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 01/22/25 - Introduced

 AB-287 Elections: polling places and vote centers.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 10/06/2025 02:00 PM

AB287:v97#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Assembly Bill

 No. 287

 CHAPTER 253

 An act to amend Section 12283 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. 

 [
 Approved by

 Governor
 October 03, 2025.

 Filed with

 Secretary of State
 October 03, 2025.
 ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 287, Lackey.
 Elections: polling places and vote centers.

Existing law authorizes the governing body with jurisdiction over school buildings or other public buildings, as defined, to allow its buildings to be used for polling places, or for vote centers, beginning up to 10 days before the election and continuing through election day, or to store voting machines and other vote-tabulating devices. Once a governing body has approved the use of a building as a polling place or vote center, existing law requires the governing body to instruct the school district or other public administrator to provide the elections official a site with an adequate amount of space that will allow the precinct board or vote center to perform its duties.

This bill would require the governing body to instruct the school district or other public administrator to provide the elections official with an adequate amount of space for
 voting operations and storage of associated supplies.

 Existing law requires the district administrator to make building parking available at no charge to the precinct or vote center board and voters, as specified. 

This bill would require the district administrator to also make accessible parking spaces and parking for assisting voters curbside available, if requested by the elections official.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 NO 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 12283 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

12283.

 (a) For purposes of this section, “public building” means a building owned or controlled by any of the following:

(1) A local governmental agency, including a city or county.

(2) The University of California.

(3) The California State University.

(4) A community college district.

(b) (1) The governing body having jurisdiction over school buildings or other public buildings may authorize the use of its buildings for polling places, or for vote centers, as described in Section 4005, beginning
 up to 10 days before the election and continuing through election day, and it may also authorize the use of its buildings, without cost, for the storage of voting machines and other vote-tabulating devices.

(2) If a city or county elections official specifically requests the use of a school building or public building for polling places, or vote centers beginning up to 10 days before the election and continuing through election day, as well as during key dates necessary for drop-off, set-up, and pick-up of election materials, as determined by the elections official, the governing body having jurisdiction over the particular school building or public building shall allow its use for the purpose requested, except that the University of California is encouraged, but not required, to comply with a request made pursuant to this paragraph.

(3) When allowing use of a school building for
 polling places or vote centers, the governing body may, but is not required to, do any of the following:

(A) Continue school in session, if the governing body identifies to the elections official making the request the specific areas of the school buildings not occupied by school activities that will be allowed for use as polling places or vote centers.

(B) Designate the day for staff training and development.

(C) Close the school to students and certificated employees.

(c) (1) An elections official requesting the use of a school building pursuant to subdivision (b) shall include in the official’s request a list of the schools from which the use of a building for polling places or vote centers is needed. Requests must be made
 within sufficient time in advance of the school year for the governing body to determine, on a school-by-school or districtwide basis, whether to k