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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1259: Remote accessible vote by mail systems: testing and examination: report.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1259 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Remote accessible vote by mail systems: testing and examination: report. Primary sponsor: Bill Essayli (R). Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law requires the Secretary of State to test and examine remote accessible vote by mail systems that are proposed for use or sale in the state in order to determine their accuracy and efficiency and grant them certification or conditional approval. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to make a report stating whether a system has been certified, conditionally approved, or denied certification publicly available within 60 days after the completion of an examination.

This bill would additionally require the Secretary of State to publish that report on the Secretary of State’s internet website.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bill EssayliPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly63

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
  2. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
  3. Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
  4. Read first time.
  5. From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
  6. Introduced. To print.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page