AB 604: Redistricting: congressional districts.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified December 6, 2025

What AB 604 does, verified December 6, 2025

<p>This bill aims to repeal an outdated requirement in California's elections code. It would remove the need for 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. The bill would also eliminate the requirement 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 repeal would simplify the voter registration process and align with the current standard of updating voter records when a new address is provided.</p>

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Last action: Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2229.). (2025-08-21)Alert me

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Asm. Marc BermanAuthor · California State Assembly

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Lena Gonzalez

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Aug. 21, 2025	Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2229.).
Aug. 21, 2025	Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 2698.).
Aug. 21, 2025	Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 2694.)
Aug. 21, 2025	Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 96, Statutes of 2025.
Aug. 21, 2025	Approved by the Governor.

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Latest bill textChaptered version, August 21, 2025 · 101,156 words

Assembly Bill No. 604

CHAPTER 96

An act to add and repeal Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 21400) of Division 21 of the Elections Code, relating to redistricting, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

[ Approved by Governor August 21, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State August 21, 2025. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 604, Aguiar-Curry. Redistricting: congressional districts.

The California Constitution requires the Citizens Redistricting Commission to adjust the boundary lines of the congressional, State Senate, Assembly, and State Board of Equalization districts in the year following the year in which the national decennial census is taken and requires the districts be redrawn in conformance with specified standards.

This bill would specify the elements that define the congressional districts if ACA 8 of the 2025–26 Regular Session is adopted by the voters. These provisions would become operative only if specified provisions of that constitutional amendment become operative, and would remain in effect only until a new map of congressional districts is certified by the Citizens Redistricting Commission as described above.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

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

SECTION 1.

Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 21400) is added to Division 21 of the Elections Code, to read:

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