Bill to bar pre‑certification seizure of ballots and voting equipment moves forward

Assemblymember Pellerin presented AB 282 and said the measure "seeks to prevent the gravest threat to our elections by preventing any attempts to seize ballots, election records and certified voting technology before our election results are certified." Pellerin asked for an "I" vote and the committee recorded the item as eligible for a vote.

No witnesses appeared in support or opposition during the initial hearing, and Finance reported no file on the bill. The committee temporarily left the item on call to allow additional members to return, and later recorded a final vote to send the bill to the Senate floor. The transcript records the committee's action to pass AB 282 to the floor; a later roll call recorded a final tally reported in the record as 4–2.