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Measure AB 40
Authors Bryan   Berman  
Subject Redistricting: congressional districts.
Relating To relating to redistricting.
Title An act to amend Section 21454 of the Elections Code, relating to redistricting, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Last Action Dt 2025-08-21
State Amended Senate
Status In Floor Process
Active? Y
Vote Required Two Thirds
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency Yes
Tax Levy No
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Actions
2025-09-13     Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Grayson.
2025-08-25     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-21     (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2233.)
2025-08-21     From inactive file.
2025-08-21     Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-21     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-07-07     Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Menjivar.
2025-07-01     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-06-30     From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-06-12     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-07     Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-04-21     Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 9. Page 1174.).
2025-04-21     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-04-10     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-09     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 9).
2025-03-26     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-06     Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-03-05     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
2025-02-03     Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2024-12-03     From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-02     Read first time. To print.
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Amended Senate     2025-08-21
Amended Assembly     2025-03-05
Introduced     2024-12-02
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Last Version Text Digest The California Constitution requires the Citizens Redistricting Commission to adjust the boundary lines of the congressional, State Senate, Assembly, and State Board of Equalization districts in each year ending in 1. If approved by the electors, ACA 8 of the 2025–26 Regular Session would temporarily adopt new congressional district boundaries until 2031. The new congressional district boundaries are set forth in AB 604 of the 2025–26 Regular Session, which specifies that those district boundaries would become operative only if ACA 8 is approved by the electors. This bill would instead make the congressional district boundaries in AB 604 operative only if ACA 8 is approved by the electors and another state adopts a new congressional district map that takes effect after August 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2031, and that was not required by a federal court order. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.