Redistricting: eligibility for congressional office.

ACA 15

California Bills

20250ACA_001599INT INTRODUCED 2025-08-19 2025 ACA INT Introduced by Assembly Member Tangipa (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis, Castillo, Davies, DeMaio, Ellis, Gallagher, Jeff Gonzalez, Macedo, Patterson, and Wallis) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Tangipa COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Alanis COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Castillo COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Davies COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY DeMaio COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ellis COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Gallagher COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Jeff Gonzalez COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Macedo COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Patterson COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Wallis A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding

Section to

Article XXI thereof, relating to redistricting. redistricting Redistricting: eligibility for congressional office. The California Constitution establishes the Citizens Redistricting Commission, which is required to adjust the boundary lines of congressional, Senate, Assembly, and State Board of Equalization districts in each year ending in 1.

If enacted by the Legislature and approved by the voters, ACA of the 2025–26 Regular Session would adopt new congressional district boundaries that would remain in effect until the commission next adjusts the boundaries in 2031, if another state also adopts new congressional district boundaries between August 1, 2025, and January 1, 2031.

If ACA is enacted by the Legislature and approved by the voters, and a specified provision of that measure becomes operative, this measure would prohibit a Member of the Legislature who voted in favor of ACA from being a candidate for congressional office in any congressional district adopted pursuant to ACA 8.

TWO_THIRDS NO NO NO Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2025–26 Regular Session commencing on the second day of December 2024, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows: That

Section is added to

Article XXI thereof, to read:

SEC. 5. (

a) A Member of the Legislature who voted in favor of Assembly Constitutional Amendment of the 2025–26 Regular Session shall not be a candidate for congressional office in any congressional district adopted pursuant to subdivision (

b) of

Section 4. (

b) This

section shall become operative only if Assembly Constitutional Amendment of the 2025–26 Regular Session is approved by the voters and takes effect and subdivision (

b) of

Section becomes operative.

Document details

CollectionCalifornia Bills
CitationACA 15
Date2025-08-19
Typebill
Languageen
SourceCA_BILL
Identifier20250ACA1599INT

Redistricting: eligibility for congressional office.

ACA 15

California Bills

Redistricting: eligibility for congressional office.

ACA 15

California Bills

20250ACA_001599INT INTRODUCED 2025-08-19 2025 ACA INT Introduced by Assembly Member Tangipa (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis, Castillo, Davies, DeMaio, Ellis, Gallagher, Jeff Gonzalez, Macedo, Patterson, and Wallis) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Tangipa COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Alanis COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Castillo COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Davies COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY DeMaio COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ellis COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Gallagher COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Jeff Gonzalez COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Macedo COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Patterson COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Wallis A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding

Section to

Article XXI thereof, relating to redistricting. redistricting Redistricting: eligibility for congressional office. The California Constitution establishes the Citizens Redistricting Commission, which is required to adjust the boundary lines of congressional, Senate, Assembly, and State Board of Equalization districts in each year ending in 1.

If enacted by the Legislature and approved by the voters, ACA of the 2025–26 Regular Session would adopt new congressional district boundaries that would remain in effect until the commission next adjusts the boundaries in 2031, if another state also adopts new congressional district boundaries between August 1, 2025, and January 1, 2031.

If ACA is enacted by the Legislature and approved by the voters, and a specified provision of that measure becomes operative, this measure would prohibit a Member of the Legislature who voted in favor of ACA from being a candidate for congressional office in any congressional district adopted pursuant to ACA 8.

TWO_THIRDS NO NO NO Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2025–26 Regular Session commencing on the second day of December 2024, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows: That

Section is added to

Article XXI thereof, to read:

SEC. 5. (

a) A Member of the Legislature who voted in favor of Assembly Constitutional Amendment of the 2025–26 Regular Session shall not be a candidate for congressional office in any congressional district adopted pursuant to subdivision (

b) of

Section 4. (

b) This

section shall become operative only if Assembly Constitutional Amendment of the 2025–26 Regular Session is approved by the voters and takes effect and subdivision (

b) of

Section becomes operative.

Document details

CollectionCalifornia Bills
CitationACA 15
Date2025-08-19
Typebill
Languageen
SourceCA_BILL
Identifier20250ACA1599INT