Elections: voter registration information: elected officials and candidates.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Sharp-Collins (A) , Flora
Last action: 2025-10-03
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 300, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's effectiveness depends on another related bill, AB 827.

Voter Registration Information Protection for Elected Officials and Candidates

This law makes personal information of federal, state, and local elected officials and candidates confidential except under specific conditions.

What This Bill Does

Makes the home address, phone number, and email of federal, state, and local elected officials and candidates confidential.
Requires the Secretary of State to provide county elections offices with a list identifying each federal and state elected official or candidate residing in their area.
Requires county elections offices to add local elected officials and candidates to this list and make their information confidential within 5 business days.
Requires county elections offices to exclude the confidential information when producing any list, roster, or index.
Allows elected officials and candidates to opt out of having their personal information kept secret.

Who It Names or Affects

Federal, state, and local elected officials and candidates
County elections offices

Terms To Know

Confidential: Information that is not shared with the public except under specific conditions.
State-mandated local program: A program created by state law where counties must follow certain rules and may need extra funding from the state to do so.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify when it will take effect.
It is unclear how much money local agencies might need to comply with this new requirement.
This law only applies if another related bill, AB 827, also passes and becomes law.

Bill History

2025-10-03 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 300, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-03 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-24 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-13 California Legislative Information
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3461.).
2025-09-13 California Legislative Information
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-12 California Legislative Information
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 12).
2025-09-10 California Legislative Information
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 3183.)
2025-09-10 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
2025-09-09 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-09 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2703.).
2025-09-08 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-05 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-18 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-16 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-02 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-07-01 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1).
2025-06-27 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD.
2025-06-27 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).
2025-06-24 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-06-23 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-06-23 California Legislative Information
Ordered to second reading.
2025-06-23 California Legislative Information
From inactive file.
2025-06-19 California Legislative Information
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Jones.
2025-06-19 California Legislative Information
From Consent Calendar.
2025-06-12 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-06-11 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11).
2025-05-07 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
2025-04-10 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-04-10 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1120.)
2025-04-07 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-04-03 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2).
2025-03-13 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on L. & E.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2025-02-22 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1392, Sharp-Collins.
Elections: voter registration information: elected officials and candidates.
Under existing law, the residence address, telephone number, and email address of a registered voter is confidential, except that under certain circumstances a county elections official must provide that information to any candidate for federal, state, or local office, to any committee for or against any initiative or referendum measure, and to any person for election, scholarly, journalistic, political, or governmental purposes.
This bill would exempt the residence address, telephone number, and email address of a federal, state, or local elected official or candidate from that disclosure requirement, except that the information may be disclosed for journalistic or governmental purposes under specified conditions. The bill would require the Secretary of State to provide each county elections official with a list identifying each federal and state
elected official or candidate residing in the county, require the county elections official to add each local elected official or candidate to that list, and require the county elections official to make the elected official or candidate’s information confidential within 5 business days. The bill would require the county elections official to exclude the elected official or candidate’s confidential information when producing any list, roster, or index. The bill would require an elected official or candidate to contact their county elections official to ensure their voter registration record has been made confidential. The bill would authorize an elected official or candidate to opt out of making their residence address, telephone number, and email address confidential. By adding new duties for county elections officials, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.
This
bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 2194 of the Elections Code proposed by AB 827 to be operative only if this bill and AB 827 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.
This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would
provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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