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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections: voter registration."
+description: "Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next registration."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 1020"
+citation: "California AB 1020 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections: voter registration."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ridley-Thomas"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2015-02-26"
+last_action: "2015-10-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc774c9b-a415-490e-832a-ec66ee711547"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020"
+source_hash: "a4b303ff53b4f85927df9f98ee7ecd9602901f87f0c6aac8f829730408fe6137"
+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 1020 (20152016) — Elections: voter registration.
+
+Existing law provides that a person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next registration.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020&version=20150AB102099INT)
+2. **07/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020&version=20150AB102098AMD)
+3. **08/17/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020&version=20150AB102097AMD)
+4. **09/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020&version=20150AB102096AMD)
+5. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020&version=20150AB102094CHP)
+6. **AB1020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020)
+7. **09/14/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1020&version=20150AB102095ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
+- AB 1020 RIDLEY-THOMAS Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 1020 RIDLEY-THOMAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **70–7** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading AB1020 Ridley-Thomas By Allen — **38–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
+- **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1560.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-08-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
+- **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2485.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2015-09-04** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-09-09** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (September 9). `committee-passage`
+- **2015-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 7. Page 3089.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2015-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2015-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 728, Statutes of 2015.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc774c9b-a415-490e-832a-ec66ee711547`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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