---
type: "Bill"
title: "Absent voter ballots."
description: "Absent voter ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1677"
citation: "California AB 1677 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Absent voter ballots."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional Amendments"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0523bb32-89f2-4163-8533-de24da425398"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1677"
source_hash: "eb0873ce59c72117d7c315221b4725e20c942ad390dc26827c3e86f453da811b"
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 1677 (20032004) — Absent voter ballots.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1677&version=20030AB167799INT)
2. **07/24/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1677&version=20030AB167797CHP)
3. **AB1677** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1677)
4. **07/10/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1677&version=20030AB167798ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- consent calendar 2nd ab1677 committee on e.r.& ca (longville) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1677 e.,r.& c.a. consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional Amendments — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 119, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-07-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1739.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1394.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-10** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0523bb32-89f2-4163-8533-de24da425398`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).