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AB 94: Recall elections: successors.
What AB 94 does, verified December 13, 2025
This bill aims to amend certain election laws in California. When a local officer is recalled and removed, they cannot be appointed to fill the vacancy. Currently, if an officer is recalled at a statewide election, the candidate with the highest number of votes for the office is declared elected for the remaining term of the recalled officer. The bill makes some clarifying changes to this provision.
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| Oct. 03, 2025 | Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 251, Statutes of 2025. |
| Oct. 03, 2025 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Sep. 11, 2025 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. |
| Sep. 04, 2025 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2514.). |
| Sep. 04, 2025 | In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. |
Latest bill textChaptered version, October 3, 2025 · 323 words
Assembly Bill No. 94
CHAPTER 251
An act to amend Sections 11382 and 11385 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.
[ Approved by Governor October 03, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 03, 2025. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 94, Bennett. Recall elections: successors.
(1) Existing law specifies procedures for the recall election of a local officer. Under existing law, if a majority of the votes on a recall proposal for a local officer are in the affirmative, the officer is removed and the office remains vacant until it is filled according to law.
This bill would provide that when the local officer is recalled and removed, that officer may not be appointed to fill the vacancy.
(2) Existing law provides that if at a statewide recall election an officer is recalled, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the office shall be declared elected for the unexpired term of the recalled officer.
This bill would make clarifying changes to the above provision.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 11382 of the Elections Code is amended to read:11382.
There shall not be an election for a successor in a recall of a local officer pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 11200). If a majority of the votes on a recall proposal for a local officer are “Yes”, the officer is removed and the office shall be vacant until it is filled according to law, provided that the officer who was the subject of the recall election shall not be appointed to fill the vacancy in that office.SEC. 2.
Section 11385 of the Elections Code is amended to read:11385.
If a state officer is recalled at a recall election, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the office shall be declared elected for the unexpired term of the recalled officer.Text of AB 94 as chaptered, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions