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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: intimidation."
description: "Existing law makes it a crime to intimidate a voter or to interfere with the conduct of an election, as specified. Existing law makes it a crime for a person in possession of a firearm or a uniformed peace officer, private guard, or security personnel to be stationed in the immediate vicinity of, or posted at, a polling place without written authorization of the appropriate elections official, except as specified. Existing law also makes it a crime to hire a person to conduct these prohibited acts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2642"
citation: "California AB 2642 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "intimidation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-02-14"
last_action: "2024-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c9b30ca-ff64-4e5f-91c2-470a65acad67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2642"
source_hash: "c21db321bc7641f196ee5d72f8309f852844ca4242483e82155a493c080bcf7f"
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 2642 (20232024) — Elections: intimidation.
Existing law makes it a crime to intimidate a voter or to interfere with the conduct of an election, as specified. Existing law makes it a crime for a person in possession of a firearm or a uniformed peace officer, private guard, or security personnel to be stationed in the immediate vicinity of, or posted at, a polling place without written authorization of the appropriate elections official, except as specified. Existing law also makes it a crime to hire a person to conduct these prohibited acts.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/14/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2642&version=20230AB264299INT)
2. **04/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2642&version=20230AB264298AMD)
3. **05/02/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2642&version=20230AB264297AMD)
4. **08/22/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2642&version=20230AB264296AMD)
5. **09/24/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2642&version=20230AB264294CHP)
6. **AB2642** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2642)
7. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2642&version=20230AB264295ENR)
## Votes
- AB 2642 Berman Third Reading Urgency — **5910** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **93** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **114** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2642 Berman et al. By Newman Urgency Clause — **318** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **62** (pass) · lower
- AB 2642 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **6013** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **61** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **92** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Berman — primary (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
- Gipson — author (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5215.)
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 10. Page 5429.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-29** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 13.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c9b30ca-ff64-4e5f-91c2-470a65acad67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).