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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections: remote accessible vote by mail systems."
+description: "Existing law regulates the voting procedures for military or overseas voters and provides that a military or overseas voter has the right to register for, and to vote by a vote by mail ballot in, any election within the state. 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 military or overseas voter."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 2252"
+citation: "California AB 2252 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections: remote accessible vote by mail systems."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2016-02-18"
+last_action: "2016-07-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/930723da-0091-40c0-ac05-7c1e47cadf4a"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2252"
+source_hash: "d2229d8ca845ff3fbb5bb9c8b81846de4cc87614cddd0e4034d5cb42e60af908"
+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 2252 (20152016) — Elections: remote accessible vote by mail systems.
+
+Existing law regulates the voting procedures for military or overseas voters and provides that a military or overseas voter has the right to register for, and to vote by a vote by mail ballot in, any election within the state. 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 military or overseas voter.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2252&version=20150AB225299INT)
+2. **04/05/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2252&version=20150AB225298AMD)
+3. **04/20/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2252&version=20150AB225297AMD)
+4. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2252&version=20150AB225295CHP)
+5. **AB2252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2252)
+6. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2252&version=20150AB225296ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 2252 TING Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ting — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
+- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-04-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4500.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4648.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2016.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/930723da-0091-40c0-ac05-7c1e47cadf4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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