Bill Text: CA AB2153 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Voter registration: residency confirmation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2026-08-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 112, Statutes of 2026. [AB2153 Detail]

Download: California-2025-AB2153-Chaptered.html

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Assembly Bill No. 2153

CHAPTER 112

An act to repeal Section 2226 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

[ Approved by Governor  August 20, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State  August 20, 2026. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2153, Berman. Voter registration: residency confirmation.

Existing law requires county elections officials to update a voter’s registration record if change-of-address information indicates the voter has moved to a new residence address in California. Existing law requires county elections officials to change a voter’s registration status to inactive if mailings have been returned as undeliverable or if other sources of information indicate that the voter has moved out of state.

This bill would repeal an obsolete version of these requirements.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 2226 of the Elections Code, as amended by Section 6 of Chapter 262 of the Statutes of 2019, is repealed.