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type: "Bill"
title: "County of Kern Citizens Redistricting Commission."
description: "Existing law requires the board of supervisors of each county, following each decennial federal census, and using that census as a basis, to adjust the boundaries of the supervisorial districts of the county so that the districts are substantially equal in population and comply with applicable federal law. Existing law specifies the procedures the board of supervisors must follow in adjusting those boundaries. Existing law establishes the Independent Redistricting Commission in the County of San Diego and the Citizens Redistricting Commission in the County of Los Angeles, which are charged with adjusting the supervisorial district boundaries for those counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2494"
citation: "California AB 2494 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County of Kern Citizens Redistricting Commission."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20152b59-d263-4c05-944c-69170325d53d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2494"
source_hash: "92f697d761b72c1086808f2c9113288f34438a6bcb55d44de561d7375648910c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 2494 (20212022) — County of Kern Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Existing law requires the board of supervisors of each county, following each decennial federal census, and using that census as a basis, to adjust the boundaries of the supervisorial districts of the county so that the districts are substantially equal in population and comply with applicable federal law. Existing law specifies the procedures the board of supervisors must follow in adjusting those boundaries. Existing law establishes the Independent Redistricting Commission in the County of San Diego and the Citizens Redistricting Commission in the County of Los Angeles, which are charged with adjusting the supervisorial district boundaries for those counties.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2494&version=20210AB249499INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2494&version=20210AB249498AMD)
3. **09/18/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2494&version=20210AB249496CHP)
4. **AB2494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2494)
5. **08/30/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2494&version=20210AB249497ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **31** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **124** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2494 Salas By Durazo — **3010** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **41** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **61** (pass) · lower
- AB 2494 Salas Assembly Third Reading — **5420** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Salas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2022-03-24** Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** 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`
- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 4853.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 5230.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 411, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20152b59-d263-4c05-944c-69170325d53d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).