republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-17.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: precinct maps."
description: "Existing law requires the county elections official to divide the area under their jurisdiction into precincts and to prepare detailed maps or exterior descriptions of the precincts. If changes or alterations to precinct boundaries are made, existing law requires the elections official to prepare new maps or exterior descriptions. Existing law provides that precinct boundary changes occurring less than 125 days before an election are not effective for purposes of that election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 17"
citation: "California AB 17 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "precinctmaps"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alanis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-02"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d48506f-5639-4be2-9a4f-70374b57a759"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB17"
source_hash: "0a891b6201fffda5ecdff38d0abef9ecbb0aad6e1ec1ced4985ecf670a01a642"
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 17 (20252026) — Elections: precinct maps.

Existing law requires the county elections official to divide the area under their jurisdiction into precincts and to prepare detailed maps or exterior descriptions of the precincts. If changes or alterations to precinct boundaries are made, existing law requires the elections official to prepare new maps or exterior descriptions. Existing law provides that precinct boundary changes occurring less than 125 days before an election are not effective for purposes of that election.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/02/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB17&version=20250AB1799INT)
2. **02/20/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB17&version=20250AB1798AMD)
3. **07/30/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB17&version=20250AB1796CHP)
4. **AB17** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB17)
5. **07/21/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB17&version=20250AB1797ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 17 Alanis Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alanis — primary (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.
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** 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`
- **2025-02-21** Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1278.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-07-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-07-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2137.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-07-17** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-07-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2025-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 80, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d48506f-5639-4be2-9a4f-70374b57a759`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).