AJR 29 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relative to voting by mail.

Summary

This measure would declare the Legislature's opposition to any federal executive action that restricts, burdens, or interferes with California's vote by mail system and would call upon the United States Congress to reject any federal legislation that would restrict or eliminate vote by mail options and to protect the constitutional authority of states to administer their own elections.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

Committee Review

Aug 2026

Assembly Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

Aug 2026

Signed into Law

Aug 2026

Introduced Apr 7, 2026 Signed Aug 20, 2026

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What changed between versions

08/20/26 - Chaptered → AJR29 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made to AJR 29. The diff reflects a change in document format from a traditional chaptered legislative document (with state headers, page numbers, and formal layout) to a web page presentation from the California Legislature website, which adds navigation menus, search tools, version history metadata, and links to related bill information.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a chaptered legislative text (with 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' header, page numbers, and traditional resolution layout) into a web page format that includes site navigation elements (home, FAQ, sitemap, login), a quick search box, bill metadata (version dates: 08/20/26 Chaptered, 08/17/26 Enrolled, 04/07/26 Introduced), and links to votes, history, analysis, and status pages.

Floor votes · Senate Aug 13, 2026 · Assembly May 11, 2026

How they voted

29–9

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Aug 13, 2026

D Democratic30

29 Yea 1

96% Yea

R Republican10

9 Nay 1

90% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Aug 13, 2026

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (29-9-2)

senate

Aug 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

lower

Aug 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.)

upper

Jun 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 9).

upper

May 20, 2026

Committee

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

upper

May 12, 2026

Committee

In Senate. To Com. on RLS.

upper

May 11, 2026

Assembly · Passed

Assembly Vote: pass (55-14-10)

assembly

May 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 14. Page 4995.)

lower

Apr 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 15).

lower

Apr 13, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.

lower

Apr 7, 2026

Introduced

Introduced. To print.

lower

1 primary · 52 co-sponsors