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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 868: Primary elections: county officers: top two candidates.

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 868 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Primary elections: county officers: top two candidates. Primary sponsor: Juan Carrillo (D). It lists 5 additional sponsors. 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 provides that a candidate for a nonpartisan office who at a primary election receives votes on a majority of all the ballots cast for candidates for that office is elected to that office.

This bill would exempt from that provision candidates for county nonpartisan offices, including a county office in a charter county, but not including a charter city and county, and would require the candidates who received the highest and second highest number of votes cast for nomination to that office to be placed on the ballot at the ensuing general election, except as specified. By imposing new duties on counties, including county elections officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Juan CarrilloPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly39
David AlvarezCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly80
Joaquin ArambulaCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly31
Anamarie Ávila FaríasCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly15
Corey JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly60
Eloise Gómez ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29

“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. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  4. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
  5. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.
  6. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
  7. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.
  8. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
  9. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.
  10. Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
  11. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
  12. Read first time. To print.

Sources

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