republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-94.md

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Bill	Recall elections: successors.	(1) Existing law specifies procedures for the recall election of a local officer. Under existing law, if a majority of the votes on a recall proposal for a local officer are in the affirmative, the officer is removed and the office remains vacant until it is filled according to law.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 94	California AB 94 (20252026)	bill	Recallelections successors	enacted	Bennett	4	16	4	2025-01-07	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/792c723a-a47b-4ed0-9612-ee2a7b22f152	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB94	c02358e51303f1e5e8ed4fc2ebace1513d7d30e00ea95f5af2160547984cbe49	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 94 (20252026) — Recall elections: successors.

(1) Existing law specifies procedures for the recall election of a local officer. Under existing law, if a majority of the votes on a recall proposal for a local officer are in the affirmative, the officer is removed and the office remains vacant until it is filled according to law.

Version chain

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

1. 01/07/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB94 (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 94 Bennett Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB94 Bennett By Umberg — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-01-08 From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-04-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-07 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2025-06-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-07-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2514.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 251, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/792c723a-a47b-4ed0-9612-ee2a7b22f152. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).