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ACA-15 • 2026

Redistricting: eligibility for congressional office.

Redistricting: eligibility for congressional office.

Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Tangipa
Last action
2025-08-20
Official status
From printer. May be heard in committee September 19.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on enforcement mechanisms or consequences for breaking this law.

Redistricting and Eligibility for Congress

This law prohibits members of the California Legislature who voted for a specific redistricting plan (ACA 8) from running as candidates in congressional districts adopted under that plan.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits any member of the California Legislature who voted for ACA 8 from being a candidate for congressional office if ACA 8 is enacted and approved by voters.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Members of the California Legislature
  • People voting on district changes

Terms To Know

Citizens Redistricting Commission
A group in charge of drawing new lines for political districts every ten years.
ACA 8
A specific redistricting plan that, if passed, would change the boundaries of California's congressional districts.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if another state does not adopt new district lines between August 1, 2025, and January 1, 2031.
  • It is unclear how this law will be enforced or the consequences for breaking it.

Bill History

  1. 2025-08-20 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee September 19.

  2. 2025-08-19 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

ACA 15, as introduced, Tangipa.
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 8 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 8 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 8 from being a candidate for congressional office in any congressional
district adopted pursuant to ACA 8.

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