---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: recounts."
description: "Existing law permits a voter to request a recount in an election, other than a statewide election, within 5 days after the election date by filing a request with the elections officials who conducted the election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1525"
citation: "California AB 1525 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: recounts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec2eda86-8d0e-4fbd-9063-e577c4df597c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1525"
source_hash: "069f926ebb9bc4cbaf550d7f99acf2f36069e1832ed1a834fdada79541c026fa"
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 1525 (20092010) — Elections: recounts.

Existing law permits a voter to request a recount in an election, other than a statewide election, within 5 days after the election date by filing a request with the elections officials who conducted the election.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1525&version=20090AB152599INT)
2. **06/09/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1525&version=20090AB152598AMD)
3. **06/25/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1525&version=20090AB152597AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1525&version=20090AB152595CHP)
5. **AB1525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1525)
6. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1525&version=20090AB152596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1525 BEALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1525 Beall — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1525 BEALL Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Harkey — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-04** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1367.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., R., & C.A. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-20** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2009-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2123.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3106.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 541, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec2eda86-8d0e-4fbd-9063-e577c4df597c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).