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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vacancy elections."
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description: "(1) Existing law establishes procedures for filling a vacancy in the representation of the state in the United States Senate. Pursuant to those procedures, the Governor may appoint and commission a qualified person to fill a vacancy until the vacancy is filled at the next general election or special election after the occurrence of the vacancy. Existing law provides that an election to fill the vacancy shall not be held if the vacancy occurs within a term fixed by law to expire on the third day of January following the next general election, in which case the Governor's appointment holds office for the remainder of the unexpired term, unless the vacancy is filled at a special election held prior to that general election."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 1495"
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citation: "California AB 1495 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vacancy elections."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Luz Rivas"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-02-19"
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last_action: "2021-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d96bc1b4-8a7b-47c9-8e38-461d74800134"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1495"
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source_hash: "a38e2c84b342c8ad6174d0c90bf71a20e192d95f1e3fa14c53de30e40ef61730"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1495 (20212022) — Vacancy elections.
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(1) Existing law establishes procedures for filling a vacancy in the representation of the state in the United States Senate. Pursuant to those procedures, the Governor may appoint and commission a qualified person to fill a vacancy until the vacancy is filled at the next general election or special election after the occurrence of the vacancy. Existing law provides that an election to fill the vacancy shall not be held if the vacancy occurs within a term fixed by law to expire on the third day of January following the next general election, in which case the Governor's appointment holds office for the remainder of the unexpired term, unless the vacancy is filled at a special election held prior to that general election.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1495&version=20210AB149599INT)
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2. **04/20/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1495&version=20210AB149598AMD)
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3. **07/05/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1495&version=20210AB149597AMD)
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4. **09/27/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1495&version=20210AB149595CHP)
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5. **AB1495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1495)
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6. **08/27/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1495&version=20210AB149596ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1495 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **58–16** (pass) · lower
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- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1495 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **60–16** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1495 Luz Rivas et al. By Stern — **28–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Luz Rivas — primary (person)
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- Stern — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** 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`
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- **2021-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 1548.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-03** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-05** 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`
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- **2021-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2075.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2021-08-19** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-24** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 24). `committee-passage`
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- **2021-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 2511.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2021-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 316, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d96bc1b4-8a7b-47c9-8e38-461d74800134`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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