AB 1040: Elections: residency: displacement by natural disaster.
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2025-02-20
Current Status:
Failed
(2026-02-02: From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.)
Introduced
In Committee
Awaiting First Chamber Vote
Passed First Chamber
In Committee
Awaiting Second Chamber Vote
Passed Second Chamber
Enacted
Existing law defines residence for voting purposes as a persons domicile. Existing law describes the domicile of a person for voting purposes as that place in which their habitation is fixed, wherein the person has the intention of remaining, and to which, whenever they are absent, the person has the intention of returning. Existing law provides that a person who leaves their home to go into another state or precinct in this state for temporary purposes, with the intention of returning, does not lose their domicile.
This bill would additionally provide that a person who leaves their home for temporary purposes because of a natural disaster, and who intends to return to that home or to another address within the same jurisdiction, does not lose their domicile at that home.
(a)A person who leaves his or her the persons home to go into another state or precinct in this state for temporary purposes merely, with the intention of returning, does not lose his or her the persons domicile.
(b)A person does not gain a domicile in any precinct into which he or she the person comes for temporary purposes merely, without the intention of making that precinct his or her the persons home.
(c)A person who leaves their home for temporary purposes because of a natural disaster, and who intends to return to that home or to another address within the same jurisdiction, does not lose their domicile at that home. The person may provide a temporary mailing address without losing their domicile at that home.
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Status
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| Feb 2, 2026 | From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. |
| Feb 21, 2025 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 23. |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Read first time. To print. |
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