election and to send the Secretary of State a complete copy of all election results within 31 days of the election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to prepare, certify, and file a statement of the vote no later than the 38th day after the election.

Version chain

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

1. 12/02/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/10/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/24/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB5 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/11/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB5 Berman et al. By Allen — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 5 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 5 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Choi — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-12-03 From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
• 2025-03-10 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-11 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1774.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-14 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2611.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3098.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 250, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/175a985b-e6c4-404c-9a87-881bda771477. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).