California Assembly · 2025–26 Regular Session
SB 259: Elections: vote by mail ballots.
Third Reading (Urgency Measure) · Aug. 28, 2026 · Yeas 59, nays 16 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Speaker Robert Rivas voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- SB 259
- Motion
- Third Reading (Urgency Measure)
- Date
- Aug. 28, 2026
- Session
- 2025–26 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 59, nays 16; 4 didn't vote
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
Official record: the bill's votes on the Legislature's site ↗
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The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (59)
- Dawn Addis D-30
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry D-4
- Patrick Ahrens D-26
- David Alvarez D-80
- Joaquin Arambula D-31
- Jasmeet Bains D-35
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan D-16
- Steve Bennett D-38
- Marc Berman D-23
- Tasha Boerner D-77
- Mia Bonta D-18
- Isaac Bryan D-55
- Lisa Calderon D-56
- Jessica Caloza D-52
- Juan Carrillo D-39
- Damon Connolly D-12
- Sade Elhawary D-57
- Mike Fong D-49
- Jesse Gabriel D-46
- Robert Garcia D-50
- Mike Gipson D-65
- Mark González D-54
- Matt Haney D-17
- John Harabedian D-41
- Gregg Hart D-37
- Jacqui Irwin D-42
- Corey Jackson D-60
- Ash Kalra D-25
- Maggy Krell D-6
- Alex Lee D-24
- Josh Lowenthal D-69
- Al Muratsuchi D-66
- Stephanie Nguyen D-10
- Liz Ortega D-20
- Blanca Pacheco D-64
- Diane Papan D-21
- Darsh Patel D-76
- Gail Pellerin D-28
- Cottie Petrie-Norris D-73
- Sharon Quirk-Silva D-67
- James Ramos D-45
- Rhodesia Ransom D-13
- Robert Rivas D-29
- Celeste Rodriguez D-43
- Michelle Rodriguez D-53
- Chris Rogers D-2
- Blanca Rubio D-48
- Pilar Schiavo D-40
- Nick Schultz D-44
- LaShae Sharp-Collins D-79
- José Solache D-62
- Esmeralda Soria D-27
- Catherine Stefani D-19
- Avelino Valencia D-68
- Chris Ward D-78
- Buffy Wicks D-14
- Lori Wilson D-11
- Rick Zbur D-51
- Anamarie Ávila Farías D-15
Nay (16)
- Juan Alanis R-22
- Leticia Castillo R-58
- Phillip Chen R-59
- Carl DeMaio R-75
- Diane Dixon R-72
- Stan Ellis R-32
- Heath Flora R-9
- Jeff Gonzalez R-36
- Heather Hadwick R-1
- Natasha Johnson R-63
- Tom Lackey R-34
- Ali Macedo R-33
- Joe Patterson R-5
- Kate Sanchez R-71
- Tri Ta R-70
- David Tangipa R-8
Not voting (4)
- Laurie Davies R-74
- Joshua Hoover R-7
- Tina McKinnor D-61
- Greg Wallis R-47