SB 405 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Elections: voter identification.

Summary

Existing law prohibits local governments from enacting or enforcing any charter provision, ordinance, or regulation requiring a person to present identification for the purpose of voting or submitting a ballot at any polling place, vote center, or other location where ballots are cast or submitted. This bill would repeal that prohibition.

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Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 14, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026

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02/14/25 - Introduced → SB405 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes occurred between these two versions. The legislative text of SB 405 is identical in both versions: it repeals Section 10005 of the Elections Code, which prohibits local governments from requiring voter identification at polling places or vote centers. All differences are formatting and presentation changes reflecting a shift from a plain-text bill document to a web page rendering.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a plain legislative document into a web page layout with navigation menus, search fields, and metadata sections. No changes to the operative language, digest, or section being repealed.

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Committee

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

April 1 set for first hearing. Held in committee without recommendation.

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A., L. GOV., and APPR.

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Introduced

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

upper

1 primary · 8 co-sponsors