Elections: precinct maps.

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Enacted

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

Sponsor: Alanis
Last action: 2025-07-30
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 80, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify when the law will start or provide details on implementation timelines.

Making Precinct Maps Available

This law requires county election officials to provide digital precinct maps free of charge upon request.

What This Bill Does

Requires the registrar of voters in each county to give out digital precinct maps for free when asked by anyone.
Ensures that these maps show the effective boundaries of each precinct within a county.

Who It Names or Affects

County registrars of voters who must provide digital precinct maps.
The public, including voters and researchers, who can request free digital precinct maps.

Terms To Know

Precinct: A specific area within a county where voting takes place during elections.
Registrar of Voters: An official in each county responsible for managing voter registration and election processes.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify when the law will start or how long it will take to implement.
It is unclear what specific costs local agencies might incur from providing these maps.

Bill History

2025-07-30 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 80, Statutes of 2025.
2025-07-30 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-07-25 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2025-07-17 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-07-17 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2137.).
2025-07-15 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-07-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-07-01 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-09 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-05-07 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
2025-04-24 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-04-24 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1278.)
2025-04-10 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9).
2025-03-26 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
2025-02-20 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. Read second time and amended.
2025-02-03 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
2024-12-03 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-02 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 17, Alanis.
Elections: precinct maps.
Existing law requires the county elections official to divide the area under their jurisdiction into precincts and to prepare detailed maps or exterior descriptions of the precincts. If changes or alterations to precinct boundaries are made, existing law requires the elections official to prepare new maps or exterior descriptions. Existing law provides that precinct boundary changes occurring less than 125 days before an election are not effective for purposes of that election.
This bill would require the registrar of voters in each county to make available, upon request by any member of the public, a map in digital form provided free of charge that
shows the effective boundaries of each precinct within the county.
By imposing new duties on local officials with respect to elections, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.
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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