20250ACA_000895CHP INTRODUCED 2025-02-20 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-08-18 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-08-21 PASSED_ASSEMBLY 2025-08-21 PASSED_SENATE 2025-08-21 ENROLLED 2025-08-21 CHAPTERED 2025-08-21 FILED 2025-08-21 2025 ACA CHP CHR 0 Introduced by Assembly Member Rivas and Senator McGuire (Coauthors: Assembly Members Addis, Aguiar-Curry, Ahrens, Ávila Farías, Bauer-Kahan, Bennett, Berman, Bonta, Bryan, Caloza, Carrillo, Connolly, Elhawary, Fong, Garcia, Gipson, Mark González, Haney, Harabedian, Hart, Jackson, Kalra, Lowenthal, McKinnor, Muratsuchi, Nguyen, Ortega, Pacheco, Pellerin, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Ransom, Celeste Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Rogers, Blanca Rubio, Stefani, Valencia, Ward, Wicks, Wilson, and Zbur) (Coauthors: Senators Archuleta, Becker, Cabaldon, Caballero, Cervantes, Cortese, Durazo, Gonzalez, Grayson, Laird, Limón, Padilla, Pérez, Reyes, Stern, Umberg, Wahab, Weber Pierson, and Wiener) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Rivas LEAD_AUTHOR SENATE McGuire COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Addis COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Aguiar-Curry COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ahrens COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ávila Farías COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Bauer-Kahan COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Bennett COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Berman COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Bonta COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Bryan COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Caloza COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Carrillo COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Connolly COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Elhawary COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Fong COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Garcia COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Gipson COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Mark González COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Haney COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Harabedian COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Hart COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Jackson COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Kalra COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Lowenthal COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY McKinnor COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Muratsuchi COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Nguyen COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ortega COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Pacheco COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Pellerin COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Petrie-Norris COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Quirk-Silva COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ransom COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Celeste Rodriguez COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Michelle Rodriguez COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Rogers COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Blanca Rubio COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Stefani COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Valencia COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ward COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Wicks COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Wilson COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Zbur COAUTHOR SENATE Archuleta COAUTHOR SENATE Becker COAUTHOR SENATE Cabaldon COAUTHOR SENATE Caballero COAUTHOR SENATE Cervantes COAUTHOR SENATE Cortese COAUTHOR SENATE Durazo COAUTHOR SENATE Gonzalez COAUTHOR SENATE Grayson COAUTHOR SENATE Laird COAUTHOR SENATE Limón COAUTHOR SENATE Padilla COAUTHOR SENATE Pérez COAUTHOR SENATE Reyes COAUTHOR SENATE Stern COAUTHOR SENATE Umberg COAUTHOR SENATE Wahab COAUTHOR SENATE Weber Pierson COAUTHOR SENATE Wiener 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 Congressional redistricting. 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 the year following the year in which the national census is taken at the beginning of each decade.

This measure, which would include a legislative finding that it is in response to redistricting in Texas in 2025, would, notwithstanding the authority of the Citizens Redistricting Commission, require the state to temporarily use the congressional districts reflected in AB of the 2025–26 Regular Session for every congressional election until the new congressional boundary lines are drawn by the commission in 2031.

TWO_THIRDS NO YES 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: First— This measure shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Election Rigging Response Act.” Second— The people of the State of California find and declare all of the following: (

a) President Donald Trump has called on Republican-led states to undertake an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting of congressional seats to rig the United States midterm elections before voting begins. (

b) The State of Texas has convened a special session of its Legislature to redraw congressional district maps to unfairly advantage Republicans. (

c) The Legislature of the State of Florida has established a select committee to advance an extraordinary mid-decade redistricting to unfairly advantage Republicans. (

d) Republicans have urged the State of Ohio to conduct its mid-decade redistricting to unfairly produce more Republican seats in Congress. (

e) Republican officials in the States of Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nebraska, and South Carolina are also considering President Trump’s call for the mid-decade redistricting of congressional seats to unfairly advantage Republicans. (

f) President Trump and Republicans are attempting to gain enough seats through redistricting to rig the outcome of the United States midterm elections regardless of how the people vote. (

g) President Trump’s election-rigging scheme is an emergency for our democracy. (

h) The United States midterm elections are voters’ only chance to provide an essential check and balance against President Trump’s dangerous agenda. (

i) California has long stood as a national leader for fair, independent, and nonpartisan redistricting. (

j) California calls on all other states to commit to fair and impartial drawing of maps. (

k) California has a duty to defend democracy. (

l) The United States midterm elections for Congress must be conducted on a level playing field without an extreme and unfair advantage for Republicans. (

m) The people of California, not politicians, should have the power to approve temporary congressional district maps in response to President Trump’s election-rigging scheme. (

n) It is the intent of the people that California’s temporary maps be designed to neutralize the partisan gerrymandering being threatened by Republican-led states without eroding fair representation for all communities. Third— That

Section is added to

Article XXI thereof, to read:

SEC. 4. (

a) It is the policy of the State of California to support the use of fair, independent, and nonpartisan redistricting commissions nationwide. The people of the State of California call on the Congress of the United States to pass federal legislation and propose an amendment of the United States Constitution to require the use of fair, independent, and nonpartisan redistricting commissions nationwide. (

b) In response to the congressional redistricting in Texas in 2025, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution or existing law, the single-member districts for Congress reflected in Assembly Bill of the 2025–26 Regular Session pursuant to the requirements of

Chapter 5 (commencing with

Section 21400) of Division of the Elections Code shall temporarily be used for every congressional election for a term of office commencing on or after the date this subdivision becomes operative and before the certification of new congressional boundary lines drawn by the Citizens Redistricting Commission pursuant to subdivision (d). (c)

(1) The Attorney General has the sole legal standing to defend any action regarding a congressional district map adopted pursuant to subdivision (b).

(2) The California Supreme Court has original and exclusive jurisdiction in all proceedings in which a congressional district map adopted pursuant to subdivision (

b) is challenged. (

d) The Citizens Redistricting Commission established pursuant to

Section shall continue to adjust the boundary lines of the congressional, State Senatorial, Assembly, and Board of Equalization districts in conformance with the standards and process set forth in

Section in 2031, and every years thereafter as provided in

Section 1. Fourth— The provisions of this measure are severable. If any portion, section, subdivision, paragraph, clause, sentence, phrase, word, or application of this measure is for any reason held to be invalid by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this measure.

The Legislature hereby declares that it would have proposed, and the voters hereby declare that they would have adopted, this measure and every portion, section, subdivision, paragraph, clause, sentence, phrase, word, and application not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of this measure or application of this measure would be subsequently declared invalid.