20250AB__275398AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-20 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-03-19 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Member Soria LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Soria

An act to amend

Section of the Elections Code, relating to elections. elections 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.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>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.</xhtml:p>"?> MAJORITY NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 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 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 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. <caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:Content><xhtml:p>It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to support the development of parks in rural communities.</xhtml:p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection>"?>