---
type: "Bill"
title: "Accessible voting systems."
description: "Accessible voting systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2525"
citation: "California AB 2525 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accessible voting systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3ece801-258b-4dcb-892e-e1e33b1867d7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2525"
source_hash: "b4fd48fd0224d32fa81ac523b6d2289d068adc00e87d5b600f90034f04702c74"
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 2525 (20012002) — Accessible voting systems.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2525&version=20010AB252599INT)
2. **04/10/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2525&version=20010AB252598AMD)
3. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2525&version=20010AB252597AMD)
4. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2525&version=20010AB252595CHP)
5. **AB2525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2525)
6. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2525&version=20010AB252596ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2525 Jackson By Karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2525 Jackson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 950, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-31** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 5991.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-28** Joint Rules 61(b)(13) and 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2002-08-22** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 6559.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3ece801-258b-4dcb-892e-e1e33b1867d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).