AJR 23: Relative to new state formation. - California

06/04/26 - Amended Assembly → AJR23 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions of AJR 23. The differences are entirely formatting and presentation: the old version used a printed legislative document layout with line numbers and page headers, while the new version reflects a web page rendering from the California legislature website with navigation elements. The resolution text, county list, and all operative language remain identical.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a printed legislative document style (with line numbers, page headers, and specific indentation) to a web page layout that includes site navigation elements such as home, accessibility, FAQ, search, and bill tracking links. No changes were made to the substantive content of the resolution.

08/26/25 - Introduced → 09/13/25 - Amended Assembly · 4 edits · Sep 13, 2025

MODERATE

The amended version adds Orange County to the list of counties that would form a new state from within California, a significant expansion that includes a major Southern California coastal county with cities like Anaheim and Irvine. Other changes are minor: a county name was duplicated in a recital clause, a typo introduced 'six 6' instead of 'six', and a period after 'Lassen' was corrected to a comma.

SCOPE

Orange County was added to the list of counties that would form the new state. This is a major change because Orange County is a large, populous coastal county in Southern California, fundamentally altering the geographic and political composition of the proposed new state.

TECHNICAL

In the WHEREAS clause referencing northern California counties, the list was reordered and 'Tehama' appears twice (previously listed once). The set of counties referenced is otherwise the same.

The word 'six' in line 2 became 'six 6', introducing a duplication typo.

A period after 'Lassen' in the county list was changed to a comma, fixing a punctuation error.

09/13/25 - Amended Assembly → 06/04/26 - Amended Assembly · 4 edits · Jun 4, 2026

MODERATE

The June 4, 2026 amendment to AJR 23 (new state formation consent resolution) primarily adds two legislators - Assembly Member Hadwick as a co-introducer and Assembly Member Ellis as a coauthor - and corrects several drafting errors including duplicated county names and a repeated word. No substantive policy changes were made to the scope, county list, or operative provisions of the resolution.

SCOPE

Assembly Member Hadwick was added as a co-introducer alongside Assembly Member Gallagher, and Assembly Member Ellis was added to the list of coauthors.

TECHNICAL

The WHEREAS clause listing northern California counties that expressed desire to form a new state was cleaned up. The old version contained a duplicated and disordered list (Siskiyou, Modoc, Glenn, Sutter, Yuba, and Tehama, Glenn, Modoc, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, and Yuba); the new version corrects this to a single clean list: Glenn, Modoc, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, and Yuba.

A typo in the operative consent section was fixed: 'County of Lassen. Lassen' (with an erroneous period creating a duplicate) was corrected to 'County of Lassen.'

A duplicated word 'Resolved,Resolved,' in the third resolution paragraph was corrected to a single 'Resolved,'

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