California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill
AB 2786: Elections.
Enacted Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
AB 2786 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on March 12, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Elections. Primary sponsor: Committee on Elections. Most recent recorded action (August 27, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2026.
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Official summary
Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.
Under existing law, there are certain established election dates. Prior to the enactment of Chapter 1143 of the Statutes of 1996, the Elections Code instead referred to these dates as “regular election dates.”
This bill would revise existing code sections to remove obsolete references to “regular election date” and replace them with references to “established election date.”
Under existing law, when a local measure is submitted to the voters of a special district that includes territory within more than one county, one of those counties is designated as the lead county, as specified. Existing law requires the elections official for the lead county to work with the other counties to establish the deadlines for the submittal of arguments for and against the measure. Existing law also requires the elections official for the lead county to select the arguments to be printed in the voter information guide and transmit those arguments to the elections officials of the other counties.
This bill would additionally require the elections official for the lead county to work with the other counties to establish the deadlines for the submittal of the measure text and impartial analysis. The bill would require the elections official for the lead county to submit the measure text, impartial analysis, and the selected arguments to the other counties within 24 hours of the author providing those materials to the lead county. To the extent this bill increases the duties of local elections officials, it creates a state-mandated local program.
The bill would also make other nonsubstantive changes.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Elections | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | Assembly | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2026.
- Approved by the Governor.
- Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5325.).
- Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
- From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
- From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
- In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5057.)
- Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.