---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: prohibiting payments."
description: "(1) Existing law makes certain activities relating to voter registration a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2101"
citation: "California AB 2101 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: prohibiting payments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a11909fc-42ea-436f-ae50-d3c46ea64654"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2101"
source_hash: "ea05c422ea2f2d0e309f11b5a397796c81dc37711f21fdf6a07bea99f6ea1bee"
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 2101 (20092010) — Elections: prohibiting payments.

(1) Existing law makes certain activities relating to voter registration a criminal offense.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2101&version=20090AB210199INT)
2. **04/15/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2101&version=20090AB210198AMD)
3. **05/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2101&version=20090AB210197AMD)
4. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2101&version=20090AB210195CHP)
5. **AB2101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2101)
6. **08/16/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2101&version=20090AB210196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2101 FONG Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2101 FONG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #30 AB2101 Fong — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Coms. on E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 13). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-15** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5053.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Coms. on E., R., & C.A. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-20** 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`
- **2010-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-16** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2010-06-16** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-17** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-04** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4412.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6158.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.
- **2010-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a11909fc-42ea-436f-ae50-d3c46ea64654`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).