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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Internet Web sites: online voter registration."
+description: "Existing law, operative when the Secretary of State certifies that the state has a statewide voter registration database that complies with the requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 or executes a declaration stating that certain specified conditions have occurred, provides for voter registration electronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20132014"
+identifier: "SB 44"
+citation: "California SB 44 (20132014)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State Internet Web sites: online voter registration."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Yee"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2012-12-12"
+last_action: "2013-09-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c89202f3-b96c-4523-85bd-4469b7ea4b26"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB44"
+source_hash: "bc5081fef88a9a7159a56e3beddde9d1020cad8b25cc6f2260aeddd29d970fcb"
+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 SB 44 (20132014) — State Internet Web sites: online voter registration.
+
+Existing law, operative when the Secretary of State certifies that the state has a statewide voter registration database that complies with the requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 or executes a declaration stating that certain specified conditions have occurred, provides for voter registration electronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **12/12/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB44&version=20130SB4499INT)
+2. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB44&version=20130SB4497CHP)
+3. **SB44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB44)
+4. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB44&version=20130SB4498ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–2** (pass) · upper
+- SB 44 Yee Senate Third Reading By GRAY — **56–22** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governmental Organization. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading — **25–8** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Yee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2012-12-12** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
+- **2012-12-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 12.
+- **2013-01-07** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2013-01-10** Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-02-28** Set for hearing March 19.
+- **2013-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 325.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-04-02** Set for hearing April 9.
+- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 464.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
+- **2013-04-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
+- **2013-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 861.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2013-05-20** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 2703.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-08-26** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 277, Statutes of 2013.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c89202f3-b96c-4523-85bd-4469b7ea4b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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