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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections."
+description: "(1) Existing law defines a \"ballot marking system\" as any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software that is used for the sole purpose of marking a ballot for a special absentee voter, as specified. Existing law requires a county elections official to place a notice in any office within the county, as specified, to inform potential special absentee voters of their right to a vote by mail voter's ballot and where registration materials and application forms can be obtained."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20132014"
+identifier: "AB 1417"
+citation: "California AB 1417 (20132014)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2013-03-20"
+last_action: "2013-10-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad50b64-a582-4b33-9914-1743e2b2d75a"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417"
+source_hash: "25b99758db00637e8e182741a4e2807510a8d13d2db03548a49721495e26724b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 1417 (20132014) — Elections.
+
+(1) Existing law defines a "ballot marking system" as any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software that is used for the sole purpose of marking a ballot for a special absentee voter, as specified. Existing law requires a county elections official to place a notice in any office within the county, as specified, to inform potential special absentee voters of their right to a vote by mail voter's ballot and where registration materials and application forms can be obtained.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **03/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417&version=20130AB141799INT)
+2. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417&version=20130AB141798AMD)
+3. **10/04/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417&version=20130AB141796CHP)
+4. **AB1417** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417)
+5. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1417&version=20130AB141797ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 1417 E. & R. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FONG — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB1417 Committee on E. & R. (Fong) By Anderson — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1417 E. & R. Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-03-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-21** From printer. May be heard in committee April 20.
+- **2013-04-01** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1345.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
+- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-07-03** From consent calendar.
+- **2013-07-03** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2013-07-03** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Torres.
+- **2013-09-03** From inactive file.
+- **2013-09-03** Ordered to second reading.
+- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2256.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
+- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
+- **2013-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3126.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2013-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2013-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 560, Statutes of 2013.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dad50b64-a582-4b33-9914-1743e2b2d75a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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