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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections: precinct board members."
+description: "Existing law requires that each member of a precinct board be a voter of the county, except that an elections official may appoint not more than 5 pupils per precinct to serve under the direct supervision of designated board members, as specified. Among other qualifications, such a pupil must be a United States citizen or be a citizen at the time of the election for which he or she is serving as a member of the precinct board."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 554"
+citation: "California AB 554 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections: precinct board members."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2015-02-23"
+last_action: "2015-08-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5430a7b6-4fac-4977-8984-27b9091fdfb6"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB554"
+source_hash: "c57d46f27d341493bb961c42b09d9fb52970e1cbed8f29967d40eb95fe7d5b00"
+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 554 (20152016) — Elections: precinct board members.
+
+Existing law requires that each member of a precinct board be a voter of the county, except that an elections official may appoint not more than 5 pupils per precinct to serve under the direct supervision of designated board members, as specified. Among other qualifications, such a pupil must be a United States citizen or be a citizen at the time of the election for which he or she is serving as a member of the precinct board.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB554&version=20150AB55499INT)
+2. **08/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB554&version=20150AB55497CHP)
+3. **AB554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB554)
+4. **07/13/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB554&version=20150AB55498ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 554 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — **53–21** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB554 Mullin By Allen — **28–11** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mullin — primary (person)
+- Allen — coauthor (person)
+- Block — coauthor (person)
+- Bonta — coauthor (person)
+- Leno — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
+- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 554.) `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`
+- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-07-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 1875.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-07-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2015-08-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2015-08-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 150, Statutes of 2015.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5430a7b6-4fac-4977-8984-27b9091fdfb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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