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Elections: elective office: felony conviction
California bars people convicted of felony sexual assault or human trafficking from state and local elected office.
The law expands existing disqualification rules beyond public-corruption crimes to specified sex-crime convictions, limiting who may run for or win public office.
What the law does
- Makes a person convicted of a felony involving sexual assault ineligible to be considered a candidate for or elected to any state or local elective office.
- Makes a person convicted of a felony involving human trafficking ineligible to be considered a candidate for or elected to any state or local elective office.
- Defines sexual assault as a crime requiring sex-offender registration under the specified Penal Code provision.
- Defines human trafficking as specified felony human-trafficking offenses under the Penal Code.
- Applies to qualifying convictions from California, other states, the United States, and foreign jurisdictions, unless the person has received an authorized pardon.
Who it affects
- Prospective candidates for California state and local elective offices with covered felony convictions.
- Voters choosing candidates for California state and local elective offices.