---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mail ballot elections."
description: "Mail ballot elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 319"
citation: "California AB 319 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mail ballot elections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2001-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9f78be0-f64b-40a8-863e-7d584b543fc2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB319"
source_hash: "154a1e0ade49b2fc89df73a1f019b2b1e3e9c6da41f343497a80027288ca2c8c"
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 319 (20012002) — Mail ballot elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB319&version=20010AB31999INT)
2. **07/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB319&version=20010AB31998AMD)
3. **10/01/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB319&version=20010AB31996CHP)
4. **AB319** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB319)
5. **08/30/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB319&version=20010AB31997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 319 Salinas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 319 Salinas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB319 Salinas By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 385, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 3262.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2434.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-20** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 23. Page 1546.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-03-01** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2001-02-16** 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/d9f78be0-f64b-40a8-863e-7d584b543fc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).