AB 2753: Elective office: sex offenders.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified July 2, 2026

What AB 2753 does, verified July 2, 2026

This bill aims to amend the existing election laws in California to prohibit individuals with certain convictions from holding elective office. It specifically targets individuals convicted of felonies involving bribery, embezzlement, extortion, theft, perjury, or conspiracy. Additionally, individuals who have ever been required to register as a sex offender are also prohibited from holding elective office. This amendment seeks to increase transparency and accountability in the electoral process by removing individuals with a history of serious crimes from the running for public office.

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Last action: In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. (2026-06-30)Alert me

Author and sponsors

Asm. Esmeralda SoriaAuthor · California State Assembly

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Jun. 30, 2026	In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
May. 20, 2026	Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
May. 07, 2026	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May. 07, 2026	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 4960.)
Apr. 16, 2026	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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Latest bill textAmended version, March 19, 2026 · 448 words

Amended IN Assembly March 19, 2026

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2753

Introduced by Assembly Member Soria

February 20, 2026

An act ~~relating to parks.~~ to amend Section 20 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2753, as amended, Soria. ~~Parks: rural communities.~~ Elective office: sex offenders.

Existing law prescribes various eligibility and procedural requirements for a person to become a candidate for elective office. A person may not be a candidate for, or elected to, any state or local elective office if the person has been convicted of a felony involving bribery, embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes.
This bill would additionally prohibit a person from being a candidate for, or elected to, any state or local elective office if the person has ever been required to register as a sex offender.
~~Existing law vests control of the state park system with the Department of Parks and Recreation, and provides for the formation of park and open-space districts in the state.~~
~~This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to support the development of parks in rural communities.~~

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 20 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

20.

(a) A person shall not be considered a candidate for, and is not eligible to be elected to, any state or local elective office ~~if the~~ in either of the following circumstances:

(1) The
person has been convicted of a felony involving accepting or giving, or offering to give, any bribe, the embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes.

(2) The person has ever been required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code.

(b) For purposes of this section, “conviction of a felony” includes a conviction of a felony in this state and a conviction under the laws of any other state, the United States, or any foreign government or country of a crime that, if committed in this state, would be a felony, and for which the person has not received a pardon from the Governor of this state, the governor or other officer authorized to grant pardons in another state, the President of the United States, or the officer of the foreign government or country authorized to grant pardons in that foreign jurisdiction.

SECTION 1.
~~It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to support the development of parks in rural communities.~~

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