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AB 1764

Elections: voter registration.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Kate Sanchez

Funds death data from DHCS and SSA to cancel deceased voters’ affidavits, improving accuracy of voter rolls.

Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Bill Summary · AB 1764

Summary of AB 1764 (2025-2026) — Elections: voter registration

1) Purpose and intent

AB 1764, introduced by Assembly Member Sanchez, amends the California Elections Code to improve the accuracy of voter rolls by ensuring timely removal of registrations of deceased individuals. The bill contemplates additional collaboration with federal and state agencies to obtain death data and use it to cancel affidavits of registration for deceased voters.

Key aims:
- Enhance the reliability of voter registration records.
- Streamline the process for removing deceased individuals from the voter rolls by leveraging death data from multiple sources.

2) Key provisions and changes

  • Section amended: Elections Code, Section 2206.
  • Regulatory foundation: The Secretary of State must adopt regulations to facilitate access to death statistics from the State Department of Health Care Services. These statistics would be used by the Secretary of State or county elections officials to cancel the affidavits of registration for deceased persons.
  • Federal data collaboration: By January 1, 2028, the Secretary of State may enter into an agreement with the federal Social Security Administration (SSA) to facilitate the availability of death statistics. If such an agreement is entered into:
    • The Secretary of State must adopt regulations governing the electronic transfer of death statistics from the SSA.
  • Use of data: Data from the State DHCS and the SSA must be used by the Secretary of State or county elections officials to cancel the affidavits of registrations of deceased persons.
  • Local costs: The bill would impose a state-mandated local program (increasing duties on local elections officials). If the Commission on State Mandates determines costs are mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts would follow existing state-m mandated cost reimbursement procedures.

3) Who/what would be affected

  • Primary impact: Local elections officials (county registrar–recorder offices) and the Secretary of State.
  • Voter rolls: More systematic and potentially faster removal (cancellation) of affidavits of registration for deceased individuals, reducing inaccurate or outdated registrations.
  • Data sources: Integration of death statistics from:
    • State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
    • Federal Social Security Administration (SSA)
  • Fiscal impact: Potential state-mandated local costs due to expanded duties; reimbursement mechanisms would apply if mandated costs are confirmed by the Commission on State Mandates.

4) Procedural and timeline aspects

  • Regulatory development:
    • The Secretary of State is required to adopt regulations to facilitate access to death statistics from DHCS.
    • If an SSA agreement is entered, the Secretary of State must adopt regulations for the electronic transfer of SSA death statistics.
  • Timeline:
    • On or before January 1, 2028: Possible SSA data-sharing agreement and related regulations.
  • Enactment and oversight:
    • The bill does not establish new appropriations for general state purposes (explicit appropriation status: No).
    • Fiscal and local program implications are subject to mandate assessment and reimbursement processes if applicable.

5) Scope and context

  • This bill builds on existing use of death statistics to cancel deceased voters’ affidavits and expands access to additional data sources (SSA) and required regulations to enable electronic data transfer.
  • It emphasizes intergovernmental data sharing to improve the accuracy of voter registration records while complying with California’s mandate-reimbursement framework for any state-mandated local costs.

If you’d like, I can provide a side-by-side comparison with current law or outline potential implementation steps for counties.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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