AB 2153 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Voter registration: residency confirmation.

Summary

Existing law requires county elections officials to update a voter's registration record if change-of-address information indicates the voter has moved to a new residence address in California. Existing law requires county elections officials to change a voter's registration status to inactive if mailings have been returned as undeliverable or if other sources of information indicate that the voter has moved out of state. This bill would repeal an obsolete version of these requirements.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Aug 2026

Assembly Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Aug 2026

Signed into Law

Aug 2026

Introduced Feb 18, 2026 Signed Aug 20, 2026

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08/20/26 - Chaptered → AB2153 · 1 edit

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No substantive policy changes occurred between these two versions. The diff reflects only a change in document formatting: the 'From' version is the official chaptered legislative document, while the 'To' version is a web page rendering of the same bill with added navigation elements and layout markup. The underlying law - repeal of Section 2226 of the Elections Code - is identical in both.

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Floor votes · Senate Aug 3, 2026 · Assembly Apr 9, 2026

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 40

Aug 3, 2026

D Democratic30

28 Yea 2

93% Yea

R Republican10

8 Yea 2

80% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Aug 20, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

legislature

Aug 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

lower

Aug 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.).

upper

Jun 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30).

upper

May 6, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

upper

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 4556.)

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 25).

lower

Mar 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors